BEA UTY BUZZ with Bella Blissett
CURL POWER
As fast-paced as the beauty industry can be, knowledge of, training in and specialist products for styling super-curly, textured and Afro hair has seemingly been stuck in the slow lane. However, embracing traditionally tricky hair has been tipped as a key trend for 2017. Hairstylist Vernon François (above) not only works with stars such as Ruth Negga (right), Kerry Washington (below) and Lupita Nyong’o (below left), but has also launched his own product line – including the softening PureFro Shampoo (€23) and detangling Pure-Fro Conditioner (€25.50, both vernonfrancois. com). Also, look out for Unruly Curls (Hardie Grant Books, €13.99, from 23 March), a new book by London salon owner and curly-hair guru Michael Price (unrulycurls.co.uk). Full of insider tips on styling, cuts, products and tools, my most-ringleted pals tell me that it answers many of the perennial curly questions. With more and more skincare products on the market, many of us are utterly confused as to which ones are best suited to our complexions. Now, Olay has launched a Skin Advisor web app. Simply snap a selfie and it will analyse the millions of pixels to determine your ‘skin age’, identify your present and future problem zones (eg, forehead, cheeks, under-eye area) – and then recommend a product regimen to help improve them. Free to use at skinadvisor.olay.com (on mobiles and
tablets only). THIS WEEK WE’RE… rather taken by fashion blogger and Made in Chelsea regular Rosie Fortescue’s Nailed London spring polish shades. Pick cyan blue Spring Fling or poppy pink Rosie Cheeks – and save your navies, berries and reds for next winter. €8.25, beautyexpert.com. There are not many beauty products that can claim to have seen out 100 years. So Shiseido 7 Colors Powder Revival Centennial Edition is worth seeking. Born in Japan in 1917 as the Rainbow Face Powder, it was the secret of Eastern women’s perfect porcelain complexions. Now reimagined, each of the seven shades can either be blended together and swept over the entire face to add a veil of luminosity, or used individually to counteract specific complaints such as dark shadows or redness. One hundred years of skin-fixing simply can’t be wrong. €170, Harrods, harrods.com.