Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty comes to the Kingdom

Rihanna's beauty line will be sold at Sephora stores. (AFP)
Updated 19 April 2018
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Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty comes to the Kingdom

DUBAI: Make-up lovers in the Kingdom have every reason to celebrate as US superstar and entrepreneur Rihanna is dropping her Fenty Beauty line in the country today.

Fenty Beauty, named 2017’s best innovation by Time Magazine, will be available in Sephora stores in the Kingdom on April 19.

Rihanna launched the beauty line in September, with a promise to make all women feel included.

“Fenty Beauty was created for everyone: For women of all shades, personalities, attitudes, cultures, and races. I wanted everyone to feel included, that’s the real reason I made this line,” she said at the time of the launch.

If you’re in the Kingdom and gearing up to make a dash to Sephora, moisturize and prime your face and read on for the five must-haves from Rihanna’s beauty line.

Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation

A soft matte foundation with buildable, medium to full coverage. This product comes in 40 shades

Stunna Lip Paint

A weightless, long-lasting liquid lipstick with a matte finish. The shade is said to work on a multitude of skin tones.

Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick

You can use this product as a highlighter or blusher and it comes in 10 colorful shades

Mattemoiselle Plush Matte Lipstick

A slim lipstick with a longwearing, soft matte finish, created in 14 color-intense shades.

Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer

Lip gloss with explosive shine in one universal rose nude shade.

Twitter fans have already shared their excitement on social media.


Four Arab films make the Academy Awards international feature film shortlist

“The Voice of Hind Rajab” is directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania. (AFP)
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Four Arab films make the Academy Awards international feature film shortlist

DUBAI: The Academy Awards international feature film shortlist has been announced, with four films from the Middle East selected among the 15 titles announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The shortlisted films from the region include Iraq’s “The President’s Cake,” directed by Hasan Hadi; Tunisia’s Gaza-set “The Voice of Hind Rajab” by Kaouther Ben Hania; Palestine’s “Palestine 36,” Annemarie Jacir’s sweeping historical epic set during the Arab revolt of the 1930s; and Jordan’s “All That’s Left of You,” an intergenerational family drama by Cherien Dabis.

The titles appear alongside a diverse international selection, including Argentina’s “Belen,” Brazil’s “The Secret Agent,” France’s “It Was Just an Accident,” Germany’s “Sound of Falling,” India’s “Homebound,” Japan’s “Kokuho,” Norway’s “Sentimental Value,” South Korea’s “No Other Choice,” Spain’s “Sirat,” Switzerland’s “Late Shift” and Taiwan’s “Left-Handed Girl.”

“Sirat,” directed by Oliver Laxe, was filmed in Morocco and stars Algerian-Turkish actress Jade Oukid. Meanwhile, “It Was Just an Accident” was directed by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi.

Final nominations will be announced in January, with the 98th Academy Awards set to be held on March 15, 2026.

“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” “Palestine 36,” and “All That’s Left of You” also screened at December’s Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.