Warning: my pick of the week’s new product launches comes with a hearty dose of festive party season beauty. Yes, I know it’s still only October!
Lancôme Luxury Christmas Crackers
If none of the very many beauty advent calendar launching this year have grabbed your fancy, how about beauty Christmas crackers? Not exactly a new idea but
Lancôme has just launched a box exclusively at Selfridges. There are six crackers in a box, each cracker containing a mini Lancôme product.
*SPOILER ALERT* - on its website Selfridges says contents include Hypnose Volume Mascara (black), Le Crayon Khol Eyeliner (black), Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate, Lip Lover, L'absolue lipstick and Bi-Facil Eye Make Up Remover. Priced £54 and available
here.
label.m Hair Perfume
Find your hair starts to smell a bit stale half-way through a party? How about squirting a bit of hair fragrance on it before you head off to keep things fresh?
label.m has just launched Hair Perfume, its first fragrance designed to nourish hair with hydrating argan oil, and containing notes of cedarwood, nutmeg and bergamot. Hair perfumes have become fairly popular over the past year and this one can be used on the body too. Priced £19.50 for 50ml and available from early November at label.m concept salons, TONI&GUY and essensuals, and labelm.com. More on label.m
here.
Benefit Cosmetics – Bling Brow rolls out nationwide from this week
Can you believe it’s been 11 years since
Benefit Cosmetics launched its first Brow Bar? Surprising! Well, Benefit’s hotly anticipated Bling Brow service will roll out nationwide from 1 November. The service allows clients to customise their eyebrows with Swarovski crystals - bejewelled brows are a look that’s graced the catwalks recently. Three designs will be available – Touch of Bling, Over the Top Bling, and Big Time Bling. Prices start at £4 for the service and £19.50 for the kit. More on Benefit Cosmetics
here.
Feelunique.com – Beauty Boxes
The ‘try before you buy’ way of marketing beauty products shows no signs of disappearing any time soon.
Feelunique.com this week became the latest to launch its own ‘beauty box’, joining the parade of brands already doing so, including fellow online retailer Lookfantastic.com. Four U Beauty Boxes have been announced: All That Glitters, Hair Heroes, Treat Yourself, and Perfect Thank You. The boxes are priced £14.50-£39.50 and will be available from 3rd November. Register your details
here.
Birchbox Festive Party Box
Birchbox subscriber? Arriving 1 December is ‘Festive Party’, a beauty box containing products selected especially for the party season. The box will also feature a limited edition design, created by the award winning British shoe designer Sophia Webster. The box contains products from brands including Eyeko and Models Own, as well as something from Benefit Cosmetics wrapped in an exclusive Christmas cracker! More on Birchbox
here.
