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 [...]

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, [...]

H&M: Real Women Rock Curves, Color

Send to KindleTweet For once it’s not just Adobe Photoshop that is to blame for making women feel like model bodies are so hard to achieve. It’s because the women in the ads are not real. Apparently I missed this. In December 2011 news surfaced out of Sweden that fast fashion giant H&M was featuring [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Women Favor Lipstick Over Coffee, Sex

Send to KindleTweet A recent survey by a direct sales beauty company claims that women would choose to keep their favorite beauty product even if it meant giving up coffee, chocolate, or sex. That’s curious to me, but many women don’t even know they can climax two ways, and many rarely reach the Big O, [...]

L’Oreal Paris Hires Another Celeb As “Face”

Send to KindleTweet L’Oreal has hired another celebrity to help boost branding and ultimately, sales. Rocker, Fashion Designer and Mother of two Gwen Stefani is now a face of L’Oreal Paris. The celebrity, whose signature look usually includes platinum blond hair and bright red lipstick, said this of the new opportunity: “I can’t believe I [...]

Beauty To Go

Send to KindleTweet I don’t believe in holiday spending binges, $500 skin creams, New Year’s resolutions, or fad diets. But, in moderation, shopping, nutritional adjustments, short-term goals, and skincare treatments can be paths to temporary happiness. A new lip gloss, a laser facial, or a three-day juice feast may not change your life, but for [...]

Beauty Basics: Summer Skincare

Send to KindleTweet There are plenty of beauty goods on the market, but sometimes minimalist is the best option. Amid a long recovery, budgetary issues remain, so our cleansing, moisturizing and sunscreen recommendations are reasonably priced, whether your main concern is price or source of ingredients. Summer means more sweating, the risk of clogged pores, [...]

Natural Baby Beauty

Send to KindleTweet Baby products are the one budget loophole, where men and women alike consider spending beyond their means in the pursuit of safety and education. It’s obvious babies don’t need beauty products, but sunscreen is an ongoing debate in the beauty sector, where marketing drives most the sales behind the scores of mediocre [...]

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