Saturday, February 28, 2015
Lindsey Wixson’s Brushstroke Wing of Black Eyeliner: Wear It for Saturday Brunch!
It’s Saturday afternoon—time to up your beauty game! And what better way to add impact to a brunch-ready knit cardigan, jeans, and a leather backpack than with a quick brushstroke of black liquid eyeliner? Earlier this week, model Lindsey Wixson wore an exaggerated, obsidian version of the makeup look straight off the Fendi runway and onto the street in Milan, offering up an easy lesson in how to balance a bold beauty statement by pairing it with fresh skin and tucking the ends of her into a skinny neck scarf. If you plan on matching her stroke for bold stroke today, here’s how.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
In Defense of Men’s Grooming: One Vogue Editor on Why He’s Not Giving Up His Moisturizer
Quick story: My stepmother once gave me a bottle of moisturizer she bought in Paris that promised, in small-print French sentences that I understood every third word of, to make my skin basically perfect. I placed it in my medicine cabinet dead center on a lit shelf—where it looked extremely handsome next to the Tom’s toothpaste and Speed Stick and ReNu—like an exchange student who’d stumbled into a Rite Aid. A small dollop on my skin after a shower made me feel elevated and improved in some ineffable way.
Loved that moisturizer. Loved having it. I recently ran out—after two years. Six and a half ounces gone. Which means I must have barely ever used it. Was it more important to my sense of self than to the health and texture of my skin? Setting that question swiftly aside, I found another tube on the Internet for the price of a Midtown porterhouse, and clicked “Buy.”
That was Tuesday. Yesterday I read Andrew O’Hagan’s half-bravura, half-daffy meditation on men and maleness and the neutering effects of over-grooming and self-love for the New York Times. It’s one of those strenuously written trend pieces that almost certainly identifies nothing that could be called a trend. “Over-grooming is now a mode of hysteria common to every other man I know,” he writes. (Every other man? How many is that?) “It has made the men of my generation into emotional shadows of their former selves.”
Save us from such argumentative banalities, right? And yet to give O’Hagan credit: The guy knows how not to hold back. Here he is at delightful full throttle: “But surely there is only room for one oscillating microdermabrasion brush in any happy heterosexual bathroom. I don’t care if you think it’s sexist: It’s not a man’s job to pluck his eyebrows or plump his lips. People must do as they wish, of course, but to my mind (and according to my prejudices) male beauty loses its essence with premeditation. It’s a failure of natural elegance for a man to seem beautified, and the pressure on him to be so may be the biggest sexual category error of our times.”
I’m not sure how many sexual category errors there have been in our times—or what an oscillating microdermabrasion brush looks like—but whatever, stipulated: A certain class of privileged urban straight men has become a little obsessed with gluten and coconut water and we routinely burst into tears while ferrying our kids to water polo class in our Ford F-150s. (Hang on, O’Hagan: What?) Are these problems—strictly speaking—problems?
Second quick story: My wife and I and our two kids recently met two other sets of Brooklyn parents and their kids at Prime Meats in Carroll Gardens. The total was six adults and six children for dinner. Disaster. Mitigated only by the fact that this was something like 3:45 p.m. Still, we were a sight. The children busied themselves with their parents’ iPhones and crayons and the adults huddled as far from them as possible. Our conversation—particularly that of the three dads—revolved around the horrors of age, the desperate attempt to stay thin, and what remained of our former exercise routines. We discussed recent renunciations of sugar, alcohol, gluten. My friend described the euphoria he felt not eating carbs for a month. Meanwhile, this is what we ordered: cheeseburgers, fries, gin, beer.
Which is to say there is the hysteria of self-image, of imagined perfection, of pledges of self-improvement and beautification. And there is what we actually are, what we do, what we follow through on. I don’t know. About male narcissism perhaps the less said the better. Where’s my French moisturizer?
Taylor Antrim’s novel Immunity will be published by Regan Arts in May.
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The Dark-Haired Street Style Stars of Milan Fashion Week: Why Brunette Mania Hasn’t Lost Its Luster
Last year saw its fair share of blondes crossing over to the dark side—and judging by the street style stars dashing between shows at Milan Fashion Week, brunette mania hasn’t lost its luster. Dark-roasted shades, from model Sung-Hee Kim’s glossy espresso to stylist Viviana Volpicella’s warm coffee brown and Turkish Vogue’s Konca Aycon’s toasty hazelnut, offer a rich alternative to New York’s hybrid bronde hues. Not that it’s all about solid color: We wouldn’t be surprised if Japanese Vogue’s Aurora Sansone’s honey-dipped ends found their way onto the runway next season. Here, a look at our favorite brown-haired belle donne this week.
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5 Italian Beauties on What to Stock Up on at the Milan Pharmacy
By now we’re well-read on French pharmacies and their foreign treasures, but little has been reported on their Italian counterparts, which have a few tricks beneath their wooden countertops, too. With a culture that so highly values dining, drinking, the sun, and glamour, it’s little wonder the country is fully stocked with havens of skincare, herbal supplements, and good honest advice—and the names of their must-have creams, shampoos, and soaks are carefully traded between its inhabitants. Service may occasionally be brusque, but once you’ve wrestled with the freddezza, a neighborhood outpost may well prove to be an intrinsic part of your Italian dolce vita. We asked five of our favorite residents what to stock up on while in Milan.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
How to Look Great Coming Off the Plane: 10 Models Share Their In-Flight Skin Secrets
With fashion month in full swing, our favorite models are dashing from New York to London and Milan, then from Jetway to runway. In addition to the intercontinental travel, meticulous backstage makeup application and frenetic presentation schedules make skin maintenance an essential for a fresh, energized glow throughout the shows. We asked ten models to tell us how they ensure their skin stays hydrated, allowing for radiant, show-ready complexions even after nine hours in the air. Here, their road-tested tips for on-the-go moisture.
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The London Fashion Week Beauty Rules: 6 Brilliant Lessons We’re Taking Home With Us
Larger-than-life beauty statements are a London Fashion Week signature—but if there’s one thing we’ve come to expect from the English capital, it’s to expect the unexpected. This season, the best hair and makeup moments from the runways channeled a refined new sensuality that felt familiar (not to mention thrilling) to real women seated in the front row. After all, what party girl didn’t pine for J.W.Anderson’s triangular statement earrings—and the easy, slicked-back, day-to-night knots that went with them? Or the tactile quality of a stamped-on raspberry lip? It didn’t take long for those reverberations to make their way to the street, turning up in a flash of skin or a lived-in front row hair cameo (thank you, Kate Moss ). Here, the six beauty lessons we plan on taking home with us from London Fashion Week.
