I didn’t think anything short of Johnny Depp could persuade me to take off my clothes in the middle of Mayfair during this current Arctic snap, but when Elemis invited me to experience its new Total Face & Body Polish (to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its flagship Day-Spa), frankly, I couldn’t disrobe fast enough.
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Now you see it…
As super-powers go, being invisible is surely up there with the best of them. There can’t be too many among us who would pass up the chance to wander around unseen and undetected, if only for a day or two. Invisibility is equally desirable for certain make-up products – think foundation, powder and concealer (despite
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Stella delivers a star turn at London L.I.L.Y launch
Over the years this writer has been lucky enough to attend launches in all sorts of exotic locations around the world, but earlier this month L’Oréal came up trumps with a more local venue: Wellington Arch, on Hyde Park Corner. We must have walked past this monument 100 times, and never once realised you could
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Origins lights the way with Mega-Bright
We could all do with a little more enlightenment in life, and Origins did its best to oblige last week, at the London launch of its new skin care treatment, Dr Andrew Weil for Origins Mega-Bright Skin Tone Correcting Serum. The event took place at Paramount at Centre Point, an appropriately light and bright location
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A beautiful breakfast with Bobbi
Earlier today, The Estée Lauder Companies helped celebrate Bobbi Brown’s 20th anniversary in the cosmetics industry, with a media breakfast at the Hélène Darroze Restaurant, at the Connaught Hotel. La Brown herself was present at the event, looking far too youthful to be celebrating 20 years of anything. Dressed in jeans, a black sequinned top
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Feline fine: Coty unleashes its first Cavalli fragrance
Wild. In all the right ways. That’s the only possible way to describe the launch party for the first Roberto Cavalli fragrance from Coty Prestige. Yes, I know the event took place about 10 days ago, but to be frank, it’s taken me this long to recover from it. I’m a middle-aged mother of two:
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A new way to wear Cavalli
In a welcome respite from the rugby (Alain who? DON’T get me started on the injustice of that red card) this writer heads off to Tuscany today, for the official reveal of the first Roberto Cavalli fragrance from Coty Prestige. The Cavalli beauty licence was previously held by ICR-ITF. Coty’s agreement took effect last summer,
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A taste of the good life
There was Champagne. Caviar. Foie gras. And chocolate. Reader, we didn’t want to leave. The ‘Discover Unique Tastes’ event, jointly organised by Valrhona, Petrossian, Rougie and Champagne Duval-Leroy, at the Bistrot des Anges on Tuesday evening, provided guests with some delicious r&r after a hard day pounding the floors of the Palais. Against a backdrop
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Size isn’t everything
Having been blown away – quite literally – at the Opening Cocktail last night, this writer was lucky enough to thaw out afterwards at an intimate dinner hosted by L’Oréal at the Hotel Majestic’s ‘La Petite Maison de Nicole’ restaurant. L’Oréal’s Eric Tarral and Nicolas Hiéronimus were the perfect hosts, tactfully ignoring my windswept coiffure
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Going The Extra Mile
At The Moodie Report we strive to do whatever it takes to get the story, and today we went the extra mile again – all the way to Gibraltar, onboard Monarch Airlines’ 07.05 ZB068 flight from London Luton Airport. Among the industry executives keeping this writer company in the small hours (we rendez-vous’d in the
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Christmas Crackers
Christmas seems to start earlier every year – but 20 July is something of a personal best for this writer, who earlier today managed to tap into a little festive spirit, courtesy of the Elemis and Mandara Spa Christmas Collection previews, in London. A selection of Christmas sets from the Elemis brand The Elemis Day
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Feasting in France with Valrhona
The Moodie Report has been fortunate enough to feast in France this week, courtesy of luxury confiserie house Valrhona. This writer greatly enjoyed the fabulous hospitality of Eric Carlier and his team, experiencing not just a full immersion into the Varhona universe, but also an amazing voyage gastronomique of the wider Tain L’Hermitage region, where
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Small but perfectly formed
With peak launch/event season in full swing, The Moodie Report team is spending even more time than usual on the road – and in the air. Last week this writer passed through London City Airport en route to Milan, an experience that was efficient and enjoyable in equal measure. I’d forgotten how much I like