Beauty Buzz: Would You Buy Beauty Products From A Vending Machine

More and more companies turn to vending machines to retail cosmetic products. BodyShop recently joint the two beauty vending pioneers- beauty retail Sephora and fragrance company Coty. Now Body Shop products are available for purchase though 20 vending machines set up in varios locations in the us in airports and shopping centers as well as in grocery stores such as Kroger Marketplace and Stop & Shop.

More and more luxury high-end products are available for purchase through the vending machines. For example, a company called Chirp is selling bags from Michael Kors, U*tique dispatches cosmetics and fancy chocolates, Retro Sport offers tees with vintage NFL logos.

All of the machines accept credit cards and not cash.

So what do you think? Progress? Or would you prefer to touch, smell, hold a product and buy from a live person?

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Marie Claire Jan 2011

Beauty Buzz: Harvey Prince Releases a New Perfume Eau Flirt

Harvey Prince & Co., creators of the anti-aging perfume Ageless Fantasy, came up with just another scent-sation. This time they are really playing with fire. The new perfume Eau Flirt was designed to heat up passion and romance. Using data from a reasearch on the impact of scents on male sexual arousal Harvey Prince created a formula for a perfect flirt: sweet and fruity top notes, floral and spicy middle notes, woods and musk bottom notes, combined with vanilla and pumpkin essences. Eau Flirt is released today and can be already purchased online at http://www.harveyprince.com.

Beauty Buzz: Givenchy Makeup Collection Summer 2009

Givenchy makes summer brighter and hotter with their Summer Makeup Collection inspired by the sun. Enjoy warm shades of beige, copper, gold and some cool shimmery silver and blue.

Glow to Wear Body Enhancer (Limited)

Prismissime Mat & Glow Powder in Sun Caramel (Limited)

Prisme Again! Compact Powder in Sun Mango and Sun Cinnamon (Limited)

Prisme Again! Eyes in Sun Reflection (Limited)


Pop Gloss Crystal in Sun Rose and Sun Coral(Limited)

Vernis Please! in Silver and Gold

Mister Bright Touch Of Light Pen in Sunlight

I like this this Givenchy collection! The associations I get from these beautiful products are... summer, hot day relaxing at the beach... looking through the sunglasses at silver sparkles on the cool blue sea. I need a vacation!

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Beauty Buzz: New Sisley Perfume Eau de Sisley 1, 2 & 3

Sisley unlike many other brands rolling out new perfumes every year or even every other month, Sisley takes its own slow pace and releases a new fragrance every 10-15 years. I am under a strong impression that if Sisley launches something, it is genius and has taken years of development. In one of the interviews Hubert d'Ornano, founder/owner of the brand said "We launch when we have something special to launch. We don't launch for the sake of launching." Up till now Sisley have had only three perfumes. That's why I was very surprised to see Sisley recently come out not with one but with a trio of brand new perfumes.
Not much time was spent on creating names for the new perfumes called Eau de Sisley 1, 2 & 3. The reason for this as Sisley explains is that they want to give a chance to perfume owners to use imagination and creativity and name each fragrance from the new trio themselves.

Eau de Sisley 1- A sun kissed dress. Described as “joyful, romantic and tender”. Top notes: citrus, berries with a touch of spice (Tangerine, Grapefruit, pink Berries, Spice); heart notes: Jasmine, green Tea, Juniper Berries, base notes: Chypre from the Hesperides, Musk.

Eau de Sisley 2 - A white sundress dotted with green has luminous, lively and cheerful character. Top notes: Cardamon, Bergamot, Basil; heart notes: water lily, Jasmine, Cyclamen and Rose; base notes: Patchouli, Vetiver, Cedar and Sandalwood.

Eau de Sisley 3 - A seductive dress offering teasing, aloof and impulsive fragrance. Top notes: Bergamot, Tangerine, Grapefruit, and Tangy Lemon; hear notes: Ginger, Chinese Osmanthus flower, Peach and Apricot; base notes: Patchouli, Vetiver, Benjamin, Vanilla, and Musk

Polish sculptor Bronislaw Krzysztof designed the caps for Eau de Sisley 1, 2 & 3 bottles. He also created the caps for Sisley’s other perfumes - Eau du Soir and Soir de Lune.

