Cosmetics and Fragrance

New Skin Cream Uses Pomegranate Power

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Jan 28th 2011 at 10:02PM

Pomegranate is everywhere these days, showing up in juices, vodkas and teas. The latest pomegranate isn't something you drink, it's something you apply. Pomega5 offers a whole line of treatments that use the power of pomegranate seed oil to hydrate, nourish and heal the skin. The new Grenade Anti Rides Nourishing Cream is an anti-aging cream for mature skin that promises a brighter, more reﬁned and youthful appearance (don't they all?).

The cream uses Omega5, which has been extracted from organic cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil. It is an antioxidant that works to promote cell renewal, stimulates collagen production and minimizes free radical damage. Also knows as punicic acid, it is an essential fatty acid which has recently been analyzed for its ability to help the body fight against cancers, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

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The Making Of The Jimmy Choo Fragrance Campaign

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Jan 23rd 2011 at 10:01AM

As our sister blog, Stylelist reported earlier this month, wildly popular shoe and accessories brand Jimmy Choo is launching the brand's first fragrance, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue this month. The scent is known simply as Jimmy Choo and the lovely Tamara Mellon, the co-founder and chief creative officer of the brand, is also the face of the scent. The behind-the-scenes video, shown above, features Tamara Mellon in the fragrance ad campaign, photographed by leading fashion photographer duo, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The ads are appearing in the February issues of top fashion magazines.

The scent has a green top note, a heart note of tiger orchid and base notes of toffee and sensual indian patchouli. The juice is encased in a Murano-glass-inspired bottle. The Stylelist article states that Mellon was inspired by her love of rich, sensual but soft scents like Opium and Anaïs Anaïs that she loved when she was a teenager. The scent is like Mellon herself, exotic and elegant but also approachable. Echoing the combination of strong and sweet in the scent, the orb-shaped bottle is capped with a silver-edged black cube. The box resembles the pattern of a python skin shoe in the current collection, an homage to how it all began. The eau de perfume 3.3 fl.oz sells for $95.

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Five Rules for Maintaining Healthy Skin

by Whitney Jappe (RSS feed) — Jan 7th 2011 at 10:31AM

Our morning routine is no time for self indulgence. Typically, five minutes is all most of us can afford to devote to skin care before we head out for the day. However, incorporating these five skin care rules into your daily lives will ensure that you'll never need more than those 5 minutes to keep up that ageless appearance.

Rule #1: Avoid the sun!

Sure we all look better with a tan, but before this trend was popular, paleness was a sign of beauty and wealth. So where did we go awry? Well leave it to Coco Chanel to ignite a complete reversal of the image when arriving home from a vacation looking bronze. This must have been the birth of the freckle, sun spot, and skin cancer. Thankfully, with the advent of sunless tanning, we can achieve the sun kissed look sans the damage. However, it does not protect our skin from those nasty ultraviolet (UV) rays. So, never leave the house without applying sunscreen, at least SPF 15. Most facial lotions already have it mixed in, but be sure to double check the label. Additionally, avoid the sun during the "Prime Tanning Hours" of 10am-4pm. If you do expect to spend an extended period of time out during this time frame wear sun glasses, and a wide brimmed hat. Squinting leads to the development of crows feet, and UV rays also cause eye damage. Hats provide an extra layer of protection, and will also keep color treated hair from fading prematurely.

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Makeup&GO! Opening Pop-Up Shops To Accommodate Awards Season Faces

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Jan 5th 2011 at 2:01AM

It's awards season in Los Angeles, the time of the year when red carpet appearances for stars are even more frequent than usual. And it's not just the people in front of the camera, the many unsung heroes who make our television shows and movies also get their moment in the sun this time of year. Makeup&GO!, a full service professional makeup studio, has announced two Los Angeles area pop-up locations to provide makeup application to customers throughout the awards season. The stores will are opening January 6 (Beverly Hills) and January 12 (West Hollywood) and will remain up through the end of the awards season.

Makeup&GO! is the first-of-its-kind, full service walk-in studio that provides affordable and fast professional makeup application for any occasion. It offers efficient makeup application by professionals using the newest makeup lines. Because Makeup&GO! doesn't sell makeup, there is never pressure to buy anything, but they do provide how-to sheets with each application, ensuring customers can recreate the looks at home.

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Taylor Momsen's Perfume Ad For John Galliano

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Dec 24th 2010 at 7:01PM

Gossip Girl star and Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen is the face of John Galliano's perfume Parlez-Moi d'Amour. The ads, shot by Ellen von Unwerth, show the young starlet in her signature raccoon eyeliner crooning over a love letter while her own song "You" plays in the background. The ads, which seem a little like outtakes from "Burlesque" or "Moulin Rouge" are a companion to the print ads showing a lingerie-clad Momsen with the envelope-shaped bottle with a floral Galliano stamp. The fragrance name means speak to me of love)and the sweetly romantic scent has notes of rose, jasmine, cypress, ginger and blueberry.

