ON THE COVER : THE SUNDAY AGE ... 1991 ..

This cover from 1991 is from the tv supplement from the Melbourne Sunday Newspaper 'The Sunday Age'.. The cover features Joan in a promo shot for 'Dynasty The Reunion'...

PHOTO FLASHBACK : GLAMOUR IS TIMELESS FOR JOAN!

When it comes to truly glamorous portraits, Joan is tops and this early 80's shot is no exception..

PHOTO EXTRA : JOAN LOVES A DAME GOOD WEDDING!

Joan enjoyed a wonderful weekend in the hilltop village of Gordes in France at the exclusive La Bastide De Gordes Hotel & Spa, where she attended the wedding of actress Amy Wilson Thomas to Rugby player Chris Wyles.. Amy is the daughter of Joan's very good friend and former PR gal Stella Wilson.. You will agree all three ladies looked fabulous...

TV FLASHBACK : DYNASTY THE REUNION ... 1991 ..

This shot features Joan with Jereon Krabbe in the 1991 miniseries 'Dynasty The Reunion'...

50'S FLASHBACK : RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS! 1958 ..

Joan takes a break from filming the 1958 comedy 'Rally Round The Flag Boys!' with co-stars and good friends Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman. Can't recall the other man they are chatting to...

PRESS UPDATE : BEAUTY AESTHETIC .. TIMELESS BEAUTY ... JUNE 26TH 2015 ..

Joan Collins Timeless Beauty Joan Collins Timeless Beauty

Posted on June 26, 2015

Do you ever watch old movies where the beautiful hollywood actresses put on their makeup in the most beautiful looking packaging and feel a little jealous?  It definitely doesn't quite compare to the cheap, plastic packaging we're used to.  Now you can get a little taste of glamour with the gorgeous range of makeup from the Joan Collins Timeless Beauty collection.

First off, who better to introduce a collection of this nature than Joan Collins?  You can see from the packaging alone how the range has been influenced by old hollywood and art deco but this also translates into the products too.

The collection features everything from fragrance to skincare but today is all about the makeup.  I was surprised by how much choice there is in the range but one thing I really loved is that there are certain products which share the same name so you can get the exact match if you like to coordinate your nail polish with your lipstick.  Now that we've covered the background, here's a little bit about the products I had the chance to try.


First off we have the Class Act - Black Mascara which comes in this gorgeous gold packaging.  It's definitely something I could imagine the hollywood ladies owning back then.  The mascara itself is a fibre brush and once applied to the lashes, you get a real doe eyed look.  It's a great mascara for lengthening and it appears very black on the lashes but with a few coats I do think you can achieve more volume.  I wouldn't say it's groundbreaking but it's really good quality and it feels like you're wearing nothing on your lashes.



The product that really caught my eye was the Summer Kiss Duo in Evelyn.  This is a gorgeous compact featuring a lovely browny toned blush and lipstick in the shade Evelyn.  While the blush is quite neutral and soft, the lipstick is anything but.  As you can see in the swatch above, it's a super bold and bright pink shade which is perfect for the Summertime.  I do think this kind of shade is better suited to slightly more tanned skin but on days I'm feeling brave I'll definitely give this a go.

Last but not least, I couldn't go without trying a nail polish so I went for the Nail Lacquer in Evelyn, just like the lipstick.  It's a bright, coral shade with a glossy finish in a gorgeous triangular bottle.  I do love the colour and it applies fairly well but it does go on quite thick so it's not my favourite kind of polish.  I will be featuring the shade in next week's nail post so make sure you come back for that if you'd like to see swatches and more info on how it performs.

Overall, I'm really impressed by the range.  I think it would be lovely to receive as a gift, especially for those who love the old hollywood era or maybe someone a little older.  If I had to choose one product, I'd definitely go for the lipsticks.  I was blown away by the pigmentation and if you really want to make a statement, definitely pick up the shade Evelyn.
See .. WWW.JOANCOLLINSBEAUTY.COM

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Best Ever TV Awards: Best Guest Star

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PHOTO OF THE DAY : DOUBLING UP WITH WARREN IS A HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE FOR JOAN!

 

This glamorous 70's shot was used in re-release posters for double bills of 'The Bitch & Shampoo' starring Warren Beatty!...

