3 new skincare products to put a Spring in your step

After months of lock-down, cold-fronts and a winter’s chill, we are starting to see budding blossoms, greener grass and warmer days. These warmer days are putting us in the mood to socialize again – hello cocktails and girls’ days out!

Before we dash on out the house though, best we make time for a much-needed at-home pamper session. From vitamin c foaming exfoliators that smell like a citrus orchard, to coconut-scented toner and hydra-filler moisturiser to plump up the wrinkles. One thing’s for certain we are bound to have a spring in our step after using these skincare treasures.

SVR Vitamin C Antioxidant Foam Mask

This foam mask is the only antioxidant foam mask you’ll need in your beauty arsenal as it illuminates the skin, retexturises, and plumps exfoliates, and smoothes out the skin. This is one of SVR’s most recent skincare launches and we must say, we love the unique idea and the packaging of a foam mask, in an aerosol can. This mask contains 25% optimised vitamin c, which protects against aging, as well as gluconolactone for a gentle retexturising, smoothing, and refining effect. Vitamin B3 and a moisturising complex with high molecular weight hyaluronic acid are also included in this mask. All these ingredients mixed together leave your skin feeling new again. This mask will leave you with the ultimate skin glow up as it exfoliates dead skin cells, plumps up fine lines, smoothes out skin tone and imperfections, and leaves your skin with a noticeable glow. We love that is smells fresh and citrusy like you’re taking a walk in an orange orchard and it rinses off beautifully as a clear liquid, for the ultimate skin treat.  

R750  from www.riekiemedaesthetic.co.za, www.absoluteskin.co.za and www.shopfomo.com as well as at selected salons and doctors 

Azana Spa Micellar water

If you’ve been searching for a triple threat micellar water then the Azana Spa micellar water is for you. Micelles are tiny balls of cleansing oil molecules that are suspended in soft water, to attract dirt, oil, and impurities without drying, aging, or stripping the skin. There’s no mystery as to why every beauty guru has at least 2 micellar waters in her beauty kit. It’s so easy to use, just a few drops on a cotton pad will remove makeup, cleanse and tone the skin and it doesn’t require water to rinse off. This vegetable glycerine will leave your skin feeling soft, moisturized, and radiant. This three-in-one micellar water is also vegan, cruelty-free, sulfate-free, and it’s 94% natural. Why get one when you can try all three delicious variants.

• Rosehip Micellar Water: enriched with rosehip extract, made to cleanse, soften & leave a radiant glow. Rosehip is an ideal cleansing oil for oily skin and contains retinoids which may help reduce the appearance of acne.

• Aloe Vera and Cucumber:  Infused with soothing aloe vera and cucumber extract made to cleanse and leave a radiant glow. The skin will look cleansed and refreshed.

• Coconut and Hyaluronic Acid (my personal favourite): enriched with coconut extract (for hydration and radiance) and Hyaluronic Acid made to cleanse, and leave a radiant glow.

R89.95 from Dischem

Filorga hydra-filler pro-youth boosting moisturiser:

This intensive hydrating moisturizer is ideal for thirsty skin like mine as it provides a healthy boost of hyaluronic acid to dry skin. This French skincare brand is the ultimate thirst quencher your skin has been looking for, as it’s main ingredients are hyaluronic acid complex, revidrat, and hydraslalinol which don’t simply moisturize, they actively boost moisture levels within the skin, boost the production of skin-firming collagen and prevent moisture loss by strengthening the skin’s epidermal barrier.

Hydra-Filler is R905 for 50ml and is available from www.skinmiles.co.za, www.justskinclinic.co.za, www.absoluteskin.co.za, www.shopfomo.com, www.riekiemedaesthetic.com