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The Kaiser Chief – Karl Lagerfeld’s new Fragrance

 

imageSaying someone is a legend in their own lifetime, is a big statement. Nonetheless, this verbal accolade is something, Fashion wunderkind, Karl Lagerfeld is somewhat use to. He’s as well known for his trademark silhouette with glasses, ponytail, his famous shirt collar and black leather fingerless gloves as he is for his multi faceted creative skills in Fashion design and photography.

Building upon these creative foundations, Lagerfeld is launching a pair of fragrances, one for women and one for men that serve to reaffirm his commitment to making style accessible to all. Karl has turned his fashion into a look, an attitude. His two new fragrances echo his style while conveying sophisticated elegance classicalism with a modern twist.

For the Eau de toilette for men, perfumer Jean Christophe Hérnault captured the essence of fragrance by featuring lavender and mandarin zest enhanced by crispy apple and violet leaves. Alluring and sensual, sent hands with Woody spicy notes of sandalwood and Amber blends, giving the fragrance of vibrant and elegant feel.

Together to to pregnancy is formed the story of desire, of irresistible attraction, magnetism, sensuality and seductive rock ‘n’ roll duo.

Karl’s says of his signature fragrances, “Fashion today is no longer simply about clothing. It is about the whole package – not just accessories of glasses but fragrance too. It’s important for brands have its own signature perfume. Fragrance is as important as a piece of clothing.”

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Earth Ethos – Aveda Earth Month by Amanda Lewis

 

imageAveda is augmenting its Charitable credentials when Aveda stylists from around the globe each volunteer eight hours of their time to offer ‘Appointments for the Earth’ (including all salon services) in return for a donation to Earth Month. The Aveda Lifestyle Salon & Spa in London’s Covent Garden will be supporting this worthy global initiative by hosting a Cut-A-Thon and Beyond Salon Takeover on Monday 7th April

Aveda supports communities around the world with a commitment to raising $6 million for clean water in 2014. Aveda professionals in more than 30 countries have collectively raised more than $32 million in support of Earth Month since the campaign’s inception in 1999. To date more than $26 million has been directed to support hundreds of clean water projects on six continents.

Funds raised by Aveda UK will benefit local Earth Month partner WaterAid – a charity with a mission to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. WaterAid is an international non-profit organisation established to helping the world’s poorest people gain access to safe water and sanitation in 27 countries across Africa, Asia, Central America and the Pacific region.

Did you know ?

768 million people still do not have access to clean and safe water.

768 million people do not access to safe water. This is roughly 1 in 10 of the world’s population

2.5 billion people still lack access to a toilet, with huge negative impacts on wider human development including health, education, gender equality and livelihoods.

Diarrhoea is the 2nd biggest killer of children under five years old globally. Nearly 9 out of 10 cases of diarrhoea can be prevented by safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

“Social responsibility has been a pillar of the Aveda ethos since the brand’s founding in 1978. Aveda professionals are living proof that beauty and environment are inextricably connected – their commitment to Earth Month is truly remarkable.” Darren Potter, Aveda General Manager

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Improve your personal App-itude – Clinique for Men’s Skin Care Diagnostic tool by Amanda Lewis

imageAs part of the new Clinique for Men skincare range where they strive to increasingly make it easy for men to find the right products for their grooming needs with the Men’s Skin Care Diagnostic tool exclusive to  Clinique on the i-Pad.

Hey we love an app, here at Clothes Make the Man ! It works by assisting in identifying your skin type and suggests the best product combinations to for your skin care needs. At the end of the intuitive analysis print your product recommendations or receive an email.

We like the keep it simple approach to skin care – cleanse, exfoliate, moisturise to achieve and maintain healthy, great skin. Seems eeaassyy.

Start by CLEANSING (washing your face!) with the Face Wash or Face Soap – to remove all traces of pore-clogging dirt and debris as well as prep the skin for shaving.