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Shanghai Tang's New Pocket-Sized Refillable Atomizers

by Carrie Coolidge (RSS feed) — Dec 23rd 2010 at 9:31AM

Shanghai Tang has collaboarted with Travalo to produce refillable pocket-sized atomizers

Looking for a unique gift for the holidays or an early purchase for Valentine's Day 2011? Look no further than Shanghai Tang, the luxury Chinese which is offering pocket-sized, pump-action refillable atomizers in coordinating leather pouches for men and women.

Shanghai Tang collaborated with Travalo, the innovative producer of pocket-sized, pump-action refillable atomizers, to create one with a patented PumpFill valve that refills in seconds. The atomizer, which provides up to 50 sprays, can be refilled in seconds from any pump-spray fragrance bottle. The pressure regulator within ensures no leaks making it extremely convenient to carry in your handbag or pocket. Each Shanghai Tang Travalo set includes two capsule
atomizers, encased in a skillfully embossed leather pouch elegant enough for all occasions.

The Shanghai Tang Dragon Travalo Set for men (seen above) comes with a black leather case embossed with a dragon---a traditional symbol of power, strength and good luck. A dragon is also engraved on the black and gun-metal capsule atomizers which are filled with Shanghai Tang's signature Mandarin Tea fragrance for him.

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'Lapsang Noir' Candle by Reed Space, Joya, and Baxter of California

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) — Dec 22nd 2010 at 3:02PM

Sometimes it takes a major collaboration to create something small but special, and that seems to be the case in how this scented candle came to be. Three brands came together to create it: lifestyle boutique Reed Space, men's grooming experts Baxter of California, and home ambiance and fragrance innovators Joya. The result is an uber-masculine pitch black candle that's smell is described as "smoky and steaming" with black Lapsang Souchong Tea, notes of exotic Indonesian herbs, and a warm white floral mix that includes Tuberose, Pikaki, Ylang Ylang and Jacaranda blossoms. $151 for a full kilo.

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Chris Evans Ad For Gucci Guilty For Men

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Dec 20th 2010 at 10:01PM

We've already seen Chris Evans steaming up the screen with Evan Rachel Wood in the ads for Guilty for Women. Now ads for Guilty for Men have been released showing some of the same sultry images but this time with the focus on Evans. The masculine metal and glass bottle contains a fairly soft-sounding juice. It's described as opening with lavender and lemon, a heart of orange blossom and a base of cedar and patchouli. The 1.7 ounce eau de toilette spray sells for $75. The perfume aficionados over at Basenotes are already dissecting the new offering and the ads. One thing up for debate is Evans' ample carpet of chest hair. After years of waxed smooth pecs in fragrance and clothing ads, is the world ready for the return of hair?

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Marcel Wanders For MAC Cosmetics

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Dec 18th 2010 at 12:01AM

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is one of the hot sellers in cosmetics this season. The designer, who has created glassware, furniture and all sorts of whimsical yet practical designs, has released a line of cosmetics with M·A·C. The M·A·C and Marcel Wanders line, is a limited-edition collection that offers everything from a sleek and scrolled black tapestry clutch to mascara, lip glosses, lipsticks, pressed powders and makeup brushes. The cosmetics cases are done is faceted high-gloss compacts and the brushes have little architectural flourishes that give them the look of furniture legs. Prices range from $18 to $75 and some of the pieces have already sold out.

[via UnBeige]

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Holiday Shopping Guide: Top Beauty Gifts for Women

by Ariston Anderson (RSS feed) — Dec 15th 2010 at 10:02AM

The holidays mark the perfect time to update your look, your scent, or simply to protect the skin on your back. We rounded up the top luxe beauty gifts this season that will be a joy for anyone on your list to play with and experiment with. Help your friends and loved ones ring in the new year with a gift that will last well into 2011.

Sensai Cellular Lifting Series Set

The first name in Japanese skincare, Sensai, has earned a named synonymous with rich, moisturized skin. Whether dealing with harsh winter conditions or drying sun, nothing works better to moisturize and heal delicate skin. A new limited edition set ($245) features two of the most popular products from Sensai's new Lifting series, Lifting Cream and Lifting Essence, and a revitalizing Lifting Radiance 3D Mask. Featuring a near entire bottle of the Sensai Lifting Radiance Concentrate, formulated with Sensai's Natural Musculifter and Golden Camomile Extract, the mask guarantees a fresh, youthful face by New Year's through its trademark energy activation of muscle cells and microcirculation of the skin.

Sensai has another Limited Edition Gift Set from the Cellular Performance line ($130), which features Cellular Performance face and eye countour cream, inflused with Koishumaru Silk and Shilan Extract to protect against wrinkles and discoloration. The special box set also includes the Total Lip Treatment, which Scarlett Johannson calls her "favorite thing in the entire world...feels like a million bucks."

