Top Skincare, Makeup, Fragrance & Fashion Picks for 2025

Whether you have spent the first few weeks of 2025 reflecting, relaxing or upholding new resolutions, we hope your January has been a good one. Alongside this time of new beginnings, there’s something undeniably exciting about trialling new products and building new routines. To help you choose the very best, the CF team has curated a list of incredible 2025 beauty must-haves: skincare, makeup, fragrance and fashion newbies.

Skincare Must-Haves for Radiant Skin in 2025

Emma Lewisham Sunceutical SPF50 Mineral Face Crème

Broad Spectrum Protection, age rewinding peptides and hydration drenching ingredients combine in Emma Lewisham’s gorgeous new Sunceutical cream. Ideal for the skin care minimalists, this silky cream is a serum, moisturiser and SPF all in one.

Rationale The Radiance Booster Serum

Bouncy, beautiful, glass like skin is here to stay thanks to Rationale’s heavenly Radiance Booster Serum. Formulated with balancing minerals, brightening plant extracts and hard working hydrators, this is a serum that will love skin of all ages and types.

Sunday Riley C.E.O Vitamin C Brighten + Tighten Body Butter

Sunday Riley’s best selling C.E.O moisturiser has inspired the brand’s latest release, a deliciously thick body butter with brightening and tightening benefits. As well as a host of advanced ingredients, the formula also contains a subtle gold shimmer that leaves the skin looking radiant.

Ultra Violette Future Fluid Lightweight Zinc Skinscreen SPF 50+

Ultra Violette has done the impossible to create a lightweight, mineral based SPF suitable for oily skin. Future Fluid’s ultra light formula is also infused with a range of skin loving ingredients like squalene and vitamin E to maintain hydration.

Game-Changing Makeup Products for a Flawless Look

Benefit Cosmetics Mighty Fine Brow Pen

Whether you prefer big and bold brows or an editorial, barely there look, the Mighty Fine Brow Pen is here to create hyper-realistic hair strokes in seconds. Each of the pen’s three tips are firm yet flexible and dispense just the right amount of pigment. Trust us, this is a beauty icon in the making.

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Contour Wand – New Shades

Contour lovers rejoice; Charlotte Tilbury’s inimitable Contour Wand now comes in seven shades! Formulated to flatter a wider variety of skin tones, the new shades are just as blendable, buildable and beautiful as ever.

Glossier Black Cherry Balm Dotcom

When we first saw this sweet little lippie launch in the states over the holidays, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on it. Like all balms in the range, Black Cherry glides on the lips to leave lasting hydration and nourishment. Black Cherry is a rich and moody neutral berry tone with a buildable finish.

Kosas Cloud Set Baked Setting and Smoothing Brightening Powder

This lightweight baked powder leaves the under eyes blurred, radiant and silky smooth. Thanks to its finely milled, baked formula, each brightening power performs well on all skin types alike. Use alone for a subtle brightening effect, add a faint wash of coverage to a skin tint, or set a full coverage foundation in place.

Lanolips Hyaluronic Lip Oil

Joining the ranks of Lanolips’ iconic balm and gloss formulas are two new lip oils we’re already falling in love with. The high-shine formula protects and revitalizes dry lips while delivering a blurring, filter-like wash of gold glitter or raspberry pink pigments.

Fragrance Finds to Scent Your 2025

Glasshouse Fragrances Mocktail Meditation Scented Candle

Glasshouse Fragrances’ latest limited edition scented candle brings a wave of summery greenery and aquatic freshness to any space. This sweet little scent features notes of green grass, leaves and cucamelon; marigold, blue lotus and sea salt; and musk, amber and woods.

Kayali Vanilla 28 All Over Body Spray

For a limited time only, four of Kayali’s best selling Eau de Parfums are available as delicious body sprays. The All Over Body Sprays emit a fine, continuous mist perfect for topping up your scent on the go or layering to create unique scent combinations. Our favourite of the bunch is Vanilla 28, a soft and sweet fragrance that can be worn year round.

Wellness Essential

The Beauty Chef The Perfect Poo

For troublesome tummies in need of a bit of regularity, The Perfect Poo provides relief while supporting the gut microbiome. The Perfect Poo has a refreshing kiwi and strawberry taste and is formulated with a range of plant based antioxidants and prebiotics along side three types of fibre.

Stylish Fashion Pieces Worth the Investment

Christian Louboutin Miss Z

Making its debut at Paris Fashion Week, Christian Louboutin’s new Miss Z is an icon in the making. The style is available in 80 and 100mm heights and features a tapered red illusion heel, a padded insole (!!) and wear resistant everlasting red sole.

Hoka Bondi 9

Weighing in at just 270g, Hoka’s newest Bondi running shoes take lightweight comfort to new heights. For greater comfort, speed and durability than ever, the Bondi 9s feature 3D molded ankle supports, breathable knitted fabric and a stacked pillow soft sole with rubber edging. Eight chic colourways are available.