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Sephora Favorites Advent Calendar 2023
Sephora launches great advent calendars every year and this year’s is no different. Looking like a chest and with an elegant orange colour, the calendar is worth over £1,000 and includes products from brands like Sol de Janeiro, Drunk Elephant and Rare Beauty.
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Liberty Advent Calendar 2023
One of the most beautiful advent calendars is back this year and with another gorgeous design. While it hasn’t been launched yet, you can read here what to expect inside.
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La Mer Advent Calendar 2023
La Mer luxury brand unveils their The Atelier Advent Calendar for 2023 worth £571 and with products like Crème de la Mer and the Lip Balm
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SKINLIFE, a niche beauty store, fuelled by ambition and sustainability
Read this interview with Dennis, Patrick and Pedro from SKINLIFE, a store in Lisbon focused on niche beauty, excellence and how they’re becoming even more sustainable.
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Up Close On Sustainability: How Sustainable is the Luxury Industry?
What is luxury? While we associate durability to luxury products, it’s true meaning leans more towards great ease, elegance or comfort in life, at a great expense. Luxury is, at a first glance, very well positioned in sustainability, with products made with the highest quality materials, durability and the type of products passed on generations.…
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Sustainability Month: History of Sustainability in the Beauty Industry
How can beauty brands become more sustainable? Explore the history and research I found.
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Inouïe Beauty, a cosmetics store born from friendship and sustainability
The beauty industry in Portugal is very different from the one I found in the UK. More focused on knowledge and science-based. Many of the people in the beauty industry I meet in Lisbon are or have been linked to medicine or pharmacy in one way or another, and Inouïe Beauty is no different. An…
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Sustainability Month: An introduction
have done some research on the beauty (and to some extent, fashion) industry and will be sharing them throughout the month.
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Master perfumers, new launches and niche beauty: an afternoon at Skinlife’s first Press Event
Skinlife organised a press event full of niche perfumery, luxury beauty and new launches. Find more about the event and the brands in this post.
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Five luxury products to invest on
Whereas for some a luxury product is a waste of money, I have the opposite opinion. I think we should invest in some luxury/ very good quality products that will last far longer than their cheaper counterparts, and will make a big difference in our lives (and the environment).
Hi, I’m Sofia.
Lisbon-based online content creator and lover of all things luxury, beauty and macro photography.
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