TheUNDONE Beauty Edit

Welcome to the inaugural edition of TheUNDONE Beauty Edit!

Each month, we’ll be bringing you the skincare, makeup and wellness products that we’re eager to try, currently trialling and already well and truly in love with, and catering each of our recommendations to what we truly want and need at the current time of year.

This month, we’re looking to the uplifting products that will take us through the last weeks of winter and reenergise not only our complexions and makeup kits but also our mood. From the perfect ‘just bitten’ lip stain that introduces dimension to a winter beauty look and adds just as much pigment as it does moisture, to the mask that promises to up our skin’s radiance, read on to discover TheUNDONE Beauty Edit for August. 

Outside Beauty & Skincare SPF 50+ Lip to Cheek

Formulated on a foundation of mineral-based, physical barrier sunscreen, this multi-use moisturising balm gently colours the cheeks and lips and brings an instant vibrant and youthful flush to the skin with just a few taps. It’s also infused with Cocoa butter, vitamin E and zinc oxide to nourish and protect your skin and is proudly 100% cruelty free and made in Australia.

Sandor Gua Sha

The practice of gua sha for your skin promises myriad benefits, from smoother and brighter skin to the assistance of lymphatic drainage. So why not apply the practice elsewhere? Designed to remove tension from the scalp and stimulate blood flow, this Bian stone gua sha proves the perfect addition to your hair routine to not only keep your scalp health in check but also provide a moment of self-indulgence.

Glossier Stretch Fluid Foundation 

The perfect complexion product for this time of year needs to deliver on a number of fronts: it should leave a natural radiant finish with a subtle glow that doesn’t lean too dewy; a reasonable level of coverage that still lets your natural features shine through; and most importantly, it should work to hydrate and nourish the skin. This foundation by Glossier does it all with its 89 per cent skincare base, flexible coverage and its natural management of shine.

Rationale #2 The Mask 

At a time of year when our complexions are likely a little more dull than normal, adding an additional brightening step to your hydrating routine is a must. This mask harnesses the power of Vitamin C to reintroduce brightness, evenness and energy into the skin — plus, its luminescence lends perfectly to a mid-masking mirror selfie if you’re one to share your skincare secrets with the world.

Emma Lewisham Supernatural Vitale Elixir

With an increasing interest in skincare, and how a well looked after complexion can improve its smoothness and radiance without the help of makeup (particularly as we enter the warmer months and inevitably yearn for minimalism) this skin elixir inevitably caught our collective attention. Offered as a topical and non-invasive alternative to injectables, Emma Lewisham taps into its advanced knowledge of skin systems to formulate an elixir that has a filling and plumping effect and encourages long-term wrinkle resistance by triggering the skin’s own cellular repair system. 

VIOLETTE_FR Bisou Balm 

The perfect lip of the moment is one that is pigmented, in a slightly muted palette, and leans a little more matte — glosses are great in the warmer months, but for now, we’re looking to lip stains and coloured balms like this one which melds the best of both of these products, while still adding nourishment, for the ultimate chic “bouche mordue” (just bitten) lip.

Westman Atelier Liquid Super Loaded Tint

In the last weeks of winter, we’re looking to all products that add luminosity with the greatest of ease — the ultimate in minimal effort products with maximum pay off, this illuminating skin tint blends skincare ingredients (Vitamin C, antioxidants, and nourishing oils) with pearlescent colour to give what the brand coins as a “you-look-well” glow. Worn just as beautifully in specific areas as it is all over the face, this tint makes your skin look like it’s lit from within, all while working to retexturize, even tone, and brighten your skin over time.

Chanel Limited-Edition N°5 L'Eau

This limited-edition take on the iconic N°5 L'Eau scent offers the most delightful graduation into your spring scent wardrobe. An ode to the most iconic drop of perfume in history in its olfactory blend and in its unique bottle design, this reinterpreted fragrance reinvigorates its classic counterpart with vibrant and fresh floral and citrus notes earthed by vetiver, cedar, and soft musk notes. 

Mason Pearson Hair Brushes

Looking to uplift your hair routine? Just look to the simplest tool in your kit: the hair brush, more specifically, this timeless hairbrush that has been beloved by the world’s foremost hairstylist, and just as likely, the perfectly coiffed matriarchs within your family. Carefully crafted for longevity, this cult-favourite brush gently massages the scalp to stimulate blood flow and evenly distributes the natural oils in your hair to promote smoothness, shine and widen the gap between washes.

Ikkari The Ikarian Body Oil

Spring may be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean we should be letting up on our nourishing skin routines. Formulated with three nutrient-rich oils that penetrate the skin to firm, tighten and regenerate, this body oil works to improve tone and texture, boosts collagen and improves the appearance of scars, fine lines, stretch marks and uneven skin tone. It also illuminates the skin and offers the most heavenly scent, a balancing blend of clary sage, blackcurrant and earthy oakmoss.