Yup, it’s my birthday, which as always coincides with the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, who died in 589 AD. Roughly around the time I was born.
Beauty
On location – How Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Serum is answering an age-old question
“How would you feel if I told you that we all have the ability to prevent aging, not just those of us who look young for our ages, but every one of us?” she asked. Very happy indeed would be my answer.
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Beauty
On location – Up close and (very) personal with the new Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Serum
As we met outside our planned rendezvous in Aberdeen (the Hong Kong version, not Scotland), Andrew looked at me with bemused surprise. “Wow. You look so young!” “Yeah, right,” I replied miserably. “No, I’m not joking. You do. You look so much younger.”
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Airports
Discovering a curate’s egg at Paris Charles de Gaulle and being cordoned (off) bleu!
I’m not so sure that an (albeit elegantly) cordoned-off luxury store – even one bearing the most lustrous brand name on the planet – is actually that alluring.
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Beauty
Exploring new dimensions at a DFS masterclass
“Beauty is a big, exciting space to play on. So many brands, so much newness happening.” But it’s what you do with that space and those brands that counts and not for the first time DFS has put on a masterclass.
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Beauty
How two chance meetings helped shape a unicorn – the Augustinus Bader story
“The fact I was ready to sleep under a bridge meant he probably thought there must be something behind this project because the guy was giving up the last thing he had.”
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People
A fond farewell to Canny Kwok, a true travel retail superstar
“I have been able to work with beautiful categories like watches and jewellery for eight years and then perfume. My experience at Bvlgari has been like a really colourful tapestry that will always be in my memory.”
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Beauty
La Prairie builds an unforgettable artistic dialogue
La Prairie has triumphantly underscored the link between luxury and art over these few days. This morning it will build on that relationship at the official launch of Skin Caviar Eye Lift.
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Beauty
La Prairie blends luxury and art to bring Eyes in Focus
Eyes in Focus is about art as much as it is about La Prairie products. In fact the two worlds converge.
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Airports
From Heisei to Reiwa: a changing era in Japan
We’re on location in Japan at an auspicious time for the country, and not just because of the famed ‘sakura’ or cherry blossom season that brings such beauty to the Spring landscape. Japan’s imperial succession has been planned for some time, with the ascendance of Crown Prince Naruhito to the throne on 1 May, replacing
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Airports
Feasting on variety at Tokyo Haneda
Each time I visit Tokyo Haneda Airport, I’m reminded of exactly why it is ranked towards the top of the consumer-voted Skytrax list of the world’s best airports each year. As we reported last week, Haneda was second only to Singapore Changi in the voting for World’s Best Airport, Changi having won for the seventh
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Events
Beauty is in the eye of the(se) beholders
“Beautycon is not unlike a theme park, with hours-long lines, expensive food and the occasional chance to scream.”
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Airports
Watch this space – in every sense
Tomorrow (28 June) promises to be one of the truly engaging days in our history in more senses than one.
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