SKIN
• Miranda Kerr suggests you get yourself some noni juice. “I’ve been drinking noni juice for the last 12 years, my grandparents introduced it to me. I am not the same without it — it does incredible things for my skin.” [PopSugar Australia]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• Susan Boyle: “I haven’t changed from an ugly duckling to a swan but I do try and take care of myself. I have a new hairdresser and I have discovered Botox, as well as getting my teeth whitened.” [Showbiz]
FRAGRANCE
• Fashion house Maison Martin Margiela launched its first fragrance, Untitled, which was developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier. It is set to debut at Colette in Paris next week and elsewhere in March. [Now Smell This]
MAKEUP
• Capitalizing on its ever-popular Orgasm peach/pink shade of products, Nars Cosmetics is launching an illuminator that will be available exclusively at Sephora this February. It is a soft shimmer liquid formula that was originally used at the Thakoon, Marchesa, and 3.1 Phillip Lim spring 2010 runway shows. [Beauty Blogging Junkie]
• Japanese actress Meisa Kuroki signed on to become the newest face of L’Oréal Paris. [Japan Today]
• Marchesa designed a free gift bag full of samples for Beauty.com shoppers who spend $150 or more. The bag is pink with a huge flower on it. [Beauty.com]
• Avon’s trying different marketing techniques to hook in a younger demographic with its lower-price spinoff named Mark., such as a Facebook e-shop. They’ve also integrated 40,000 Mark Girls, who are women between the ages of 18 and 24, as their new direct salespeople, who know how to sell products through digital marketing. [NYT]