Gossamer Beauty

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Photography: OLIVIA EDVALSON @oliviarosephoto 
Model and wings: Tatiana Pimentel @teepimentel 
Corset: Nightingale Corsetry @nightingalecorsetry

Texture is everything when it comes to the beauty industry. Formulators invest a lot of time and know-how into spinning skincare from gossamer-light to rich, silky, and occlusive. As the seasons change and the weather warms, our desires naturally move toward sheerer and lighter products. We embrace the translucent and luminous, and are drawn to formulations that are airy and more ethereal. Serums shape-shift into weightlessness. We seek fragrances that are light and subtle, such as delicate florals or elusive powdery notes.

New trends in beauty this season are all about reinventing gossamer weights. Soft, silky, “cashmere” foams with mild ingredients are popular in cleansers. They are so light, they’re barely a whisper, and they are especially suitable for irritated, sensitive skin. Water balms and lightweight, oil-based moisturizers and makeup, especially lip gloss, deliver dewy-looking skin while feeling weightless. “Jellies” are a fun way to hydrate and are turning up in blendable makeup. Silky milks are trending in milk baths and sunscreens designed to soothe all skin types. Vegan versions feature oat, coconut, and soy milk, some mixed with retinols.

Going gossamer is the ultimate goal at this time of year. Like a dragonfly’s wing, iridescent, incandescent, extremely light and delicate, in a way that seems to be not of this world.

Method Dream Foam

Anyone who relies on Method’s dish detergents and home-cleaning line will want to check out its new personal care products. The skin-softening Dream Foam foaming body wash comes in four fragrances that are light as air. And the Body + Hair Mist line is perfect for adding a touch of fragrance (the jasmine-sandalwood is a personal favorite), cooling down the skin and reconstituting curls over the spring-summer season.

Acrely Farms Recovery Balm

Botanical Blend Acrely Farms is a woman-owned organic farm tucked into the mountains of Utah. Hand-harvested, its products are grown and crafted to deliver plant- and CBD-based remedies for whatever ails you: inflammation, sleepless nights, localized pain, stress, rashy skin. The Recovery Balm, with a base of coconut oil and beeswax, is a light and lovely cooling blend formulated to provide relief from pain.

RMS Beauty Cashmere Matte Eyelights

Always on the cusp of everything new, RMS Beauty, founded by celebrity makeup artist Rosemarie Swift, launched Cashmere Matte Eyelights—light, long-wearing, and delicate whispers of color for the eyelids. In eight shades, inspired by 1950s pastels, the nourishing new formula feels as soft as breath. Infused with green tea and natural peptides to nourish the sensitive skin on the eyelids, they are packaged in a 100-percent-recycled aluminum artist’s tube with a needle-nose tip for perfect application.

Leaf People Nettle & Cucumber Soothing Toner

This lightweight toner removes makeup, soap, dirt, and other impurities while gently nourishing the skin with aloe vera, rose, hyaluronic acid, green tea, and soothing cucumber. Keep it in the fridge and it will cool down overheated or inflamed skin. Put it in a spray bottle for a spritz on the go. Wild-harvested, certified organic, and formulated in the Rocky Mountains by an herbalist.