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Charlotte Olympia's Perfume clutch bag is AWESOME

We don't really ever veer of from beauty on Kiss and Makeup - well that's not true, we veer off beauty a lot, but we never do fashion or anything - till now, because this offering from Charlotte Olympia was too good too pass... Read more »

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Come up smelling of roses with Deo Perfume Candy

We've seen beauty and confectionery entwined before, but the newest one is probably going to be a lot more popular then collagen marshmallows . A Bulgarian confectioner company have developed a sweet that claims to change... Read more »

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Chanel No5 to be banned?

Lovers of Chanel No5 better start stocking up on the famous fragrance - apparently the scent is in danger of being banned. The EU have identified 100 allergens regularly included in fragrances including Chanel No5, that... Read more »

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Robert Pattinson is the new face of Dior fragrance

Robert Pattinson 's clearly been taking some career advice from his reconciled girlfriend Kristen Stewart - he's reportedly just signed a deal with Dior to be the face of their fragrances! The Twilight actor's three-year... Read more »

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The Diorshow is over: Natalie Portman gets banned

After that barrage of banned beauty adverts at the start of the year, the outrage has died down and there haven't been any for a while - until today, when sweet little Natalie Portman 's advert for Diorshow New Look... Read more »

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Magazine retoucher reveals Photoshop secrets

Photoshopping is always in the news now, and it's back again after a group of students in America went to Seventeen magazine to try and get them to stop airbrushing their models. Seventeen sort of agreed, although the... Read more »

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Chic insect repellant - and a cheap DIY

Insect repellant has a well-deserved bad rap in the scent department, but Brooklynite Gale Mayron was recently featured in New York Magazine for coming up with something you'll actually like spritzing on. Mayron is the... Read more »

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Check out the Cosmopolitan Beauty awards winners

We attended the Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards last week, where the magazine revealed which products had impressed them over the course of 2012. There were some obvious wins ( Ciate Caviar Manicure , Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream... Read more »

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A Chanel make up store is coming to London!

Amazingly exciting news today - Chanel is opening a store solely dedicated to beauty in London's Covent Garden! The "fragrance and beauty concept" store, which will be 1,437 square feet and housed in the Market Building in... Read more »

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Donna Karan releases 'Woman' fragrance

Donna Karan is releasing a new fragrance come August in the U.S. and hitting Harrod's later this fall. The perfume will feature a core of sandalwood and Haitian vetiver, the mix also includes orange flower. It is called... Read more »

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The KEVIN.MURPHY iPad and Android hair app

There are a lot of fairly useless apps out there, but a beauty app with tutorials you can play on your iPad or Android tablet sounds really cool! Kevin Murphy, often credited with pioneering the "beach hair" look, obviously... Read more »

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Weird Beauty: bird poop facials?

It seems like the Geisha facial that Zara wrote about way back in 2008 is having a surge of popularity in New York right now. "Though turning to animal ingredients isn't the newest concept, it categorically popped out of... Read more »

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House of Holland Beauty for Boots

Henry Holland is known for his love of colour and playful fashion sense, and his new collection with Boots for Christmas 2012 showcases these facets of his personality. The range is bold, bright and in your face and... Read more »

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MAC teams up with Ruffian for manicures and lipsticks

Time for another MAC designer collaboration! This time designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais of Ruffian bring their infamous swagger to MAC in three exclusive Ruffian Manicures and Lipsticks. Ruffian is known for their... Read more »

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Stick on eyeliner: The Dior look for less with Glam Republic

Last year we were wowed by the stunning feline flicked STICK ON eyeliner that Dior created. However, the Dior Velvet Eyes were NOT cheap, so whilst I likes the look, I pretty much filed it under 'not feasible for... Read more »

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Sophie Dahl's Opium ad voted 8th most offensive

Sophie Dahl 's Opium advert for YSL in which she lies completely naked apart from some impressive jewels, her pale skin glowing in the darkness and her fiery red hair falling around her head, is maybe one of the most... Read more »

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Free Teeth Whitening with the Nokia Lumia 900 at Phones 4 U

We all want to have dazzling smiles this summer- and now you can, with the help of the Nokia Lumia 900 in white. Possibly the strangest/coolest collab ever, when you buy the laest Nokia Lumia 900 you also get FREE tooth... Read more »

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Benefit Cosmetics and Marvel Comics team up with a beauty superhero

The comic book world can be a bit of a boys' club, with strong female characters in the minority. But it's about to get girlie at Comic Con if Spy Gal has anything to do with it. Benefit Cosmetics and Marvel comics have... Read more »

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John Lewis launch new Beauty Hall

Along with a pack of champagne and canape hungry beauty journalists and a few John Lewis-esque celebs (you know the likes of Sadie Frost , Grace Woodward , Laura Bailey and Alice Tempereley ), we attended the launch... Read more »

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Benefit Cosmetics co-founders debut film at Tribeca Film Festival

Benefit Cosmetics acolytes are going to love this! Co-founders Jean and Jane Ford have directed a documentary film which chronicles their journey from a single Benefit store in San Francisco to the success of the... Read more »