Quick beauty for Moms on the go
Back in 1927, Mademoiselle Chanel bet on the on-the-go lifestyle, making a line of smaller skincare and makeup essentials that could easily be slipped into a handbag, evening clutch, or small piece of luggage for spur-of-the-moment getaways.
Chanel was inspired by these formats for its 2023 Les Beiges collection, offering them in limited-edition travel sizes. Les Beiges Healthy Glow Gel Touch Foundation evens out the complexion, refreshes the skin, and enhances glow from morning to night.
Les Beiges Water-Fresh Complexion Touch (20 ml) transforms beneath the fingertips, becoming a fluid that, like a second skin, seamlessly corrects and evens out the complexion.
Les Beiges Healthy Glow Cream Travel Size (15 g) gives the illusion of smooth, rosy-peach skin, like after a weekend spent in the great outdoors.
A true light catcher, Les Beiges Illuminating Oil Travel Size (50 ml) envelops the skin, leaving it with an iridescent shimmer.
Les Beiges Healthy Glow Natural Eyeshadow Palette in Warm combines five shades that can be blended together, layered, or used to create a gradient effect. The beige, coral, and taupe hues can be applied to the eyes as a base, highlighter, or eyeshadow for a customizable makeup look.
To go with Les Beiges, Chanel has designed two new shades of Rouge Coco Flash with evocative names like Destination, a shiny, rosy beige that enhances lips with nude shimmer; and Escapade, a slightly warm sienna red. Rouge Coco Baume is available in two shades: Pink Delight, a semi-matte, soft, ultra-natural pink; and Sweet Treat, a semi-matte brownish mauve.
Ombre Premiere Laque coats lids with golden shimmer and is featured in two iconic jewel tones: Rayon, a soft, luminous beige; and Quartz Rose, a radiant pastel pink.
Help her achieve her most luminous skin
La Prairie has unveiled a unique way to achieve luminosity with White Caviar Pearl Infusion. Powered by new, encapsulated LumidoseTM, La Prairie’s proprietary illuminating molecule, and enriched with Swiss Golden Caviar ingredients, this reimagined potent serum addresses the ability of mom’s skin to reflect light and improves its firmness.
La Prairie’s re-innovated White Caviar Pearl Infusion focuses on reducing the appearance of the four major pigmentation disturbances: brown spots, redness, sallowness and grayness, and increasing the density of collagen fibers in the dermis.
Skin luminosity is brought to new heights. Dark spots, redness, yellowness and grayness are visibly reduced. Skin appears smoother; its density is enhanced, and it feels firmer. Mom will look and feel so youthful.
Make her smell like a million bucks
Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s iconic scent Baccarat Rouge 540 is now available in four different formats to make the wearer smell expensive, elegant, and attention-getting. The woody-amber-floral, which has taken the world by storm and spawned a legion of copycats, can be sprayed as the original eau de parfum and more concentrated extrait de parfum. Particularly suitable for moms are the Baccarat Rouge 540 Sparkling Body Oil for after-bath, and Elixir Precieux roll-on that can be applied inside the wrist, the crook of the elbow, the nape of the neck, hairline and decolletage, creating an intimate alchemy with skin.
A reset button for her skin
L’Occitane Reset Oil-in-Serum was created with immortelle flower, a miraculous flower that grows in extremely harsh conditions in the Corsican Maquis shrub land. Swept by salty winds from the Mediterranean sea and drenched in intense sunlight, the flower is called immortelle because it doesn’t wither even after being picked.
Immortelle Reset smoothens the skin’s fine lines, giving it a healthy glow and allowing it to soothe and recover from daily stress factors. Immortelle’s sap-like extract soothes skin from redness and tightness, as well as boosts its recovery. Immortelle essential oil, encapsulated in tiny golden bubbles, is known for its strong antioxidant properties, helping to protect skin from daily aggressors and leaves it looking more youthful. Acmella Oleracea is a natural active that has a Botox-like effect and helps smooth lines quickly, while marjoram reawakens the skin. Using the Reset serum will leave you glowing, rested and hydrated.
Make her kitchen smell like a garden
Acca Kappa’s Raspberry and Tomato Leaves diffuser fills the room with the scent of summer, evoking the green aroma of tomato leaves, sweetened by the mildness of raspberry. Formulated with high-quality natural oils, Acca Kappa aromatic room fragrances fill the air with refreshing and stimulating notes.
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Available at Rustan’s, Central Square and Adora.
A pioneering anti-ager is now suited to warm weather
Clarins’ pioneering Double Serum has been a success for over 35 years, thanks to its anti-aging power and global action of the skin’s five vital functions. Today Clarins continues to meet women’s needs by offering a lightweight version of its Double Serum — a new, quickly absorbed texture that leaves no oily film — for all ages and skin types, particularly suitable for warm and humid climates, combination-to-oily skin and… men!
With Double Serum Light Texture, you’ll get all the same scientific innovation of a double formula, composed of the same 21 plant extracts with proven anti-aging effectiveness, in the same innovative packaging but now in a lightweight texture.
Make mom go mineral
Mineral makeup is healthier for mom’s skin, and Jane Iredale is the go-to mineral brand at Rustan’s. To the line they’ve added Pure Bronze and Shimmer, matte and shimmer bronzers with skincare ingredients shea butter (to moisturize), jojoba seed oil (to smooth), and pomegranate extract (to protect) for natural bronzing and effortless contouring.
The ideal way to set and lock in mineral makeup is Pommist Hydration Sprays, which come in four variants — Pommist, Balance, D2O and Calming Lavender —repackaged in color-coded canisters.
