Beauty Archive
Pray can

Pray can

More sculpture than skin-sweetener, Elternhaus’s concrete-encased cologne is the product of the combined…

3 November 2005

Bloom town

Bloom town

Paul Smith is an ardent follower of the flamboyant fashions of 1960s London. He is a fan of colour,…

27 October 2005

Water course

Water course

We like the thought of drinking our way to a clearer complexion and, thanks to Borba’s dermatologist-endorsed…

20 October 2005

Counter culture

Counter culture

At first glance it seems that grooming habits are becoming as homogenised as hamburgers. The creeping…

20 October 2005

Package deal

Package deal

Why don’t more companies do this? New season, new colour palette, new packaging, making every lipstick…

13 October 2005

Drive 'em crazy

Drive 'em crazy

While we’d never do anything so distracting (or sirenish) as touch up our lippy at the traffic lights,…

6 October 2005

Flaw filler

Flaw filler

Chanel has entered the cosmetic-filler fray with three product systems, collectively called Micro Solutions.…

29 September 2005

Which Wickle tickles your fancy?

Which Wickle tickles your fancy?

Wickle is the progeny of north London couple, illustrator Scott Wotherspoon and cosmetics expert Elisabeth…

22 September 2005

The mane man

The mane man

Melbourne-based stylist Kevin Murphy, half of hair-product duo Kusco-Murphy, has released his own ‘Kevin.Murphy’…

15 September 2005

Curl up

Curl up

Looking far from feminine with its gadgety get-up, the eyelash curler is, nevertheless, very much a…

1 September 2005

Savon faire

Savon faire

Founded in 1990 by two fashion industry veterans from Marseilles, La Compagnie de Provence has made…

25 August 2005

Routine performance

Routine performance

Bumble and bumble has produced the hair equivalent of Clinique’s three-step skincare programme. Only…

25 August 2005

Dance notes

Dance notes

The latest dance venue to proffer its own perfume is Paris’s glamorous Vip Room, run by France’s music…

18 August 2005