Vote Blue, Wear Red
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 proceeds from the
The Sun Saviour
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 Bronzing Boon
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.
Estee Lauder’s “Sensuous” Actually Lives Up to Its Name
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
Crystal Clear
Have you walked away from a spa experience and thought, “Darn, I way overpaid for that treatment”? Well, I have, and the thought of missed opportunities to buy extra shoes sent me into a depressive tailspin. My shrink, of course, had a glorious week following my lost $ and kept
Why your Hair Needs Philip Kingsley
That bald spot. The thinning hair. The lonely grey strands that make Indira Ghandi’s hairdo look like a Ken Paves special. Yes, the horror of owning terrible hair is almost as bad as Jen Aniston’s breakup. So you wash and wash those strands, hoping that some tap water and scrambled
‘Nordstrom Anniversary Sale’ Rears Its Luscious Head
Let’s face it: the word “limited-edition” has gripped the beauty world with its “you-can’t-catch-me” aura. I casually toss out the phrase “I’m wearing the Chanel limited edition Black Satin nail polish” at brunch and immediately bulging eyes like those of Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura stare at my nails.So it’s
Powder Power
Even if geologists predicted the mineral content of the Earth would dwindle by the year 2010, mineral makeup fanatics would find a way to stock up.We’re crazy about mineral makeup, which is as old as the Little Black Dress or Lauren Hutton in the glossies, but there are some recent
I Can’t Believe My i’s!
Beautiful eyes can make your significant others melt when they stare into those liquid pools of blue. But remember Kenny Rogers’ horrific eyelid surgery that made him look like a Mattel creation seriously gone wrong? The eyes are also the first areas to make cringe. Since the age of 19,
