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Korean model Daul Kim found dead, suicide suspected

November 20, 2009/4.25

Daul Kim, the South Korean model, was found dead at her Paris apartment on Thursday morning, according to sources.    Initial reports suspect that the model has died by her own hand. [Update, 12.24 GMT: the Associated Press reports that Kim was found hanged in her apartment.]    Kim, who had appeared on international catwalks, […]

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Intensifying your eyes

October 20, 2009/23.20

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 Touching up your mascara on the go Lancôme on eye make-up Choosing your foundation Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles Defining your eyebrows […]

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Chic runs from Petone to Paris

October 18, 2009/8.49

Douglas Rimington On the main part of the Lucire site today is a special travel promotion on Petone, a place which really surprised us. The historical area on Jackson Street is full of surprises, and for Wellingtonians who hold on to decades’ old views about what Petone is like, cast aside your notions. Jackson Street, […]

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Lancôme on eye make-up

October 9, 2009/0.49

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 Choosing your foundation Intensifying your eyes Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours Lancôme’s tips: textures for foundations and base products Reinventing the […]

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Chanel to launch Coco Cocoon line, with Lily Allen fronting campaign

October 2, 2009/10.14

Some of you will have seen the ads for Coco Before Chanel on this website (currently on at the Penthouse Cinema here in Wellington), on the eve of its release in New York and Los Angeles. But in the real world of Chanel, we can show the below video featuring Lily Allen, the face of […]

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Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer

September 28, 2009/7.58

Matthieu Salving Above Nathalie Rykiel, President and Artistic Director at Sonia Rykiel. Sonia Rykiel will be the next guest designer for Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish company announced today.    Rykiel follows a long line of famous designers, including Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf, who have created accessible collections […]

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Choosing your foundation

September 18, 2009/9.23

Lancôme’s German Moyano provides tips on how to prepare your foundation, in this new video from the French company. You may also like Lancôme on eye make-up Intensifying your eyes Touching up your mascara on the go Lancôme’s make-up tips: harmonizing colours Lancôme tips: applying concealer to camouflage imperfections Lancôme’s tips: textures for foundations and […]

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Cheryl Cole is L’Oréal’s new face

August 28, 2009/10.33

We wish we could take credit for it—after running items on Charlize Theron and Elizabeth Banks they both became L’Oréal Paris spokeswomen; and a sister magazine of ours did the same with Elizabeth Hurley and Estée Lauder in the 1990s—but we have to chalk it up to another coincidence as Cheryl Cole becomes the new […]

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Lancôme releases English-language Hypnose TVC with Daria Werbowy

July 17, 2009/12.21

Lancôme has released a 30-second English-language version of its Hypnose Senses TV commercial with Canadian model Daria Werbowy. You may also like Behind the scenes: Daria Werbowy and Lancôme Hypnôse Senses Lancôme goes all out with lush Trésor in Love campaign Keira Knightley’s Chanel Coco Mademoiselle teaser footage released Official: Laetitia Casta is the new […]

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