By now, you must have heard that Fenty Beauty by Rihanna is launching officially in select African countries on May 27, 2022. But if you haven’t, well, you heard it here first: Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin will now be available in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.…
Beauty & Wellness
Hermès Beauty debuts New Collection Perfect for Outdoors and Your Complexion
Hermès beauty is out with a new collection, and this time, the focus is not so much on colours as it is on the complexion. Dubbed the Plein Air collection – plein air is French for outdoors – products in this range are great for those who would be spending a lot of time outside, […]
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Airlines are offering Premium Passengers the best in Skincare Products and Wellness Packages
Have you flown with Singapore Airlines recently? You may have noticed — if you were in business class – that there was a little something waiting for you if you want it. The ‘little something’ is none other than SIA’s first-ever amenity kit for individual passengers in its business cabin. Made in…
Dolce&Gabbana brings its Beauty Business Home
In April 2021, Dolce&Gabbana partially ended its licensing deal with Shiseido as part of the latter’s attempt to cut costs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. By December of the same year, the deal came to a final halt, leading the Italian luxury fashion house to now announce that it is bringing it…
ASPIRE Pick of the Week: Valentine’s Day Gifts by Montaigne Place
How are you celebrating Valentine’s Day? An underwater proposal? A decadent holiday with all its trappings? A large bouquet of roses shipped from all over the world and arranged all over a rooftop restaurant for a private dinner? A champagne party with friends in a yacht that takes you all over t…
From the Editor: The Best of ASPIRE in 2021
Happy New Year!!!! May 2022 grant us all the best of life and its blessings! You might be right to say that it’s too late in the year for new year greetings, but then again…just one more from a brand you love should not be too much, right? 2021 was definitely an interesting year! We […
No. 1 de Chanel epitomises Current Trends in the Beauty Industry
Is clean beauty the latest trend to watch out for this 2022? The jury is still out, but if Chanel’s latest cosmetic and skincare line, No. 1 de Chanel, is anything to go by, then the answer might well be ‘yes.’ Last year, skincare reigned supreme in continuation of a movement that had gained stre…
Want to Upgrade Your Skincare Routine? You should read This First
Skincare once again topped the beauty chart in 2020 when a good number of us, after countless zoom and other online meetings, suddenly realised that our skin (read: face) was not as great as we thought it was pre-lockdown when it was commonplace to slap on make-up for every interaction and activi…
A-Beauty is on the Rise. The 2021 Beauty West Africa Exhibition is Proof of This
In the last three years – that is, if we’re ignoring the year of the Coronavirus 2020 – BtoB Events Ltd has held what can arguably be described as one of Africa’s biggest beauty exhibitions. Dubbed the Beauty West Africa Exhibition, this year’s edition took place from November 17-19 a…
Is there a Best Time to go to Bed?
Good health is a luxury, and the veracity of this maxim is one we have been reminded of repeatedly in the last year. This is why pedestrian-sounding questions like “what is the best time to go to sleep?” will never not be important. Thankfully, a recent study seems to have the answer we have all …