The Stila Makeup Player is a portable vanity that is part makeup case and part media player. The Stila makeup player includes a dock where you can insert your iPod Touch or iPhone and play Stilla's tutorial videos or other makeup tutorials available on YouTube and elsewhere. The Player also comes with other Stila products including One Step Makeup Foundation, Eye Shadow Trio and #7 Eye Shadow Brush, Convertible Color
for lips and cheeks and lip glaze. The Player can currently be purchased for $69.90 here.
Sassybella reports
that makeup artist Tom Pecheux has inked a deal to be the new Creative Makeup Director for Estee Lauder. The new color collection with his stamp on it will launch in Spring, 2010.
"We are incredibly excited to partner with Tom Pecheux," said Jane Hertzmark Hudis, Global Brand President, Estee Lauder. "Tom will add a new energy, style and fashion edge to Estee Lauder makeup. His intuitive sense of color and expertise in global beauty trends will help us redefine modern color in a bold new way."
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Pecheux's first advertising campaign for Estee Lauder will feature Hilary Rhoda and will launch in time for Spring 2010. Highly sought after, Pecheux's resume includes countless editorials and covers for Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia and American Vogue with his runway work including the likes of Balmain, YSL, Marni, Ralph Lauren, Badgley Mischka and Derek Lam.
The move is meant to give Estee Lauder a more fashion-oriented slant. Tom says he wants to bring a more "playful" touch to the line. We'll be very interested to see what he comes up with.
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's beauty line mary-kateandashley is being discontinued. WWD reports that the line, which was produced by NuWorld Beauty and sold at Wal-Mart, was created in 2002. The line was extensive, with hair appliances, makeup and fragrances. But this may not be the end of the Olsens' foray into the beauty world.
Despite mary-kateandashley's beauty exit, the Olsens aren't ruling out the beauty business. A spokeswoman for the fashionable duo, whose junior brand, Olsenboye, will bow at J.C. Penney in February, indicated the Olsens might consider reentering beauty under the Olsenboye label after the debut of apparel and accessories.
We wouldn't be surprised if a new line is already in the works with a slightly higher price point and a new licensee.
Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga are the new faces of the MAC AIDS Fund. WWDreports that a new campaign will begin late next February called "From Our Lips." Two lipsticks called MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick and Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick will launch in North America next March and retail for $14 each. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the MAC AIDS Fund.
There was a preview of the Barbie Doll'd Up Nails Digital Nail Printer technology earlier this year at CES. Now the nail printer is available and the first commerical has arrived. It's likely to be one of the hot toys for girls this year.
The digital nail printer lets girls create, customize and print designs for nails at home. Barbie Doll'd Up Nails connects to a PC via USB. Girls apply a pre-coat and then insert their fingers into the device. Printing takes just a few seconds. Then a top coat is applied. Girls can choose from 1000s of nail designs or upload their own graphics and photos.
The nail printer is sold exclusively at Toys R Us. You can buy it here. The price listed as of this writing is $149.99.
Senior MAC Cosmetics make-up artist Chantel Miller shows Russ Mitchell some fun Halloween make-up ideas. Some of the looks include a zebra lady, butterfly and he-devil. In addition to these looks you can also watch Chantel Miller create a chic vampire look here. The looks in the video below take about two to three hours to do. Take a look:
Colleen DeBaise of The Wall Street Journal talks with Maureen Kelly, the founder of Tarte Cosmetics about landing her first account, surviving a downturn and her best tips for those wanting to start their own business. Maureen started Tarte out of her one bedroom apartment in New York and really had to push hard to get her line in the top stores. She's energetic and focused, and has a very interesting story. Take a look:
You can see the Tarte line at Tartecosmetics.com or at
Sephora.com. We love the gel cheek stain which gives a totally natural-looking blush and the Treasure Chest, which is a fun palette with every color imaginable that is perfect for those who love to play with lots of makeup looks. We also love the fact that Tarte products are 100% free of parabens, petro-chemicals, phthalates, sulfates and synthetic fragrances.
WWD reports that Michael Kors has inked a deal with Estee Lauder to launch a new cosmetics collection called Very Hollywood. The collection will hit stores in January and will have a three to four month run. If it sells, it will pave the way for an expansion of the collection. The collection is focused on the colors pink, beige and coral and shimmer is key.
"I'm very Hollywood in modern terms," said Kors, sitting in his Beverly Hills store with passers-by shooting pictures through the windows. "I don't think I am old-fashioned Hollywood glamour. I am definitely not Cary Grant. I am still very low-key. When I run into Ellen Pompeo and her husband at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we are in flip-flops eating grilled cheese."
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"I am every bit as intrigued by seeing Reese [Witherspoon] with her kids or Angelina [Jolie] with her groceries looking great as I am seeing them on the red carpet," said Kors. "When you put this makeup on, suddenly you feel attainable glamour. You walk into the office, and no one would say, 'Is that a new lipstick?' You look glamorous without looking painted. That would be your Hollywood moment."
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Kors' approach to the collection is set apart by his desire for sheerness, even in the lipsticks, which are called sheens. "That's something that was really new for Estee Lauder," said Lauder. "It is an interesting way for us to look at color. In the past, we have done thicker, more opaque colors on the lip."
