New Zealand singer Sophie Morris releases her first album, Songs from the Stage
Aliana McDaniel Rising star Sophie Morris, interviewed in 2013 in Lucire, will release her début album, Sophie Morris: Songs from the Stage, on October 28—perfectly timed for holiday gift-buying. The album features some favourite musical theatre numbers, including ‘It Might as Well Be Spring’ (State Fair) and ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ (Evita), and tracks […]
The Body Shop’s new eye shadows, foundation, masks—either 100 per cent vegan or vegetarian
The Body Shop welcomes the southern spring with 100 per cent vegan and vegetarian products to improve skin instantly, with ingredients from all over the world. Its new Down to Earth eye shadow quads and Down to Earth palettes feature blendable, highly pigmented earthy hues that throughout the day. The shades are blended with […]
Tania Dawson crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2016 in front of sold-out audience
Alan Raga Above: The moment: Tania Dawson hears the news that she’s been working toward for most of 2016, that she is the new Miss Universe New Zealand. Centre: After the announcement, Samantha McClung crowns her successor, Tania Dawson, Miss Universe New Zealand 2016. Above: Second runner-up Larissa Allen (left) and runner-up Seresa Lapaz (right) […]
Pandora emphasizes each woman’s individual style with autumn–winter 2016–17 collection campaign
Above: Celebrity stylists Micaela Erlanger, Caroline Issa and Rebecca Corbin-Murray. Pandora has partnered with three celebrity stylists to showcase its range’s versatility for the autumn 2016 season, with Micaela Erlanger, Caroline Issa and Rebecca Corbin-Murray working with a woman, Ella, who begins by sharing a few personal facts about herself. From this interaction, the stylists […]
Doutzen Kroes is new Hunkemöller brand ambassador, with input into her own lingerie collections
Franziska Krug/Getty Images Lingerie brand Hunkemöller announced at a function on Wednesday at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin that Doutzen Kroes is its new brand ambassador. The collections, which have the international model’s design input, will be called Doutzen’s Stories and will give a glimpse of Kroes and the æsthetic she brings to the […]
Karl Lagerfeld On August 30 and 31, the new Mumm Grand Cordon champagne was exhibited at Croatia’s Hula Hula Beach Club. For each order of champagne at the Club, a bottle was flown over the sea by a drone. Music accompanied the delivery—those receiving the champagne would get a particularly special experience, emphasizing Mumm’s current […]
Linden Leaves enters China staying true to its principles, without using animal-testing procedures
Linden Leaves has been trying to solve the problem of entry into the Chinese market for some time. To sell in China, conventional wisdom was that animal testing is required, and when Lucire approached experts in China, they found no way round it. This was in spite of a free-trade agreement between New Zealand and […]
H&M’s New Zealand store will be the first to see the Kenzo × H&M collection
Oliver Hadlee Pearch H&M will retail the Kenzo × H&M collaboration announced last month, with the line joining its Sylvia Park store on November 3. With the time difference, this means the New Zealand store is the first to carry the line. Since joining Kenzo in 2011, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have set […]
Chanel yesterday opened its first Fragrance & Beauty boutique in Auckland. The store is located in the historic Britomart Building and marks the 12th Fragrance and Beauty boutique opening across Australia and New Zealand collectively. Chanel have maintained the original 1900s brickwork building, with its traditional kauri timber floors. Combined with the contemporary products, […]
Miss Universe New Zealand beauty secrets: how to look like a contestant
Alan Raga/www.alanraga.com Above: Semifinalist Mia Hofsteede and finalists Seresa Lapaz and Elizabeth Lorimer with some of the products Miss Universe New Zealand contestants received. Have you ever wanted to embody the flair and confidence of a Miss Universe contestant? Well now you can as we have access to some of the beauty products given to […]
