Get your summer glow on for less with this crop of smartly budgeted beauty buys.
When it comes to summer beauty essentials, it’s all about protection, hydration and glow. Sun, sea, humidity and chlorine can leave our hair and skin in need of some TLC – repairing straw-like tresses, topping up our skin’s moisture levels and treating UV-pigmentation. Summer make-up is all about sun-kissed, dewy skin with bold brights on our lips and nails to bring the sunshine.
This week we have a round-up of ten under £10 summer beauty buys – all perfect for picking up at the airport or popping in your basket with your weekly shop to give you a little summer boost.
Hair Food Banana Hair Mask, £6.99
A nourishing hair mask to put back the hydration and shine that a summer of humidity, UV damage and chlorine has stripped away. With nourishing banana and shea butter, the melting texture gives no weigh-down and reduces breakages after one treatment. Buy it here.
Clear Protect Transparent Sun Cream Protection Spray SPF50, £6.50
This is our favourite high-street SPF; it’s light as water, non-greasy and leaves no white marks. Enriched with aloe vera for a hydrating spritz, it gives great all-round protection in a light-weight, fresh formula. Buy it here.
Mega Bronzer, £5
Giving just the right amount of sun-warmed matt colour in an XL compact, the Mega Bronzer is great swirled across collarbones, shoulders and face for a hint of natural glow. Buy it here.
Volumazing Waterproof Mascara, £8.99
A creamy, volume-loading mascara that won’t budge on beach-days. The dense-bristle wand quickly builds dramatic volume in just two coats, for a deep black lash. Buy it here.
Vitamin C Sleep Mask, £4
An affordable overnight treatment enriched with vitamin C and yuzu to brighten skin as you sleep. It is also a good one to slather on in-flight so you disembark with radiant, glowy skin. Buy it here.
Pro-Glow Spray Tan Mister, £10.50
If you love the convenience and safety of sun-less tanning but your technique leaves something to be desired, this refillable spray mister from Isle of Paradise is designed to be filled with their self-tan water to give an ultra-fine, streak-free coverage with 360-degree spraying power for an even finish. Buy it here.
Thigh Rescue, £8
This anti-friction balm is an essential bit of kit if you find chafing a problem in the heat. Creating a comfortable, protective barrier where you need it most to stop irritation in its tracks. Buy it here.
Crave The Chaos Nail Polish, £7.99
A quick drying, pretty pink shade that looks great with a tan. Perfect for popping in your travel bag for holiday nails on-the-go. Buy it here.
Dry Shampoo, £10
Perhaps not a bargain buy when compared to other dry shampoos, but the gentle oat milk formula gives volume, a clean-hair feeling and soft, beautifully scented locks. Great for festivals, travelling and beyond. Buy it here.
Glow Mask, £5
Filled to the brim with plumping and luminosity-boosting plant extracts, including caffeine-packed coffee seed oil and vitamin-c rich goji berry, this cream mask gives skin a dewy glow in just five minutes. A convenient pouch to pack in your beauty bag to reboot dull skin when it needs a boost. Buy it here.
By Lydia Mansi
August 2022
This week we have a round-up of ten under £10 summer beauty buys – all perfect for picking up at the airport or popping in your basket with your weekly shop to give you a little summer boost.
Garnier
Hair Food Banana Hair Mask, £6.99
A nourishing hair mask to put back the hydration and shine that a summer of humidity, UV damage and chlorine has stripped away. With nourishing banana and shea butter, the melting texture gives no weigh-down and reduces breakages after one treatment. Buy it here.
Ambre Solaire
Clear Protect Transparent Sun Cream Protection Spray SPF50, £6.50
This is our favourite high-street SPF; it’s light as water, non-greasy and leaves no white marks. Enriched with aloe vera for a hydrating spritz, it gives great all-round protection in a light-weight, fresh formula. Buy it here.
Revolution
Mega Bronzer, £5
Giving just the right amount of sun-warmed matt colour in an XL compact, the Mega Bronzer is great swirled across collarbones, shoulders and face for a hint of natural glow. Buy it here.
Revlon
Volumazing Waterproof Mascara, £8.99
A creamy, volume-loading mascara that won’t budge on beach-days. The dense-bristle wand quickly builds dramatic volume in just two coats, for a deep black lash. Buy it here.
Boots
Vitamin C Sleep Mask, £4
An affordable overnight treatment enriched with vitamin C and yuzu to brighten skin as you sleep. It is also a good one to slather on in-flight so you disembark with radiant, glowy skin. Buy it here.
Isle of Paradise
Pro-Glow Spray Tan Mister, £10.50
If you love the convenience and safety of sun-less tanning but your technique leaves something to be desired, this refillable spray mister from Isle of Paradise is designed to be filled with their self-tan water to give an ultra-fine, streak-free coverage with 360-degree spraying power for an even finish. Buy it here.
Megababe
Thigh Rescue, £8
This anti-friction balm is an essential bit of kit if you find chafing a problem in the heat. Creating a comfortable, protective barrier where you need it most to stop irritation in its tracks. Buy it here.
Expressie from Essie
Crave The Chaos Nail Polish, £7.99
A quick drying, pretty pink shade that looks great with a tan. Perfect for popping in your travel bag for holiday nails on-the-go. Buy it here.
Klorane
Dry Shampoo, £10
Perhaps not a bargain buy when compared to other dry shampoos, but the gentle oat milk formula gives volume, a clean-hair feeling and soft, beautifully scented locks. Great for festivals, travelling and beyond. Buy it here.
Frank
Glow Mask, £5
Filled to the brim with plumping and luminosity-boosting plant extracts, including caffeine-packed coffee seed oil and vitamin-c rich goji berry, this cream mask gives skin a dewy glow in just five minutes. A convenient pouch to pack in your beauty bag to reboot dull skin when it needs a boost. Buy it here.
By Lydia Mansi
August 2022
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Lydia Mansi
Lifestyle Editor
Lydia is an all-round lifestyle guru, tireless champion of women in business and our resident expert on beauty.
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