April Editors' Picks
Spring has sprung, and it’s time to start “spring cleaning” those beauty drawers. Out with the heavy creams and in with the lighter formulas—it’s time to give your beauty routine a fresh start by trying out some of the latest launches. From Matcha cleanser to birthday cake lip scrub, these are our top picks for the month of April:
Algenist Alive Prebiotic Balancing Mask ($38)
This color-morphing mask is formulated with a prebiotic from algae and a probiotic to target concerns that may result from unbalanced surface skin bacteria. On application, it transforms from mint green to pink and re-balances, detoxifies, and leaves skin feeling alive and hydrated. Also paired with patented Alguronic Acid, naturally-sourced and sustainably produced from Algae, this mask helps to hydrate the skin for an even, clarified, and radiant look and leaves skin more resistant to pollution and the appearance of lifestyle aging.
Allegresse 24K Golden Touch Night Cream ($89)
While you sleep, Allegresse Golden Touch Night Cream works to replenish what time and the elements take away. Pure gold boosts texture and rejuvenates skin's appearance, while Songa, a unique, organic botanical extract used for generations by Native Americans, helps skin appear firmer, improves skin elasticity, and lifts your look. Borage Seed Oil, Evening Primrose Oil and pomegranate extract are rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, and help fight the look of premature aging. Plus natural oils and aloe vera soothe and moisturize your face.
Babor Spring Egg Beauty Ampoule Set ($59)
The brand’s legendary Easter egg ampoule set is back! The high-performance concentrates activate and care for your skin after the cold winter days, and give you some shine just in time for spring. With the 14-day intensive treatment, you give your skin valuable active ingredients that build, protect, and tighten. The skin appears youthfully fresh and is more resistant to all daily challenges.
Bath & Body Works Tiki Beach 3-Wick Candle ($24.50)
Create your own tropical paradise with this creamy, coconutty candle! Topped with a decorative lid, it features notes of warm vanilla musk, orchids, and toasted coconut. Delivers up to 45 hours of burning time.
Colorescience Total Eye 3-in-1 Renewal Therapy SPF 35 ($51.75)
Visibly improve the appearance of dark circles, puffiness, fine lines, and wrinkles while protecting the delicate eye area against photoaging with 100% SPF 35 mineral sunscreen. Helps restore skin health with hydration that provides support for sagging skin to enhance the upper eye area.
COOLA Organic Mineral Sunscreen Body Lotion SPF 50 ($36)
This unscented sunscreen provides hydrating, chemical active-free sun protection for even the most sensitive skin. It incorporates genre-defying technology to help disperse non-nano minerals evenly, for a sheer application with a lightweight and eminently wearable finish. This Farm-to-Face formula is supercharged with a proprietary Plant Protection, which incorporates naturally effective and antioxidant-rich nutrients such as Buriti oil, meadowfoam oil, raspberry seed oil, and prickly pear extract to help fight free radicals, and nourish and strengthen the skin barrier.
Copper + Crane Jojoba Body Buff ($25)
This gentle, luxurious all-over body scrub combines a sophisticated blend of smooth, round jojoba beads, jojoba oil, as well as an exotic detoxifying cocktail of Camu Camu and amino acids that nourishes and delicately renews your skin, leaving it feeling fresh, smooth, and soft to the touch.
côte Re-Treat Salt Soak ($28)
The salt, coupled with the added benefits of côte’s clary sage essential oil, makes for an all-around restorative and beneficial treat. Himalayan Pink Salt is a powerful detoxifier that works on rejuvenation, relaxation, and recharging the body while strengthening bones and promoting better hydration. Clary Sage is known for its effects in improving circulation, improving digestion, relieving stress, and acting as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agent. Can be used in a warm bath or as a foot soak.
