L’Oreal Acquires Pacific Bioscience Laboratories

Clarisonic Acquisition Will Boost L’Oreal’s Innovation Capacity in Cosmetic Devices L’Oréal announced the acquisition of Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, the market leader in the rapidly growing area of sonic skin care devices. The move gives L’Oréal access to patented sonic skin care technology enabling the company to acquire strategic positions in the quickly emerging skin care … Read more

Stella McCartney’s truffle fragrance

Stella McCartney‘s latest fragrance, entitled L.I.L.Y, the perfume, is a unusual product that features truffle as a top note. L.I.L.Y fragrance also features notes of lily of the valley and oak moss. Master perfumer Jacques Cavallier (Firmenich) used natural extract of truffle: “I actually told the suppliers we were working with that the extract was … Read more

Clinique fights ageing with brown algae

Clinique turn to brown algae in the fight against anti-ageing The brown algae also known as “Laminaria Digitata”, traditionally used as a fertilizer and spread on the land, has been found to provide energy to tired cells.  It has a multitude of benefits, including increasing essential energy to cells, encouraging natural collagen and elastin synthesis, … Read more

Beauty and personal care in Romania – report

Euromonitor International, one of the leading providers of global business intelligence and strategic market analysis, has recently published a new report about beauty and personal care in Romania. According to the report, the Romanian beauty and personal care market continued to grow in 2010 reaching a value of RON 3,940.5 million, although at a slower … Read more

Limited-edition Gareth Pugh For MAC collection

The exclusive collection made by beauty giant MAC in collaboration with fashion designer Gareth Pugh entered the US stores on November 23 for one month before its international launch in December 2011. “When creating my makeup collection with MAC I wanted it to be unexpected — creating something truly beautiful, very sophisticated, and incredibly chic … Read more

Emily Blunt – YSL Opium behind-the-scenes video

Emily Blunt YSL teaser Actress Emily Blunt plays the new YSL Opium Woman in the fragrance commercial which will air in December. YSL launched a teaser for the upcoming short movie with a behind-the-scenes video. Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) is a desperate lady that will do anything to get the iconic Opium fragrance, … Read more