Dior

Perfume was, according to Christian Dior, the "finishing touch" of a dress, the essential complement to his luxurious designs.  His childhood friend Serge Heftler-Louiche was charged with launching the House of Dior's first fragrance.  Miss Dior made its debut at the same time as the New Look, becoming the ultimate couture scent.  Its extremely original composition was based on a chypre harmony with green floral notes.  Despite the hardships of the post-war years, Christian Dior insisted on the most noble materials for his fragrances (crystal, gold and deluxe gift boxes), establishing them in the tradition of fine perfumery.

Miss Dior, Diorama, Eau Fraîche and Diorissimo accompanied the presentations of Dior's haute couture collections.  More than a litre of pure fragrance was sprayed every week in the palatial salons of 30, avenue Montaigne.  Only the most select retailers (luxury Paris hotels, high-class perfumeries) were allowed to sell Dior fragrances.  To conjure an image of elegance and refinement, Christian Dior commissioned René Gruau to illustrate each of his scents, with instant success both in France and abroad.  Fragrance became so important that Christian Dior declared he considered himself to be "as much a perfumer as a couturier".

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Diesel Fragrances

Diesel fragrances are loved by both men and women for their distinct and attractive scents as well as the look of the packaging. Their popular fragrances include Only The Brave, Fuel For Life and Loverdose. Each of them has been created to have a life of its own that will set the wearer of the fragrance apart from the crowd.

The Diesel women’s fragrances include Diesel Loverdose fragrance which is described as The Feminine Fragrance and is an ‘Elixir of Love’. The seductive scent will make any woman feel sensuous and become an addict of love. Diesel Fuel for Life, on the other hand is an intense fragrance that comes with a warning to ‘use with caution’. It is a daring fragrance that is perfect for giving you the confidence to be a go-getter in life.

Even the design and shape of the bottles have been created to represent the uniqueness of the brand and the fragrances. This, coupled with the unforgettable names, you will be able to tell a story about yourself just through your Diesel fragrance.

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Dermalogica

Dermalogica believes in skin care products that go beyond beauty, but are actually healthy for your skin. Their products are free of common ingredients that can be irritating such as lanolin, artificial colours and fragrances. They only use products that will give your skin the nutrition it needs to look and feel good and be healthy as well.

What makes Dermalogica different is that they look at skin care as a health issue and not a cosmetic one. With this in mind, their products are aimed at ensuring skin that not only looks good, but is healthy as well.

Another aspect that makes Dermalogica different is that they have highly trained beauty therapists located all over the world to give advice and information on skin care and health. They will study your face, zone by zone, in order to let you know which are your problem areas and give you information on how to fix them as well as tell you which Dermalogica products to use for the best results.

Dermalogica South Africa has three professional beauty therapist schools from which many have graduated and gone on to provide skin health care advice all over the country. Also, postgraduate beauty institutions that are run by Dermalogica help qualified beauty therapists to improve on their skills and be able to provide the best possible treatments for their clients using Dermalogica products.

Professional beauty therapists and South African dermatologists highly recommend Dermalogica when it comes to advice on which skin care products to buy.

Dermalogica skin care products can be bought from online stores, Clicks and Edgars stores as well as selected beauty salons.

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Denman

Denman hair brushes and hair accessories are of the highest quality and loved by hair dressers all over the world. They are first class products that not only help to style your hair, but also take care of it.

Combing and brushing your hair everyday can be stressful to your hair. It may cause it to become weak and break and this is why you need good quality tools that will not damage your hair.

Other than the brushes and combs, Denman hair dryers as well as hair accessories such as hairbands, scrunchies and hair pins are also available. These are all salon quality products that are long lasting.

In addition to the hair accessories and styling tools, there is also a makeup tools range from Denman. They have brushes such as blusher and powder brushes as well as lip and eye shadow brushes. These are of the same high quality as the other tools from Denman.

