Just when we wrote about new lipstick shades and a limited edition illuminating powder from Hermès, they announce new makeup and tools to add to their rapidly growing line of beauty products.
There’s the Hermès Plein Air complexion balm, which is a pigmented cream that is meant to be extremely light and fresh on skin.
The idea is to create what the brand calls a “whisper of colour”, and to enhance one’s natural skin. This sounds like a tinted moisturiser (it’s not quite), and ideally, it’s great if you have great skin. It’s probably not for those who want heavier coverage for their base, but this balm could serve well for those with breakouts since it’s designed to let the skin breathe.
It’s priced at $148 (yes, pricey, but it is Hermès after all), and comes in 10 shades here.
To complement the complexion balm, there are two face powders: Radiant Glow Powder and Radiant Matte Powder; and you guessed it, one gives a glowy, radiant finish while the other is matte.
These powders are formulated to be weightless and soft as silk, and they contain extracts of white mulberry and emollients to take care of and soften the skin.
The powder is recommended to be applied with the matching Face Powder Brush, that — like the cases — are designed by Pierre Hardy, and possess the now-signature three-colour look that’s synonymous with the brand.
The bristles are made of ultra-soft natural goat hair fibres and hand assembled by a French brush-maker. The round shape is perfect for lifting just the right amount of powder from the compact, and dusting it over the entire face.
If you want to own this very desirable brush, it comes in at $203 (yep), so maybe start with the face powders first that are $136 each.
Finally there’s an orange box of blotting papers that are the most expensive face blotting papers in the world.
They are monogrammed with the Hermès “H”, and come in the brand’s iconic orange box (a mini box!); but you know… blotting paper is blotting paper and you can get 100 pieces from Muji for $1.90. Not judging.
If you’re seriously considering this, the Blotting Papers come in at $63 for a box.
The above products are available now at Hermès Singapore boutiques and online at HERMES.COM/SG.
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