East L.A. gang girls. Menacing condors. Maori tribeswomen. Makeup artist James Kaliardos rattled off all of these things at Rodarte yesterday, where he was attempting to create “the dark side of beauty.” With a charred black lip and a series of full-sleeve, half-sleeve, and neck tattoo designs courtesy of MAC senior artist Chantel Miller, his [...]

To elaborate on the short-story theme Tuleh designer Bryan Bradley penned for his Spring presentation yesterday, he chose one of history’s more fascinating characters as backstage muse. That would be Marilyn Monroe, albeit a slightly disheveled version of the iconic actress—”Or me, doing a teenager’s take on Marilyn,” explained makeup artist Polly Osmond. That translated [...]

Seeing as how I was raised by a reformed-hippie mother who spent the greater part of her teenage years emulating Joni Mitchell (there was indeed a dulcimer laying around our house for most of my childhood), natural eating and grooming habits were instilled in my sister and me from the get-go: We got fruit leathers, [...]

In an effort to escape April’s unseasonably cold, rainy temperatures, I took a quick jaunt to warmer Caribbean climes. To prevent the chain of events that typically accompanies my tropical vacations—i.e., sunscreen negligence that segues into debilitating burns and minimized beach time—I was more diligent than ever before, slathering on layer after layer of Coppertone [...]

Tree-huggers, take note: April is Earth Month, which means a slew of eco-friendly initiatives will be coming your way from beauty companies that have pledged their allegiance to the green movement. Here are a few programs already in the works to satisfy your do-gooder intentions until the real onslaught of promotions officially arrives in a [...]

Valentine’s Day weekend is officially upon us and while its coinciding with the start of fashion week is putting a bit of a wrench in our plans, that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying all of the beauty specials on offer for your pampering pleasure. We’ve compiled a short list of some of the best bets [...]

An old beauty compatriot of mine once met Gisele Bündchen at a party in Vegas and the conversation quickly turned to hair and makeup. To keep her honey brown Brazilian locks moisturized and shiny despite frequent styling, Gisele revealed that she only shampoos her scalp and only conditions her ends to counteract the hair equivalent [...]

A word to our dry, blotchy sisters struggling to keep up appearances in the throes of winter’s icy grasp: February is looking brighter. In just a few short weeks, Aveda’s new Embrightenment line will hit stores, bringing with it a four-step daily regimen (plus twice-weekly mask) to help you enter the new, hopefully less bleak [...]

In today’s “it’s cool to be green” climate, where it seems like just about everyone is rebranding themselves as “all natural,” it’s easy to fall prey to greenwashing. But when Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher launches a new project, people take notice. Intelligent Nutrients, his certified organic health and beauty brand is pretty much as real-deal [...]

Employing a popular trick used by eBay sellers to up the value of their otherwise run-of-the-mill goods, Aveda has tacked the word “vintage” onto its clove shampoo and put it into a limited-edition bottle with elements from its original 1978 design. But if would-be auctioneers are using the term erroneously—a stone-washed Cape May, New Jersey, [...]