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Wind-Whipped Waves are London’s New Blowout: Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne, and More
After wind-whipped strands took over the tents at New York Fashion Week—a look we dubbed the arctic blowout—tousled waves are sweeping the front rows in London. Spotted at Burberry Prorsum, Kate Moss, Lily Donaldson, and Clémence Poésy all let the city breeze rumple their bedhead to static perfection—a laid-back tactic Cara Delevingne used to deconstruct her billowing curls into thick pieces that mirrored the boho center parts on the runway. Not to be outdone, Alexa Chung’s glossy bob took on the kind of bendy outdoor texture no amount of salt spray can achieve as she dashed between shows. And with laissez-faire hair sure to elevate street style in Paris, we’re calling it early: A gusty day beats the best stylist.
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The 10 Best Beauty Looks: Week of February 23, 2015
As the glamour of awards season came to a close, this week’s best beauty moments were a riotous celebration of the power of minimalism. In the best hair category, nominations went to Olivia Palermo’s casual ponytail and Keira Knightley’s effortless waves, while top honors for makeup were awarded to Karlie Kloss and Kristen Stewart for their smoky, silvery eyes. Although slicked-back hair and bold center parts were strong contenders, it was the clean, dewy skin of Julianne Moore, Rooney Mara, and Toni Garrn that took home the gold.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Getting Ready for the Oscars with Emma Stone and Her Red Carpet Glam Squad
Fresh from her stint in Cabaret on Broadway and an appearance on Saturday Night Live’s 40th Anniversary Special, Emma Stone flew into Los Angeles just days ahead of the Academy Awards. On the afternoon of the big event, the Best Supporting Actress nominee met up with her team of eight years—stylist Petra Flannery, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, and hairstylist Mara Roszak—to get ready for the red carpet. Here’s how her perfect look came together, from choosing her Elie Saab gown to the perfect bright coral lip color.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
Happy 40th Birthday, Drew Barrymore! Tracing Her Beauty Evolution Throughout the Years
It’s hard to believe that Drew Barrymore is turning 40 today: After all, who hasn’t memorized every classic coming-of-age moment in the actress’s life—while committing every word of cult classics like Never Been Kissed and The Wedding Singer to heart. Along the way, we’ve tweezed our brows to skinny perfection, swiped on brown nineties-inspired lipstick, and taken pictures of her perfectly sun-kissed ombre waves to our colorist in solidarity. And while Barrymore has grown from a Studio 54 child star into a powerhouse actor-producer-director—not to mention a successful beauty entrepreneur, whose line of Flower lipsticks, blushes, and nail polishes make a regular cameo on our dressing tables, and a happily settled mother of two—she’ll always be the pigtailed Gertie from E.T. in our hearts. Here, a look at our favorite Drew beauty moments through the years.
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The 10 Best Beauty Instagrams of the Week: Emma Stone, Miranda Kerr, and More
This week on Instagram was all about behind-the-scenes beauty. New York Fashion Week kicked off a month of backstage peeks, like Guido Palau’s close-up of model Sarah Brannon’s wildly stringy downtown crop under a studded hat for the Marc by Marc Jacobs show, and Mark Carrasquillo’s capture of the glittering gold-rimmed eyes he created for Reem Acra. Then, of course, there are other kinds of behind-the-scenes moments, like Miranda Kerr doing an off-duty yoga backbend on the beach (so that’s how she stays so toned!). Lena Dunham captured Emma Stone wearing a teased-out brunette Gilda Radner wig in honor of SNL’s fortieth anniversary special. The faux hair would have won Rita Ora’ s approval: she Instagrammed a photo of sherbert-colored wigs in a private plane with the caption: “If you ain’t got a wig you can’t sit with us!” Luckily, we have the digital equivalent of a front row seat.
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
11 British Beauty Risk Takers Worth Celebrating: From David Bowie to FKA twigs
With New York Fashion Week coming to a close last night, all eyes are on London. With its history of rock and rebellion, the city is an endless source of inspiration to its young British designers and street style stars alike. True to form, expect to see a few bold sartorial departures on and off the runway—not to mention the occasional game-changing beauty risk.
Such countercultural impulses, of course, are nothing new. Consider the original English provocateur Queen Elizabeth I, whose theatrical ceruse skin, vermillion lips, and fiery curls redefined beauty ideals in the late sixteenth century. Speaking of royals: Who could forget the current Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee, during which the Sex Pistols delivered one of punk rock’s crowning moments by staging an impromptu concert aboard a rented boat floating down the Thames? The spiky-haired Sid Vicious would soon single-handedly inspire the country’s youth to spend their allowance on hair gel—a look Siouxsie Sioux took to next level with gothic sculptural brows and hyper-graphic cat eyes.
But perhaps it was David Bowie who delivered the most subversive punch, introducing a radical vision of psychedelic androgyny as Ziggy Stardust and imbuing glam rock with heaps of glitter and glitz—as well as arguably the only defensible mullet in history.
These days, fresh inspiration for both the cultural conversation and the runway is offered by idiosyncratic beauties like 2014’s breakout singer FKA twigs —whose unconventional beauty has taken braided spirals, baby hairs, and septum rings mainstream.
From Twiggy to Soo Catwoman, here’s a look at the weird and wonderful lovelies that have upended British style with their boundary-pushing beauty.
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
7 Beauty Lessons We Learned at New York Fashion Week
There was a spirit of dark new glamour afoot at the New York collections, where slick, high-gloss hair and subversive touches suddenly felt fresh again. From a pretty new 3-D twist on metallic eyeliner to a pared back manicure that stops just short of buff, here are the seven beauty lessons we’ll be taking with us this weekend.
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The Hair that Became a Vogue Office Obsession: Our Front Row Crush on Rhea Carter
Spotted first at the front row of Hood by Air, 22-year-old blogger Rhea Carter’s bouncing cloud of black and white ombré curls sparked an interoffice email chain. Then, just yesterday, we caught sight of it again, as Carter crossed Manhattan’s West Fifteenth Street between shows—this time her silver ends hovering over a powder blue crop top, customized vintage Levi’s, and a slash of matching eyeliner. We proceeded to invite the recent New York transplant back to the Vogue offices to get the full hair story. Thankfully, she obliged.
Your hair color is amazing. Is there a story behind it?
I was looking at images of Storm from X-Men, but [reinterpreted it] by doing it with an ombre effect.
Where did you get it done?
