The Best Products Our Beauty Editors Tried in September 2024
Now that it's officially October, there's no denying that we're fully in fall mode, and this happens to be the favorite time of year for many beauty lovers.
The autumn season is all about embracing cooler tones, keeping skin extra hydrated and glowy and basking in luxurious and chilly fall scents. Could there be anything better? Our favorite brands in skincare, hair, bath goodies, makeup and more sent us their latest and greatest releases to try for ourselves and pass along our faves, so keep scrolling to find our what our beauty editors loved best in September of 2024.
Wild Willies Rugged Clean Body Bar: $29.97 for 4
We're sure we're not the only ladies who often gravitate toward the bold, masculine scents of men's body soap, and we've fallen fully in love with Wild Willies and their Rugged Clean Body Bars. They come in striking Coastal Drift, Sunrise Edge, River Mist and Aspen Trail scents, incorporating musks and woodsy fragrances, with different formulas for moisturizing, moisturization plus detoxifying and exfoliation. You can't go wrong with any one bar, but we suggest you get the whole collection to find your personal favorite.
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Tree Hut Cherry Rave and Pumpkin Pop Collections: $8.99 each
Your shower essentials are going to take a step into fall with these two new collections from Tree Hut. First up is Pumpkin Pop, a take on your traditional pumpkin spice with a twist of vanilla and hazelnut. Next, Cherry Rave is unlike any other warm, fruity blend you've experienced. It's made with wild cherry and raspberry, and thanks to cedarwood, brings a hint of fall in every whiff. Both are infused with oils aimed at delivering added moisture, and come in a body wash, shea sugar scrub and whipped body butter to cover your full shower routine.
(via Tree Hut)
Native Autumn Air & Amber Body Wash: $10
When you want a wash with a clean formula and great scent, you can't go wrong with Native, and they've really outdone themselves with their fragrances for autumn 2024. Their Autumn Air & Amber Body Wash has a limited-edition scent, lathering and hydrating your skin while transporting you outdoors on a crisp autumn day.
(via Native)
Fur Silk Scrub: $54
Fur's Silk Scrub is a fabulous part of any pre-shave routine, exfoliating and buffing skin to leave it smooth and glowy with a natural finish. It makes for a great body mask to help aid rough, irritated skin, prepping it for an extra-smooth shave.
(via Fur)
BRIXY Shampoo: $15.99 each
Want to remove unnecessary plastic from your hair care routine? Enter BRIXY, a brand that creates great bar formulas of popular products in recyclable paper packaging in order to reduce plastic waste. Their have two fabulous shampoo options—the Strengthen bar with pumpkin seed and rosemary oil and the Hydrate bar with aloe and shea butter—to keep up with your hair's needs throughout the year.
(via BRIXY)
Native Honeycrisp & Cider Strengthening Shampoo: $10
Native also has your hair care needs covered. Their limited edition Honeycrisp & Cider Strengthening Shampoo helps restore moisture and leaves you smelling like a freshly baked apple pie.
(via Native)
Native Honeycrisp & Cider Strengthening Conditioner: $10
Follow up your Native Honeycrisp & Cider shampoo with this Strengthening Conditioner. It reduces breakage and helps to heal your hair from root to ends, protecting it during the cooler months and leaving it with a heavenly sweet apple scent.
(via Native)
Innersense Organic Beauty Hydrating Cream Conditioner: $30
If you've been suffering from dry, thirsty hair this season, Innersense's Organic Beauty Hydrating Cream Conditioner is here to save the day. It's thick and creamy, made especially for hydrating thick, coarse and damaged hair to restore its natural beauty using moisturizing emollients including shea butter and coconut—not silicones. These ingredients coat the cuticle, busting frizz while healing damage, while rice, quinoa and flax work to add strength, elasticity and softness.
(via Innersense)
epres Healthy Hair Conditioner: $34
epres' Healthy Hair Conditioner is different than any other conditioner we've used with a unique formula with a less creamy feel that emulsifies with water to leave hair light, shiny and quick to dry. It uses the brand's Biodiffusion bond repair technology to smooth and detangle hair without weighing it down, with a sweet vanilla scent you'll look forward to every time you condition.
