European Cherry-Themed Summer Trends in Beauty and Food

The Cherry Girl Summer beauty trend, popular in Austria, emphasizes cherry‑red hues across lips, cheeks and nails. Glossy cherry lip colors, blushed cheeks in cranberry‑ and burgundy‑tones, and shiny cherry‑tinted nail polishes have appeared on runways, social‑media feeds and in celebrity makeup kits, promoting a fresh, playful summer look.

In Germany, Stiftung Warentest examined 20 cherry‑flavoured yoghurts sold by retailers such as Lidl, Aldi, Müller and Milbona. Fourteen received a “good” rating, five “satisfactory” and one “adequate”. Tests showed the average fruit content was only about 10 %, often just meeting the EU minimum of 6 %. Some brands use colour additives like beetroot or elderberry extracts. Pesticide residues, mainly the fungicide captan, were detected in all conventional yoghurts but remained below legal limits. The report highlighted price‑performance leaders such as Milbona (Lidl) for cream yoghurt, Müller for classic yoghurt, Aldi’s Lyttos for Greek‑style yoghurt and Aldi’s Milsani Alpighurt as the cheapest option.