I don’t know if you have had an opportunity to check out Giorgio Armani Beauty in a local counter or not – but it is well worth the effort to do so.  They have gorgeous counters, and really some amazing colors and products.

They are announcing their newest lip product – Lip Wax.  Very different from a lipstick or certainly a gloss, the Lip Wax comes in small black compacts and is applied either with your fingers or a brush, giving you a “second skin” of weightless color for your lips.  It reminds me a bit of an old fashioned rouge, or Tarte’s cheek stain.  

These are the shades that the initial collection will be available in:

n°1 Nude beige – a shade lighter than the natural lip color

n°2 Antique rose – a discreet lip highlight

n°3 Sienna – brings warmth to the lips

n°4 Raspberry – a colorful pink purple

n°5 Cardinal red – a bright, transparent red

n°6 Deep Chianti – a rich color for strong marked lips

I can’t wait to try these – Lip Wax will be available at your Giorgio Armani counter, or at GiorgioArmaniBeauty.com beginning in October, and will retail for $26.

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I have been reading a lot of information about L’Oreal lately with their purchase of The Body Shop, and thought you might be interested in a list of other skin/hair brands, all owned by L’Oreal:

Maybelline, Lancome, Shu Uemura, Kiehl’s, Biotherm, Vichy, Cacharel, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Helena Rubenstein, The Body Shop (coming soon), Redken, Matrix, Biotherm, Garnier

What does this mean to you?  Not that much really.  More than anything, it should remind you that so much in the world of brands is in your head.  I imagine there is more than a few similarities in the Loreal drugstore skin care and the Lancome skin care.  Just remember that when you shop.  L’Oreal has the research behind them – there is no reason that they wouldn’t be putting the benefits into their drugstore lines as well as their (highly overpriced, IMHO) Lancome brand.

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