Riccardo Tisci is all set to launch his first fragrance, Dahlia Noir, as a creative director of Givenchy in early August 2011.
While sharing his experience as a creative director of Givenchy, Ricardo said, “When I arrived at Givenchy, I had to start a new identity [while] respecting the DNA of the house.”
However, he did have the idea of what to create but he was a bit scared and worked closely with Francoise Demachy, senior vice president of olfactory development for perfumes at Givenchy’s parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to bring his idea to reality.
Dahlia Noir describes a woman, who is super sharp looking and superstrong but with a touch of softness and romance engraved in her very bring.
The face to represent this super sharp and sensual fragrance is none other than Mariacarla Boscono, who beautifully reflects the sharp and sensual flower black Dahlia.
The juice encapsulates the notes of rose, iris, mimosa, sandalwood, patchouli and tonka bean giving it a romantic and powdery scent at first, then sharp and sensual.
Dahlia Noir will be introduced on Aug. 7 exclusively in Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. It’s then to be launched in France toward the end of August and rolled out to the rest of the world in 2012.
The new gloss from Bourjois is called Smile Enhancing Gloss, and it is a smart little thing – two products in one. On the one hand, it is a lip gloss, and on the other hand, it is a tooth gel. The gel works wonders with your smile! Just one touch of the applicator – and here is the immediate effect!
Those who have had the opportunity to try this miracle at the presentation of the new items say that, of course, you will not get a white even row of teeth like the Hollywood divas, but there is definitely a certain effect.
The shades of the lip gloss are pleasant as well: soft, natural and warm. They create a good contrast with the whiteness of teeth.
The new item will be available only in October 2011.
The Burberry Body was already announced by creative director Christopher Bailey as the “most exciting launch” the brand has ever produced.
Photographer Mario Testino will provide the shooting side of the campaign, taking pics of various models and celebs. He did a beautiful set of visuals of Huntington-Whiteley wearing nothing but a Burberry trench. The 24-year-old model said it had been “an amazing compliment” to be the first in the series.
Burberry’s Body is to inundate more than 150 countries starting September; meanwhile there are more ads and details coming.
De Lune was created by perfumer Mathilde Laurent who used woody and musky base and added notes of lily of the valley, honeysuckle, juniper berries and pink pepper coming out with a scent of wonderful subtlety.
The fragrance comes in a blue glass bottle with a silver-plated cap that is supposed to symbolize the moon reflected in a lake.
It is a set of 14 colors (yes, some of the dictionaries still give the old-fashioned spelling!) that are rather predictable but look good. The outstanding feature is the names that embrace the whole family in a spate of funny wordplay like Sealed With a Kris, Kim-pletely In Love, Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam, or kolorful Rainbow in the S-Kylie. Hard Kourt Fashionista and Kendall on the Katwalk are descriptive and memorable, tempting us to choose by name rather than by kolor, but at the price of $8 each you can just get the whole pack.
There may be another attempt quite soon to misplace some more c’s on the part of the enterprising family – it becomes an unpopular letter in the fashion alphabet, no?
The singer, the winner of 16 Grammy awards and the “Golden Globe” award says that women always tell her that her music makes them feel strong and confident and they begin to feel some inner strength. That is the story she tells about the creation of a new floral-citrus fragrance which will be available on sale in September 2011.
The star’s first fragrance, Heat, was a huge success. Beyonce considers that it reflects her character, a certain stage in her life and career. It represents some of her sensual sides, her inner strength and charisma of a southern woman. While the second Heat Rush fragrance is more about the woman who plunges into rest for some time. Beyonce herself admits that the Heat Rush fragrance is good when she is on vacation. And the third Pulse fragrance reflects the beating of the singer’s heart and the impulsiveness of her nature, as the celebrity confesses.
The new Beyonce Pulse perfume bottle has a rather complex design. It is produced upside down, and the reporters often ask Beyonce why.
She says she wanted to make the design somewhat fashionable and modern. Beyonce’s costumes inspired the creation of the perfume bottle since they often have the same complex structure and design.
Beyonce considers the creation of music and the creation of fragrances very similar. It takes much time to find the necessary ingredients for the fragrance and to write a harmonious composition which ideally combines music and lyrics.
