When the rain hits, heavy routines and full-glam looks give way to smart, high-performance essentials. Think lightweight, water-resistant textures, multi-tasking formulas, anti-frizz haircare and smudge-proof makeup that can handle heat, humidity and downpours – without compromising your finish. Below, the best rainy-day saviours to help you stay protected and polished
Clarins Hydra-Essentiel [HA²] Bi-phase Serum
In hot, humid monsoon weather, heavy moisturisers can feel suffocating. The Clarins Hydra-Essentiel Bi-Phase Serum offers a weightless alternative with its unique water-and-oil dual texture that instantly absorbs without any greasy or sticky residue. Powered by hyaluronic acid and enriched with saffron flower polyphenols and organic strawberry tree extract to regulate sebumorganic strawberry tree fruit extract, it restores the skin’s natural moisture balance, locks in deep hydration and helps control excess oil. It also strengthens the skin barrier against humidity fluctuations, keeping your complexion plump, fresh and shine-free all day.
Laneige Water Bank UV Barrier Sunscreen
Sunscreen is non-negotiable even on cloudy days, as UV rays easily penetrate grey skies. Choose lightweight, water- or gel-based formulas with a breathable, matte finish that are sweat- and water-resistant. This serum-light, non-sticky sunscreen from Laneige works as a protective barrier against UV rays and urban pollutants while strengthening the skin barrier. Infused with hyaluronic acid and blueberry extract, it delivers lasting hydration for pillow-soft skin and a fresh, dewy radiance. White cast-free and fast-absorbing, it also doubles as a plumping primer.
Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint
Heavy, full-coverage foundations can feel suffocating in hot, humid weather. Instead, opt for lightweight skin tints that deliver light-to-medium coverage with a natural, breathable finish. Clinically proven to instantly boost skin’s moisture levels by 52% and share long-lasting hydration for all-day comfort, Hourglass’ Veil Hydrating Skin Tint is simultaneously smoothing and plumping, packed with 94% naturally derived ingredients like hyaluronic acid, plant-based squalane, meadowfoam seed oil and a rambutan blend. Simultaneously smoothing and plumping, this dewy skin tint can be found in a range of shades from fair to deep to seamlessly enhance all skin tones.
Chanel Le Volume de Chanel Waterproof
For lashes that refuse to budge in rain, sweat or humidity, Chanel Le Volume de Chanel Waterproof delivers. One swipe provides dramatic volume and intense black colour with that wide-awake, lifted look. The waterproof formula holds up against moisture and oily lids, while provitamin B5 and vitamin E condition and strengthen lashes. Its dual-length brush catches every lash for a full, fanned-out finish that stays smudge-free all day.
Mac Cosmetics Prep+Prime Fix+
This cult-favourite alcohol-free mist is the ultimate makeup multitasker. It sets and grips every layer with zero fallout, while flooding the skin with calming hydration from green tea, chamomile and cooling cucumber extracts. Fix+ effortlessly dissolves any powdery or cakey appearance, breathing life back into makeup so it melts seamlessly into the skin. The result? Soft, dewy and naturally radiant makeup that looks and feels like glowing skin.
Kerasilk Multi-Benefit Hair Oil
Boasting a supple, smoothing texture, this high-shine, multi-benefit hair oil from Kerasilk is made with a lightweight formula that cocoons strands in a quenching layer of hydration, helping to reduce the appearance of split ends and brittleness, while also offering heat protection for up to 72 hours. Infused with Biomimetic Silk, a protein that mirrors the benefits of natural silk, it works to nourish the hair for smoother-looking results. Added shea oil helps to tame flyaways and enhance natural shine, leaving your locks soft, radiant and healthy-looking.
Dior Miss Dior Parfum Mini Miss Solid Perfume
Owing to their wax and oil base, solid perfumes last longer in humid weather compared to alcohol-based perfumes, realising fragrance steadily and evenly via the skin’s warmth regardless of the damp air around. Enriched with rose wax and composed of 82% natural-origin ingredients, the Miss Dior Parfum Mini Miss Solid Perfume unfurls its velvety and sensual notes on the skin, leaving a lasting trail of Miss Dior Eau de Parfum all day long. Its meltingly soft and comfortable texture guarantees an application with no sticky residue and can be applied directly to pulse points, alone or in addition to the spray fragrance. Housed in a chic jacquard houndstooth compact inspired by Dior couture, it’s perfect for on-the-go touch-ups.
See also: Chanel: Out of the blue with Jacob Elordi and Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif
