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The Scene Styled 'Beat-the-MENA-Heat' Beauty Edit

These summer-ready MENA beauty essentials are all about that bronzed, glowy, SPFed-up energy. Think sun kits, lip glosses that glisten, and perfumes that teleport you poolside.

Raneem Maaly

The Scene Styled 'Beat-the-MENA-Heat' Beauty Edit

Summer in this part of the world doesn’t ask for permission. It shows up early, sticks around, and demands a different kind of beauty logic - one built on SPF that lasts, oils that shimmer without slipping, and pigment that holds its ground.

This edit gathers heat-specific essentials from across the region: Mother Naked’s Salty Babe Kit, packed with everything the beach forgot to give you; Whind’s bronzing mist, which wears like light and smells like late afternoon; and Izil’s prickly pear oil, weightless but grounding. There’s Aiza’s Sukkar Rush, a high-shine lip treatment with honey and dates, and Loca’s blush stick, designed to move with your skin, not against it.

The colour is there - By Mina’s lapis mascara, Asteri’s matte pink liner, Hindash’s gold-peach pigment—but it’s never loud for the sake of it. Even the scents are precise: Kayali’s Capri leans citrus and soft sugar, Rasasi’s Oud Rosepulls you somewhere else entirely.

Mother Naked | The Sun Club Salty Babe Kit

SPF, after-sun, and tanning oil—but make it hot. This beach-bag-ready trio does it all: glows you up, calms you down, and leaves you looking like you’ve been kissed by the coast.

Whind | Marrakech Sun Bronzing Hydrating Body Mist

A bronzing mist that smells like golden hour and glides on like a summer breeze. This hydrating, buildable spray gives you that just-back-from-Marrakech glow.

Amouage | Blossom Love

Soft, sweet, and a little rebellious—Blossom Love isn’t just a floral. It’s a flirt. This scent layers cherry blossom and rose with something deeper, dreamier, and impossible to forget.

Aiza | Sukkar Rush High Shine Lip Treatment

Glossy lips, minus the stick. This high-shine treatment blends honey, dates, and plumping peptides for that ‘just-ate-something-sweet’ kind of pout. Summer in a swipe.

Mother Naked | Coconut Face Milk

A milky skin-prep serum that tones like skincare, grips like primer, and melts right in for that juicy, glowy finish—makeup or not.

Huda Beauty | Faux Filler Jelly Oil in Goji

A juicy lip tint that doubles as a hydrator. Packed with shea butter and peptides, this tinted oil gives you shine, softness, and a barely-there berry flush.

Loca Beauty | Dew-it-All Blush Stick in Totally Fine

One stick, endless summer looks. This creamy, dewy blush melts into cheeks, lids, and lips for a sun-flushed finish you can dial up or down.

Kayali | Capri in a Bottle Lemon Sugar 14

It smells like lemon sorbet on a yacht. Sweet, citrusy, and kissed with praline, this perfume brings Italian island energy to every spritz. Passport not required.

By Mina Al Sheikhly | Lapis Mascara

Why go for black mascara when you can go bold? This electric blue mascara thickens, lengthens, and lifts—turning every blink into a statement. It’s waterproof, flirty, and very vacation-coded.

Simihaze Beauty | Soft Strobe Creamy Highlight in Diamond

This dewy highlighter melts into skin with a barely-there feel and gives you that lit-from-within shimmer you see on yacht girls and music video stars.

Hindash | Color Fluid Highlighter in Rising

A sunbeam in a tube. This multi-use liquid pigment blends anywhere—lips, lids, cheeks—for a peachy-gold glow that looks like you’ve been basking for hours (without the burn).

Rasasi | Lamaan Oud Rose

A floral-oud moment, but make it flirty. This rich scent layers juicy fruit, rose petals, and just a hint of oud for a perfume that lingers long after golden hour.

Izil | Pure Regenerating Prickly Pear Oil

Straight from the Moroccan desert, this single-ingredient oil is a summer skin savior. It brightens, hydrates, and protects—all without the greasy finish. Bounce restored.

Asteri | Calligraphy Eyeliner in Peony

This ultra-fine, matte pink liner is waterproof, heatproof, and so cute it basically counts as an accessory. Line it, wing it, or doodle on your lids—your move.

Wishful | Honey Whip Peptide Moisturizer

A whipped dream loaded with manuka honey, cica, peptides, and collagen. This moisturizer lifts, calms, plumps, and perfects—everything your skin craves post-sun.

Urban Ducks | Honey Glow Summer Body Oil

This shimmer-packed oil gives you golden skin without stepping into the sun. It’s nourishing, non-greasy, and smells like a summer fling waiting to happen.

Godly Pride | Holy Grail Hyaluronic Moisturizer

A dewy-skin essential powered by hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and rose water. Lightweight but rich, it hydrates deeply without clogging pores. Clean girl certified.