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Decléor

The DECLÉOR story started 35 years ago through the application of both passion and energy. And that was in 1974!
At that time it was known as CLEOR (The Clé en Or or Golden Key that opens the Temple of Beauty)


Its philosophy was "Be more than skin-deep" and each initiative was designed for the wellbeing of the body, the skin and the spirit,
This fabulous adventure was initiated by a passionate and bold team consisting of a beautician, a doctor, a shiatsu teacher and a fantastic aromatherapist and physiotherapist, the latter being a pioneer in her field.

And so it began...
Scientists in Egypt had discovered a mummy which dated back to approximately 3 500 years old.
The reality that scientist were still able to investigate and study any form of life left in a 3 500 year old mummy fascinated this team so much they decided to investigate the reason why and how the mummification process worked to preserve the body.
They soon discovered it was due to the embalming of bodies using oils which caused preservation of the body
This set them onto the path of an intense study to the powers of aromatherapy and essential oils!

...if it could work for 3500 years to preserve some resembles to life
...it could most certainly work for the living to preserve our natural beauty for longer!

 

THE BRAND
Their joint knowledge, holistic approach to the body and their expertise in energy points prompted them to create fabulous plant-based treatments.
They initiated a range of treatments associated with a line of unique products that were 100% pure, 100% natural, NO colorants or preservatives.
Known as AROMESSENCE™, these ultra-active daily serums applied before a daily moisturiser were an immediate success. They were quickly followed by innovative products available in the form of delicately textured serums, balms and creams.

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Dark and Lovely

The year is 1975, innovators Softsheen and Carson create the Dark and Lovely hair colour range and six years later sees the birth of Dark and Lovely no-lye relaxer, the first relaxer of its kind.

Empowering women and men of colour through beauty products has always been something which Softsheen and Cason have taken serious as all their products are dedicated to ethnic individuals.

Their broad and deep portfolio of brands that are both rich with heritage and at the height of innovation make them unique. By relying upon the depth of their scientific know-how, they continually advance their products to surpass the industry standards and make the safest and most effective beauty products for their consumers.

They believe everyone should be able to celebrate her or his beauty with confidence and flair. And for people of colour that means they should be able to express how they want to look, and, ultimately, who they uniquely want to be.

They mix their hearts, souls and science into formulas that come through for the community that gave birth to them, helping women, men and children of colour define, and then express, beauty on their own terms.

1900

Magic® Shave, the first men’s depilatory brand, was introduced.

1972

Dark & Lovely® Hair Colour launched. It was the first hair colour product formulated specifically for African American women.

1978

Dark & Lovely® introduced the first no-lye relaxer, which made it possible for women to relax their hair at home for the first time.

1979

Carefree Curl® began a major market phenomenon that propelled the health and beauty market for African Americans into a $1 billion category.

1987

SoftSheen-Carson received its second patent after developing Wave Nouveau®, the first body perm for Black hair.

 

Dark & Lovely products can be found in major retail stores around South Africa.

 

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Crabtree & Evelyn

Crabtree & Evelyn is renowned around the world for beautiful gifts and everyday luxuries that capture the essence of English style. Distinctive and unique, this company has earned an outstanding reputation for its creative excellence and personal customer service.

Many people are curious about the name. Crabtree & Evelyn’s founder, Cyrus Harvey, was inspired by the Englishman, John Evelyn, whose love of nature and inventiveness is the basis of the brand's philosophy today. During the 17th Century, Evelyn was famous as a landscape designer, conservationist and food writer. Evelyn is most famous for Sylva, the first important work on conservation, published at a time when England’s forests were being stripped of timber to build ships for the expanding British Navy.

 

His great estate, Sayes Court, was planted with large expanses of elm trees, and the magnificent gardens Evelyn created were a wonder of the age. The Diary of John Evelyn is a remarkable picture of 17th Century life, both in England and on the continent. He is also known for his writings on food - including a book on salads, in which he invented the first salad dressing made with olive oil.

 

John Evelyn’s inspiration enabled Crabtree & Evelyn to become one of the first lifestyle beauty companies to embrace the natural ingredient movement. Delicate flowers - lilies, roses, freesias and gardenias - create soft, sensual fragrances while time-tested extracts of herbs, fruits and plants - rosemary, comfrey, lavender, goatmilk, jojoba, aloe vera - care for the skin with their healing properties.