I did it myself—it’s my first time going gray. I really experiment a lot with my hair, which means sometimes I make mistakes—the dye doesn’t always come out the way I want it to come out. But I’ll just put a hat on. [Laughs] The worst one I’ve ever done was when it didn’t go as blonde as I wanted it to, and it matched my skin tone. I looked a little bald when that happened.
When did you start dyeing your own hair?
In eighth grade, I dyed a little streak in the front of my hair brown. Then I started to dye it red, then two colors—red and blue—and my mom [gave me a look]. She knew what was coming next. The first time I did my whole head, I went bright pop red for prom. Now I’ve done it a lot of different colors. I had it kind of blue-turquoise when I moved to New York last year.
What do you use?
I just buy Manic Panic—I start with 40 Volume Flashlightning because I try to get it as bright as I can, and then follow it with a lot of toner to get rid of any yellow.
How often do you change your color?
Lately I haven’t been dyeing it much at all, keeping colors for months just to let it grow out a bit more. I deep condition it a lot using Carol’s Daughter Marula Curl Therapy to keep the curls intact.
Are you equally good at your makeup?
With the gray and black, I’ve toned down my look a lot. I’m really going for the Storm look. I started putting blue under my eyes—this is actually a lip liner. [Laughs] I wasn’t bold enough to put it on my lips! I like to color coordinate. I have a pretty extensive collection of makeup. I love mascara, doing a good cat eye, or sometimes drawing on bottom lashes the way that Twiggy used to. I saw pictures of her from back in the day on the Internet. I get a lot of inspiration from social media—you can always revamp something and bring it back to life.
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Model Erin O’Connor on Her Return to the Marc Jacobs Runway—and the Call That Started It All
If the Marc Jacobs show each season is as much sublime spectacle as runway presentation, it also holds true that the casting has an equally theatrical bent, with a lineup of models carefully chosen to give life to the designer’s famously exacting vision. Backstage today at the cavernous Park Avenue Armory, it was a sea of impossibly lithe necks and intriguing faces, which called to mind—with their wine-color lips, angular wartime brows, and doll-like topknots—a Pina Bausch piece, a Weimar cabaret, or, perhaps, a twisted take on New York high society. “Marc really wanted those elegant swans from the fifties and sixties: Babe Paley, Marella Agnelli, all those fabulous socialites,” explained makeup artist François Nars. “He really tried to get women with character and to bring out that character as much as possible.” To that end, there were fresh, intriguing newcomers—like Cierra Skye, a doll-faced seventeen-year-old who made her runway debut earlier this week—as well as industry favorites like Erin O’Connor, who began working with Marc Jacobs in the nineties. For the London-based model, just off maternity leave, it’s been a homecoming of sorts, both to the world of Marc Jacobs and to the city of New York, which she called home early in her career. Here, the show opener speaks to Vogue.com about the designer’s steel-trap memory, her tough-love workouts post-baby, and the thrill of being back in the thick of it.
It’s great to see you backstage! How long has it been since you’ve been in touch with Marc?
It’s got to have been a decade. Last week I was pushing a pram, and this week, I’m walking the Marc Jacobs runway! I’m absolutely just going to embrace the experience.
Were you expecting a call?
No. Albert [her young son] was going to play school. It was, “Can you be on a plane to New York?” That’s the thing about Marc. He’s very loyal, and he has a photographic memory. He sort of honors the women he loves, so he always remembers the girls. If he thinks you’re an appropriate fit for a collection and he’s inspired by you, it doesn’t matter where you are, he’s going to find you and hunt you down.
What brought you and Marc together two decades ago?
In the era I worked in, [designers] were all about individuality and promoting as much as they could the idea of personality. That’s what Marc is. He really is very bold about his belief, and he doesn’t compromise—because we all know he’s not a follower, he’s an instigator. He loves a bit of attitude in a woman, and he loves the spirit of women from bygone eras, which, of course, is what [today’s show] is all about.
You look great—any beauty secrets?
I live my life, I have a nice time, but I’m all about the repair. So it’s preservation. You know, I love a glass of wine, but do then top off with two to three liters of water every day. Nothing fancy. I like Weleda Skin Food moisturizer. It’s great, organic, clean. I could use it when I was pregnant. I literally came off maternity leave in the New Year. It’s my first runway post-giving birth.
Was it an easy transition back to modeling from giving birth?
Well, I wouldn’t say that. I think I’ve worked really hard, and, of course, Albert comes first; things like nursing, you can’t rush that. I wanted to be fighting fit and strong, and that’s a process, too. I train with a really lovely woman in London. She has a sense of humor, which is great, but then she’s also tough. That’s why we’re together! It’s cardio for health and fitness, strength for physique, and it also just really helps me out mentally. It’s a great way to exhale the stresses of the day.
What do you make of the look today, and how do you see yourself fitting into it?
With Marc, it’s about characters. He’s celebrating the modern, strong women of today. That’s a nice one to stride out to, and I just realized I’m number one! You end up setting the pace [in the show], which is quite something.
It’s a bit of a homecoming for you—to the runway, to the designer, to New York.
It feels surreal in the best possible way. I think 20 years in, you’re very conscious of what you’re doing. You know everybody, and in a sense they know you, so it is a completely different experience. It is a real reunion. That’s what it feels like. It’s a lovely place to be.
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The Street Style Antidote to Winter’s Bite: Why Colorful Hair Is Your Best Cold-Weather Accessory
If the sun-streaked brunettes spotted at New York Fashion Week invoke summers spent luxuriating surfside, the kaleidoscope of supernatural dye jobs embraced by our favorite street style stars offers a deliberately artificial antidote to the polar winter chill. Considering the snow-covered concrete landscape, it’s no wonder cheerful, punkish jolts of Manic Panic mermaid green, high-gloss black, and even dip-dyed violet ends feel fresh again. Not that it’s all Day-Glo brights: Fashion editor Sarah Harris matched her signature silver hair color to her coat, while faint washes of pastel pink reminded us that spring is just around the corner. One thing’s for sure: The colorful hair trend is just getting warmed up.
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Karlie Kloss, Gigi Hadid, and Kendall Jenner Take Slept-In Waves from the Runway to the Street
After last season’s salty, loosely woven braids, the hair at Michael Kors picked up where it left off with beautifully undone waves for fall. The night before the show, models were asked to go to bed with wet hair to heighten the lived-in effect. And while the slept-in texture worked beautifully to offer a relaxed counterpoint to the opulent fur collars and crystal-embellished silk pajamas on the runway, it felt just as right with an easy off-duty uniform. Case in point: Model (and show closer) Karlie Kloss took her rumpled bob to the street with a menswear-inspired jacket—while Gigi Hadid showed off the sweater-weather appeal of a wispy low ponytail. Taking advantage of the gusty day, Kendall Jenner let the Manhattan breeze add a little wind-swept tousle. Here, three good reasons to go to bed with damp hair tonight.
