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Every summer, it’s as if the sun switches something on, bringing a rush of energy and the sudden urge to reinvent myself. Beyond the annual wardrobe switch-up and trading full-coverage makeup for lighter layers and one-and-done multisticks, I always feel the pull to change my hair color, too — usually for something brighter, fresher, and just sun-kissed enough to look like I’ve spent a couple of weeks somewhere expensive.
If that sounds familiar, consider this your sign to keep reading. I asked top colorists from London to Los Angeles for their predictions on the biggest hair color trends of the moment, and even if going lighter isn’t on the agenda, there’s something for everyone on this list.
“I think summer’s hair color trends are leaning towards working with what your mama gave you,” says Amy Huson, balayage expert and owner of Amy Huson on Rose in Venice, California. “But it’s polished and enhanced,” she adds. “Think rich and luxurious, but relatively low maintenance,” like this color by Devyn Pennell.
For Huson, warm sandy bronde says, “I know how to make my hair look super sexy without overdoing it,” and she pinpoints Hailey Bieber as the ultimate inspiration. “You want to ask your colorist for finer highlights that stop at the paler yellow stage — which are easy to tone to a nice sandy gold — with a few tips at the ends,” says Huson. “Your colorist will then melt that base down for a seamless gradient,” she adds. The key? “You do not want to see highlights at the top of the head,” emphasizes Huson. “We’re going for natural.”
Ben Gregory, global creative contributor of L’Oréal Professionnel, sees multitonal pink lychee in summer’s future: “Pink Lychee is never uniform; it moves between soft, delicate hues of pink and violet, and moments of stronger saturation.” The color palette can be interpreted in different ways, adds Gregory. “Layers of pink and violet tones create a bespoke blush effect, but it can be easily customized to push for a more visible or muted tone as required.” Even better, as it fades, the pink tones evolve — and always look good: “Much like the natural variation you see in the fruit itself, each stage reveals a slightly different tone, so hair is always gorgeous but never the same,” says Gregory, who loves to blend bolder shades with Dia Light boosters — demi permanent hair colors — to achieve a truly custom hue on each client. We adore this color by Nubia Suarez.
Jess Gonzalez, a Pravana color expert and celebrity colorist, champions monochromatic brunette for summer. “This color consists of brunette tones that stay within the same color family, creating soft, seamless dimension with low contrast and tons of shine,” she says, like this shade by Erica Perez. The result is polished but effortless. “It’s perfect for brunettes who want to lighten things up subtly without losing the richness of being brunette.”
If permanent hair color feels too much of a commitment, consider thickening hair extensions. Katy Grimshaw, founder of Spectrum One, says that mushroom brown — an earthy blend of ash brown and soft taupe — is easy to create using hair pieces. “It’s all about balance,” says Grimshaw. “It neutralizes warmth while maintaining depth, making it ideal for clients who want a polished, fashion-forward look without harsh contrasts.” Spectrum One ambassador Elliot Caffrey likes to mix Midnight Brown with Cookies and Cream for what he calls a truly multidimensional finish. We love this voluminous, nuanced bob posted to Instagram by colorist Sharon Mudavanhu.
Alex Brownsell, founder and creative director of Bleach London, believes that cherry cola is one of the coolest shades of the moment. “It’s a multi-dimensional burgundy-brunette that’s perfect for blending grays or livening up your current color,” says Brownsell — even on brunettes, and with Bleach’s tint, there’s no bleach required. That’s because it’s a high-lift permanent color that works by enlisting oxidative dyes to penetrate the hair shaft, gently lightening as they color the hair. If you’d rather go pro, take inspiration from this beautiful shade by Kassandra Venegas.
“Instead of icy or super bright blondes, clients are asking for creamy, champagne, buttery beige, and muted gold shades that feel more natural and expensive-looking,” says Bellemare. The goal? “A blonde that still feels bright but grows out softer and requires less upkeep.” She suggests asking your stylist for blended dimension, a lived-in root, and a gloss to keep the color shiny and healthy-looking. If you’re glossing at home, we love Glaze Supergloss in Honey Blonde.
