The six best apps for fashion and beauty lovers

 

For the self-confessed beauty and fashion lover, apps can be a match made in heaven to buy and source your favourite items. For the clothes and make-up addict, the best advice, inspiration and shopping platforms are conveniently only a download away. Whether you’re seeking first class fashion #OOTDs or sourcing accurate make-up shades, apps can be a perfect way to improve your shopping experience and keep up with the latest from the world of beauty and fashion.

Ahead, we’ve rounded up the six best apps available to download now:

Polyvore, price: free

In need of fashion and accessory inspiration? If so, Polyvore might just be the perfect app for you. Polyvore is an e-commerce website and app designed for you to easily shop and discover all things fashion, beauty and interior decor related. Users can put together their own outfit sets before going on to purchase the items that are featured on the app.

Cocoa Swatches, price: free

The Cocoa Swatches app addresses the lack of representation in the beauty industry and seeks to combat this by showcasing a variety of swatches on a diverse range of skin tones. It’s founder, Ofunne Amaka created the app to celebrate diversity and to provide a platform of inspiration for the beauty community.

The Hunt, price: free

The Hunt claims to be the app to cure your style envy. We’ve all had those moments when were in need to track down an item and find ourselves not having much luck. However, with The Hunt users can post items that they are looking to locate and other members of the community can help to track it down or suggest similar pieces.

Skin Matters, price: 99p

This app allows you to refine your beauty routine by highlighting effective ingredients that will be compatible with your skincare type. Here you can scroll through lists of skincare ingredients to identify if they will result in resolving your skin concerns. Renowned beauty specialist Joanne Evans created this app to provide expert knowledge and advice for the beauty community.

Stylebook, price: £3.99

Stylebook provides the opportunity to organise your wardrobe and curate your fashion pieces to suit your signature style. The app can allow you to virtually import your clothes onto the platform and then you can proceed to design outfit sets to organise your outfits. With the use of this app, the days of being stumped on outfit ideas will be a distant memory!

L’Oreal Make-up Genius, price: free

By utilising this app there will be no need to spend your time standing around makeup counters unsure of what to buy. With L’Oreal’s Make-up Genius you will be able to virtually “try on” make-up looks to find a beauty style that will suit you best.

Rebecca Auguste