Mists, refreshing sprays, invisible patches and primers. The BeautyHack team talks about products for instant hydration, getting rid of puffiness and signs of fatigue.
Refreshing spray instant action Ibuki, Shiseido
The choice of the creative director of BeautyHack Ksenia Wagner
If there is in the world the perfect tonic spray for an airplane, the height of a Moscow traffic jam or a deadline when the boss turns into a Terminator, it is he, a kind wizard who relieves any tension with blissful freshness. The effect is invigorating, but comfortable, without prickly, instant chill - and the coolest thing is that it lasts not a few seconds, but another 10 minutes. The feeling that you are resurrected, rejuvenated, teleported to the Norwegian fjords - all at once.
In consistency, this is not really water, but rather a gel, scattered into tiny particles - and therefore the effect is long-lasting. I can't wait to take him on vacation at sea - after three hours on the beach you can't think of a better express spa for a face.
Price: about 2 600 rubles.
Moisturizing refreshing mist for the face Valo Glow Refresh Hydrating Vitamin C Mist, Lumene
The choice of the creative director of BeautyHack Ksenia Wagner
This classic "water" comes in handy for reboots throughout the day - it can be applied directly to makeup, it does not contain oils and is absorbed instantly.
I applied in the morning to clean skin and thought to distribute it with a cotton pad, but really didn't have time: three seconds - and the skin ate it. The Vitamin C formula promises an instant glow, but I'd rather call it freshness. Bonuses include a sweet-fresh smell (the composition contains arctic cloudberries and in general 96% of the ingredients are natural) and a large bottle that will last for a long time.
Price: about 1,000 rubles.
Haze Hydra Beauty Essence Mist, Chanel
Choice of BeautyHack Editor-in-Chief Karina Andreeva
I love it for its gentle spraying - the product with a convenient dispenser instantly refreshes the skin. When sprayed, a thin veil seems to envelop the face. Immediately you feel a fresh, unobtrusive floral scent.
I use this haze very often when, in the midst of a working day, I start to get tired and need to "cheer up" quickly.
The active ingredient of the product is the Camellia Alba flower, which is responsible for moisturizing the skin. I am sure the haze will help me out more than once this summer!
Price: 4 415 rub.
Haze spray moisturizing SPF30 Eau Thermale Brume d'Eau SPF30, Uriage
The choice of SMM-manager BeautyHack Alexandra Grishina
At the first glance at the bottle, it seems that this is ordinary thermal water in travel format. In fact, it is an innovative product that maintains the natural moisture balance of the skin and can urgently moisturize it. And the product does it with a bang - just due to the fact that it is enriched with thermal water.
A significant bonus - SPF-30 (useful on vacation and to protect from the first sun rays).
I recently did a skin hydration test and found that mine was only 34% hydrated. But thanks to this haze, it became more nourished, and dryness no longer bothers me - I put the compact spray in my purse and freshen up during the day: in the office, in the car, while I'm in traffic, or at home, while I cook dinner. I especially like to apply the product before evening care or on weekends when there is no makeup on my face.
Price: 487 rub.
Balm Butterstick Lip Treatment, Touch of Berry, Kiehl's
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Anastasia Speranskaya
Tint balm is a product that I never part with (at least one should always be in my purse). Due to the constant use of matte lipsticks, lips beg for mercy, and a transparent and barely noticeable balm is not always enough. So, when I want to add color to my life, I take Kiehl’s Berry Butterstick. It contains coconut and lemon oils - together they nourish the lips and protect them from the harmful effects of the environment. At the same time, the balm smells like chocolate candy (you just want to eat it) and is very pleasant on the lips: not too sticky, moderately moisturizing and gives a very natural effect of kissed lips.
Price: 1 400 rub.
Protective Lip Balm Sacred Nature, Comfort Zone
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Natalia Kapitsa
I am in love with the Comfort Zone brand from the first day of our acquaintance, which lasts six months. During this time, not a single disappointment - delight and nothing else. The same story happened with Sacred Nature's Nourishing Protective Balm. As soon as I opened the cap and smelled the natural essential oils, my heart was surrendered to this laconic case. The main active ingredient is Buriti oil, which is responsible for hydration, protection from wind and other adverse environmental factors. All components in the composition are 100% natural and produced from organic crops. The balm is easy to apply - begins to melt on the lips, is quickly absorbed and does not spread. And for the smell you can sell the soul - it seems that this is how real organic matter should smell.
Price: 1800 rub.
