While we’re quick to tap and purchase any billowy dress or top-handle bag we see on our phones, most of us are a little more cautious when it comes to buying makeup and skin-care products online. In fact, 90 percent of beauty purchases take place in stores. It’s not enough for us to see how a saturated pink shadow looks on our favourite influencer—we want to touch it, examine it, and play with it for ourselves.
With that in mind, Saks Fifth Avenue is hosting Summer Beauty Week, taking place at all locations from June 6 to 9. The event focuses on “Feel-Good Summer Beauty” and gives you the chance to explore luxury skincare and fragrance brands and swap out your heavier products and darker shades for lighter ones—with the help of some special offers.
At Saks Toronto on June 8, there will also be a Summer Beauty Symposium for anyone who is interested in learning more about makeup, skincare and fragrances. Here, you can learn about innovative products and application practices through presentations by luxury beauty vendors DECORTÉ, Valmont and Chantecaille, meet one of the founders of Ex Nihilo, Benoît Verdier, find professional makeup tutorials and demos at the counters of Trish McEvoy, Tata Harper, Clé de Peau, Laura Mercier, By Terry and Hermès, and get your hair braided or styled at RAINCRY. Not so familiar with these brands? You’re going to want to change that.
Japanese beauty brand DECORTÉ, which is exclusive to Saks Fifth Avenue in Canada, combines skincare and makeup with ancient Eastern medicine. Expect to learn about its products that are made with Japanese natural elements and tend to skin woes by using ingredients that are said to complement the body’s rhythms.
Valmont, whose products can be found at high-end spas across Canada, offers formulas that boast natural ingredients from Switzerland. You’ll learn about its products that focus on minimizing the signs of aging and have long-lasting results.
Chantecaille International Makeup Artist Harvey Tsao will explain and demonstrate the brand’s amazing eyelift service, and Ex Nihillo founder Benoît Verdier will show off the Parisian perfume house’s famous Osmologue, which is used to create demi-bespoke perfume on demand.
The schedule for the 30-minute presentations is as follows:
12PM – TRISH MCEVOY
1PM – CHANTECAILLE
2PM – EX NIHILO
3PM – VALMONT
4PM – DECORTÉ
You can reserve a seat at the Symposium or schedule a professional makeup tutorial by emailing [email protected] or visiting any beauty counter in-store at Saks Toronto. For a glimpse at what you can expect at the Saks Toronto Summer Beauty Symposium, check out the video above.
Whether you pick up a bottle of perfume, lipstick, or compact at the Symposium, you can have your purchase engraved complimentary. Plus, there will be more giveaways and gifts with purchases offered at the event.
Not sure which products should be on your radar? Check out what we’ll be shopping for:
This pre-moisturizer treatment boasts a highly potent serum that helps to strengthen and restore skin—a necessity after soaking up a little too much sun.
Tech-crème concentrate targets aging in three dimensions, virtually pixelating fine lines and wrinkles to blur them from view while physically submerging deeper lines in our techno-active complex for a softly uniform skin surface. Perception and reality become one with a new sense of volume and utmost control.
The intensive new Reverse Motion Complex™ brings together for the first time Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Adenosine and other techno-innovative solutions. It helps suppress deeply embedded habits, working to counteract the visible signs of over-constriction of muscles such as deep furrows and expression lines while simultaneously protecting skin’s elastin and collagen, essential proteins that maintain skin’s shape and structure.
Paraben-Free. Dermatologically Tested. No Animal Testing.
This moisturizing and nurturing body cream addresses all skin concerns. It helps reverse the signs of aging (such as lack of firmness and elasticity) and soothes daily irritants (read: chafing).
Ideal for dehydrated skin after hours spent in the sun and salt water, this gel helps to increase the skin’s moisture levels and thereby plump and rejuvenate it.
The perfect cream to achieve the ideal V-shaped face contour. Enhancing face volumes, this compact yet lightweight cream leaves a younger looking and firmer skin.
Summer is all about dining alfresco and concerts under the stars—and if those festivities lead you into the wee hours, this pen will be your best friend in the morning as it’ll hide any signs of fatigue.
If the energizing eye roller doesn’t quite hide those dark circles, this highlighting pen will do the trick. Plus, it’s so lightweight, you’ll want to wear it any day (no matter how hot and sticky) to brighten up the eye area.
This brush will detangle your mane après-swim without breaking or damaging strands. (Plus, this product earns extra points for being hand-painted in France.)
This set comes with Clé de Peau’s SPF 50 Tinted Cream, SPF 50 Emulsion for Body, and SPF 18 Hand Cream for all your sun protection needs from tête to toe.
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With that in mind, Saks Fifth Avenue is hosting Summer Beauty Week, taking place at all locations from June 6 to 9. The event focuses on “Feel-Good Summer Beauty” and gives you the chance to explore luxury skincare and fragrance brands and swap out your heavier products and darker shades for lighter ones—with the help of some special offers.
At Saks Toronto on June 8, there will also be a Summer Beauty Symposium for anyone who is interested in learning more about makeup, skincare and fragrances. Here, you can learn about innovative products and application practices through presentations by luxury beauty vendors DECORTÉ, Valmont and Chantecaille, meet one of the founders of Ex Nihilo, Benoît Verdier, find professional makeup tutorials and demos at the counters of Trish McEvoy, Tata Harper, Clé de Peau, Laura Mercier, By Terry and Hermès, and get your hair braided or styled at RAINCRY. Not so familiar with these brands? You’re going to want to change that.
Japanese beauty brand DECORTÉ, which is exclusive to Saks Fifth Avenue in Canada, combines skincare and makeup with ancient Eastern medicine. Expect to learn about its products that are made with Japanese natural elements and tend to skin woes by using ingredients that are said to complement the body’s rhythms.
Valmont, whose products can be found at high-end spas across Canada, offers formulas that boast natural ingredients from Switzerland. You’ll learn about its products that focus on minimizing the signs of aging and have long-lasting results.
Chantecaille International Makeup Artist Harvey Tsao will explain and demonstrate the brand’s amazing eyelift service, and Ex Nihillo founder Benoît Verdier will show off the Parisian
perfume house’s famous Osmologue, which is used to create demi-bespoke perfume on demand.
The schedule for the 30-minute presentations is as follows:
12PM - TRISH MCEVOY
1PM - CHANTECAILLE
2PM - EX NIHILO
3PM - VALMONT
4PM - DECORTÉ
You can reserve a seat at the Symposium or schedule a professional makeup tutorial by emailing SaksToronto@s5a.com or visiting any beauty counter in-store at Saks Toronto. For a glimpse at what you can expect at the Saks Toronto Summer Beauty Symposium, check out the video above.
Whether you pick up a bottle of perfume, lipstick, or compact at the Symposium, you can have your purchase engraved complimentary. Plus, there will be more giveaways and gifts with purchases offered at the event.
Not sure which products should be on your radar? Check out what we’ll be shopping for:
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