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HP, GHD launch Sex and the City 2 products

May 1, 2010/12.23

As hype about Sex and the City 2 begins to build, beauty and technology companies—along with the original book’s author—are beginning to cash in, collaborating on must-have new products, and a must-read prequel.    The GHD Colour Collection, which launches today, features four brightly coloured straighteners—one for each of Sex and the City’s leading ladies. […]

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Lancôme make-up tips: retouching

/5.12

Make-up artist Petr Blecha and Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti deal with the issue of retouching make-up, beginning with eye-shadow and blush, and finishing with lips. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on Putting on morning make-up—in three minutes Lancôme releases Ultra-Lavande: ’70s lavender is back Touching up your […]

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Maybelline signs Lisalla Montenegro

April 24, 2010/3.26

Kenneth Willardt Yuki Maybelline New York has announced Lisalla Montenegro, 21, has been signed to the brand. Lisalla joins the brand’s spokesmodels, including Christy Turlington, Julia Stegner, Erin Wasson, Kemp Muhl and Emily DiDonato.    Born and raised in Goias, Brazil, 5 ft 9 in Lisalla was encouraged to pursue modelling, despite having dreams to […]

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Rating the amenities

April 22, 2010/1.43

You can tell a lot about a luxury property simply by looking at the amenities laid out in the bathroom. Recently I applied the amenity-test to three properties in Paris: the first, a higher end boutique inn near Trocadero, had l’Occitane products, a solid mid-level retail brand- the interesting and sportif Verveine scent, and good […]

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Jennifer Aniston poses in a towel for her new fragrance

April 17, 2010/13.53

Above Jennifer Aniston appears in a towel in a promotion for her new fragrance, Lolavie. Jennifer Aniston has decided to use her star power to launch a fragrance, called Lolavie. First confirmed in March, the advertising visuals, featuring the actress wearing a towel, were revealed today. Aniston told Women’s Wear Daily that the scent smells […]

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Putting on make-up: brush or fingers?

April 15, 2010/3.30

Lancôme make-up artist Petr Belcha answers the question of whether product should be applied by one’s fingers or by a brush. Blogger Bjooti is the subject. You may also like Lancôme make-up tips: retouching Lancôme opens first flagship store at 52 Champs-Élysées Lancôme releases Ultra-Lavande: ’70s lavender is back Touching up your mascara on the […]

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Smoky eyes and glitter

April 9, 2010/11.41

In Spanish this time (with English subtitles): Lancôme’s make-up tips, this time dealing with creating a smoky-eye look and using glitter around the eyes. Roberto Siguero of El Fashionista is the make-up artist this time. You may also like Defining your eyebrows Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles Lancôme’s latest beauty tips: ‘perfectly […]

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Lancôme goes all out with lush Trésor in Love campaign

April 3, 2010/4.50

Lancôme has launched its Trésor in Love fragrance, with a new and very lavish advertising campaign. Below are the first French-language commercial, along with what the French call un making-of. Marking out this commercial is a lush, orchestral score, grander than what we have heard from advertising of late. The third video features a behind-the-scenes […]

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Lancôme’s tips: textures for foundations and base products

/2.08

There’s a change at Lancôme with its beauty tips’ videos. The company’s latest is in English, hosted by make-up artist Petr Blecha and blogger Bjooti. This edition: discussing the best textures when it comes to foundations and base products. You may also like Defining your eyebrows Make-up for the bespectacled Lancôme on eye make-up Lancôme’s […]

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Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours

March 24, 2010/0.40

Here’s the latest from make-up artist German Moyano, on complementing colours, in the latest beauty tips’ video from Lancôme. In French with English subtitles. You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Lancôme on eye make-up Lancôme’s latest beauty tips: ‘perfectly natural skin’ Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles Intensifying […]

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