PRESS UPDATE : TUESDAY CHAT ON PIXIWOO.COM .. JUNE 23RD 2015 ..

Recently during a break between appearances on QVC, Joan took time out to chat to top beauty bloggers and make up artists Sam & Nic Chapman to talk about Joan's highly successful 'Timeless Beauty' range of glamorous beauty products.. Here is a wonderful video just released of the interview...

PRESS UPDATE : LOVELY'S VINTAGE EMPORIUM .. JUNE 22ND 2015 ..

JOAN COLLINS: TIMELESS BEAUTY

22.06.2015. 

 

Here at Lovely's Vintage Emporium we have always had a girl crush on Joan...from her days in iconic 1970s films such as The Bitch and The Stud to her turn as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty. She is a legend and can do no wrong as far as we are concerned. As for her hair, makeup, jewellery, clothes...

Well, now you can have a small slice of Joan as she has a beauty and make-up range out called Timeless Beauty and we were lucky enough to be sent a lipstick, nail polish and perfume sample. All smell divine and work beautifully. We would expect nothing less. As for the images of 1980s Joan on the packaging...speechless. LOVE LOVE LOVE from us.

To buy Joan Collins Timeless Beauty click HERE

PHOTO OF THE DAY : TEMPERS ARE FUMED IN THIS FAMILY TONIGHT!

This little seen cast shot if for an episode of the 1991 BBC series 'Tonight at 8.30' called 'Fumed Oak' in which Joan teamed up with Anthony Newley.. Also in the episode were Prudence Oliver and comedy legend Joan Sims..

PROMO UPDATE : DAME JOAN COLLINS DBE NOW ON FACEBOOK! JUNE 20TH 2015 ,,

Don't forget to check out The only Official Dame Joan Collins DBE page on Facebook at     https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joan-Collins-DBE/814259188629343?fref=ts  for all the latest news and photo's!

PRESS UPDATE : KIDSCREEN.COM / IKIDS .. GIVING TALES .. JUNE 20TH 2015 ..

The educational app project that landed Roger Moore

 by Daniela Fisher

Perhaps best-known for his role playing British secret agent James Bond, actor Sir Roger Moore’s next mission involves taking on an educational project in the kids digital space.

The British icon, along with acting greats Dame Joan Collins, Ewan McGregor and Stephen Fry, has lent his voice to a new children’s app called GivingTales.

Available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 devices, the storybook app launched yesterday worldwide. It offers interactive versions of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic stories, read by Moore and crew, modernized and condensed to fit the digital format.

As part of the project’s commitment to education, 30% of the app’s revenue will be donated to UNICEF UK,  for which Moore and McGregor are longtime ambassadors.  The nonprofit org will put the funds towards educating and supporting kids around the globe.

The app comes from the minds of Danish entrepreneur Klaus Lovgreen and Jacob Moller, CEO of Denmark-based games development company Kiloo. Three years back, Lovgreen happened to have a conversation with Moore’s son (Christian Moore) in which the topic of the app came up.

“I was having a discussion with Christian Moore, just general brainstorming,” Lovgreen recalls. “I said it would be nice if we could get some celebrities to read it up, and did he think his dad might want to read one of these stories? He called him right there and then. That was really how it came about.”

The GivingTales chairman notes that the former James Bond actor was excited about the idea, and helped bring aboard the rest of the voice cast. Soon after, Lovgreen and Moeller launched a same-name tech startup, located in Budapest, Hungary, to create the mobile offering.

One free title, The Princess and the Pea, read by Sir Roger Moore, also accompanies the app. Each additional story is available for US$3.99, including The Emperor’s New Clothes (Dame Joan Collins), The Little Match Girl (Ewan McGregor) and The Ugly Duckling (Stephen Fry).

“It’s for children and adults alike,” Lovgreen contends. “I think that’s really the essence of it, that you can also read it as a parent and enjoy it as well.”

He is banking on the famous names to help entice parents to download. The actors’ social media reach will also help in marketing the app. One tweet from Stephen Fry, for example, puts the news about GivingTales in front of 10.2 million followers.

“Roger Moore and Joan Collins and so forth, they were heroes when I was growing up,” notes Lovgreen. “We are targeting this at parents who choose these stories because they know the actors. It’s very hard to get any attention out there, particularly when you start from scratch. We’re very much hoping the reach of the celebrities we work with will help give us momentum.”

