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When a new trend or innovation breaks through in beauty, there’s usually a noticeable shift in vocabulary and particular words are embraced and appear everywhere. Indeed, one of my old newspaper editors used to say ‘Three’s a trend!’ and in the last week or so I’ve heard ‘modulating’ in the context of beauty, you guessed it, three times. So, you heard it here first, ‘modulating’ is going to be the word you’re going to get very comfortable using in skincare...
The third time I heard it was at the launch of the latest Skinceuticals serum, P-TIOX Wrinkle Modulating Serum, a double-peptide serum inspired by anti-wrinkle injectables. It’s an interesting innovation for someone like me who hasn’t had Botox but has noticeable forehead lines and there’s also scope for it to extend the time between Botox treatments for those who do. I quizzed my friend Dr Emma Craythorne about it at the launch at Ouronyx in Central London this week and, at her suggestion, am using it on my forehead only and will be taking pictures to chart the progress - stay tuned for results.
As well as catching up with Emma, I had a 3D facial scan that was rather horrifying to look at but helped highlight the fact that my makeup application is disrupting my SPF and that I really should be reapplying SPF throughout the day, via a facial spray, if I want all-day protection that remains consistent.
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Last year, I interviewed Laney Crowell, the Founder and CEO of SAIE Beauty on the podcast (listen to our conversation here) but it was a virtual call via Zoom so we didn’t get to meet in person. On Tuesday night, the brand hosted an intimate dinner at Mister Nice in Mayfair for the launch of Roseglow to their Glowy Super Gel range and Laney and I finally had the chance to meet face-to-face.
If you listened to our conversation, you’ll know how smart and engaging Laney is and she was exactly the same in person, sharing exciting innovations from the brand and being an incredible host. Over the most delicious menu, I chatted with SAIE’s President, Lucy Perdomo-Ruehlemann and we discovered that we share dear mutual friends so it felt extremely fitting to be seated next to each other. She’s one of those people you meet and feel as though you’ve known forever.
I have loved every single product I’ve ever tried from SAIE and I’ll be reviewing Roseglow on my Instagram soon, but I also got a peek at some new products launching at the end of the year and it’s fair to say we should all be very excited about what’s coming down the pipe.
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This week was a highlight of 2024 so far as it also included a trip to The Retreat Elcot Park in Newbury with Revlon. It was special for so many reasons but not least because I’ve known the team at Revlon for twenty years so to spend some time away with them, along with some of my closest beauty friends, was truly wonderful.
We were there for the launch of Revlon ColorStay Limitless Matte Liquid Lipstick and Revlon’s charity partnership with Look Good Feel Better. £2 from every sale of the lipstick will go towards the work Look Good, Feel Better does creating workshops around the country to help empower and inspire people living with cancer.
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We were only away for 24 hours but I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in years as, in addition to the presentations, there was a chance to spend time with my friends. I sat by the pool with Nic Chapman, Caroline Hirons and Ruth Crilly and genuinely had a belly ache from all the chuckling. Ateh Jewel always has me in stitches - it’s genuinely impossible not to have a good time when she’s around - and everyone looked truly gorgeous in their Nadine Merabi outfits that were carefully chosen for our dinner.
I chose a combo of the Cait Waistcoat and the Claudia Blazer and have never felt so chic. I spent the whole night trying not to spill something down it and even had Kat Farmer scan me for stains before tying a napkin around my neck and being done with it!
I used the hotel’s gym and given that the temperature outside was nudging 30 degrees, the air-conditioned weights room was the smartest place to be. Caroline dragged me out of bed for a 7:30 am session and I was grateful she did because we had an excellent workout and she showed me some stretches that have really helped my tight hamstrings.
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It’s been a week of fun, adventures and seeing some of my favourite people, but there’s also a lot of news to share with you so make sure you’re subscribed here so you don’t miss my reviews of the products I’ve mentioned above.
Until next week…
EG xx