MV Skincare comes to the UK this month

My favourite London beauty boutique Content Beauty/Wellbeing is about to become the first stockist of Australian range MV Skincare. Beauty experts like Bethan Cole and Nichola Joss endorse the brand and I'm keen to try it once I'm back to the real world as it's apparently great for sensitive skin. I have skin that gets inflamed and red at the mere thought of the elements or lesser products.

Founder Sharon McGlinchey has been creating beauty products for 13 years. The MV range features products like pure Jojoba Oil and Rose Facial Mist... the Gentle Cream Cleanser seems to have expert approval. Full ingredient lists are missing, which is a pet peeve. But there is an abbreviated list of what is and is not used in the FAQs so that's where you should start if you want to read up on the contents. The site is pretty information-rich otherwise and I'm wondering if Content will pick up MV Skincare treatments too.

It seems that Australia is exporting its beautywares more and more to the UK and beyond. Furthermore, it seems to be seriously nudging its way into the natural/organic beauty market. Kuush, Invisible Zinc, Grow and now MV Skincare. Well done down under.

Organic Pharmacy opens in LA

Winner of In Style Best eco/organic brand 2009, cult British brand The Organic Pharmacy is making a serious foray into the American market this month with the opening of their new Beverly Hills shop and spa. It's all very exciting for Margo and the girls who we'll sadly miss by a few days!

The official launch is 31 March 2009 with a customer event being held on 2 April 2009 (details are below).

We love the Carrot Butter Cleanser and the Rose Quartz Facial is legendary. See snaps of the shop below and get the full details for the customer event at the bottom of this post:

New and noteworthy: CR by Coco Ribbon

Luxury lifestyle brand Coco Ribbon, present their new beauty line The ethereally girlie Coco Ribbon has, after years of sourcing the lovliest stuff around, finally taken the leap into producing their own products in the new CR by Coco Ribbon range. Its oils, lotions and creams all come in signature Coco Ribbon packaging with names that suggest the delicate nature of (we hope) both the fragrance and the products themselves. Products include the Angel Skin bath oil, Dream body cream and Little Miracle balm for the lips after two years of formulation in France.

Where can you buy it? Selfridges Living Beauty and, of course, Coco Ribbon stores. We have yet to do a test running (still working on the Rodial facial) but as soon as we have a chance to get all oiled up we'll report our findings.