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Native Autumn Air & Amber Strengthening 2 in 1 Shampoo & Conditioner: $10
Prefer saving time by shampooing and conditioning in one convenient step? Native offers one of our favorite formulas with their Strengthening 2 in 1 Shampoo & Conditioner, and the Autumn Air & Amber scent blends amber and cinnamon to welcome the new season.
(via Native)
The Crème Shop x Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Lovely Luna 3D Teddy Headband: $12
The Crème Shop always has the cutest pop culture collabs we've ever seen, and their Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon collaboration may take the cake as their best yet. It features soothing printed face and eye masks and darling balms, but their Lovely Luna 3D Teddy Headband is a piece we'll cherish forever. Not only is it super soft, keeping your hair of your face during washes, but it features adorable cat ears, complete with Luna's crescent moon marking on her forehead.
(via The Crème Shop)
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BRIXY Gentle Facial Cleansing Gift Set: $43.29
Our friends at BRIXY also make bars for the face. Their soap-free Gentle Facial Cleansing Gift Set contains three facial cleansing bars with targeted formulas for Hydrating, Brightening and Blemish Control, all of which are hard-working yet gentle to keep your skin cleansed and refreshed. Plus, everything arrives in recyclable paper packaging, so you can feel good about your environmental impact.
(via BRIXY)
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Vitamasques Purifying Jelly Foaming Cleanser: $18.99
That clean face feeling is always welcome, but Vitamasques' Purifying Jelly Foaming Cleanserr is different from your typical drippy option. It's jelly-like, delivering a thicker, less messy cleanser to help you get squeaky clean. On the ingredient list, you'll find niacinamide, aloe and matcha to help strip, clean, smooth and soothe, all in one.
(via Vitamasques)
Furcy Botanik Essence Éklat: $48
Furcy's Botanik Essence Éklat can be sprayed on your skin morning and night for rebalancing and soothing irritation. It's made with a rare Haitian mushroom called djon djon, which targets inflammation and deeply nourishes and hydrates the skin.
(via Furcy)
SBLA Beauty Liquid Facelift Wand: $125.30
There's a good reason SBLA Beauty calls this product a "Liquid Facelift Wand." This unique wand applicator is filled with a line relaxing complex that delivers powerful peptides and amino acids precisely where you need them, smoothing away any pesky fine or deep lines. Its antimicrobial roller balls firm, contour and smooth the face and jawline while feeling cool and rejuvenating, while also stimulating cells to produce more collagen. You can also get 20% off your order from SBLA Beauty with code SWEETYHIGH20.
(via SBLA Beauty)
Cool as a Cucumber Hydralixir Quenching Gel Serum: $65
The colder, drier air has already left our skin feeling parched this fall, but Cool as a Cucumber's Hydralixir Quenching Gel Serum has come to the rescue. It's a lightweight but cooling gel serum that delivers fast hydration and a dewy glow with four kinds of hyaluronic acid, aloe and more.
(via Cool as a Cucumber)
Furcy Botanik Sérum Nuit Mïtik: $88
Furcy's Botanik Sérum Nuit Mïtik is an overnight milky serum that's rich in nutrients, using mushroom and guava to heal, brighten and strengthen the skin. Apply on your freshly cleansed to repair the skin while you sleep.
(via Furcy)
COSRX The Alpha-Arbutin 2 Discoloration Care Serum: $25
COSRX's The Alpha-Arbutin 2 Discoloration Care Serum was developed especially for busting hyperpigmentation and scarring after breakouts, and in our experience, it works wonders. It combines ingredients such as alpha-arbutin, tranexamic acid, niacinamide and N-acetylglucosamine to create a high-potency, high-concentration serum to soothe your post-acne skin woes.
(via COSRX)
Furcy Botanik Gel Crème Lejand: $56
Furcy's Botanik Gel Crème Lejand is a soothing gel cream that firms and hydrates your skin, leaving it with a healthy bounce. It's formulated with top skincare ingredients like niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, ceramides and tripeptides for skin that looks stronger, softer and healthier.
