Kaikoura welcomes dance studio and restaurant combo
Possibly New Zealand’s only restaurant and dance studio opened in Kaikoura today. Passione, an Italian pizza restaurant, and Soul Studio had their gala opening in the centre of the seaside town at 5 p.m. today (January 4). Full trading hours begin January 5. The restaurant–studio is the brainchild of a young couple and […]
Moreish launches natural skin care range, with socially responsible ethos
Moreish is the latest range of beauty and skin care products by New Zealand company API, using argan oil as the core ingredient. Argan oil is renowned for its nourishing, regenerative and anti-ageing properties. Known as ‘liquid gold’, argan oil is the cold pressed, extra virgin oil extracted from the kernel of the Moroccan […]
Summer Rayne Oakes’s Extinction shown in full, online, for a limited time
Summer Rayne Oakes, who has a long association with Lucire, tells us that her short film, Extinction (eXtinction to give its official capitalization) can be viewed for a very limited time (a total less than two days from the time of this post) on Dailymotion. You can view the film at this link or […]
MAC’s New Zealand make-up artists work on Positive Women as part of World Aids Day
MAC’s make-up artists in New Zealand are contributing to the World Aids Day cause in a different way: by painting, gardening, and doing general maintenance to the premises of Positive Women, a local organization helping women with HIV. They’ll also spend time with Positive Women members on December 1 and give them makeovers to […]
Miss France jury confirmed; Hot Scots in Edinburgh; congrats to Jennifer Cohen
Peugeot SA Above Miss France 2011 Laury Thilleman’s successor will be decided by a panel led by French actor Alain Delon, the pageant confirmed yesterday. Below left Karen Gillan, photographed by Suki Dhanda: one of the photographs exhibited by the National Galleries of Scotland next month. Bottom Jennifer Cohen and Noah Flom tie the knot. […]
Bees Blessing launches premium, all-natural cordials
Stephanie Osmond Earlier this month, Bees Blessing launched its new range of all-natural cordials at the Empire in Petone, New Zealand, serving food and drinks, and demonstrating recipes (including lemon honey mojitos, cucumber socks fizz and spiced syrup marinade). The new range comprises New Zealand’s only honey-sweetened all-natural cordials, says the company, which makes […]
Evelyn Lauder, beauty industry innovator, passes away at 75
Business Wire Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice-president of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., and the head of its fragrance development, passed away yesterday at her home in New York City with her family by her side, the company has announced. Mrs Lauder was 75, and died of complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. She […]
Ralph Lauren talks to Oprah Winfrey in A-list fund-raiser at Lincoln Center
A Monday night event for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention at Lincoln Center featured, as its principal attraction, a heart-to-heart on-stage chat between Oprah Winfrey and Ralph Lauren himself. Attended by celebrities including Naomi Watts, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Uma Thurman, Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, Martha Stewart and […]
Prologic, an advanced professional skin care range, makes its début
We are very impressed with Prologic, a new New Zealand-developed professional skin care range. The brainchild of Rachel Robertson (whose Skin Therapy clinic has been covered in Lucire, and who is the New Zealand Therapist of the Year 2011–12), Prologic specifically leaves out the harsh additives that may be harmful to skin. While many […]
Mitch Winehouse to open for Matt Goss at Royal Albert Hall
Mitch Winehouse, father of the late Amy, speaks about his planned performance at the Royal Albert Hall, opening for Matt Goss. His performance is to bring awareness of the foundation set up in Amy Winehouse’s name, which plans to help young people with addictions. Mr Winehouse adds that Amy was a Bros fan […]