Strawberries have infiltrated fashion, fragrance, and now hair. “This summer’s strawberry blonde feels softer and more diffused,” says Gonzalez, like this color by MacKenzie Andrews. “Think peachy apricot tones instead of bold copper,” adds Gonzalez. On blondes, shades like this add warmth, glow, and dimension without fully leaning red, she says. “Even something as simple as adding a warm gloss to your highlights can create that sun-flushed shift for summer.” We love dpHUE Gloss+ in Strawberry.
Warm, cozy, latte-inspired shades have followed us from fall into spring and now summer. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Grace Gummer are the perfect inspiration. “This is a really fun color and a great way to change it up if you’re a natural medium brunette, without straying too far out of your comfort zone,” says Huson. “It’s extremely rich and immediately warms you up.”
Huson has a feeling that copper tones will continue to be front-runners this summer, but this time around, they’re softer, more golden, and have an ethereal glow, à la Joey King and Sadie Sink. We’re a little bit obsessed with this gleaming hue by Massarella & Jones.
“Ethereal copper tones tend to suit paler skin, while coppers with a brunette edge suit tan and darker skin tones,” says Huson, adding that the many different nuances and shades mean the color can be tailored to anyone. Huson says a good colorist will assess your skin tone before deciding how dark or light the shade should be, so it pays to find someone you trust rather than attempting it yourself.
This blonde hue takes inspiration from one of our favorite pick-me-ups — milk tea. “It’s a soft, neutral beige-blonde with creamy taupe undertones that give the hair a velvety, expensive-looking finish,” says Gonzalez. Like milk tea, the shade strikes a balance between warm and cool tones. “It creates a softer, more muted blonde instead of bright contrast,” says Gonzalez, “and it’s ideal for blondes wanting a more natural look for summer.” This color by Asahi is stunning. To dial up the gloss, Gonzalez likes to rake Shu Uemura Essence Absolue Nourishing Protective Hair Oil through the mid-lengths and ends.
Ultra-Glossy Brown
Naturally, the darker the hair, the glossier it appears — take cue from these gorgeous curls on Franchelli Rodriguez-Grullon here.
But Huson says that adding a few balayage pieces towards the ends — lifting only a level lighter — will add a touch of summer warmth without taking away from the shine. Post-balayage, she suggests asking your colorist for a rich brunette gloss on top for a chocolate swirl–style finish. This shade by Frida Flores is beautiful.
Dimensional, glossy blonde — think Lila Moss and Justine Lupe — gets its shine from very subtle golden tones woven throughout darker pieces of hair, which give the color movement and shine, says Huson. She advises being super clear with your colorist: “You don’t want orange undertones or honey hues; you want paler yellow undertones that are creamy and buttery,” — much like this color by Ashlea Simmons.
“Leaving some depth on the head is the key to dimension,” says Huson, adding that focusing on the hair closest to the scalp and the very ends creates the right amount of contrast. “I like to soften the natural base just a touch with a base bump,” says Huson, referring to a technique that lifts your natural root color by one to two levels. “Balayage [a freehand hair-painting method] is perfect for this because you can control the blending and the placement much better,” Huson adds.
Think of spun sugar and its caramel-esque nuances, like this shade by @the_colorkween on Instagram. “With sugared brunette, it’s about light reflection and softness,” says Spectrum One’s Grimshaw. “Extensions play a crucial role in amplifying this effect, adding layers of tonal variation that catch the light beautifully in movement.” On a dark brunette base, Grimshaw likes to mix shades Truffle and Lady Ash, which are like drizzles of caramel and honey through melted chocolate.
Iced latte blonde infuses subtle, whipped, Dalgona coffee-inspired shades through a much lighter base, like this color by Darcee. “This is blonde with depth,” Grimshaw explains. “It’s not flat or overly icy, it’s creamy and incredibly flattering across a range of skin tones.” Spectrum One’s Cookies and Cream shade is her go-to for creating this look on clients with blonde lengths.
“Gray blending is huge in the salon right now,” says Huson, “and it’s not just among my 40+ clients.” She says that rather than turning to permanent coverage, the best way to reduce maintenance is to blend, blend, and blend. Sarah Strange is all the inspiration you need to embrace your grays.
“If you’re a blonde, this looks like balayage or finer foils,” which is when your colorist takes very small sections of hair to highlight. Then there’s what Huson calls a base bump — a lighter permanent color that lifts your natural root shade by one to two levels. This can also help blend grays seamlessly. If your hair is darker? “Brunettes can also do fine foils,” says Huson, “but I like to add a demi permanent gloss like Redken Shades EQ or Schwarzkopf Vibrance between the foils so that the final result is still natural.”
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Cosmic beings, the date July 29th will stay with us forever. Enter: The Buck Full Moon in Aquarius (also knowns as Raspberry Moon, Thunder Moon, and Hay Moon). The aftershocks from it will be haunting and immense, causing us to sever ties with others and fight all the haters. Let’s just say, it’s an enlightening time to find out who is an opportunity and who is a trusted friend. More importantly, we are standing up for ourselves and defending our right to live our best lives. There is a lot to unpack — so let’s get to it!
Full Moons are the culmination of the monthly lunar cycle, allowing us to see how we can improve upon matters, as their glow gives us the gift of knowledge and intuition. The culmination of recent energy is an amplification of our sentiments, which need release. Therefore, it’s advisable to rest, unwind, and cleanse our space while manifesting our dreams by setting intentions.
At this time, the sun and moon oppose each other. The juxtaposition between the two (in this case, the sun in Leo and the moon in Aquarius) urges us to strike a balance between ourselves and our duty to others. How do we fit into the larger scheme of things? Are our ideals in line with who we are becoming? Putting our needs aside and giving back to those who’ve helped us in the past is a good idea, but what if they haven’t shown up for us? Do we still make them a priority? Now is the moment to decide.
Several astrological aspects on the 29th are enhancing the Full Moon’s vitality and prowess. The sun and Jupiter link up in the same sign, Leo, creating a “cazimi” transit (this happens when the sun infuses the planet with gusto). As a result, we are going to feel a surge of energy that expands our sentiments, which can be good or bad. Being that both the sun and Jupiter are moving up on the South Node of Destiny in Leo (the lunar axis of the moon switches signs on July 26th, with the North Node entering Aquarius and the South Node shifting to Leo), we may have dramatic responses to endings.
Docile Venus in Virgo squares the action planet Mars in Gemini; they are answering to Mercury in Cancer, which is in its retroshade phase following the retrograde that concluded on July 23rd. This translates to us wanting to attain our desires and commit to another (or think we do), but not being sure if it’s the right choice. Ambivalence reigns high on July 29th, leaving room for drama when others convey their frustrations (or vice versa). We are complex beings, so it makes sense that we’ll go back and forth. The saga might not resolve itself until August 6th, when Mercury clears its post-retrograde shadow. It’s okay to change our minds, as long as we are honest and do so with gentleness. All of these transits are just the cosmic sideshow.
Now, onto astrology orbiting the Buck Moon: One of the main astrological attractions of July was the Barbault Basket. The metamorphic transits connected four planets (Jupiter in Leo, Uranus in Gemini, Neptune retrograde in Aries, and Pluto retrograde in Aquarius) at the same degrees, forming a trapezoid shape in the sky between July 19th and 21st. Although several days have passed since the transit was perfected, we are still feeling the vibes. Historically, this has brought societal rebirths — after pivotal changes and rebellions. Since all of these planets are meeting up with the Full Moon, it’ll mark an unprecedented milestone and evolutionary moment. In our personal lives, we are closing and beginning new chapters.
The asteroid Juno in Aquarius aligns with the moon, illuminating the sacrifices we’ve made for those we care about. The caveat to Juno is that it doesn’t like to be taken for granted. If circumstances like that persist in any area of our lives, it’ll be the situation that irritates us. Fortunately, the centaur Chiron in Taurus is in proximity to the Full Moon, offering us the opportunity to mend our hearts, minds, and spirits in time.
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Cosmic beings, welcome to the final week of July, and it happens to be one of the most astrologically active weeks of the month. As the week begins, Saturn starts its retrograde in Aries, just days after Mercury ended its own retrograde. Saturn’s energy tends to be less in our faces because its lessons unfold slowly, through responsibility, discipline, and the work we know deep down still needs to be done. Between now and December, old promises we made to ourselves may come back into focus, along with unfinished projects, health goals, professional obligations, or personal commitments we’ve been procrastinating on because they felt too overwhelming. The best way to work with Saturn retrograde is to be painfully honest about what that work is, then break it down into actionable steps instead of letting it loom over you. The more accountable you become now, the more satisfying it will feel when Saturn shifts direct at the end of the year and you can clearly see what your consistency created.