The Crabtree or Wild Apple symbol is native to Britain and the ancestor of all cultivated apple trees. It was highly prized for its beauty as well as its usefulness in home apothecary. Bartholomeus Anglicus whose encyclopaedia was one of the earliest printed books containing botanical information says, "Malus the Appyll tree is a grete tree in itself... gracious in syght and in taste and vertuous in medecyne." (c.1470)

 

The Crabtree & Evelyn inspirational model is the early home apothecary, or ‘still room’ as it was called in England. Still rooms existed at a time when the garden played an integral role in daily life – a time when fresh flowers, herbs and fruits from the gardens and orchards were distilled to make fragrant waters for the bath and soothing essences for the skin. Fruit preserves were also created to brighten the winter larder. From the magic of the still room came the little luxuries and necessities that enhanced the quality of everyday life. This innovative spirit, built on the foundation of Crabtree & Evelyn’s rich heritage and relationship to the garden, inspires them today.

They believe that each age has its own wisdom to contribute to that body of knowledge they call 'our heritage', and continue to add to it. This unique relationship with and synergy between garden and nature’s bounty of benefits is something that they are diligent in preserving, at the same time.

Crabtree & Evelyn is available in more than 40 countries, with over 6,000 locations and 350 concept stores worldwide. Crabtree & Evelyn has eight stores in South Africa: Sandton City, Hyde Park, Design Quarter, Menlyn Park, Cavendish Square, La Lucia Mall, V&A Waterfront and Canal Walk.

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Coverderm

Coverderm Camouflage is a maker of products that help you cover up dark marks and other imperfections on your body. Their products not only help to hide imperfections, they also help you to deal with and solve common skin care problems.

The Coverderm product range includes:

  • Camouflage, which was the first foundation to help hide imperfections on the face and on the body caused by skin conditions such as acne and age spots.
  • Luminious is the skin whitening range that is suitable for all skin colours. It fights hyperpigmentation and gives bright and even toned skin.
  • Peptumax was developed to fight wrinkles. This Anti-aging product helps to smooth out wrinkles caused by aging or expression lines.
  • Vanish helps get rid of redness and dark circles under eyes.
  • Maxydrat helps to re-hydrate dry skin and keep it moisturised.
  • Filteray is the sun protection product from Coverderm. It is hypo-allergic and provides all day protection.

Coverderm products can be found at Dischem stores around South Africa.

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Compagnie de Provence

Compagnie de Provence is a cosmetics brand that was established in 1990 by two French men, Pascal Bourelly and Philippe Boigeol. It started with the legendary cube soap that was popular in Marseille and they wanted to revive the love for it. They made the cube shaped soap and wrapped it in luxurious brown paper that was tied with hemp string and stamped with a wax seal. This gave it a modern but classical look and feel.

From there, further modification of the Marseille cube soap happened in 1999 when Compagnie de Provence decided to release a liquid soap version. It was made with vegetable oils and came in a glass bottle to stay in line with the sleek and modern lifestyle of today’s consumers.

This brand has grown to include products such as body washes, fragrances, hair care products and body lotions. Each of these has the unique touch of Compagnie de Provence that is loved by so many people in the world. It is a brand that speaks of the olden days elegant beauty products that Marseille is known for while also making the products appealing to modern up market customers.

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Cosmic Options

Cosmic Options is a South African hair accessories brand that has been growing since 1983. They have a product range of hair accessories and grooming products to suit different styles and fashion statements. Cosmic Options started off with 5 employees and now have over 150 employees situated around the country. They also now supply hair accessory products to over 2000 retail stores in and around South Africa.

Cosmic Options aims to give their customers the latest in hair accessory trends from around the world. They aim to always ensure that you get to have affordable hair accessories that are fashionable.

Despite the low prices, Cosmic Options products are of a very high quality that can help you style your hair as you wish. There are various ranges that cater for different types of women or the look they are going for. These include a school range, cool range, kids range and a basics range among others. Each of these will help you achieve the look you are going for whether you are 12 years old or 30 years old.

Cosmic Options products can be found in major retail stores around the country.

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