Friday, December 21, 2012

Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux Printemps de Chanel Collection

Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux Printemps de Chanel Collection

There's nothing quite like a new, shiny Chanel makeup collection. For Spring 2013 â€" available from January 27 â€" the Printemps Precieux de Chanel offering is about the understated, playful woman. It's very feminine with soft, bare eyes, a pure complexion and a color focus on the nails and lips. Think satin, peach and pink â€" the word lovely comes to mind.

To warm us up on this cold wintery day here’s the first look at Chanel’s playful and whimsical Spring Make Up Collection, Printemps Precieux, on counter from January 18th. Natural tones, bright pinks and unexpected deep purples all feature in this very pretty collection, based, apparently, on the notion that elegance and beauty should be simple and enjoyable.



If you like a makeup in classic neutral, brown and soft brown shades then you will definitely be happy about this collection. An elegant collection of pastel spring tones that could change our makeup style after a long winter.




Availability
International Launch Date â€" 5 January 2013

Discover the new collection right after the jump.
Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux de Printemps de Chanel Collection

Highlighting Face Powder â€" Limited Edition
Pudre Signee de Chanel

Joues Contraste Blush â€" Limited Edition

Comes in a bright apricot color.

Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Palette â€" Limited Edition

Eyeshadow Duo
Light Beige
Warm Brown

Rouge Allure
#112 Fantaboue â€" gentle pink
#114 Precieuse â€" natural beige
#116 Envoutante â€" plum violet
#119 Caprice â€" coppery brown

Rouge Allure Velvet
#42 L’Eclatante â€" bright pink
#43 La Favorite â€" glamorous coral with pink undertones

Rouge Allure Gloss
#69 Rosewood (Permanent)
#70 Copper Beige (Limited Edition)

Stylo Yeux / Waterproof Eyeliner â€" Limited Edition
#102 Beryl â€" pink mauve
#100 Brown
#89 Or Rose â€" beige

Le Crayon Levres/ Lip Pencil
#58 Bright Pink
#59 Brown

Le Vernis
#569 Emprise
#571 Fracas
#573 Accessoire

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux Printemps de Chanel Collection

Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux Printemps de Chanel Collection

There's nothing quite like a new, shiny Chanel makeup collection. For Spring 2013 â€" available from January 27 â€" the Printemps Precieux de Chanel offering is about the understated, playful woman. It's very feminine with soft, bare eyes, a pure complexion and a color focus on the nails and lips. Think satin, peach and pink â€" the word lovely comes to mind.

To warm us up on this cold wintery day here’s the first look at Chanel’s playful and whimsical Spring Make Up Collection, Printemps Precieux, on counter from January 18th. Natural tones, bright pinks and unexpected deep purples all feature in this very pretty collection, based, apparently, on the notion that elegance and beauty should be simple and enjoyable.



If you like a makeup in classic neutral, brown and soft brown shades then you will definitely be happy about this collection. An elegant collection of pastel spring tones that could change our makeup style after a long winter.




Availability
International Launch Date â€" 5 January 2013

Discover the new collection right after the jump.
Chanel Spring 2013 Precieux de Printemps de Chanel Collection

Highlighting Face Powder â€" Limited Edition
Pudre Signee de Chanel

Joues Contraste Blush â€" Limited Edition

Comes in a bright apricot color.

Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Palette â€" Limited Edition

Eyeshadow Duo
Light Beige
Warm Brown

Rouge Allure
#112 Fantaboue â€" gentle pink
#114 Precieuse â€" natural beige
#116 Envoutante â€" plum violet
#119 Caprice â€" coppery brown

Rouge Allure Velvet
#42 L’Eclatante â€" bright pink
#43 La Favorite â€" glamorous coral with pink undertones

Rouge Allure Gloss
#69 Rosewood (Permanent)
#70 Copper Beige (Limited Edition)

