September 30th, 2022
Karla Cosmetics have today launched the new Romance Palette (£69) their first multichrome palette. The four-pan palette combines brand new velvet-soft matte eyeshadows along with the brand’s best-selling multichrome opal shades, in new pressed formulas. These bespoke shades have been designed to complement each other and create limitless eye looks on any eye colour and skin tone with warm pinks, cherry-hued shades and deep burgundys, designed to take you from fun and flirty all the way to sultry siren.
Ultra-pigmented in rich tones, with minimum fall-out and maximum impact, the luxurious velvet powder shadows combine weightless texture with intense colour and are long-lasting with no creasing. This new formula has a smooth cream to powder texture that melts into the skin for a seamless blended application, perfect to use for highlighted areas or to create multi-dimensional sparkle.
Alongside this stunning palette, Karla Cosmetics has also launched brand new brushes. The 6 Piece Essential Brush Collection (£65) is designed to cater to all of your eye makeup needs. The super soft, laser-cut bristles are made of the highest quality synthetic fibres. All brushes are designed to be used with cream, gel or loose eyeshadows and pigments. The collection includes small oval shader, pack and blend, tall fluffy blender, short shader, smoky pencil and big buffer. The brushes are vegan and cruelty-free and are perfect for sensitive skin. Made with high quality soft synthetic hair, these brushes feature a durable wooden pink handle with a rose gold ferrule – making them a staple in any makeup bag. Both available now from karlastore.
W7 Makeup’s Delicious Palette (£7.95) is an on-trend, vibrant eyeshadow palette featuring a range of 14 blendable, highly pigmented shades. A combination of nudes to browns, pinks to plums and creams to oranges, this palette is the perfect addition to anyone’s makeup bag this autumn. The finishes and textures vary within the palette, with shades ranging from shimmery, glitter shades to creamy mattes. Available now from w7makeup.
Gender-free, vegan make-up brand, Jecca Blac have introduced their Brow Seal and Brow Block (£23 for the duo), an innovative brow duo that enables makeup wearers to shape, fluff, laminate, and even block the eyebrows. This revolutionary brow duo is the first of its kind as the Brow Seal can be used alone as a brow gel, or apply Brow Block after Brow Seal to achieve the perfect base for brow blocking in place of the traditionally used glue stick. Brow Seal & Block delivers 24-hour wear with flake-free, waterproof staying power. Drag artists who fully erase the appearance of their eyebrows to produce artistic masterpieces with their eye looks were the inspiration behind developing this duo.
Brow Seal (£14) this smooth formula boasts waterproof, 24-hour, flexible hold with one swipe that doesn’t flake when dried, all while being comfortable to wear and removes easily with makeup remover. Whether you want to go big and bushy, sleek and defined or love a laminated look, this is the essential step for holding hairs in place with a silky-smooth application.
Brow Block (£14) the revolutionary way to fully erase the appearance of brows. Once brows are flattened and laminated using Brow Seal, Brow Block is the ultimate next step for providing a flattened, seamless base for fully concealing and blocking brows in place of the traditionally used glue stick. With brows concealed, discover next level makeup freedom for drawing on an entirely new brow shape – or go brow free for experimental, editorial freedom to eye makeup looks. Available now from jeccablac.
This year as the arts have continued to come back from one of the most challenging times ever, The Powder Group (TPG) are presenting a very special program to support their favourite arts organization – Provincetown Arts Association and Museum (PAAM) – through something they all love at TPG – lipstick!
TPG have once again partnered with Three Custom Color Specialists (3CC) to create a special lipstick to support PAAM. The special shade they created is TPG X PAAM 2022 (US $16). The shade was developed by Boston based makeup artist and TPG Pro member Phiphi Liang in partnership with 3CC co-founder Chad Hayduk and TPG Director of Artistry, James Vincent. The shade is perfect for autumn/winter 2022 – a stunning, rich deep red with a creamy moisturising finish. Wear full force or blot for a cherry popsicle stain. 100% of the proceeds from sales of the shade will go directly to PAAM to support their endeavours in the arts and arts education. Available from PAAM or thepowdergroup.
As the colder months approach, it’s the perfect time to opt for more cooler earthy tones and deep reds on nails to really embrace the upcoming seasonal change. To follow the trend, swap the bright reds and experimental pinks with deeper shades to really get in the cosy spirit. Try & Other Stories Pistachio Rapture (£6) or White Color Matter Acid (£28) by Off—White.
Super Facialist launched their skincare line, Clear Skin this week. The collection compromises of five targeted and effective skincare products that hone in on blemishes and troublesome spots. With a unique Skin Balancing Complex, the entire range combines organic tea tree and niacinamide, along with gentle prebiotics to preserve and protect the skin’s natural barrier. A combination that delivers while caring for the complexion.