Cream Pep Start Eye Cream, Clinique
The choice of BeautyHack columnist and beauty blogger Elvira Chabakauri
Clinique Pep Start Eye Cream is a light cream with reflective particles and a very quick effect - in just a couple of minutes it visibly invigorates the skin around the eyes (both in sensation and in appearance). I also love that makeup adheres well to it, even if there is no time to wait for full absorption. This Clinique series is just for the ever-rushing city dwellers.
Price: 2100 rub.
BB cream "Precious Immortelle", L'Occitane
BeautyHack Editor's Choice Daria Sizova
It is ideal for light and weightless coverage. BB-cream easily illuminates the skin, smooths out imperfections, removes unevenness and redness of the skin. The bonus is a long-lasting and versatile product: with it you will not need a concealer and primer, the cream can withstand an 8-hour working day perfectly even without them. The caring components (essential oil of the immortelle flower) in the composition protect the skin from frost and wind, and in summer they perfectly protect from the sun. In addition, the cream moisturizes the skin very well. You can replace it with a day cream. That's what versatility means!
Price: 3 790 rub.
Shaping stick 2 in 1 Studio Skin Shaping Foundation Stick, Smashbox
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Anastasia Speranskaya
Tonal sticks are now in the assortment of almost every brand, but it is not easy to find the perfect one. Firstly, not all of them are creamy enough so as not to stretch the skin upon application and turn you into a leopard with spots that cannot be shaded. The Smashbox stick is good in all respects: it has a delicate creamy texture that lends itself well to shading with a sponge, brush, and fingertips. And the product has excellent overlapping ability - it will cope with minor imperfections with a bang, without the effect of a dense mask. And the bonus that elevates the stick to the category "you will always be in my cosmetic bag" is a convenient creamy contouring product that, with the slightest touch, turns into powder and creates a very natural shadow. The shade of the modeling product is perfectly matched to the foundation, so be guided by it when buying.
Price: 2 990 rub.
Persistent foundation Haute Tenue Everlasting Foundation, Clarins
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Natalia Kapitsa
A long-lasting foundation suitable for all skin types. I have a fat one, and he responded perfectly to the novelty in the cosmetic bag. The tool lasted for the entire working day. Even dance training turned out to be a feasible task for Clarins Haute Tenue - the tone did not "float away". In the composition - matting bamboo powder, thanks to which the T-zone begins to shine slightly only towards evening (the issue is solved with one matting napkin).
The cream perfectly masks imperfections without creating a mask effect, so in daylight it seems that even skin is a gift from nature, and not a miracle created by decorative cosmetics. The product has a thick, dense texture that is gently shaded with a brush. Strong five for durability, good matting ability and lightness - it is practically not felt on the skin.
Price: 3 199 rub.
Photo Finish Primerzier
BeautyHack Editor's Choice Daria Sizova
Primers are a vital makeup element for me. I love universal products: they save time and allow you to put less makeup on your face. The new Smashbox primer is just that: it simultaneously moisturizes the skin, saturates it with moisture, and prepares it for makeup. Owners of oily skin - note, and dry skin - a strong recommendation for testing. You can't do without a moisturizer after washing your face in the morning, but the product will save your skin from drying out during the day.
There is no need to talk about the durability of makeup after use: I notice that makeup artists often use this particular primer on set before makeup, which means that durability is guaranteed by 1000% even in the heat from professional lighting and stress from cameras aimed at models.
Price: 2 590 rubles.
Aqua base for makeup Aqua Primer, Rouge Bunny Rouge
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Julia Kozoliy
Rouge Bunny Rouge primer has a very delicate gel texture that makes it feel like a classic facial. And the composition of the tool is "percussion", so it gives not only a visual effect. 70% of the primer is water. The remaining 30% is divided between sea buckthorn extract, iris root, saccharide isomerate, vitamins A and E. All these components smooth and moisturize. And bisabolol soothes the skin, so I recommend the primer for girls suffering from inflammation and irritation.
Aqua Primer can be mixed with the tone and applied to the eyelids as a base (I sometimes take it with me to work and use it in the evening when I do my eye makeup). After that, the face looks moisturized, the shine does not appear during the day. For me, the main advantage was the obvious durability of the makeup: usually at the end of the day I got used to touch up the tone, because after 8 hours of working at the computer my face looked tired. Aqua Primer as if fixes the tone and the desired effect of gloss and healthy glow remains until the end of the day (even if you are wearing the most nude of all nude makeup).
The product is enclosed in a weighty glass bottle, with the use of which it is very pleasant to start the morning in the bathroom!"
Price: 4240 rub.
