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REVIEW: Nivea Visage Daily Essentials Fragrance Free Facial Cleansing Wipes
Sometimes the cheap thrills are the best thrills. I use a lot of cleansing wipes, and that’s being somewhat understated. I carry a few packets in my make-up kit at all times (I love my Bioderma Micellar Solution, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes you just need something big and burly to get everything off) ...
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Yves Saint Laurent Forever Youth Liberator Nutri Creme
A few months behind the rest of the world, but the latest skincare launch from Yves Saint Laurent is ready to hit Australian stores from Sunday 6th May. Forever Youth Liberator, an eight piece collection of anti-aging skincare, focuses on glycans, aka naturally occurring sugars in the skin that maintain skin elasticity. I’ve been using Nutri Creme, a ...
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MBFW AU: Wella Professionals, Napoleon Perdis & essie for Christopher Esber
‘Healthy and clean but with a deadly edge’ was the makeup and hair design at Christopher Esber, with Napoleon Perdis, essie and Wella Professionals combining to create a look that was sporty, fresh and subtly futuristic. Key makeup notes: skin was the focus at Esber, with a luminous skinscape created by layering tinted moisturiser (Napoleon ...
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MBFW AU Survival Pack: honourable mentions
A few honourable MBFW survival pack mentions that I didn’t get to into detail this week: Laura Mercier illuminating tinted moisturiser: a tinted moisturiser with strong pearl shimmer, this is my go-to for faking that eight hours of sleep/glass of champagne glow. I dial back the reflective pearl by setting it with a dusting of ...
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MBFW AU S/S 12/13 – ghd, Napoleon Perdis and CND for Carl Kapp
Helmut Newton reigned supreme at Carl Kapp, with Newton’s trademark sexual androgynes influencing make-up, hair and nails. Key hair notes: Alan White for ghd styled a collection of jet black wigs, cutting them into a hard wedge that both evoked Helmut Newton’s whip-weilding dominatrix Amazons and the cyberpunk influence of Girl With A Dragon Tattoo. The wigs were groomed ...
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MBFW Survival Pack: Aesop Tuberose Lip Heal & Rosehip Seed Lip Cream
I could make a series of stupid jokes about air kissing causing irreparable lip damage, but that’s cheap and easy and besides, I’m 99% certain that Twitter has driven that joke into the ground already. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Australia has the gracious timing to occur right on the change of season that leaves Sydney in a ...
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MBFW AU Survival Pack: Aesop B Triple C Facial Balancing Gel, Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil
The last show started late and went overtime, you didn’t get to bed until late, and the first show starts at 9AM in some far-flung outreach of the Sydney fashion triangle. You slept badly. You feel like hell. You know it (and I know it, but I’m too polite to say something). Did I say ...
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MBFW SS 12/13 – Napoleon Perdis, KMS California and Nail Rock for Ellery
Super chic ruled the school at Ellery – street style hair, luminous yet minimalist make-up, and mannequin nails pulling together to evoke a pared back yet sophisticated cool. Key makeup design notes: All items by Napoleon Perdis. Skin was prepped and painted with sheer foundation (Sheer Genius, AU$69) and set with a light dusting of powder ...
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MBFW AU Survival Pack – Bioderma Crealine H20
Take off your make-up. No excuses. Words cannot describe how thrilled I am that Bioderma is (finally!) launching in Australia. I’ve been a devoted user of their Créaline H2O Micellar Solution ever since a fellow make-up artist was using it during prep for a show for what was then RAWF 2006. Our models had come straight ...
