Shameless Sophie

Cheek colour in one swipe, blended with a finger.

This is the fast one. Straight from the stick onto the cheek, blended with whatever's nearest, done — and because the texture is soft and buttery it melts into foundation instead of lifting it.

The finish is fresh and slightly dewy rather than matte, which is what makes it read as healthy skin instead of applied product. No streaks, no patches, and it's easy to top up at 5pm without redoing anything.

Pomegranate butter, ceramide NP, squalane and avocado oil keep skin comfortable while you wear it. It smells like pomegranate.

Vegan.

Choosing between this and the Selfglow Creamy Blush: this one for speed and a dewy finish, Selfglow for staying power and matte.

Cream going on, powder once it's there.

Cream bronzers slide in the heat. Powder bronzers go patchy over foundation. This is the format that solves both — it melts on like a cream, then sets to a soft matte powder and stays put.

That setting step is the whole point. Once it's down it doesn't move, doesn't transfer onto a collar, and doesn't need reapplying at six. The finish is a natural warmth rather than a stripe of colour, so there are no harsh lines to blend out.

Two shades: Velvet Tan to warm the complexion, Velvet Sand for a cooler, more neutral contour. Perilla oil and peony extract condition, mango seed butter keeps the texture creamy in the pan.

Vegan.

Choosing between this and the Butter Blend Bronze Stick: this one for long days and photographs, the stick for speed and a dewier finish.

Glow, not glitter.

The difference between a highlighter that looks expensive and one that doesn't is whether you can see the particles. On this one you can't — it melts in for a gloss-skin finish, wet-looking rather than sparkly.

Golden Hour is a champagne-gold that suits most skin tones because it's warm rather than icy. Build it from a soft sheen to a proper highlight; it won't break up or go patchy over foundation the way pressed highlighters do.

Perilla oil, peony extract and mango seed butter give it the silky texture.

Vegan.

A liner soft enough to wear on its own.

Most liners are hard, and hard liners drag, skip and leave a visible outline. This one is creamy enough to fill the whole lip, and it comes with a silicone tip on the other end so you can blur the edge instead of drawing one. Wear it alone for a soft matte nude, or under lipstick to hold the colour and the shape for hours longer.

What it does

• Creamy texture that glides — precise when you want a line, blendable when you don't
• Built-in silicone tip to soften the contour or diffuse the colour inward
• Peptides, jojoba oil, glycerin and vitamin E — it wears comfortably rather than tightly
• Makes lipstick last longer and reads more intense over a filled-in lip

Choosing your shade

• 01 Cute Nude — pale pink-nude. For light lip colours.
• 02 Blush Crush — soft rosy pink. The most natural.
• 03 Honey Mood — warm golden nude. Pairs with peach and caramel.
• 04 Merry Maroon — deep berry-brown. Sharpens reds and plums.
• 05 Ash Wood — cool taupe-brown. The 90s liner.
• 06 Crown Brown — rich true brown. Best on deeper skin.

How to wear it

Outline the lips, then run the silicone tip along the edge to blend. Fill the whole lip for a soft matte finish, or leave it as a contour for a little more volume.

The details

Finish Creamy, soft matte
Key actives Oligopeptide-1, jojoba oil, glycerin, vitamin E
Tool Silicone blending tip

Wear it under the Tasty Lips Beauty Lipgloss for shine that keeps its shape.

Nine shades, one palette, no wasted pans.

Most nude palettes give you three shades you use and six you don't. This one is built as a working set — enough range to go from a wash of colour on a work morning to a full smoky eye, without opening anything else.

The formula is soft and velvety, which matters more than pigment load in a nude palette: these shades need to blend into each other invisibly, and chalky ones won't. It wears without creasing, flaking or fading.

Perilla oil and peony extract condition the eyelid, which is thinner and drier than the rest of your face — and drier still in air conditioning.

Two versions: Nude, the warmer browns and golds, and Rose Nude, the same idea shifted pink. Pick on undertone rather than on eye colour.

Vegan.

Cream going on, powder once it's there.

Cream bronzers slide in the heat. Powder bronzers go patchy over foundation. This is the format that solves both — it melts on like a cream, then sets to a soft matte powder and stays put.

That setting step is the whole point. Once it's down it doesn't move, doesn't transfer onto a collar, and doesn't need reapplying at six. The finish is a natural warmth rather than a stripe of colour, so there are no harsh lines to blend out.

Two shades: Velvet Tan to warm the complexion, Velvet Sand for a cooler, more neutral contour. Perilla oil and peony extract condition, mango seed butter keeps the texture creamy in the pan.

Vegan.

Choosing between this and the Butter Blend Bronze Stick: this one for long days and photographs, the stick for speed and a dewier finish.

Setting powder that doesn't go grey on you.

Loose powders often leave skin looking flat and slightly ashy, especially in photos. This one is pink, and that's the whole point — the tone cancels the greyish, earthy cast that makeup can pick up through the day, so skin looks fresher rather than dulled.

It's made from powdered raspberry seeds and the texture is genuinely silky. It sets foundation and concealer to a long-lasting matte without the heavy, powdered look, and it's fine enough to use under the eyes without creasing. The pink adapts to the skin rather than sitting on top as a colour.

The formula carries a skin calming complex — raspberry seed oil, centella asiatica, allantoin and betaine — which is why it suits sensitive and redness-prone skin better than most setting powders do. Talc free, and 99.5% ingredients of natural origin.

Vegan formula.