The Perfect Pink Lip Under $10
June 3, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Why do girls prefer pink to red or blue? There’s got to be something about the color – something hopefully, cheery that appeals to females. Whatever it is it doesn’t wane from 5 to 35. I’ve discovered the prefect pink lip for summer for under $7. I’m big into stains and crayons [...]
Mass Beauty: Yay or Nay?
April 7, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet A financial analyst at Citi coined the phrase Hourglass Theory a few years ago, to point to a state he/she expected America was heading in: The haves the and have-nots, with a shrinking middle class. If one looks at the beauty market, this is true. During the recession, people went to salons [...]
New Grooming Lines Preps for U.S. Launch
March 26, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet While the beauty and grooming market might seem saturated it’s my opinion there’s still room in the market for kids and men. Now, straight out of the U.K. comes a new line for men. Aptly dubbed ManCave, the line is vegan-friendly, free of parabens, aluminum and sulfates, and will launch in the [...]
Weekly Links: Chanel Beauty News, J. Crew, Luxe Online Beauty, & The Kardashians
March 23, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet It’s all beauty and fashion news in this link. To start, Beyonce is starring in a new H&M campaign and luxury fashion site Net-a-Porter has launched beauty. Online impulse buy anyone? Meanwhile, it’s not shocking that the Kardashians‘ foray into skincare will be through a self-tanning line. The collection will launch exclusively [...]
Celebrity-Beauty Collabos Going Strong
March 11, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet There’s no end in sight when it comes to the relationship between celebrities and beauty brands. In some cases, celebs go out on their own with a corporate deal and their own collection, such as Drew Barrymore‘s Flower or Josie Moran‘s self-titled argan-based skin and beauty line. But in many cases, it involves [...]
Walmart Launches Celeb Cosmetics Line
March 8, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Acting, directing and modeling doesn’t last forever, hence the explosion of celebrity retail brands in the last decade or so. The latest to step on the scene is Drew Barrymore, who recently teamed up with Walmart and Maesa, a beauty manufacturing company, to launch FLOWER, a cosmetics line sold at Walmart. The portfolio [...]
Weekly Links: Red Bull Re-up, e-Beauty Sales, Supplements & A Hair Company Gives Back
March 7, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet It’s one neverending winter that calls for caffeine, beauty and sulking. Or at least that’s been my M.O. but now I’ve decided to go Tom Cruise style and make exercise and sleep a priority and nix the vending machine visits. For now, though, check out the latest in energy drinks, an online [...]
Single by Choice, 2013 Diet Trends, Yoga Advice & Female Billionaires
January 11, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet The New Year is on and so far it’s simultaneously eventful and dull — juggling people seems more work than one’s job. Facebook seems to have become the new email and hence it’s bloody boring. I now turn to Twitter for interesting bites – but what’s next? Food, sex and fashion – [...]
Weekly Links: Meggings, Fashion News, Beauty Buys, & Target Binges
December 2, 2012 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet What’s worse then men in skinny jeans? Men in leggings. According to the NYMag, men are wearing leggings, shorts with leggings, and more. Don’t take this commentary as disdain – I was pleased to see Marc Jacobs in a skirt but leggings are somehow different. And yet on the models it looks [...]
Target: The Next Designer Spotlight
November 6, 2012 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Target Corporation recently revealed its next fashion for the masses partnership will be with Prabal Gurung. Now one of the biggest rising stars in fashion, Gurung won the Ecco Domani Fashion Fund Award in 2010 and was runner up for the 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. He was also a finalist of the Cooper-Hewitt National [...]


