Beauty Roundup: Happy Skin Stick Foundation, Careline Gloss Boss and Canva Pot, Vice Cosmetics Velvet Blur Lip Shaper, and Issy Under-Eye Brightening Duo

Written By Claire Reyes

It’s August! Can you believe it? The past few weeks have swept us up in a flurry of wind and rain. This hasn’t stopped local beauty brands from making new product drops, though. But don’t you worry. This week’s beauty roundup will catch you up on all the latest local releases you wouldn’t want to miss. Happy Skin gives us the Off Duty Seamless Perfecting Stick Foundation. We’ll also check out Careline Cosmetics’ new Gloss Boss and Canva Pot. Vice Cosmetics releases their Velvet Blur Lip Shaper. Issy Cosmetics brings out their Under-Eye Brightening Concealer and Brightening Powder, a duo designed to bid undereye darkness goodbye.

Happy Skin Off Duty Seamless Perfecting Stick Foundation

If you’re a fan of Happy Skin bases, you just might love their latest release: a fuss-free, travel-friendly stick version of their bestselling liquid foundation. The Happy Skin Off Duty Seamless Perfecting Stick Foundation (P899, 8.5g) gives seamless, undetectable coverage with a weightless and breathable finish. And since it’s Happy Skin, the stick foundation is formulated with skin-caring ingredients: bakuchiol, ceramides, and crodarom.

It is available in a range of twelve (12) skin tone shades for fair to deep skin tones with cool, neutral, and warm undertones: Porcelain Beige (ultra fair, neutral), Ivory Beige (fair, neutral), Linen Beige (fair, warm), Fair Beige (fair, cool), Nude Beige (fair to light, neutral), Light Beige (light, neutral), Sand Beige (light to medium, neutral), Soft Beige (light to medium, warm), Buff Beige (medium, neutral), Caramel Beige (medium to deep, cool), Amber Beige (medium to deep, neutral), and Golden Beige (deep, warm). Mocha (contour), Sun Glow (bronzer), and Highkey (highlighter) are also available, rounding up the total shades available to fifteen (15).

The Happy Skin Off-Duty Seamless Perfecting Stick Foundation is now available in-store at Happy Skin Boutiques and counters. Catch it online, too, via TikTok Shop, Shopee, and Lazada.

Careline Cosmetics Gloss Boss and Canva Pot

Treat your lips to intense hydration and get undeniable shine with beautiful color sans the stickiness with the new Careline Gloss Boss Lip Treat (P275, 12g). Get the intense hydration of a serum and the slick finish of a gloss for your lips.

Choose from eight (8) available shades: Invincible (color-adapt), The Queen (clear shimmer), Go Getter (ruby pink), Hustler (coral pink), In-Charge (neon pink), Big Drip (Thulian Pink), All Out (royal red), and Untouchable (Wine Berry).

If you love multi-tasking beauty products, you might want to check out the new Careline Canva Pot Multipot (P295, 4g). Keep it in your bag for quick eyeshadow, blush, contour, bronzer, or lip color on the go! It has a dense, bouncy, and soft clay texture that glides on easily and blends seamlessly.

There are a total of eleven (11) wearable shades: Curate (taff with shimmer), Harmony (carnation with shimmer), Rhythm (champagne with shimmer), Pattern (russet), Engraved (umber), Trick (desert coral), Phantom (watermelon), Pop (deep pink), Portray (hot pink), Masterpiece (ruby dust), and Maestro (amaranth).

But wait, there’s more! Get the chance to meet the newest faces for Careline: Khianna, and Gian & Rapha (Cup of Joe) when you buy Careline Gloss Boss and Canva Pot. The Meet and Greet event will be held at SM Mall of Asia on August 16th and 17th. Check out Careline Cosmetics on their socials to find out how!

Vice Cosmetics Perfect Kizz Velvet Blur Diffused Lip Shaper

Finding it difficult to achieve the blurred velvet look for your lips? The new Vice Cosmetics Velvet Blur Lip Shaper just might make things easy for you. With a dome-shaped tip on one end and a blurring lip brush on the other, it’s everything you need to achieve softly-defined lips.

It comes in eight (8) universally-flattering shades: Forbidden Kiss (brick red), Sugar Kiss (soft rosewood), Sweet Kiss (rosy pink), Soft Kiss (nude beige), Dreamy Kiss (rosy beige), Fresh Kiss (soft peach), Gentle Kiss (nude rose), and Midnight Kiss (cocoa brown).

Curious yet? Sign up and join the party with Lierge Perey at the Perfect Kizz VELVET Grand Launch Tiktok Live on August 11th, 2025, 7PM. Catch the first glimpse of Vice Cosmetics’ new lippies, and get the chance to enjoy exclusive gifts and discounts, to boot!

Issy Cosmetics Under-Eye Brightening Duo

Do you want to try color-correcting makeup, but have no idea where to start? Issy Cosmetics makes it truly easy with a done-for-you collection of color correction products, which includes the new Issy Under-Eye Brightening Fluid (P399) and Under-Eye Brightening Powder (P549).

How does Issy describe their new Under-Eye Brightening Fluid? “An 8-hour sleep in a swipe.” When applied on to targeted areas, it visibly reduces puffiness and discoloration. It comes in five (5) shades: Fair Peach (fair to fair light), Light Peach (light to light medium), Medium Peach (medium to medium tan), Tan Peach (tan to tan deep), and Deep Peach (deep).

To make that bright under-eye budge-proof, set it with the Under-Eye Brightening Powder in Pink (fair to light), Yellow (light medium to medium), and Peach (medium tan to deep). It also smooths and blurs texture and lines, making it the ideal follow-up for any color-correcting liquid or cream.

To make it even easier, Issy has released a very useful chart to find the best match for each skin tone. Catch these new releases at select in-store locations, or online via Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, or issycosmetics.com.

And that’s it for this week’s Beauty News Roundup! Which new local beauty product are you interested in giving a go?

Claire Reyes

Age range: 30-35

Skin type/shade: light with neutral undertones, combination, sensitive

Skin concerns: large pores, blemishes, dry spots, comedones, dry lips

Hair type: naturally curly, thick

Hair concerns: flyaway hair and frizz

Eye shape: almond, chinky

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