Mac announce their autumn/winter collaboration with designer Manish Arora
This autumn bold and bright colour is a big beauty trend, and to really drive this point home Mac and fashion designer Manish Arora have created a super bright, Indian inspired, limited edition collection, which launches in October.
Mac have always created the ostentatious make-up looks for the Manish catwalk (the designer now shows on the Paris fashion week schedule), so it made sense for the two to collaborate. The Mac team wanted to work with Manish as he is always ‘pushing the boundaries when it comes to colour, he is exceptionally different and always stands out’ said Jennifer Balbier, Senior Vice President of Product Development at Mac. Indeed Manish’s signature style has always been a maximalistic fusion of cultures which results in a heady explosion of texture and colour on his catwalks, and this new collaboration, from product to packaging, certainly taps into that vibe.
The eye palette, £30, is a rainbow of bold shades that are just perfect for flaunting this season’s geometric, bright eyes, while the bold orange and pink lipsticks, £11, will add snap to your whole winter wardrobe. Blushers, £10.50, are much softer as eyes and lips are the focus for the range, our favourite is Pink Swoon and we’re counting down the days until the collection hits counters - winter’s looking bright after all.
For more information visit www.maccosmetics.co.uk
By Amy Lawrenson
Posted: 23 July 2008
Stylist, perfumier, designer and art-director Serge Lutens is set to launch his first eponymous cosmetics line at Harvey Nichols, London tomorrow.
Serge Luten’s may not be a name you instantly recognise but you have probably seen his work – or smelt it. He started his career as a photographer for top fashion magazines in Paris, but turned his hand to make-up in the sixties, producing a make-up line for Christian Dior in 1967.
In 1980 he was appointed Creative and Art Director of Shisedo and started to create his world famous fragrances. He masterminded some of Shisedo’s most iconic scents including the ‘Nombre Noir’ in 1982, before opening his own perfumery ‘Les Salons du Palais Royal’. It’s no surprise then that his latest foray in to beauty, his new collection to the UK, Serge Luten ‘Neccessaire de Beaute’, has been created with Shiseido.
And the products match Luten’s beauty credentials. Reassuringly expensive, in chic black lacquered packaging, all the products bare the hall mark of great design and a make – up professional’s expertise.
The Kohl liner, £38, is a particular favourite of ours. No pencil for Serge. His kohl eye liner is a luxuriously rich pot of inky black liner that comes with a double ended tool to apply – one end for fine lines, one for sexy smudging. We also love the new lipsticks, £49, not only for the so now berry shades, but also, they are cleverly smaller than your average lipstick, which means they will fit perfectly in to clutch bags come the party season.
We predict this will become the go-to brand for the ultimate in glamorous make-up.
Available at Harvey Nichols, London from 22nd August.
By Amy Lawrenson
Posted: 21 August 2008
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