That same day, July 26th, the lunar nodes change signs and begin a brand-new eighteen-month chapter. The North Node leaves Pisces and enters Aquarius, while the South Node leaves Virgo and enters Leo, shifting our collective destiny toward humanitarianism, innovation, community, and finding solutions that serve more than one person at a time. The South Node in Leo asks us to release the shadows of extreme independence, ego, selfishness, or believing we have to do everything alone to prove our strength. What makes this especially interesting is that we’re also in the first full week of Leo Season, with Jupiter newly in Leo, so we still benefit enormously from Leo’s courage, confidence, creativity, and willingness to be seen. The lesson is learning how to let our individual light shine while remembering that it takes a village to build the future we keep saying we want.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon brings this nodal shift fully into our emotional awareness and closes the month on a powerful note. This Full Moon connects us back to the intentions we set around the Aquarius New Moon and solar eclipse on February 17th, which also marked the beginning of the Year of the Fire Horse. Think back to where you were then, what you were hoping for, what you were ready to change, and how far that horse has already trotted over the past six months. This is a moment to celebrate what has manifested, acknowledge how much you’ve evolved, and recognize the people, communities, and unexpected opportunities that helped you get here. And if something you called in around February still feels unfinished, keep the faith. Eclipse season is right around the corner, and the first days of August may bring the movement or breakthrough you’ve been waiting for.
Read your horoscopes for your Sun and Rising signs for the most in-depth forecast.
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Aries Sun & Rising:
Aries, Saturn retrograde begins in your sign this week, and it’s time to get serious about the goals you keep saying you’ll come back to. Over the next four and a half months, personal plans that were delayed, avoided, or left half-finished may demand more of your attention, along with the habits and mindsets that have quietly been slowing you down. You’re being asked to take greater responsibility for your growth without turning your life into one long productivity boot camp. Simplify your priorities, create a realistic game plan, and give yourself enough structure to stay consistent without burning out.
The North Node enters Aquarius this week and begins an eighteen-month journey through your friendship, community, and social network sector, encouraging you to become much more intentional about who you surround yourself with and how you show up online. Your connections can open major doors during this chapter, but quality matters more than collecting followers, invitations, or attention for the sake of feeling seen. With the South Node now in Leo, you’re also releasing the need to perform for validation and learning how to let your confidence speak for itself.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon brings something full circle in your friendship, technology, or social network sector. Think back to the fresh start you initiated around the Aquarius solar eclipse on February 17th, because a result, revelation, celebration, or important next step may emerge now. Pay attention to what is being illuminated about your community and your future. You’re entering a new chapter with a much clearer understanding of who belongs in it.
Taurus Sun & Rising:
Taurus, Saturn retrograde begins in your spirituality and solitude sector this week, and the inner work you’ve been postponing may start asking for your attention. Old fears, buried emotions, and patterns you thought you had moved past could resurface over the next four and a half months, but healing doesn’t have to mean replaying every painful memory until you’re exhausted. You can heal through embodiment, movement, meditation, decluttering, better sleep, and creating enough quiet to hear yourself clearly. The actions you take in the present moment can release more than constantly analyzing the past.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your career sector, pushing you far beyond what feels familiar. This chapter is disruptive in the most necessary way, because your best opportunities will come from experimenting, taking risks, and doing things differently than you usually would. At the same time, the South Node enters Leo in your home and family sector, asking you to release unhealthy family programming, enabling patterns, or toxic dynamics that have been normalized for too long. Your outer life can only expand as much as your inner foundation is willing to change.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon brings a major wake-up call in your career sector. Something that began around the February 17th solar eclipse may now come full circle through a revelation, result, ending, or bold new direction. The past six months have been leading you here, and the Fire Horse energy is fully awake now, ready to gallop. Your job is to stop standing in its way.
