Weekly Links: Meggings, Fashion News, Beauty Buys, & Target Binges

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 [...]

Weekly Links: Clothes, Art & Men – In the News

Send to KindleTweet It’s 7:43 a.m. on a Tuesday and I’m already exhausted and I have already eaten a meal. I woke up four times last night not because I have a child – I don’t – not yet – but because I was afraid of sleeping through my Spring 2013 registration slot. Add to [...]

Smells Like Pop Spirit

Send to KindleTweet What does a pinkified hip hop queen smell like? Let’s just say I don’t think there’s ever been a perfume bottle where one removes a head to spray said scent. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s what it looks like from the picture. The release of the Nicki Minaj fragrance Pink Friday from [...]

Beauty Wars: A Look at the Major Players

Send to KindleTweet There is a retail war going on right now to compete for your beauty budget. I’ll start with a few confessions. I’m a beauty junkie. I have a bestie and we both once lived in The City, New York that is. When were equally miserable at our underpaid jobs in Manhattan offices, [...]

Embracing Cosmetic Oils

Send to KindleTweet Summer seems an unlikely time of year to recommend hair oils, hell any oils, but sometimes the heat calls for extra moisture. Whether used as a leave-in or a conditioner, this carefully selected choice of oils will suit all consumers. Plus, we’ve added a home grown oil from a mom-and-pop shop out [...]

Beauty Therapy: Lip Favorites

Send to KindleTweet Time is a bitch. Enter your 30s and suddenly you’ve agreed to trade collagen in your face for skin on your waist. That’s not a fair trade. A trip down memory lane has me wondering – how did I eat carbs and corn syrup and fit in my first pair of designer [...]

Shiseido Reveals New Celeb Partner

Send to KindleTweet Japan’s Shiseido Co. celebrates its 140th anniversary this year and alongside other announcements, revealed a new global spokeswoman, actress Jennifer Connelly. The prestige beauty brand, which was founded in 1872 as the first Western-style pharmacy in Japan, transformed over the years into a cosmetics house. The company has worked with Connelly before, when [...]

Fall 2012 Beauty: Braids

Send to KindleTweet Runway backstage beauty shots are flooding inboxes as the fashionistas takeover Lincoln Center. Deep plum lips seem popular as a contrast to floaty, ethereal makeup on the cheeks and eyes. But what really won me over were the hairstyles with a bit of frizz. Braids seemed to be trendy and they’re the [...]

The Scent of a Socialiate

Send to KindleTweet Publicly-traded beauty giant Estée Lauder Companies has inked a deal to launch a fragrance with socialite and clothing designer Tory Burch. EL Companies unit Aramis and Designer Fragrances has joined forces with  Tory Burch LLC via a multi-year agreement to license the Tory Burch fragrance business globally. This is Burch’s first move in the beauty sector. In a [...]

Beauty Bargains: Six Under $10

Send to KindleTweet It used to be that every heatwave led to a bad hair day. For women with thin hair, tresses would fall flat. For women with too much body, the humidity led to a halo of frizz. While the variety of products on the market can be overwhelming, the options available now give [...]

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