BY GEORGIA BEARD
Trend Alert: Beauty
Profile Magazine
September 2018
September 2018
With beauty products pouring endlessly from make-up brands, you can never anticipate which will set the next trend. However, some innovative and artistic creations have developed cult status with make-up users. We take a look at the current beauty trends taking the cosmetic world by storm.
BLACKOUT ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FACE MASKS
Activated charcoal has recently resurfaced as a trending beauty treatment for cleansing the face. However, instead of those peel-away masks which remove important oils and irritate the skin, try applying a rinse-off charcoal mask. The combination of activated charcoal and coconut holds a variety of natural ingredients and leaves your complexion with that trademark softness and shine without having to wrench a ‘Band-Aid mask’ off your face. While the activated charcoal draws out toxic chemicals from your pores, refreshing aloe vera and coconut oil rehydrates and restores your dry, damaged skin.
SHAMPOO BARS
Organic and eco-friendly beauty brands are quickly becoming the popular choice for young people. Not only are certain products reducing pollution and preserving the environment, but going green is trendy! Cosmetics brands are breaking ground with sustainable products such as shampoo bars, which replace shampoo in plastic packaging with a naked form. Depending on the brand, shampoo bars come in a range of shapes and textures, with some looking like a familiar bar of soap and others taking on the shape of a flattened bath bomb. Made using detoxifying and enriching ingredients such as argan oil and Sicilian lemon oil, shampoo bars have all of the same benefits of ‘regular’ shampoo, they just allow you to wash your hair with more of an environmental conscience.
BLACKOUT ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FACE MASKS
Activated charcoal has recently resurfaced as a trending beauty treatment for cleansing the face. However, instead of those peel-away masks which remove important oils and irritate the skin, try applying a rinse-off charcoal mask. The combination of activated charcoal and coconut holds a variety of natural ingredients and leaves your complexion with that trademark softness and shine without having to wrench a ‘Band-Aid mask’ off your face. While the activated charcoal draws out toxic chemicals from your pores, refreshing aloe vera and coconut oil rehydrates and restores your dry, damaged skin.
SHAMPOO BARS
Organic and eco-friendly beauty brands are quickly becoming the popular choice for young people. Not only are certain products reducing pollution and preserving the environment, but going green is trendy! Cosmetics brands are breaking ground with sustainable products such as shampoo bars, which replace shampoo in plastic packaging with a naked form. Depending on the brand, shampoo bars come in a range of shapes and textures, with some looking like a familiar bar of soap and others taking on the shape of a flattened bath bomb. Made using detoxifying and enriching ingredients such as argan oil and Sicilian lemon oil, shampoo bars have all of the same benefits of ‘regular’ shampoo, they just allow you to wash your hair with more of an environmental conscience.
