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Ciate London's positive sustainability changes
Ciaté London is excited to announce it has partnered with leading climate action and environmental organisation, Ecologi.
B Corp certified, Ecologi is a market leader having funded the planting of over 25 million trees and offset nearly 950,000 tonnes of CO2e globally
This fantastic partnership will ensure Ciaté is now a certified Climate Positive Workforce status by compensating the entire carbon footprint of every member of the workforce, which includes home living, personal travel and food.
As well as helping to fund climate projects such as the Wind Power Project in Thailand, Ciaté has already reduced 90 tonnes of CO2e – which is the equivalent of 69 long haul flights and planted over 1,200 trees and counting.
The partnership also extends to Brand Agency Ldn – the home of global beauty brands Lottie London, Skin Proud and of course, Ciaté London.
"At Brand Agency Ldn we are continuously looking for ways to improve our environmental footprint across all aspects of the business, from adjusting our supply chain and manufacturing process to sourcing sustainable packaging and component alternatives," said Brand Agency Ldn founder and CEO, Charlotte Knight.
"We are so proud to be partnering with Ecologi to be part of a collective action to support the climate crisis through climate contribution. Through our partnership it allows us to ensure that the carbon footprint output of our workforce is compensated in our journey."
"At Brand Agency Ldn it’s important that we take action on climate crisis and continue our journey and share this with our workforce, partners and customers with a continued focus on sustainability and social causes," said Knight.
MECCA extends its resort offering
MECCA Brands has opened its second resort concept store in Victoria’s coastal town of Sorrento on the iconic Mornington Peninsula.
The opening of MECCA Sorrento follows the success of the MECCA Noosa resort store, which opened in April earlier this year.
Driving the future of beauty and experiential retailing, the 307-square-metre destination will be the region’s first MECCA store located on Ocean Beach Rd and will be filled to the brim with the best in global beauty.
Featuring over 80 of MECCA’s blockbuster beauty brands, makeup lovers can pick up cult-classics from NARS, Hourglass, Urban Decay and Laura Mercier; skincare fanatics on the hunt for the latest glow-givers can discover a compelling line-up from Drunk Elephant, Tatcha, Summer Fridays and Glow Recipe and a spectacular fragrance offering with the most sought-after scents from global perfumeries including Byredo, Diptyque and Maison Francis Kurkdjian.
Extending the retail experience beyond product, customers will have access to a dedicated perfumeria, two private skin suites, and eight dedicated service chairs, offering a range of different services from facials to makeup applications and fragrance consultations.
"It brings us so much joy to see the delight our customers have had with our Noosa store. This was our first attempt at launching something completely different and new, and it exceeded all expectations," said MECCA’s chief new concepts and services officer, Maria Tsaousis.
"We are so excited to bring this same vision to Sorrento, which is undoubtedly Victoria’s most popular coastal town filled with social moments and celebrations all year round."
"We want MECCA Sorrento to be the ultimate beauty destination for customers to grab their favourite product on the go, find the perfect gift for a loved one and get party-ready with our exclusive bespoke services," said Tsaousis.
The opening of MECCA’s new Sorrento location will be the retailer’s 108th in Australia and New Zealand. MECCA Sorrento is now open and is located at 57-59 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento, VIC 3943.
The latest skincare product Hailey Bieber is loving
Hailey Bieber is the latest celebrity to join the ever growing base of Weleda Skin Food fans. In her latest TikTok, already seen by 4.2 million people, Hailey is seen applying Skin Food onto ‘dry spots’ for an extra glassy sheen in her final skin prep routine.
“I’ve had a lot of makeup artists use this on me, I love it,” she said. “The Weleda Skin Food, I use like the tiniest bit. I feel like it does the trick that I am wanting of just adding a little bit more hydration and sheen in the areas where I want it.”
One Skin Food product is sold every five seconds around the world and TikTok followers predict with Hailey's endorsement the product could sell out.
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Jurlique announces 14th retail store opening in Australia
On October 31, Jurlique proudly introduced its 14th retail store located in luxury shopping precinct, the Queen Victoria Building, now affectionately known as the QVB in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
The ‘Jurlique Garden of Discoveries’ concept store has been designed to honour Jurlique’s intrinsic values, including its biodynamic farming methods and commitment to sustainable practices. Inspired by the elements, the in-store colour palette representing the earth, the sun, water, and botanicals, perfectly accents the nurturing design to enliven the customer journey.
Visitors will discover Jurlique’s connection to nature through unique sensorial experiences and will have the chance to interact with Jurlique’s complete face and body range, including exclusive and limited-edition gift sets, and will be given the opportunity to discover how to create holistic and sensory beauty rituals that awaken skin, mind and body through bespoke treatments. With a Jurlique Spa treatment room on site, Jurlique’s expert Beauty Therapist’s work with guests to ensure each experience is curated to the individual’s needs.
In partnership with global recycling pioneers TerraCycle, customers are encouraged to recycle their empty Jurlique products to their stores.
The ‘Jurlique Garden of Discoveries’ is a celebration of the healing powers of nature, showcasing high performing, natural skin care- from seed to skin, from the Jurlique Farm to you.
ghd brings Good Hair Days to your local shopping centre
To showcase the much-anticipated launch of ghd’s Grand-Luxe limited edition collection, ghd has created its first Australian pop-up styling bar to offer consumers the chance to receive a complimentary hair styling session and experience the tools for themselves.
ghd Australia and New Zealand managing director, Ludovic Dellazzeri, said: “We are very excited to bring our first ghd pop-up styling bar to Australia to celebrate the launch of the Limited Edition Grand-Luxe collection with our customers so they can be some of the first to revel in the tools!”
