More foundation shades! A promising new concealer for the ones of us not under 20! The self-made billionaire we all need! Where the beauty industry fails when it comes to inclusion, and which multi-billion dollar company will stop working with influencers. Nap pods?!
Beauty Releases and News
USA
New York gets an Aland store – go and buy alllllll the cosrx!
GB
You can’t order from Sephora.com anymore when you’re in GB. (BritishBeautyBlogger)
Germany
Douglas Germany now carries it cosmetics and Hourglass.
Sephora Münster!
Shangpree (they of the awesome facials) now sell their products at KaDeWe and Oberpollinger (Berlin/München).
Releases
Armani’s Luminous Silk foundation gets a shade expansion! (Elle)
L’Oreal partners withFrench fashion designer Isabel Marant. (Vogue)
The Ordinary’s new sunscreen – is not good. (Reddit)
Huda Beauty comes out with a demi-matte liquid lipstick (in my book that’s called ‘satin’). (Allure)
The Beautyblender now gets a foundation line to go with their tools.
I’m really excited for Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Away concealer! (BritishBeautyBlogger)
Fenty Beauty releases a silver highlighter whose proceeds will go to charity. (Temptalia)
Beauty – and more
Why Pat McGrath is the self-made billionaire we all need. (Also, go and read our timely post on her eyeshadow palette!) Pat sounds awesome, and I want to meet her mom. (Allure)
Burberry apparently destroyed makeup products worth millions of pounds when licensing changed hands from Shiseido to Coty. I don’t know about you, but I would’ve greatly appreciated to buy a few of the original Pale Barley eyeshadows! (TeenVogue)
One of the biggest beauty companies, Unilever, is threatening to stop using influencers to promote their products. There was a big controversy around that, but I like it – the biggest influencers work like old-fashioned mags anyway – I’d rather have them use micro-influencers instead! (BBC)
Kind of Stephen pointed towards an in vivo study that shows that pollution particles can actually harm your skin.
Inclusion in the beauty industry – from someone who perceives herself as an outsider: The founder of Soapwalla. (Yahoo)
Karen from Makeupandbeautyblog experiences the same concealer problems I encountered a few weeks ago, and will go concealer-free for a week.
Life, love, and everything else
The industry behind fakes. Have you ever thought about what you’re financing when you buy fakes? You might support trafficking, drug cartels or illegal weapons. Make sure to read some comments, because they’re actually well though out and articulate! (Sophie Shohet on YouTube)
There’re also companies using AI technology to identify fake goods – if you’re afraid that makes a dull read, give it a try – it’s riveting! (Racked)
You need a bra that fits. (Revelist)
More movies should show teen acne, and I wholeheartedly agree! (Vulture)
Even the venerable Nobel Prize Academy has been touched by #metoo, and consequently, there won’t be a Nobel Prize for Literature next year. There’ll be an alternative prize instead, and you can actually vote for your favourite author! (NY Times)
You can rent a room, just to nap, in New York. Racked investigates. (They’ve been busy this month!) (There’re Sunday Riley product to try as well!)
And because I’ll be moving soon, I fell into a hole of Ikea hacks on the interwebs. I can tell you now everything about attaching new legs, painting various pieces of furniture and attaching new knobs or handles to spruce an old Malm or Alex up. (Style at Home)
On the blog
We found some great products for you! MAC’s Mirage Noir collection was a hit, as was Pat McGrath’s eyeshadows, a work-friendly, but exciting lipstick, and the best liquid matte lipstick of all times (really). Also, I found some weird Asian beauty products you have to try, and two very good eyeshadow brushes (that won’t break the bank!).
Languishing in this hot summer? Here’re some hacks to beat the heat! The Sulwhasoo Spa in Seoul wasn’t what I hoped it would be, but then, I found some great jetlag beating products. How was your month?
