Cutting-edge technology takes centre stage this month, while an army of products help protect skin from stress

Ardell

Lash and brow brand Ardell has developed its first make-up line. The Beauty Collection comprises 20 eye and lip products including Wispies mascara, Lash Booster eye liner, Eyeresistible shadow stick, Sensual Eyes eyeshadow palette, Brow Confidential brow duo, Matte Whipped lipstick, Forever Kissable lip stain, No-Slip liquid lip liner; and Looks To Kill complete eye and lip look palette.

Trade: from £6.50 0333 000 2100 (Louella Belle) louellabelle.co.uk

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Nail stamping company Yours: has teamed up with session tech Marian Newman on a collection of stamping plates. Each design is inspired by selfexpression through jewellery to help techs easily create intricate, bejewelled nail art. There are various shapes, patterns and images on the plates.

Trade: £4.25 per plate 0333 000 7000 (Sweet Squared) sweetsquared.com

Skin Regimen

Skin Regimen is a new brand from Comfort Zone, formulated for city dwellers of any age and gender to help with the effects of daily stress and pollutants. The products contain a complex of organic superfood extracts and carnosine. There are 10: Cleansing Cream, Microalgae Essence, 1.85 HA Booster, 10.0 Tulsi Booster, 1.5 Retinol Booster, 15.0 Vit C Booster, Tripeptide Cream, Urban Shield SPF 30, Lift Eye Cream and Night Detox.

Trade: from £13 for the 150ml cleanser 020 3301 0496 comfortzone.it/en-gb

Environ Focus Care Skin Tech+ Electro-Sonic DF Mobile Skincare Device

The DF Mobile Skincare Device is the first home-use device from Environ. Designed to help clients continue the benefits of an in-salon treatment plan between appointments, the device uses the same types of ultrasound as the brand’s professional-use machine, used during Environ facials. Sonophoresis increases the absorption of skincare, while iontophoresis enhances the skin’s permeability by passing a weak electrical current through it. Used in combination with topical skincare, the device can help drive targeted serum formulas into the skin.

It’s designed for clients with anti-ageing concerns including frown lines, smile lines and fine wrinkles around the eyes, upper-lip lines and pigmentation marks from sun damage. Other indications include minor scars and excess chin fat.

How to use

However, rosacea- and acne-prone clients can also use the device to boost treatment programmes, applying the technology over serums to enhance penetration of active ingredients, providing it isn’t used excessively with irritating actives like retinol. In most treatment programmes the device can be used daily. Owing to the low-level currents, it is also suitable for clients contraindicated to in-salon technology, such as those who are pregnant. Clients can use the device with different serums on various zones of the face, depending on what is needed where. After pre-cleansing and cleansing the skin, the appropriate serum should be applied.

A conduction cloth, included in the kit, needs to be dampened to conduct the electrical current and held around the device in contact with the conduction plates on the sides of the machine. The flat part of the treatment head is placed onto the skin as a beeping noise indicates the start of the treatment. After 15 seconds, another beep sounds, which tells the client to move the device to a slightly overlapping position.

After treatment, the client massages any excess serum into the skin and follows with the rest of their regime.

Trade: £230 020 8450 2020 (IIAA) iiaa.eu

Sothys

The NO2ctuelle range comprises three products designed to work on the factors that cause environmental ageing and strain the skin. Detox Resurfacing Overnight Cream should be applied in the evening after serum, while the Chrono- Destressing Sleeping Mask is massaged in following cleansing and left on overnight. There is also a Relaxing Pillow Mist to help prepare the bedroom for sleep, with mandarin essential oil.

Trade: from £15.50 for the pillow mist 01303 262666 sothys-uk.co.uk

Thalgo

New to Thalgo’s body care range are two slimming products to accompany the Body Sculpt Treatment. Complete Cellulite Corrector works on “orange peel” skin and water retention, with red algae and sandalwood seed extract to help eliminate water and a complex of fucus and forskohlii to tackle cellulite deposits. Stomach & Waist Coach is a dietary supplement that aims to refine and sculpt the waist with blood orange extract and ascophyllum.

Trade: £26 for the cellulite corrector, £20 for the supplement 0800 146041 thalgo.co.uk

Proto-col

Collagen-based supplement and skincare brand Proto-col has launched a lifting serum, Lift XL. Billed as delivering a natural temporary lifting effect, the serum contains patented peptiquin, rich in B vitamins and amino acid lysine to aid elastin production, along with pseudocollagen, a glycoprotein with a high molecular structure, hyaluronic acid and waterbinding peptide argireline.

RRP: £29.95 for 5ml 0333 000 7788 proto-col.com

Caci

Caci’s Skinbreeze device now includes Neon Plasma skin-tightening technology for facial rejuvenation. It works by delivering an electronically charged gas to the skin, which creates a plasma field by passing a mild high-frequency current through a gas-filled glass electrode. The gas then becomes ionised and is converted into plasma, which, upon contact with the skin, produces an immediate tightening effect, says the brand.

