Lancôme’s tips: getting a bronzing effect
According to make-up artist Petr Blecha, it’s not right to put bronzer on where the sun kisses your face, as he tells Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti how to get a healthy glow on paler skin. Here’s the latest Lancôme beauty tip. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on […]
Justine Picardie to launch Coco Chanel biography at Port Eliot Flower Show
Lipnitzki Above Coco Chanel, photographed in 1937. Author and former features director of British Vogue, Justine Picardie, will launch her new book, Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life, at the inaugural Port Eliot Flower Show, part of the established Port Eliot Festival, on July 25. Picardie will be talking about Chanel, Lady of the […]
Shakira teams up with SEAT for UK leg of world tour
Spanish car maker SEAT says it is sponsoring the UK leg of Colombian singer Shakira’s world tour. Shakira had recently performed at the World Cup kick-off concert and the Glastonbury Festival. Through November and December, the singer will perform on the Continent, including venues in Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Lisboa and Barcelona. She will […]
Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are engaged
HSH Prince Albert of Monaco II, 52, is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Charlene Wittstock, the Prince’s Palace announced today. Miss Wittstock, 32, a South African, is a former Olympic swimmer. No date has been set for the wedding, although by protocol it would have to be at least six months from the […]
Karen Elson, Libby Callaway speak at couture exhibition
Victoria & Albert Museum Above Zémire evening ensemble by Christian Dior, autumn–winter 1954–5. Cellulose acetate, with the skirt lined with layers of silk and net. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. is showing an exhibition entitled The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, from June 18 to September 12. […]
Lancôme’s latest make-up tip is for women who wear glasses. What make-up should you wear behind the lenses if you are planning to don your specs? Mercedes Quevedo poses this question to make-up artist Roberto Siguero, in this Spanish-language advice video. You may also like Defining your eyebrows Touching up your mascara on the go […]
Lucire’s summer ’10 travel specials
Last week was, by all accounts, a slow news week. We glanced at the wires, and the sort of articles that might have piqued the interest of Lucire readers just weren’t arriving. However, that did mean we could pull out our summer travel specials, penned by our industrious west coasters, travel editor Stanley Moss and […]
Lancôme tips: applying concealer to camouflage imperfections
Pardon the opening title—something wasn’t quite right in the translation in this latest make-up tip from Lancôme. This week, Lancôme make-up artist Petr Blecha and beauty blogger Bjooti talk about applying concealer to camouflage imperfections and darkness. A new concealer in a compact duo that Blecha introduces allows your to mix the two shades to […]
Jean Paul Gaultier finishes collaboration with Hermès
Hermès has announced in a press release that Jean Paul Gaultier is working on his final collection for the brand. The spring–summer 2011 collection, unveiling this October, ends a seven-year partnership between Gaultier and the Hermès brand. Hermès, however, remains the main shareholder of the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion house, holding 45 per cent. […]
Renault, Mercedes-Benz make pushes in film
Getty Images Above Melissa Theuriau and Mathilda May at Cannes, stepping out of Renault Vel Satises. Craig Blankenhorn Above Carrie and co. with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse cabriolet and the Maybach limousines. Two car companies really pushed their marketing last week. Renault has had fairly good exposure for its poor-selling Vel Satis saloon as the […]