As for the strategy behind the app’s design, Lovgreen wanted to bring the classics to the book app realm, which tends to house newer stories.

“I think it’s also important to bring the more classic tales to children,” says Lovgreen. “These stories have been around for more than 100 years, so they’ve proven themselves.”

Lovgreen notes that the team at GivingTales did update the titles slightly, condensing the stories and putting their moral lessons more front and center.

“If you take a story like The Ugly Duckling, which is very much about bullying and self-belief and those sort of themes, it wasn’t that obvious in the original,” Lovgreen explains. “The original stories are very long and some of them are very dark.” In the Little Match Girl, for instance, the young heroine freezes to death.

“Our objective is to try and create the best possible versions of fairy tales for children, so they can learn and enjoy and get some of the morals and wonderful learnings from these stories,” notes Lovgreen. “One of the other things we have done, which I think is very important, is to condense the stories down to anywhere between six and 10 minutes, so that it’s easy for children to consume in one sitting.”

In each story, as the actors read the words, the text is highlighted for kids to follow along. Parents can switch the function on or off for different levels of readers, as well as the actors’ voices, so kids can read on their own.

“Each of the illustrations, you can see there’s some animation built into it,” says Lovgreen. “We have tried to keep it simple so that you’re not too distracted by what is going on and try to focus on the story itself.”

Going forward, the studio has additional releases slated to roll out later this year, featuring different actors and stories.

“It’s all about creating products these days that are sharable,” Lovgreen contends. “If parents like it, they’ll spread the word.”

PROMO UPDATE : THE JOAN COLLINS ARCHIVE NOW ON FACEBOOK! JUNE 19TH 2015

Check out The Joan Collins Archive on Facebook and do like the page! Find it here ... https://www.facebook.com/joancollinsarchive?fref=ts

PHOTO OF THE DAY : HAIR'S JOAN A WELL RED SUPERSTAR!

Joan looks radiant in red in this promo shot for 'The Joan Collins Wig Collection' .. check out .. http://www.joancollinswigs.co.uk/wigs-by-joan-collins-collection.html

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN'S NO COWARD WHEN IT COMES TO COLOURFUL CHARACTERS!

This rare shot was taken backstage at the BBC while Joan was filming the Noel Coward series 'Tonight at 8:30' in 19991...

GIVING TALES IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNICEF ... JUNE 18TH 2015 ..

     

Joan has lent her voice to an exciting new children's educational project, developed with her good friend Roger Moore on behalf of UNICEF. 'Giving Tales' is a series of illustrated versions of popular tales read by Joan along with Roger and others including Stephen Fry and Ewan McGregor. The first four tales are now available to download on...

    https://itunes.apple.com/hu/app/givingtales/id975568498?mt=8  


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.givingtales.givingtales&hl=en

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/givingtales/5b35c0f4-7c75-49d2-8351-1c0faec55fb6


'The Princess & The Pea' read by Sir Roger Moore KBE

'The Emperor's New Clothes' read by Dame Joan Collins DBE

'The Ugly Duckling' read by Stephen Fry
'The Little Match Girl' read by Ewan McGregor OBE

JOAN SAID 'THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES' IS ONE OF HER FAVOURITES ..

'Giving Tales' will be donating 30% of their revenue to UNICEF to help children around the world..
For more info see   http://www.givingtales.com/ ...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN ALWAYS HAS HER FINGERS ON THE PULSE OF FASHION!

Joan catches up with good friend Valentino in this press photo from 1999 at Valentino's Paris Fashion Week Autumn/Winter Collection..

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN'S THE HEAD SHOT OF THE 80'S!

This stunning headshot was taken for an American magazine in the mid 80's....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : A RIGHT ROYAL RETURN FOR JOAN!

Joan was back on the set of 'The Royals' earlier to film her scenes for the season premiere of series 2... This glamorous shot features Joan on set with Elizabeth Hurley...

EVENT UPDATE : THE CARTIER QUEEN'S POLO CUP FINAL .. THE GUARDS POLO CLUB .. JUNE 14TH 2015 ..

Joan met up with good friends Jerry Hall & Stefanie Powers at the final of Cartier Queens Cup Polo Tournament at The Guards Polo Club earlier...