All priced at under £10, the affordable yet effective range is perfect for teenagers or those suffering with troublesome skin. The range includes Clear Out Clarifying Mask (£7), Pore Clarity Daily Exfoliator (£6), Pore-fect Daily Moisturiser (£9), On The Spot Treatment Gel (£7) and Breakout Buster Serum (£9). Available now from theunexpektedstore.
Award-winning Doctor Nyla is launching Dr. Nyla Skincare (from £45). Consciously created and combining the latest skincare science, the five-piece, refillable Dr. Nyla Skincare range boasts a cocktail of clinically-proven ingredients to deliver hydrated and revitalised skin. Formulations are enriched with a Gold-Encapsulated Peptide System to encourage collagen production and ascorbic acid fusion to leave skin luminous and radiant.
Dr Nyla said “I wanted to create a range that works with all skin types and addresses common concerns, which can help to boost moisture, restore radiance, and support collagen production. Skincare should be able to fit seamlessly into your routine and offer you moment of luxurious pampering. My range has been designed to do exactly that.”
The collection includes: Radiance Day Cream (£110, refill £80), Rejuvenating Night Cream (£110, refill £80), Illuminating Eye Cream (£110, refill £80), Nourishing Cleaning Cream (£45) and Purify Cleansing Gel (£45). Available now from doctornyla.
Salon System, brand leaders in professional beauty, have unveiled their Gellux autumn/winter nail colour collection with eight new colours entitled ‘Colour Me Crazy’ (£11.95 +vat each). Incorporating a warm, rich, earthy, and golden palette of shades, ideal for every client’s desire. Soft nudes and luxurious deep berry hues bring simplicity, whilst fiery orange and full gold glitter bring the drama. The collection consists of: Bitten Berry, Much Drama, All Fired Up, All the Rage, Wicked Green, Velvet Vixen, Cupids Kiss and How Bizarre.
Each gel shade is both chip and wear resistant leaving nails with a long lasting, ultra-glossy finish. The patented technologies within the formulation promotes excellent adhesion and wear properties, while still allowing for removal by soaking in acetone. Suitable for use on a natural nail, nail extension system, Acrylics or Fibreglass, Gellux polishes last up to fifteen days and are UV and LED compatible. Available from professional beauty wholesalers nationwide.
Industry News
Shiseido, the most innovative and multi-award winning cosmetic company, is launching its first ever UK pop-up in the heart of Covent Garden. Taking place 1st-9th October 2022 at 7 James Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8BT. Known for pioneering innovation and breakthrough science, the brand will host a series of educational and exciting creative workshops, expert masterclasses and panel talks. All events cost £25 per person, which is redeemable against as Shiseido purchase, and each person gets a deluxe goodie bag. Events are also being livestreamed on shiseido.co.uk for those who cannot attend in person. For more information, and to book, visit the website.

Isidro Valencia – Winner Best Make-up Art 2022
Entries for the 2023 IBI (International Beauty Industry) Awards close on 6th November, so make sure you get your entries in. Based in NYC, the IBI Awards is the world’s truly Global Hair and Makeup Competition celebrating Beauty Art being created in the mediums of Hair and Makeup, with nearly 50 unique categories that range from everyday makeup and hair to avant garde. The awards are judged blind to be as fair and accessible as possible, judges are independent and where a competing artist comes from, how many followers they have, what products they use, who their clients are, what organisations they belong to, race, gender or age is not known or considered, it’s only about the work.
There is a small fee to enter the pro categories, but active beauty Students can enter for free. In previous years artists from around 40-50 countries enter online, and several fantastic entries have been submitted by UK artistes, both in student and pro categories. Visit the website to see last year’s winners.
The Australian leading haircare brand with over 23,000 5-star reviews, BondiBoost, is launching for the first time with professional retailer, Salons Direct, the UK’s largest online supplier to the professional hair and beauty industry.
BondiBoost offers high quality, innovative hair health driven products, for guaranteed customer satisfaction, from the salon and at home. BondiBoost products consist of natural, conscious and native Australian ingredients that go into every bottle, providing the best solutions for your clients’ individual hair and scalp needs.
Each range has been created using formulations driven by natural active ingredients, to help salon professionals support customers with haircare concerns such as thinning hair, dry hair, brittle hair and colour treated strands. BondiBoost’s mission is to stay true to their Australian roots, developing formulas with the help of leading industry experts on the shores of the iconic Bondi Beach, now available to UK consumers through salon professionals. BondiBoost believes that haircare starts at the scalp, through natural actives being formulated to create an optimal scalp environment to help deliver fuller, thicker and healthier hair.
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