Beauty Safari

You can’t help but notice the Christmas takeover that has hit all the stores. It’s only October. When you walk to the beauty section of John Lewis you can tell that all the brands have their Christmas collections out in force.

GHD-

- Limited edition copper luxe colour

- Christmas idea

- Colour within current trends

Charlotte Tilbury:

-       New palettes available for Christmas

-       Traditional A/W lipsticks colours. Berry, Reds and deep purples

-       Sparkly eyeshadows

-       Small gift sets and Minis

-       Rose Gold

Benefit

-  Brightly coloured cartoon packaging

-  Minis of bestsellers in their Christmas gift set

-  Love/hate packaging

-  Recent launch of brow product line. Falls in with trend

MAC

Released just in time for MAC fanatics everywhere to add these to their Christmas list. These lipsticks boast the ability to suit every skin tone. The formulas seem really creamy and very high in pigment. Some shades are very different from the normal collection. Competes with Urban Decay’s Vice lipstick launch earlier this year. MACs Christmas lines are online and not in store yet.

Nails Inc : 

Across the board, many rands are trying to push wealth and importance through the colour schemes they are using at Christmas. There has been a massive surge in the use of the colour rose gold. They become a 'luxury' item because of the use of this colour. Nails Inc were selling gimmick products like nail varnish that you can spray on. Their christmas gift sets are using colour schemes that include rose gold.