Highly limited: L’Heure Bleue centenary editions

100 years of L’Heure Bleue   2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Jacques Guerlain‘s legendary Belle Époque perfume L’Heure Bleue (1912), one of perfumery’s most beautiful creations. Guerlain pays homage to L’Heure Bleue with two deluxe editions, both highly limited. First, a midnight blue crystal quadrilobe bottle by Baccarat, adorned with an impressive necklace designed … Read more

Lancome room and the only Guerlain beauty room outside of Paris opens at John Lewis Oxford Street

The recently revamped Beauty Hall in John Lewis Oxford Street has two new and exclusive treatment rooms from Guerlain and Lancome. The Guerlain treatment room is the only one outside of Paris. They will be offering their customers a unique experience with treatments tailored for complete luxury. Customers will begin with a skin consultation before … Read more

Just because your skin is darker does not mean you are immune to skin cancer

Just because your skin is darker does not mean you are immune to skin cancer. L’Oreal Research & Innovation has been able to demonstrate that Sun exposure risks affect all skin types and skin colors, according to latet L’Oreal Research & Innovation report. This is why it’s important for everyone to be vigilant about their … Read more

Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura beauty line

Karl Lagerfeld launching Shu Uemura beauty line   After the capsule line for French beauty chain Sephora, Karl Lagerfeld’s next beauty partnership in his endless series of collaborations is a line with Shu Uemura, the international cosmetics brand founded by world-renowned Japanese make-up artist and beauty guru Shu Uemura. Karl Lagerfeld, a longtime customer and … Read more

Yves Saint Laurent’s Manifesto girl

Jessica Chastain announced as the face of Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto   Named after YSL’s seasonal publication, the new Manifesto perfume has a new Oscar-nominated face. Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life) follows in the footsteps of Emily Blunt and supermodel Kate Moss as an ambassadress for the luxury house. The new Manifesto … Read more

Shiseido discovered the reason for smile lines

Researchers at Shiseido claim they have clarified the reason for nasolabial folds, commonly known as smile lines Researchers at Shiseido has newly clarified the formation mechanism of nasolabial folds, commonly known as smile lines, which become deeper and longer as a person becomes older, as well as discovered that Rubus suavissimus Shugan Lee. Extract derived … Read more