Haute Look

It’s all about innovative beauty here this week: Blinc cosmetics creates waterproof ‘tubes’ around your eyelashes, Evis uses red and blue LED technology to smooth wrinkles, and Kroia skincare is based on color therapy.

BeautyTicket

Yves Saint Laurent’s limited-edition Bow Collection eye shadow palette is selling here for $16.99 instead of $60 this week. Plus: everything by Pop Beauty
is 50 percent off.

The Skinny

Sales of MLab anti-aging skincare, Borghese cosmetics, and Whish body products are all coming up on The Skinny.

Editor’s Closet

Bath and body products
by Provence Santé open here on March 4.

The Fairest

The former beauty sample sale site has transformed into a blog, currently confusing the community due to the sudden lack of discount boutiques. However, the writers behind The Fairest say there will be weekly giveaways to make up for it, and the first one by Sue Devitt has already attracted more than 700 submissions.

Hair accessrories stole the spolight backstage at Chanel, where London-based hairstlist Sam McKinght adorned updoes with bows and features. Adding Paul Mitchell and elnett’s stain hairspray will keep upods in check all day long.

review:

Great shampoo. I choose Kerastase products and use it regularly to invest in my hair for its natural strength, shine and overall health! Bain de Force makes your hair visibly stronger. Great shampoo for greasy hair, too! Gives hair strength and shine that lasts. Really works for me. Highly recommend!

Here are just a few:

•For fine hair easily weighed down by moisturizing shampoos, try Phyto Phytonectar Ultra Nourishing Shampoo Ultra Dry Hair

•For hair that is difficult to smooth and straighten, try Redken Smooth Down Shampoo

or, Kerastase Nutritive Bain Oleo-Relax Shampoo

•For dull hair, try Kerastase Reflection Bain Miroir Shampoo

Whatever your hair problem or type, there is a shampoo out there formulated just for you. What are your hits and misses? Have a shampoo issue you need help with? Post a comment and we’ll do our best to select the appropriate product for you.

This model allows these curious women to feel her hair after it was styled using Moroccanoil. Photos: Marcus Gonzales
Cherisse Moe

Want strong, healthy, shiny, manageable hair that can withstand even the most extreme weather? What woman doesn’t? Well, there’s a product that has taken the world by storm that claims to do it all. It’s name? Moroccanoil. Maureen Malka, brand manager at Canadian-based company, Moroccanoil, says the revolutionary line of styling, finishing and conditioning products, which they call “the best hair-care products in the world” is a must-have.

Said to control frizz, add shine and prevent hair breakage, the oil, sold in countries the world over, including Australia, Canada, England, Chile, Italy, Germany and the US, is now available in Trinidad—the first Caribbean island to launch the product-line. Said to be a big hit with Hollywood’s finest, such as actress Salma Hayek and country singing sensation Taylor Swift, Moroccanoil is also being dubbed the fastest growing brand in the hair-care industry by renowned stylists and their clients.

Secret ingredient
Speaking to scores of local hair-stylists and invited guests during the product’s launch at Aura Restaurant, Port-of-Spain, on Monday afternoon, Malka said its secret ingredient is Argan oil, an indigenous oil of Southwest Morocco. “The Argan oil in Moroccan oil products is a powerful anti-oxidant and is for every hair type. It’s light-weight and has more vitamins A and E than all other oils in the world. It also provides UV protection and penetrates the hair, increasing its elasticity.” Describing the product as a “luxury” salon-exclusive line, Malka says it will be retailed by Inter Caribbean Marketing, to be sold in selected salons across the country. “The longevity makes it 100 per cent worth the price,” she assured.

Trinidad — the perfect market
Canadian hairstylist and make-up artist, Steven Turpin agrees. He says Trinidad was chosen to launch the product since it was the perfect market as it represented “about four to five different hair types.” Turpin, who’s been in the hair industry for the past seven years, noted that for women of colour, the most important rule of thumb is using good quality products. “I realise that a lot of women’s hair is chemically processed. It’s very important to use proper products that will moisturise and add shine to damaged hair. This oil treatment is perfect to restore over-processed hair,” he says. “What’s also great about this product is that you don’t have to use it every day to get beautiful results.”

Turpin says four other product lines, including the Intense Curl Cream and the Hydrating Styling Cream, are now also available in Trinidad. The hairstylist also worked his magic on four models, each with different hair textures, using the Moroccan oil. Walking around the room, the models then gave curious onlookers the opportunity to feel their hair and ask questions about their before and after looks.

It’s common knowledge that women enjoy pampering themselves at home and making the effort to look good using an array of beauty gadgets, lotions and potions. But, little did we know that men also secretly want to jump on the beauty bandwagon.

Though they do not know how to use each one of the beauty products, most of them end up making a mess.

Men often use their partners cosmetics to pamper themselves. Though they do not know how to use each one of the beauty products, most of them end up making a mess.

So watch out ladies, keep those prized beauty must-haves under lock and key!

Top 10 beauty products and appliances
that men borrow are tweezers, moisturizer, hair dryer, nail filer, hair styling products, lip gloss, face mask or facial scrub, shaver, concealer, and hair removal cream or wax.

Just because a company purports to be green and eco-friendly, it does not necessarily mean their products are free from “bad” ingredients which can potentially be toxic, a columnist for the And My Kitchen Sink blog pointed out.

Consequently, she highlighted Weleda’s natural skin care range as being among her favourite moisturising products which are kind to the skin and free from chemicals.

She had particular praise for Skin Food, which she said is perfect for treating dry feet.

“It sinks in fast, makes your feet baby soft and it has a really soft, refreshing smell,” she added.

Earlier this week, the New Zealand Herald’s life and style correspondent Janetta Mackay said that Weleda’s Birch Body Scrub and Cellulite Oil are both great for clearing up imperfections on the skin.

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The active ingredient in your acne treatment is the reason it works. All acne medications have a tendency to cause dryness because they target oil on the skin. While this may not be an issue during the summer months when skin is often oily, winter is a different story. Cold, windy weather coupled with indoor forced-air heating systems cause disruption of the skin’s outer barrier, frequently leading to sensitive skin.

For example, Proactiv, a trusted leader in acne treatment for 15 years, uses benzoyl peroxide to treat and prevent acne. And, now, New Proactiv is enhanced with exclusive micro-crystal benzoyl peroxide designed to absorb more quickly into pores to target acne-causing bacteria.

Elnett delivers an ultra-fine mist of product that provides exceptional hold while disappearing at the stroke of brush, meaning you get optimal hold without ever looking like you’ve got product in your hair. This is seriously the only product to control my little flyaway baby hairs (they’ve got a mind of their own) without giving my crunchy, unnatural looking hair. The micro-diffusion technology incorporated into the product allows for even application to set any and all styles, and humidity protection means it’ll really stand up to the elements.