Anna Sui New Bodycare

Anna Sui will release the following new bodycare and accessories on 4 October in Japan.

Rose Body Cream (3150yen, 150g): Moisturising body cream with a rich tea rose scent. See more pics on Kuri's Beauty Report.

Hand Cream in tea rose, berry and herbal citrus scents (1890yen each). These contain shea butter and jojoba oil.

Makeup Tray (2100yen) - This looks nicely crafted based on the pic on Kyoko Iida's blog.


Gift Package (315yen for S size, 420yen for M size)

L'Occitane Delice des Fruits and African Collection Hand Creams

Recently at the L'Occitane store, I picked up two of the African Collection Hand Creams in Desert Rose and Hibiscus Flower as they were on sale.

Made of 20% shea butter, these never fail to provide much-needed immediate relief to my dry and peeling hands in the winter weather over here. The cream absorbs fairly quickly without too much of a greasy feeling. The soft floral scents are pleasant without being too strong or cloying. It's a pity that these are limited edition.


The Delice des Fruits perfumed soap has a delectable fragrance of lemon and clementine, sweetened with sugar. This smells so divine that I'm reluctant to start using it!


The Delice des Fleurs body milk features a combination of May rose and violet petal notes. The rose note in this is more subdued compared to Crabtree & Evelyn's Rosewater range.


On a separate note, some ladies have asked me to review the Rouge Bunny Rouge Milk Aquarelle Foundation but I won't be able to do so for some time as I'm battling an eczema outbreak. It's traumatising dealing with eczema (which has caused the skin on my cheeks to turn leathery and bumpy) after having struggled with oily, acne-prone skin for so many years. So now I have an oily T-zone and eczema on my cheeks, ALL of which is still acne-prone. I'm hoping the antibiotics and Avene Cold Cream prescribed by the doctor will help to calm it, but the Avene cream feels like a layer of oil on my skin as the first ingredient is mineral oil. Anyhow, until the eczema clears up, I won't be using or reviewing any base makeup.

Jill Stuart LE Skincare

Jill Stuart will release two limited edition items on 10 October in Japan. Fruit Lip Balm (Tint Color) (1575yen, 7g) is a tinted lip balm made with moisturising ingredients such as strawberry juice, raspberry extract, macadamia nut oil, orange oil, shea butter, grapeseed oil and peach kernel oil. It will be available in 4 shades (that are scented accordingly), 101 Strawberry Tint, 102 Peach Tint, 103 Orange Tint and 104 Grape Tint. Each shade comes in a pot studded with a rhinestone in the respective color.




Fruits Hand Cream (2520yen, 72g) will be released in a LE packaging that features a cute "Jill Girl" illustration by Hiroshi Kato. The cream contains strawberry juice, raspberry extract, shea butter, royal jelly and carrot oil.



I haven't tried the Lip Balm and Fruits Hand Cream from the regular line before so I can't say how good they are. If I had to pick, I would get the Lip Balm which is quite affordable and you can re-use the pretty container. The Fruits Hand Cream tube is gorgeous but since it can't be re-used, it seems pointless to me as you'll have to decide whether to throw it out after finishing it or just keep it around even though it's useless once the cream is gone.

Jill Stuart New Skincare

The Jill Stuart website has been updated with the forthcoming new skincare collection due for release on 5 October:

1. Fruits Lip Balm, 1575yen for 7g
2. Brightening Eye Cream, 4200yen for 19g
3. Fruits Hand Cream, 1260yen for 29g and 2520yen for 72g

The Fruits Lip Balm is made with extracts of strawberry, raspberry as well as macadamia nut oil, shea butter and honey in a rhinestone-topped packaging. The Brightening Eye Cream has extracts of strawberry, yuzu and raspberry as well as amino acids for deep moisturising benefits. It comes in a delicate whipped cream texture that is easily absorbed into the skin. The Fruits Hand Cream has extracts of strawberry and raspberry plus emollient ingredients such as royal jelly, shea butter and carrot oil. All the products have Jill Stuart's signature sweet fruity floral aroma. There will also be a limited edition set of lace hand gloves (2625yen) that is meant to be used at night after applying the Fruits Hand Cream.

http://www.jillstuart-beauty.com/news/index.html