EXFOLIATE with Exfoliating Tonic to remove any dry skin, control excess oil, reduces the likelihood of ingrown hairs to leave skin smoother and less prone to blemishes.

MOISTURISE with the NEW Anti-Age Moisturizer a multi-purpose hydrator that combats lines, wrinkles and dullness and contains antioxidants to help protect against future damage with skin strengthening and firming ingredients.  .

The skin around the eyes is just as sensitive for men as it is for women. Anti-Fatigue Eye Gel is a roller-ball that deposits a liquid gel-serum to instantly cool and refresh puffy eyes on contact, reducing the appearance of dark circles and brightening the overall area.

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Manmade to Perfection – Manmade by Sarah Gilfillan

imageMy clients often ask me for recommendations for their haircuts and grooming to complete their look once they’ve been on a Personal Shopping trip with me. So when Dan Gregory contacted me telling me about his new male grooming salon and aesthetics clinic – Manmade – I was interested to hear more, so I popped in to meet him for a chat.

Centrally located in Marylebone and newly opened, the salon is sleek and sophisticated……small enough to feel friendly but big enough to feel spacious. Dan was welcoming and down to earth and clearly passionate about the new business he’s set up with his other family members- Peter Gregory who’s the Clinical director and Sarah Gregory who’s the Commercial director.

Dan is at the forefront of the brand and having built up an impressive list of celebrity clientele through his work as a freelance, session stylist, he now wants to be able to offer traditional barbering services including haircuts, cut throat shaves & colouring to the discerning non-celebrity gentleman too.

Taking the grooming aspect one step further, is Dr Peter Gregory – head of the “Aesthetic Clinic”. Offering a discreet selection of anti-wrinkle injections, skin rejuvenation & perspiration reduction treatments, he’s dedicated to providing an ethical high quality service where the client feels truly valued and respected.

You can really see that these guys aim to go one step beyond, and even a haircut and finish has all the bells and whistles with a neck shave and a hot towel infused with essential oils included. It’s these little touches that make the point of difference to a salon and as Dan said “Men’s grooming really has evolved”. I couldn’t agree more and I can’t wait to introduce my clients to a little part of that evolution, that is Manmade.

Sarah Gilfillan is founder of Sartoria Lab Personal Styling and Shopping Consultancy for Men.

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Nickel & Dimes – Nickel Spa by Sarah Gilfillan

imageA friend of a friend was singing and dancing the praises of Nickel Spa so much one day, that I decided I’d better pop in and check it out. Situated in the heart of Covent Garden and created by a man for men only, it’s a spa & skin care range exclusively designed for men’s skin & bodies.

When I arrived to have a look around their six treatment rooms, I found the staff to be friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The concept is based around creating a venue for men to feel comfortable in and treat themselves to massages andtreatments. There’s an extensive “menu” of professional grooming treatments to choose from such as a “REN – The Quickie facial”, a “Love Handles Wrap massage,” “overground” or “underground” waxing, to name just a few. Male and female therapists are on hand so you can request who you’d prefer to do your treatment.

The website echoes the friendly feel of the spa and has a reassuringly humorous do’s & don’ts section if you haven’t been to a spa before & feel unsure about the etiquette.

All the products they use are available to buy in the salon including their own Nickel range, or if you’re buying online you can search by concern ie: “I party hard”, “I have love handles” and it’ll bring up a range of products to choose from – neat eh?! They work on the premise that “Regular guys want efficient and no nonsense user friendly and yet serious cosmetics and treatments. Just the products, not the blurb and the nonsense around them”.

Even though the men’s grooming market has moved on in leaps and bounds since Nickel first started in 1996, there are still plenty of men who don’t feel entirely at ease with the thought of “masculine beauty”. So Nickel Spa, with it’s refreshingly down to earth treatments and products is just the sort of thing I like to hear about, and I for one, won’t hesitate to be recommending them on to my clients.

Sarah Gilfillan is founder of personal shopping and style consultancy for men –  Sartorialab.co.uk