subscribe to beauty counter blog via RSSThe Poster Girl For Curl Perfection
October 7, 2008 1:18 pm
We asked this nutritionist/part-time model what she used to keep her gorgeous curls full without the frizz, and she told us that she couldn’t reveal her shampoo sources, you know, because of the big beauty campaign she has out right now, obviously. However, she was willing to dole out this little tip: olive oil. “I use it before I go to sleep at night and tie my hair up,” she says. “Then, when I wake up, it’s easy to manage.” She also credits washing her hair only once a week and conditioning every day for her enviable locks. And then there’s her good genes, of course.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
For Love Of Anime, and Manic Panic
September 23, 2008 5:45 pm
This graphic designer blames a post-private-school rebellion for her near-constant color streaks. “I’ve had them since I was 15,” she says, adding that she always tries to “dress them up” a bit to really celebrate her no-dress-code freedom (when we spotted her she was in the throes of a 1940s-victory-rolls-with-floral-adornments phase). As for the specific teal blue color choice, that comes from a different childhood preoccupation that the 29-year-old just can’t seem to shake. “I’ve always sort of wanted to be an anime character,” she admits.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: Anime, Hair, Manic Panic
The Bowl Cut, In Reprise
September 18, 2008 3:02 pm
When we spotted this 27-year-old in Bryant Park last week, we were obviously transfixed by her daring embrace of the Mary Stuart Masterson-in-Some Kind of Wonderful shaved-back, full-top crop—and even more hypnotized by how well she was pulling it off. Then she revealed the truth behind her successful late-eighties, early-nineties revival effort. “I’m actually a hairstylist,” she divulged. “I just wanted something fun that was a little eighties but also a little modern.” Mission accomplished.
tags: Bowl cut, Bryant Park, Hair, Mary Stuart Masterson
The Perks (And Pitfalls) Of The Beauty Biz
September 16, 2008 12:01 pm
Sure, there’s the free products and the insider tips that come along with working in the industry (that’s navy blue liner this beauty editor is wearing, not your standard old black—”it makes your eyes look whiter,” she informed us). But when cosmetics companies discontinue products, even the privileged suffer. “I have to cherish every application,” the editor exclaimed of her L’Oréal Colour Riche limited-edition lipstick in Target Red, which is sadly no longer available. It’s a real shame, too—she certainly wears it well.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: Colour Riche, L'Or�al, Makeup, Target
Straight Flush, a Good Bet
September 9, 2008 10:05 pm
They say Boy Scouts are always prepared, but apparently, the same can be said of art historians. Sporting a pink cheek courtesy of her Chanel blush, this German transport by way of Christie’s in London was packing heat while strolling the cobblestones in the Meatpacking District. “I always have it on me,” she said producing the black compact. “I like a little rosy color.” And how.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: Blush, Chanel, Christie's, Makeup
Going To Great Lengths In Williamsburg
September 3, 2008 2:52 pm
It took this ceramics teacher six haircut-free years to get her braid to Rapunzel-rivaling lengths. (We’re assuming the large dreadlock she likes to fasten into an interesting topknot was cultivated over this period of inaction as well.) The pink blush just above the apples of her cheeks was a style that took a little less time to develop, however. “I’ve been doing that forever,” she says.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: Blush, Braids, Hair, Makeup, Williamsburg
Flowers In Her Hair, Flowers Everywhere
August 28, 2008 5:10 pm
Sometimes, usually when you’ve put off washing your hair for a little too long, it’s gotta be a headband day. But for this student, every day is a headband day. “They’re my favorite accessories. I wear them all the time,” she confesses. And well she should, with results like this.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
you’ve got to own it
August 26, 2008 1:08 pm
The Ellen Christine hat this costume designer is wearing almost didn’t arrive in time for the cocktail party she was on her way to when we caught up with her. “It just came back from an Italian Vogue shoot,” she informed us. The precisely lined red lip, smoky eye, and spiky fringe were not on loan, however. That kind of vision can’t be borrowed.
tags: Ellen Christine, Italian Vogue, Makeup
the swinging sixties—alive, well, and trolling the streets of midtown manhattan
August 21, 2008 3:28 pm
“I saw a picture of Twiggy and thought, ‘I want that,’” this 28-year-old theater company publicist says of her short hair. She added a bit of cream blush to the apples of her cheeks to get the icon’s full look, but apparently called it quits at Twiggy’s signature spider lashes—which may have been wasted on Fifth Avenue’s power-lunching set anyway.
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: Hair, Makeup, Spider lashes, Twiggy
trendsetting, on and off the runway
August 13, 2008 2:02 am
For those of you hung up on the belief that things come easier to “model types,” it’s probably best to look away. This successful French braid experiment comes courtesy of a 28-year old catwalker’s impromptu solution to “really dirty hair.”
Photo: Ben Ferrari
tags: dirty hair, French braid, Hair, models
