4 December, 2014

Buy it now: Burberry Beauty’s little gold packages

Dear Santa, please can I have my entire tree decked in these sumptuous gold Burberry Beauty packages?

Burberry is banking on beauty, there’s really no doubt about it. And the product is good from what I’ve tried, I’m using the Burberry foundation as my everyday base, after eking out the last blob of Myface MyMix.

So for Christmas, Burberry is gifting us this limited edition array of goodies, in special gold packaging that’s very different from Burberry’s usual neutral colour palette. The boxes alone are beautifully presented – a warm gold, minimal typography, and extremely sophisticated. (more…)

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1 December, 2014

WIRED Retail 2014: My top 5 takeaways

This year’s WIRED Retail (supported by digital marketing agency Valtech) was a winning combination of all my favourite elements – fashion, retail, social and curation. We’ve been talking about these subjects a hell of a lot lately but certain messages are being crystalised. Among last Monday’s speakers were the founders of Lyst, Farfetch and RewardStyle, as well as Google UK’s Peter Fitzgerald, Etsy’s VP of business development Nicole Vanderbilt, Instagram’s Tracy Yaverbaun and Depop’s CEO, Runar Reistrup. (more…)

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28 November, 2014

Prada Resort 2015 campaign by Steven Meisel

Love how Prada campaigns never look like anything else. Example: this spooky Prada Resort 2015 campaign by Steven Meisel, featuring Adrienn Juliger, Ine Neefs and Moya Mardy. (more…)

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28 November, 2014

Bobbi Brown’s best buys: the nude edit

Naked and nude makeup palettes have undoubtedly been a thing this year. You can get them at all price points (just search them on British Beauty Blog, there’s a new one along every week) but for me, you can’t beat Bobbi Brown. The formulations are beautiful, the shades are supremely wearable and they work hard for day and night so that even the expensive ones earn their keep. (more…)