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Sunday, 12 December 2010

Joan Smalls announced new face of Estee Lauder



The Estee Lauder brand announced that it has signed one of fashion’s rising runway and editorial stars as a new face of Estee Lauder for cosmetics and skincare. Model Joan Smalls, who hails from Puerto Rico, will join Estee Lauder roster of global beauties – Hilary Rhoda, Carolyn Murphy, Elizabeth Hurley, Constance Jablonski and Liu Wen – and debut in its global advertising campaigns beginning Maybe 2011.

 Joan is the third new model Estee Lauder has signed this year, following the singing of Constance Jablonski and Liu Wen in April. Joan is the first Estee Lauder model from Puerto Rico. Over the years, Estee Lauder models have hailed from the U.S. (Karen Graham, Willow Bay, Carolyn Murphy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Kebede), France (Constance Jablonski) and China (Liu Wen).

According to Estée Lauder Senior Vice President and creative director Aerin Lauder, selecting Smalls to represent the brand was an obvious choice: “She’s confident, happy, elegant, well-spoken, and grown-up—and it really comes through in her pictures. When we pick someone to represent the brand, it’s about her personality, too. It’s not just the face. You find yourself not being intimidated by her beauty, but drawn in by her warmth,” Lauder tells Vogue. 

Joan made her debut in the world of high fashion in January 2010 when she was featured as the exclusive model for Ricardo Tisci’s Givenchy F/W 2010 Couture Show in Paris. Since then, she has quickly ascended to fashion’s top ranks by appearing on the runways in NY, Paris and Milan, for designers including Marc Jacobs, Prada, Gucci, Jil Sander, Derek Lam, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Vera Wang to launch cosmetics line



WWD has informed us that wedding dress designer to the stars Vera Wang will be moving into the beauty arena!

The cosmetics line will include makeup, skin care, bath and body products and beauty accessories - however: it's available exclusively at Kohl's, so we don't know when or even if it'll cross the pond to British soil.

Vera told Women's Wear Daily that it would be, "an easy, light, modern and effortless approach to beauty and creativity. Like fashion, makeup is also transformational. I love the artistry of makeup to accentuate, enhance or create a mood for any time of day or occasion."

The new range should be out by spring 2012 - we can't wait to see what it looks like.

Natalie Portman's Dior campaign will be out in March




Natalie Portman had been unveiled as the new spokesperson for Dior. The Black Swan star, who is the latest celebrity to put her face to the designer brand, admitted that she is still quite 'sloppy' when it comes to her own beauty regime. Talking at a press conference, Parfums Christian Dior chief Claude Martinez called Portman 'charismatic and elegant', but the actress insisted, "I'm pretty casual in my beauty routine in my real life. Some might say sloppy." Her first campaign will break in March!

The gorgeous actress was officially presented at a press conference yesterday and her first job will be starring in campaigns for fragrance Miss Dior Cherie in a series of print ads shot by Tim Walker and a TV campaign by Sofia Coppola.

Of her co-star in the TV ads, 29-year-old Natalie joked: "I felt like a big old cougar. He's, like, 20." The TV ad also features a shot of a white swan which the Black Swan actress joked was "subliminal advertising for my film."

Giorgio Armani Spring 2011 Collection: Transluminence



Giorgio Armani introduces colours of nature, awakened by the morning light. Light and nature are two major themes that have infused Giorgio Armani’s aesthetic and vision of makeup since its creation.

The Armani makeup collection for spring 2011 plays with transparency to ignite a woman’s face. Bright colours that allow infinite layering and blending create a new landscape of tones. There is a new smoky look for the eyes produced with radiant colours. From soft to dramatic, the look seen at the Armani spring/summer 2011 fashion show was a fresh interpretation of “La Femme Bleue”.

This season the must-have look utilises a perfect harmony of diaphanous forest green and purple iris on eyes, contrasted with frozen pink light on skin and lips. The inspiration: fresh morning dew on a wild bunch of flowers.

