L’Occitane is no stranger to charitable beauty initiatives. The southern French brand was one of the first in the industry to institute fair-trade ingredient sourcing practices and has been working with women’s cooperatives in Burkina Faso to obtain the shea butter in its core range of skin salves since the 1980’s. This holiday season, the [...]

Manhattan’s Meatpacking District has long been a destination of choice for fashion houses—Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, and Yigal Azrouël have all kept shop there for years—but now the beauty world is beginning to follow suit. Bond No. 9 brought its 43 eaux de parfum to 863 Washington Street earlier this summer and L’Occitane is making [...]

ANGELICA / (an-jel-ik-ka) / n. / 1. / Also called Angelica archangelica, a tall, ornamental plant with large white flowers native to Western Europe and Eastern North America; / n. / 2. / An aromatic biennial frequently used for medicinal purposes as an ingestible tea thought to soothe nerves and tension, and cure the common [...]

Since launching its peony-inspired debut color collection last spring, L’Occitane has been steadily building its makeup junkie fan base. Fall’s limited-edition, orange-blossom scented Chérie range certainly helped matters—and its latest release is poised to do the same. The new, limited-edition Pivoine Flora line is inspired by the Mediterranean and features the region’s warm color [...]

The scent of orange blossom has been beloved for centuries in the Mediterranean region. Brides wove it into their bouquets for luck and prosperity, and legend has it that the Italian princess, Anne Marie of Nerola, was so fond of wearing the delicate, airy aroma that its essential oil—neroli—was named after her. Her admirers also [...]

First came an obsession with Essie Nail Colors, then a fling with NARS lipsticks in Funny Face, a bright fuchsia, and Heat Wave, an orange-red. Now, in a move that demonstrates J.Crew creative director Jenna Lyons’ equal-opportunity approach to beauty shout-outs in her brand’s popular catalogs, skincare is getting the spotlight for December. L’Occitane’s fan-favorite [...]

MYRTLE / (mur-tuhl) / n. / 1. / Also known as Myrtus communis, a dense evergreen shrub with white flowers that grows in great abundance in Corsica; / 2. / A durable plant that can reportedly live up to 300 years; / 3. Deep green leaves woven into wedding wreaths as a symbol of purity [...]

L’Occitane stood tall on the medals podium at London’s Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show this week, winning a Silver Gilt award for its interpretation of a lavender-filled Provençal garden. The French brand is one of only a handful of beauty companies to ever present a garden in the very storied 150-year-old history of the [...]

A ton of buzz has preceded its arrival, and now the official launch of L’Occitane’s first ever makeup range is finally upon us: The brand’s new Peony cosmetics line, which was designed with the help of renowned French horticulturist Jean-Luc Rivière—who has bred and cultivated over 160 varieties of multi-petaled blooms—launched today. Natural peony extracts [...]

Suri Cruise loves heels—and red lip gloss, it now seems. Critics are chastising her famous parents for letting her grow up too fast, but we say, simmer down: Going into Sephora as an adult is a magical experience—we can only imagine how fun it must be for a 3-year-old. [Daily Mail]
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