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Happy Chinese New Year! 25 Red and Gold Beauty Products for Celebrating the Spring Festival
Fireworks in honor of Chinese New Year have been lighting up skylines from Manhattan to Shanghai all week, but today marks the first official day of the Year of the Sheep (or Goat, depending on who you ask). For ringing in the occasion, surrounding yourself with two of the most significant colors in Chinese culture—red (signifying good fortune and joy) and gold (representing luck)—is a sure way to summon prosperity for the twelve months ahead. Beyond hanging lanterns and giving (or receiving) envelopes in the symbolic shades, why not incorporate them into your beauty routine, too? After all, some of the most richly pigmented lipsticks, fragrance bottles, and face serums meet the holiday’s requirements. From Dior’s forthcoming limited-edition crimson Abricot nail cream to Guerlain’s glimmering honey gel mask (which may leave your skin feeling as calm as the zodiac animal’s disposition), here, a look at 25 beauty products worth celebrating. Gong xi fa chai!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Skip Your Next Blowout: Suki Waterhouse and the Easy Sex Appeal of Air-Dried Waves
The return of meticulous blowouts, French twists, and bouncy waves at New York Fashion Week may spark fresh excitement for labor-of-love hair, but there’s nothing like a gloriously rumpled Suki Waterhouse moment to remind us that bombshell hair and a wash-and-go attitude can go hand in hand. Spotted outside the Chatêau Marmont last night, the model turned actress’s lived-in waves showed that some windswept tousle (and a night out) are all you need to take your natural texture to the next level—even if breezy beach hair season is still months away.
See Suki Waterhouse unbox the ultimate juicer.
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The 15 Best Hair Color Transformations of All Time, From Marilyn Monroe to Rooney Mara
Conventional wisdom states that we change our hair when we’re in the midst of changing our lives. But that particular supposition severely underestimates the potential of going from brunette to blonde, redhead, or beyond. Sometimes, changing your hair is what changes your life—just ask anyone who’s ever found herself sporting a truly extraordinary (or truly awful) new hue.
Marilyn Monroe, the definitive platinum siren, may have remained a sweet brunette factory worker named Norma Jean Dougherty forever if she hadn’t purchased a bottle of peroxide for an early screen test in 1950. Lucille Ball actually stopped being a bottle blonde to differentiate herself from the gaggle of fair-haired Paramount backlot girls in 1942, and the combination of her arresting apricot-copper ringlets and razor-sharp wit made her a B-movie icon even before I Love Lucy turned her into a cultural phenomenon.
It does not go unnoticed that changing one’s hair identity is risky—just consider Linda Evangelista, who took her natural color from deep brunette territory to a shade that might accurately be described as champagne. Within a few years, she’d be a hair color chameleon (and supermodel) who wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day, fearlessly volleying between a full spectrum of shades. More recently, one need only consider Rooney Mara’s swift transition from shy auburn-maned ingénue to raven-haired romantic-goth for her Dragon Tattoo casting to understand the career-changing effects of a good dye job. Or model Edie Campbell, who cast aside her strawberry blonde English Rose for a pitch-black shag—and became a Marc Jacobs muse and fashion It girl in the process.
For further proof that a shade metamorphosis can alter your life trajectory this season, here are a few of our favorite hair color transformations of all time.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Is the Sleek Blowout Making a Comeback? New York Fashion Week’s Slick Hair Story
This week on runways from Chelsea to SoHo, hair was as slick as the ice coating Manhattan’s sidewalks. “It’s about perfection,” said hairstylist Eugene Souleiman backstage at Donna Karan, where he trimmed Kendall Jenner’s extensions into a sharp, straight line before misting the finished product with a shine-boosting hairspray to make it look, in his words, like it had been airbrushed. For both The Row’s collection of neutral car coats and Thakoon’s textural mélange of gilets and dresses, Odile Gilbert executed “old fashioned” blowouts that were as lustrous as they were luxurious—with not so much as a baby hair out of place. Over at Prabal Gurung, Caroline Trentini’s cascade of blonde shone as brightly as her blue sequined gown, thanks to Paul Hanlon’s deft use of a flat iron and mousse; and tonight at Narciso Rodriguez, the hairstylist put a twist on the concept by giving models a deep side part before combing hair flat and smooth across the crown. Here, a look at why you’ll be breaking out the blow-dryer and round brush this fall—and, possibly, ditching the downtown waves.
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The 10 Best Beauty Looks: Week of February 16, 2015
The week’s best beauty looks were a celebration of one perfectly calibrated shade of brunette-meets-blonde—otherwise known as bronde. Former platinum champion Sasha Luss showed off the went-surfing-last-summer allure of dark roots and some well-placed honey highlights while dashing between shows in New York—a look that Blake Lively has kept post-pregnancy and Sarah Jessica Parker practically invented. Makeup was a neutral palette of warm nudes amped up with the occasional upgrade, as seen in Malgosia Bela’s rimming of melty eyeliner or Lily James’s gloss-stained lips.
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Is the Most Important Item in Your Makeup Bag Your Moisturizer? The 5 Best Backstage Skin-Prepping Winter Essentials
With whipping winds and plunging temperatures dominating much of the backstage chitchat at the New York shows, it’s no wonder the week’s beauty dialogue has been increasingly skin care–centric. “In the wintertime, you see [dryness] a lot,” makeup artist Tom Pecheux admitted yesterday morning at The Row, where he was massaging two drops of jojoba oil into Estée Lauder’s DayWear Advanced Multi-Protection Anti-Oxidant Creme before starting in on the show’s incredibly minimal makeup look. “Plus, to be honest,” Pecheux continued, “putting on and taking off makeup dries your skin. So the [moisturizing], and massaging process is very important.” At Victoria Beckham over the weekend, Pat McGrath echoed a similar sentiment, nurturing models’ parched complexions with SK-II Facial Treatment Masks while they got their hair done and before they received the makeup artist’s natural skin and smudgy, sexy lids.
