Blue Cactus makeover promotion has an $8,000 top prize
Check out this great promotion from Blue Cactus (in which we’re involved, too), where you can win an NZ$8,000 prize package, as explained by our fashion editor Samantha Hannah. If you have a friend who you’d love to makeover, you can nominate them for the Blue Cactus Hairdressing Ultimate Makeover, which includes NZ$1,950 of hair […]
Jane Iredale offers Starter Kit for mineral make-up
Jane Iredale has introduced its Sample Starter Kit, a good way to get introduced to mineral make-up. The kits are available in Light, Medium and Dark, and feature Amazing base, the best selling PurePressed base, Lip Drink, lip colour, a PurePressed blush, eye shadow, under-eye concealer, lip plumper and three application brushes. The kits […]
Beyoncé, Eva Longoria to début fragrances
Looks like 2010 will begin with more celebrity fragrances. As revealed earlier this month, Beyoncé Knowles’s Heat, for Coty, will launch in February, with hints of red vanilla orchid, magnolia, neroli and blush peach. From being a L’Oréal Paris face to having a scent of her own, Eva Longoria-Parker will launch Eva by […]
Miss Normandie, Malika Menard, crowned Miss France 2010
In France, where beauty pageants still command big television audiences and capture the public’s imagination, Malika Menard, Miss Normandie, has been crowned Miss France 2010 in Nice tonight. Menard, 22, is a third-year law student, and is 5 ft 9 in (176 cm) tall. She cites her interests as cinema, travel and reading. […]
Evolve’s certified organic beauty range: in the making for years
We’ve known about Laura Rudoe’s Evolve beauty range for a long time—long before news of it became public last month. In fact, the connection to Lucire goes back to Laura’s days at Harvard University, when she was already very active in finding a way to produce ethically made and branded products. Not only has […]
Napoleon Perdis promotes holiday ’09 in video
Napoleon Perdis has released a video for the holiday 2009 season, promoting its Gilty Pleasures line on counters from November 1. The company’s make-up chief Rebecca Prior provides her tips. You may also like Defining your eyebrows Touching up your mascara on the go Katherine Langford named brand ambassador for L’Oréal Paris Lancôme on eye […]
Make-up artist German Moyano has a new tip from Lancôme: how to intensify the eyes’ appearance by “elongating”, using two liners. You may also like Choosing your foundation Lancôme on eye make-up Touching up your mascara on the go Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles Alber Elbaz to […]
Vanessa Paradis is new face of Chanel lipstick
Chanel has announced that it will begin a collaboration with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis, as the face of Rouge Coco, a new range of lipsticks from the French firm. Paradis had already represented the Chanel Coco fragrance in 1992 (in a memorable commercial directed by Jean-Paul Goude) and was the muse for Karl Lagerfeld for […]
Lancôme has released a new video with make-up artist German Moyano, this time with tips for the eyes. (In French with English subtitles.) You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Intensifying your eyes Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours Choosing your foundation Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles Lancôme’s tips: […]
Leeds announces fourth annual Shopping Week
Leeds has a vibrant fashion community, even if those outside the UK might think of London first when it comes to British style. In fact, say the organizers of the Leeds Shopping Week Festival, 40 per cent of survey participants found it inspiring, compared with 32 for London’s street cred. For 10 days […]