Gemini Sun & Rising:
Gemini, you just made it through your ruler Mercury’s retrograde, and now Saturn begins its retrograde in your friendship, technology, and social network sector. Over the next four and a half months, you may need to reassess the communities you’re part of, the role you play within them, and which long-term goals still deserve your energy. Some connections may require stronger boundaries, while others may reveal where more consistency and follow-through are needed. Be intentional about your online presence too, because Saturn wants your influence to have substance behind it.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your expansion sector, opening a major destiny chapter around travel, higher education, teaching, publishing, entrepreneurship, and seeing more of the world. Opportunities may come through returning to school, sharing what you know, or saying yes to experiences that stretch your perspective. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your communication sector, encouraging you to speak with greater purpose and release the habit of talking, posting, or performing simply to be seen.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates just how far you’ve come since the February 17th solar eclipse and the start of the Year of the Fire Horse. A vision you had around travel, education, business, or your larger life path may now feel much closer, or you may receive a clear sign about the next step. Six months later, the horse is still moving, and this Full Moon helps you recognize that you’ve covered more ground than you thought.
Cancer Sun & Rising:
Cancer, you just made it through Mercury retrograde in your own sign, and now Saturn begins its retrograde in your transformation, merging, and outside-resources sector. This is a quieter, more subconscious transit, but it can be deeply excavating over the next four and a half months. You’re being asked to evaluate where your energy goes, how you handle shared money, and who you choose to merge with sexually, emotionally, and spiritually. Pay attention to the bonds that leave you feeling nourished versus the ones that quietly drain you.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your health, work, and routine sector, making your day-to-day well-being a major part of your destiny timeline. This is your cue to take your body, schedule, and energy management more seriously, even through small changes that are actually sustainable. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your money sector, revealing financial habits, spending patterns, or beliefs about security that are ready to evolve.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates what is and isn’t working within your routines, work style, health habits, and mindset. Something that began around the February 17th solar eclipse may now reach a turning point, showing you where progress has already been made and where a reset is overdue. Let the truth of your everyday life guide your next move, because the habits you repeat are shaping the future you keep asking for.
Leo Sun & Rising:
Leo, Saturn retrograde begins in your expansion sector this week, asking you to get more serious about the future you keep envisioning. Over the next four and a half months, plans connected to travel, school, teaching, publishing, entrepreneurship, or a major leap of faith may need to be revisited and given more structure. Some dreams may have been delayed because the timing was off, while others need a stronger foundation before they can fully take off. This is your chance to refine the plan, handle the paperwork, strengthen your expertise, and make sure your next big move can actually support the life you want.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your partnership sector, making relationships, collaborations, and one-on-one connections a major part of your destiny timeline. At the same time, the South Node enters your sign, and you’re likely to feel this shift more personally than most. Over the next year and a half, you’ll be releasing outdated identities, attention-seeking patterns, and versions of yourself that were built around always having to be the strongest, brightest, or most impressive person in the room. You’re still meant to shine, especially with Jupiter in Leo, but this chapter teaches you how to share the stage, receive support, and let intimacy transform you.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your relationship sector and brings something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A partnership may deepen, reach a turning point, or reveal exactly what your next step needs to be. Pay close attention to who is showing up for you now and how you feel when you’re around them. The new chapter ahead is less about doing everything alone and more about recognizing which connections are truly capable of growing with you.
Virgo Sun & Rising:
Virgo, Saturn retrograde begins in your intimacy, transformation, and shared-resources sector this week, asking you to take a closer look at what you owe, what you share, and where your energy has become too entangled. Over the next four and a half months, debts, taxes, investments, outside funding, or emotionally complicated bonds may need more attention than you’ve been giving them. This is also deeply psychological territory, so notice where fear, control, or difficulty trusting others has been shaping your choices. Handle what needs handling piece by piece rather than letting it grow into one giant monster under the bed.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your health, work, and routine sector, making the way you structure your everyday life central to your evolution. New technology, unconventional wellness practices, or a completely different work rhythm could help you become more efficient without running yourself into the ground. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your spirituality and subconscious sector, helping you release old fears, self-sabotaging habits, and the tendency to disappear into isolation whenever life feels overwhelming.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your routines, work life, and well-being, revealing what has genuinely improved since the February 17th solar eclipse and what still needs adjusting. A professional project, health goal, or lifestyle change may reach an important milestone, or your body may make it very clear where your current schedule is unsustainable. Let this Full Moon help you build a daily life that supports the future you’re calling in, because your habits are about to matter more than ever.
