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Anyone who&nbsp;knows&nbsp;a diamond knows the four C&rsquo;s &ndash; carat, colour, clarity and cut &ndash; and how they alter the stone&rsquo;s value. But which of those do the pros typically look at first? &ldquo;Carats seem to get the most attention,&rdquo; says Melvyn Kirtley, Tiffany &amp; Co.&rsquo;s Chief Gemmologist and High Jewellery President. &ldquo;Not from me, though,&rdquo; he reveals.

If not carats, then what? &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the one thing that people forget most &ndash; cut,&rdquo; points out Kirtley, who has acquired exceptional gemstones for the New York brand for more than 30 years. &ldquo;A perfectly cut diamond is more luminous looking. It sparkles more and has more life, but some weight is often sacrificed to get that result,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;A perfectly cut diamond should also reveal a symmetrical motif composed of eight hearts or arrows under a special light. We call those diamonds Hearts &amp; Arrows.&rdquo;

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BEST PICTURE 
Black Panther 
BlacKkKlansman 
Bohemian Rhapsody 
The Favourite 
Roma 
A Star Is Born 
Vice

BEST ACTOR 
Christian Bale, Vice 
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born 
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity&rsquo;s Gate 
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody 
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

BEST ACTRESS&nbsp; 
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma 
Glenn Close, The Wife 
&nbsp;Olivia Colman, The Favourite 
&nbsp;Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born 
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Amy Adams, Vice 
Marina de Tavira, Roma 
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk 
Emma Stone, The Favourite 
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 
Mahershala Ali, Green Book 
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman 
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born 
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? 
Sam Rockwell, Vice

BEST DIRECTOR&nbsp; 
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee 
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski 
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos 
Roma, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n 
Vice, Adam McKay

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY&nbsp; 
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee 
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty 
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins 
A Star Is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY&nbsp; 
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara 
First Reformed, Paul Schrader 
Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly 
Roma, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n 
Vice, Adam McKay

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM&nbsp; 
Capernaum, Lebanon 
Cold War, Poland 
Never Look Away, Germany 
Roma, Mexico 
Shoplifters, Japan

ANIMATED FEATURE 
Incredibles 2 
Isle of Dogs 
Mirai 
Ralph Breaks the Internet 
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

ORIGINAL SCORE&nbsp; 
Black Panther 
BlacKkKlansman 
If Beale Street Could Talk 
Isle of Dogs 
Mary Poppins Returns

ORIGINAL SONG&nbsp; 
&ldquo;All the Stars,&rdquo; Black Panther 
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll Fight,&rdquo; RBG 
&ldquo;The Place Where Lost Things Go,&rdquo; Mary Poppins Returns 
&ldquo;Shallow,&rdquo; A Star Is Born 
&ldquo;When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,&rdquo; The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

DOCUMENTARY SHORT&nbsp; 
Black Sheep 
End Game 
Lifeboat 
A Night at the Garden 
Period. End of Sentence.

CINEMATOGRAPHY&nbsp; 
Cold War, Lukasz Zal 
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan 
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel 
Roma, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n 
A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 
Free Solo 
Hale County This Morning, This Evening 
Minding the Gap 
Of Fathers and Sons 
RBG

PRODUCTION DESIGN 
Black Panther 
The Favourite 
First Man 
Mary Poppins Returns 
Roma

Sound Mixing 
Black Panther 
Bohemian Rhapsody 
First Man 
Roma 
A Star Is Born

Costume Design 
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 
Black Panther 
The Favourite 
Mary Poppins Returns 
Mary Queen of Scots

Film Editing 
BlacKkKlansman 
Bohemian Rhapsody 
The Favourite 
Green Book 
Vice

Sound Editing 
Black Panther 
Bohemian Rhapsody 
First Man 
A Quiet Place 
Roma

Animated Short Film 
Animal Behavior 
Bao 
Late Afternoon 
One Small Step 
Weekends

Live Action Short 
Detainment 
Fauve 
Marguerite 
Mother 
Skin

Makeup and Hairstyle 
Border 
Mary Queen of Scots 
&nbsp;Vice

Visual Effects 
Avengers: Infinity War 
Christopher Robin 
First Man 
Ready Player One 
Solo: A Star Wars Story

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<a href="http://www.lofficielsingapore.com/inside-chanel-camellia/" target="_blank">Chanel</a>&rsquo;s take on <a href="http://www.lofficielsingapore.com/category/beauty/" target="_blank">skincare</a> for the year of 2017 is that of wellness and longevity. To that end, its latest Blue Serum ($160) is inspired by what the brand calls &ldquo;blue zones&rdquo; &ndash; centenarian hotspots in the world. Places like <a href="http://www.lofficielsingapore.com/yohji-yamamoto-on-retirement-japan-being-anti-fashion/" target="_blank">Japan</a> and the Italian island of Sardinia, for instance, where the life expectancies are high and in which there is the highest concentration of people over 100 years of age.

Blue Serum is inspired by the way of life in these places: diet, exercise and wellness. These tenets prompted the Chanel research team to look for ingredients that contributed the same philosophy of holistic well-being, except applied to the face. The focus was on the good health of skin cells and its ability to adapt to environmental stress. Three key active ingredients from these locales form the backbone of its formula.

GREEN COFFEE FROM COSTA RICA

Green coffee refers to unroasted coffee beans, and Chanel has taken on the oil from this ingredient because of its high levels of fatty acids, polyphenols and vitamin E. The antioxidants and moisturising properties of these ingredients have a track record of repairing skin, reducing photodamage and visible signs of ageing from sun exposure, and boosting skin&rsquo;s natural production of collagen and elastin, keeping skin supple.

OLIVE FROM SARDINIA, ITALY

The antioxidant-rich olives from Sardinia also contain high levels of beneficial fatty acids. It&rsquo;s no coincidence that two of the ingredients in Chanel&rsquo;s new serum are chockful of fatty acids good for both diet and skin. On skin, it encourages collagen production for a smoothing benefit. Olives are also a source of vitamin C, which in skin care products is a great brightening and radiance-boosting ingredient. In addition, olives have the benefit of protecting skin against environmental damage from pollutants.

LENTISK FROM GREECE

The evergreen Lentisk plant yields an oil that is rich in antioxidants and vitamin E. This makes for a dual benefit of being calming and restoring to skin, aiding in cell regeneration and repair. Rather than focus on combating ageing by taking on fine lines, wrinkles and the like, Chanel has opted instead to focus on ingredients that simply treat skin well and that help it perform at its best. That holistic approach makes the Blue Serum great for all skin types and indeed users of any age.

This story first appeared in L&rsquo;Officiel Singapore December/January 2017.&nbsp;

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