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The Body Shop Spring 2010

Available 16 February 2010, Nature’s Colour collection from The Body Shop boasts a brand new limited edition cheek colour.  Kiss of Colour Cheek Blush. A very convenient blusher that has compacted colour beneath it’s cap and a firm sponge applicator for you to dab on your cheeks for instant glow.

Also in the collection, an exciting quad of shimmer cubes of bold and soft eye colours.  And new shades of Lip & Cheek Stain and High Shine Lip Treatment.

the look

Kiss of Colour Cheek Blush

Shimmer Cubes

Lip & Cheek Stain

Hi Shine Lip Treatment

Capture Totale One Essential probably saved me from breakouts

I was anticipating my skin to breakout big time when I return to warm, humid Singapore from a very cold and dry Beijing after staying there for one month as it usually happens.  But to my pleasant surprise, it did not happen and I’ve been back for 10 days already.  I’m not sure if it’s the case, but I suspect it is Dior’s Capture Totale One Essentiel that prevented that from happening.

I started using it before my trip and used it every day and night until it ran out a few days after I got back.  (good timing huh)  It is a serum that’s applied after cleansing before your skin care products to help the skin repair itself and at the same time provides a platform for the products after it to work even better.  It also eliminates toxins and reactivates cell regeneration.   As a result, wrinkles are reduced, skin becomes firmer and complexion illuminated.

It’s already in stores so you can go try it out. 

Capture Total One Essential

Dior Spring Look 2010 – Dentelle

The coquettish charms of the 20s inspired Dior’s Spring 2010 makeup collection.  With a colours that are innocent yet sensuous at the same time.  The star product is the weighty, metal compact that houses an illuminating powder to create subtle highlights.  A lace design embossed on it as well as the limited edition blusher and eye shadows, is so nice ad sensuous looking I almost couldn’t bear to use them.

New to the line-up is Crème de Rose.  A lip balm with a mild rose scent (natural!) that nourishes and protects lips.  It reminded me of Crème Abricot which is a cuticle cream that also strengthens nails.  It has been looking after my lips well for the past month in freezing and dry Beijing.   Note : more than 5000kg of rose petals are required to produce 1kg of essential oil.

And to be a full fledged coquette, your lips have to pop!  Dior Addict’s High Color lipsticks, Lip Polish and Ultra Gloss Reflect lip glosses will do their job well.

And the modern coquette will not settle for just red nails but probably a soft pink or silver pearl instead?

the look

Poudrier Dentelle 001

Poudrier Dentelle 002

5 couleurs 059 Pearl Glow

2 couleurs 945 Boudoir Look

5 couleurs 743 Coquette

Crème de Rose

DiorBlush 839 Vintage Pink

Dior Vernis 604 Silver Pearl

Dior Addict Lip Polish 004 Petal Pink

Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Reflect 427 Beige Veil

Dior Addict High Color 674 Pink Ardor

Lancôme Spring 2010 – Ô My Rose!

Lancôme’s coming up roses this Spring 2010.  Inspired by the Pop Art culture and La Nouvelle Vague, Saint-Germain-des-Pres, St Tropez, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot and the beautiful nature of the Mediterranean and Cote d’Azur, this collection is versatile and fun to use.

The star product, Pop ‘n’ Cheeks, is a powder blush with shades of pink and coral to play with.  Eye shadow compacts take on a new look.  Doing away with the round shapes.  And a new product is the La Touche Pro with two shades of concealer to be blended or used individually to correct minor imperfections.

Be inspired by Elettra Rossellini Wiedermann and look your best!

Elettra

Pop ‘n’ Palette

Pop ‘n’ Cheeks

Color Fever Gloss

Chanel Spring 2010 – Les Impressions de Chanel

For Spring 2010, Chanel launches Les Impressions de Chanel.  A classic and timeless collection inspired by the imprints left by Madamoiselle Chanel.  All shades in this collection are with nuances of beige, with touches of brown, khaki and gold.

