Beauty

 

 

Reimagining professional skin care
Jody Miller talks with Image Skincare CEO Janna Ronert, whose company grew from a home-based beauty business to one of the most respected—after Ronert found professional products too harsh and embarked on creating her own

 

Wild, wild (Expo) West
After a pause due to the pandemic, Expo West returns with new trends in beauty and health, writes Elyse Glickman
Event photographs by the author
From issue 45 of Lucire and the May 2022 issue of Lucire KSA

 

Studio Sashiko: the fine strokes of restorative tattooing
Elyse Glickman and Jody Miller visit Studio Sashiko as founders Shaughnessy and Kyle Otsuji open a Los Angeles location, bringing their skills in microblading and other restorative techniques Stateside

 

I-N Intelligent Beauty redefines conscious skin and body care
As the successors to the legacy that brought us Aveda, Kiran Stordalen and Nicole Rechelbacher are resolute in their commitment to advance the legacy of plant-powered beauty of which they were so fortunate to be an integral part, reports Jody Miller

 

Beauty trends uncovered
Plastic surgeon Dr Michael Somenek weighs in on 2021’s beauty trends, and gives some straight talk and hard science about each one
Main photograph by Karelys Ruíz/Unsplash

 

Summer glow
Lueur d’été
Yuriko Shiratori and the Lucire team have picked beauty items that’ll give you an outward glow, and make the most of spring and the coming summer
Le printemps est ici, et l’été arrivera prochainement. Yuriko Shiratori et l’équipe Lucire ont choisi les produits de beauté qui vous feront briller
Main photograph by Amanda Dalbjörn/Unsplash
From the October 2021 issue of Lucire KSA

 

Beauty spots: the expanded autumn equinox edition
Our beauty and wellness choices for the northern autumn 2021—with a bit of pampering thrown in

 

Behind the Xeomin Challenge
Elyse Glickman injects some enlightenment about neurotoxins into the beauty conversation as she talks to Dr Jay Park of UC San Diego about the Xeomin Challenge

 

Seize the day spa
Burke Williams founders Bill and Theresa Armour continue reinventing the modern-day spa, and recently celebrated frontline health care workers, writes Elyse Glickman

 

QMS Medicosmetics: heading off to collagen
QMS Medicosmetics is big on identification and personalization, as it launches its clinically proven skin care in the US

 

Not your average daily grind
UpCircle Beauty has its origins in discarded coffee grinds and food waste—now, this environmentally conscious and socially responsible brand has gone international

 

A clean break from run-of-the-milled
Jennifer Revello decided to leave the corporate life and embark on a new journey with traditional, hand-made soaps from France. Elyse Glickman speaks with her

 

Sweating the big stuff, so you don’t have to
So often the solutions to perspiration are metals and harmful chemicals. Mila Shmurak decided to create her own solutions with Bare Pits

 

The unforgettable first century of Chanel No. 5
The world’s most famous fragrance celebrates 100 years since it was conceived. We look at its history and how it came back with more than a little help from star power

 

Mizani: shifting the shape and perception of curly hair
Mizani recognizes the special care needed for textured hair, and global artistic director Tippi Shorter has developed a cut especially for it. Elyse Glickman checks them out

 

Putting yourself first
Our beauty selection to start off 2021 is all about making you feel your best, from lush lashes to a woody fragrance

 

Beauty’s essential workers
The usual awards’ season suites might not be on this time round, as the US struggles with COVID-19, but the Pro Safety Beauty Summit in January introduces a considered way to look at beauty innovation, reports Elyse Glickman

 

Little luxuries that go a long way: a gift guide for the times
More than ever, we need to tend to wellness and beauty issues we neglected until this year, and we need to encourage those we care about to do the same. Here’s a handy gift guide to the must haves to refresh and revitalize body, mind and soul, reports Elyse Glickman

 

The next beauty queen
Jennifer López, the most popular Latin entertainer in the US, is set to début her beauty line in January. We look through the clues that López has left about her new line since she first teased it in August

 

Northern lights
Over the years it has become fashionable to seek medical treatment while combining it with a holiday. Nordesthetics Clinic in Lithuania might be one of the more exotic destinations for plastic surgery

 

Diving in, head first
Entrepreneur Joseph Andrews launches a people-powered enterprise that gives style-conscious guys the products they really want and thoughtful direction on how to look their best, reports Elyse Glickman

 

A winning obsession
New York hairstylist Cassie Carey is winning acclaim from her peers. She tells Lucire about her experience creating her successful entry at the North American Hairstyling Awards
Hair by Cassie Carey
Photographed by Richard Monsieurs
Make-up by Dmitry Potapov
Modelled by Snow Dollkinson/Official Model Management
First published in the May 2020 issue of Lucire KSA

 

Extra-strength beauty
Meg Hamilton and the Lucire team take note of the latest luxuries in beauty this month, from the newest Miss Dior to a service that helps people outside the US get their fix

 

Opulent destinations
Mark them for your post-lockdown treats. Lola Cristall visits two beauty spots with French connections: the Guerlain Spa at the Plaza Hotel in NYC, and Martial Vivot’s long-running New York salon

 

Have beauty, will travel
Whether your future travel plans involve spas, or you insist on spa-inspired goods for all of your travels, Elyse Glickman and Leyla Messian report that the Organic Spa 2019 LA Experience Wellness & Travel event has you covered
Photographed by Randall Michelson

 

 

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