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 "The Green Spirit of The Hammam" by Guest Contributor Pauline The professional trade show Maison & Objet was on last week in Paris. I decided to pay a visit to the exhibition in order to discover the latest trends in that section of the fair devoted to "Fragrances, Bath & Cosmetics." Before being completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of stands in that section, I decided to focus on beauty products that are connected to the enticing world of the hammam and in particular, the natural cosmetic oil that is the most talked about in town these days, argan oil from Morocco. Two beauty brands caught my attention as I liked the range of their products and their air of authenticity. They are both harnessing the all-natural, green ecological trend that the beauty market is developing more and more in response to consumers' demands while drawing on a very ancient heritage from the Middle East. I bought several products I wanted to try and today, I will talk about Tadé.
TADÉ, Pays du Levant (Country of the Levant) is a 100% natural line of cosmetics that draws on an original historical concept, the universe of the hammam, and proposes products for both men and women..... Copyright ©: All Photographies: Bernard Touillon, Grégoire Gardette / Propriété/Owner : Tadé Pays du Levant ®/ Tous droits réservés./All Rights Reserved - Do not reproduce without permission
Continue reading "The Green Spirit of The Hammam - Part 1: Tadé {Beauty Notes & Reviews}" »
 In Mars and April 2008, M.A.C. will release a new makeup collection called Chick-A-Boom. The graphic design for the line was entrusted to cartoonist Fafi who created three new Fafinette characters for the collection: Eriko, Monoka, and Ermine. As part of her MAC 2008 world tour, please note that she will be present at Bendel's in New York City on February 13.....
Continue reading "New M.A.C. Chick-A-Boom Collection by Fafi {Beauty News}" »
Major beauty companies have now decided to go green and spare the live(r)s of sharks. Squalene, a natural organic compound with much vaunted beauty properties found in shark liver, but also in Amaranth seed, rice brean, wheat germ, and olives (Wikipedia) was so extensively harvested from deep-sea sharks that it had started to threaten their survival.
You may have come across it in health supplements or Palmer's Scar Serum found at CVS. The anti-oxydant properties of Shark-derived Squalene are so popular with the Hollywood set that Kym Douglas and Cindy Pearlman reported in The Black Book of Hollywood Secrets that it had become a strange yet recognizable smell found in the vicinity of many a star (it smells like fish and algae -- frankly a quite sickening odor). Apparently, a number of actors wear shark liver oil like a permanent mask or primer....
Continue reading "Ban on Shark-Derived Squalene {Beauty News}" »
Dr. Hunter's Rosewater & Glycerine Hand Creme by Caswell-Massey - one of the oldest American brands founded by Dr. William Hunter in 1752 in Newport, Rhode Island - smells like the roses cultivated by our grand-mothers in their gardens, in the best sense possible of this representation. The scent of the cream is delicate, fresh, very realistic and refined enough to evoke the fruitiness of Nahema by Guerlain; in short, it is an impressively scented hand cream. So much so that more than a good hand cream it can double up as a fragrance cream as the perfume feels intense enough to fulfill this purpose. We noticed that it is best to apply this cream like one would a mask rather than a cream that would need to be rubbed in. The rose perfume just smells much better when left alone as much can be......
Continue reading "Caswell-Massey Dr. Hunter's Rosewater & Glycerine Hand Creme {Perfume Review} {Beauty Notes} {Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day Challenge - Day 12}" »
Cosmetics brand Uslu Airlines has partnered with creative director Bernhard Willhelm and issued three new nail polishes in subdued metallic colors meant to dress your nails, not just in any season, but in winter.....
Continue reading "KNO, JDP, & GWW by Uslu Airlines & Bernhard Willhelm: Winter Light Catchers {Beauty Notes}" »
 A public service announcement: Fresh has announced today that they are recalling one of their beauty products called Umbrian Clay Face Lotion due to a "technical issue", "November 26, 2007
Fresh is committed to continually providing customers with innovative and high quality products. In the very rare case that a technical issue does arise, we implement immediate corrective action. Recently, we discovered that the Umbrian Clay Face Lotion does not meet our high quality standards; and because we truly value our customer’s experience when using Fresh products, we are asking customers to return this product to our distribution center.
For return and refund instructions or additional information, please contact Monica Monteiro, manager customer management.
Email: mmonteiro@fresh.com
Telephone: 732-346-6782 "
As of this evening it is still up on the Sephora website.
