Lucire
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Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Fast-selling Manuka Doctor range, with Purified Bee Venom, now available in New Zealand

March 30, 2012/23.21

Manuka Doctor has launched New Zealand’s first Purified Bee Venom skin care collection. As previewed by our US west coast editor Elyse Glickman when Manuka Doctor did the rounds in Hollywood, the range features high-performance concentrated bee venom to create an innovative skin care collection, available for the first time in New Zealand after selling […]

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Madonna’s Truth or Dare fragrance commercial film revealed

March 29, 2012/22.45

Last November, we revealed that Madonna would release a Truth or Dare fragrance, and now the promotional video has come out on the eve of its April launch.    The advertisement shows the 53-year-old singer before a soft-focus lens, wearing lingerie, reminiscent of some of her earlier videos.    As with her coffee-table book Sex, […]

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Miranda Brown has winter sorted as she launches her latest in Wellington

/11.03

Tania Naidu My first thought as I entered the Starfish store for the launch of Miranda Brown’s autumn–winter 2012 collection was, ‘Thank God the winter colours have been changed.’ We had witnessed so many designers employ blacks and greys for the season that Brown’s approach was a godsend.    The collection seemed to have a […]

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Sax International’s latest beauty offerings delight and impress

/10.33

It’s been a little while since we looked at Sax International‘s range—and we’re very impressed with the latest entries from this Australian brand. Sax cosmetics give women the ability to enhance their natural beauty with easy-to-use products—and a lipstick with packaging that we’ve spent time admiring for its great design. Sax products are formulated with […]

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Sponsored video: Elin Kling’s guilty pleasure at Net-a-Porter

March 28, 2012/22.07

A Lucire special promotion     Elin Kling is getting more and more global. Her Style by Kling blog was noticed by us very early on, but equally, she became a fashion personality in Sweden with TV attention as well. Soon, a major retailer decided it would need her endorsement on its autumn–winter 2010 trends, […]

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Silicon Valley’s successful Letslunch start-up launches in New Zealand

/1.14

Top The Letslunch New Zealand team. Above The New Zealand launch of Letslunch at Portofino in Auckland. Facebook and LinkedIn are all very well for building networks, but Letslunch, a Silicon Valley start-up, wants to encourage face-to-face meetings.    New Zealand is the third country in which Letslunch has launched, after the US (where it […]

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Japan Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Christian Dada, DressedUndressed, Motonari Ono, Phenomenon

March 27, 2012/1.16

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo finished on Saturday. Days 4 to 7 featured Christian Dada, DressedUndressed, Motonari Ono, and Phenomenon. Japan Fashion Week Organization Christian Dada Japanese label Christian Dada showcased its latest collection on the Tokyo Midtown runway last Wednesday. Since Christian Dada successfully made its Fashion Week début for spring–summer 2012 season, it has […]

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Rebecca Connor to hold make-up workshops in Wellington

March 26, 2012/8.55

Douglas Rimington/Detune Photography Above Rebecca Connor works on Miss New Zealand 2008 Samantha Powell for a shoot in Lucire. Make-up artist Rebecca Connor, who has worked with us since the mid-2000s, has put together a collection of workshops for those interested in beauty techniques.    Each workshop has two to three make-up professionals and 12 […]

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