This November, ghd’s top stylists will be at Chadstone Shopping Centre (November 7 to 13) and Westfield Bondi Junction (November 21 to 27) providing complimentary 40 minute dry hair styling appointments.
Customers can choose from one of the three luxe looks guaranteed to turn heads - Hollywood Luxe, Sleek and Straight or Beachy Wave. Whether it’s getting ready for a glitzy night out or spoiling yourself this holiday season, there’s something for everyone to love.
Customers can book in their free dry hair styling appointment HERE, enabling them to be in with a chance to win exclusive giveaways, meet some of their favourite brand ambassadors and creators, and take advantage of the ghd photobooth to add a pop of glitter to their ‘gram. Limited walk-in appointments will also be available at both locations.
CREMO has arrived in Australia
Men’s grooming company, CREMO has finally arrived in Australia.
CREMO brings high-performance ingredients, and elevated scents to deliver an astonishingly superior barber grade experience to Aussies at home.
Launching in Australia with a complete and extensive line of men’s beard, hair styling, body wash, shave prep and skin care products, it is the first time the products will be available locally.
The full range of 21 grooming products are now exclusively available online through its Australian Amazon Storefront.
For media enquiries, please reach out to Stephanie Alcevski and Katie Sverchek at We Are Different PR: STEPHANIE.A@WEAREDIFFERENTPR.COM.AU and KATIE.S@WEAREDIFFERENTPR.COM.AU.
MECCA unveils the re-opening of its Double Bay store
Architecturally designed and brimming with the best in global beauty brands, MECCA is excited to unveil the re-opening of its Double Bay store.
Driving the future of beauty and experiential retailing, the 160 square metre destination offers some of the world’s most luxurious and coveted beauty finds, providing the local customer with the first opportunity to see, touch and feel the products that they already know and love in-store, engage with the knowledgeable team members and experience the MECCA magic.
Extending the retail experience beyond product, MECCA Double Bay has an all-new dedicated perfumeria with an impressive line-up of cult fragrance favourites including Le Labo, Diptyque, Maison Francis Kurkdijian and Byredo.
In addition to the fragrance offering, customers now have access to six dedicated makeup service chairs, as well as a skin consultation and express skin area.
The re-opening of Double Bay will be MECCA’s 107th store in Australia and New Zealand and is located at 2-22 Knox St, Double Bay NSW 2028.
The brand challenging the next frontier in beauty standards
Opening beauty products and packaging is a task we frequently take for granted. However, if you have a disability, opening these packages can become more than just a minor inconvenience. Removing the cap to your favourite lipstick is a simple indulgence, being able to see the packaging/shade and applying the product successfully, is a privilege.
Rare Beauty, the brainchild of Selema Gomez, firmly believes that all beauty packaging should be inclusive and accessible for everyone – regardless of their abilities.
This is an approach that the brand undertook, whilst challenging unrealistic standards of perfection, empowering and encouraging self-expression. Each Rare Beauty Product was personally designed by Selena following her own experience with Lupus Nephritis.
Emphasising ease of use and inclusivity are highly prioritised at Rare Beauty, with all products specifically designed for people with dexterity challenges – grip, size and opening and closing is all much easier.
To support the fund, shop Rare Beauty HERE.
Master the microbiome with Simply Softr
The founder of an emerging skincare brand is urging people to start making the skin microbiome a priority by swapping high-street chemical-heavy products with cleaner skincare products.
On a mission to deliver clean and effective microbiome-friendly skincare that’s suited to all skin types, Simply Softr is based and made in Australia, and uses prebiotics, probiotic extracts, and native Australian botanicals to help soothe, hydrate, and nourish the skin microbiome.
After noticing how many popular skincare brands ignored the microbiome, Simply Softr’s founder Genevieve Chaplin set out to change this norm in the world of skincare - by creating sustainable, vegan and cruelty-free products that are packed with billions of prebiotics and probiotics to transform your skin for the better.
“Many people have heard about the gut microbiome, but the skin microbiome is incredibly important, too,” Chaplin said. “Put simply, a microbiome is what we call the entirety of micro-organisms that live in and on your body. Scientists are learning more and more about the microbiome every single day, but the one thing that’s for certain is just how important it is to our overall health.”
An imbalanced microbiome is often associated with many skin diseases, including eczema, acne, dandruff, rosacea, and skin ageing - something Chaplin is privy to herself, dealing with psoriasis for most of her 20s.
“Prioritising the microbiome shouldn’t just be a short-lived trend – it should form part of every clean skincare brand’s mission from now on. Here at Simply Softr, it’s our mission to help people feel powerful and confident in their own skin, by creating clean skincare that delivers visible results.”
To shop the products, click here.
A first for THE ICONIC Beauty
THE ICONIC has announced the launch of its first Beauty Box – an assortment of beauty favourites from cult brands across skincare, makeup, hair care and wellness.
Valued at over $500 and available to purchase for $195, the limited-edition collection has been curated and designed by beauty experts, for beauty-lovers.
"We are so excited to be launching our first ever beauty box," said THE ICONIC beauty editor, Sophie Howe.
"The limited-edition BEAUTY ICONS COLLECTION is packed with 20 cult beauty buys, so whether you’re a beauty newbie or a seasoned pro, you can discover or rediscover our most sought-after beauty products. With Christmas right around the corner, our beauty box is the perfect gift for someone special or as a luxe treat for yourself."
This comes after THE ICONIC launched the Beauty category in 2020, now home to over 220 leading international and local brands, including MAC, Estée Lauder, Clinique, KORA Organics, Benefit, YSL, Giorgio Armani, Redken and more.
More information on the THE ICONIC Beauty Box can be found, here.