If you’re anything like us, and we’re assuming you are, you’ve been counting the days until the holiday weekend. We still have a few hours left until we clock out (and check out), so for now, we’re occupying ourselves with thoughts of copious amounts of barbecue, lots and lots of sun, and an equal amount [...]

As a follow-up to the obligatory book she launched this month, Jersey Shore’s Snooki has plans to go big in 2011 with denim, home wares, and, you guessed it, beauty products. Looks like she’ll be facing some stiff competition, too. [Village Voice]
Miss America airs next week and Miss Delaware, Kayla Martell, who suffers from alopecia [...]

Since it was laid out in the early 1800’s, Manhattan’s Washington Square Park has been frequented by poets, drifters, and beatniks like Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Dylan, not to mention bocce players, chess masterminds, and famous writers like Charles Dickens and Henry James—the latter of whom named his classic novel after the locale. Dada artist Marcel [...]

It’s common knowledge that Andy Warhol’s home and playground was New York. But like most inhabitants of this fair city, when the weather got warmer, he too found it necessary to break for the seaside. Montauk, specifically. Of course, it wasn’t all tranquil afternoons spent painting and sipping lemonade. Warhol often brought his Factory people [...]

Despite the barrage of wet snow that’s been falling on New York City all day, warmer weather is on the way (remember last weekend’s balmy 40-degree temps)? To get you properly excited for the wonder that is Manhattan in the springtime, Bond No. 9—purveyor of neighborhood fragrances that do the Big Apple proud—has set [...]

If you’ve already texted HAITI to 90999 to assist the Red Cross in the earthquake relief effort but still want to do more, a few beauty companies are offering charitable initiatives that can make giving back part of your daily routine. Read on below for more information.
What: This Sunday, January 24, Patrick Melville Salon will [...]

Bond No. 9 has made a name for itself as the downtown perfume purveyor with a knack for bottling the essence of New York. But recently, the niche company seems to be growing tired of the isle of Manhattan. It crossed the East River this past spring, when Brooklyn served as olfactory muse, and this [...]

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 [...]

As we reported a few weeks back, Bond No. 9’s latest fragrance, Brooklyn, was inspired by the diverse neighborhoods and attitude of the bohemia on the East River. We ended our report by highlighting the graffiti scrawl on the bottle. A nice touch, we thought—an homage to an inherent gritty edge that will hopefully never [...]

The fact that Brooklyn has “arrived” is nothing new to anyone who considers themselves remotely style-centric. The preferred address for young, down-to-earth celebrities, artists, writers, fashion designers, and musicians, the borough has become a bohemia for anyone seeking creative space and a sense of community that has long been absent from the unaffordable apartments that [...]