The Beauty Products We’ll Be Using All Month Long

by Lesa Hannah and Souzan Michael April 3, 2018

FASHION‘s beauty team is made up of Beauty Director Lesa Hannah and Beauty Editor Suzie Michael. Each month, they’ll be discussing their favourite new products (whether they’re new-new or just new to them).

Hairstory Undressed Texturizing Spray

We love the beachy, sexy look, but is dry, gritty and crispy hair sexy? The key to looking (and feeling) artfully undone is having a special product that you can’t see but that you can touch, like this one. Undressed creates texture without torture – and unlike so many surf-inspired sprays is seductively soft and lush.

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What is the equivalent of hitting pan for a spray bottle? Reached final, withering spritz? That recently happened with a bottle of Ouai Wave Spray, which I’ve been using on wet, uncombed hair as per Ashley Streicher’s secret to heat-free waves. In need of a new tonic, I gave Hairstory’s a whirl and used it in the same way. And praise be, my hair dried in perfectly defined yet disheveled waves with zero crunch. Perhaps the fact that I got my hair cut by Wes Sharpton at Hairstory’s invite-only space last month helped? Either way, my hair is set for spring. —L.H

Chanel Rouge Coco Lip Blush

ROUGE COCO LIP BLUSH, the new way to wear makeup by CHANEL. A touch of colour for lips and cheeks that’s easy to apply. The ultra-light and comfortable formula glides on instantly. Ravishing on lips, irresistible on cheeks. Smile, apply, switch shades. A colour for every mood. — #InstaMood #RougeCocoLipBlush #Lips #Cheeks #CreateYourself #ChanelBeauty #ChanelMakeup

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My quest for a matte, semi-sheer, cool-toned, comfortable, long-lasting red lipstick has been a long and often painful journey. By painful I mean, inevitably, one or more of the following: drying, too slippery, messy, too glossy, inexplicably glittery, too opaque, or, worst of all, ends in the revelation that I’ve swiped on a damn tinted lip balm disguised as a lipstick. (Cruel.)

And by long, I mean long. Years of swatching disappointment really takes a toll on a person, you know. So you can absolutely take what I’m about to say very literally: the new Chanel Rouge Coco Lip Blush in the shade “Rouge Captivant,” released at the beginning of March, is the perfect sheer lipstick.

The collection features six shades in total, the brainchild of Chanel’s Global Makeup Artist, Lucia Pica, that can (and should, IMO) be used on both lips and cheeks. The gel texture is silky and a bit watery upon initial application, but then melts into skin with total ease, never slipping and sliding around. At the risk of sounding dramatic, it is the best matte, semi-sheer, cool-toned, comfortable, long-lasting red lipstick I have ever used. —S.M

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