Edwina Ings-Chambers: Why I’m ready for a refill... - 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 Why I m ready for a refill… By You Magazine - May 9, 2021 …of Zara’s groundbreaking cosmetics collection. Honestly, I haven’t felt this excited about the launch of a new make-up range in ages. But what Zara has created in the first stage of its beauty collection isn’t just brilliant but affordable, too. And it’s deserving of such praise not just because of the quality of the contents (the brand worked with top make-up artist Diane Kendal on everything from formulas to shades) but because this is a properly modern offering, which is to say it’s recyclable, vegan, cruelty-free and clean (no silicones or mineral oils) and almost entirely refillable. You’d think these factors would be fundamentals for any new cosmetics launch in 2021 but sadly, all too often, they aren’t. Highlights from the initial drop include a blush, bronzer and highlighter cheek palette in Leather, Bloom and Silk (£17.99, refill, £12.99); lipsticks in satin and matte (both £11.99, refill £6.99; pictured is Jackpot), as well as a more moisturising demi-matte formula (£9.99, refill £5.99; pictured is La Journée). This excellent offering (with refills from £3.99) also includes a brilliant bronzer with a dash of shimmer (£14.99); powder blush (£7.99); not-too-shiny highlighters for cheeks (£7.99); tinted lip balms (£11.99); eyeshadow duos (from £11.99); eyeshadow palettes (£17.99) and liquid liner (£7.99). All products are housed in sleek white packaging with slanted edges – to mirror the slopes of the Z in Zara, apparently – and designed by leading creative Fabien Baron. There’s also an accompanying brush range (from £5.99). Foundations and more will come later but it’s taken longer to perfect these while still upholding vegan and clean credentials. The team has just found a formula for mascara that it’s happy with so hopefully that will be along soon. Refilling products has been made super easy: palettes just lift out, so no need to track down paperclips to poke out contents through tiny holes. And where items can’t be refilled – such as the lip glosses (£9.99), lip oils (£9.99) and nail varnishes (£5.99) – packaging is glass not plastic. You can take any packaging back to stores and Zara will recycle and reuse elements such as magnets. The refills can also be used as they are so you can ditch the main packaging altogether if you prefer. Zara Beauty will be available from Thursday at selected Zara stores and online at zara.com. @edwinaingschambers Top-up stars Continuing the eco theme, change is afoot at haircare brands Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders, Pantene and Aussie – all owned by Proctor & Gamble. The company has introduced a refillable system: simply buy a reusable aluminium bottle of your preferred product (£9.99 each, boots.com) and from then on you can buy a recyclable refill pouch made from 60 per cent less plastic (from £4, boots.com). Moves such as this from global businesses represent a very positive environmental shift in beauty packaging. Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson 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