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There are three complementary products that Lauder considers standouts of the collection: $32 shimmering loose powder, $22 lip sheen in a subtle pink shade with gold flecks dubbed Hollywood Gold and $20 lip gloss in Hollywood Gold. She compared these products with a great camel coat or black dress in a Michael Kors collection that she described as "the bare essentials that you need."
Hilary Rhoda will be the face of the ad campaign for the collection. Hilary will be wearing a Michael Kors gown and will be photographed by Craig McDean.
If the collection sells well, Michael has lots of plans for the future, including bronzer and Sophia Loren style liquid eyeliner that would be easy to apply.
WWD reports that Burberry is branching out into cosmetics. The company is launching a full line for eyes, lips and skin. The line will launch in July, 2010.
"It gives another dimension to the brand," said Philippe Benacin, chairman and managing director of Inter Parfums SA, which holds the Burberry beauty license. He described the project as a complete color line with about 100 references for eyes, lips and skin. It will be carried in between 30 and 35 doors worldwide, including the U.S.'s Nordstrom and France's Galeries Lafayette.
There has been no mention of a designer who will actually create the line or an announcement of who will be the face of the line. The company could just do a house line, but it would sell better if customers know who was choosing the colors and the types of skin products. Emma Watson is the clothing spokesperson and she would be an excellent face for the cosmetics line. It's all a bit vague for a launch that's happening so quickly, so we'll be interested to hear more over the next few months.
Joan Collins thinks British women need a glamour makeover. She thinks every woman can feel better with a bit of glam in her life. Her new television special Joan Does Glamour takes ordinary women and makes them over. Joan does not mince words: she is very clear about what she finds horrendous (muffin tops, jelly bellies, shapeless knit tops, the list is endless. We get to see
Joan as she applies her makeup. Legendary Hollywood makeup artist Allan "Whitey" Snyder, who was Marilyn Monroe's personal makeup artist, showed Joan all the tricks back in the day and she does her own makeup to this day.
In this best of clip, we get a feel for how she does it with three generations of women in one family. She also gives advice to strangers in a bar, which is hilarious. Watch Joan's face as a young woman explains why she has tattoos all over her back and another one explain why she has a belly ring. We love Joan. They just need to do every thing she says. And why isn't this a weekly series? Take a look:
The Telegraph is reporting that Georgia May Jagger, the daughter of Mick Jagger, and Coco Rocha have joined Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Sophie Ellis-Bextor as faces of the British cosmetic brand Rimmel London. Georgia May Jagger most recently modeled for a Hudson jeans campaign.
Miss Jagger, 17, who has followed her mother, Jerry Hall, and sister Elizabeth into modelling, has already appeared in advertisements for Hudson Jeans and recently appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Miss Rocha, who has modelled for brands including Calvin Klein and The Gap, said: "I have discovered a love of make-up through my modelling career, and I am really pleased to be working with such a hip brand."
The Telegraph says the campaigns will begin early next year.
Kristin Perrotta from Allure magazine shared some of the magazine's picks for the best beauty products of the year with Maggie Rodriguez. You can see all of Allure's Best of the Best here. The list includes cateories like eyes, lips, hair, skin, natural wonders, best splurges and cheap thrills. Some of the products that made the list include Cover Girl Outlast Lipstain ($8), Giorgio Armani Beauty Lasting Silk ($58), Clay Pro X Age Reapair ($42) and Maybelline's Colossal Volum' Express Mascara ($8). Take a look:
Estee Lauder reported that first quarter earnings were significantly higher than was previously forecast. The Estee Lauder Companies also owns Bobbi Brown and Clinique cosmetics.
New products, continued growth in Asia, improved exchange rates and a boost in travel retail business resulted in better- than-anticipated net sales in the quarter ended Sept. 30, the New York-based company said today in a statement. The statement didn't contain specific earnings projections.
The company also said it benefited from lower spending and earlier holiday shipments, which it had originally expected to fall in the second quarter. Estee Lauder said that it will report full earnings Oct. 30 and that it expects to boost its full-year forecast at that time.
The report was better than was expected by the market and the stock was up on the news. Estee Lauder has been hit hard by the global recession: falling revenues from department stores sales have been especially challenging. The company remains cautious about consumer spending forecasts for the next quarter.
Clinique has launched its new global flagship counter at Selfridges London. The entire 880 square foot space has been remodeled. Features of the new counter include Clinique's "diagnostic" consultation areas which feature Clinique's two way mirrors, makeup "bars" that encourage consumers to test and select products on their own and stand-alone makeup and skin care browsing areas.
Hello Magazinereports that Selfridges in London will be getting the largest Dior counter in Europe. The counter opening October 1st will offer over 250 Dior shades. Selfridges will also be selling Love Dior, a limited-edition palette available exclusively from Selfridges London.
The Dior counter includes a color creator atelier that lets you shop "horizontally by shade or vertically by the different product textures." The counter will include a Skincare Bar and a Fragrance Consultation Area. Make-up artists will also be available.
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