Behind the look: Keira Knightley and Olivia Wilde
Top Keira Knightley at the Seeking a Friend for the End of the World première. Above Olivia Wilde as she went in to the Ed Sullivan Theater for The Late Show with David Letterman. Two of Lucire’s most read-about celebrities, Keira Knightley and Olivia Wilde, have been snapped on both US coasts. Knightley sported […]
Smith Optics and Skinnies Sunscreen join Sián-Pearl Going on her seven summits’ quest
Above Sián-Pearl Going in Smith Optics Chemist, while climbing in Koh Yao Noi, Thailand. Two more companies have come on board 26-year-old mountaineer Sián-Pearl Going’s quest to climb the seven summits in record time. Smith Optics, one of largest sport optics brands in the world, joins a sponsor family that already includes Adidas Outdoor, […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 6: leading up to the final night
Yesterday was busy on the judging panel as we have awarded our first set of swimwear points. As they get added up, the ranking is changing constantly, and, as I hinted at on day 5, the gap between first and tenth is probably the tiniest I’ve seen. Anything can still happen on the final night. […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 5: overcoming medical emergencies
Top Safer communities together: the local constabulary meets the Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 contestants. Above Judge Danijela Unkovich, Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 runner-up, enters Bella Bloom, the pageant’s official florist, with the contestants. Day five of Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 began in crisis mode as the messages came through: five contestants sick […]
Kiehl’s launches into Wellington with a proudly American event
Kiehl’s, a previous winner of the Medinge Group’s Brands with a Conscience award, and regularly featured in Lucire over the years, launched in to the Wellington market with an event at Kirkcaldie & Stains last week. Miranda Waple from L’Oréal and Dr Duane McWaine, the spouse of the US Ambassador to New Zealand, cut […]
The Body Shop’s four steps to looking after skin, with its vitamin E range
The winter chill is settling in and the Body Shop has some tips to keep our moisture levels up, as it promotes its vitamin E range, priced from NZ$12·50 to NZ$34·75. The Body Shop’s vitamin E gentle facial wash and vitamin E cream cleanser are ideal for starters, before toning with its vitamin E […]
Fast-selling Manuka Doctor range, with Purified Bee Venom, now available in New Zealand
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 […]
Queenstown: the adventure capital of the world is like a seductive magnet
Above Unwinding in the hot tub at the St Moritz Hotel in Queenstown. It’s like a dream come true. My dawn charter flight makes its final approach into Queenstown Airport, which has just been voted among the best approaches in the world. This spectacular New Zealand resort is the adventure capital of the world […]
Whitney Houston dead at 48, police confirm; stars pay tribute
Updated February 12, at 6.15 a.m. and 12.21 p.m. GMT; videos added 12 p.m. GMT; Sir Elton John tribute video added February 13, 10.08 a.m. Phil McCarten/PictureGroup A. Turner/J Records/PR Newswire/Newscom Top Whitney Houston (left) pictured with Kim Burrell, performing on the 11th Annual Celebration of Gospel in 2011. Above Whitney Houston with music mogel […]
Diet Coke and Minka Kelly prepare to promote the ’12 Heart Truth Red Dress collection at NYFW
The Heart Truth campaign has seen the Coca-Cola Company create newly designed packaging for Diet Coke to commemorate the soft drink manufacturer’s fifth-year support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) campaign, to promote heart disease awareness. Diet Coke has also participated in numerous awareness-raising programmes to aid the campaign over the last […]
