April's Beauty Products
Spring is a time for reset and refresh, making it the perfect time to update your beauty regimen – whether skin, hair, make-up or wellness. It makes April, the peak of the season, a fruitful month in terms of beauty launches, from products anticipating summer (bronzing creams, SPFs and the like) to those capturing a mood of spring cleaning and revival (creamy cleansers, hand creams, nourishing lip balms).
The natural colour creator: Westman Atelier’s Bronzing Crème
A palette with two shades of bronzer that have a cream-to-powder texture and matte finish, made by Westman Atelier, the clean beauty line of make-up artist Gucci Westman.
The two shades and creamy texture of this palette make it ideal for contouring that looks completely natural. On our test run, it lasted from morning to evening without needing any touch-ups, while its matte texture kept it feeling light on the skin without being drying.
To wear, apply the light shade to the points that get the most sun – the bridge of the nose, apple of the cheeks – and then apply the deeper shade along the cheekbones, hairline and temples to add depth and dimension. Finally, use a blender brush across the face to create cohesion.
The unconventional wrinkle reducer: Aesop’s Solais Replenishing Hand Serum
Aesop’s new serum, designed specifically for hands, that works with the same efficacy as the brand’s famous facial care.
The neck and hands can often be revealing indicators of our age because the delicacy of the skin there means it's hyper-prone to irreversible damage. They’re also easy areas to forget about until the damage has already been done, which means that years of fastidious attention to your facial skincare can be quickly undercut by wrinkly and dark-spot-laden hands. Aesop’s new hand serum is a welcome solution for those of us who forget that our hands need to be taken care of, too. A lightweight serum with a non-sticky texture, it’s formulated with niacinamide, dandelion root and LHA to reduce discolouration and brighten skin. It won’t turn back the clock on your hands if you’ve never taken care of them before, but it will noticeably improve their appearance after a few uses.
Add the Solais Replenishing Hand Serum to your daily skincare routine by applying after your facial care and then following up with some hand cream to lock in the moisture.
The luxury lip tint: Celine’s Le Rouge Matte Lip Balm
Following the debut of its full range of lipsticks last year, Celine Beauté has expanded into lip balms with a collection of eight shades that range from colourless and beig to bolder reds and a deep purple.
One of the most interesting things about these balms is that they’re matte, which means they leave behind a subtle flush of colour without the glossy effect of most balms. More impressive is that it manages to do this and still be highly moisturising. Black rose oil extract and hyaluronic acid spheres make lips instantly and lastingly softer, meaning that you don’t have to reapply throughout the day as with most balms. While the shades are subtle (even our favourite, the dark red ‘Constance’, leaves behind only a light, but flattering flush), they are naturally plumping.
Our favourite thing about them, though, is that as soon as you open the faceted, silver container (inspired, like its lipstick predecessor, by Louis XVI’s jewellery and art deco design), you’re hit by a fragrance similar to the signature accord from the brand’s line of fragrances.
The farm-grown haircare: The revamped Davines Essential Haircare range
Italian haircare brand Davines’ formulas have been refined to remove unnecessary ingredients. Each features an average of 93 per cent ingredients of natural origin, 92 per cent biodegradability, and fragrances with enhanced biodegradability.
Davines has always been one of our favourite haircare brands because its formulas work so well, and most of the ingredients it uses are grown on the brand’s very own regenerative farm in Bologna. Always conscious about environmental impact, the brand's new Essentials range (available online 22 April 2026) has been designed to have as little negative impact as possible. The formulas are also designed to leave hair even healthier than their predecessors.
An Emma Lewisham cleanser designed to transform washing your face from a simple functional step that removes dirt and make-up into an active treatment that prepares skin to more actively bind the skincare that follows.
There's so much skincare out there, it’s hard to believe a brand could ever create a novel product, but Emma Lewisham has done just that with a cleanser designed not only to clean your face, but also to help your skincare have a more powerful effect. It has a cushioning texture that doesn’t strip the skin and is formulated with soothing botanicals to help improve skin tone.
Use morning and evening as the first step in your skincare routine.
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