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APRIL 25.2013 by AIMEE BLAUT

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YOU ARE A BABE

EMMA NYBOM JOHANSSON, PARELLE.SE

MARCH 21.2013 by AIMEE BLAUT

"I’ve been working at Parelle for a few weeks now and before that I was at Cosmopolitan for six years. I started working in beauty as a makeup artist for a big agency in Sweden called MIKAs. I worked with them for five or six years--I have always been working with beauty in some kind of way. My father is a photographer so since I was a child I was working with photos.

Right now I have a new challenge because I am working to brand Parelle and make it an online glossy with a shopping experience. If you have someone styling you and giving you the world of beauty then you can get motivated and inspired. It feels like somebody has given me a whole new magazine, and that is so great, I have so much freedom. There is a big difference though between how things work in print and on the web so I need to think in entirely new terms than I am used to, which is wonderful.

I wake up at six in the morning and get up very quietly because the other people in the family are still sleeping. I run straight into the bathroom. Outside of the bathroom I keep a box with all of my makeup. We have such a tiny bathroom that there is nowhere to put it, so I just have to travel around the apartment with this box (laughs). I am very focused on having good skin so I try to take good care of it. I use Estelle & Thild Neroli Cleansing Gel. If it’s cold and dry outside I put on Exuviance Ultra Restorative Creme. I like it because it is very fatty, so it really moisturizes my skin well. I always use my Ole Henriksen roller eye gel; you get the perfect amount of product without getting your hands sticky. My all time favorite for my lips is La Mer The Lip Balm; I couldn’t use anything else. The skin on your lips is just as sensitive as the skin around your eyes so it’s important to take care of it.

My favorite foundation right now is Chanel Perfection Lumiere. I also love the new DiorSkin Nude BB Cream. My base really depends on how I look each morning though, some days I wake up and think Oh my god! I really need something strong to roll over my whole face with. I hate when my skin is feeling dull and I haven’t slept well or have some dark circles. If I am really grey and dull I use GlamGlow, it’s the best facial mask I’ve ever tried. My face feels moisturized and glows, even my husband notices after I’ve used it.

I am always looking for the best mascara and I just found a new all time favorite, Benefit They’re Real. I love that the brush is small enough to use on my bottom lashes. DiorShow New Mascara is perfect for long flirty lashes. I use Dior lipsticks a lot because they have good coral and peach tones. MAC and MAX Factor have some amazing shades as well. My favorite blush is from Estee Lauder. You just need to use a touch of it, and the packaging is so beautiful!

At night I take it all off with Decleor eye makeup remover, its one of the best. My makeup disappears so fast and I don’t even need to make an effort. Then I use Estelle & Thild cleanser, which also takes off your makeup—so my eyes are very clean when I am done. Next I apply their Facial Oil and let it soak into my skin before layering Exuviance Evening Restorative Complexon top. In the summer I skip the oil and go for an Estee Lauder serum instead.”

Photos by: Aimee Blaut in Stockholm

Tags: Benefit, Chanel, Decléor, Dior, DiorShow, DiorSkin, Estelle & Thild, Exuviance, Glam Glow, GLAMGLOW, Max Factor, Ole Henriksen, Parelle, Parelle.se

YOU ARE A BABE

PARISA AND MAX , MAX FOWLES

JUNE 11.2012 by AIMEE BLAUT

Parisa: “We are launching Max Fowles Ready to Wear collection for Autumn/Winter 2012. I’m the Creative Director for the brand and we’ve been designing the collection for the past few years. It’s a small twenty-piece collection and we are really excited. When you get your first sale it’s the point where you feel like oh this works and it is so rewarding because you have a vision in your head but you don’t know how it will work until you get the feedback.”

Parisa: “Max is more obsessed with putting creams and such on; I’m actually not [laughs]. I didn’t even put body lotion on until he forced me to. But I always wash my face with Crème de La Mer face wash. I have very sensitive skin so I can break out if use the wrong products. Crème de La Mer works really well on my skin. Kiehl’s body lotion—I love. For fragrances I hate common smells. I have on Chanel Coromandel—it is amazing. It’s very strong with a musky touch to it.”

Max: “Yeah I am the one spending all the money on my beauty regimen. I have the more elaborate beauty closet. When I wake up I just rinse my face off with water in the shower and then moisturize with Crème de la Mer. I also use their eye balm. For lip balm we use Fresh’s Sugar but everything else is Crème de la Mer and an SPF from my dermatologist. At night I always shower before bed and moisturize my full body. Then I use this gel serum on my face that is like a peel. I use it every night and then always eye balm and always lip balm. For perfume I always use Byredo. You can only buy it typically at Barneys never at Duty Free or something like that.”

Max: “We just bought a shampoo that is really cool called Number twenty-Four. My hairdresser from London, Daniel Galvin is incredible, his son James opened up a place in Los Angeles. So they started up a line and the products are great–we are loving them.”

Parisa: “Okay for makeup it’s my turn now [laughs]. I like NARS a lot. I like their lipstick, the pink one I’m using Schiap, its super pink and feels fun. I’m a big blush person. Mascara, I don’t use that much, unless it’s a special day, but I look dead if I don’t use blush and some bronzing powder on my face. I like NARS in Casino and Desire. Eyeliner is something I have always used since I was fifteen years old. I like to do dark eyes with a bright lipstick. I use the Benefit waterproof eyeliner pencil and it doesn’t smudge it’s really good. I always thread my brows, they are naturally pretty thick but I keep them up [laughs]. It hurts a lot and I thread once or twice a week.”

Parisa: “I was born in Iran but I moved to Sweden when I was two years old. We live in L.A. now but I am used to always traveling. When I’m in Stockholm I go to Sturebadet, for my gym and my spa that’s the best spa in Sweden. I love the spa at The Setai Hotel in Miami, they have an amazing spa there, it is one of my favorites, very relaxing. Here in L.A. we go the Beverly HIlls Hotel when we want to pamper ourselves really well.”