For summer, Jane Iredale has also added two new shades of Beyond Matte Lip Stain, liquid lipstick with ultra-longlasting color, an optimized ergonomic applicator, plant-based oils to condition and protect, and a yummy Tahitian vanilla flavor: Craving, a pretty nude rose, and Devotion, a bright, peachy coral.
Balance and beautify her skin
Since its creation in 1980, Sisley’s iconic Ecological Compound, which moisturized and revitalized the skin with a unique blend of plant extracts, has become a global success. Since then, Sisley has worked to understand the living ecology of the skin, called “microbiome science.” While Ecological Compound still contributes to the optimal activity of the skin’s vital functions, this new “advanced” version now helps to balance the skin’s ecosystem and stimulates its natural defenses, for skin to function and defend itself effectively. Day after day, mom’s skin is revitalized, balanced and better supported. Having achieved optimum balance, her skin will be more resilient and beautiful-looking.
A scent for moms who love to read and write
Does your mom love to read and write? She’d probably love the smell of paper then, which is what inspired Diptyque’s new fragrance, L’Eau Papier. Developed in collaboration with perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin and artist Alix Waline, L’Eau Papier is a tribute to creation and the backbone of the maison, and to paper, the primary means by which that creation is expressed.
White musks are delicated faceted with an accord of rice steam, evoking the scent of paper. To thee are added luminous notes of mimosa, while a backdrop of blonde woods grounds the scent and makes it subtly fresh, wearable and memorable.
Enhance her complexion with SPF powder
Koh Gen Do’s Maifanshi UV Pressed Powder 7G is an ultra-fine powder with luster and added SPF 50 that easily blends into the skin while reflecting light to give silky, luminous coverage and a flawless complexion. The UV Pressed Powder contains SPF50 + PA ++++, the highest standard value in Japan. This face powder is well known for its lightweight finish that prevents a white cast and remains transparent. It’s an easy-to-use, travel-friendly face powder that minimizes pores and texture while keeping hydrated, luminous skin.
Transform her bathroom into a self-care space
To celebrate 15 years of skincare inspired by Swedish nature, L:a Bruket has crafted a new, limited-edition scent: Angelica. Used across their vegan hand and body-care routine, this scent is formulated to deeply relax and detoxify, boosting wellbeing.
Almost three years in the making, L:a Bruket’s face-care collection is designed to restore the skin’s ecology. Seven essential products are designed as building blocks to create Mom’s own optimal routine.
Last year, inspired by the multisensory power of the sauna experience, L:a Bruket crafted a new scent: Bastu (Swedish for “sauna.”) Originally limited edition, the response was so positive that Bastu will become a permanent part of the brand’s home collection of candles, room diffusers and fragrance tags.
Lastly, the new Rejuvenating hand serum is a highly concentrated vegan formula that helps to repair, deeply hydrate and protect the skin barrier by promoting cellular regeneration.
Give her a rose that will never die
Bon Parfumeur 06: Damascena Rose, Davana & Vanilla is intoxicating and charming, with velvety rose petals and musky vanilla twisted with a hint of pink pepper. The trio of ingredients is 99.97% of natural origin, and the rose is upcycled! First the rose petal is distilled, releasing a fragrant essential oil. Since they don’t like waste at Bon Parfumeur, the distillation waters, which contain olfactory molecules, are used to produce a new rose scent. After more manipulation, the result is an innovative, natural product that is durable and smells as good as a freshly cut rose, with a fresher, greener body that is crisper. Called Rose EssentialTM, its presence works to refine the absolute of the Damascena Rose in the 06. Available in 15ml, 30ml and 100ml.
Mom can use this instead of moisturizer
Keeping the skin protected is key to ward off signs of premature aging. Malin+Goetz’s clean, mineral SPF 30 sunscreen absorbs instantly, and is residue-free for immediate, water-resistant protection and hydration. The broad-spectrum formula helps defend against harmful UVA + UVB rays + environmental aggressors with ingredients that help brighten and replenish skin. The gel-cream formula is comfortable and lightweight, forming a protective shield that isn’t greasy and works great under makeup. Mom can use it instead of moisturizer in hot weather.
Brighten her skin in 4 weeks
Mario Badescu’s Vitamin C Cream is a daytime, lightweight moisturizer formulated with 10% vitamin C (ascorbic acid), which works to revitalize dull, lackluster skin by helping to visibly brighten tone, improve skin’s elasticity, and achieve a glowing, more youthful-looking complexion. Clinically tested on 25 participants between the ages of 31 to 62 over four weeks, 84% noticed more even skin tone, and 88% noticed a brighter complexion after four weeks.
Let her eyes reflect her soul
RMS Eyelights are longwearing, crease-proof cream eye shadows available in six metallic, buildable shades. These richly textured cream eye shadows create a luminous, light-reflective finish subtle enough for daytime and buildable for dramatic effects at night. Formulated with organic green tea and natural peptide quinoa extracts, it nourishes and smooths the delicate eye skin with each wear. It also includes a reusable key you can attach to the end of the tube and twist to press every last bit out before recycling. Thoughtfully packaged in an aluminum tube, the outer carton made of 80% post-consumer recycled paper and vegetal ink.
Define her eye shape with the appearance of fuller lashes
With its super-fine tip, high-color intensity, skip-free precision and rich matte finish, Stila’s Stay All Day Artistix Micro Liner is ideal for tight-lining, an all time favorite eyeliner application method that defines Mom’s eye shape and gives the appearance of fuller lashes. a The creamy, smudge-proof vegan formula glides effortlessly on application and stays put all day.
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All products are available at Rustan’s The Beauty Source or shop online at www.rustans.com.
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