Apart from allergy to the sun rays themselves (photodermatitis), allergic skin reaction can possibly be caused by the interaction of sunlight with cosmetics or fragrances. Your familiar perfume can be destroyed under the sun, and the decay products can cause allergic reactions. That’s why dermatologists recommend not to use perfume on the beach. And even the sunscreen that you apply after the perfume does not help.
In addition, it is noted that the perfumes either cause an allergic reaction, or at least increase the sensitivity of the skin in the sun.
Also, there are a few warnings about the compatibility of cosmetics and sun rays. One should never stay in the sun after a microdermabrasion or peeling of the skin. Many antibiotics also increase the sensitivity of the skin under sunlight, such as conventional analgesics or folk remedies made from St. John’s wort.
Retinoids are incompatible with the sun. Therefore, creams with retinol should be used as night care products in a hot summer night.
It is not recommended to stay in the sun after the laser treatment or laser cosmetic procedures, otherwise the skin may darken in the places exposed to the laser. After the laser, sun rays are under a ban for at least a month!
This is the first makeup collection created by the model. Previously, Kate was invited to create her own line of clothes (the TopShop brand had been working with Kate Moss for a few seasons, but last year Kate broke up the partnership) Actually, Kate spent too much time as the face of the brand during the last 10 years of cooperation and loyalty to the Rimmel brand, so the model surely deserves her own project.
The news about Kate’s creation of her own makeup collection has not been formally announced yet. It is expected that this will happen in a few weeks, since the packaging design has not been completed yet. This was reported by the representatives of Coty.
The makeup by Rimmel and Kate will appear on the shelves of London’s shops in September.
Mercedes-Benz will release the first fragrance 125 years after the production of their first car. The premiere of the new fragrance will be in Cannes in September this year, when the brand will officially announce the release of the new fragrance. Most likely, the design of the first bottle and the composition of the fragrance, which have been kept in secret so far, will be presented there.
INCC Group is a perfume producer, located in the suburbs of Paris, just a short drive from the famous Versailles Castle. The company has been recently specializing in the purchase of license rights from premium brands and launching new fragrances under the world-famous names. The perfume from Mercedes-Benz will be on sale in 2012.
As for the Mercedes logo, it is not just cars. The Mercedes-Benz brand is closely connected with the world of fashion and beauty. In addition to automobiles, 12 other brands are produced under the Mercedes-Benz brand name, including Mercedes-Benz Accessories. For many years, Mercedes-Benz-Daimler has been a major sponsor of Fashion Weeks all around the world and sponsored many sports events.
Wild Pearl Fragrance, together with the products that accompany it, is a long-awaited premiere in 2011. However, the bottle and its shape is borrowed from the supermodel’s previous fragrances. If you remember, Naomi Campbell (1999), Winter Kiss (2006), and Eternal Beauty (2007) fragrances were in similar perfume bottles.The new fragrance is a delicate mix of floral and fruit notes, with spices, musk, vanilla, and wood.
The first (upper) notes are distinguished by freshness, richness, and elegance. The beginning of this smell is peach, apple blossoms, and watermelon. The “heart” notes are white violet, elegant jasmine, and pink pepper. The base notes contain musk, vanilla, and cedar.
The Naomi Campbell Wild Pearl collection will include the following products:
Madras, tikka massala, vindaloo, korma, and rogan josh are said to form the base of five perfumes currently invented by a perfumery firm in compliance with a commission from the British Curry Club’s Chaat! magazine. The perfumes are described as not putting too strong an emphasis on the curry ingredients, though natural ingredients from the aforementioned curries are used.
The fragrances, made both for men and women, are set to hit the stores early fall. A statement by perfumery Essentially Me’s spokesperson claims the curry fragrances to be “potentially one of the most interesting” in the company’s history. It reminds that, although the notion of bringing in curry flavors in a perfume may seem strange, there’s a number of current natural perfumes that include coriander, celery seed and cinnamon leaf flavors – other common ingredients of Indian food.
Another impact expected is more people feeling like going out for a curry, scents being “powerful motivators when it comes to wanting to eat it,” as the Chaat! spokesperson put it.
So it’s for us to wait and see whether the idea is worthwhile – and wonder what food will find its way into the fragrance industry next!