Libra Sun & Rising:
Libra, Saturn retrograde begins in your partnership sector this week, and the next four and a half months may require a more honest look at how you show up in your closest relationships. Commitments, boundaries, expectations, and unresolved dynamics could come back around, especially in connections where you’ve been doing too much, avoiding difficult conversations, or hoping things would somehow sort themselves out. This is your chance to define what partnership actually means to you now and create relationships that feel more balanced, mature, and sustainable.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your fate, creativity, romance, and inner child sector, encouraging you to take your joy much more seriously. Love, art, pleasure, visibility, and passion projects can all become part of your destiny timeline, especially when you’re willing to experiment and follow what genuinely excites you. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your friendship and social network sector, helping you release group dynamics, online spaces, and connections that revolve around popularity, performance, or being liked by everyone.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your creative and romantic life, bringing something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A love story, passion project, personal dream, or inner child healing journey may reach a major milestone, or you may finally understand what your heart has been trying to tell you for the past six months. Let yourself celebrate what has grown, and follow the spark that feels too alive to ignore.
Scorpio Sun & Rising:
Scorpio, Saturn retrograde begins in your health, work, and routine sector this week, asking you to take a more honest look at the systems holding your life together. Over the next four and a half months, unfinished work obligations, neglected health goals, or habits that have been draining your energy may come back into focus. You don’t need to overhaul your entire life in one dramatic sweep, but you do need a routine that supports the version of you you’re becoming. Simplify where you can, strengthen your boundaries around work, and stop treating rest like something you have to earn after reaching total exhaustion.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your home, family, and roots sector, making your private life a major part of your destiny timeline. A move, renovation, relocation, family shift, or deeper sense of emotional security could become increasingly important during this chapter. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your career and public image sector, helping you release the pressure to constantly prove yourself through titles, achievements, or how impressive your life appears from the outside. Success may start looking more like peace, stability, and having somewhere you can fully exhale.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your home and family sector, bringing something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A living situation, family matter, emotional realization, or decision about where you belong may reach a turning point. The past six months have been showing you what kind of foundation your next chapter requires, and this Full Moon makes the answer much harder to ignore.
Sagittarius Sun & Rising:
Sag, Saturn retrograde begins in your creativity, romance, fate, and inner child sector this week, asking you to get more disciplined about what brings you joy. Over the next four and a half months, a passion project, dating pattern, creative goal, or dream you once felt excited about may return for revision. You may also notice where fear of failure, rejection, or looking foolish has kept you from fully expressing yourself. Give your creativity structure, make time for play, and stop treating joy like something you can squeeze in after every responsibility is handled.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your communication, learning, writing, and local community sector, making your voice a major part of your destiny timeline. Teaching, speaking, content creation, media, short trips, or learning a new skill could open important doors, especially when you’re willing to experiment with how you share your ideas. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your expansion sector, helping you release outdated beliefs, the need to always have the answer, or the pressure to chase the next big adventure before fully absorbing what the last one taught you.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your communication sector and brings something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A conversation, writing project, announcement, course, contract, or idea may reach a turning point, or you may finally see how much your mindset has changed over the past six months. The message is ready to move now, Sag. Say it clearly, send it, publish it, and let the next chapter respond.
Capricorn Sun & Rising:
Capricorn, your ruler Saturn begins its retrograde in your home, family, and roots sector this week, asking you to take a closer look at the foundation beneath everything else you’re building. Over the next four and a half months, unfinished responsibilities at home, family dynamics, housing plans, or emotional patterns from childhood may need more of your attention. You may feel called to reorganize your space, set firmer boundaries with relatives, or finally deal with something you’ve been carrying privately for too long. The goal is to create more structure and security in your personal life so you’re not trying to build your future on top of emotional clutter.
The North Node enters Aquarius and begins an eighteen-month journey through your money, self-worth, and values sector, making financial independence and a stronger sense of personal value central to your destiny timeline. New income streams, unconventional business ideas, technology, or a different relationship with money could open important doors. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your intimacy and shared-resources sector, helping you release unhealthy financial entanglements, power struggles, debt patterns, or bonds that require too much of you emotionally.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your money sector and brings something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A financial goal, income opportunity, pricing decision, or realization about your worth may reach a turning point now. The past six months have been showing you where you’re ready to stop settling, and this Full Moon gives you a much clearer sense of what you can build when you fully back yourself.
