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The French make-up brand L’Oreal has reported that they are to buy the US-based nail company Essie. The financial details of the purchase have been kept on the down low for the moment.

The current sales of Essie’s eccentric yet desirable nail polish ranges are said to have made over an impressive 28 million dollars in the previous 12 months. The purchase would of Essie will add another brand to the list of others already owned by the prestigious L’Oreal label, the cosmetic label already have shares in a variety of other beauty and hair brands including the likes of Keratase, Lancome and YSL Beaute. The individual nail company Essie will certainly help further the brands status in both the nail care and nail colour market.

Nail polishes by Essie are both on trend and practical, offering something for every occasion. Not only does the brand offer a range of beautiful nail colours, they also offer an assortment of nail jewels and accessories as well as a variety of nail treatments, spa products and lip glosses.

Each nail polish take inspiration from both the glamour and glitz of big and exciting cities such as Vegas, making them suitable for a variety of woman and occasions, especially for those that love to keep their nails and hands in tip top condition. The assortments of colours offered by Essie are fun and flirty as well as whimsically named.

This make-up palette consists of four intensely coloured eyeshadows in a powder format. Each palette is either available in a Shimmer/Matte style or alternatively a Bold shimmer style which offers a more glittery palette.

This is no ordinary eye shadow as it offers an entirely different experience in regards to colour. Both the pigmentation and the formula have been revamped in order to offer both a soft and highly smooth texture, providing the user with a super silkily look. Each of the Plus Colour Silk Eye shadows provides an extremely intense shade without appearing chalky or flaking over time. This is the first eye shadow from Maybelline to use wet technology and therefore provides a no hassle and smooth application. Each shade is of the moment and offers both an on trend intense and pure colour.

There is a range of palettes to choose from including the quad Mad for Mauve, the Lilac quad and another quad in Taupe Temptress, all offer a different but equally as pretty style.

The best thing about these shadows is they are all housed in the same palette, each shade complimenting the other. They come in a slim style casing making them perfect to slide in your handbag, just in case any retouches are required throughout the evening and they are even better suited to travel. Have all four of your favourite shadows in one saves having to carry your whole make-up bag around.

Tom Ford is already an influential fashion designer and over the last few years his status has only risen and not only in terms of fashion. The past few seasons have seen him produce a range of prestigious and bestselling perfumes, direct the critically acclaimed A Single Man and now the designer has turned his focus to the world of make-up.

The Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Colour collection launches on April 24th and will be available from all Tom Ford Private Blend beauty counters. These defining luscious lip shades are available in a total of twelve enticing shades, including bare nudes, deep plums and a statement feisty red. Each lip colour boasts to have the ability to ‘define a woman’s whole look’.

The formula of these lipshades is extremely creamy and offers a slight scent yet the entire Private Lip Colour range doesn’t house any artificial fragrances, the slight scent echoes the Murumuru butter and chamomilla flower oil ingredients that are found in this product.

This is a bold collection thats certainly suitable for the daring and those who aren’t at all reticent of trying out strong colours. Each lip colour is priced at £35 and come in an aesthetically pleasing chunky gold and off-white packaging with the designers initials embossed on the lid. Once applied to the lips a bold look is achieved due to the lip colours strong pigmentation and light sheen finish. This powerful lipshade boasts to last hours whilst creating the appearance of extremely luxurious lips.

If you want to achieve hair that is both full of volume whilst offering an impressive glossiness then this is the product for you. ‘Ardell Lights and Brights’ hair colour is designed to create locks that have the illusion of exceptional colour yet doesn’t use any harmful ingredients such as ammonia and peroxide.

Lights and Brights boasts to achieve an instant uplift by simply adding one or two caps to your normal hair colouring formula, the product is also compatible with any other hair colouring product.

This clever hair colour enhancing formula comes in a total of eleven appealing shades and promises to add a instant surge of life and shine to even the dullest and driest of hair. The colours available include Sizzling Bordeaux, Plum Rose, Blue Raven, Summer Sand, Sunset, Cognac, Really Red, Clear, Cinnamon, Mahogany and Milk Chocolate.

Sizzling Bordeaux is a combination of dramatic red wine shades and will achieve a series of cool red tones when applied to dark brown or black hair. Plum Rose will add intense and vibrant violet tones whilst Blue Raven will add hints of true blue-black to locks. Summer sand boasts to reduce any brassy tones and is the perfect formula to apply to previously bleached hair. Sunset will add an assortment of intense golden highlights with elements of copper and cognac and has a similar effect on brunette hair as it will also create a series golden tones. Really Red comes in the shape of a vibrant hue that aids in enriching natural or previously coloured red heads. Clear is the perfect shade for every hair type and can be added to all the Ardell range, either to enhance or calm the shade being applied. Milk Chocolate can be used to calm down red tones and in turn to create a natural brunette look whilst Mahogany will enhance gold and red highlights; Cinnamon lies between the two shades and provides a rich combination of both brown and red shades.

Priced at £14.50, Estee Lauder’s Pure Colour Eye Shadows promise to stay put all day long without any sign of fading. They are now available in a variety of stunning shades, in both metallic and matte textures. The numerous array of colours mean there is a shade to suit everyone and every occasion. There are deeper and more dramatic colours in metallic which in turn create an evening look and there are also an abundance of matte shades for a more casual daytime appearance.

These shadows will create the perfect base and glide on smoothly to reveal a smooth and even finish. They can be worn either alone for a laid-back look or blended with an added colour along the lash line for a more glamorous approach.

The vivid bold tones available are created in a silky powder formula which enables the Pure Colour Eye shadow to take to the eye lids easily and in turn create a beautiful and daring colour. The formula is both delicately milled and rich in appearance and glides onto the skin effortlessly in order to create a pigment that will last for hours.

The matte and high pearl shades featured in the range can be used to create an array of exciting finishes and each product has been ophthalmologist and Dermatologist tested so therefore is suitable for even sensitive skin. The eye shadows also aids in protecting the eye against external attacks through the use of the ingredient vitamin E.

The eye shadows properties aid in creating a three-dimensional effect that is both theatrical and vivid in appearance as well as creating a both good and pliable coverage. A few of the shades available include Candy Cube, Raspberry Pop, Orange Pop, Mint Ice, Silver Moon, Bronze, Camouflage, Ginger Drop and chocolate as well as an array of other attractive colours.