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Launched in February this year, Olay‘s new Total Effects Moisturiser + Serum Duo SPF 20 is claimed to combine the hydrating properties of a moisturizer and the treatment efficacy of a serum. With added sun protection, this product aims to streamline the morning skincare routine.
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Launched in 2005, Kiehl’s Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate, part of the brand’s Dermatologist Solutions range, is one of the brand’s best-selling products. With 10.5% vitamin C, it is billed as a potent anti-wrinkle treatment. Today I am taking a closer look at this product.
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It seems that whitening ranges continue to be big businesses in Asia, and the springtime is when most of the whitening ranges from both Asian and western beauty brands (which develop whitening ranges exclusively for the Asian market) bring out new products. From daily skincare items to treatment products and from ultra-high SPF sunscreens to full base-makeup routines (from primer to loose powder), whitening ranges have been getting more and more extensive.
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Kanebo Lavshuca will release its spring 2013 makeup collection in Japan on February 1st. The collection includes:
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Shiseido’s Anessa is one of the most popular suncare ranges in Japan. The range features sunscreens (including one designed for babies), foundations, and a BB cream, all of which offer high levels of protection against UVA and UVB rays. The range also includes cleansers formulated to remove high-factor sun protection.
Currently, in Japanese cosmetics, the labels indicating the strengths of UVA protection are PA+, PA++, and PA+++. From January 2013, as a result of the advancement of UVA protection technology in Japan, the Japan Cosmetic Industry Association will introduce PA++++, an even higher level of UVA protection.
Anessa’s spring/summer 2013 suncare collection, which will be released in Japan on February 21st, features items with the PA++++ UVA-protection level. The collection includes (from left to right in the photo above):
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La Prairie‘s Caviar range is perhaps the most noted range of the Swiss skincare brand. In September, a new addition to the range, Skin Caviar Liquid Lift, was launched in the UK. Today I am taking a closer look at this product.
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SUQQU will release its holiday 2012 makeup collection in Japan on November 2nd. The collection includes two limited-edition makeup kits, 2012 Christmas Makeup Kit A (above, ¥8400) and 2012 Christmas Makeup Kit B (below, ¥8400).
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Molton Brown is a UK-based brand launched in 1973. Currently, it mainly carries skincare, bodycare (including handcare), haircare, men’s grooming, fragrance, and home fragrance items. In March 2012, Molton Brown released a new skincare and bodycare range, and today I am reviewing Creole Grass Anti-Ageing Hydra-Crème from the range.
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