Aquarius Sun & Rising:
Aquarius, your ruler Saturn begins its retrograde in your communication, learning, and local community sector this week, asking you to become more intentional about the way you think, speak, and follow through. Over the next four and a half months, unfinished writing projects, delayed conversations, paperwork, courses, or commitments may come back around for your attention. You may also notice where scattered thinking, over-explaining, or speaking before you’ve fully processed something has created extra work for you. Slow down, organize your ideas, and give your voice enough structure to carry the weight of what you’re trying to build.
The North Node enters your sign this week, beginning one of the most personally significant eighteen-month chapters you’ve experienced in years. Your identity, appearance, confidence, independence, and sense of direction are all evolving, and life may begin pushing you toward choices that feel more authentic, even when they surprise the people around you. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your partnership sector, helping you release relationships, compromises, and people-pleasing patterns that have required you to shrink yourself or perform a version of who others expected you to be.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon takes place in your sign, illuminating how much you’ve changed since the February 17th solar eclipse. A personal goal, reinvention, decision, or new beginning may reach a major turning point, and you could suddenly see your next chapter with much more clarity. The Fire Horse has been carrying you toward this moment for six months, Aquarius, and now you’re being asked to stop looking behind you and fully step into the person you’ve become.
Pisces Sun & Rising:
Pisces, Saturn retrograde begins in your money, self-worth, and values sector this week, asking you to get more honest about how you earn, spend, save, and value your time. Over the next four and a half months, financial responsibilities you’ve postponed may need to be handled, and certain income goals may require more structure than inspiration alone. This is also a deeper lesson in self-worth, especially if you’ve been undercharging, over-giving, or letting fear make decisions for you. Create a realistic plan, tighten what needs tightening, and remember that consistency can be its own form of abundance.
The North Node enters Aquarius on the 26th and begins an eighteen-month journey through your spirituality, healing, and solitude sector, making your inner life a major part of your destiny timeline. Your intuition may become louder, your dreams more revealing, and your need for rest, privacy, or spiritual practice much harder to ignore. Meanwhile, the South Node in Leo moves through your health, work, and routine sector, helping you release perfectionism, overwork, and the habit of proving your value through constant productivity. Your body is going to have opinions about your schedule, so listen before it starts sending calendar invites.
Then, on July 29th, the Aquarius Full Moon illuminates your subconscious and brings something full circle from the February 17th solar eclipse. A hidden fear, emotional pattern, spiritual message, or chapter you’ve quietly been processing may finally become clear. The past six months have been preparing you to release something you no longer need to carry, and this Full Moon gives you the awareness to close that door with peace and enter August feeling lighter.
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So often in the beauty space, trends are little more than repackaged ideas from decades past. The term anti-aging, for example, has been rightly scrutinized for years, gradually giving way to a new buzzword that’s popping up not only in the healthcare space, but in beauty, as well: longevity.
Where anti-aging positions wrinkles, dullness, and other visible signs of time as problems to fear and fix, skin longevity — and now, its close cousin, skin preservation, which I’ll get to shortly — is rooted in maintaining healthy skin for the long haul. Rather than chasing quick fixes or making you feel guilty about your choices, the goal is to support your skin with consistent habits and ingredients that help it look its best for as long as possible. (We’ve already seen this shift in products like Tatcha’s The Longevity Memory Cream, a firm R29 favorite, and Paula’s Choice CellularYouth Longevity Serum, both of which lean into the idea of protecting skin’s future rather than reversing its past.)
Most recently, there’s No7’s new Prime Forever collection: a four-piece skincare routine built around the concept of preserving skin before visible aging really begins to accelerate.
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What is “skin preservation,” & how does it differ from “anti-aging”?
Skin longevity and skin preservation are essentially two sides of the same coin: helping your skin look and function at its best for as long as possible. What I was more interested in, however, was how that concept differs from the traditional idea of anti-aging as it’s been marketed for decades.
