IMPERIAL LEATHER LAUNCH NEW HYPOALLERGENIC, FRAGRANCED RANGE FOR SENSITIVE SKIN - SKIN KIND

For years, those of us with sensitive skin have had little choice when it comes to fragranced bathing products. The majority of mainstream sensitive skin products have avoided fragrances all together, providing less of a pampering experience. So where’s the treat in that?
Imperial Leather believes that people with sensitive skin deserve to get the same result from their beauty products as everyone else. This Spring, the brand launched SkinKind, a new hypoallergenic range. Developed in conjunction with its own in-house fragrance experts, SkinKind is specifically designed to provide a fragranced yet allergen free option for the most sensitive of skins.
The new formulation provides a balanced cleanser that is in tune with your skin and doesn’t strip or harm it with harsh chemicals. The range also contains natural moisturising ingredients giving you soft, smooth, skin from every wash. Dermatologically approved, the SkinKind family of products includes shower body washes and bath creams for both men and women.
Caroline Reynolds, senior brand manager for Imperial Leather explains: “We want to offer anyone with sensitive skin the opportunity to have an enjoyable fragrant shower without the fear of irritation.
“Traditionally there has not been much choice in the mainstream market and sufferers have been frustrated and had to make do with fragrance free products. There was no relaxing sense of luxury when it came to products for sensitive skin.
“At Imperial Leather, fine fragrance is a unique and essential component in the development of all our products. The new SkinKind range is no different and the allergen free fragrance is a fundamental ingredient that exudes luxury. A product for sensitive skin that smells good.”
The SkinKind range is made with light, natural moisturising ingredients and allergen free fragrances* to enable those with sensitive skin to indulge freely, knowing that their skin is clean, healthy and cared for.
The SkinKind range of products includes two Body Washes for women; hydrate, a creamy luxurious wash with cotton extract and oat milk and refresh, a light invigorating wash made using cucumber and aloe vera. The hair and body wash variant developed especially for men is restore with ingredients including vitamin b5 and marine extracts. The range is priced at £1.80 and will be available at all good supermarkets.

ARK Skincare - Nude Is The New Black

This year, a key A/W beauty trend is MINAMILISM; stripped back beauty is en vogue and due to be a big hit! While natural nudes made big news at London Fashion Week, it’s not just the catwalk models that are going back to basics!
ARK Age Aware Skincare has launched a remove pre-skin cleanse to really destroy the dirt, leaving you bare-faced and beautiful! The multi-fruit lipid blend gently yet efficiently removes make-up, daily debris and excess sebum whilst softening and nourishing the skin. The pre-skin cleanse also reduces dryness with deep moisturisation, preparing the surface for cleansing using high-potency active ingredients including:

- Fatty acids including Omega 3, 6 and 9
- Antibacterial Margosa Leaf
- Zi Cao – An Ayurvedic herb to soothe sensitive skin

ARK Age Aware Skincare is a British beauty brand that introduces a revolutionary way to look at your skin with its innovative formulas and supplements appropriate to your age rather than skin type. Shula Starkey, skincare expert and founder of ARK says:

“If you don’t cleanse, you haven’t got clean skin which allows the build up of bacteria, resulting in skin break outs. What’s more, if you don’t cleanse properly or thoroughly this can often be the start of any future skin problems. Cleanse and moisturise at the very least, but I would recommend also using a pre-cleanse oil to take off surface debris before continuing with the rest of your skincare routine.”

Apply ARK remove pre-skin cleanse with dry hands on to dry skin before cleansing. Massage in gently all over the face before adding water to form a thin liquid emulsion. Continue massaging, and then rise off with warm water.
ARK remove pre-skin cleanse 125ml - £22.75
Ark has an ever-growing celebrity fan base including Dannii Minogue, Nikki Chapman and Katie Melua.

Cat Deeley Announced As New Face Of Pantene Pro-V

Pantene Pro-V were excited this week to announce Cat Deeley as the new face of the brand. Her work with the brand will kick off with Cat as the face and hair of the new Aqua Light Make a Swisssh campaign launching on the 1st August.
Over the next 6 months Cat will be calling on British women to swish their hair to celebrate how great it can look.
This will culminate in a world record breaking swish in December at the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham where Cat was discovered.
Why Cat? A spokesperson from Pantene said; “Cat Deeley is the ultimate Pantene Pro-V girl, she has natural beauty, and healthy looking, gorgeous hair. Her genuine likeability and infectious charisma have led to her being adored in the UK and now also the US. For us she was the obvious choice to lead the Make A Swisssh movement behind this campaign.”
Excited about her new role Cat said: “Has your hair ever felt so good you can’t help but swish it? - you know that elusive ‘swish’, when hair moves perfectly. It’s that beautiful, healthy looking, enviable hair that we all want – that’s what you get with new Pantene Pro-V Aqua Light.” Cat Deeley

Top Eyeliner Tip!