A Californian law demands that there should be not less than 70% of organic ingredients in a product for it to have the right to be labeled as “organic,” but there is no corresponding federal law, and some companies took it as a decisive argument to stretch a point in their favor. So it is small wonder that when the CEH researchers did some work on products purchased from Walgreens, Target, and Whole Foods in the Bay Area, they came up with a list of brands, 26 in all, that can hardly be qualified for using the word “organic” to describe their stuff. Check out the list to see whether you are using harmful items.
And some of them are very harmful. Like the one known as “Kids Hair Softening System” by Organics by Africa’s Best – its package displays a pretty image of smiling little girls, whereas the product was discovered to contain cancer-inducing chemicals that affect healthy hormone functionality. The label warns to avoid contact with eyes which can result in blindness.
No matter how well defined the term “organic” is at present, common decency is too carefully defined to allow for such monstrosities.
There are two tendencies that will remain for sure, and we can already adjust to the new images.
For example, it is already known that the makeup in the vamp or emo style returns. And it will bring the graphite and metallic nail lacquers back.
There will be three such lacquers in the Chanel autumn collection of makeup:
In August or early September 2011, these shades of the Fall 2011 season will be on sale.
Another trend is diametrically opposite. It has been recently demonstrated at the showing of the Chanel (2011-2012) cruise collections. This is the so-called nail-free trend (that is, without a manicure).
By the way, this show has demonstrated not only nude nail manicure, but a delicious nude makeup as well.
The shape of the bottle is like in the previous Love and Glamour fragrance. Its outline resembles the shape of a beautiful female figure. The difference is that the previous fragrance was dominated by a golden color and the new one has a pearl, milky-white vial.
The new fragrance reflects harmony and balance, light and purity which is directly represented in the bottle and in the composition.
It will appear on store shelves this September as toilet water (30 and 75 ml), accompanied by a body lotion.
Jennifer will present the fragrance on July 2 exclusively for her fans via the HSN.com resource. During the promotion campaign of the new fragrance, Jennifer will share with the readers the stories of beauty-trends, her life and career. The Web site also offers some campaign with a personal meeting with Lopez as the main prize. Some more prizes include:
For some reason, when the matter concerns bags, many think of Chanel, but not Dior. And the designers of the brand are confident it is wrong, for at least one Dior handbag should necessarily be in the arsenal of any stylish woman.
So they decided to recall the famous Lady Dior handbag. This model gained fame when Mrs. Chirac presented one of such bags to Lady Diana. The princess just fell in love with it, carried it everywhere, and almost did not let it out of her hands. It is worth noting that after this event Dior boutique shops were taken by storm by the ladies searching a handbag they liked.
The line of Christian Dior makeup is closely linked to the brand’s history, so each season presents us with a shadow palette dedicated to various pages of Dior biography. It is worth recalling the luxurious palette dedicated to Mitzi Bekar, Christian Dior’s muse (the shadow palette has been released this spring),
or the palette, which was created by the makeup artist Tien in honor of his 30th anniversary of collaborating with Dior,
or the palette created in honor of the first haute couture collection in 1947. The design of the shadow palette is borrowed from Rene Gruau’s drawing, one of the first Dior posters (the 2010 edition).
This time, in summer 2011, a new page of Dior history is Lady Dior handbag which once inspired Lady Diana and nowadays brings joy to millions of women all over the world. Mind that the chosen color palette is contemporary. It was in this bright-red variant that the Lady Dior bag was presented in Dior’s spring-summer collection. The designers of the brand find the combination of a red bag with a blue tweed the most successful.
It is also worth saying that these palettes should not be regarded as a must-have thing. These are often very limited editions. For example, the palette dedicated to the first haute couture Dior collection was released in a limited edition of just 150 copies.
Artistic palettes are of particular interest to collectors and fans of the brand, and we simply need to enjoy them as a work of art.
Gloss D’Armani offers a refined and exquisite palette. Each girl will be able to select the necessary lip gloss out of the new 18 shades: from pale yellow and nude to deep plum.
The formula promises a high concentration of color in glitter, three-dimensional glowing and durability (the gloss will not fade and “float” up to 8 hours). Perhaps this is what you need in summer.
The secret ingredient used in the lip gloss is Color Bond Polymer which was first used in the Rouge d’Armani lipstick. It gives some special force and pearl gloss to the pigments. With this polymer, the lip gloss acquires special reflective properties, and the lips gain certain expression and voluminosity.
