Must-Have Halloween Beauty Products + More Beauty News You Missed This Week

Including a set of mini MAC lipsticks, Indigo’s new online Detox Market shop and a Goldwell serum for damaged hair.

Halloween glam hits Shoppers Drug Mart

If your usual Halloween look is more swaggy than spooky, Quo Beauty’s Halloween collection, which hit Shoppers Drug Mart stores this week, will likely fit right in with your end-of-month plans. The limited-edition Gold Glitter Drops and chic faux mink lashes and manicure sets can easily transition through the rest of the holiday season, while those who have plans beyond just a Hocus Pocus viewing party can get inspired by the full-on look created by Insta makeup artist Kimberley Margarita using the entire collection of Halloween beauty products. Stay tuned to her social channels on October 14th, when she’ll reveal how to get the look.

Holiday beauty gifts are rolling out, including these epic mini MAC lipsticks

Ready or not, holiday beauty is starting to drop this week. While drafting your shopping list may be a ways off, we all know the best holidays gifts are usually the ones you buy yourself. This lipstick kit is definitely a contender, complete with a dozen mini best-selling lipsticks, including classics such as Ruby Woo and Dubonnet, and a versatile assortment of other shades and finishes to cover all of your bases — regardless of the size of your bag (or pocket). This year, all of MAC’s holiday gifts are also packaged in recyclable paper cartons, free of plastic components.

The Detox Market products are now available across Canada with Indigo

The Detox Market, which started as a humble pop-up on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach neighbourhood in 2010, has not only grown into North America’s leading green space (the company has five locations across L.A., New York and Toronto), but is now more accessible than ever thanks to its latest collaboration with Indigo. Now you can shop over 500 of The Detox Market’s best-selling eco-friendly, non-toxic and cruelty-free products, including those from best-selling brands such as RMS Beauty, Sahajan and Indie Lee on Indigo’s online e-store, with dedicated in-store shopping areas planned for the spring.

Goldwell’s new salon range will help you break up with your broken hair

For those with fragile hair that feels like it could break if you just think about a ponytail, this new professional at-home treatment range from Goldwell might help you finally provide your delicate strands with the TLC they deserve. With Canadian toque season on the horizon, the weightless 60Sec Treatment serum feels particularly life-saving since it promises to instantly smooth, strengthen and seal frazzled hair in a minute flat thanks to peptides and amino acids that work at the core of each strand to fortify it from the inside-out. Flyaways and split ends? We don’t know them.

L’Oréal Paris launches a limited-edition of its best-selling Lash Paradise mascara

If you’re one of the many massive fans of L’Oréal Paris’s best-selling Lash Paradise mascara, you’ll probably want to add the brand’s new limited-edition Moonlight formula to your weekend shopping list. Perfect for evening (or adding a certain je ne sais qoui to a masked makeup look) this deep navy formula adds all the length and volume of the original but with the added twist of an eye-brightening, deep-blue soft shimmer.

John Varvatos releases a spicy new scent for Fall

John Varvatos fragrances have a long-standing fan base (he has eight scents available currently), and the latest offering, XX Indigo, won’t disappoint. The scent features classic autumnal notes including patchouli and spicy cardamom, while top notes such as lemon and peppermint keep the perfume feeling fresh and uplifted. Packaged in the brand’s trademark flask shape, this spritz could be the little pick-me-up you need this season.

By: Megan Kirkwood