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Beauty Buzz: YSL Makeup Collection Summer 2009

YSL's summer collection was inspired by the bright contrasting colors and exoticism of Africa.

Complexion:
* LIMITED EDITION Trésor d'Afrique Collector Sun Powder - bronzer with golden shimmer to give your face a sun-kissed look

Eyes:
* LIMITED EDITION Trésor d'Afrique 5 Colour Collector Palette for the Eyes

* New Fard Lumière Aquarésistant Water Resistant Cream Eyeshadow

* LIMITED EDITION Everlong Waterproof Lengthening Mascara #5 Ever Peacock Blue

Lips:
* Limited Edition Trésor d'Afrique Collector Palette for the Lips offers 3 lipstick shades: pearly pink, shiny orange, and fuchsia; and 2 lip gloss shades: pearly plum and light shimmery pink.

* NEW Rouge Pure Shine Sheer Lipstick in #32 Frozen Mango and #33 Wild Blackberry

* NEW GLOSS PUR Pure Lip Gloss in #47 Pure Peach and #48 Pure Petal

I like this collection for the bold bright colors! In addition, after my excellent experience with Shiseido Hydro-Powder eye shadow, I feel uncontrolled curiosity. I wonder about the new YSL cream shadow!

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Beauty Buzz: Chanel Cote D'Azur Collection Summer 2009

Tropical white sand beaches, hypnotic murmur of the sea waves, sea breeze air gently swaying the palm trees, white sleepy villas perched on cliff sides... Welcome to Cote D'Azur. With their new makeup collection Chanel takes you to a dreamland of azure waters, golden sunsets, and indigo sky.


Cote D'Azur collection includes:

Soleil Tan De CHANEL 4 Facettes Bronzing Powder - quartet of skin-warming shades (Limited Edition)

Soleil Tan De CHANEL Precious Bronzing Loose Powder in a new limited-edition shade, Effet Hâlé (a soft copper)

Contraste Powder Blush

Lumieres Facettes Iridescent Effects Eyes in new limited-edition Plein Soleil

Ombre D'eau Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow in limited-edition Seashore (a copper rose), and Source (a pink gold)

Aqualumiere Sheer Colour Lipshine SPF 15 Each shade is named after a resort island: Lipari (a fresh strawberry), Ischia (a rose violet), Porto Rotondo (a vibrant red), Monte-Carlo (a red coral) and limited-edition Salina (a pink beige) and Panarea (a soft brown)

Aqualimiere Gloss in new shades: Candy Glow (a pink apricot), and limited-edition shades Cherry Blossom (a cerise pink), Tangerine Dream (a peach coral), Ginger Shimmer (a copper gold).


Le Vernis Nail Colour in Orange Fizz (a bright coral) and limited-edition Golden Sand (a rich copper)

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Beauty Buzz: New Makeup This Spring

What’s new in makeup this spring?
Freeze launched a mineral makeup collection with anti-aging ingredients. They call it “Advanced Age-less Mineral Makeup”. The makeup has SPF 18 and promises to pamper, hydrate and protect your skin.
Here is what Freeze24-7 & Glow Basics Kit Includes:
• 2 Age-less Mineral Foundations SPF 18
• 1 Bronze-to-Glow
• 1 Cheeky Highlighter
• Total Face Brush
• Fix-It Brush
• Freeze & Glow Basics Instruction Guide

You think you’ve seen it all… Not yet! Check out Tintalize Concealer for your feet. It offers 7 shades to match the skin of your feet and promises that the coverage is long-lasting, waterproof and won’t rub off.

Dolce and Gabbana launched a makeup line at the end of January… So it doesn’t really count as spring news, but it was news for me and the collection is only now making it to the stores in Europe, so I decided to include it as well!

D&G collection includes products for
Face: Powder Foundation, Blush, Bronzing Powder
Lips: Precision Lipliner, Matte Lipstick, Shine Lipstick, Lipgloss
Eyes: Eye Shadow Quad Palette, Eye Shadow Duo Palette, Mascara, Eyeliner
Nails: Nail Lacquer

Check out their website – the presentation and photos are gorgeous!!!