Stylo Yeux / Waterproof Eyeliner â€" Limited Edition
#102 Beryl â€" pink mauve
#100 Brown
#89 Or Rose â€" beige

Le Crayon Levres/ Lip Pencil
#58 Bright Pink
#59 Brown

Le Vernis
#569 Emprise
#571 Fracas
#573 Accessoire

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Bloom’s New Designer Nail Polish Shades by Emily Green

Bloom’s New Designer Nail Polish Shades by Emily Green

Bloom have collaborated with Melbourne-based artist and colour guru Emily Green to create an exclusive set of seven designer collection Bloom Nail Polish shades. The collaboration is a match made in heaven, with Green’s obsession with eye-popping color complimenting Bloom’s high quality, pigment-packed formulation.


The Melbourne-based designer’s rainbow-colored beaded necklaces have become a cult classic, adorning the necks of stylish women everywhere and never failing to bring a smile to our lips with their unusual and unexpected color combinations.
The inspiration for the set of designer collection Nail Polish shades sparked from a limited edition piece Green designed exclusively for Bloom, featuring seven unique colored beads. Narrowing the designer collection shades down to the usual two colors created by past collaborators was just so heart breakingly difficult that we had to create all seven â€" one for every day of the week!


“I have always loved and admired Bloom Cosmetics particularly for their beautiful polishes and graphics, and when Natalie approached me to collaborate on this range I was very flattered and excited! Creating a range of nail polish colours has been a bit of a dream come true.The seven colours are a mix of my favourite summer brights â€" a pale mint, bright melon and ochre â€" as well as a pale grey, dark blue grey and navy to balance the palette. Oh, and I couldn’t resist throwing a multi-sparkle into the mix for a bit of razzle-dazzle! The collection was designed to allow the wearer to come up with their own colour pairings and to be combined and layered in your own crazy nail art designs. I hope you have fun playing with them!!” â€" Emily Green 
To celebrate the launch of the Emily Green designer collection, we have three limited edition ‘Bloom’ necklaces by Emily Green to giveaway.


To win this wearable artwork, all you have to do is; follow bloom cosmetics on instagram, re-gram our Emily Green instagram post with the hash tag #bloomlovesemilygreen, @bloomcosmetics and comment which Emily Green shade you fancy the most. (Winner will be selected at random on Monday January 6 2013).
Set to become the must-have nail shades of the season, $2 from the sale of each Emily Green Nail Polish sold will be donated to the Children’s Hospital Foundation. For extra feel good points, you can rest assured knowing all Bloom nail polishes are formaldehyde, toluene and DBP free.


Availablefor RRP$19.95 each or 2 for $29.95 from December 2012 exclusively online at www.bloomcosmetics.com

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Louis Vuitton Presents "L'Ecriture est un Voyage"

Louis Vuitton Presents "L'Ecriture est un Voyage"

Writing is a Journey, Louis Vuitton opens the doors of its first Cabinet d'Ecriture in the Saint-Germain District of Paris and starts a new journey into the world of writing. This new field for Louis Vuitton is an expression of poetry, modernity and sophistication; it is a celebration of the House's unique heritage, which binds it to the art of writing through its founders, renowned customers, traveling authors who embarking on long voyages, enjoyed the emblematic travel goods. 


Louis Vuitton has always been known for sheer elegance and sophistication, with a hint of boldness, something that cannot be fully derived from other brands. But it was only a matter of time before the designer had transformed its same style etiquette to pen and paper in the form of writing letters. 

