Scent Concentrations Wondering what the difference is between eau de toilette and parfum? It’s all based on concentration of essential oils. Here’s the breakdown: Eau de cologne: 1 to 5% concentration Eau…
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Lisa Eldridge’s New Velvet Lipsticks debut. Celebrity makeup artist Lisa Eldridge is building on the success of her Velvet Lipsticks with a new collection of the buzz-worthy formula in deep, warm…
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Scent Trend: Neroli Move over rose and jasmine, there is a new flower making a big impact this season and it is popping up in both men’s and women’s fragrances. Neroli…
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Mastering Makeup Brushes “Quality makeup brushes are worth every penny,” says Dick Page, artistic director for Shiseido The Makeup and a favourite makeup artist of celebrities such as Catherine Zeta Jones.…
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5 Minutes with Jean Paul Gaultier This month French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier launches his Scandal fragrance in North America. (It debuted in Europe last year to rave reviews.) Here,…
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When master perfumers begin to create a new fragrance, they have approximately 3,000 raw ingredients with which to work with. Five hundred of those are natural raw materials from both the…
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Perfume’s 7 Olfactory Families Traditional perfumery classifies fragrances into seven different scent “families”. Each has its own character or personality. It’s similar to the way that vintners categorize different types…
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Inside YSL’s Beauty Hotel Following Paris (January 2018), Tokyo (April), Shanhai (June), Seoul (August) and New York (September), YSL Beauty hosted its YSL Beauty Hotel pop-up installation in Toronto on…