 Looking for a versatile blush/face highlighting powder? Something in the vein of Nars Orgasm, but different, maybe more subtle? Dandelion by Benefit Cosmetics San Francisco might just be your answer (or another color in the range -- we purchased Dandelion). What the ad copy says, "Fake awake with Dandelion - Benefit's ballerina-pink pressed highlighting powder. Just one stroke of Dandelion takes your complexion from dull to radiant in an instant. It's shimmery, satiny, radiant, perk-me-up finish is guaranteed to make them wonder ..."How do you look so pretty at eight in the morning?" What The Scented Salamander thinks,......
Continue reading "A Go-To Blush: Dandelion Highlighting Powder by Benefit Cosmetics in the Boxed Powders Collection {Beauty Notes - Review}" »
This review is based on two products by the men's grooming brand Every Man Jack, the Body Wash & shower scrub and Body Bar in the citrus scent. It appears not to be available yet on their site but is at Target. We probably would not have paid any extra amount of attention to the line had they not sent us the products. Now that we have we can report that not only is the Body Wash in particular a *great* product for the skin, with a special pleasing texture and properties that really work, but that we discovered also that due to its beyond-the-call-of-duty deodorizing qualities, it is a superior aid for removing unwanted lingering on smells of fragrances. So Bath & Body people and Perfume Lovers, listen up!.......
Continue reading "Every Man Jack Citrus Body Wash & Body Bar: It's for Men, but it's Great for Gals Too & The Perfumista's Little Helper {Beauty Notes - Review}" »
The pet haute perfume category seems to be picking up since its revival by Etienne de Swardt with Oh My Dog! If the Romans already had the idea of perfuming animals and if some pooh lovers might have occasionally directed a perfume atomizer towards theirs favorite pets, one cannot say that the association of fine fragrances and pet animals has become a natural one, yet......
Continue reading "Pawfum by Juicy Couture {New Pet Perfume} Polished Paws {Beauty Notes}" »
Opi is introducing a new color in October of 2007 called Pink of Hearts in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a porcelain-like milky pink pastel and the caps are cutely decorated with pink ribbons to express the symbolism of the month. Isn't it appropriate that the color would evoke milk too? It makes us think of strawberry milk.....
Continue reading "New Opi Pink of Hearts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month + Contest {Beauty Notes}" »
Creme de la Mer has issued a new cream dedicated to the care of the fragile area around the eye. It is called The Eye Concentrate and includes "three unique forms" of the famous "miracle broth". It includes algae, calcium, magnesium, essential oils of citruses, eucalyptus, alfalfa, and sunflower, but at the same time sophisticated new approaches have been developed, including the use of a Hematite metal applicator which contributes to the cooling of the eye area and whose magnetic properties are said to help reduce puffiness and dark circles.......
Continue reading "New Eye Concentrate by Creme de la Mer {Beauty Notes} {Beauty News} {Skin}" »
One can catch a whiff of the holidays already just a day after Labor Day weekend as brands are gearing up to offer new perfumes for the holiday season. Mac, which is more of a household name where makeup is concerned nevertheless offers a collection of fragrances, to which it is going to add a limited edition called Air of Style together with a makeup line called The Stylistics.....
Continue reading "Air of Style & The Stylistics by Mac {New Perfume} {Beauty Notes}" »
WE tv is organizing a charity auction on eBay by proposing to bid on a classic event Catherine Walker chiffon dress worn by Princess Diana. The event will take place from August 12 to August 22 2007. Starting bid is $125, 000. All proceeds will go to America's Promise Alliance Creed created Royal Water for her and she loved to wear Diorissimo, amongst other perfumes. Please go here for more information.
Glam has released the lists of winners of the 2007 Glam Beauty Awards. "With more than 500 brands and 3,000 products submitted, only 56 products, including mascara, fragrances, shampoo, and blemish treatments, walked away with Glam's highest honor the 2007 Glam Beauty Award."[...] The 2007 Glam Beauty Awards help today's women identify the best beauty products at all price points. „Glam readers voted for their favorite beauty products that help them keep looking fresh, radiant, and of course glamorous," said Tracey Anderson, executive editor of Glam.com. „At Glam.com, we are proud to have such an engaged community of beauty and fashion fans who make these beauty awards a true reflection of what our readers care about." Here are the lists of readers' choices as well as the editors' picks......
Continue reading "2007 Glam Beauty Awards: The Results Are In {Beauty Notes}" »
 Aedes now carries the Annick Goutal body and face care line based on rose serum. You can discover the so-called splendid line here. Also, the new Annick Goutal website is now up and running.
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