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Fashion week taking its toll on you yet?

If dark circles, bags, and more prominent wrinkles are cropping up from the fashion frenzy stress, try Obagi ELASTIderm ($95.00, available through your local derm found at Obagi.com or lovelyskin.com). Available in both a cream and gel form, you’ll get antioxidant protection from blueberry and increased cell production with malonic acid. The overall result: firmer, younger looking skin, just in time for when you need to look your best.

 

See the Resilience Right Before Your Eyes

Finally! An eye treatment that really works to bring back the lift around your eyes! The Obagi ELASTIderm Eye Treatment is a one-of-a-kind eye treatment that includes a revolutionary bi-mineral complex, copper zinc malonate, to help restore the elasticity around your eyes and reduce the appearance of visible fine lines and wrinkles.

The ELASTIderm Eye Treatment is only available through your skin care professional because it contains powerful, yet gentle ingredients:
Bi-mineral complex: Includes zinc and copper to help restore elasticity and build collagen
Malonic acid: Patent-pending Obagi formulation that helps stimulate the production of skin cells
Blueberry extract: Provides antioxidants that help eliminate free radicals
Penetrating Therapeutics™: An Obagi technology that helps drive the ingredients deep into the skin

Versace launching a new fragrance – Yellow Diamond

Check out Versace’s latest fragrance, Yellow Diamond! The fresh, floral Yellow Diamond is in an adorned demstone style bottle top and is the latest crystal themed fragrance in the fashion house.

Inspired by her own yellow diamond ring (of course), Donatella Versace told WWD about the concept. “The jewel has always stimulated a feeling of brightness, sensuality and energy, and this is what I set out to capture in this new glamorous, charming and feminine floral fragrance.”

Australian model Abbey Lee Kershaw will star in the ad campaign, shot by Mario Testino in Paris. You won’t be able to miss it when it hits the beauty counters this autumn. Take a look below to see more of our favourite stand-out perfume bottles.

Can’t wait to smell it!!

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Selena Gomez Wears Lancôme at the VMA’s‏

Celebrity makeup artist Karan Mitchell went the “classic and clean” route on Selena Gomez, creating the ideal complement to her lace gown. Selena’s glowing skin offset for bronzy smoldering eyes, immaculate brows and lips done up in metallic rosy hues.

Who:

  • Selena Gomez

Where:

  • MTV Music Video Awards

Makeup Artist:

  • Karan Mitchell

Face:

  • Éclat Miracle Complexion Illuminator
  • Effacernes Concealer in Beige Neutral III
  • Blush Subtil in Sheer Amourose

Eyes:

  • Color Design 5 Pan Palette in Bronze Amour
  • Hypnôse Doll Lashes Mascara in So Black!
  • Le Stylo EyeLiner in Noir
  • Modèle Sourcils Brow Groomer in Brunet

Lips:

  • Color Design Lipstick in Fashion Icon
  • Color Fever Gloss in Hibis-Kiss


Get the Look: Jamie King‏

Fiona Stiles, celebrity makeup artist, used Koh Gen Do Natural Lighting Powder on model and star of “Love Bites” Jaime King at the CBS, The CW And Showtime TCA Party on August 3rd in Beverly Hills to give her a flawless look and red carpet glow. Jaime King loved her look so much she recently tweeted that the brand’s foundations and powders are her fave!

Jaime’s must-haves include:

Koh Gen Do Natural Lighting Powder ($42)

Koh Gen Do Moisture Foundation in 013 ($62)

Koh Gen Do products are available online at www.kohgendocosmetics.com or at any Barneys New York location.

Mary J. Blige launches new perfume!

Mary J. Blige is following up her best-selling My Life perfume with the launch of My Life Blossom next week! The new scent contains bright floral notes of gardenia, mandarin, white freesia and orange flower, and will launch exclusively on HSN August 13th for $55 per bottle. For every purchase, one dollar will be donated to The Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, a charity founded by Mary J. Blige that offers women scholarships and grants.

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Introducing Love by Kim Kardashian


 

Introducing Love by Kim Kardashian
A Limited Edition Fragrance

THINK: Let love fill the air.

WHAT IT IS: A captivating aroma, evocative of endless love. There’s nothing more powerful than two souls united by the passion, beauty and trust they find in one another. Inspired by the intoxicating sensation of true, eternal love, Kim Kardashian presents a limited edition fragrance—Love by Kim Kardashian.

The soft, feminine scent opens with top notes of sparkling red currant, pink freesia and star jasmine. A heart of French mimosa, rare Egyptian tuberose, and rose absolute orpur eases into a rich background of sensual musk, creamy sandalwood, and orris butter.

“I used to think falling in love was the most incredible feeling,” says Kim Kardashian. “But now I see there’s nothing more special than the enduring beauty of building a life with your other half and watching your love grow, each and every day.”

Housed in a deluxe platinum finish vessel embellished with 450 hand laid clear cut stones, each limited edition bottle is numbered and signed by Kim. The gorgeous bottle is presented in a noir velvet finish case, inspired by a ring box. Only 1,000 bottles were produced—one for Kim to wear on her wedding day, 200 for her bridal shower and 799 to share the love with her fans.

WHAT IT COSTS: $100

WHERE TO FIND IT: www.kardashianfragrance.com



Sean Combs Launches New Women’s Fragrance Empress

Sean Combs Launches New Women’s Fragrance Empress

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ has announced his newest women’s fragrance, EMPRESS, the female counterpart to his number-one selling men’s fragrance, I Am King.

The second women’s fragrance in his highly successful fragrance collection, Empress was made for the modern woman. An Empress is a force to be reckoned with – her actions and demeanor reflect an inherent confidence that captivates all who encounter her. The woman who wears Empress is a force of nature, powerful, enchanting and uniquely feminine.

 

“I created Empress for the woman who is powerful beyond all others. She is greater than a queen; she is the ruler of her universe”, said Sean to WWD.com”

  • The top notes are: key lime pie accord, mandarin, star fruit and cranberry.
  • The middle notes are: raspberry, peony, passion flower, cardamom and ambrette seed.
  • The bottom notes are: vanilla, sandalwood, crystallized caramel and second skin accord in the base.

Empress debuts August 2011 at Macy’s department stores nationwide.