Woman&Home's Vanity Edit: New makeup, skincare, and beauty products we love this week

We underscore the latest and greatest beauty heroes on the market, from whimsical collections to astrology-inspired eyeshadow. Here's what's currently in trend.

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Welcome to Woman&Home's Vanity Edit, where we feature new makeup, skincare, and beauty discoveries worth the splurge. Today's edition honors a bevy of products that'll elevate your beauty regimen. Let's begin, shall we?

Yes, we shall. This week's forecast signals that the product inception-to-launch pipeline is a tremendous force to be reckoned with. The surge of new beauty darlings continues to line the shelves, and the dizzying array lives in our heads rent-free. In essence, the water is wet, and the sky is blue. We, however, are further enamored by an industry whose unbridled innovation and creativity know no bounds.

As always, we've scoured far and wide; and churned out a worthwhile list for beginners and self-proclaimed beauty savants. Our curation highlights familiar and budding household names, with new beauty and skin products to bring some much-needed serotonin to quarantine living.

Below, the best beauty finds and launches we love this week.

1. Fenty Beauty Body Sauce Body Luminizing Tint: Literally *Just* Launched Now

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No. of shades available: 7| Key Benefits: Cruelty-free and vegan

Designed to accentuate your skin tone, Rihanna's latest product debut is hot off the press, as in it just hit the market today, March 5. The Body Sauce Body Luminizing Tint features a gel-cream formula that delivers subtle shimmer, which is buildable and blendable to your preference. Additionally, this lightweight tint does not leave behind an uneven, rough texture upon application; and will stay on through humidity, sweat, and all.

 •  Fenty Beauty Body Sauce Body Luminizing Tint at Sephora

2. Mac Cosmetics Black Cherry Collection: An Endearing Nod to Springtime

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No. of shades available: 3| Key Benefits: Creamy matte finish; long-wearing and non-feathering

With cherry blossom season approaching, Mac Cosmetics recently released an on-theme, limited-edition makeup collection, which features different variations of lip balms, matte lipsticks, blushes, plus a setting spray and 24-hour eyeliner. Among the great and new beauty products, the matte lipstick, in particular, leverages a creamy formula to deliver a rich color payoff, a testament to the brand's innovation. It's available in the following three hues:

1. Dramarama: a gorgeous coral shade 

2. Bloombox: a bright salmon pink

3. Moody Bloom: a vibrant yellow-red hybrid color

In relation to lipstick, we've also answered the most pressing question in this era of mask-wearing: how to stop getting lipstick on your face mask.



 •  Mac Cosmetics Black Cherry Collection at Mac Cosmetics

3.  BH Cosmetics Aquamarine Palette: A Playful Twist on Eyeshadow

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No. of shades available: 7| Key Benefits: Formulated with vegan and long-lasting ingredients

For astrology aficionados, BH Cosmetics debuted a new Aquarius-inspired palette that'll inspire you to pull out the tarot cards and investigate your rising sign. As part of the brand's monthly drop series, the compact Aquamarine for March palette features an array of shimmery and matte blue hues, along with warm and cool-toned neutrals. Its formula makes blending a breeze, all while preventing creasing and fall-out after continued wear. To accentuate your eyes even further, just swipe the best mascara for volume and length.

 • BH Cosmetics Aquamarine for March eyeshadow palette at BH Cosmetics

4. Colourpop Cheek Dew Serum: A Multi-purpose Staple

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No. of shades available: 10| Key Benefits: Lightweight, buildable formula; features hyaluronic acid and vitamins C & E

A new member of the beloved liquid blush community, Colourpop's Cheek Dew Serum is a versatile, skincare-makeup hybrid that's bound to streamline your beauty regimen. This new makeup product imparts a soft glow and a dash of color; and also nourishes and hydrates the complexion with a blend of skin-friendly ingredients. Plus, it's easily blendable and buildable, allowing you to apply the product to your liking. 

The Serum Blush is available in 10 unique shades, ranging from soft mauves to more chocolate-leaning shades. Needless to say, your complexion will thank you. All you need now is the best foundation.

 • Colourpop Cheek Dew Serum in shade "psst," a warm mid-tone rose hue, at Colourpop

5. UOMA Beauty Black Magic Coming 2 America Collection: A Powerful Brand Narrative

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No. of shades available: 10| Key Benefits: Highlights a variety of finishes and shade textures; long-lasting and water-resistant formula

To honor the film Coming To America and its highly-anticipated sequel, Uoma Beauty unveiled a full-scale collection that tells a greater story, featuring new beauty products like eyeshadows, lipsticks, eyeliners, and a highlight palette. With this collection, CEO, Founder, and Creative Director, Sharon Chuter pays homage to her heritage, culture, and Black beauty in its most raw, empowering form. 

While the entire assembly is noteworthy, the Royal Heir-tage Color Palette particularly lives up to the acclaim. The palette fosters versatile looks and creative expression, as it includes a mix of matte colors, vibrant metallic finishes, and glistening textures. To complete your look, use this Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray

 • Uoma Beauty Royal Heir-tage Color Palette at Uoma Beauty

6.  Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Moisture: A way to revive dry winter skin

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No. of shades available: N/A | Key Benefits: Provides rich, enduring hydration with a nourishing blend

In the world of new skin products, the Elemis Pro-College Marine Moisture Essence has officially joined the award-winning Pro-Collagen Marine collection and marks the brand's foray into the facial essence category. This hydrating hero is infused with nourishing ingredients, like hyaluronic acid, to smooth skin texture and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Safe to say you'll be basking in glow post-application (and beyond). 

 • Pro-College Marine Moisture Essence at Ulta Beauty

7. Peace Out Blemish Balm: The Brand's First-Ever Cleanser

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No. of shades available: N/A | Key Benefits: Removes excess oil and grime without stripping away your skin’s natural moisture barrier; cruelty-free and made without parabens, phthalates, and sulfates

This exfoliating cleansing balm leverages salicylic acid for a deeper clean against pores, bringing a visibly clearer complexion through regular use (morning and night). As a preventive measure against drying, its formula is infused with hyaluronic acid, among other skin-nourishing ingredients. We'd say this new launch is the perfect addition to creating a facial at home, and fits quite nicely in the ranks of exceptional new skin products.

 • Peace Out Blemish Balm at Sephora

8. bareMinerals Blonzer: A 2-in-1 makeup essential

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No. of shades available: 3| Key Benefits: Cruelty-free, gluten-free, SLS-free, and vegan

The ultimate clean beauty brand just simplified our beauty routines to an art, thanks to the new Blonzer: a blush-bronzer hybrid. This versatile, compact staple brings the best of both: the rosy glow of a brush and the subtle warm-toned pigment of a bronzer. This sells out quickly, so buy ASAP. 

 • bareMinerals Blonzer at bareMinerals

Dominique McIntee

Dominique worked as a shopping writer at Woman & Home and while with the brand she covered products, sales and deals, and market news across categories. Before joining the team, she penned stories as an editorial fellow at Insider Reviews, the affiliate commerce team at Insider Inc./Business Insider. The bespectacled NJ transplant specializes in commerce journalism, women’s lifestyle content, and hoarding makeup—much to her mother’s dismay.