(via Furcy)
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Babe Original Pro Face Roller: $20
Few things help us feel pampered and luxurious like integrating a face roller into our routines—especially when it comes to Babe Original's Pro Face Roller. This dual-headed roller releases tension and encourages circulation, which in turn helps skin look more youthful and glowy. Its zinc alloy rollers also keep cool for about two minutes—almost like a built-in timer for your face rolling routine.
(via Babe Original)
Tower28 SunnyDays Tinted SPF 30: $32
Tower28's best-selling SunnyDays Tinted SPF 30 is the perfect lighweight everyday sunscreen to give your skin a natural finish. It's made to be buildable, so you can add it as a base for your makeup or leave it as is for a natural, glowy look.
(via Tower 28)
Fur Ingrown Concentrate: $32
Fur's all-natural Ingrown Concentrate oil helps with irritation and soothes your skin post-shave. It also comes with a textured finger mitt to help buff away your dead skill cells, leaving your skin with a smooth finish.
(via Fur)
Fur Ingrown Eliminator Serum: $36
For even more help with pesky ingrown hairs, check out Fur's Ingrown Eliminator Serum. Its powerful formula includes both AHA and BHA's to help eliminate any ingrown hairs, making it a great part of any post-shave or hair removal routine.
(via Fur)
Fur Oil: $52
When you're dealing with irritating bumps and ingrown hairs, Fur Oil has got you covered, helping you to both heal and soothe your skin. It's also super lightweight and quick-drying, so you don't have to worry about staining your clothes.
(via Fur)
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Curie Warm Vanilla Deodorant Stick: $14
Curie's clean, aluminum-free formulas are idea for anyone with sensitive skin, and their new Warm Vanilla Deodorant Stick is extra dreamy. It has an ambery and creamy scent, leaving you smelling incredible all day long.
(via Curie)
Curie Juniper Eucalyptus Deodorant & Body Spray: $16
For even more odor protection all day, check out Curie's Juniper Eucalyptus Deodorant & Body Spray set. Together, they'll keep you smelling fresh with a relaxing blend of botanicals and herbs.
(via Curie)
Bondi Boost Bond Builder+ Leave-in Hair Mask: $32
When our hair needs a little extra love, we can't get enough of powerful leave-in treatments like Bondi Boost's Bond Builder+ Leave-in Hair Mask. In just four minutes, it works to repair hair damage from heat, color and environmental stressors, using Australian aloe and Polycare Split Therapy technology to heal hair both inside and out.
(via Bondi Boost)
Ole Henriksen Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment: $22
Pucker up! Help keep your lips luscious and moisturized with Ole Henriksen's Pout Preserve Peptide Lip Treatment, a hydrating lip formula that's designed to help your lips look fuller. It's not sticky or drippy and delivers on shine every time. Plus it's compact enough to take on the go. The collection comes in four shades including Strawberry Sorbet, Crème Brülée, Cocoa Crème and Citrus Sunshine. If this lippy sounds familiar, that might be because it's part of Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee's lip routine. You can see exactly how she uses it HERE.
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Youngblood Lip Gloss: $26
Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics' lip glosses are peptide-enriched, giving your lips the perfect shimmer and shine. They offer long-lasting wear and all-day comforting, coming in nine gorgeous hues for all skin tones and makeup moods.
(via Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics)
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Lottie London Harley Quinn Jumbo Heart Stamp Liner: $7.99
Lottie London's new Harley Quinn is iconic, with all kinds of makeup goodies inspired by the harlequin antihero, and their Jumbo Heart Stamp Liner is about to become your new favorite way to line your eyes. It features a felt tip liner on one end and a heart stamp on the other for all of your sassy eyeliner looks.
(via Lottie London)
Touchland Power Mist Seasonal Trio Set: $30
Touchland is keeping it clean as the temperature drops with three new scents inspired by the season—Spiced Pumpkin-tini, Salted Caramel and Peppermint Mocha. Each hand sanitizer lasts up to 500 sprays, delivering lemon essential oils and aloe to help with moisture while fighting germs. Can't decide which scent to go for? You can get a bundle of all three.
(via Touchland)
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