Trade: pay as you use from £8 per day 020 8731 5678 caci-international.co.uk

IZ Beauty

The nail brand has launched a hand care collection to combat dry winter skin. Tea Tree Hand Wash contains antibacterial tea tree oil and lathers into a low foam, while Peppermint Hand Gel cleanses hands to protect against bacteria. Both come in 250ml tubes. Meanwhile, Lotus Flower Hand Cream is a lightweight, fast-absorbing cream enriched with vitamins and wheatgerm oil and is available in two sizes, 250ml or 50ml.

Trade: from £3.50 for the 50ml hand cream 0845 230 1087 izbeauty.co.uk

St Tropez

New from St Tropez is Gradual Tan One Minute Pre-Shower Tanning Mousse. Formulated to make it easier to achieve a glow, the mousse is billed as giving a streak-free tan and is applied to dry skin for one minute before showering. 100% naturally derived and vegan-friendly DHA is blended with tan enhancers for quicker and deeper penetration. The mousse can be left on for up to five minutes for a deeper tan.

Trade: £7.25 for 120ml 0345 222 8080 (Ellisons for the South and Scotland) 0845 345 85 33 (Alan Howard for the North) ellisons.co.uk /alanhoward.co.uk

Brillbird

New from the pro nail brand is Future Gel, an enhancement gel in a tube for accurate application. It can be applied with a spatula or 3D art brush and claims to protect against heat spikes. The gel can also be pinched, doesn’t bubble and is insoluble, according to the brand. There are three colours available; Clear, Cover Builder and White. Trade: £38 for 27ml 01454 228362 brillbirduk.co.uk

Edge Nails

Edge Nails has teamed up with celebrity nail tech Amy G on a new nail art collection, containing 80 products in 12 categories: metal nail decorations, nail jewels, florescent powders, nail art brushes, mirror pigment powders, chameleon flakes, angel paper, angel flakes, glitters, creative nail art gels, platinum gels and sequins.

Trade: from £1.95 for a 0.5g pot of angel flakes 01256 840840 edgenails.co.uk

Spotlight Accor NF+ Cosmetic Corrector

Plasma is the hottest buzzword in non-invasive aesthetic devices, and the Accor NF+ Cosmetic Corrector makes the technology portable for wider usability. The device is being launched into the UK by distributor The Smart Group, which also sells Cosmedico laser machines. The Accor pen creates a tiny electrical arc at its tip, delivering plasma energy 1mm above the surface of the skin.

Upon contact, the plasma arc vaporises a micromillimetre-sized dot on its surface, which causes tightening of skin in its vicinity. By targeting the skin superficially, the pen is designed to achieve tightening on large areas but with less swelling, redness and scabbing than other thermal energy technologies.

In addition to skin tightening and wrinkle reduction, the pen can be used to perform scar tissue improvement and reduction of unwanted pigmentation such as freckles and moles; as well as skin tag, tattoo and permanent make-up removal.

Fully charged, it gives up to eight hours’ battery life and can also be used in a stationary set up with cable usage. It’s made from fibreglass-strengthened plastic and an aluminium compound.

Trade: £5,950 01344 411480 (The Smart Group) smarths.org

Clarins

The skincare brand has reformulated its Extra Firming Day and Night Cream, replacing the organic green banana and lemon thyme complex with a new plant extract, organic mitracarpus. It works on collagen and elastin fibres to improve firmness and elasticity. The Day Cream now also includes regenerating kangaroo flower extract, while the Night Cream includes moonstone hydrated silica to act on skin’s night time repair mechanisms. RRP: from £58 for 50ml 01279 774215 clarins.co.uk

Entity

The Pro LED lamp has been designed to give a gentle cure for clients with sensitive skin. The lamp is billed as curing quickly and efficiently for five fingers and is acetone-resistant with a sanitisable magnetic tray. It also has a motion sensor, and the gentle cure technology means the 36-watt LED power builds over 60 seconds to help prevent heat spikes.

Trade: £285.95 01202 876734 (The Creative Beauty Group) thecreativebeautygroup.co.uk

Skeyndor

The Power Oxygen line was created to protect skin from environmental pollution and infuse oxygen. There is an in-salon treatment kit, Oxygen Skin Advanced Programme, which contains five products including a massage gel, mask and oxygen spray, and two homecare products; City Pollution Barrier-Boosting Serum and City Pollution Block Cream + O2. The latter is also available in a gel texture for oily skin.

Trade: from £31.56 for the 50ml cream 01375 640655 skeyndor.co.uk SEE

Neom Organics

Perfect Night’s Sleep Face Oil is a 100% natural oil formulated to nourish and hydrate skin overnight with antioxidants, an omega complex and oils rich in vitamins. Part of the brand’s Tranquillity range, the oil contains a blend of 13 pure essential oils including lavender, chamomile and patchouli, with the addition of rosehip, almond and cranberry oils. It also aims to improve sleep.

RRP: £42 for 28ml 01423 878810 neomorganics.com