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Christian Louboutin’s first ever nail colour hits Selfridges
Say the term iconic fashion designs, what springs to mind? Chanel’s Little black dress? Diane Von Furstenberg’s wrap dress? Vivienne Westwood’s pirate boots maybe? Or Gianni Versace and a certain safety pin dress? There is every likelihood that all the aforementioned designs are fully deserving of the term iconic, but no list of iconic designs would be complete without Christian Louboutin’s red soled heels. Christian Louboutin’s red-bottom colour is registered as Pantone 18-1663 TPX, and there is not a fashionista worth her salt who hasn’t paraded her feet in a pair of Christian’s now legendary heels. There are stories that say the original pair of heels were painted red with…
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Loving Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura – Now at Selfridges
Karl Lagerfeld is finally revealing his fun side in his latest collaboration. The Chanel supremo has got together with cult beauty brand Shu Uemura to create the fun and utterly gorgeous Mon Shu collection. The beauty collection features both Shu Uemura’s current favourites and a host of brand new colours, beautifully wrapped in new packaging that showcases Mon Shu Girl, illustrated, of course, by Mr Lagerfeld himself. I love this collection, which combines really cute products with premium beauty. The eye palettes each contain 6 different colours, along with a brush and blender, my personal favourite are the velvet shades that could help you to create the perfect smoky…
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Gorgeously Glamorous Gold Beauty arrives at New Look
I can’t express how big a fan I am of the Gold by Giles Clothing range for New Look. In fact, I still possess a pair of ultra wedges from the very first Gold by Giles collection AND the carrier bag they came in. To put it quite simply, Giles Deacon is a British Fashion Icon and New Look is one of the best High Street stores, so this is a match made in Fashion heaven. So you can imagine how happy I was to hear that Gold was branching out into beauty. This promised to be a collection that had the look and feel of a High End brand…
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Leighton Denny Launches Nail bar in Birmingham.
Wednesday saw the official launch of the new Leighton Denny Expert Nails nail bar in Selfridges, Birmingham, and fashion-mommy went along to meet the man himself and get the low down on what I could do with my poor, brittle nails. Leighton is definitely the right man to ask. He is the four times winner of Nail technician of the year, and has been described as ‘The manicurist’s guru’, previously working as nail spokesperson for Marks and Spencer, Max Factor, Crabtree and Evelyn and Cutex. A well-known face familiar to QVC watchers all over Britain, Leighton brings nail knowledge to the masses with charm and a cheeky smile. My own…
