Despite last season’s brow heroics, in which blocked-out arches and fuller-framed styles made repeat catwalk appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, we haven’t seen much of either look in New York this week. Until yesterday, that is, when both Narciso Rodriguez and The Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen decided to put the focus back [...]

One of the hottest tickets at NYFW this season is shaping up to be The Row, the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-designed line that will make its catwalk debut on February 16. The prospect of seeing what the sisters can do live and in person—and maybe catch a glimpse of either or both of them (or [...]

A newfound love for Manic Panic may not have made it to the Europe shows, but brow-bleaching—in all of its weird, futuristic glory—has been the rage from Milan to Paris. Despite the fact that Chanel Iman recently came out on behalf of the long-legged-model set to say that walking sans brows makes her feel like [...]

Backstage at Narciso Rodriguez this week, makeup artist Dick Page chose to go without mascara. When a stunned journalist asked him why—”everyone needs mascara!” she exclaimed—Page disagreed. “I don’t really get it,” he said. “I think blusher is way more important. If you’re at death’s door, a little bit will get you through the [...]

So enamored was I with the backstage beauty look at the Givenchy Couture show yesterday, I went as far as to call my boyfriend over to the computer to have a peek. “Just look at the showmanship,” I said, pointing out the precision with which makeup artist Aaron De Mey and his team placed individual [...]

When makeup artist Gucci Westman made the switch from Lancôme to Revlon last year, making room for Aaron De Mey to fill her very big artistic director of makeup shoes, the French beauty company took a brief hiatus from backstage show sponsorship. One season and more than a few extraordinarily successful makeup launches later—Color Fever [...]

Once reserved for the helplessly melancholy (and well-adjusted teenagers who frequent Hot Topic), fall’s black-lipstick trend is now acceptable for even half-hearted Morrissey fans. If you’re finding yourself both intrigued and unsettled by the opaque color that’s been making appearances in a few recent newsstand offerings, Lancôme’s new Color Fever Gloss in Piha Black is [...]