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A look back on Le Male – an exclusive interview with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian

April 9, 2014

Beauty, Fragrance Picks, Male grooming, News, Shopping Guide

As the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition opens at The Barbican in London today, Glass meets for an exclusive chat with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, creator of Gaultier's iconic 1994 fragrance Le Male when he was jus...

The eyes have it – When it comes to eye-care a pair of cucumber slices just isn’t going to cut it, as Glass discovers …

Viola Levy

April 2, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Culture, Fashion, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

Despite allegedly being “windows to the soul”, our eyes seem to take quite a fair amount of flack on a daily basis. Not getting enough sleep, dehydration and wearing contact lenses for far longer than...

Spring make-up report ‘14

Viola Levy

March 18, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Fashion, Feature, News, Shopping Guide, Shopping Guide

Make-up trends tend to come and go – smoky eyes one minute, a red lip the next with the occasional bold statement sneaking in which rarely makes it beyond the catwalks and coffee houses of Soho (blue lips a...

Laura Mercier teams up with Ovarian Cancer Action

Viola Levy

March 17, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Culture, Fashion, Feature, News, Shopping Guide, Shopping Guide

Those fond of beauty with a good cause behind it will no doubt welcome Laura Mercier’s three new launches, 100 per cent of the profits are being donated to the brand’s Ovarian Cancer Fund (LMOCF). An often over...

Lagerfeld takes London and the world stands by

Livia Feltham

March 17, 2014

Culture, Drinks, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, News, Shopping Guide, Shopping Guide

Lagerfeld has officially touched down in London town, and the sultan of the fashion new order knows every in and every out of the capital city, indicating, soon after his Britannic invasion, that it is one of...

Thierry Mugler’s top-off

Renata Certo-Ware

March 10, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Culture, Feature, Fragrance Picks, News, Shopping Guide

Thierry Mugler is bringing back old-world luxury (and a subtle note of eco-friendly) with refillable perfume bottles, referential of a time before Ready To Wear and Over The Counter scents, when ladies woul...

The must-have body spray from Tom Ford

Viola Levy

March 2, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Fashion, Feature, Fragrance Picks, News, Shopping Guide

This is a product that takes me back to when I was a pre-adolescent, just discovering the world of beauty, along with trainer bras and a game called spin the bottle. There was one thing that stood out in my m...

A hand cream not for the faint of heart

Viola Levy

February 22, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Fashion, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

We like to think we’re generous to our family, friends and loved ones here at Glass. Hence when various sweet-scented beauty products land on our desk, we tend to donate them to some lucky recipient after revie...

Aesop launches meditation workshops

Viola Levy

February 18, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Culture, Destination Spas, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

As much as we’re happy to champion innovative, interesting and hardworking beauty products here at Glass, it’s very rare a beauty brand strikes such a chord with our own ethos as does Aesop, With their clean mi...

Créme de la Mer Host Skinnovation Clinic at Harrods

Viola Levy

January 29, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Destination Spas, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

Whenever someone talks about Créme de la Mer, it’s our policy at Glass to sit up and take notice. So on Thursday, February 13, you’ll find us hotfooting it down to Harrods where the brand’s ambassador Diane Inv...

Burberry Beauty Box opens in Covent Garden, London

Roxy Mirshahi

December 16, 2013

Beauty, News, Shopping Guide, Shopping Guide

Beauty Box – Burberry's new beauty emporium London’s Covent Garden Piazza has become somewhat of a beauty Mecca. Over the past year, the area has seen some of the beauty industry’s finest set camp, including t...

Beauty in Brief – Autumn

Viola Levy

November 6, 2013

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Feature, Fragrance Picks, News, Shopping Guide

Scented Delights WHILE our hearts sink as the autumn rain beats on the window panes, Cire Trudon’s latest candle Bartolomé transports us to the tropics. Taking inspiration from a 16th Century Spani...