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For those avid fans of all things Jemma Kidd, here’s a big chunk of good news for you: the Jemma Kidd Academy is coming stateside for three days, starting this Wednesday and ending on Friday!
David Horne — Kidd’s director of education — will be teaching classes on SpaceNK locations on Third Avenue, Broadway and Greene Street for a reservation fee of $50, which can then be put toward JK product.
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By May | February 11, 2009
Emma Roberts comes from silver screen genes — considering Julia is her aunt and Eric is her pops — and Neutrogena is looking to capitalize on the teen queen actress’ skyrocketing popularity.
The skin care brand is big on tapping unblemished starlets throughout the years, having brought on Hayden Panettiere, Jennifer Garner, Vanessa Hudgens and Mischa [...]
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By May | February 6, 2009
It’s like Gossip Girl, only the ladies aren’t in high school anymore — and there’s no Blair Waldorf wielding a headband and BlackBerry.
The Real Housewives of New York — essentially Constance Billard all grown up — are back for a second season!
To celebrate, Bravo is throwing a big fete at the Sephora on 597 5th [...]
Also posted in Celebrities, Events, Glamazons, Industry Scoops, television | Tagged Alex McCord, Bethenny Frankel, Blair Waldorf, Bravo, Constance Billard, cosmetics events, Gossip Girl, Jill Zarin, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, LuAnn de Lessaps, makeup events, premiere party, Ramona Singer, Sephora, Sephora event, Sephora events, Sephora events in New York, The Real Housewives of New York, The Real Housewives of New York season two, The Real Housewives of New York second season premiere
By May | February 4, 2009
Every once in awhile, there’s a beauty product that ropes you in and never lets go: La Mer, Lancome Cils Booster XL, NARS blush in Orgasm, Benefit Dallas Bronzer…the list goes on.
New York-based Purple Lab and beauty expert Karen Rabinovitz have come up with what is no doubt the Next Big Beauty Thing: Huge Lips, Skinny [...]
Also posted in Brands, Collaborations, New Product, Obsessions, lips | Tagged Angelina Jolie, cosmetic that curbs appetite, hoodia, how to curb your appetite, how to get Angelina Jolie lips, Huge Lips Skinny Hips, makeup that curbs appetite, natural appetite suppressant, new beauty product, new cosmetics, new lip gloss, new lip gloss product, new makeup, Purple Lab, Purple Lab Huge Lips Skinny Hips, Vitamin B3
Before I was old enough to know the joyful benefits of Christian Dior lip gloss, I was slathering my puckers with the junior version from Bonne Belle: Lip Smackers.
For years, Smackers Lip Sparkler in Raspberry Orbit got me through junior high and, admittedly, into the first year of university, because it had the perfect amount [...]
Also posted in Brands, Collaborations, New Product, lips | Tagged banana-flavored cosmetics, banana-flavored lip gloss, beauty news, Bonne Belle, Bonne Belle Lip Smackers, cosmetics news, Lip Smackers, new cosmetics, new cosmetics collaboration, new lip gloss, new Lip Smackers, new makeup collaboration, Paul Frank, Paul Frank accessories, Paul Frank tees, Paul Frank x Lip Smacker, Raspberry Orbit, Smackers Lip Sparkler, Smackers Lip Sparkler in Raspberry Orbit
By May | January 27, 2009
Daria Einhorn is letting New York mothers pamper their l’il mini-me daughters with a trip to Brooklyn Heights, namely to Dimples Kids Spa.
The 21-year-old former Russian model opened shop at the intersection of Montague and Hicks, where purple tubs, nail dryers and lacquers, yellow barber chairs, bang trims, hair styling, lip gloss and cheek tint [...]
Also posted in Bath and Body, Beauty Trends, Fashion, Hair, Industry Scoops, Nails, Obsessions, Spa | Tagged babysitting, Brooklyn children's spa, Brooklyn Heights children's spa, Brooklyn Heights kids spa, Brooklyn kids spa, cheek tint, children's spa, chocolate facial, chocolate facial for kids, Daria Einhorn, Dimples Kids Spa, facials, facials for children, facials for kids, hair styling, haircuts, kids spa, lip gloss, makeup application, makeup application for children, makeup application for kids, manicures, Montague and Hick, New York children's spa, New York kids spa, Opening Ceremony, pedicures, Spa, The Little Mermaid, Vena Cava
By May | January 23, 2009
History was made on Tuesday — and there’s plenty of product paraphernalia to prove it.
From Obama buttons to tees to posters (Shepard Fairey’s artwork took the cake) to coin collections to bobble-heads to calendars to pins to wine stoppers to dolls, no one is ever going to forget January 20.
Even beauty brands were jumping on [...]
Also posted in Brands, Celebrities, Industry Favorites, Industry Scoops, New Product, Obsessions | Tagged Barack Obama, beauty, beauty products, cosmetics, iKiss, iKiss Barack, inauguration, inauguration 2008, inauguration memorabilia, inauguration paraphernalia, inauguration products, inauguration souvenirs, Lipsmackers, Obama cologe, Obama cosmetics, Obama lip balm, Obama lip gloss, Obama memorabilia, Obama paraphernalia, Obama products, Obama soap, Obama souvenirs, Obamabar, Parfums Deray, Parfums Deray Barack Obama cologne, President Barack Obama, President of the United States, Theme Fragrance, Theme Fragrance O Balm Ah, where to buy Obama products
By May | January 21, 2009
Critics in the fashion and beauty world were glued to the television two days ago, breathlessly waiting to see which designers Michelle Obama chose for inauguration day — and, of course, to see what hair and makeup went to match.
Designers Isabel Toledo and Jason Wu were the big sartorial winners, with Mrs. Obama choosing a [...]
Also posted in Beauty Bits, Celebrities, Industry Scoops | Tagged beauty news, Candace Bushnell, Democratic National Convention, First Lady, hairstylist, inauguration day, Isabel Toledo, Jason Wu, Johnny Wright, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama for Vogue, Michelle Obama's hairstylist, presidential inauguration, reality television, reality TV, Vivica A. Fox, Vogue, Vogue cover
By May | January 16, 2009
X-Factor winner and “Bleeding Love” songstress Leona Lewis is now a member of the celebrity fragrance train.
The self-titled fragrance (ha, not album!) is a collaboration between the British singer and German company LR, and is due to be on shelves by late 2009.
Said Lewis, “I am passionate about what I do and it is important [...]
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By May | January 15, 2009
Dust off your YSL Tributes or — if you’re lucky (or a magazine editor) — get used to tottering around for twelve hours (and more) straight in your new Nicholas Kirkwoods.
New York Fashion Week — running from February 13 to February 20 — is almost here.
Despite the constant doom and gloom, the shuttering of stores [...]
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