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Jill Stuart will release its fall/winter 2012 bodycare collection in Japan on October 12th. According to Jill Stuart’s website, the new Relax bodycare collection features floral notes of lily, lily of the valley, jasmine, and rose as well as citrusy notes of lemon, orange, and grapefruit.
The collection includes:
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THREE will release its holiday 2012 makeup collection in Japan on November 7th. The limited-edition What a Wonderful World makeup set (¥7350) includes:
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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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Sofina Aube Couture has updated its official website to feature the line’s holiday 2012 makeup collection. Four variations of Designing Jewel Compacts (limited editions, ¥5250 each) will be released in late September, and each variation comes in one of the two cases.
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Have a look at images of Dior‘s holiday 2012 makeup collection at BeautyPlus. (I like the look of the limited-edition makeup palette in the gold case.)
More information to follow.
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Updated on October 27th, 2012:
Images of some of the collection items (including the seasonal limited-edition star item, the Grand Bal palette):
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by PJ on Friday, August 31, 2012
in -Albion, -AQ, -Aube (Couture), -Coffret d'Or, -Dior, -Esprique (Precious), -IPSA, -Lavshuca, -Majolica Majorca, -Maquillage, -NARS, -RMK, -Shu Uemura, -SUQQU, -YSL, 2012 Fall, all about Japanese cosmetics, makeup, seasonal makeup trend reports
(combining two trends: Nars Trio Eyeshadow in High Society)
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Purple and green have emerged as the dominant colors for fall 2012. Continuing from the spring 2012 makeup trend, green is still a key player. On the other hand, I am glad that purple is back on trend.
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Those in the UK who are fans of Japanese cosmetics might have noticed that Astalift had (somewhat quietly) been launched in the UK earlier this year. Today I am reviewing Astalift’s Regenerating Night Cream after an overview of the line.
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Lavshuca released two Pure Blossoming Eyes Limited Edition Sets for summer 2012. Both sets (01 Pink and 02 Purple) looked very appealing to me, but I decided to go for 02 Purple mainly because the eyeshadow palette in the set reminded me of Lavshuca’s Eye Color Select in PU-1 from spring 2007 (with pale lilac, medium purple, dark blue, and pale yellow gold), a palette I regret not buying. (I have PK-1, BU-1, and PU-2.)
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