Everyone Hydrating Face Toner ($8.99)
Restore skin’s balance after cleansing or exfoliating with this mild, EWG VERIFIED toner. Gentle rose water and pure essential oils help soothe skin. Works for all skin types.
glo Skin Beauty Phyto-Active Firming Mask ($60)
Gives skin an immediate visible lift and radiance boost by utilizing the latest technology in age-defying ingredients. An exclusive blend of glycopeptides, plant stem cells, collagen, platinum and pearl extracts targets key elements within the skin’s matrix to recover strength, refine texture, and deliver supple softness for age-defying results.
Gryphon Home Easy Living Duvet Cover Set ($129.99)
Made from luxurious Supima cotton and woven for an ultra-soft touch, this duvet cover offers the softness and reliability of premium cotton, and the benefits of wrinkle-resistance and quick drying. Set includes one duvet cover and two shams; machine washable.
Jusbox Micro Love Eau de Parfum ($190)
For men and women, this fragrance is electric, abstract, and aerial—featuring top notes of ozonic accord, crisp apple, and neroli; middle notes of cinnamon, violet, and clary sage; and base notes of white cedarwood, suede, and grey amber.
Karuna All Day Everyday ($58)
This lightweight hydrating serum replenishes the skin's moisture barrier. Peptides visibly firm and tighten skin while probiotics provide energized complexion. Featured ingredients include coconut water, probiotics, peptides, and a beauty complex that has aloe, chamomile, Hyaluronic acid, Chinese licorice, and vitamin B. Suitable for all skin types.
Kayo Better Body Detox Mask to Scrub ($54)
This double-duty body mask and exfoliant deeply detoxifies, balances, and refines the skin to reveal a flawless complexion. Charcoal and Kaolin clay work together to absorb oil, impurities, and pollutants while soothing and nourishing the skin. Volcanic pumice gently buffs away dead skin cells and brightens the appearance of skin. Coconut oil, avocado oil, and shea butter hydrate and enhance skin.
Kitao Matcha + Chia Cleansing Cream ($25)
Infused with antioxidant-rich matcha green tea and three other powerful superfoods, this cleansing cream effectively dissolves makeup and oil, transforming into a soothing cleansing milk when water is added. Acai, chia seed, and quinoa work together to neutralize aging free radicals from environmental pollution.
Kopari Sundaze Mineral Face Sunscreen SPF 30 ($34)
This weightless, antioxidant-rich, mineral-based sunscreen protects and shields against damaging environmental and digital rays. Contains coconut water, jojoba seed oil, and non-nano coated zinc, which enhances UV protection and fights off free radicals.
Marc Jacobs Beauty Accomplice Concealer & Touch-Up Stick ($32)
This long-wearing, creamy concealer and touch-up stick is perfect for on-the-go, and comes in a range of 17 full-coverage shades. It covers and blends seamlessly for skin that looks totally natural, and layers beautifully under or over makeup, blurring the look of pores, fine lines, and imperfections while hiding dark circles, blemishes, and uneven skin tone.
Native Nectar Botanicals Hibiscus + Blood Orange Sugar Scrub ($35)
Exotic florals and deep, sultry citrus combine with natural sugar and nourishing oils to give you glowing, deeply hydrated skin. Natural cane sugar buffs away dead skin; coconut, neem, and vitamin E oils nourish and moisturize, while hibiscus flower helps tone and soothe.
Perlier Olive Oil Ultra Rich Body Butter ($40)
This precious body butter with an ultra-rich texture contains all the vital energy of the olive tree: gem lymph, leaf extracts and the unsaponifiable part of olive oil that that is not formed by fatty compounds. The combination of these powerful ingredients are full of anti-aging and super moisturizing properties. The skin becomes intensely nourished, visibly elastic, and more youthful in appearance.
Rael Microneedle Technology Acne Healing Patch ($11.99)
This new Microneedle Technology Acne Healing Patch fights acne by delivering blemish-fighting actives below the skin's surface to heal breakouts fast. Designed with super thin "microneedles", or microstructures thinner than a strand of hair, that prick your skin, allowing proven anti-fighting actives in the patch dive deeper into the skin.
