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Wednesday January 27th, 2010

Beauty

My IM Session With a MAC Makeup Artist

Makeup can baffle even the obsessed beauty followers. Finding the perfect lipstick or eyeshadow is like finding the holy grail of beauty – which would make MAC’s online chat feature like the god of cosmetics. On maccosmetics.com you can instant message with a professional MAC makeup artist. Earlier today I chatted with MAC makeup artist Read more →

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Published at 3:19 PM

Friday November 6th, 2009

Beauty

Tom Pecheux Signs with Estée Lauder

Back in June, we started hearing rumors that makeup artist Tom Pecheux would be getting his very own makeup line at a major cosmetics company. According to this morning’s WWD, that company is Estée Lauder. Pecheux will not be designing an eponymous line, but instead has been given the newly created title of creative makeup Read more →

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Published at 11:19 AM

Friday October 30th, 2009

Beauty

Michael Kors’ New Makeup

Michael Kors may have been missing from Project Runway last night, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been logging in some quality time in Los Angeles. Perhaps honing his first color cosmetics collection, Very Hollywood, a collaboration with Estée Lauder (their second one of the designer variety after a couple with Tom Ford)? Think glowing Read more →

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Published at 10:20 AM

Friday July 10th, 2009

Beauty

Eye Spy

The one product that we absolutely never leave the house without applying is mascara. Seriously, our lashes need to be sufficiently blackened, lengthened, and separated before we hit the road. And with all of the random oscillating and polymer-coating mascaras out there, we were shocked that it took so long for someone to come up Read more →

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Published at 11:05 AM

Friday April 24th, 2009

Beauty

Do You Wear Makeup to the Beach?

After last week’s experiments and consequential post on waterproof eyeshadow, I started thinking about the rest of my face. Every year around this time I get bombarded with emails promising the latest and greatest in water-resistant everything. I find that the women who buy waterproof buy it because it stays on all day and resists Read more →

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Published at 11:39 AM

Friday April 3rd, 2009

Beauty

Stila Goes Bankrupt?

We hear that Stila has gone bankrupt. The story goes like this: The beauty brand, which is a favorite with beauty editors but is a little bit of a harder sell with girls that like bright colors on their faces, was sold by Estee Lauder to Sun Capital Partners in 2006, which means the products Read more →

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Published at 2:59 PM
Beauty

Christian Siriano Toes the High/Low

In 2008, Christian Siriano won Project Runway Season 4. Since then, he’s showed a couple collections, gotten his designs on celebrities like Tori Spelling, designed a line of shoes for Payless, and last week, Saks announced that they picked up his entire Fall collection. This week, Victoria’s Secret says the petite designer’s created a limited-edition Read more →

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Published at 10:47 AM

Thursday March 26th, 2009

Beauty

Let’s Explore Marine Makeup

June’s still pretty far off but it seems like nobody told the beauty brands. Summer makeup will start to hit counters next week (if it hasnt already) and with it comes the usual deluge of “surf and turf”-themed colors and products. The ocean is the go-to “inspiration” for summer, but honestly, if I see one Read more →

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Published at 2:45 PM

Tuesday March 24th, 2009

Tuesday March 17th, 2009

Beauty

Loyalty and Mascara at Kiehl’s

Fact: Kiehl’s customers are die-hard – they don’t call it a “cult” favorite for nothing – and will go on and on about everything from the Cr√®me de Corps to the Grooming Cr√®me until you kind of want to shove their Lip Balm #1 down their throats. If you’ve ever wondered how the 158 year-old Read more →

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Published at 4:04 PM

Friday March 13th, 2009

Beauty

Trend Test: Totally Tubular

In the history of mascaras, first came the primer craze, then there were fibers, followed by vibrating wands, and now tubes take their turn as the latest lash craze. The original tube mascara, Blinc, was a cult hit, lauded by beauty editors near and far. Naturally, L’Oréal and Stila have followed suit. For the uninitiated, Read more →

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Published at 10:37 AM