Sephora’s pores and skincare aisles are about to get a bit extra crowded. The Monkey List, an aspect-targeted variety of serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and treatments from U.K.-based speedy-beauty figure organization Be For Beauty, is launching with the store. On Friday, The Monkey List debuted on Sephora.com (the line will be released in brick-and-mortar stores on April 26).
With a focal point on formulas that each highlight one key active aspect, The Monkey List seeks to carry transparency, accessibility, and ease to pores and skincare cabinets. And it does so at a breakneck tempo, getting formulation from inception to keep cabinets in only 18 weeks (compared with the industry’s well-known 18 months). Most substantially for splendor customers, even though each brand’s products retail for less than $15.
The Monkey List’s aim, consistent with Be For Beauty’s different co-founder, Colette Newberry, is to fill a “white space for a logo that gives demonstrated, premium satisfactory merchandise mixed with a guide on what, how and when to apply — a brand that certainly democratizes pores and skincare.” It has drawn apparent comparisons to Deciem’s, in addition to the inexpensive, ingredient-focused skincare logo, The Ordinary, which has a visible large achievement (notwithstanding a few bumps in the road) since it was released with Sephora in 2017. “To be compared to Deciem is the remaining compliment, due to the fact they are smashing it,” said Newberry in a preceding Fashionista interview, adding, “I think they may be playing distinctively in terms of that specialize in pores and skin. They’re a very progressive organization. It is converting the sport.”
With the skincare class exploding — and consumer demand for revolutionary products and reachable costs at an absolute fever pitch — it is no marvel that The Monkey List could be attractive for Sephora. The 19-product variety features classic pores, skincare standbys (salicylic acid, vitamin C, kaolin clay), and present-day hero elements (turmeric, hemp oil) in a ramification of formulations, especially serums, and fats. Standouts include the Caffeine Serum, which adeptly brightens and de-puffs the eye place; the gently exfoliating Lactic Acid Serum; and the hydrating Hyaluronic Acid Serum, which retails for an impressively modest $7.Ninety-nine.
The brand’s packaging is likewise noteworthy, not due to its flash or innovation, but because it starkly lacks each. During a time when beauty brands are clamoring to draw clients to their merchandise by way of outfitting them in Insta-bait features and imbuing them with the air of mystery of luxury thru weighty, massive packaging, The Monkey List is taking the alternative track. The pores and skincare aisles are rife with remedy droppers, pump-pinnacle bottles, airless dispensers, magnetized spatulas, and artfully designed tubes — some of which serve important useful features, and others which might be pure advertising schtick.
