Tilda Does Beauty: A Look at an Indie Celeb Scent
March 8, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Paints & Potions, The Daily Bitch
There are few celebrity fragrances that are not trendy, flashy, or playful. While those are all fine auras, most celebrity scents seem predictable and fleeting. The first is a labor of love, but the rest seem hasty follow-ups, the beauty world’s counterpart to a great article rendered old, simply because of the spirit of the [...]
A Model Citizen
December 18, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under America's Faces, Featured
Discovered in a mall in Minneapolis, this New York City resident might’ve become a forensic scientist were it not her for great bone structure and sky-high gams.
Holistic Luxury Skincare
July 14, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Paints & Potions
Inspired by the treasured beauty rituals of royalty in decades past, French brand Mon Soin Du Visage also taps many of the ingredients commonly used by Japanese women, to treat common skincare issues, often impacted by one’s emotional state. The company use ingredients such as sake (also in SK-II), rice vinegar and bran, seaweed, citrus [...]
Nourishing Neroli
December 30, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
The oil of the bitter orange appears a safe and nourishing natural essential oil that continues to creep into the cosmetics sector. According to the U.S. government unit National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, topical uses of neroli, the oil derived from the bitter orange flower, include fungal infections such as ringworm and athlete’s [...]


