Hi beauties, and welcome to August. I have been having such a beautiful, restorative summer so far, filled with so many gorgeous memories, family time and pockets of real leisure. I am still riding the high of my recent travels and settling back into the rhythm of things here in Arizona, and honestly the word that keeps coming up for me this season is gratitude. There is nothing like time spent with the people you love most to fill your heart with a deeper sense of appreciation for the little moments that make up a life.
This month I am really leaning into the tail end of summer while quietly starting to prep for the shift into fall. It is that beautiful in between season where I still want the glow, the sun kissed skin, the soft, easy makeup, but I am also thinking about deeper hydration, hair repair, and the treatments that will carry my skin gorgeously into the next chapter. My August edit reflects exactly that. A little sun kissed, a little indulgent, a lot polished.
We also have some really exciting announcements and activations coming up at Citrine this month, so keep an eye on your inbox and our socials. In the meantime, here are the five products I am reaching for on repeat, from a new hero glow palette to the fragrance that has completely taken over my vanity.
Enjoy the rest of your summer, beauties. And keep glowing.
The edit
No. 01
ReDimension Daily Glow Palette
RMS Beauty
Rose Marie Swift has done it again. RMS is one of those brands that I trust with my complexion completely, so when I saw they were dropping a face palette in their beloved ReDimension formula, I knew it was going to become an instant staple. And it has. The ReDimension Daily Glow Palette is a talc free, clean face palette with four light reflective shades designed to give the skin sheer, buildable luminosity and that beautiful soft focus dimension that makes you look like the most polished version of yourself.
The palette runs on RMS's advanced Gel2Powder Technology, which is that bouncy, gel like texture that sets into a silky powder finish. So it glides on smoothly, blends effortlessly and never sits flat or chalky on the skin. The four shades are curated so beautifully. RSVP is an ultra sheer, lit from within natural glow. Date Night is an innocent pink flush. Happy Hour is a warm champagne glow. OOO is a softly sun kissed golden glow, which has been my personal go to for these final summer weeks.
What I love is how multi use it is. I sweep OOO across the high points of my face for that effortless sun kissed dimension, dust Happy Hour across my cheekbones and lids for a warm champagne wash, and use RSVP as the finishing highlight on the tops of my cheeks and cupid's bow. It is polished, radiant and so easy, exactly the kind of product I want on my vanity right now.
Obsessed. This is the newest chapter in Dedcool's beloved Milk franchise, and it has completely taken over my vanity this summer. If Mochi Milk was cozy and gourmand, Mineral Milk is coastal and airy, the scent equivalent of golden hour on the beach. It is soft, creamy, salty and skin like all at once, and I cannot stop smelling my wrists.
The composition opens with golden nectar and passionfruit, then melts into a heart of coastal lavender, ocean air and marine salt, and settles into a warm, skin like base of amber milk, Virginia cedar and Australian sandalwood. It also features Dedcool's signature Memory Note, a fragrance molecule that actually triggers a subtle cooling, physical sensation, so you feel like you are wrapped in ocean mist even when you are miles from the coast. It is genius and so beautifully done.
What I love most is how effortless and personal it feels. It is not a room filling perfume, it is a true skin scent, but it lingers all day and layers so beautifully with body oil and other fragrances. It is the kind of scent people lean in for and cannot quite place, but immediately want to know what you are wearing. If you love a soft, sexy, sun warmed skin fragrance, this is your new signature.
"The word that keeps coming up for me this season is gratitude."
No. 03
holi (locks) Silk Peptide Leave In Repair
Agent Nateur
Summer hair takes a real beating. Between sun, salt water, chlorine and the extra styling that comes with vacation season, my strands were ready for some real love by the end of July. Enter Agent Nateur's newest launch, holi (locks) Silk Peptide Leave In Repair, and it has completely changed the way I think about hair repair. This is not just another leave in conditioner. It is a multi layer treatment system designed to mimic the structure of healthy hair while delivering active repair and heat protection at the same time.
The formula is powered by Japanese hydrolyzed silk peptides and hydrolyzed keratin, which help reinforce the hair fiber from within, plus niacinamide and a blend of botanical actives to defend against styling damage and strengthen the strand over time. It is completely silicone free, which is important because silicones only coat the hair to fake softness. This formula actually wraps each strand in a veil of silk and keratin that delivers real, structural repair. So the softness you feel is genuine and lasting.
I love spritzing this through damp hair after washing and letting it work its magic before I style. My hair feels so much stronger, smoother and more resilient, and the shine is unreal. If you are trying to recover from a summer of sun and salt, or you just want to strengthen your hair going into fall, this is the treatment to add in.
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Agent Nateur holi (locks) Silk Peptide Leave In Repair
Jane Iredale just extended the Colorluxe Lip Glaze line with a gorgeous new nudes range, and Amour is the shade that has completely stolen my heart. It is a soft, mid tone pink nude that is genuinely universally flattering, and it has been my go to for every kind of look this month. It is polished enough to feel elevated, but effortless enough to throw on for school drop off, brunch, dinner, anything.
The Colorluxe Lip Glazes are truly unlike any other gloss I have used. They are enriching, nourishing and hydrating, giving you that super juicy, plump, glossed look without any of the sticky tackiness that so many glosses have. Plus the formula is packed with skin loving ingredients, so you are actually treating your lips while you wear it. It is the perfect intersection of makeup and skincare.
I love to wear Amour on its own for that effortless kissable pout, or layered over my favorite lip liner and lipstick combo when I want to elevate the whole look. Everyone I have shared this shade with has immediately fallen in love with it. If you are looking for your new everyday nude, this is it.
And of course, we cannot close out an edit without Ayuna. Essence remains one of my forever hero treatments, and it feels especially essential this time of year. As we transition out of the sun heavy months, my skin needs that deep resurfacing and reset, and nothing does it quite like this. It is technically called a high protein cream in one peel, but that phrase does not fully capture what it does. It delivers that baby soft, freshly renewed, almost newborn complexion in a way that feels both gentle and incredibly effective.
It lifts away buildup, sun damage, dead skin and texture, and reveals the smoothest, most refined, polished skin underneath. The results are instant. My complexion looks brighter, more even and so luminous, and everything I layer on top applies more beautifully. It is one of those treatments that just makes you feel like your best skinned self.
My ritual is to apply a thin layer to clean skin in the morning as the very first step, let it sit while I get ready, then massage it off as a soft gommage. It is so satisfying to see the buildup roll away, and my skin feels buttery smooth and visibly brighter afterward. If your summer skin needs a reset before you head into fall, this is the treatment I would reach for every single time.
