Pearl Facial & Body Wrap: Beauty, Elegance and Glow!

The ultimate jewels of femininity and elegance, pearls bring to life the magic of the ocean. For many ages, pearls have been a sign of classic beauty and purity. But their appeal lies not only in their jewellery purpose, but also in their spa properties. Since ancient times, pearl dust has been highly desired for the great value of its minerals, proteins, and amino-acids, which strengthen the skin and improve its moisture retention ability. Pearl dust hydrates our skin and leaves us with a healthy radiant glow. Research has also revealed that pearls influence the transfer of melanin to the skin surface, filtering the sun’s rays and counteracting the sun damage. Because of its magical glowing properties, the wives of the Chinese emperors were well-known to apply pearl powder on their skin daily.

There are facial and body wraps available with pearl dust in many spas. This luxurious treatment aims at moisturizing and improving the oxygenation to the skin, as well as leaving our skin as smooth and pure as the fairy pearls. Pearl facials are also well-known for their anti-aging treatments. There are also many face creams and cleansers that you may buy with pearl dust and use it at home! Go on and feel like an Empress!

Versace Opens on Via Veneto in Rome

Italian fashion house Versace seems on its luxurious rise as it just opened a 200-square metre store on Rome’s Via Veneto, making it the fourth Versace store in the fashion city. The luxury brand is debuting a new architectural concept with a beautiful white exterior and it is the first luxury brand to open on the infamous Via Veneto, a street which is famously associated with Italian cinema. The Versace Group says, “Via Veneto is the ideal location for our new boutique, given the many ways the street epitomises Italian glamour – the cinema, the celebrities, a world Versace understands so well. Via Veneto has also become a street synonymous with luxury and our Maison is the first to open a store there. We are confident that the location is a perfect expression of our current development strategy.” Donatella is going luxury all the way as she also launched a $2,100 fragrance “Gianni Versace Couture.”

Victoria Beckham is The New Face of Emporio Armani

Victoria Beckham is the new face for the Emporio Armani underwear’s international ad campaign. The ad was shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and will debut for Spring 2009. Giorgio Armani is very excited about Posh Spice saying, “Who better than Victoria Beckham to launch our new global Emporio Armani underwear campaign? Victoria is a style icon, a dynamic lady whose influence and recognition will add great excitement to the continued international growth of our Emporio Armani women’s underwear business.” Her husband, soccer star David Beckham is the current face for Emporio men’s underwear campaign.

Karl Lagerfeld in Vermont for Chanel Campaign!

Not so long ago, Karl Lagerfeld bought a six-bedroom landmark building on the island of Lake Champlain, Vermont. The designer is there now getting ready to shoot the new Chanel campaign at his place. He was caught by reporters on his front porch with his favorite male model, the hot Brad Kroenig, pictured below. The restaurant that was hired to cater the Chanel shoot said that, “the designer was kind and gracious.” Reportedly, the neighbors are quite excited as well in this small town with one of them, Loomis Bean saying, “We’re not duck hunting or fishing — this is exciting!” Lagerfeld was drown to the property for its trees and views and reminded him of Northern Europe, from where he is originally. Knowing his great artistic talent, we cannot wait to see the photo shoot!

Versace’s Luxury $2,100 Fragrance “Gianni Versace Couture”

Donatella Versace presents the ultimate fragrance “Gianni Versace Couture” which is meant to return the Italian brand on top of the luxurious beauty sector. The fragrance was created in cooperation with Euroitalia Company from Milan and it targets the high class with its high class price tag of $2,100 per bottle. It comes in a white leather small suitcase with golden details. The distribution of Gianni Versace Couture will be exclusive and it is expected to hit European markets in November of 2008 and in December for the US.

The limited edition comes in a 100 ml bottle and the fragrance was created by Sophie Labbe of IFF. The perfume is floral-woody with irresistible scents of the citrus juices of bergamot, mandarin, red berries and tangerine combined with floral romance bloomed in Sambac jasmine, heliotrope and almond and woody essences like Tonka beans, patchouli and sandalwood.

World’s Most Expensive Bra by Victoria’s Secret

This exclusive bra made by Victoria’s Secret, and presented by Brazil’s own Adriana Lima costs a sparkling $5 million making it the world’s most expensive bra! The exquisite bra, which looks more like a jewellery piece than lingerie, is adorned with 3,575 black diamonds, 34 rubies, 117 certified one-carat round diamonds, and over 3,900 stunning gems. With all these precious beauties and diamonds, this is no ordinary lingerie. In case, $5 million is just a tad too much for you to spend on lingerie, you can always settle down for the $1,355,000 diamond bra, which comes second on the pricey bra list.

Hermès Covers Citröen 2CV

Any time you hear of the infamous Hermès, you think of exquisite leather. The legendary Citröen 2CV got this exquisite leather makeover by the French high fashion house. This cute 60th anniversary gift for the mini 2CV by Hermès was introduced at the Paris Motor Show on October 7th, which for men is like Paris Fashion Week for the ladies. Hermès detailed the natural leather trim from the door facings, the interior rearview mirrors, the gear knob, the steering wheel, and the driver’s sun visor with some haute couture flavour. The two seats are also made by the French brand with natural leather and grey beige cotton canvas. The bonnet and interior trim at the rear of the 2CV is also made of Hermès cotton canvas.

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