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July 2008

To many, owning Chanel No. 5 has the same heft as owning a Ming vase. It's precious, it's pure and timeless. Of course the Ming vase can be auctioned off at Sothebys, but we'll venture to guess that no one in their right mind would auction of their Chanel EDT. Remember when Chanel rocked the perfume industry in 2007 with the release of its limited-edition "Les Exclusifs" collection? It was available only in Chanel boutiques and Bergdorf Goodman. The 10-sku range is housed in unusually large, 200ml spray bottles, with a high price point of $200 to match.At the time, industry insiders called it a "surprising" move. It's common knowledge that women won't invest in a 200ml bottle of perfume because they're fickle, and love to flit from fragrance to fragrance. This November, the element of surprise will definitely turn into shock and awe when Chanel introduces a 900ml bottle of Chanel No. 5, retailing for $3,200 at Saks Fifth Avenue. (We've done the math: that's practically a quart.) For No. 5 devotees, it's a unique opportunity to secure a lifetime supply of this object of acute desire. Note that you're getting parfum, not EDT, which makes it a steal at $3,200, considering you'd have to buy 30.4 standard-size flacons at a much higher price to equal this gargantuan offer.
30 July, 2008 /
Jana of the Jungle would be proud of my adventure at my local Nordstrom. I tested Lancome's new Black Carat virtuôse Mascara and guzzled up the dregs of the tester because they were sold out of the lanky tube. Black Carat is an intense black color and shinier than the traditional Black virtuôse color. As you can see from the picture below, my lashes became as black as soot and more thickly coated than my intensely lacquered nails. I used a tester brush so I'm sure the lash separation factor was not as good as the regular brush...that's my only pet peeve about this mascara. Otherwise I think its glossy coat and intensely black color is a good addition to the Lancome virtuôse collection. Because of my innate skeptical nature, I had to test out the MAC Lustre Twins to see if the color really did last the entire day as the salesperson assured me they would (she betted her firstborn on it...what a daredevil!). Luckily, she gets to keep her kid.
28 July, 2008 /

It is hot, folks! We may as well be in a swamp zone in Florida, and our makeup is migrating down to our knees. Watching our makeup, blush and eyeshadow vanish into an oil slick by noon isn't our idea of fun in the sun. So...

25 July, 2008 /

Some soaps get you downright squeaky clean, as though you were dirty as a pig in mud before. When you lather up they make you want to scrub away for hours and forget about wasting water or the neighborhood drought. But few soaps can double as...

24 July, 2008 /
I'm not the only person who loves bright skin. Hailing from India, where they use coconut milk to religiously whiten their face, I learned from kindergarten that having flawless white skin was the most beautiful thing you could have apart from possessing polished, uninterrupted nails. So when I came to the United States and saw everyone frying their faces out on Jones Beach to get brown, I thought they were off their rocker. I wrote dozens of letters to my mom (not too e-mail savvy back then): Do you know what these people are doing? I can't believe you put me through that coconut milk regimen each day... So, in the spirit of writing about all things white, I stumbled upon my latest love, skyn Iceland's Arctic Brightening Serum.
21 July, 2008 /

Okay I shouldn't give political advice on a beauty site I know but that was too easy to resist. On sale on Monday is Stila's new Rock the Vote Red Lip Color to inspire women to vote. The lippie can purchased for $17 at www.stilacosmetics.com. 25% of...

17 July, 2008 /
There are better ways to protect your skin than wearing long-sleeved tees and full-length skirts like the Amish during the summer. When temperatures rise so high that even your slurpee starts to boil before you can drink it, it's time to jump into a pool of sunscreen. No one makes a better organic spray than Dr. Hauschka (even his name sounds all erudite, as though he received a PhD at birth and started doing R&D before he got to grade school). His new organic SPF 15 Sunscreen Spray is my current object d'amour. It's made with ice plant, rose hip and quince seed extracts to nurture sensitive skin, and natural mineral titanium dioxide to protect you from the UVA and UVB rays.
17 July, 2008 /
Every summer we offer up our winter-white legs to "new and improved" self-tanning lotions, only to be sucker-punched by orange blotches that wouldn't look out of place on a giraffe.  Frankly, we're tired of products that promise us the moon and end up giving us a chunk of an asteroid. So we are thrilled to find a fabulous faux fix for our solar-shy extremities called Tarte Glam Gams Leg Bronzing Stick. This push-up natural gardenia-scented stick is the real deal, giving legs a glowing, toned and taut appearance. The easy-to-apply bronzer is loaded with tarte's 5 super-fruit complex (acai, goji berry, pomegranate, acerola and maracuja) to protect, restore and refine the skin. It's also preservative-, paraben-, phthalate-, sulfate-, propylene glycol-, and mineral oil-free. Whew. Bottom line? Your gams will be pencil skirt-ready.
15 July, 2008 /
There are smells -- as I'm sure Pig Pen from the Peanuts Comic Strip would agree -- that you are unlikely to forget. Most smells make you want to block your nose completely and wish you had a cold. No amount of spritzing yourself with good ol' fashioned Charlie or even a Glade house scent will keep your immediate air smelling pretty, because when Pig Pen hits you, he hits you hard. You feel as though your nostrils have been assaulted by some sort of olfactory hippopotamus. You feel violated, vulnerable as Alice in Wonderland and depressed at the thought of these beauty sinners who feel that strutting outside the house without even so much as deodorant or a clean shirt is allowable in sweaty weather. So the debut of Estee Lauder's Sensuous was welcomed with particularly grateful open arms this summer.
14 July, 2008 /