10 Products to Transition Your Beauty Routine

Who else feels like it’s time to transition your beauty routine? Though it doesn’t look quite like it with the dreary rainy weather in NYC today, it’s spring and it’s time to make some additions to our beauty routine. Here are ten of our top picks to add in a little more glow for the breezy, beautiful, spring days ahead.

1. It Cosmetics CC Cream with SPF 50+

Now that spring is here, and we’re all eager to get outside a little bit more, it’s more important than ever to use SPF. We love this all in one foundation and SPF. There are few brands that do the combination of skincare and makeup well, but It Cosmetics is one of them. This cream provides flawless, full coverage, color-correcting and UVA/UVB broad-spectrum sunscreen. It increases hydration, creates a smoother texture, and brightens your complexion. From the skincare side, this CC cream has an advanced anti-aging serum with peptides, collagen, peptides, hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, and other vitamins. It works to lessen fine lines and wrinkles, minimize pores, and create a more radiant complexion. Lauren has this in the color medium.

2. Laneige Lip Glowy Balm

You guys know how much we love the Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask, and this is it’s new little sister! This $15 glowy lip balm is the perfect pocket size to toss in your bag and use throughout the day. It has murumuru and shea butter for intense long-lasting hydration, creating perfect kissable lips all day long. The color Berry is our fav.

3. Volition Beauty Strawberry-C Brightening Serum

This is a new line, and we love it! Rated Clean at Sephora, this serum brightens skin via strawberry-derived vitamin C for increased hydration, radiance, and even skin tone. The strawberry fruit + seed unclogs pores and removes excess oil from the skin. Kakadu Plum increases skins luminance and minimizes redness. Lastly, Hyaluronic Acid works to up skins elasticity for more plump and increased hydration.

4. Ouai Wave Spray

We love this weightless hair mist for light breezy waves. It works to texturize hair through the infusion of rice protein, creating effortless, undone, chic waves. We also like that it gives the hair extra body and adds shine.

5. Summer Fridays R+R Masque

It’s no secret that we’re obsessed with anything and everything Summer Fridays, and this 2 in 1 masque is no different. In the latest release from Summer Fridays, this masque exfoliates skin before infusing deeply hydrating restorative natural oils. As Founder, Marianna Hewitt says “This mask is like giving your skin a big bouquet of all your favorite facial oils wrapped up in a glow-buffing bow”, and we agree!

6. Glow Recipe Watermelon Pink Juice Moisturizer

Another Clean at Sephora pick, and a K-Beauty favorite, we’re into this Pink Juice Moisturizer by Glow Recipe. This is a lightweight moisturizer, that is great for oily or combination skin. It’s formulated with nutrient-rich watermelon extract, hyaluronic acid to hydrate, and soothing botanicals that increase radiance and glow. We love layering this serum to help with dullness, dryness, and uneven skin tone.

7. Sunday Riley CEO Glow Oil

We are major fans of Sunday Riley overall, and this oil was no disappointment. It instantly absorbs which is key for us in a face oil. Made with advanced vitamin C (known as THD ascorbate), turmeric, and evening primrose oil, CEO Glow will hydrate, brighten, and leave your skin glowing. Perfect for all skin types, and great to treat dullness, dryness, and dark spots.

8. Le Labo AnOther13

We are OBSESSED with the scent for spring and just took the plunge to buy the monster 3.4 oz bottle. I have never gotten so many compliments from wearing a fragrance, and as you know, I once chased someone down to figure out what this magical scent could be. It’s said to be “hypnotizing and unique”. The notes are filled with ambroxan, jasmine petals, musk, moss, and other woody ambery notes. Add this one into your beauty routine stat!

9. FRESH Rose Deep Hydration Toner

First, this product could not be prettier. The FRESH Rose Toner is alcohol-free and made with real rose petals and hyaluronic acid to hydrate and minimizes pores. The rose fruit extract tones, and the rosewater and rose oil works to soothe and nourish skin. Great for all skin tones!

10. Tatcha Dewey Skin Cream

We’ve had this on our list to try for a while, after hearing rave reviews across the board. And let us tell you, it doesn’t disappoint. Also, Clean at Sephora, Tatcha is the upper echelon of K-Beauty. This rich cream plumps skin, and hydrates. Japanese purple rice is packed with antioxidants and leaves skin with a dewy, healthy glow. Great for normal and dry skin, this cream combats dryness, dullness, and delivers against loss of elasticity and firmness.

BONUS | Biologique Recherche P50 Toner

If you’ve been watching our IG stories, you know how addicted we are to this stuff. There is nothing quite like the Biologique Recherche P50, and I (Lauren) use it every single day in my beauty routine. It’s totally transformed my skin, through exfoliating, hydrating, and resurfacing. Check out our full post on P50 for a deeper dive into what it is, the benefits, how to apply, and where to buy!