2025 In the Bag: Summer Edition
This is your sign to slow down and refresh your beauty routine with radiance-boosting formulas and feel-good colors and textures
Pond’s Bright Miracle Ultimate Clarity Serum
Late nights, early mornings—your skin doesn’t have to show it. Powered by Niasorcinol (Niacinamide+ E-Resorcinol), this daily serum targets dark spots and dullness deep down, revealing clearer, smoother skin in just a few days. Even dads can sweep this on for a quick skin pick-me-up.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Impeccable Setting Spray
For moms who barely have time to sit, let alone touch up their makeup— this setting spray is your new go-to. With just a few spritzes, it locks in your look for up to 24 hours, leaving a soft matte, blurred finish that holds up through school runs, Zoom calls, and everything in between.
LA MER Night Recovery Concentrate
Bring a little luxury to your nighttime routine with La Mer’s latest skin savior. This silky serum helps calm redness, dryness, and post-treatment irritation while you sleep—perfect for those nights when your skin needs extra care. Gentle yet effective, it’s the kind of bedtime habit that feels as good as it works.
GRWM Cosmetics Cushion Lip Tint
Glides on with a dewy touch, sets to a soft velvet-matte finish, and leaves a lasting flush that won’t budge—this is what you can expect from this lip treat that comforts as it colors. Infused with lip-loving ingredients, it hugs your lips weightlessly and comes in nine shades to suit every mood and moment.
Dear Doer Body Scrubs
New on the K-beauty block, Dear Doer brings skin treats worth clearing shelf space for. Their feel-good, vegan scrubs gently buff and soften, whether you’re tackling blemishes, chasing brightness, or smoothing out uneven texture. The cozy, uplifting scent? Just the cherry on top!
Armani Lip Maestro Velvet Liquid Lipstick
Armani Beauty has officially arrived in Manila—and if you’re eyeing your first buy from the label, make it their award-winning liquid lipstick. Beloved for its luminous velvet-matte finish, this formula delivers intense color payoff with a lightweight, non-sticky feel. A real keeper even through steamy summer days and balmy nights.
L’OCCITANE Immortelle Divine Serum
Lightweight but powerful, this golden elixir feels like a vacation for your skin. At the heart of it is the Immortelle flower—a natural retinol alternative known for its age-defying benefits without the irritation. It refines, firms, and revives your glow, all while being ultra gentle.
PRO AGE Plump Me Up Moisturizing Cica Face Cream
This Cica-powered formula wraps your skin in moisture, calms inflammation, and helps improve texture while boosting cell turnover. Think of it as a reset button, particularly for perimenopausal and menopausal skin, giving you plumper, softer, glowier days ahead.
Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Serum
Shiseido’s cult-fave serum just got a serious glow-up. The new formula packs fermented Camellia+tech, 3.4x more amino acids, and targets 11 signs of aging—think: pores, fine lines, dullness. Still super light, still feels amazing, but now even better at keeping skin strong and radiant.
BLK Cosmetics Creamy All Over Paint
Add a playful pop of color to cheeks, lids, and lips with one dreamy swipe. Made for beauty on the go, these best-selling paints melt into skin with a creamy, blendable texture that’s as easy as finger painting—just way prettier! From soft pinks and peaches to wearable nudes and reds, there’s a shade for everyone.
PIXI ON-The Glow Base
Meet your swipe-and-go secret to looking instantly refreshed (because mamas need easy radiance!). This tinted balm stick blurs, brightens, and evens out skin tone in seconds. Buildable and breathable, it gives just the right amount of coverage for that “well-rested” glow.
NARS Light Reflecting Cushion Serum Foundation SPF 42/PA++
Busy days call for beauty that can keep up—and NARS gets it. The latest in the Light Reflecting lineup, this glow-boosting cushion brightens with Vitamin C-rich fruits, defends against blue light and pollution, and leaves skin looking fresh, radiant, and like you. No caking, no creasing—just a quick pat and you’re good to glow.
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