Multiple factors contribute to accelerated skin aging. Free radicals create oxidative stress that damages skin cells, UVA and UVB rays break down collagen and cause pigmentation, and naturally occurring enzymes gradually degrade collagen and elastin, leading to loss of firmness over time. “Skin preservation is less about the quick fix, whereas even a few years ago it was more about, ‘I want immediate gratification. I want to see instant results,'” says New York-based dermatologist Dr. Marisa Garshick. “In general, people are taking a much more proactive approach with their health, and I think we’re definitely seeing that with skin, too.” In other words, instead of waiting until concerns appear, there’s a new focus toward building a routine that helps slow down visible changes before they happen — a subtle but fascinating shift in how we think about (and talk about) skin.
All of that brings me to No7, where I recently got an early look at the Prime Forever range. Prime Forever is somewhat niche in that it’s uniquely suited to people around my age, when the earliest signs of aging are beginning to emerge. At 32, I have very few fine lines or wrinkles, and still benefit from the naturally bouncy, collagen-rich skin of my twenties. I credit that largely to good genetics, a daily sunscreen habit, and staying out of the sun whenever possible — but everyone’s skin ages eventually, and I’m more interested in keeping mine as resilient and radiant as possible.
That proactive, ounce-of-prevention approach isn’t unique to me — far from it. “Most people don’t want to dramatically change what they look like,” Dr. Garshick tells me. “They just want to keep looking and feeling good.” And that’s exactly where skin preservation fits in: maintaining what you have rather than trying to undo years of accumulated damage later.
Keep reading for my review of each No7 Prime Forever product and why they deserve a spot in your skincare regimen.
The four-step routine begins with the Prime Forever Transformative Gel-Oil-Milk Cleanser, which dispenses as a gel before emulsifying into a silky, milky texture with water. Packed with glycerin to help draw moisture into the skin, plus antioxidant-rich vitamin E, it left my face feeling clean without that tight, stripped feeling. The texture is absolutely divine, and I find it works best as a luxurious morning cleanse or as the second step after an oil cleanser in the evening.
Next comes the Prime Forever Preservation Serum, a lightweight formula that tackles multiple concerns at once. Alongside hydrating hyaluronic acid, it features niacinamide to help brighten and support the skin barrier, plus peptides that work to boost collagen and elastin over time. Despite packing in so many actives, it didn’t irritate my sensitive, breakout-prone skin one bit. (Also, the texture is incredibly silky and absorbed almost instantly; my skin practically drank it up.) It layers beautifully under moisturizer, never feeling sticky or pilling, making it an easy addition to both morning and nighttime routines.
An unexpected standout from the collection was the Prime Forever Weightless Moisturizer. Despite its cushiony gel texture, it delivers the kind of lasting hydration I’d normally expect from a much richer cream. Alongside hydrating humectants like glycerin and sodium hyaluronate, and the range’s signature peptide-and-antioxidant complex, it leaves skin looking plump and feeling comfortably moisturized without crossing into greasy territory. This is true for the entire Prime Forever lineup, but the textures really impressed me; if I were testing these blind, I’d assume they came from a luxury beauty counter rather than the drugstore aisle.
Last but certainly not least is the Prime Forever SPF 50 Primer, which serves as the final step in your morning skincare routine. While it’s designed to prep skin for makeup, I’d happily wear it on its own thanks to its smoothing finish and broad-spectrum sun protection. Formulated with vitamin E and soothing aloe vera, it helps keep skin comfortable throughout the day while chemical UV filters provide completely transparent SPF 50 protection without even a whisper of white cast. What impressed me most, though, was the finish: it softens the look of texture, keeps excess shine at bay, and leaves my skin looking naturally radiant rather than starkly matte. SPF-infused primers are somewhat of a growing category, and I’m generally in favor of anything that makes UV protection feel more effortless. Still, think of this as a bonus rather than replacing your primary sunscreen to ensure you’re getting adequate UV protection.
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Final Thoughts
\In a skincare landscape where expensive products and even more expensive in-office treatments like neuromodulators, fillers, and lasers claim to turn back the clock, I was honestly impressed at No7’s Prime Forever range. The formulas feel luxurious to use, but the prices remain relatively accessible, ranging from $20 to $39. And as gratifying as it is to see fast results, testing this routine is something that will inevitably require patience on my end; given where my skin is currently at, it’s likely that I won’t be able to truly appreciate the results of practicing safe sun and having a good skincare routine until five, maybe even 10, years from now. But you know what they say about marathons and sprints.
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