May’s Glow-Boosting Beauty Launches Signal Summer Is Around The Corner

No glow-boosting skin care routine is complete without a brightening vitamin C serum. This affordable one from e.l.f. is also formulated with ferulic acid and vitamin E for added antioxidant protection, and boasts a non-greasy finish so it layers well with the rest of the products in your morning lineup.

Fully protecting your skin from head to toe from sun damage will feel like less of a time-consuming drag with multitasking products. That’s where this mineral SPF lip balm comes into play. Not only does it shield UVA/UVB rays, it includes vitamin C and peptides to brighten and plump and comes in two tints (baby pink and peach).

Displaying The Whoo’s violet jar (peep that phoenix-adorned cap) on your vanity is enough to make you feel fancy, but the decadent moisturizing cream housed inside of it is next-level luxury. It’s powered by aged wild ginseng to target visible signs of aging such as fine lines, wrinkles, and loss of firmness. Given its recent stateside launch, expect to see this legacy K-beauty brand’s products in shelfies in the near future.

Calm down irritated skin with Exponent’s soothing antioxidant-packed serum. In addition to the powder blend of green tea, resveratrol, and cica, the activating hyaluronic acid works to hydrate skin, plus replenish the skin barrier and microbiome.

You’ve likely heard of farm-to-table restaurants, but have you heard of field-to-formula skin care? That’s the ethos behind Bloomeffects, which builds its products around proprietary two tulip complexes derived from flower fields in Amsterdam. The newest creation is the brightening serum, which combines tulip growth factors with exosome peptides to speed up its firming, brightening, and smoothing benefits.

Give your lips a little extra TLC with a deeply nourishing lip mask. While they’re typically used at night, this Femmue one is designed to restore and protect your lips for the day ahead.

If you’re Team Mineral Sunscreen, you’re all too familiar with the heavy, chalky feeling many of them come with. Luckily, U Beauty has solved this struggle with its Multimodal Sheer Mineral Sunscreen. The SPF-primer hybrid leaves skin with a smooth, airbrushed finish that’s ripe for makeup application.

When a pre-event facial isn’t in the cards, consider this at-home peel from Croatian facialist Manuela Picard your best bet. The unique formula combines chemical exfoliants, antioxidants, and vitamin E to smooth and brighten skin while simultaneously protecting the barrier and calming redness.

Inspired by the regenerating process that’s triggered by in-office laser treatments, this healing moisturizer helps address redness, post-acne marks, dark spots, wrinkles, firmness, and smoothness. While it’s made to work in tandem with laser series offered at a dermatologist’s office, you can use it on its own, too.

Keep your skin cool, calm, and collected this summer by spritzing this mist from New York’s acne whisperer, facialist Sofie Pavitt. On top of soothing skin, it’s formulated with post-biotic, niacinamide, and panthenol to help control excess oil, keep blemish-prone complexions balanced, and prevent future dark spots.

In addition to zinc oxide for sun, blue light, and antioxidant protection, Ranavat’s mineral SPF includes 20 antioxidant-rich adaptogens and the brand’s signature brightening saffron for a radiant finish.

Powered by 20% vitamin C and phyto exosomes, this gel-serum treats a handful of major skin concerns, including dullness, dryness, uneven texture, and premature aging from daily environmental stressors.

With this jelly-like moisturizer in your medicine cabinet, you can prep your skin for smooth, even makeup application this summer without feeling like you’re wearing an unnecessary layer.

After garnering a waitlist of 10,000, Tower 28’s first-ever sunscreen is here. Made with sensitive skin in mind, the tinted mineral SPF is non-irritating, doesn’t burn your eyes, and won’t break you out. It’s also formulated with a sheer universal tint that blends into skin without feeling sticky.

Leave it to the mother of makeup to rethink setting sprays. In addition to locking your look in place for up to 16 hours, this featherweight mist provides a long-lasting glass skin effect reminiscent of Dame Pat McGrath’s viral Margiela porcelain doll runway makeup.

