Bare Escentuals opening London boutique

American mineral makeup brand Bare Escentuals is opening its first stand-alone UK boutique in London's Covent Garden, one of my favourite beauty destinations. They're already in Holland, Demark, Turkey and Scandinavia... Guest columnist Nadine Haobsh is a spokesperson for the brand in the US and raves about the stuff. All of my sisters and mother have a stash of it at home and I'm probably one of few beauty editors to never have bought or regularly used the stuff (I'm not a fan of powdered makeup). BUT, if sales are any indicator, the stuff is good. And if you can sleep in it, well, all the better after a boozy night on the tiles.

Bare Escentuals, 40 Neal Street, Covent Garden, London WC2 (020 78367424)

Press enquries contact  Natalie Axten (naxten@bareescentuals.co.uk, 020 3059 1709, 0787 254 1956). Bare Escentuals sees 70 door launches across the UK by end of 2009.

Content Beauty/Wellbeing

Everybody should visit Content Beauty/Wellbeing's website. They've re-done it (not that it wasn't great before as well) and I find it to be an veritable aladdin's cave of beauty and wellness info. Spent hours on it the other week (when I was paying 4 quid an hour for internet in Moshi. It's clearly a good time if I'm paid that rate to simply read!).

Anyway, just a reminder that the site is there and amazing. You can still browse by category (and shop the good stuff) via the top navigation, but the content has been split up into beauty and wellness. You can shop by ethos (vegan skincare your thing... or perhaps carbon neutral) and there's a knowledge section with good links for your own research... then there's the magazine. It's just chocka with good stuff, like your skincare should be.

Dive in and enjoy. It's a great way to spend a few minutes at lunch, so do!

Liberty and Target... bedfellows?

Yes, yes, I know... it might be just a touch too early in the new PW (post-wedding) blogging phase to be going on such a tangent, but I just can't resist. WWD reported this morning that there are talks of a 'collaboration' between the shoppe and shop. Whether it's Target (oh, beloved Tar-jaaay and your amazing cosmetics department, how I've missed you on these latest travels) entering Liberty or Liberty entering the US market via Target's Go International collection, I'm game to see what comes next. To be honest, the latter seems more likely an outcome to me... I can just see it now. Liberty print smock tops. Or, maybe not. I'm not sure the Ra-ra prints would be all that successful in middle America unless marketed to OAPers with a nostalgic bend. Itty bitty Liberty-print bikinis would have been a runaway success. Maybe day planners and accessories as well. Ooooh, or cosmetics and bath goodies. Liberty print lipstick cases and compacts. Adorable. Tres Paul & Joe... Anyway, I'm now digressing on my digression.

If Liberty, in some shape or form, makes itself available to me when I am stuck in Chicago, I'll be pretty pleased no matter what that form might take - even giant Liberty print knickers would put a smile on my face mid-way through a frosty midwestern winter (fingers crossed I suffer no such fate for even a day).

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