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You’ve got to love Boots. It’s a British icon in its own right; as much of a national treasure as Sir David Attenborough and the Spice Girls and, despite sticking with us since 1849, our favourite high-street store has stayed ahead of the game with top-trending beauty launches you can’t get anywhere else.
Whether you’re looking for something that’s luxe, high-performance, insider, niche or blowing-up on TikTok, Boots has curated the best from every category. And, unlike other e-tailers, you can head into over 2,000 stores to swatch, spritz and sniff its offering IRL, or stay put and repeat-purchase your holy grails for next-day delivery.
In case you hadn’t noticed, the brand now stocks all the cult and up-and-coming brands that have earned our attention: Drunk Elephant, The Inkey List, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Morphe, Ole Henriksen, Nars, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Kylie Cosmetics, Laura Mercier, HUDA, KVD, Mac, Dr Jart… You name it.
As for the headliners to shop this summer, these are the beauty editor-approved picks we can’t get enough of…
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Jumbo, £39: Set pristine makeup in place and blot away shine with this ultra-delicate translucent powder. The supersized edition features a keepsake design that looks beautiful pulled out of your handbag or placed on your dresser.
Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint, £27: This gives gorgeous summer skin but with a barely-there look and feel that gives natural goddess vibes.
Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream, £59: Peptides are the superstar ingredient that leave skin looking fresh and give it bounce. This ultra-light gel-cream moisturiser contains nine different types. Plus, it sinks in quick and is deliciously cooling and soothing. Perfect for summer.
Nars Blush in Orgasm, £18: The ultimate authority in blush, this is one of Nars’ most iconic shades – for good reason. The lightest of applications blended into the hairline, along the jawbone, and on the tip of the nose boosts the complexion and delivers a natural-looking flush that’s hard to beat.
Fenty Skin Cookies N Clean Whipped Clay Detox Face Mask, £25: Get rid of the gunk, sweat and build-up from the week with this yummy mask that looks good enough to eat. Kaolin clay lifts away impurities, charcoal helps to unclog pores, salicylic acid polishes away dead skin cells and rhubarb and ginger extract condition and soothe skin for a more glowing complexion in just 15 minutes.
Kylie Skin Lip Oil, £22: Juicy glazed lips are one of this summer’s biggest beauty trends. This clear formula brings out the best of your natural lip colour by adding a pretty, sheeny topcoat, while the Lip Plump Complex boosts volume. And, bonus, it’s infused with a cocktail of comforting coconut oil and vitamin E.
Huda Beauty Rose Quartz Eyeshadow Palette, £58: A dreamy line-up of classic golds, coppers and cocoas, combined with cute pinks, purples and shimmers to inject a little playfulness, Huda’s Rose Quartz Eyeshadow Palette has sultry summer eyes nailed.
KVD Beauty Tattoo Pencil Liner Waterproof Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner, £19: This does not budge until you wash it off in the evening. If you want a jet-black, silky liner that glides on and stays put, KVD’s transfer-proof, waterproof, life-proof pencil is honestly unbeatable.
Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Eye Crème, £35: Ole’s Banana Bright Eye cream offers serious skincare action – namely smoothing thanks to collagen and brightening from vitamin C. Inspired by the insider makeup artist's trick of using banana powder – the yellow-hued loose powder that gives the eye area a radiant glow – it contains light-reflecting yellow mineral pigments to help tired under-eyes look fresher immediately, and in the long run.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Styling Wax, £23: The definition of TikTok famous, #BrowFreeze has over 42 million views on TikTok alone, thanks to users fangirling its ability to laminate brushed-up brows like a pro and leave them locked into place all day.
Morphe Continuous Setting Mist, £17: This product has made repeat appearances in viral makeup tutorials and makeup artists' kits on account of its ultra-fine spray that deposits a lightweight shield across makeup to keep it in place. Plus, the formula provides a blurring finish that helps meld makeup together seamlessly.
Head in-store to explore the best and latest products and speak to the Boots in-store beauty specialists for advice and updates on new products, and buy online at Boots.com