Makeup artist Linda Cantello, who worked on the Armani spring/summer 2011 fashion show, says: “Imagine the richest purple and the deepest green both enlivened by a frozen silver. A soft black completes the palette, to be worn alone as liner or to add depth to smoky eyes. Freshened by the softest baby lips, a beautiful frosty blush completes this new way of facing spring in the depths of winter.”

Transluminence Eye Palette ($58.00)


Blend and layer the four full, rich, colour-intense translucent tones. Apply rich purple iris with an eye brush to the eyelid and add dewy forest green. These will fuse together into a vibrant blue turquoise. Render the effect even more luminous with a layer of frozen silver. Open up the eye with a touch of silver on the inside corner. Outline the under eye or the eyelid with soft black eye colour, applied wet or dry.

Transluminence Face Palette ($49.00)


Sculpt the face with frost bitten Sheer Translucent Blush presented in the spring signature face palette.

 

Rouge d’Armani ($30.00)


o       Dawn Pink (518)
o       Early Morning Rose (508)
o       Petal Pink (503)

Friday, 10 December 2010

Guerlain Spring 2011 Collection



Availability:  Spring 2011

Meteorites Compact ($56.00)

 

Multi-toned radiant pearl particles with yellow, orange, green, red, violet or white reflections to recreate ideal radiance on the complexion. It is tailor-made for every skin tone. The complexion is left perfectly matte, luminous, and naturally glowing. Available in 3 shades.

Rouge G Serie Noire ($46.00) (Limited Edition)

 

Available in four limited shades in a sleek black lacquer case.


o       Rose Desir (71) Pink
o       Fuchsia Delice (70) Fuchsia
o       Orange Euphorique (45) Orange
o       Rouge Sensuel (24) Red

 

Blush G Serie Noire ($65.00) (Limited Edition)


A fresh blush to illuminate complexion. A mix of 4 complementary natural shades, each with a subtle pink.

 

Ecrin 6 Couleurs Eyeshadow ($84.00) (Limited Edition)


o       Rue de Rivoli A soft and luminous harmony revived by a bold pink color touch



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Urban Decay Spring 2011 Products



All products available at urbandecay.com in January 2011, in-stores and other retailers (Beauty.com, Macy’s, Sephora, ULTA) in early February.

15th Anniversary 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil Set ($92.00) (Limited Edition)

 

This collectible set features 15 incredible 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils, each one stamped with our 15 year anniversary artwork and showing off a shiny silver cap and base (except our Perversion pencil, shrouded in matte black from top to base), plus a special-edition Grind House Double Barrel Sharpener embellished with the “UD 15″ logo.
 
o       Asphyxia Pinky iridescent purple (New, Exclusive)
o       Baked Bold bronze
o       Binge Deep metallic navy blue
o       Bourbon Medium brown with gold sparkle
o       Corrupt Dark metallic brown with silver sparkle (Exclusive)
o       Electric Bright aquamarine blue
o       Midnight Cowboy Beige with gold sparkle (New, Exclusive)
o       Mildew Deep mossy green
o       Perversion Blackest carbon black (New, Exclusive)
o       Ransom Bright iridescent purple
o       Rockstar Darkest eggplant
o       Stash Dark olive with gold sparkle
o       Stray Dog Shimmery brown taupe (New, Exclusive)
o       Uzi Gunmetal grey with sparkle (New, Exclusive)
o       Zero Zealous black

24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil ($20.00)

Following in its mama’s (24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils) footsteps, 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencil has made the impossible possible… eyeshadow in pencil form with bragging rights so fierce all other shadow pencils have been put to shame: highest color payout, longest wear time, smoothest application, no creasing, easiest to blend before dry down, and hottest color selection. Twice as fat as our 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil, the Shadow Pencil fits perfectly into the larger barrel of your Grindhouse Double Barrel Sharpener and sharpens to a fine point for precision lines or to a rounded tip for thick smudgeable lines.

