Nars’ Iconic Blush Just Got a Makeover + More Beauty News

The new Nars Powder Blush is here

There is perhaps no blush as iconic as the Nars powder blush. Say the name “Orgasm” in a room full of beauty enthusiasts, and visions of the universally flattering, peach-pink shade with its subtle sparkle will come to mind.

Just when we thought this revered rouge couldn’t get any better, the French beauty brand unveiled the reimagined Powder Blush with an all-new formula and a pure pigment blend that combines four pigment types to achieve maximum colour payoff. Offering reformulated versions of 20 best-selling OG shades in matte, satin and shimmer finishes, it’s the makeover we didn’t know we needed.

Clarins unveils a body contouring gel-cream

If you’re in your fitness era, Clarins’ newly launched Body Fit Active Skin Smoothing Expert is worth adding to your shopping cart. A new addition to the brand’s skin-firming Body Fit Active range, this gel-cream targets dimples and uneven skin tone.

It’s all a result of the starring organic matcha tea extract ingredient, which boosts the body’s creatine cycle by 50 per cent (!).

Charlotte Tilbury launches a lip-plumping gloss

Charlotte Tilbury’s iconic Pillow Talk collection is home to best-sellers like the Matte Beauty Blush Wands and the Pillow Talk Lipsticks, but there’s a new product in the range that’s bound to go viral. Say hello to Pillow Talk Big Lip Plumpgasm!

Formulated with fire and ice actives, this oil-infused gloss is the key to achieving a full, juicy pout. Available in two shades — pinky nude “Fair/Medium” and brown berry pink “Medium/Deep” — it’s the perfect gloss for everyday glam. No needles needed, folks.

Winners partners with Pact Collective to help minimize beauty packaging waste

Perfectly timed to the arrival of Earth Month, Winners has teamed up with non-profit organization Pact Collective to launch the Pact Beauty Empties Collection Program across all Winners stores in Canada.

To help find a new purpose for your empty beauty products and to minimize the amount of packaging that ends up in landfills, Winners is encouraging customers to drop off eligible (and clean!) empties at Winners’ Beauty Empties Collection bins. Once the bins have been filled, store associates will then ship the bins to Pact where the packaging will be sorted and processed.

Eligible empties range from small plastic bottles and jars to tubes and applicator wands — but be sure to check out the website linked below for the full drop-off guide.