The best beauty highlights of 2018
As we get set to welcome a shiny new year we look back on the best beauty highlights of 2018 - from the crème de la crème of skin care to the internet-breaking make up the beauty world held its collective breath for - here's a look back at the hits from another incredible year of {Cult Beauty}...
January introduced {Too Faced} and palette fanatics rejoiced! The ultimate foil for the post-Christmas blues, the super-cute {Sweet Peach Eye Shadow Collection} proved perfect for lifting your spirits and bringing a warm, fuzzy glow to the dark depths of winter...
Super-facialist to the AAA-List (she's reportedly responsible for Meghan Markle's glow), Kate Somerville finally came to the UK in Fevrier, bringing the cult (and pun-tastic!) ExfoliKate, EradiKate and...Goat Milk beauty heroes to a host of desperate British 'sk-intellectuals'. A cabinet essential, the pink-tinged (and bestselling!) {EradiKate Daily Foaming Cleanser} not only looks great on your #shelfie but keeps faces flawless (you're welcome!).
March brought a month dedicated to maintaining manes and your tresses were thrilled to meet Coco & Eve's {Super Nourishing Coconut & Fig Hair Masque}. Adored for miraculous moisture and frizz-fighting benefits, we couldn't resist the allure of this tropical treatment... (and neither could you).
Just in time to ensure you were READY for forthcoming holiday frolics, in April the coolest (most Instagram-friendly) blue tube hit the Cult Beauty runway. Causing a crush at arrivals, {Jet Lag Mask} landed to rapturous squeals from a legion of Cult Beauty skin care obsessives. Keeping skin plumped-up and dewy in spite of long flights (or late nights), this super-charged cream upgrades every complexion from 'coach' to 'first class' in ten minutes.
We MAY-de your May (geddit?) by ushering {Hourglass} onto our digital aisles. The swoon-inducing heroes every make up maven worships, these are the keys to complexion perfection. If you haven't already, make space in your handbag for {Veil Translucent Setting Powder} - a featherweight powder that blurs to bestow a 'soft focus' effect (who needs Instagram?).
Perfect for festival season, Lemonhead.LA's incredible {Spacepastes} caused global delirium after Houdini Highlite graced Queen Bey at this year's Coachella. Glitter like nothing you've witnessed before, these self-adhesive sequins are the best way to bring 'bling' to skin.
Consistently one of our most-wanted brands, August saw {NARS} join our roll call of 'big' make up names. Synonymous with pioneering colours, formulations and boundary-pushing names ("Hello, Climax. Hey, Orgasm!"), this stellar edit of bestselling blushers, phenomenal bronzers and game-changing bases causes pulses to quicken...
A favourite of the most discerning noses (and sophisticated fashionistas), we welcomed {Le Labo} in November. The most stylish scents, these heavenly blends are distinctive and truly unlike any other 'traditional' perfumes - marrying complex, unusual notes to create something utterly intoxicating.
Make up sensation (and Instagram icon) {Natasha Denona} brought unrivalled panache to our line-up. Loved for her range of pulse-quickening palettes, butter-soft blushers and barely-there bases, everyone clamoured to add one of these gorgeous grids to their shadow collection. Who could resist the {Gold Palette} (not us!).
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Cult Beauty’s Content Editor and a Cult Beauty OG, Verity loves nothing more than the marriage of language and lip balm. A quintessential Libran, she’s a self-professed magpie for luxury ‘must-haves' and always pursuing the new and the niche — from the boujee-est skin care to cutting-edge tech. Balancing an urge to stop the clock with her desire to embrace the ageing process (and set a positive example for her daughter), Verity's a retinol obsessive and will gladly share her thoughts about the time-defying gadgets, masks and treatments worth the splurge...