And the face of the campaign is once again the classy Malgosia Bela.

possibly Madame Coco’s handprint

Malgosia Bela

Soleil Tan de Chanel Fluide Enlumineur Effet Irisé

Poudre Universelle Compacte – 610 Beige Clair

Les 4 Ombres 180 Kaska Beige

Ombre Essentielle – 680 Sand, 860 Trace & 850 Sillage

Joues Contraste – 590 Imprévu

Rouge Allure

Lèvres Scintillantes

Le Vernis – 505 Particulière, 503 Inattendu & 507 Tendresse

Empreinte de Chanel

unity!

Had a very nice dinner at  Bei restaurant at the stylish and chic The Opposite House hotel in Beijing with David Gan, Keith Png & Martin Wong.  Menu was a mish mash of Asian food which looks mainly of Japanese and Chinese cuisine.  After that we went over to the Sureno bar to have a drink.

Over there, we had a good talk about how things evolve over time.  Cuz among us were like 4 “generations” of people in the fashion industry.  David, me, Keith and Martin.  We were saying how each “generation” started younger and their spending power etc.  And even though we were of different “generations” we should work together and new sparks will be created and the seniors not bully the juniors.  That is so old school!  If a senior helps the junior improve, it makes the whole industry go up too and likewise, when the senior is going to be over-the-hill, the junior can in return “push” the senior back up again.

See, if we all supported each other and not try to push one another down, wouldn’t that make us stronger and more resilient?  It’s like team work. Unity makes us stronger!  If you think you can try and not let anyone supersede you so that you can stay up there, I think you gotta think again.

My two cents worth. 

Chanel’s Ultra Correction Lift and Bvlgari’s Merveilleuse Line

As we all know, gravity is one of our skin’s worst enemy.  It makes our skin sag.  And as we age, our skin slackens and become more prone to aging.  So what do we do?  Fret not.  There are 2 skin care lines in the market that will help our skin maintain its youth.

Let me first talk about Chanel’s Ultra Correction Lift line.  It uses the principle of “tensegrity“.  A “system” whereby the skin is being “held together” with an efficient distribution of tension forces to optimize biological activity, recreating firmness and restoring its youth by restoring skin’s level of volume.

And recently, Bvlgari launches a wonderful (Merveilleuse = wonderful) line.  This line has a face-sculpting ability to also lift, and plump up the skin with refined ingredients and their secret “intelligent” complex: The Nutri-Restore Complex.  A powerful and unique capacity to reprogram keratinocytes to the ceramides the skin needs.  A remedy for dry skin.

Some of the more easily understandable ingredients in laymen terms are Camelina Oil (containing Omega 3, 6 & 9), Macadamia Oil ( a strong source of Omage 9 which has a composition similar to our natural sebum) and Sahku Butter (rich in Omega 3, 6 & 7 and forms a veritale cocoon on the skin to protect it.

Chanel Ultra Correction Lift

Bvlgari Merveilleux Line

Génifique Eye

Many of you must’ve loved what Génifique has done to your skin.  Now Lancôme launches Génifique Eye.  So your eye area can enjoy the benefits of Génifique too!  It’s cream/gel texture leaves a velvety feel to treat the eye area.  Guess I don’t need to say more, do I? 

Géntifique Yeux

Majolica Majorca Chapter 25 – Mademoiselle Midnight

Mademoiselle Midnight is the current collection by Majolica Majorca.

There are 2 limited eye & lip palettes which carries 2 eye shadows and 2 lip glosses each of which 1 is for the Red Look (sultry) and the other for the Purple Look (girly sexy).

Other limited items in this collection is the All Night Compact.  A pearlized compact that smoothens the skin for an all night glow.  And the other one is Secret Lingerie.  A fig scented body moisturizer with tiny glitters to give your skin a nice, sexy sheen.

3 new additions are introduced to the Jeweling Pencil collection.  Gold, green and brown.  All with a lamé finish for eyes to sparkle!

Purple Look

Red Look

Purple Midnight Dresser

Red Midnight Dresser

All Night Compact

Secret Lingerie