Ilia Beauty Drops Hydrating Lip Crayons + More Beauty News

Ilia Beauty unveils a lipliner-and-lipstick hybrid

What glides on like a lip liner and hugs like lipstick? That would be Ilia Beauty’s latest lip innovation, the Lip Sketch Hydration Crayon. Launching with 12 shades, from soft peach “Pampas” to classic red “Case Study,” these lightweight crayons are here to upgrade your lipstick routine for the better.

The “uniquely specific” diameter of these soft-matte crayons paired with their easy-to-sharpen tips allows for precise sketching, so you can draw on the perfect lip and rest assured it’ll stay put (and full of colour!) for up to 12 hours. Star ingredients like hyaluronic acid and marine plant extracts increase hydration over time as the product wears for smoother, plumper, more defined-looking lips.

Tower 28 and Ouai drop a juicy lip jelly (and it’s limited edition!)

In what we’re willing to bet will be one of the coolest beauty collaborations of the year, Tower 28 and Ouai have teamed up to launch a limited edition lip jelly. Borrowing from Tower 28’s beloved ShineOn Lip Jelly formula and Ouai’s delicious St. Barts scent, this limited-edition “Chill in St Barts” Lip Jelly is a tropical treat for lacklustre lips.

The apricot kernel oil, raspberry seed oil and rosehip oil ingredients nourish and protect your pout, while Ouai’s signature St. Barts scent gives off notes of dragon fruit, orange blossom, tuberose and baltic amber. Shiny like a gloss yet soothing like a balm with an addictive summery scent, it’s the collab we didn’t know we needed.

Makeup by Mario launches a bronzing serum

If there’s anyone we trust when it comes to shaping and sculpting our faces with makeup, it’s Mario Dedivanovic. Just look to Kim Kardashian for proof of his super snatching skills! The pro MUA’s latest release under his Makeup by Mario brand is a one-of-a-kind liquid bronzer that’s bound to shake up your summertime glam.

“This is my softest sculpt yet. My Bronzing & Shaping Serum gives a natural, second-skin finish with endless ways to get a sun-kissed look,” shares Dedivanovic in a press statement. Available in seven shades, this cooling new serum is filled with skin-loving ingredients to hydrate the skin as you sculpt, using the product’s dual applicator for precise placement all over the face. Whether you layer it under your foundation or wear it on its own to warm up the skin, it’s utterly gorgeous.

Philosophy releases a miracle dark circle cream

Low on sleep? Fake it ‘til you make it. The latest addition to Philosophy’s well-loved Dose of Wisdom™ franchise is a dark circle remedy for the under-eye area, and it’s the brand’s first universal eye cream of this nature.

Powered by the brand’s Dose Science™, the Dark Circle Brightening Eye Cream has been designed to neutralize the look of dark circles while supporting the body’s natural production of collagen and hyaluronic acid. At the same time, a patented oxygen-boosting technology restores energy to tired under-eyes and vitamin C visibly brightens.

AAPI-Owned Beauty Brand Three Ships Beauty successfully closes a significant funding round, raising over three million dollars

Founded by Connie Lo and Laura Burget, Three Ships Beauty is a Canadian-made skincare brand dedicated to creating effective, transparent and natural beauty products. It has just been announced that the brand has recently closed a key funding round, raising a whopping $3.5 million with the aid of BDC Capital’s new Thrive Venture Fund, and participation from angel investors.

“This is huge for Three Ships and we’re just so excited, says Lo, in a press release. “Thanks to this funding from Thrive, we can expand our market reach and build more awareness around the products people already love. And with the right team in place, there’s no limit to what we can achieve together.”

Moving forward, the brand will use the additional funding to further expand into the American market, invest in brand marketing and make more strategic hires. Plus, there are plans for a Canada-wide tour to increase brand visibility and deepen relationships with more customers across the country.