Weekly Links: Chanel Beauty News, J. Crew, Luxe Online Beauty, & The Kardashians

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 [...]

Weekly Links: Model Beauty, Boston Retail News & Cupcakes+

Send to KindleTweet All vanity all the time with this week’s links. The ultimate waif, Twiggy, has launched a perfume available from HSN. The combo floral – fruity fragrance also boasts some earthy notes, with a blend that includes gardenias, orange flower, patchouli, rich amber and musk. Click here for more info. UK retail giant Marks [...]

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 [...]

Target: Kid Hipster Looks For Less

Send to KindleTweet Jobs are like relationships– both start with a honeymoon period, the rush of the new. The honeymoon ends at about three months at which point the job becomes real with overnight responsibility and the relationship is real. After that, the next six months are OK, the lust or love develops and you [...]

Budget BoHo What: Forever 21 Inc. expands with two labels that offer Bohemian-inspired clothes and trendy fashions for plus-size women.

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: Would you drool over Bohemian-inspired clothes at the price of Forever21 or H&M prices? A trip to the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles led us to Heritage 1981, a unit of Forever 21 Inc. Upon entering the store, we found clothes that resemble Free People at the H&M prices. [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 8-14

Send to KindleTweet Carla Bruni-Sarkozy New Global Fund Ambassador On December 1, World AIDS Day, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy accepted a position as global ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bruni-Sarkozy will draw attention to the needs of women and children infected with [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 1

Send to KindleTweet Walmart Foundation Grants $12.5M Line To MLK Memorial The Walmart Foundation announced a $12.5 million letter of credit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, building on a $1 million donation made in 2005.  Walmart’s support will help the Memorial Foundation obtain a construction permit from the National Park [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News September 8

Send to KindleTweet Ottavia et Emma debuted its spring/summer 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week, showing sleek dresses and separates that prove timeless pieces don’t have to be conservative or boring. A collection of loose yet tailored pieces primarily in off-white, khaki and black employ thin knits and silk to create elegant looks that [...]