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August 20, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent Gloss Pur Black: Black & Blacker {New Beauty Product - Lips}

This fall, the color black is going to migrate from nails and eyes to lips as Lancome (with the Piha set) and now Yves Saint Laurent will launch their house versions of onyx lips.

It's a priori a daring move, I daresay, but black is stylish, so it seems there is potential for it to translate into something as perfectly acceptable as a little black dress (worn on your lips, mind you). YSL now proposes their own limited-edition tube called Gloss Pur Black.

Depending on the way you apply it, it reportedly can play with various shades of blackish,...

Theda Bara, Silent Ladies

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July 25, 2008

Estée Lauder Super Flight Creme for Men & Women (2008) {New Beauty Product - Skin} {Men's Grooming}

Don't you love those creams that were specially designed for countervailing the harsh effects of driving in a sports car by the Riviera (let's keep up with the glam factor) or sailing on a yacht around the Mediterranean ? OK, I am not so sure about the latter, but there is a countess who had a cream designed for her in the 1930s, no doubt, delicate skin, when driving in her convertible.

Now, Estée Lauder has come up with the brilliant idea of creating a Super Flight Creme (and let's hope it's a good product) for those of us that need a little extra beauty help when traveling the not-so-friendly-skies-to-the-skin. Reportedly, the humidity level can drop as low as 8 % when you are in a flight cabin becoming comparable to a crossing of the Gobi desert, if I am not mistaken...

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July 21, 2008

Color On Eye Envy (2008) {New Beauty Products - Eyes}

Makeup artist Irina Losilevich patented an instant-beauty technology with her press-on eye-shadows 16 years ago, yet it is only last year that her Color On Professional ™ eye-shadow kits, dubbed Eye Envy, started garnering national attention.

These mineral eye-shadows are ready to apply and are meant to last a long, long time. The brand promises to deliver the kind of polished look only a professional makeup artist could easily achieve and in a jiffy too...

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Previous Posts in New Beauty Products:

Aaron de Mey Paints Lips Black & Red at Lancôme

Nars Miami Sun Set (2008)

Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin

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Aaron de Mey Paints Lips Black & Red at Lancôme {New Beauty Products - Lips}

Aaron de Mey is the new makeup artistic director at Lancôme and while his first full color collection will have to await 2009 to see the light of day, makeup aficionados will be able to procure a very interesting set of colors for lips from September 2008.

The minimalist set comprises a red lipstick called "Phida Red" together with a black lip gloss...

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Previous Posts in New Beauty Products:

Nars Miami Sun Set (2008)

Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin

•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs

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LVMH - Dior Accused of Using Lead in their Lipsticks {Beauty News}

Fashionmag.fr briefly reports that the world leader of luxury LVMH has become the target of a class action lawsuit from people accusing one of its brands, the Dior label, of using lead in its lipsticks...

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July 12, 2008

Nars Miami Sun Set (2008) {New Beauty Products - Eyes - Lips - Nails}

If only visually, as found in their packages, the saturated-color trend this summer is drool-worthy and Nars is now offering fiery colors to match the sun this month of July with its new limited-edition set called Miami Sun Set. It includes a yellow and brown Duo Eye Shadow in Sundance, which they describe as being golden and terracotta, a pot of Lip Lacquer in Capucine, and a red Nail Polish in Dovima.

The deep red-orange of Capucine which seems to be a cross between a tangerine and a blood orange is a rarer shade and is just luscious to look at; if I had to buy just one item, it would be that one. Actually, I wished I could just dip my finger in that pot right now! It looks much paler on the Nars website however. There they have both Capucine and Dovima, but not Sundance, as separate items.

The set is sold exclusively on Sephora.com for $65 (a $72 value), with free shipping.

Previous Posts in New Beauty Products:

Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin

•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs

•• Viktor & Rolf Partner with Shu Uemura for Collection of Lashes ••

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July 10, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent Launches New African Colors Collection & Everlong Mascara Waterproof {New Beauty Products - Skin- Cheeks - Eyes}

Soleil d'Afrique Bronzer © Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent, in keeping with their tradition of exoticism, is introducing a new collection of makeup for the summer this time inspired by Africa. YSL, the former great couturier (see also images of his funeral), is well known for having loved to read richly illustrated books about distant lands and derive creative ideas from them, without even having traveled to the places depicted. This trait of his is considered part of his stylistic genius.

