It’s no secret that Kate Somerville is one of my all time favourite skincare brands. When they launch something new, I’m first in line, sleeves rolled up and face at the ready. The HydraKate range in particular is a personal favourite with the cream and serum have been staples in my routine since launch, repeatedly emptied because they work, plain and simple. This month, the range expands with two new launches, both aimed squarely at those of us who want skin to look fresh, hydrated and plumped, whether we wear makeup or not. Let me introduce you to the Kate Somerville HydraKate Power Plumping Primer & Pro-Collagen Lip Oil Elixir.
🩵 Kate Somerville HydraKate Power Plumping Primer
This is billed as a 3-in-1 serum, moisturiser, and primer and it does all three roles with ease. It uses seven sizes of hyaluronic acid to deliver hydration at multiple levels of the skin, plumping and smoothing as it goes. There’s cica and Centellarestore for barrier support and calm, plus an advanced priming complex to blur texture and keep makeup in place.
Balanced or oily? You can get away with this as your standalone hydrator. Drier skins might want to add a layer of HydraKate Recharging Water Cream underneath, but honestly, it still delivers a good hit of hydration on its own. Even if you never wear a scrap of makeup, this earns its keep as a radiance booster, leaving skin soft, sheeny and healthy looking.
🩵 Kate Somerville HydraKate Pro-Collagen Lip Oil Elixir
This is a full lip treatment, not a sticky gloss from your teenage years. It’s got hyaluronic acid micro-filling spheres and a pro-collagen complex that actually work to soften and hydrate while improving elasticity over time. What I love most is that it doesn’t leave lips looking as though you’ve dunked them in chip fat. You can go light for a subtle sheen or build it up for something glossier. Either way, lips feel cared for and comfortable, not sticky.
Both the Kate Somerville HydraKate Power Plumping Primer & Pro-Collagen Lip Oil Elixir are classic Kate Somerville – elegant, clever, and designed with real-life skin needs in mind. If, like me, you lean dehydrated or just like the polished look of well-hydrated skin and lips, these are well worth a spot in your daily routine. It’s easy to dismiss “dewy” as a beauty cliché, but these two genuinely deliver on the promise of skin that looks fresher and more awake – which, let’s face it, is what most of us want on any given morning.
