Jimmy Choo Flash

Jimmy Choo FLASH available EXCLUSIVELY

at Debenhams Beauty Hall from 9th - 28th January 2013

Debenhams Beauty Hall is proud to announce that from 9th January 2013 it will be the exclusive online stockists for Jimmy Choo FLASH and from 11th January 2013 the exclusive in store stockist (until 28th January). 

Jimmy Choo Creative Directors Sandra Choi and Simon Holloway had a distinct vision for the Jimmy Choo FLASH muse and the emotions they wanted the fragrance to evoke. According to Choi and Holloway, “FLASH is about the cool rush of excitement and the sense of power a woman feels when dressed in a pair of sexy shoes. Its character, which is both heady and effervescent, captures this perfectly.”

FLASH is a white floral with a character that is effervescent, carnal and provocative. The perfumer, Christine Nagel says, “I created FLASH for the self-confident, urban Jimmy Choo woman: sexy, rebellious and sophisticated. I imagined the sound of her heels, clicking on the streets of New York, London and Paris.” 

The fragrance opens with pink pepper, tangerine and strawberry, for a fresh, sparkling introduction. As these glittering top notes evaporate, heart notes of strong, exotic white flowers, with a tuberose signature enriched with notes of jasmine and white lily, reveal a heady, sexy character. A base of white, powdery woods gives a lasting impression that is both seductive and sensual, but never too much. “As a brand, Jimmy Choo is so resolutely feminine that the perfume had to have a sensual background. I used white woods, a contemporary note that gives a feminine, sophisticated touch but maintains luminosity,” says Nagel 

“Christine Nagel is a modern artist in fragrance. Her olfactory vernacular is the definition of cool, but her sensibility is always ultra-feminine and luxurious,“says Holloway. 

Prices from £22.00 - £62.00.

http://www.debenhams.com/

Vita Liberata pHenomenal - the three week tan

Self tanning is a little bit like Marmite. You’re either too warry / disgusted by the idea of it, or you simply cannot get enough. To the later, I sympathise. To the former, I ask: what is it about self tanning that turns your nose up? The smell, the toxins, the inevitable patches a few days later regardless of how stringently you exfoliate and moisturize?

I’ve been there, darlings. I’ve followed all the rules and suffered all the pit-falls.

So my fickle attentions were turned understandably to a new launch from a-list tanners Vita Liberata. They’ve launched pHenomenal, which is the first EVER self-tan that lasts up to 3 weeks. The tan contain a unique moisture lock system that brings water molecules to the skin’s surface, which is important for achieving that perfect coverage and preventing un-even colour fade.  

And it’s all perfume, alcohol and paraben free, so suitable for even the most sensitive of skins. 

Now, Boots and Debenhams have sold out within the first week, so a long-term tan is clearly a popular promise. But does it work? 

I got my mitts on a sample a couple of months back and gave it a go for myself. And yes, it lasts. You understand though, darlings: to achieve a truly noticeable colour the full duration, re-application is definitely necessary. But even if you apply just once, the joy of pHenomenal is that the fade is perfectly even – just like a natural tan. 

Finally, cheat a holiday glow without getting caught out when it starts to go patchy. 

Happy tanning!