Summer might be a distant memory at this point, but the effects of those sun-drenched days often appear around now in the form of freckles, age spots, and dark patches. Getting rid of stubborn pigmentation requires diligence, as the slightest slip-up in your SPF application (even in the light-deprived days of winter) can trigger new [...]

Before Karl Lagerfeld’s space shuttle Couture show took off yesterday in Paris, he gave Chanel’s creative director of makeup, Peter Philips, a brief with two specific directives: “blue, and make sure they don’t look like stewardesses.” Bearing Lagerfeld’s anti-Pan Am sentiment in mind, Philips kept his attention squarely on the eyes—something the famed face painter [...]

We’ve never been much into veils—despite how easy-to-pull-off fashion iconoclasts like Daphne Guinness make them look. But that all changed last summer when Chanel creative director of makeup Peter Philips pinned different pieces of black lace over dark navy smoky eyes at Karl Lagerfeld’s Fall couture show. There’s something about the way the [...]

Lip balms are beauty’s grand equalizer. The emollient mouth moisturizers are one of the few primping staples that you can buy at the drugstore for less than $3 and walk away utterly satisfied. Pricier tubes mostly just bring the added bonus of a fancier package, although there are a few prestige exceptions with formulas that [...]

At last year’s Golden Globes, something unusual happened that completely usurped the show’s typical beauty highlights. After the ceremony began and the gaggle of gowns, chignons, and painted pouts were seated, the camera panned to Angelina Jolie, who, at that very moment, rifled through her bag, produced a crystalline pink lip gloss, and proceeded to [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. To submit a question, e-mail celia_ellenberg@condenast.com.
My skin has been super-dry since the weather got colder, but every ultra-rich moisturizer and oil I try makes me break out. Why is this [...]

Liv Tyler: actress, beauty spokesperson—singer? The rock progeny and Givenchy Irresistible face will reportedly lend her pipes to an original song for her next installment of fragrance ads that’s being called “an electrifying meeting between the world of rock and the universe of perfume.” [Contact Music]
Shakira, the long-haired, Latin American singing sensation, has chopped off [...]

When Chanel creative director of makeup Peter Philips got the word from Karl Lagerfeld that this year’s Métiers d’Art show was to be a nod to classic Indian decadence, his mind went to one place: black kohl. “We wanted a graphic interpretation of an iconic Indian beauty ideal,” Philips said of the almond-shaped black-rimmed lids [...]

The Mission: Give Hailee Steinfeld an age-appropriate evening look to fête Chanel beauty over dinner at the brand’s Robertson Boulevard boutique in L.A.
The Face Painter: Makeup artist Stephen Sollitto.
The Eyes: “Even though Hailee is so young, I thought it was the perfect venue to be a bit more adventurous with her makeup,” said Sollitto, who [...]

L.A. has long been an enclave for beauty, with its storied movie lots serving up screenstar-caliber primping and priming (and its scalpel-wielding doctors performing all manner of nipping and tucking). But the City of Angels has recently put itself on the map as a destination for new, improved services that meld luxury and convenience. With [...]