o       Barracuda Black with fine silver sparkle
o       Clash Bright electric blue with fine silver sparkle
o       Clinic Deep peacock green with fine green sparkle
o       Delinquent Deep jewel purple with fine purple sparkle
o       Lit Sunny bronze shimmer
o       Mercury Gunmetal grey sheen
o       Midnight Cowboy Beige with fine gold sparkle
o       Morphine Iridescent lilac
o       Narc Mossy green sheen
o       Rehab Taupey brown sheen
o       Sin Champagne shimmer
o       Wasteland Dark brown sheen

Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint ($24.00)

Get that “special glow” without the risk of morning-after regrets with Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tints by Urban Decay. For effortless radiance and the natural-looking glow of a cream without any greasy feel, bask in Afterglow Glide-On Cheek Tint. Non-greasy but with a glide-on feel, our high-tech formula contains just the right amount of slip. Seven scintillating shades provide lightweight, sheer, buildable color that glides on top of any foundation or bare skin and flashes down instantly.

o       Bang Sheer coral red
o       Crush Sheer hot pink
o       Fetish Sheer mauve with fine pearlized finish
o       Greedy Sheer blackberry
o       Indecent Sheer apricot with pearly gold shimmer
o       Quickie Sheer bubble-pup-electric pink
o       Score Sheer pink lemonade with fine pearlized finish

24/7 Shadow Pencil Blending Brush ($16.00)

Used with our 24/7 Glide-On Shadow Pencils, the 24/7 Shadow Pencil Blending Brush gives everyone mad artistry skills. A brush here, a sweep there, a windshield -wiper motion there and you’ve got lids worthy of Warhol status. High performance, artist-quality, cruelty free, vegan, and eco-friendly, the 24/7 Shadow Pencil Blending Brush is an integral part of our 24/7 collection.

 

Lush Lash System ($42.00)

Many things can happen in a two week span: it only takes two weeks for Lindsay Lohan to serve a 90 day jail sentence, and now, it only takes two weeks for you to have longer, thicker eyelashes with the Lush Lash System by Urban Decay. The Lush Lash System shows results faster than any other lash growing product on the market. We have the clinicals to prove it! 25% longer, thicker lashes in two weeks. 40% longer, thicker lashes in four weeks. 63% longer, thicker lashes in six weeks.

The clear gel-like serum accelerates the growth of your lashes with a custom blend of peptides proven to stimulate lash grow. When applied to the lash line nightly, the Growth Accelerating Serum penetrates at the root stimulating keratin which lengthens, thickens, and fortifies lashes. The creamy Conditioning Mask binds the hair shaft making it shiny and strong, preventing loss and breakage. Unlike many other lash growth accelerators, when using the Lush Lash System you do not risk darkening your iris or making the surrounding skin around the eye darker.

 

False Lash Mascara ($18.00) (Macy’s Exclusive)

Formulated especially for falsies, our unique Mascara for False Lashes fuses the imposters with your own by providing a uniform coating of slick, shiny, carbon blackness with our custom brush. An amazing tool for blondes or those with light-colored lashes, this mascara makes the illusion seem more real. It coats lashes without thickening or clumping, and film forming agents make it long-wearing. As a result, your false lashes look real and stay plush, intact for future use.

Start with bare lashes. Apply your favorite style of Urban Lash false lashes, then use the small mascara brush coating both sets at once. One easy application with this one-of-a-kind formula will have you doing double-takes in the mirror. It can also be used on real lashes before eyeshadow–it erases any shadow fallout that may land on lashes.

 

Supercurl Curling Mascara ($22.00)

The water-resistant, long-lasting formula for our Supercurl Mascara comes with a curved wand to boost curl, separate lashes, and literally sculpt them into perfectly curved sets of battable, black lashes. The super-sculpting polymers in our innovative formula hold curl throughout the entire day. Glycoprotein makes lashes thicker, moringa seeds help with curl definition, silk proteins and panthenol condition, and Meadowfoam seed oil and shea butter smooth.

 

Greed Eyeshadow Primer Potion ($18.00)

Urban Decay’s Primer Potion now in a glimmering, golden shade.

 

24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencil ($18.00)

 

o       Illegal Barely-there rosy nude
o       Midnight Cowboy Deep nude