March beauty news: editor's picks

Beauty & grooming | 11 Mar 2011 | By Pei-Ru Keh

March beauty news: editor’s picks

Chanel beauty pack

Leave it to Chanel to raise the bar, even with the launch of their new beauty website. The video-driven web portal gives visitors a peek into the exclusive world of Chanel via backstage footage and interviews. Above all, it showcases the multifaceted creativity of the house’s make-up creative director Peter Philips, best exhibited through a series of films featuring dancing robots made entirely of make-up.

www.chanel-confidential.com

If you thought the world of make-up was just confined to tubes, potions and lotions, then one glimpse of the cool little film animation from Chanel’s new beauty website, or a reveal of the latest problem-solving bathroom cabinet from Isay Weinfeld, will take you away from the formulaic and into a beauty junkie’s paradise. Here, we bring you the must-haves for March.

Chanel beauty pack

Guerlain Terracotta Serum

Guerlain’s Terracotta range has helped maintain many a tan since its creation in 1984. This year sees the inauguration of a new tan-boosting serum, which stimulates, preserves and boosts one’s bronzed colouring. Armed with a powerful concentration of the range’s Tan Booster complex and natural melanin production triggers from the carob tree, the versatile serum can be combined with both sunscreen and moisturiser to become the perfect tanning complement with just a few drops.

Terracotta Serum, £40, by Guerlain, www.guerlain.com

Isay Weinfeld cabinet

Putting all other bathroom furniture to shame is Isay Weinfeld’s vision of a medicine cabinet. The inviting combination of shapes, materials, drawers and shelves is not only keeping in the Brazilian architect’s signature style, but also allows us to flaunt our indulgent purchases, while keeping more mundane essentials under wraps.

Farmacinha cabinet, to order, by Isay Weinfeld, www.isayweinfeld.com

Isay Weinfeld cabinet

Murdock London fragrances

A grooming mainstay for any discerning London gent since 2006, Murdock has finally launched its own shaving range. Tastefully packaged and fragranced with its citrusy Avalon scent, the line includes a moisturising pre-shave oil for softening whiskers, a classic jar of shaving cream infused with evening primrose and sunflower oils, and a soothing aftershave balm with calendula and chamomile to soothe.

Pre-shave oil, £36, shaving cream, £28, and aftershave balm, £24, all by Murdock London, www.murdocklondon.com

Nars boutique, New York

There’s a new kid on the Bleecker Street block, Nars’ first stand-alone boutique. Designed by Fabien Baron, who was also the brains behind the brand’s sophisticated rubber packaging, the shop is an amalgam of sharp minimalism and classical European accents, with a mostly black and white palette, save for a pop of bright Jungle Red - which first appeared in Nars’ inaugural collection of 12 lipsticks. To mark the occasion, the brand has suitably rolled out a rich, brown-rose shade of lipstick, suitably named after the boutique’s address.

’413 Bleecker’ pure matt lipstick, $25, by Nars; 413 Bleecker Street, New York, T: 1.646 459 2323, www.nars.com

Nars boutique, New York