On December 13, LV debuted the new collection of paper products and writing instruments at 6 Place Saint-Germain-des-Pres called Le Cabinet d’Ecriture, a temporary boutique in France. The luxury letter writing collection will feature a range of pens, pencils, notebooks and other paper products all inspired by literary icons like 17th-century French novelists. Directed by Romain Chassaing
Music by Birkii
Produced by Des Quatre/ Mathias Vayer

ESPA signature facials only at GROOM Spa

ESPA signature facials only at GROOM Spa

Seeing the ESPA brand around the world, it was a welcome surprise to see the entire ESPA line at GROOM Spring Street Melbourne. Its takes insight, determination and an abundance of beauty business savvy to bring this high end brand into Australia, the key to all of this is Katherine Simpson, founder of Groom Spas here in Victoria. Simpson's  retail concept stores are starting to grab some top Retail Design Awards for 2012 in Melbourne (go and take a look) Katherine Simpson is making Australia wake up and change.

This is the first Signature ESPA facial I have had, and the first time I truly got up from the treatment bed feeling re-energized. This is different from just being relaxed, I could go back to work, my head felt clear, tones of energy very different from the feeling a facial can give where you just want to go home and continue to sleep.For any business women this is the way to get re charged, have your skin glowing and walk into Spring Street with a confident stride, and lucky enough there is a hair salon within GROOM so you can have wash and blow dry before that all important conference. 

There are a few areas of the protocol I felt were outstanding, first this may sound strange but at GROOM they do not try to destroy your hair in a facial with a blood stopping head band, ESPA believes that the head should be free and not constricted, the facial movements do not disturb the hair. The second cleanse uses Nourishing Cleansing Balm where a pea size amount of Refining Skin Polish is added, the skin polish has crushed sea shells in the exfoliation, to remove the product the therapist uses very soft mitts that cover her hands, throughout the removal you will not realize that her hands have never left your skin. Ask your ESPA therapist to show you this continuity movement, its very well thought through. 

Facial massage movements combine three techniques Swedish, pressure point and lymphatic drainage, all working to remove toxins and calm down the skin, my skin was so cool looking and it stayed that way for 24 hours. So now onto ESPA products, once on your skin they continue to work for 24 hours. that single point is an outstanding performance from a treatment line.

The best facial in Melbourne has to be at GROOM Spa, ESPA Personalized Facial 60 minutes $135.00 an unreal price in today’s high end performance treatments, you will not be disappointed. GROOM spa therapists are so happy and motivated in their jobs, the venue is going to incorporate a full event space with catering kitchen. Add all of that up and a view over Fitzroy Gardens, and Katherine Simpson an absolute Melbourne delight.

Ciaté® velvet is forever

Ciaté® velvet is forever

The Velvet Manicure was inspired by Ciaté Creative Director Charlotte Knight whilst experimenting with luxurious textures and finishes, aiming to achieve true exuberance and sophistication. The finished effect is unlike any other, giving an indulgent velvety coat to your manicure. A two-step innovative nail art kit to create sumptuous, velvet-coated nails.Leading the way in nail art innovation, the latest kit from cult British nail brand Ciaté® brings decadent luxury to your fingertips. Featuring luxurious crushed velvet, this kit was inspired by excessive layering of exuberant textures, which was featured in fashion shows around the globe. The result? A truly unique, sophisticated, strokeable finish.



As can be expected with Ciaté nail polishes kit does not disappoint. The most standout color from the ads color is  Crushed Velvet a plum purple The crushed velvet is easy to apply and the container is a shaker style dispenser. Tap the bottle first with your finger to dispense it, this will be better than shaking it. If this is your first time to try you may have to experiment to see what works best in your hand, try starting on one side of your finger and rolling it slowly from one side to the other  this may help to get the 100% coverage of the crushed velvet you need.
After applying one coat of polish to each nail, allow to set and then if you have used the caviar beads before, apply a second coat of polish and then apply the crushed velvet, doing one nail at a time. You may find that the crushed velvet gets everywhere so after applying the crushed velvet, use the little brush to clean up around the nails, fingers anywhere the crushed velvet may have dropped.  However do NOT brush over your nails, then allow to set for about 20 minute, some users like to the let nails dry for double this time.