This summer of 2008, Val Garland, the Make-Up Artistic Advisor for YSL is offering a strikingly colored line of makeup which includes in particular, a bronzer, Soleil d'Afrique (African Sun), an eye-shadow palette titled Palette Couleurs d'Afrique, a Tinted Veil Tan Booster. These items are limited-editions. As part of the summer 2008 Look is also Everlong Mascara Waterproof which reportedly allows you to dive into the sea without any resulting smudges!...

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June 30, 2008

Chi Tea Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract: Antioxidants Boost & Cooling Help {Eat for Beauty}

Green Tea is famous for harboring all of these antioxidants benefits. It turns your bad cholesterol into the good kind. It is an aid in slimming diets. It is a tonic.

The problem sometimes is that you do not have the time or the possibility to brew your cup of tea. Another issue is that drinking a lot of green tea can be dehydrating as it contains a good amount of caffeine.

Enters Chi Tea Organic Green Tea standardized liquid extract...

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June 27, 2008

Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin {New Beauty Product - Skin} {Mom & Kids}

Mustela, a great beauty brand for those who seek out gentle products for both mom and kids, is launching a new dermo-pedriatic line for mom-to-bes and toddlers called StellaProtect.

It was especially formulated to help relieve complaints about uncomfortable sensations during pregnancy and fear of increased sensitivity; apparently, women also think that they might pass on this sensitivity to their children....

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Previous Posts in New Beauty Products:

•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs

•• Viktor & Rolf Partner with Shu Uemura for Collection of Lashes ••

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June 26, 2008

Nagi Noda's Wild Hair Hats at Colette •• {Look of the Day} {Beautiful Strolls & Must-See Addresses}

Nagi Noda's very peculiar outlook on hats and hair and the possibility to conflate them makes you think of a surrealist's tea cup seemingly made out of fur. The artist also parades a whole series of animal shapes on top of your head where usually these hunting trophies are exhibited above a mantlepiece. Marie-Antoinette would have probably felt intrigued by these high-coiffure fashion statements....

Luncheon in Fur by Meret Oppenheim, 1936, MET

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June 24, 2008

•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs {New Beauty Products - Lips}

Pop Beauty is a London-based brand founded by musician Sara Strand. They love color so much that they have named themselves after a key makeup concept, "pop". Says Strand,

"The Pop girl is anyone, and according to Strand, age makes no difference. It's just a mindset. "Pop Beauty is really for anyone who is ready to play, or looking for something fresh and funky," she explains. "The Pop girl wants to try something new and slightly edgy." The word "pop," besides its musical connotations, is a term makeup artists use to describe makeup colors that make the face come alive. It's the ultimate finishing touch, says Strand."

What Pop Beauty offers now is a collection of four lipsticks called Lip Lust that have super hydrating properties thanks to good old vitamin E but also thanks to a trendier ingredient, Hyarulonic Acid......

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•• Viktor & Rolf Partner with Shu Uemura for Collection of Lashes ••

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June 23, 2008

•• Viktor & Rolf Partner with Shu Uemura for Collection of Lashes •• {New Beauty Products - Eyes}

Fashion designers Viktor & Rolf have partnered with master of dramatic statement-lashes Shu Uemura to design a collection of sweeping eye brooms inspired by the character of the sad clown Pierrot from Italian Commedia dell' Arte.

The collection comprises three pairs of lashes: Wing, Rhombus, and Swirl.....

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June 22, 2008

•• July 2008 Issue of Vogue Italy Will Feature Only Black Models •• Naomi Campbell New Face of Yves Saint Laurent {Beauty & Society - Beauty News}

Vogue Italy has announced that in order to protest against the racial discrimination existing in the world of fashion today, they will consecrate their July 2008 issue to solely featuring fashion models of black ancestry together with other celebrities. In particular, Vogue Italia is resisting what they see as the dominance of models coming from Russia and Eastern European countries in general.....