Hydration treatments aside, microwater mists and moisturizers have been a key part of the finished look at more than a few shows—which may explain the supernaturally luminous complexions spotted on the runways, in spite of the record cold. To mimic the “nineties scrubbed raw skin” of a young Sofia Coppola at Opening Ceremony, the makeup artist Yadim dialed up a good helping of Dr.Jart+ Ceramidin Liquid and Ceramidin Cream to lock in moisture and reduce redness; Charlotte Tilbury tucked into MAC Studio Moisture Cream—and little else—at Donna Karan to get the “really luminous” finish she was after without using highlighter; and last night at Rag & Bone, Gucci Westman relied on Omorovicza Blue Diamond Concentrate and Super Cream to preserve the essence of the designers’ “cool, modern” woman with the skin to match.
Here are the five backstage go-to staples you’d do well to stock up on this week.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Sunday, February 15, 2015
6 Beauty Moments We Loved This Weekend at the Fall 2015 Shows
With dark brunette making an early bid for the hair-color-of-the-season, and a front row family hair-off stealing our hearts (thank you, Beckham clan), the weekend’s most memorable beauty moments can only be a sign of more good things to come. Here, we celebrate the best makeup, hair, and fragrance of the past 72 hours.
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Inspired by the Weekend Chill Factor: Kim Kardashian West, Sarah Jessica Parker, and More Embrace a Good Lip Balm
You’d be forgiven for shuddering while looking at the “feels like” section of the weather report, but no matter the temperature, Fashion Week’s attendees have shown that braving the elements can be done beautifully. For conserving body heat, there’s the simple solution of anchoring one’s blowout within layers of cashmere and wool, and when it comes to protecting your skin against the chapping cold, the unspoken rule has been: Ditch the lipstick, load on the balm. Spotted front row at Jason Wu, the perennially red-lipped Harley Viera-Newton had switched her focus to a brow pencil, eye-brightening mascara, and what appears to be a dab of Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream to give shine to her smile. For Sarah Jessica Parker and Olivia Palermo , impact was added to their moisturizing clear gloss thanks to a graphic use of black eyeliner. And at Alexander Wang, Kim Kardashian West and baby North looked as though they had applied mommy-and-me Lucas’ Papaw Ointment just before the lights came up for the show. Here, six reasons why winter is getting balmy.
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The Brondes that Dominated: How a Sunny Hybrid Hair Color Became Fashion’s Favorite Shade
If we’re to believe the early backstage predictions of Alexander Wang last night, come September the fashion flock may celebrate the return of fall with a deepening of their hair color to shades of ebony and chestnut. But for the moment, our favorite front row regulars seem more interested in a sunnier shade that resonates with a spirit of winter defiance. Navigating this weekend’s icy winds near Spring Studios and the sudden flurry at Pier 36, models, stylists, and editors were spotted with a tawny and universally flattering brunette-blonde hybrid color that can only be described as bronde and worked just as well for Sarah Rutson’s refined blowout as for Hanne Gaby Odiele’ s natural air-dried waves. Here’s to coloring your hair for the season you want.
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
Model Ashleigh Good’s Blonde-to-Black Hair Transformation—and Her Return to the Alexander Wang Runway
Day three of New York Fashion Week brought its first major surprise, when model and new mother Ashleigh Good was spotted making her runway return at Alexander Wang. No stranger to a sensational appearance—her turn as an ethereal (and very pregnant) mother-to-be on Karl Lagerfeld’s arm at Chanel’s Haute Couture show last summer was a highlight of the season—Good decided to celebrate her comeback with a new hair color in an inky goth shade of black. “Guido [Palau] suggested I do it,” she said, referencing Wang’s longtime backstage hairstylist and collaborator, “and he always has the best ideas for my hair.”
So, early this morning, Good paid a visit to Victoria Hunter at Whittemore House in the West Village to transform her golden brown hair into a deep charcoal. “I took her platinum last year,” said Hunter, referencing the icy blonde shade that first kicked the model’s career into high gear last spring. “But now her eyes look so blue!” Her hair was then trimmed into graphic layers with long bangs that Palau finger-combed against her head, pulling out pieces to fall in front of her face. “She wanted people to see her in a new way,” said Palau.
“I’m like a goth mom,” laughed the model, who was holding her four-month-old daughter, Emily, backstage. She’d been preparing for her runway comeback with a balanced approach by first focusing on her diet to ensure she was getting enough clean protein and healthy fats for breast feeding—“I always have eggs and spinach for breakfast”—then slowly building up her fitness routine with cardio and strength training. Walking at a steady pace on an incline provided plenty in the way of raising her heart rate and breaking a sweat, while regular sessions with a trainer sculpted her legs, butt, and abs. “When I’m in New York, I do SLT classes,” says the New Zealander. “It’s killer but it works.”
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Friday, February 13, 2015
Kyleigh Kühn’s Beauty Photo Diary: Getting Ready for the Suno Show
Since flying in from her native San Francisco for New York Fashion Week on Tuesday, Kyleigh Kühn has been running between fashion show venues, swinging by late-night parties to celebrate with designers, catching up with old friends over lunch, and planning her front row look for Suno’s fall 2015 runway with best friend Kate Foley. “We’ve been supporting Suno together since they’ve been holding presentations,” says Kühn, who quickly bonded with Foley’s boyfriend and Suno codesigner Max Osterweis over their shared Bay Area origins and his commitment to working with craftsmen in Kenya. “He gave me a lot of advice when I started working with artisans in Afghanistan for my jewelry collection,” says Kühn, who designs a line of necklaces and earrings for her Roots of Peace nonprofit organization.
But seeing Suno’s fall 2015 collection tonight is hardly all business. “I take any excuse to hang out with Kate. And it’s so much more fun when you get ready with a friend!” says Kühn with a laugh. To prep their skin for the city’s particularly cold climate, she and Foley layered Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré over Caudalie Vinosource S.O.S. Thirst-Quenching Serum and Darphin Anti-Fatigue Smoothing Eye Gel. “We both double down on moisturizer to stay hydrated when we’re in New York.” To go with her graphic earth-toned dress from Suno’s resort collection, Kühn called on NARS Cosmetics makeup artist Niko Lopez to help provide a tawny glow and smoky eye. “When I get my makeup done, I like to do something that I can’t pull off myself.” She finished her look with a dab of Smith’s Rosebud Salve before dashing off to Chelsea for the show. Here, Kyleigh documents the evening, from her skin care routine to the front row.
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Happy First Day of Carnival! 9 Brazilian Bombshells Worth Celebrating, From Gisele Bündchen to Sonîa Braga
Today kicks off the world-famous festival known as Carnival in Rio de Janeiro—a five-day spectacle of parades, samba, music, and extraordinarily body-con costumes that highlight what is arguably the Brazilian people’s most remarkable collective asset: a supernatural set of genes.
By now, of course, it’s well-known that the country’s seemingly universal birthright includes great hair, good skin, and a gravity-defying toned physique. If all-American stunners like Christie Brinkley and Cindy Crawford dominated fashion in the eighties and Eastern European beauties like Carmen Kass and Natalia Vodianova defined the early aughts, it’s safe to say that the past decade will be remembered as the era of the Brazilian bombshell.
Take the case of Gisele Bündchen , whose honey-streaked waves, sun-kissed freckles, and lean hourglass figure kicked off the new millenium by single-handedly popularizing a sporty sensuality on and off the runways, sending her career on a steady upward trajectory that, more than a decade later, shows no signs of slowing down. The same is true for Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio , whose blend of voluptuous curves and athleticism set the bar for the otherworldly physiques of the Victoria’s Secret shows—along with their infectiously fun-loving charm.
Not that the Brazilian beauties haven’t captured our imagination in the past. This is, after all, the country that produced Heloísa Pinheiro, the original beach babe who inspired the bossa nova classic “The Girl From Ipanema”—as well as actress Sônia Braga, whose earthy sensuality lit up the screen in Kiss of the Spider Woman and, decades later, tempted Sex and the City’s Samantha into a Sapphic liaison.
In honor of the first day of Carnival, here’s a look at our favorite Brazilian knockouts of all time, from the acclaimed novelist (and striking beauty) Clarice Lispector to perennial runway favorite Isabeli Fontana .
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The Calm Before the Show: Watch Models Practice Runway-Ready Faces
“All of the components of the show are just as important as the clothing,” notes Shane Gabier, half of the dynamic duo that is Creatures of the Wind. “The music, the lighting, the walk.” Clothes obviously steal the scene at fashion shows, but at yesterday’s show, it was the models’ beauty that took center stage. While all of us have practiced looks in the mirror, watch our video to see these beauties practicing their runway-ready faces.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
The Beauty Accessory of the Day: Honor’s Metallic Leather Headbands for the Runway
A majestic tree reminiscent of a long-lived redwood dominated the runway at Honor’s fall 2015 show this afternoon, but behind the scenes another natural beauty—the inimitable Catherine Deneuve —held sway backstage, where hairstylist James Pecis was tying wide, metallic leather headbands over the models’ swinging hair in homage to the bombshell screen star. “There’s a slight retro vibe to it—very French, early seventies,” he explained of the half-up, half-down look, which called for a few classic tools of the trade: a round-brush blowout (amped up with Phyto’s Phytovolume Actif Volumizing Spray, doused from roots to ends), followed by a pinned curl set, which Pecis brushed out into easygoing, bouncy waves. To create that gravity-defying half-back style, designed to sit aloft behind the headband, he back-combed the top section of the hair and secured it in place with a hand-sewn hemline of elastic thread. “I don’t like using bobby pins and grips because they weigh the hair down,” said the stylist, who often trolls milliners’ shops and hardware stores for offbeat supplies. The pliable elastic also gives the hair a sense of natural movement. “This needs to have a very soft, fresh texture. Not too lacquered or controlled,” he stressed. After all, the models—with their nymphet flushed cheeks and fluttery lashes, courtesy of makeup artist Romy Soleimani—had a dreamlike frolic through the woodland ahead of them.
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Shop the Beauty Look of Your Favorite Street Style Star: Hanne Gaby Odiele, Emmanuelle Alt, and More
Starting this week, an international crop of fresh faces will descend upon New York to begin their biannual four-city fashion tour. As they jet onward to London, Milan, and, finally Paris, determining their provenance can be as simple as decoding their beauty looks. For example, any woman sporting naturally textured hair with a bold red lip and a defined brow may well be channeling the same school of thought as London locals Yasmin Sewell, Cara Delevingne, and Kate Moss. Second-day hair with a fresh-from-vacation glow? You’re looking at a true parisienne. Milan residents like Tamu McPherson and Coco Brandolini look meticulously groomed and favor understated touches of femininity. And, any combination of fresh, youthful skin with streaks of wild rebellion (bleached brows and bantu knots, anyone?) is the hallmark of a New Yorker. Here, your guide to determining (and re-creating) each city’s signature looks.
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The Wages of Sin: Recalculating Vogue’s 1970 “Cost of an Affair” for 2015
Imagine, if you will, a vivacious Texan who reports on the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction antics of the jet set, fantasizing a torrid extramarital romp between two Noel Coward characters—the sort that swells with “champagne wishes and caviar dreams.” Whatever could the result be? Suzy Knickerbocker’s (Aileen Mehle’s) brilliant 1970 story for Vogue: “The Cost of Conducting an Affair for Two Noel Coward Characters.”
So delighted were we with this priced-out list of “pared-to-the-bone necessities,” which includes Dom Pérignon 1962, “devastating negligees,” and Porthault sheets, that, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we were inspired to update it for 2015’s secret lovers. Our conclusion: This kind of love is not for cowards, as the wages of sin are, frankly, exorbitant.
Edited by Chelsea Zalopany, Jenna Rennert, Rebecca Stadlen, and Alex Frank
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Rihanna and the Rebellious Glamour of Bright Lips and High-Shine Lids
Conventional beauty wisdom dictates that when it comes to high-impact makeup, it’s best to focus on just one feature. Perhaps that’s why Rihanna’s more-is-more glamour last night feels a little rebellious. Spotted en route to dinner in Los Angeles, the singer matched her pop of bright red lipstick with a wash of dramatic winged bronze shadow that looked like it had been topped with a finishing dab of glossy Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream. Worn with clean, raked-back hair and a black-and-white statement coat, it was a smart lesson in taking knockout makeup to the next level—just in time for New York Fashion Week.
What if Rihanna and Anna Wintour texted? It would probably look something like this:
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Say It With Flowers: 10 Rose-Infused Beauty Products that Belong in Your Date Night Arsenal
No matter if you’ve booked a Saturday night table-for-two at Cosme, bought a ticket to Fifty Shades of Grey with your best partner in crime, or plotted the ultimate staycation for one, this Valentine’s Day, your beauty prep can be as simple as the right skin care. Instead of breaking out the bombshell hot rollers or executing the perfect screen-siren cat eye, consider swathing yourself in the season’s best rose-powered serums, scrubs, and balms from head to toe. A soak in Elucx’s Rose Milk bath powder followed by a cooling dab of Fresh’s Rose Hydrating Eye Gel Cream soothes, hydrates, and regenerates. One spritz of Olivine’s fragrant Love + Roses Beauty Mist seals moisture into the skin and gives texture to easy waves. Makeup—should you wish to wear it—can be paired down to a matte pink flush (courtesy of Milani’s floral-embossed blush) and a sheer dab of tinted lip balm. Here, a look at ten rose products to stock up on before the weekend—because who doesn’t deserve to be showered in flowers?
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Gigi Hadid’s Mile-Long Legs Show the Knockout Toning Benefits of Boxing
It’s no secret that boxing is beloved by the modeling industry—and if there’s anyone who walks the walk, it’s fashion’s new golden girl. Spotted in Manhattan yesterday, Gigi Hadid offered living proof of the knockout head-to-toe definition that a vigorous round of upper cuts, jabs, and nimble footwork has to offer. Skipping woolly Wolford’s in favor of heroically bare, well-moisturized limbs (and spring stilettos), Hadid defied arctic temperatures with trademark SoCal ease—because when you regularly get to take out your aggression on a sandbag, a sunny disposition isn’t far behind.
Do you have what it takes to get in the boxing ring with Gigi Hadid?
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Reese Witherspoon’s After-Hours Waves: Why a Night Out Beats the Best Texturizing Spray
It’s not just her iconic roles as Elle Woods and June Carter, but her penchant for flaxen side-sweeps and classic lip colors that have earned Reese Witherspoon her status as America’s Sweetheart (and made her remarkably pretty bare-faced performance in Wild all the more surprising). True to ladylike form, the actress tread the red carpet at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London with her shoulder-length hair styled into neatly separated pieces. But later that night, things unraveled beautifully as she was photographed leaving a post-show fete with her waves sporting a hint of perfectly imperfect bend—because when it comes to the lived-in appeal of a little late-night tousle, nothing beats the real thing.
73 things you didn’t know about Reese Witherspoon (aka Little Spoon):
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Sunday, February 8, 2015
The Less-is-More Impact of Nude Makeup at the Grammys: Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and More
For this year’s cast of Grammys nominees and performers, the bigger the name, it seemed, the less makeup was needed to walk the red carpet with confidence. Miley Cyrus and Gwen Stefani ditched their stalwart crimson lipsticks for moisturizer and tinted gloss. Beyoncé took a cue from Botticelli’s Venus, pairing her waist-grazing waves with a nude lip and sculpted cheekbones. Beauty chameleons Ciara and Iggy Azalea finished their clean complexions with a few swipes of mascara. And Rihanna let her frothy pink Giambattista Valli dress do the talking, finding the softer side of a smoky eye with metallic beige shadow. Here, a look at the night’s best nearly nude makeup.
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Claudia Schiffer’s Bombshell Blowout and the Timeless Allure of Nineties Supermodel Hair
Decades before Blake Lively discovered hot rollers, Beyoncé’s cascade of caramel curls lit up Instagram, and Gisele’s sun-kissed waves sparked a global obsession, Claudia Schiffer’s supernaturally thick platinum hair was the bombshell mane to beat. Not that much has changed since she shot to fame with her iconic Guess Girl campaign. Spotted in Paris yesterday, her swingy blowout felt as timeless as her quilted Chanel bag. And considering that fellow decade contemporaries Eva Herzigova and Amber Valletta walked the recent Atelier Versace spring runway, we can’t help but wonder if a Schiffer comeback at Paris collections later this month is only a matter of time.
Here, in honor of #TBT, a quick look back at a few of our favorite nineties superblowouts.
In a need of a blowout? Check out the City Directory for hair salon suggestions.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Kendall Jenner’s Cool Beige Lips: Taking a Cue from Your Winter Coat
An unwavering devotion to an all-nude color palette may run in the family, but Kendall Jenner elevated winter neutrals into a look all her own in Beverly Hills yesterday. Taking a cue from her taupe sleeveless Acne coat, the model traded in her go-to rosy beige lipstick for a paler pastel shade. With softly bronzed cheeks and a wispy, low-slung ponytail, the look was casually undone—making it a fresh five-minute beauty inspiration for those bound for snowy ski slopes or wintery sidewalks.
Are you keeping up with Kendall? We are:
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What’s the New Statement Brow of the Moment? The Season’s Best Options, from Bushy to Bleached
Bushy, bleached, soft, spiky, tastefully tapered, or pencil-thin. The eyebrow’s cult of cool continues.
My poor bleached brows! I feel lost without them,” Cara Delevingne tweeted after a photo shoot in London, mourning at least the temporary absence of the two dark glories that have come to define her adorable kitty-cat face, the eyebrows that have launched countless Pinterest fan pages.
Some seasons argue for a glossy lip, some for a matte mouth. Sometimes we find ourselves obsessed with a mysterious lid or a rosy cheek, a sunburned glow or a deathly pallor. At this very moment it seems that all eyes are on eyebrows, even if there is no unanimity regarding what exactly a fashionable brow should look like.
Pat McGrath, the makeup artist behind the near-invisible brow at Givenchy’s spring show (apparently if you are a gladiator/toreador/gypsy queen you don’t need a bushy brow to add to the drama), was also responsible for the slender bird-wing brows at Prada. At Dolce & Gabbana, she promulgated a deep lustrousness, almost Frida Kahlo–esque in its intensity (though no one has yet embraced the transgressive unibrow).
At Rodarte, the chatter was all about the clatter of brow jewelry, since it seemed as if the poor models had undergone a plethora of piercings. (This was not nearly as painful as it may have appeared from the front row. Like a magician spilling his secrets, makeup artist James Kaliardos reveals that no holes were punched to achieve this proto-punk effect.)
All of which raises the question: How much, really, should you change your own brow, if at all? How much is too much? Makeup artist Wendy Rowe, who is known in some quarters as the inventor of the Cara brow (yes, such quarters exist!), believes that part of the appeal of the thick, unapologetic brow—which in truth could be termed the Arizona (Muse) or the Hilary (Rhoda), since both of these ladies share a penchant for the artfully artless emphatic streak—is that “a fuller brow indicates youth.” Even if you decide to buck trends, there is, Rowe warns, such a thing as being too thin: “You can go too skinny overall, which is not a good look! The shape needs to be gradually tapered.”
Aaron de Mey, the makeup artist behind the splendidly surreal image of Karlie Kloss you see here, is clearly spoofing our current fixation with more-is-more, suggesting that even a Halloween-ready Groucho brow can look lovely on a lovely girl.
If you are raising your own impeccably groomed arches at all of this, perhaps a little historical perspective is in order. Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D., a Harvard psychologist and the author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, reminds us that brows are “the one bit of permissible hair on a female face! They’re like two exclamation points.” Brow styles sail in and out of fashion: The Renaissance favored a near-invisible brow, to give the illusion of chastity and innocence, while the pendulum swung profoundly in the other direction in the eighteenth century, when the requisite bushiness was achieved, swears Etcoff, with the help of mouse fur.
Etcoff offers an intriguing analysis of the contemporary fashion phenomenon, declaring that a definitive brow lends a more unisex look. “It’s moving away from the strictly female to something slightly more androgynous. But then again, they are perfectly arched, so it’s a mixture of masculine and feminine. These brows look mature, a little fierce.”
Mature and a little fierce! Could there be a better way to greet the new season?
Hair: James Pecis; Makeup: Aaron de Mey; Fashion Editor: Phyllis Posnick
Learn how to build the perfect brow with Lily Donaldson and makeup artist Alice Lane:
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
A Cheater’s Guide to Good Hair: 12 Products for Rehabbing Everything from Static Frizz to Split Ends
At this point in the season, you’ve mastered the art of layering (one part Burberry Prorsum sheepskin coat to one part embellished Marni crewneck sweater)—but no matter how smartly dressed, dry winds and frigid temperatures have likely taken a toll on your hair. Whether you’re battling cashmere-caused static, hat-head’s aftermath, or the onset of blowdryer-induced split ends, the season’s best restorative beauty products will put an end to winter hair issues. Kérastase’s detoxifying scrub calms sensitive scalps by way of an apricot seed exfoliant, while Philip Kingsley’s Elasticizer is applied pre-shampoo to provide a rush of hydration to frizzed, stressed-out strands. Snowed in? John Frieda Luxurious Volume 7-Day Treatment penetrates deflated hair fibers—plumping them up for as long as a week. From Aesop’s rose-infused moisturizing mask to Tresemmé’s semi-permanent keratin-based smoothing system, here are twelve new formulas designed to defy the elements until the deep-freeze winter months wane.
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What’s Your Beauty Sign? 8 Celestial Products For Celebrating Tonight’s Full Moon
Trading beauty tips often revolves around praising the powers of drinking more water or sharing the name of a cultish moisturizer, but lately some new elements are sneaking into the conversation. Like crystals. And shamans. And the lunar phases of the moon. Beauty is on a New Age kick—and from a look at our favorite skin, hair, and makeup discoveries of late, maybe it’s time to start considering the universe in our routine. Or, you know, at least investing in some products with cool star packaging. Tonight’s full moon offers the perfect chance to get in touch with your inner goddess (and your inner goddess’s medicine cabinet). Inside, you’ll find one of Strange Invisible Perfumes’s grounding zodiac-inspired fragrances and R+Co’s Moon Shine Conditioner, which will make your hair gleam as you beckon to mother earth in your backyard tonight. After your romp around the open fire, wash off with Fresh’s new astrologically minded soap, and apply a few drops of Kypris Moonlight Catalyst, which retexturizes and exfoliates the skin and is meant to be applied only “after sunset.” The next time you feel out-of-balance, you won’t be able to blame Mercury in retrograde.
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Emma Stone’s Power Pink Lipstick: The Secret to Daytime Neon
From Kristen Stewart’s glossy neon shade to Alexa Chung’s high-voltage poppy, bright lipstick has become a go-to for dark winter nights—but leave it to Emma Stone to take the trend for a daytime spin. At the Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon, the Best Supporting Actress contender traded in her usual rosy nudes and Bordeaux stains for a high-shine fuchsia that melded a bold statement lip with a fresh, spring-like pop of color. The secret? Porcelain skin, groomed brows, and a few coats of black mascara provide just enough understated polish to keep the focus on the mouth. Call it the perfect master stroke for a Hollywood power lunch.
“Everybody loves magic.” Especially Emma Stone. Here, she shows us a few tricks:
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Monday, February 2, 2015
The Pore Shrinkers: 8 Products That Are Changing the Skin Care Game
If fashion’s recent fixation with fresh, makeup-free skin has left our faces more exposed than ever, there’s never been a better time to focus on achieving a supernatural complexion. Fortunately, a new wave of skin care products dedicated to camouflaging, shrinking, and eradicating every last pore has arrived. Featuring innovative new technology, dermatologist Dennis Gross’s Color Smart Cleanser and Mask—which contains three forms of brightening Vitamin C—changes color to signal when you’ve sufficiently dissolved the last of the day’s dirt and oil. Dotted over or under makeup, Shiseido Ibuki Multi Solution Gel conforms to blemishes—clearing blocked pores and calming irritation at the same time. From Lancôme’s Visionnaire resurfacing serum to Benefit’s blur-effect makeup primer, here, eight products designed to make every last imperfection disappear.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Taking Cues From Rihanna: How to Pair a Baseball Cap With Any Beauty Look
She may pull off beanies and berets with equally inspiring finesse, but if there is one lesson to be gleaned from Rihanna’s unwavering love of baseball caps, it’s their remarkable range. Take her look in Santa Monica last night, where the singer wore one backwards to highlight her eyelash-grazing bangs, while earlier in the season, she added structure to a bushy cascade of brushed waves with a sleek black leather number for a day out in New York. Slipped over a textured ponytail or sleek pigtails, RiRi proves that a sporty hat adds tough-girl appeal, while paired with a swipe of bold lipstick and a wider brim, it calls attention to the right shade of pink. Just in time for a split-second weekend upgrade, here are five lessons in the unstudied elegance of the humblest of hats.
What if Rihanna and Anna Wintour texted? It would probably look something like this:
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The 10 Best Beauty Instagrams of the Week: Katy Perry, Karlie Kloss, and More
There were lots of lines capturing our imagination on Instagram this week—like the silhouetted curve of Karlie Kloss’s perfectly pointed toes. (She studied ballet first, you know.) Pat McGrath created a sleek cat eye, using an arc of kohl shadow to frame the lids with dramatic precision. With just a few little black flicks Hannah Bronfman’s polished nails became a pair of winking eyes (gripping a delicious-looking green smoothie, no less), and Katy Perry’s toes were transformed into ten tiny footballs, primed for this evening’s Super Bowl kickoff. And then there were Instagrammers who didn’t get in line when it came to what they shared. Michel Gaubert is the perfect example: The unraveling braids he snapped on an Afghan Hound are nothing short of masterful. Click through to see the rest of our best beauty Instagrams of the week.
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