I love it when a beauty brand goes beyond utility to consider packaging and design; the intersection between function and form (the industry is all about aesthetics, after all). Yes I want my products to work, but I also want them to spark joy, or look some type of way in my bathroom.
Fortunately, there are brands doing both: putting effective formulations into sculptural packaging that presents as a tiny work of art. From ornate lipsticks to wobbly face oils and crescent-shaped mascara wands, an edit of my favourite sculptural beauty products, below.
Fara Homidi Essential Face Compact
Encased in a glossy red compact, this complexion palette affords coverage and a clear balmy highlighter.
Byredo Astronomical Volume Mascara
This comb wand coats the lashes in inky black pigment for high drama, spidery lashes. The neon green tube will never get lost in your makeup bag, either.
Raaie Coccoon Ceramide Cream
Weighty and smooth, this face cream vessel looks like a neat pile of stacked stones. Inside, the formula is rich and fluffy; a great moisturiser for stressed or compromised skin.
Diptyque Do Son Solid Perfume
What’s cooler than taking out this weighty black solid perfume and dabbing it onto your wrists? Nothing.
Isamaya Skin Enhancing Duo
This blush and highlighter duo will instantly lift the skin, adding a flush of colour and glassy moisture across the cheeks, lips and eyes.
CHANEL La Creme Main
An egg-shaped cream for non-greasy moisture that fits neatly into the palm of your hand.
Fluff Refillable Cream Blush
Fluff is equally known for its chic packaging as it is its innovative formulas. The cream blush is silky and pigmented for an easy faux sunburn look.
Foile Jojoba Oil
Foile’s pure jojoba oil is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, working to hydrate the skin while reducing redness and irritation. The blue bottle is also refillable.
Dries Van Noten Mirror
The chicest way to touch up your lipstick or fix your hair is by gazing into this Dries Van Noten tortoise zebra pocket mirror.
Loewe Tomato Leaves Candle
Part fragrance, part art for your home. Plus, it smells like heavy ripe tomatoes warmed by the Italian sun.
Kindred Black Sleeping Beauty Body Oil
Kindred Black does incredible hand-blown glass packaging in a stream of vivid colours. The Sleeping Beauty Body Oil is made with meditative herbs and nourishing plant extracts to enrich your pre-bed ritual.
Sulwhasoo Perfecting Lip Colour
A wash of hydrating colour in a slick gunmetal grey bullet — the perfect lipstick does exist?
Images: Kindred Black, Byredo
