Category Archives: Beauty Trends
By May | October 31, 2008
 It’s nice to know that in an industry focused on facade and outer beauty, there is still an emphasis on creating inner beauty through charity.
October was Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time during which many of beauty’s biggest brands — from Lancome to Estee Lauder to YSL to Too Faced to Shiseido — launch special edition products to raise funds for breast cancer research and to go along with that signature pink ribbon.
Other beauty brands are socio-economically conscious, too, working with organizations and high-profile figures to better the greater good of man, health and the environment.
Also posted in Bath and Body, Brands, Celebrities, Charity, Collaborations, Health, Limited Editions, New Product, Organic, Spa | Tagged Avon, Avon Empowerment fund, beauty, brad pitt, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Celine Cousteau, charities, Charity, charity donation, charity foundation, charity fundraising, charity organization, charity work, domestic violence, Ghana, Jacque Cousteau, Jean-Michel Cousteau, jpf eco systems, kiehls, La Prairie, Ocean Futures Society, Reese Witherspoon, The Body Shop, The Canadian Women's Foundation, Tungteiya Shea Butter Association, United Nations Development Fund for Women
By May | October 29, 2008
 Halloween is everyone’s excuse to slap on the campy makeup, wear the shortest dresses and highest heels, revel in political incorrectness and indulge in debauchery frowned upon every other day of the year.
Ladies, in particular, can get away with being a vamp without patronizing looks. Fishnets stockings, red lipstick, massive eyeliner and fake eyelashes are the norm, rather than the unnatural on All Hallow’s Eve.
Also posted in Beauty 101, Brands, Eyes, Industry Favorites | Tagged Ardell, eyelashes, fake, glue, Halloween, lashes, Make Up For Ever Professional, Shu Uemura, tweezers, Viktor & Rolf
By May | October 28, 2008
 Most women spend time and money trying to get rid of slick spots on their face, especially in the dreaded t-zone.
Translucent powders, blotting papers and matte lotions make the short list of makeup bag must-haves for this slippery issue. But we’re beginning to learn that not all oils are bad — in fact, beauty editors are going postal over Tamanu oil (dubbed “Sacred Oil” by locals), a traditional ingredient from tamanu tree nuts in the South Pacific.
Also posted in Bath and Body, Beauty 101, Brands, Celebrities, Health, Organic | Tagged anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, Lauren Hutton Aveda, natural, oil, South Pacific, t-zone, Tamanu oil
 The French are a sophisticated bunch, no doubt, so there’s really no wonder the chic-est looking manicure is named after them.
Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria, Katie Holmes and Reese Witherspoon — all of whom have been seen around Hollywoodland with the telltale white tips — would rather a French manicure than the latest neon yellow shade from Essie.
 A majority of contact lens wearers need them for sight, while others use them for improving their aesthetics.
Brown-eyed girls can go green, blue or purple by popping in lenses as often as they please.
 At Marc Jacobs’ Louis Vuitton Spring ‘09 presentation in Paris, his roster of models channeled Old Hollywood glamour — think Marlene Dietrich with bright, glossy red lips, black lined eyes and barely-there eyebrows.
Also posted in At The Polls, Fashion, Fashion Week | Tagged black, eyebrows, Eyes, lips, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, models, Old Hollywood, Paris, red, Spring '09
 Christian Lacroix must’ve been bitten by the Betsey Johnson bug, because his models’ hair looked a lot like hers: big volume, blunt bags and crimps.
Runways are the way to spot trends sartorial and beauty — so is the crimp making a comeback from the 80s?
By May | September 30, 2008
 On the runways of Maison Martin Margiela in Paris, the models wore wigs and stockings that covered their faces. Let’s hope this is NOT a new hair trend for 2009.
The Cindy Lou-esque hairpieces at Christian Dior took a whopping three days for Orlando Pita to make and were so heavy, model Chanel Iman said it “felt like we all got a three-hour face-lift treatment”. Let’s hope this is also NOT a new hair trend for 2009.
Also posted in Beauty Bits, Fashion, Fashion Week, Fragrance, Hair | Tagged anti-aging, carp spa, Chanel Iman, Christian Dior, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, fish, Maison Martin Margiela, Miss Dior Cherie, Orlando Pita, Paris, pedicures, perfumes, pheromone, Sofia Coppola
 The entrance of October means many, many things: Jacket season, changing leaves, spiced lattes, Daylight Savings, Halloween, Oktoberfest, soups at dinner and pumpkin anything.
Pumpkin, that bright orange squash, is homey and familial, known more for ingesting in pie, cookie, latte or roasted seed forms. Less known are its contributions to preserving and conversing beauty because this melon gourd is packed with protein and zinc, as well as serves as a cholesterol combatant.
Also posted in Brands, Obsessions | Tagged Bath & Body Works, cholesterol, cream, Desert Essence, family, Halloween, holiday, jackets, Lamas, leaves, lotion, Molton Brown, October, peel, Peter Thomas Roth, Philosophy, polish, protein, pumpkin, squash, toning, zinc
 Yesterday night, I attended an event thrown by a fabulous publicist friend of mine, who recently cropped her hair into a bob just at ear length, a la Yves Saint Laurent Fall ‘08.
Despite the shift in weather, chic women in major fashion cities are taking a cue from the Victoria Beckhams, Rihannas and Katie Holmes of the world, shearing their long locks into short styles. The bob, over the years, has morphed from the single, straight cut of yesteryear into a myriad of styles to suit different personalities and comfort levels:
Also posted in Celebrities, Fashion, Hair | Tagged bob, collarbone, cut, Hair, Katie Holmes, locks, mane, Rihanna, styles, Victoria Beckham, Yves Saint Laurent
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