For striking glamorous Saturday night eyes, here's a little tip I picked up for defining your top lash line to give extra depth to make you eyes really stand out!
First of all take a flat defining brush, try Mac's 212 Flat Definer (£15), then take your black eyeshadow or another dark colour for defining & wet your brush, then add the shadow. Apply to the under part of your lash line, to do this look upwards & the part of the lash line that sits under your lashes is the area you want to aply the colour. Just take it in small blocks from the inside to the lashes & apply three quarters away along from the outer edge of the eye. This will give more defintion to your lashes as well as the shape of your eye. Once this is applied, define above the lashes on the top lashline with a dry brush to create a smokey finish or pencil/liquid, what ever you prefer, defining the under part of you top lashes will always enhance your normal eyeliner. The perfect start to smouldering eyes!!

Get That Perfect Glowing Summer Complexion!

Get sun-kissed & summer-glow gorgeous this summer with these few simple make-up tips! Make-up for the summer should be natural & minimal giving the effect of a healthy bronzed complexion, keeping it on a minimal scale also makes this perfect for even the fairest of skin tones as well, so everybody can have glowing summer skin that even girl of the week, Jennifer Aniston would be envious of!
First step is to use a tinted moisturiser, normal liquid foundation is too heavy for this as a very sheer coverage is required to keep it natural, go for a shade darker than you would normally opt for in a foundation, as you can go a little darker with such a light coverage, apply a very light amount all over the face & blend well with a make-up sponge, make sure you blend throughly around the jaw line & lightly down on to the neck. If you have any blemishes apply a little concealer over the top of your tinted moisturiser (making sure the colour matches), again blend well & use a concealer brush for a perfect finish.
Next take a golden skin highlighter liquid & blend over the top of your cheek bones where the sun would normally catch, then use a bronzer & brush over the cheek bones as well as the forehead area & blend throughly along the jawline too. When choosing a bronzer it is best to go with a shimmer brick that has a combination of bronzes, golds & warm pinks as it will give a more natural colour, remember we want 'golden' not 'burnt orange'!
For the eyes just go with a light golden wash of colour, choose a loose powder in light gold or a warm nude for a natural look & blend over the lid & into the socket line then take a light golden highlighter just under the brow bone, finish them off with your favourite mascara.
For the lips stay with a gloss, opt for a tinted lip-balm to keep them soft & keep the colour to either a light beige or gold. As a finishing touch take some bronzer over your collar bone & chest area for some added bronze sparkle!
To keep everything in place & hold your natural summer look use some finishing spray. We want to keep everything dewy and finishing powder is too heavy & matte, so go for Skindinavia's Make-Up Finishing Spray. It keeps the makeup hydrated & holds it firmly in place all day long!!

Jennifer Aniston Launches New Fragrance At Harrods

Jennifer Aniston's appearance at Harrods today was widely anticipated as she launched her first fragrance at the department store earlier this afternoon. She looked stunning in a nude-tone figure hugging dress showing off her ever-perfect golden tan & her glowing skin was looking that of a young woman in her twenties (just how does she do it!!!???)
For the fragrance marketing campaign Jennifer posed provocatively, but as always tastefully, showing just enough of her perfectly toned figure to seduce us all into lusting after the new scent! Which I'm sure will work as the fragrance is set to be a huge success this year! The fragrance was originally said to be called 'Lolavie' but the makers were concerned the name could possibly create too much scrutiny on it's meaning so at the 11th hour is was changed to simply 'Jennifer Aniston - The Debut Fragrance'.
Greeting her fans that turned up to the launch Jennifer explained ''Now I am not a big perfume-y fragrance fan. With my fragrance I want people to go, ‘What is that? You smell great!’ But most of all I wanted it to smell natural.' She also spoke about some of the fragrance inspiration she grew up with 'The first perfumes I ever wore were Miss Dior and Anais Anais. 'My mother wore Calèche and my grandmother used a body splash that came in a big yellow jug that she kept by the bathtub. Those were very strong scents.'
Aniston also recalled the first perfumes she smelled growing up, adding: 'The first perfumes I ever wore were Miss Dior and Anais Anais.
'My mother wore Calèche and my grandmother used a body splash that came in a big yellow jug that she kept by the bathtub. Those were very strong scents.

Choosing The Perfect Fragrance For Your Big Day!

Another very important accessory that shouldn't be over looked on your big day is your choice of perfume, our sense of smell is one of our strongest senses especially when it comes to reminding us of happy memories! The one you choose will always remind you of your wedding day & can be saved for special occasions, I wore Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel & the second I catch a scent of it I instantly think of my wedding..
Fragrance is of course a very personal thing & you want it to reflect your personality, top fragrance experts advise that when shopping for your perfume don't try more than 3 or 4 on any one shopping trip as you can over load your senses! Also leave the scent on for an hour as well before you finally decide as many need time to 'settle' on your skin to develop their full aroma! To keep the scent lasting longer buy the body lotion as well & apply it after your bath/shower in the morning to intensify the fragrance, also it'll keep your skin perfectly soft in your expensive couture! Needless to say one of the top selling fragrances for blushing brides is Vera Wang which is a classic by the first lady of wedding style!