This ingenious dual-ended pencil allows you to sculpt and fill your lips without switching between pencils. What’s more, it takes the guesswork out of choosing two complementary lip liner shades.

Merging makeup with skin care, Naked Sundays’ cream blush offers a buildable dewy flush while also shielding skin from UVA/UVB rays with mineral SPF 50 protection.

Specifically designed for over-40 skin, this buildable cream highlighter illuminates the complexion without settling into fine lines, wrinkles, or uneven texture.

Just in time for humid, sweaty summer days comes Lancôme’s lightweight tint, which offers buildable coverage and a luminous finish for up to 24 hours. What’s more, it doubles as skin care, thanks to the infusion of three tried-and-true serums: niacinamide, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid.

Available in eight shades, these creamy liners from Nicole Kidman’s makeup artist’s brand glide on smooth without any tugging or feathering.

Inspired by Bingsoo, a fruity, icy Korean dessert, this super-hydrating balm leaves lips super glossy and plump with a sheer wash of color.

Just like Dior’s beloved Lip Glow Balm, this new cream blush stick adapts to your skin’s pH-levels to leave cheeks with a soft, dewy flush that’s unique to you.

For a quick one-and-done makeup look, keep these chubby crayons stocked in your makeup bag. Inspired by the brand’s beloved lip liners, the creamy multitaskers can be used on the eyes, lips, and cheeks. What’s more, they even come in a few of the liner’s cult-classic favorite shades such as Wherever Walnut and Endless Cacao.

Thanks to this serum-like bronzer, you can kick off the summer with a glowing complexion. Add it directly to your skin as needed or mix it with your foundation for allover radiance.

This hybrid blurs the lines between makeup and skin care. On top of mineral SPF 45 protection, it offers a sheer tint that blends like a dream and leaves a soft, velvety finish. It comes in 15 flexible shades.

The perfect accessory to glass skin is equally glossy hair. This five-minute mask inspired by in-salon treatments leaves strands extra smooth and shiny, thanks to a blend of repairing amino acids, gloss-boosting crambe abyssinica seed oil, and nourishing argal oil.

The fine hair community asked, and Olaplex listened. This version of the brand’s beloved bond-strengthening shampoo is designed to enhance volume without weighing strands down.

Conquer post-beach day knots and tangles with Living Proof’s hydrating spray. You can also use it on wash day to shield hair from heat styling and UV damage.

Can you sleep your way to healthier hair? With Oribe’s new nighttime leave-in treatment you can. The cream is packed with plant collagen and peptides, caffeine, biotin, and niacinamide to deeply repair and restore damage, split ends, dullness, and dryness.

Get ahead of the impending hot, humid days by sealing off your strands from frizz. This treatment spray hydrates and boosts shine all while keeping hair smooth for up to 72 hours.

What do you get when two cult-favorite beauty brands team up? A product collab that’s about to be all over your Instagram and TikTok feeds. This time, Crown Affair infused its beloved lightweight yet uber-hydrating leave-in conditioner with D.S.&Durga’s woody, amber I Don’t Know What fragrance.

With its citrus scent, this is quite possibly the best-smelling hairspray out there, but it also works wonders to lock styles in place, keep frizz at bay, and boost softness and shine.

This sleek tube is so much more than a quick-absorbing cream. It’s made with three patented extracts from grapes and vines that work to even skin tone, minimize age spots, and strengthen nails.

The transition to a summer skin care routine should cover your body care, too. This milky lotion offers deep hydration, sculpting, and firming benefits without the heavy, greasy feel of a rich cream.

Soothe and revive tired, overworked feet with Kate McLeod’s solid moisturizer. It melts on contact with skin to soften dry heels and calluses without any slimy residue.

Design, sensuality, and body care meet in Mienne’s lineup of products. The body serum is packed with peptides to plump, smooth, and hydrate skin. You can wear the lightweight serum solo or layer it under body lotion for an extra boost.

This lightweight version of the brand’s beloved body butter offers the same intense nourishment and hydration as the original, just without the dry-down time.