The set contains:
- 0.45 oz Paint Pot Nail Polish
- Crushed Velvet Powder
- Little Black Brush
- Clear plastic tray

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Synthetic Fragrances
- Synthetic Dyes
- Petrochemicals
- Phthalates
- GMOs
- Triclosan

Give the gift that keeps on giving with Oscar and Anna

Give the gift that keeps on giving with Oscar and Anna

As the holiday season kicks into full swing, you may still be left in the dark as to what to put under the tree for the special people in your life. This year, ring in the holidays with a few gift ideas that are sure to be at the top of your loved one’s lists. Ideal for the chic fashion guru always on the go, these exquisite, super-functional Italian leather handbags from Oscar and Anna are sure to become your loved one’s new best friend.

Complete with secret compartments with easy entry to keep your belongings organized, convenient pockets, a sleek design, and the finest craftsmanship from New York, the Oscar and Anna handbag range has something for everyone. Each bag’s attention to detail â€" from the best leather, to intricate stitching and top-of-the-line zippers â€" does more than just make a fashion statement. Empowering both men and women to be fearless in creating their best look possible, Oscar and Anna bags make the perfect gift to give (and receive).

For Your Mom â€" The Oscar and Anna Original “Shoe In” â€" from $385 There’s just something about a high-quality designer handbag that makes the perfect gift for any trendy mom. “The Original” bag is created in signature Oscar and Anna “Shoe In” design, offers sleek and spacious divided upper and lower compartments which offer space and incredible organization for everything from your phone, wallet, iPad. The top compartment acts as the essential’s holder for the items you need to have easy access to, while the bottom compartment, accessible via side pockets is ideal for toting the larger items like shoes, iPad, an extra sweater, a bottle of wine, or anything else your mom may need with her… without getting in the way of the items she needs to be able to grab at any given minute. Made with supple Italian leather, the lightweight bag is ideal for moms that carry the whole world in their bag. http://www.oscarandanna.com/bags?bag=bordeaux

For Your Sister â€" the “Has Been” â€" from $165 As kids, it’s more than likely you pulled her hair, beat up her first boyfriend and threatened to tell mom and dad anytime she did something wrong. Now that you’re all grown up, show your sister this Christmas how much you really care. Cute and easy, the Italian leather “Has Been Cross Body Bag,” inspired by vintage design, keeps everything inside secure with its magnetic flap top, while keeping your sister sleek and stylish at the same time. http://www.oscarandanna.com/hasbeen?hasbeen=merlot


For the Love of Your Life â€" The “Clandestine” â€" from $385 For the girl that’s always on the go, whether out to brunch in the daytime or painting the town red with the girls at night, the “Clandestine,” is the ideal gift to keep your girlfriend happy. Also a “Shoe In” design, this bag makes organizing all the little essential items that are needed on the go easier than ever before. Eliminating the mad dash for her keys, wallet, lipstick and phone, the smart divided inner compartment makes allows her to place all the necessities in an easy, accessible upper compartment. Thus, organizing everything she needs so she has plenty of time for you. http://www.oscarandanna.com/clandestine?clandestine=noir 



For the One You Want to Spoil â€" The “Cleo” â€" from $668 Made with Italian hair on hide leather, the “Cleo,” is the perfect holiday gift option if you really want to impress her. Spacious upper and lower compartments give her plenty of room to keep makeup and even bigger items such as iPads and shoes within easy reach. The sleek, light-weight bag is sure to be a head-turner wherever she goes. http://www.oscarandanna.com/cleo.

For the ‘Gents â€" The “Statesman Messenger” â€" from $785 Any fashionable man knows that bags have become not only a staple tool, but also a style accessory. Your dad doesn’t need another pair of slippers and your brother already has enough video games. This holiday, get your dad, father, brother or boyfriend a gift they’ll actually be able to put to use. This upright, Italian leather messenger bag inspired by classic European vintage and spacious design, gives any man instant access to anything inside while keeping his appearance suave and sophisticated. http://www.oscarandanna.com/statesman-messenger