If wearing a fragrance is not enough for you, get scented nails from Revlon! They have just came out with a scented nail polish Frutful Temptations. Each of 8 fruit shades on offer has a matching fruit scent that appears when the enamel is dry.


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New Skin Care Products: Sisley, Guerlain, Clinique, Estee Lauder...

What’s new in skin care this spring?

Sisley launched a new product Instant Perfect which promises to help you “minimize shine and fine lines”. Instant Perfect seems to be a cosmetic solution and skin care treatment in one. It is a gel that contains silicone and light diffusing particles to smooth, correct and mattify your complexion. Plus, it promises to stimulate collagen production with peptidic soya extracts and minimizes pores with Frangipani blossom extract.

Estee Lauder expands their Re-Nutriv line with Re Nutriv Intensive Lifting Lotion. This light weight moisturizer provides intensive lifting effect with a “blend of botanicals, protective anti-oxidants and Sea Whip Extract”

La Prairie launched a new anti-aging serum Skin Caviar Crystalline Concentrate. This luxurious serum contains plant extracts, peptides, amino acids and even diamond, mica and quartz crystals to give your skin youthful glow, to make it firmer and increase skin’s elasticity, and to soften appearance of wrinkles.

Guerlain added another product to their Orchidee Imperiale line. Orchide Imperiale White Serum combines anti-ageing properties with skin lightening effect and promises to give you lighter and more even skin tone.

Clinique launched an anti-aging moisturizer based on Sirtuin (“longevity genes”) technology. Youth Surge SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer promises to extend your youth, plump, liven up your skin and make wrinkles “evaporate”. It sounds like something really new for anti-ageing market and interesting to try out. A couple words on technology. For example, Sirtuins help to extend the function and life of skin cells. Another feature of this moisturizer is anti-glycation technology which helps to combat negative effects of sugars on collagen and elastin . As I can see Youth Surge gets good reviews so far!

And my personal favorite newcomer this spring is La Mer SPF 30 UV Protecting Fluid. La Mer Protecting Fluid provides broad UVA/UVB protection. It is truly precious as it contains tourmaline and malachite gemstones which according to the company provide anti-oxidant effect. It also contains seaweeds “to keep skin comfortable, hydrated and soothed”.
I always use SPF 30 during the mid-spring/summer period and I started considering various products already end of winter. I was lucky to use once a La Mer moisturizer (only once as the price hurts!) before. So this makes La Mer Protecting Fluid my dream buy for the summer!

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Beauty Buzz: Guerlain Terracotta Collection

Please, welcome another makeup collection inspired by the exotic East! Guerlain’s Terracota became summer classics. And this year it has a mineral and natural touch to it! For example, it includes a mineral powder and mineral eye shadows, dry oil from the collection contains natural ingredient Roucou, a reddish-brown vegetable pigment. But lets have a look at all the treasures step by step.

Terracotta Mineral Flawless Bronzing Powder will give you a radiant and natural glow.

Fard Indien Mineral Eyeshadow (limited edition) offers intense colours and shimmering, radiant finish.
Available in 3 shades: 01 Paradise Sand, 02 Holy Smoke, 03 Jungle Dust.

Kajal Mineral Khol (limited edition) is to be used on the inner rim of the lower eye rim for emphasized captivating eyes.
Available in: 01 Black Fakhir

Terracotta Baume au Coeur High-Shine Soothing Lip Balm contains natural ingredients such as wild mango butter, marula oil and luffa oil. It promises to enhance your lips’ natural color and keep them moisturized and protected.
Available in 3 shades: 01 Rose Venus, 02 Coeur Caramel, 03 Cocoa Love

Gloss Cashmere Velvet Matte Gloss (limited edition) promises not to be sticky (Yay!) but very comfortable and velvety.
Available in 3 shades: 01 Rose Pondichery, 02 Beige Bengali, 03 Rouge Sultan

Terracotta Eau Sous Le Vent Soothing Moisturizing Mist enjoy perfume of Tiare Flower while improving skin hydration and enhancing your tan with this mist enriched with a vegetable protein.

Terracotta Huile du Voyageur Nourishing Dry Oil SPF 8 This dry oil will not only prolong and intensify your tan, it will also give a golden iridescent veil to your skin with tiny golden particles of mother-of-pearl.

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