R+Co Dark Waves ($28)
This long-lasting scent melts into skin, leaving it with a smooth and velvety feel. Apply to pulse points as often and as much as you like. After application, run your fingers through hair to leave traces of the scent in your locks.
Rebels Refinery Activated Charcoal Face Scrub ($9.99)
This natural facial scrub is the ideal solution for all skin types. The advanced formula helps to remove dead skin cells, unclog pores, improve circulation to your skin, and help with ingrown hairs. When applied properly and as part of your normal skin care routine, this solution will help you achieve clear, healthy, younger-looking skin.
Renpure Detoxifying Charcoal Dry Shampoo ($6.99)
Keep your thick hair looking and feeling clean, oil-free, and refreshed with this easy-to-use dry shampoo. An evolution of cleaner ingredients and rice starch-infused performance, and the versatility of bamboo-derived charcoal to help cleanse, clarify, and detoxify the scalp and hair.
Repêchage Triple Action Peptide Serum ($90)
The innovative formula behind the brand’s award-winning, professionally-inspired sheet mask is now available in a concentrated fluid form for hydrating, firming, and brightening. Based on advanced skin care science and natural ingredients, this potent seaweed and peptide-based serum helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and helps fight the visible signs of premature aging.
Retrouvé Luminous Cleansing Elixir ($75)
This easily-spreadable, yet richly textured, effective moisturizing cleanser has been formulated to be removed easily from the skin so as to avoid unnecessary pressure or pulling to the delicate facial area. The water-free cleansing balm is rich in beneficial oils that are ideal to massage onto the skin for an ultimate cleansing experience.
Revitalash Cosmetics Micellar Water Lash Wash ($36)
This residue-free, gentle cleanser is for lashes, brows, and lids. Unique micelles attract and draw out impurities to remove dirt, oil, makeup, and lint without leaving any film or residue.
Sara Happ Confetti Cake Lip Scrub Tube ($20)
Infused with hydrating sweet almond oil and finely-ground sugar, this lip balm’s delicious cake scent and exfoliating crystals make for a truly sweet treatment for lips. Fits into a convenient tube that you can easily throw in your bag for on-the-go exfoliation.
The Better Skin Co. Treat and Calm Glam Getaway ($28)
Three products are included in this set, which comes with Zit No More (a rollerball zit zapper), Lava Magik (a cleanser, scrub, and mask combined), as well as the Mirakle Cream (an all-purpose skin cream). Sparkly gold bag included.
The Honest Co. Bubble Bath ($11.95)
This adds good, clean fun to any bathtime routine. Enriched with calming botanicals to clean and help skin retain moisture, this gentle bubble bath is specially formulated to create fun-filled bubbles for kids of all ages. Available in four delightful scents and perfect for everyday use.
Unwash Color Intensifying Gloss Treatment ($27)
Use every 2-4 weeks in-between color treatments for non-stop shine, color, and dimension. Helps extend the life of your hair color in between visits to the salon. Adds a gloss with nourishing ingredients, leaving hair looking bright, shiny, and touchable.
Urban Skin Rx Even Tone Cleansing Bar ($24.00)
The 3-in-1 Even Tone Cleansing Bar is a complexion perfecting cleansing treatment that improves the appearance of uneven skin tone and dark marks. It works as a daily cleanser, mask and exfoliator.
Vibe Bottle Eye of Inspiration 20 oz. Tall ($28.88)
Made of beautiful Borosilicate glass that is naturally BPA-free, this bottle features a beautiful design made with inks that are dishwasher-safe and scratch-proof. Now you can charge your water in the sun or moon without having to worry about harmful chemicals leeching into your water.
Volition Beauty Daily Vitamin Glow Booster ($30)
A daily boost to elevate your skincare routine. Packed with vitamin-rich fruits and veggies, this nourishing concentrate delivers enviable radiance and hydration. It improves skin texture, soothes skin, helps reduce redness, and reveals skin’s natural glow.
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