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Index of Beauty Reviews by Brand Names

Benefit Cosmetics

• Dandelion Highlighting Powder

Bioderma

• Hydrabio Brume - Soothing, Refreshing Water / Eau Apaisante, Rafraîchissante

Bourjois

• So Delicate Lip Cream in #55, Fuschia Délicat (2009)

Casswell-Massey

• Dr Hunter's Rosewater and Glycerine Hand Creme

Caudalie

• Lip Conditioner - Soin des Lèvres (Grape seed oil, shea butter, castor oil) (99,5% natural)

• Huile Divine (2013)

• Moisturizing Cream-Mask Face & Eyes

Chanel

• Les Noirs Obscurs lipsticks (2009)

Chi Tea

• Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract

Crazy Horse Cabaret with Sephora

• Crazy Horse Lipstick (2009)

Dior

• Ultra -Gloss Reflex in Lurex Plum

Elizabeth Arden

• 8 Hour Cream & Lip Balm

Fresh

• Cannabis Rose Body Cream and Shower & Bath Gel

Guerlain

• Cashmere Lip Gloss in Rose Pondichery 01 (2009)

Klorane

• Fortifying Treatment Shampoo with Quinine & B Vitamins

Leonor Greyl

• Bain TS Shampooing

Lush

• Big Shampoo

Lutsine

• Cicamosa Repairing Emulsion

Mac Cosmetics

• Bat Black Cream Colour Base (2009)

• Seriously Hip Nail Polish (2009)

• Suntints SPF 20 Lip Balm in Lilt of Lily (2009)

• Fafi Collection (2008)

Mustela

• Baby Shampoo

Naturelle d'Argan/Naturelle d'Orient

• Pure Argan Elixir

Nivea

• Pampering Oil: Shower Oil/Huile Douche

Nuxe

• Baume Prodigieux Lèvres / Nutri-Protecting Lip Care Gloss Effect SPF 15 in Charismatic Red

Olay

• Definity Self Repair Serum

Pacifica

• Body Butters in French Lilac & Tahitian Gardenia

Patyka

• Organic Face Scrub/Gommage Visage Bio

Senteurs du Sud

• Beurre d'Argan / Argan Butter (2013) (97,5% Organic)

Sephora

• Boar Detangling Brush

• Crazy Horse Lipstick Limited-Edition (2009)

Soap and Glory

• Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss

Uriage

• Bariéderm

Tadé

• Hammam Black Soap

• Red Clay Hair Conditioner

The Body Shop

• Tantalizing Lip Butter Yes, Yes, Yes / Oui, Oui, Oui (2009)

Previous Posts in Beauty Reviews:

The Lisptick that Won't Quit: L'Oréal Infaillible / Never Fail Lipcolour Compact in Target Red (2008)

Limited Edition Crazy Horse Lipstick for Sephora (2009): The Red Lipstick Series

Guerlain Cashmere Lip Gloss in Rose Pondichery 01 (2009)

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Monthly Archives from March 2006

Latest Posts from Beauty And The Salamander

August 20, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent Gloss Pur Black: Black & Blacker {New Beauty Product - Lips}

July 25, 2008

Estée Lauder Super Flight Creme for Men & Women (2008) {New Beauty Product - Skin} {Men's Grooming}

July 21, 2008

Color On Eye Envy (2008) {New Beauty Products - Eyes}

Aaron de Mey Paints Lips Black & Red at Lancôme {New Beauty Products - Lips}

LVMH - Dior Accused of Using Lead in their Lipsticks {Beauty News}

July 12, 2008

Nars Miami Sun Set (2008) {New Beauty Products - Eyes - Lips - Nails}

July 10, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent Launches New African Colors Collection & Everlong Mascara Waterproof {New Beauty Products - Skin- Cheeks - Eyes}

June 30, 2008

Chi Tea Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract: Antioxidants Boost & Cooling Help {Eat for Beauty}

June 27, 2008

Mustela StellaProtect •• New Skincare Line for Sensitive Skin {New Beauty Product - Skin} {Mom & Kids}

June 26, 2008

Nagi Noda's Wild Hair Hats at Colette •• {Look of the Day} {Beautiful Strolls & Must-See Addresses}

June 24, 2008

•• Pop Beauty Lip Lust •• For Your Lip Quenching & Color Needs {New Beauty Products - Lips}

June 23, 2008

•• Viktor & Rolf Partner with Shu Uemura for Collection of Lashes •• {New Beauty Products - Eyes}

June 22, 2008

•• July 2008 Issue of Vogue Italy Will Feature Only Black Models •• Naomi Campbell New Face of Yves Saint Laurent {Beauty & Society - Beauty News}

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