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Center of Olfactory Art Opens In New York City Museum

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Dec 13th 2010 at 10:02PM

New York City's Museum of Arts & Design is launching a new center that will explore scent as an art form. The Center of Olfactory Art opened at the Museum of Arts and Design last week. Chandler Burr, author of "The Emperor of Scent" and the former NY Times fragrance critic, has been chosen as the nation's first curator of scent. The center's first exhibition, "The Art of Scent, 1889-2011" will debut next November, examining some of history's best-known perfumers through 10 seminal scents, displayed as works of art. The AP reports that visitors won't be sniffing elaborate bottles, instead they will experience each fragrance along a 6-foot-wide path where buttons on an atomizing machine will release scent.

The center will also host public programs including discussions with scent artists and perfume industry executives. Other planned exhibits will focus on the technology behind synthetic scents and the raw materials involved in scent creation. There will also be an artist-in-residence program that will have perfumers working in the museum's artist studios creating new fragrances over a period of several months.

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Birchbox - The Luxe Beauty Gift that Keeps on Giving

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) — Dec 8th 2010 at 11:01AM

Birchbox is a service which, for the low price of $10 per month (or $110 if you'd like to give a year's subscription as a gift), provides you with brand new luxury beauty products to try right in your mailbox. It's like moonlighting as a beauty editor for a women's magazine, only you get all the perks and none of the pesky deadlines.

Basically, you know how you see all those fabulous beauty products on the shelves and wonder what using them would be like, and whether they're worth it? Stores have become so stingy with samples and rubbing a little lotion from a tester on the back of your hand doesn't really give you any indication of long-term results. Birchbox eliminates this problem by sending you samples -- big, fat samples, not the weensy ones -- of new high-end beauty products every month. You can even personalize your selection by indicating your coloring, skin type and personal style.

And, if you like something Birchbox sends you, you can go to Birchbox.com and buy the full size directly from the site. This, as well as referring friends and completing surveys about products (both totally optional), earns you reward points, 100 of which results in a $10 gift card good for anything on Birchbox.com. Brands include Naturopathica, Luxist favorite Laura Mercier, Tatcha, Kiehl's, NARS, Stila, Too Faced and more.

I wasn't sure that Birchbox was necessarily the right fit for Luxist, but then I saw the glee on my friend Beth's face when her Birchbox, made of 100 percent recycled materials, arrived. As she rifled through the sizeable samples, excited to try out the products chosen especially for her, I realized that Birchbox has all the makings of a luxury gift: high-end products, generous servings, personalization and delightful packaging. It's like getting a special present every month. Birchbox is truly the luxe beauty gift that keeps on giving.

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Chanel Wins Luxist's Editors' Choice Award for Best in Beauty

by Carrie Coolidge (RSS feed) — Dec 1st 2010 at 9:31AM

For a beauty and fashion conglomerate whose founder distained fragrances, Chanel has had quite a run. "Women perfume themselves only to hide bad smells," said Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, shortly after founding her eponymous company.

That was 1909. A century later the iconic Chanel No. 5 is not only Chanel's flagship fragrance, but one of the most recognizable products in the world. Today, the Chanel empire (LINK: www.chanel.com ) spans cosmetics, haute couture, jewelry and swimwear. The company boasts more than 160 boutiques and seven ateliers (through subsidiary Paraffection) across the globe, from Paris and New York to Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Though Coco herself has long since passed on, the company's creative vision comes from head designer and creative director Karl Lagerfeld. Billionaires Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, grandsons of Coco's original business partner Pierre Wertheimer, continue to control the corporate side of Chanel, which takes in an estimated $3 billion or so in annual revenue.

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Reed Krakoff's Limited Edition Fragrance For The Holidays

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Nov 23rd 2010 at 4:01AM

In the past year Coach president and creative director Reed Krakoff has stepped into the spotlight with his own Reed Krakoff brand. So far we've seen his elegant handbags and a ready-to-wear line. Now as part of his holiday gift collection he has created a new Reed Krakoff fragrance. The RK Limited Edition. According to an article on the Reed Krakoff website, he sought to create "the opposite of a mass fragrance." He traveled to Venice to work with glassmakers. The scent itself is described as having a "masculine-feminine sensibility" with note of black pepper and neroli leading to a heart of French hyacinth, white peony and violet and anchored by vetiver and orris. The fragrance is available for $695 and comes in four different colors--nude, grey, clear and silver fleck. There are a total of 400 glass bottles, each one hand-blown and hand-numbered in Murano, Italy by Seguso Viro. The package comes with two bottles of scent and a funnel to fill the bottle.

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Jeff Koons Designs Bottles For Kiehls

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) — Nov 23rd 2010 at 1:01AM

A Jeff Koons sculpture recently sold for over $16 million but you can get your hands on Koons for a lot less. The pop artist has partnered with Kiehls for a limited edition collection, available at Kiehls.com. The Limited Edition Creme de Corps Holiday Collection features Koons' colorful Tulips artwork. All of Kiehls worldwide net profits from the product (up to $200,000) will benefit The Koons Family Institute, an initiative of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC).

The collection includes the Jeff Koons Limited Edition Creme de Corps in sizes from 8.4 fluid ounces to one liter (priced from $27 to $70). The collection also introduces the new Creme de Corps Soy Milk & Honey Whipped Body Butter, $35 for an eight-ounce jar.

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