Beauty Boom: Is Sephora Becoming High Fashion’s Next Target?
Ever since Target debuted its collaboration with Isaac Mizrahi in August 2003, designer diffusion lines have been, for the most part, a booming success. Demand for Target’s collection with Missoni in...
View ArticleGood News: Bikini Waxing is Killing Crabs
UPDATE: Don’t ring the death knell yet–ABC News dashed our hopes and dreams, stating that there is no total habitat destruction and pubic lice are pests, and therefore not a valid part of an endangered...
View ArticleKarlie Kloss’ Chop Already Named Haircut of the Year
Just as everyone figured out how to curl their hair with flattening irons, Karlie Kloss chopped off her flowing locks and gave us “the chop.” The ‘do isn’t new for 20-year-old Kloss; she cut it for a...
View Article5 Lessons Learned from The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur
Jean-Claude Ellena, son of a perfumer and now chief perfumer for Hermès since 2004, has been attuned to scents from a very young age. “My father saw everything as an excuse to sample a smell,” he told...
View ArticleFrom Fashion to Fragrance: 5 Questions for Carolina Castiglioni of Marni
The heiress of Italian fashion house Marni, which her parents, Consuelo and Gianni, founded in 1994,Carolina Castiglioni leads the brand’s website and special projects division. That includes ventures...
View ArticleWe Tried This: 3-D Manicures
Apparently those of us who adhere to a tried-and-true nail polish regimen—two layers of a chosen color followed by a protective topcoat—are the Luddites of the beauty world. In the past year, the nail...
View ArticleFashion Week Backstage: 5 Questions with Hairstylist Antonio Corral Calero
Antonio Corral Calero learned the tricks of the hairstyling trade from esteemed Spanish hair designer Luis Llongueras, and went on to work for Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior and M.A.C. Now as the...
View ArticleA Beautiful Partnership: MAC and Rihanna Team Up
It’s only February, but Rihanna is already having one heck of a start to 2013. The singer took home her 7th Grammy at this year’s awards; the official music video for her song “Stay” featuring Mikky...
View ArticleStart-Up Wants Men to ‘Give a Shave’ About Razors
In 2011, Andy Katz-Mayfield walked out of a drugstore with a 4-pack of razor blade cartridge refills, a can of shaving cream and a $25 receipt. “I looked in my bag and realized I hadn’t bought a lot,”...
View ArticlePair Your Pumps with Lipstick: Net-A-Porter Launches Beauty Category
Attention Net-A-Porter shoppers: The moisture stain lipstick and and self-tanning serum have finally arrived. On March 20, Net-A-Porter—the world’s glitziest online fashion site—quietly launched...
View ArticleWe Tried This: Living Proof Haircare
In the pantheon of celebrity tresses, Jennifer Aniston’s golden locks are up there with the best of them. They first shot to fame with the layered “Rachel” haircut during her Friends days in 1994. Now...
View Article‘Beautified’: The App that Lets You Book Last-Minute Beauty Appointments
Booking a last-minute beauty appointment can be an exasperating task, but a new app called ‘Beautified’ is hoping to simplify the process. The mobile-only app, which officially launched today, lets...
View ArticleWe Tried This: BB and CC Creams
Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you’ve noticed the array of BB and CC creams popping up at makeup counters and drugstores. The alphabet cream trend can be traced back to Asia, where it...
View ArticleOne Direction to Launch Makeup Line
The British boy band One Direction is releasing a makeup collection in partnership with MUA Cosmetics. The line, called Little Things, will feature lipsticks, lip glosses, cheek tints and nail polishes...
View ArticleNail Polish Sales Slow After Years of Growth
After enjoying steady increases for the past two years, nail polish sales are finally starting to slow down. In 2011, sales grew 59 percent from the previous year, and in 2012, sales grew another 32...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs Debuts Beauty Line
For 50-year-old designer Marc Jacobs, it’s not enough to be the darling of the style crowd and put on one of the most sought-after runway shows every Fashion Week. Now he wants to apply his Midas touch...
View ArticleTop Italian Hair Stylist Dies at 73
(MILAN) — Aldo Coppola, a Milan hairstylist who helped merge hair styling with fashion, has died at the age of 73. Coppola’s press office on Thursday confirmed his death overnight following an...
View ArticleA Beautiful Partnership: MAC and Rihanna Team Up
It’s only February, but Rihanna is already having one heck of a start to 2013. The singer took home her 7th Grammy at this year’s awards; the official music video for her song “Stay” featuring Mikky...
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