Sophie Monk shares her top beauty tricks

Australian celebrity and television host Sophie Monk has just launched her limited edition range of makeup for MCoBeauty, including her favourite lip glosses and eyeshadow palette. She chats to Anita Quade about her beauty rituals and her skincare regime.   My one daily beauty ritual is… “Applying lip gloss! Seriously, I am addicted and that […]

WA salons caught underpaying staff

A government-led compliance campaign has been carried out, focused on small businesses in the nail and beauty industry in Western Australia. As part of the compliance campaign, 50 nail and beauty salons had their employment records analysed by industrial inspectors to ensure that employees were being paid correctly and that the mandatory employment records were […]

Man impersonated nurse, injected patients

New South Wales man Scott McLennan has been convicted and fined $15,000 following charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). McLennan was found guilty of impersonating a nurse while working at a Western Australian cosmetic clinic, where he carried out procedures, including administering injectables, to clients between August and November 2018. He […]

Alya Skin launches at sea

Alya Skin launched their newest product in true Sydney style, hosting an exclusive soiree on the water. Keen to give the first glimpse of Alya Skin’s new Foaming Micellar Cleanser the ceremony it deserved, brand owners James Hachem and Manny Barbas invited 80 of Sydney’s most influential guests and media to trade their stilettos for […]

SkinCeuticals’ CUSTOM D.O.S.E on TIME magazine’s ‘Best Inventions’ list

SkinCeuticals’ CUSTOM D.O.S.E – a personalised skincare technology – has been named on Time’s annual list of the 100 Best Inventions. The serum, which features 12 unique ingredients proven to address the look of skin discolouration and visible signs of ageing, is offered once a skincare professional performs a diagnostic to determine which formula is […]

Salons cash in on Cyber Weekend sales

Australians were predicted to spend $5 billion in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, according to the National Retail Association (NRA). Yet midway through Friday afternoon, the NRA announced the sales event would likely exceed those targets. Once only enjoyed across the pond in America to signal the start of the Christmas season, the […]

Oz shoe designer steps into makeup market

Mary-Kyri, one of Australia’s most famous shoe designers, is taking her first steps into the beauty market with the launch of Elektra Skin. Mary-Kyri, whose high-fashion shoes have been worn by the likes of Kylie Minogue, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tina Arena and Kristen Stewart, created the makeup collection to give users “plastic surgery […]

Ecoya launches Christmas Collection

Ecoya celebrated the launch of its antipodean influenced Christmas Collection with a stunning cocktail party. Media and influencers gathered at Vaucluse Yacht Club where they sipped on champagne and frosé and dined on the freshest seafood while overlooking the water. A DJ provided beats while guests perused the latest collection that included candles and diffusers […]

Tickets to The Show go on sale

Tickets are now on sale for Australia’s “ultimate professional makeup, hair and beauty event”  ‒ The Show Sydney. Vistitors to The Show at The International Convention Centre in Sydney on February 8 and 9, ticket holders will have access to “ world-class makeup, hair and beauty experts” as well as the opportunity “to purchase some […]

Lutronic introduces Genius

Korean-based aesthetic laser company, Lutronic, has launched the world’s “most advanced RF (radio frequency) microneedling technology”. According to Lutronic, which is distributed in Australia by Advanced Cosmeceuticals, the Genius is a “revolutionary device that marks a new paradigm in RF energy delivery”. “This device provides an intelligent RF delivery platform for lasting, unparalleled skin rejuvenation […]

Coty buys majority stake in Kylie

Coty Inc, the American multinational which owns over 70 beauty brands including Covergirl and Rimmel London, has bought a majority stake in Kylie Jenner Cosmetics for US$600 million. Announcing the acquisition of the 51 percent stake, Coty said the company has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with the social media star “in order to […]

‘Happy Face’ set to top list of 2020 beauty trends

A new dermal filler treatment called ‘Happy Face’ is set to become one of the most popular beauty treatments next year, according to Australian Skin Clinics. The company has just launched the treatment, which promises “lower-face rejuvenation” with injections to “down-turned lips and the deep marionette lines that run from the corners of the mouth […]

Derma Aesthetics exceeds expectations – again

Less than six months after launching into Australia and New Zealand, Derma Aesthetics’ EXCEED medical micro-needling device has received its second FDA approval. When the game changing’ micro-needling device. was launched in July, the device had been FDA approved for fine lines and wrinkles and TGA listed as a class 2B medical device in Australia […]

2019’s hottest beauty brands …

Huda Beauty has been named this year’s hottest beauty brand by online beauty retailer, Cosmetify. The company has ranked the top 200 hottest beauty brands of 2019 by evaluating five factors ‒ total searches and increases/decreases in search volume on Google/Google Trends; the number of Instagram followers and Instagram hashtags;  and Instagram ‘engagement rate’. The top 10 […]

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