Highlighter Highlighting Tint, Artistry
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Anastasia Speranskaya
Pink cream-gel with reflective particles. Used as intended - as a base to create a fashionable gym skin effect. I do not recommend it for girls with noticeable pores - it can emphasize the relief. In this case, it is better to mix Artistry Highlighting Tint with foundation - the skin will shine very delicately, and the pink tint will give the face a fresh look. I wanted to achieve expressive radiance - I hammered the product with the pads of my fingers on the cheekbones and temples (like a highlighter). The glow lasted all day!
Price on request
Patches Hydrogen Gel Twin-Patch for Eye Zone, Enhel Beauty
Choice of BeautyHack Special Correspondent Moore Soboleva
Enhel Beauty develops a super-fashionable theme of hydrogen: the brand supplies devices for enriching water with hydrogen, in fact, hydrogen water and very good skin care cosmetics. Hydrogel patches are where it makes sense to start getting to know Enhel Beauty: they perfectly smooth the skin, brighten it, and at the same time are completely transparent: you can even go in a taxi with them.
Price: 2 700 rubles.
Patches Hyaluronic Eye Patch Masks, Thalgo
Choice of BeautyHack Special Correspondent Moore Soboleva
Thin fabric patches generously impregnated with serum belong to the Thalgo hyaluronic series - very successful in my opinion. These patches have saved me for many years and remain my favorite sos-remedy: they only need to be kept on for 10 minutes, and the skin instantly freshens, brightens and becomes hydrated.
Price: 1 999 rub.
Mist Mist Expert Red Moisture Gel Mist, VProve
Choice of BeautyHack Special Correspondent Moore Soboleva
The young Korean brand VProve, which specializes in multi-stage skin care, entered our market only this summer. Their Expert Gel Mist is aimed not so much at fighting redness as at hydrating and improving overall skin quality - it can be used both as a toner and over makeup. It contains aloe vera, ginseng extract and astaxanthin, which is known as an anti-aging and moisturizing ingredient.
Price: 1 590 rub.
Spray Priming with a Hydrating Fluid, Valmont
Choice of BeautyHack Special Correspondent Moore Soboleva
Quite a serious care, despite the frivolous form factor. This moisturizing fluid in a spray is great for when you need some extra nourishment throughout the day. It removes dehydration well, and if used before serum and cream, then there is a feeling that the funds fit better.
Price on request
Tonic spray Pivoine Sublime Perfecting Mist, L'Occitane
Editor's Choice BeautyHack Anastasia Speranskaya
Spray from L'Occitane with a magical spring scent of a blooming garden I use not only as a refreshing and moisturizing agent, but also when applying makeup: after the cream, I spray the spray over the face and then use a foundation that lays on the face in a thin layer and completely merges with the skin. …
The product contains no alcohol, and peony extract perfectly smoothes and smoothes the skin. Spraying also deserves all praise - a special dispenser turns the tonic into "dust", which helps to evenly irrigate the entire face.
For owners of dry skin types, I advise you to use the spray throughout the day - to refresh your face and renew your makeup.
Price: 1090 rub.
Dream Cream Moisturizing Spray, Black Pearl
The choice of the editorial assistant at BeautyHack Daria Mironova
The product has become an excellent assistant in matters of instant moisturizing. What did you like? Firstly, the compact packaging - the product fits easily into even the smallest bag. Secondly, a comfortable spray that helps to quickly moisturize the face and not splatter everything around. Thirdly, the composition of the spray itself, which moisturizes the skin and does not provoke irritation.
I applied it as the final stage of the care and during the day when I wanted to refresh my face. I will gladly take you on the plane: I always save space in my carry-on baggage, and the spray will help you survive the flight without dryness and go through acclimatization in a hot country.
Price: about 300 rubles.
Multifunctional dry oil Divine Oil, Caudalie
BeautyHack Editor's Choice Daria Sizova
On the road, on vacation or at work, I want not only to refresh myself, but to moisturize my skin: it reacts to stress with dryness and turns into a date (those who love this fruit know that the most delicious are dried and soft; so, my skin looks like this). Divine Oil lives up to its name - it has become a real salvation this spring, when I spend more time on the road than I would like.
The product instantly moisturizes the skin with the help of grape, sesame, hibiscus and argan oils. The symbiosis of these oils instantly makes the skin velvety and nourished, and the effect lasts up to 6 hours!
It is very convenient to apply: dry oil is presented in the form of a liquid spray. A few taps on the dispenser are enough to moisturize dry skin areas. The packaging is airtight (the product will not "run away" to the bottom of the bag), and the oil itself is quickly absorbed.
Price: 2 700 rubles.
