TRILOGY VITAL MOISTURISING CREAM Trilogy was created by sisters Sarah Gibbs and Catherine de Groot, who – upon discovering the remarkable properties of Rosehip Oil – decided to design a complete range of quality skin and hair care products. Ethical and environmental responsibility is key for Trilogy, with organic, Fair Trade and non-genetically modified ingredients […]
BOBBI’S BIG IDEA From the 80’s Bobbi Brown worked as a successful makeup artist in New York. She found it very difficult to find natural looking makeup colours and thought most products looked too artificial, making it impossible to create a simple and pretty no-makeup look. She had been freelancing for 10 years when […]
In 1820, a respected French perfumer who had been trained by the famous Lubin, perfumer to Empress Josephine, the wife of Napoleon I, accepted an invitation to manage a perfumery in London’s prestigious Bond Street. By 1834, the move to London had proved so successful that, together with his son and apprentice Eugene Rimmel, […]
A while back I was looking for some skincare in Boots when I found the Supercialist range by Una Brennan. Una is a highly respected London facialist and has created an interesting collection of products including facial oils, cleanser, masks, moisturisers and eye creams. I decided to try the Rose Intense Moisture Mask. I tested […]
Lady Diana ! After making a start in the music business when America still viewed that world in terms of very delimited colours, Diana Ross, the Supreme’s lead singer was able to become a star well beyond the racial barriers which limited that business at the time. Motown’s magician (and later Diana’s husband) choose her […]
HOW DID CLINIQUE START ? Clinique’s story began with a conversation in 1967 between US Vogue Magazine editor Carol Phillips and Dr. Norman Orentreich, the high-profile New York dermatologist. Carol Phillips was interviewing Dr Orentriech and he expressed a simple idea that would transform the beauty industry. At the time the general attitude towards skin care was […]
M.A.C stands for Make-up Art Cosmetics and was founded in 1984 by two Canadians both named Frank – beauty salon owner Frank Angelo and make-up artist/photographer Frank Toskan. They were frustrated by the lack of makeup colour which would photographed well under photographic lights and they started making their makeup in their kitchen. It was sold […]
There is so much to write about Brigitte Bardot, her 50’s, 60’s,70’s images have profoundly influenced the fashion and media world. She was not only a great beauty, she was a totally new kind of woman, she had sex appeal and used her sexuality in her image and her lifestyle. She […]