The lip gloss contains natural caring oils, and the silicone oil allows the texture to be applied gently and without getting sticky.
The palette is divided into four color groups: red, beige, pink, and plum shades. The price is rather high, from $ 28 up, as in the case of other Giorgio Armani make up products.
The face of the new lip gloss is Megan Fox. Armani does not change his favorite, and she has already been successfully raising the sales rate of luxury cosmetics for several seasons. The new commercial will feature Megan’s lips with a new lip gloss and without Photoshop, as its creators promise.
After the last year’s premiere of the Reveal fragrance, the fans will be able to enjoy the new Reveal The Passion fragrance in July this year. The fruity-floral composition is announced as sensual, mysterious and elegant, and it is designed as a challenge of a strong woman.
The Reveal The Passion fragrance is built on the contrast of sweet and passionate notes and reflects Halle’s character.
The top notes present the fragrance with Italian bergamot, freesia, and apple. In the “heart” notes, one can find mangosteen, and the “base” of the fragrance warms with woody notes, patchouli, and musk.
A bottle of the new fragrance imitates the shape of the Reveal fragrance, but it is just painted purple. The Reveal The Passion fragrance is produced together with a range of body treatments.
The commercial image of the new fragrance is created by Halle Berry herself, she is depicted on a photo in an elegant fuchsia dress.
The fashion shows of Fall-2011 have offered a new autumn trend in manicure. Makeup experts of several fashion shows, held at New York Fashion Week, have marked the models with long and even extra-long nails.
Following the “Color blocking” trend for nails
as well as metallic,
Fall 2011 will bring joy to the supporters of false nails. Extremely long variants (Emanuel Ungaro, Joanna Mastroianni and The Blonds) are back in the swim.
A highly noteworthy competitor for a more effective eye-laser job is those new “Peacock Eyelashes” that are a decent imitation of peacock feathery with the color flamboyant. In addition they gleam when touched by light and look doubly exotic and glamorous. A little adhesive goes a long way towards sending waves of colorful charm around! Sounds thrilling to try on for a night out. Are you in?
Dr. James D’Adamo, the author of the method, has launched a system promising to give the skin radiance and health. The system is currently available only to customers of his clinics in Portsmouth where the face cream and the cleanser based on different blood groups are sold. The composition of the products includes a wide range of natural ingredients which allow to maintain the natural moisture barrier of the skin.
The face cream is enriched with ozone which transports oxygen to the skin. It also contains emu oil, vitamin E, and rosemary. But the cleanser is a mix of tea tree oil, neem oil, and ginger. This mixture helps to get rid of rash and stimulates blood circulation.
The trendiest color block combinations are:
The key aspect of the trend is that the blocks of color are to be sufficiently large.
However, any new fashion trend never exists in vacuum, but rather it usually spills into accessories and makeup trends. The world of accessories has also welcomed the idea of combining local bright colors. The trendy color pairs can be extended to the combination of shoes+ bag.
The makeup artists are not ignoring this trend either. The color block trend was already part of the nail fashion last year, when the hottest trend was to paint each fingernail into a different color. Lips makeup is currently welcoming this trend as well.
Note, that while nail polish lasts quite some time, you will probably need a good primer in order to keep the color on your lips longer. Plus… you will need to keep your mouth open?
Each palette features five colors. Makeup artists at Lacnome believe that this is exactly how much you will need in order to create a bright look this Summer 2011 season. This is a new generation of eyeshadows, which provide glow and are easily applied with a light silken touch.
The brand offers twelve variations of those palettes. Each palette has a large mirror and a comfortable double applicator. The makeup is guaranteed to stay bright and glowing for eight hours – the whole day.
Each palette contains five colors, which are applied in five steps to create one stylish look: 1. Basic shade, 2. Medium tone, 3. Darker tone, 4. Highlighter, 5. Liner
The five colors will help you create a great look for the day or an elegant night. Here is a quick master class from Lancome (the numbers correspond to the name of the shades)
Day Makeup:
Evening Makeup:
The collection’s ad campaign is by no means less eye catching. The famous fashion-photographer, Mario Testino, was in charge of the photoshoot. Daria Werbowy, who has been the official face of Lancome’s cosmetics and perfumes for several years now, Arlenis Sosa, and Elettra Wiedemann were chosen to be the models for this campaign. The photo is indeed luxurious!
