The Mission: Create a subtle, gilded makeup look to complement Hilary Swank’s Versace bombshell dress at Glamour’s 2010 Women of the Year Awards last night in New York.
The Face Painter: Newly named Clarins celebrity beauty artist Pati Dubroff.
The Face: Dubroff prepped the skin with Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch miracle-working base and primer to create [...]

With cooler temperatures finally settling over Manhattan, I find myself very ready for fall. I want nubby sweaters and patterned tights, and falling leaves, and Macintosh apples and, perhaps most of all, lipstick. While I don’t retire my beloved bullet completely in the summer months, it’s often replaced by lighter-weight tints and glosses. In anticipation [...]

We’ve been so busy stressing over our taxes—and the inevitable extension we had to file—we almost forgot about Spa Week. Almost. The annual event that gives beauty lovers all over the country a chance to experience choice treatments at a selection of local spas—for a mere $50 each—is back, from now through April 18. Below [...]

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A class-action lawsuit was officially filed in a U.S. district court in California this week against directors and executives at Bare Escentuals, accusing them of making misleading statements about how well the company was doing in 2007 and artificially inflating the value of its common stock. Huh. And we thought mineral makeup was the new [...]

Fashion’s Night Out is quickly approaching, and for those of you whose hearts go pitter-patter for makeovers more than for extended hours at Louis Vuitton, here are a few initiatives that should get the blood pumping—that is, if the Diddy PSA didn’t already do the trick. Click here for a full list of participants and [...]

There’s something about the onset of fall that always makes me slightly more aware of my brows. I’m not entirely sure what the correlation between cooler weather, a return to knitwear and leather booties, and thicker, defined brows is in my mind, but it’s pretty much an annual inkling. I try to keep my arches [...]

Beyond U.S. borders, the French skincare favorite Clarins is known for its small spa/concept boutiques, where the expert facial techniques and general wellness message of its founder, Jacques Courtin-Clarins, are practiced. But with the success of its retail business stateside, it’s easy to forget that the company is truly a treatment-based brand. That’s about to [...]

As you’ve likely already read, The Whitney Museum’s William Eggleston show officially opened to the public today, bringing the iconic work of the arbiter of color photography to the masses in his first-ever American retrospective. At last night’s opening reception, however, Clarins revealed a picture-perfect display of its own. One of the event’s sponsors, the [...]

Yesterday was a big day—for a few reasons. First, it was the last day before what has become the most anticipated Election Day in recent memory, resulting in a barrage of last-minute campaigning by both candidates (read: online stalking from Michelle, Barack, and the rest of team Obama who have been really utilizing their [...]