Beauty Notes | 21 August 2026
La Prairie’s New Swiss Pristine Collection Has Landed
La Prairie is putting the skin barrier front and centre with Swiss Pristine, a new three-piece collection launching today. Created with sensitive, stressed skin in mind, the range includes an essence, serum, and cream aimed at concerns including redness, fine lines, uneven tone, and loss of radiance. The formulas bring together minerals sourced from Swiss glaciers, La Prairie’s Exclusive Cellular Complex, and a new patented ingredient, HyPower LP52, developed through research with two Swiss universities. It’s available from today exclusively at Space NK in the UK, and through laprairie.com in the US.
Korean Skincare Brand Centellian24 Launches in the UK
Centellian24 has arrived in the UK, bringing its science-led take on K-beauty to Amazon shoppers for the first time. The brand is best known for its Madeca Cream range and formulas built around TECA, a purified extract of centella asiatica. The UK lineup features moisturisers, PDRN skincare, eye treatments, serums, brightening products, and cleansing oils, with prices starting at £16.79. Hero products include Madeca Cream Time Reverse and the 360 Shot PDRN Lifting Eye Cream.
Zhang Ziyi Joins Clarins Precious
Clarins has named Zhang Ziyi as the new face of Clarins Precious, its premium skincare line. The Chinese actress, director, and producer will front a new campaign rolling out globally in September, centred on the brand’s approach to skin longevity. Precious includes face and eye creams, a brightening serum, oil-in-serum, essence, cleanser, and facial tools, with the skincare formulas built around Clarins’ moonlight flower cryoextract alongside biomimetic peptides.
Dippity-Do Marks 60 Years With a Limited-Edition Curl Kit
Dippity-Do is celebrating 60 years in haircare with a renewed focus on its Girls With Curls range, designed for hair types 2A to 4C and aimed at everything from hydration and definition to smoothing and natural texture enhancement. As part of the anniversary, the brand has also released a limited-edition $45 styling kit, bringing together its De-Frizz Light Hold Gelée and Curl Boosting Mousse with an edge brush, rollers, clips, and a retro-inspired collector’s bag. The kit is available now for a limited time through dippitydo.com.
Fenty Beauty Reworks Pro Filt’r With 50 All-New Shades
Fenty Beauty is giving Pro Filt’r a major update with a new Fluid Flex Natural Matte Longwear Foundation, launching on 4 September. The formula comes in 50 all-new shades and offers medium, buildable coverage with a natural matte finish that’s designed to move with the skin rather than feel rigid or heavy. It’s also waterproof and resistant to sweat, humidity, and transfer, with starfruit extract added to help control oil and shine. Fenty has also created a new Fluid Flex Foundation Brush to launch alongside it.
Diptyque Is Turning Bodycare Into a Daily Ritual
Diptyque is launching Les Rituels de Soin on 1 September, a new bodycare collection built around separate morning and evening rituals. The morning lineup features a dry brush, hazelnut exfoliant, bergamot body wash, and the Le Matin candle. Come evening, things shift towards relaxation, with a ceramic gua sha, rich body balm, oil, and the Le Soir candle. Perfumer Nathalie Cetto created the scents to match each mood, with more energising notes for the morning and comforting, tranquil notes for the evening.