If your For You Pages and search suggestions are saturated with the latest and greatest beauty products that promise to shave off years, pay your rent and change your life, you’re not alone. Between Instagram, TikTok and the internet in general, it’s hard to escape the beauty industry’s recommendation culture, and while there’s no doubt the suggestions can be immensely helpful, they can be equally overwhelming.

This moisturiser is best for that skin, but that toner is better for this skin. The only lip balm you need is this one, and how have you seriously been living without this cleanser?! At the end of the day, it’s no secret that the only way to determine what’s best for you is by trying things out yourself, but there’s a lot to be said for a little curation. With that in mind, we’re taking things off of the FYPs and the multi-product round-ups and instead, have curated an edit here of the actually good products worth the internet buzz. The best bit? You can get them all at Emporium Melbourne.

Chanel is the crème de la crème, especially when it comes to its Le Lift Pro Crème Volume. A plumping moisturiser part of the house’s Le Lift Pro range, it’s designed to lift the skin in the youth triangle — the highest point of the cheekbones to the tip of the chin — which tends to be most affected by signs of ageing. According to reviews, it’s worth the splurge.

SHOP NOW: Le Lift Pro Crème Volume, $275 from Chanel Fragrance and Beauty, Ground Floor

Plump skin is a mere pump (or two) away, thanks to Dermalogica’s Pro-Collagen Banking Serum. Packed with amino acids, peptides and antioxidants, Vogue voted it their favourite serum of 2024 — which is no small achievement.

SHOP NOW: Pro-Collagen Banking Serum, $152 from Dermalogica, Ground Floor

Every three seconds, one tube of L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Handcream is sold. If that’s not a ringing endorsement, we’re not sure what is. It’s the ultimate handbag hero, desk essential and little gift for no reason — you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who wouldn’t be delighted to receive a tube.

SHOP NOW: Shea Butter Handcream, $52 from L’Occitane, Ground Floor

People trusted Trinny Woodall for fashion advice for decades, so it’s little wonder her namesake beauty brand, Trinny London, has quickly amassed legions of loyal fans. The  brand’s BFF SPF30 Cream is an ideal skin perfector for wearing atop your sunscreen and adds an easy luminous glow.

SHOP NOW: BFF SPF30 Cream, $78 from Trinny London, Level 1

It’s not new — in fact, it’s one of Aesop’s longest-running and most-loved products — but the brand’s Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser is a very fancy (and totally worthwhile) addition to your shower shelf. 

SHOP NOW: Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser, from $23 from Aesop, Level 1