Afterpay Day is upon us and things are heating up in the sales department, particularly at everyone’s favourite beauty store Sephora. From August 15 until August 19 shoppers will enjoy 20 per cent off with a $120 minimum spend or 15 per cent off with no minimum spend using the code AFTERPAY at checkout. Now if you’re struggling for inspiration and wondering what to purchase, Best Picks is here and at your service, having tried some of Sephora’s newest launches in recent weeks.

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today There is a palette we’ve been dabbling with to lock down all of our cream makeup products, a new perfume that will set the internet alight and the lip stain to trump all others. So prepare your wishlist because you won’t want to miss out. This palette from Make Up For Ever is brand spanking new; a remake of a previous creamy palette the brand launched in light and dark shades.

I actually owned the original version and enjoyed it but found that the two blush shades on offer were remarkably similar so you weren’t getting the bang for your buck I usually know and love about MUFE. So when this new HD Skin Essentials Palette (in shade Harmony 1) dropped into my lap I was relieved to see there were now four blush shades. If it were me, I would still replace one of the highlighter shades for a blush — it’s the era of blush blindness is it not? — but this is an upgrade nonetheless.

You can pretty much take this palette with you for an all-over l.