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20 Under £20: Our Top Summer Beauty Buys

20 Under £20: Our Top Summer Beauty Buys

Give your make-up bag a seasonal lift with these brilliant beauty buys on a budget.

As we head into the summer hols, we round up a bumper edition of our favourite summer beauty buys under £20. Bargain skincare, haircare, make-up and bodycare products that have become staples in our editors’ holiday luggage, from the best gradual tanner to hydrating skincare and long-lasting, sun-kissed make-up looks.

By Lydia Mansi
August 2023

Skincare

To quench dry summer skin Broma’s Hydrating Serum, £13

To quench dry summer skin

Broma’s Hydrating Serum, £13

To protect skin with a dewy finish Supergoop’s Glowscreen SPF 30, £17

To protect skin with a dewy finish

Supergoop’s Glowscreen SPF 30, £17

To effectively cleanse away SPF at the end of the day The Inkey List’s Oat Cleansing Balm, £12

To effectively cleanse away SPF at the end of the day

The Inkey List’s Oat Cleansing Balm, £12

With Rosehip oil, containing Vitamin A to treat hyperpigmentation Upcircle’s Face Serum With Rosehip Oil, £8

With Rosehip oil, containing Vitamin A to treat hyperpigmentation

Upcircle’s Face Serum With Rosehip Oil, £8

A skin quencher in the heat to hydrate and set make-up Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir, £15

A skin quencher in the heat to hydrate and set make-up

Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir, £15

Haircare

To repair your dried-out tresses Coco & Eve’s Super Nourishing Fig and Coconut Hair Masque, £14.90

To repair your dried-out tresses

Coco & Eve’s Super Nourishing Fig and Coconut Hair Masque, £14.90

To smooth humidity frizz Colour WOW’s Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, £12.50

To smooth humidity frizz

Colour WOW’s Dream Coat Supernatural Spray, £12.50

To combat brassiness caused by chlorine L’Oreal Elvive’s Colour Protect Purple Conditioner, £6

To combat brassiness caused by chlorine

L’Oreal Elvive’s Colour Protect Purple Conditioner, £6

Perfect for holiday hair styling – no plug adaptor required Kitsch’s Heatless Curling Set, £15

Perfect for holiday hair styling – no plug adaptor required

Kitsch’s Heatless Curling Set, £15

A mini size, perfect for creating beauty waves on holiday Ouai’s Wave Spray, £12

A mini size, perfect for creating beauty waves on holiday

Ouai’s Wave Spray, £12

Make-up

To keep your peepers smudge-free poolside Maybelline’s Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara, £10

To keep your peepers smudge-free poolside

Maybelline’s Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara, £10

For coverage and protection in one IT Cosmetics’ Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF30, £15

For coverage and protection in one

IT Cosmetics’ Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF30, £15

A three-colour palette for all your contouring needs and a sunkissed glow Rimmel’s Sculpting Highlighter Palette, £8

A three-colour palette for all your contouring needs and a sunkissed glow

Rimmel’s Sculpting Highlighter Palette, £8

With skin-brightening Vitamin C to keep your make-up fresh all day (and all night) Urban Decay’s Vitamin C All Nighter Setting Spray, £15

With skin-brightening Vitamin C to keep your make-up fresh all day (and all night)

Urban Decay’s Vitamin C All Nighter Setting Spray, £15

With hydrating plant butters to soften as they add a pop of colour NYX Professional Make-Up’s Shout Loud Hydrating Satin Lipstick, £8

With hydrating plant butters to soften as they add a pop of colour

NYX Professional Make-Up’s Shout Loud Hydrating Satin Lipstick, £8

Bodycare

For comfort when you’re exploring in the sunshine Megababe’s Thigh Rescue, £8

For comfort when you’re exploring in the sunshine

Megababe’s Thigh Rescue, £8

Deeply nourishing hydration – for those extra dry areas Weleda’s Skin Food, £15

Deeply nourishing hydration – for those extra dry areas

Weleda’s Skin Food, £15

A great ‘spray and go’ all over body moisturiser to combat summer dryness Aveeno’s Daily Moisturising After Shower Mist, £8.50

A great ‘spray and go’ all over body moisturiser to combat summer dryness

Aveeno’s Daily Moisturising After Shower Mist, £8.50

A regular slough with this and your pins will be gleaming and smooth Soap & Glory’s Flake Away Scrub, £10

A regular slough with this and your pins will be gleaming and smooth

Soap & Glory’s Flake Away Scrub, £10

Fool-proof, subtle, buildable colour. All boxes ticked for a gradual tanner Tan Luxe’s The Gradual, NOW £20

Fool-proof, subtle, buildable colour. All boxes ticked for a gradual tanner

Tan Luxe’s The Gradual, NOW £20

By Lydia Mansi · Published August 2023

Lydia is an all-round lifestyle guru, tireless champion of women in business and our resident expert on beauty.

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