The beauty trends defining 2026
The beauty trends that are defining 2026:
1. Supermodel Skin
Skin is polished, but natural. Nothing too dewy or matte and the cheeks are sculpted and the under-eyes are colour corrected.
Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Skin Tint SPF15
This skin tint helps nourish skin with a blend of Vitamins B, C, and E. It strengthens the skin’s barrier with Pro-Vitamin D and Cactus Flower. The sheer coverage adapts to a wide range of skin tones with Pigment-Flex Technology.
A high impact 2 in 1 hybrid liquid blush with buildable pigments that melt on the skin for an instant soft-focus, filter finish. With finely milled micro-pearls for an ‘air blushed’ luminescent glow.
Charlotte Tilbury Magic Vanish Colour Corrector
This buttery, featherlight under eye and face colour corrector works to help neutralise and smooth any redness and pigmentation on the skin for a brighter more even toned looking appearance.
2. Kissable Lips
Outlines are smudged and diffused, creating softer shapes with more natural edges. It's sexy and stained like you've just smeared your lipstick a bit with a quick kiss.
Benefit Benetint Lip & Cheek Stain
The precise lip applicator glides right on lips for a gorgeous look in seconds and the kiss-proof colour lasts for hours. It’s loved by celebs, makeup artists and gals around the world.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner - # Cool Brown
This is a full-pigment lip pencil that delivers precise shaping, contouring and colour payoff. It sharpens to a fine point that glides on with extreme precision and a creamy formula that doesn’t skip or tug.
Kylie By Kylie Jenner Matte Lip Kit: Matte Liquid Lipstick 3ml + Lip Liner
This is the “secret weapon” for a perfect, ready-to-go lip routine. This lip duo, have been specifically designed to complement natural lip colours for a perfect pout.
3. Skin Cell Health
Topical skincare will focus on mitochondrial health—also known as the engines of our cells. Ingredients that support mitochondrial function help skin cells generate more energy, repair damage more efficiently and withstand environmental stress, resulting in healthier, resilient skin.
SkinCeuticals Collagen III Amplifier Multi Peptide Collagen Serum
A breakthrough collagen-boosting multi-peptide serum, delivering visibly firmer, smoother, and more hydrated skin. Formulated with Biotech Collagen Type III, this multi-peptide serum promotes several collagen types to restore and collagen loss signs, helping improve skin elasticity, firmness, and radiance.
Perricone MD Vitamin C Ester Photo-Brightening Moisturizer
Combining your daily dose of skin-brightening hydration with your protective SPF has never been so luxurious. Perricone MD’s oil-free formulation is brimming with alpha lipoic acid to help reduce the appearance of fine lines to keep your complexion glowing day in and day out.
CosMedix Elite ALT-A Daily Rejuvenating Moisturiser
Enhanced with antioxidants to protect skin from environmental stressors and free radical damage, this nourishing moisturiser melts into skin, leaving skin feeling soft, supple and renewed.
4. Neck and Body Care
In 2026 people are finally treating their neck and body skin with the same seriousness as their face! Expect advanced body serums, retinoids and AHAs formulated specifically for larger areas, as well as a renewed emphasis on even tone and texture from head to toe.
SkinCeuticals Tripeptide-R Neck Repair
The Tripeptide-R Neck Repair Cream is a potent neck cream formulated with a blend of peptides and retinol to visibly improve signs of ageing on the neck, including wrinkles, creapiness and uneven skin tone.
StriVectin Tladvanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus
Made for the delicate skin on the neck and décolleté, it's powered by Alpha-3 Peptide technology to address slack, sagging skin, horizontal neck lines, dehydrated skin and age spots.
StriVectin Crepe Control Tightening Body Cream
More than a body moisturiser, this transforming treatment is packed with potent peptides plus lifting and brightening agents to visibly tighten and even skin tone.