On the Verge of Global Styledom: CHARLOTTE BLAKENEY

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Charlotte Blakeney is one of Australia’s most in-demand makeup artists. For almost 20 years she has worked her magic on covers, campaigns and countless celebrities. By Charlotte began as a side business: “I have always wanted to make women look and feel beautiful and I guess jewellery is another way of achieving this.” It’s now booming to the point where Blakeney is putting away her makeup brushes for good.

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Polished Performance

The ultimate in nail luxury: glossy, glistening shades set off with sparkle and shine of the jewellery kind. Pile on the glitz with nails polished enough to take anything on.

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THE FRAGRANCE FAMILY

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As France’s first lady of fragrance, Chantal Roos has had more impact on the industry than most; she was the brains behind such iconic scents as YSL Opium and Paris, Issey Miyake L’eau D’issey and Jean Paul Gaultier classique. Continue reading

BEAUTY PICK: Braided

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Braids are set to be one of the biggest hair trends of 2016, with everybody from Beyoncé to Australian model Jessica Hart embracing the look.

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Summer, south of somewhere

 

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Take a line out of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and thread your “way through a moving forest of ice-cream cones and crimson thighs.”

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Backstage at Dior

It’s been barely two weeks since PFW SS16 wrapped up, but if you’re in the mood to reminisce— here models backstage at Dior talk runway survival tactics. #eat #play #walk

Until Paris Haute Couture Spring Summer (24-29 January 2016), then.

Allison Browning: Spring Skin care

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Skin therapist Allison Browning has been noted in The Age and Vogue for treating skin, eyebrows and souls with a mix of sage-like wisdom and cutting edge technology. Here she talks to L’Officiel about spring cleaning your skin.

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Perfume: Scents of Spring

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A spring in your step, the world at your feet, flowers in your hair—fragrance has a way of transporting and igniting memory. L’Officiel uncovers eight fragrances for spring that will take you on an olfactory journey from Capri, to the French Rivera, to the birth of Venus, before a visit to the spring gardens of Asia via an avenue of Japanese cherry blossoms.

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