Edwina Ings-Chambers The make-up palette gets personal - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Beauty Edwina Ings-Chambers The make-up palette gets personal By You Magazine - November 28, 2021 All your favourite colours in one refillable compact? The future of tailor-made make-up is here! Make-up palettes can be tricky things, I find. They’re meant to be the height of practicality – a variety of colours all in one place and easily portable. Yet the reality is often different. The main reason, of course, is that the mix of shades usually includes some that you’d never use, so waste is instantly in-built. Indeed, according to Tropic Skincare, on average women own over 40 shades of eyeshadow but use only five of them daily. This stat does not come with an age range and I suspect that younger make-up wearers make much more use of a variety of hues – that’s certainly what I observe of the teens in my life – but even they don’t leverage them all. Meanwhile I, like most of my friends, tend to stick to what I know suits me – and brands are increasingly catering to that way of thinking. Tropic is one of those brands. Founder Susie Ma spent three years developing a concept that’s high in personalisation and low in packaging waste. Cosmetics from eyeshadow to highlighter, blush and concealer can be bought separately (packaged in cardboard). Once you’ve chosen your preferred colours and products, you add them to your compact Colour Palette containing easily removable cartridges that can be rearranged to your heart’s content: switch shades and the product line-up depending on your daily needs. The make-up is good quality, too, and all vegan (palette from £16, make-up from £8, tropicskincare.com). Hourglass has also got into refillability with the Curator Eyeshadow refill system. The build-your-own palette, which is made of tin, is available as a three- or five-pan option and the shades are available in matt, satin, metallic and shimmer finishes. Once you’ve picked your preferences they simply slot into place (from £96, hourglasscosmetics.co.uk). Alternatively, you can buy pre-curated versions put together by the brand or by a celebrity: the latest by Georgia May Jagger (£96) is my favourite. Hourglass is also vegan. Both options are a positive sign that the beauty industry is starting to look more at reducing waste and follow on from the launch of Zara Beauty earlier this year that has refills at the core of its concept. Another hit spritz from ZARA Speaking of Zara Beauty… it has collaborated again with Jo Loves, the perfume brand founded by Jo Malone CBE, on another range of fragrances. This collection has been inspired by cities around the world, so even if you aren’t jetting off in the immediate future you can fragrantly hotfoot it between London, New York, Seoul, Dubai, Tokyo, Madrid, Venice and Shanghai. Fashionably London, the only UK destination in the mix, is a blend of bergamot, rose, geranium, lily of the valley and oakmoss. All of them smell far finer than you’d normally expect to find on the high street (and at this price) and come housed in simple but chic clear glass bottles with black lids. From £6.99, zara.com @edwinaingschambers RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR You could get paid to test Liberty’ s Beauty Advent Calendar People are obsessed with this Revlon hair drying tool A new drop of Boots Star Gifts has landed for Christmas 2022 Popular in Beauty People are seriously impressed with Primark’ s £8 skinny curling tongs December 16, 2019 Boots is giving away free lipsticks to celebrate the launch of January 23, 2020 This long-lasting eyebrow product is getting rave reviews and is just June 21, 2021 These Liz Earle gift sets are on sale just in time March 5, 2020 WIN A Kiehl’ s skincare heroes bundle worth £104 July 24, 2020 Cult skincare brand Sunday Riley is branching out into hair products April 24, 2020 Superdrug is holding a huge BOGOF sale on all cosmetics for May 28, 2020 Your salon could charge you extra for overgrown roots and bad June 25, 2020 Facial steamers Why searches for this beauty gadget were up 400 July 10, 2020 Lush subscription boxes have arrived and they contain exclusive new products August 3, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved