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Lauren Luke: The Book; The Truth About Sleeping Beauty; And More

October 15, 2009 1:25 pm

After capturing the online community’s attention with her easy-to-access makeup guides, YouTube phenom and cosmetics line creator Lauren Luke has released a book. The tell-all reveals everything from a childhood spent being bullied at school to an unplanned teen pregnancy and finding love as a taxi dispatcher, all while building upon an ever-present obsession with lipstick and a smoky eye. We see a Lifetime original movie in her future. [Daily Mail]

While the idea of repairing your skin at night so that you wake up each morning with “a new blank canvas” is gaining steam, consumers are still pretty much, er, in the dark as to whether or not such claims can be believed. Oh, but one can dream… [NYT]

Forget listening to hip-hop on your ear buds before heading into competition. Michelle Roark, the 2009 U.S. freestyle skiing champion who moonlights as a chemical engineer, is convinced that smell, not rhythm and blues, can make you a champion. Her scent of choice is called Confidence, an eau she mixed up from a blend of rose oil, bergamot, and grapefruit. Even if it doesn’t work for everyone, as she maintains it does, it’s way cheaper than hiring a motivational coach to help sort out that low batting average. [WSJ]

With new macabre collections from brands like MAC and Chanel, black makeup is still making headlines this season. For those of you who are hesitant to embrace the trend in fear of toeing the goth line, fret not: The obsidian color ranges are now being branded as “glam-grunge.” If that offers any consolation. [The Star]

Photo: Courtesy of By Lauren Luke

tags: Chanel, Fragrance, Lauren Luke, MAC Cosmetics, Makeup, Michelle Roark, Skincare