Flowerbomb, meet Spicebomb. Viktor & Rolf are introducing their first men’s fragrance offering. The chili, saffron, leather, bergamot, grapefruit, and pink pepper eau will arrive in January as the masculine counterpart to their smash hit women’s scent. [WWD]
Lady Gaga has spoken out about the rumors that her forthcoming fragrance with Coty Inc. with smell like [...]

Duane Reade recently revealed its suped-up The Look Boutique on Wall Street, replete with upmarket mass-prestige crossover products, blow-dry services, and a manicure bar, and by all accounts the concept shop is working; Walgreens just announced plans to export the idea into its network of stores nationwide. [WWD]
Eau de Dita Von Teese is officially on [...]

After a serious devotion to a peculiar shade of magenta red, Rihanna went back to brunette over the weekend. Don’t get too used to it, though. We have a feeling she’ll change it up again soon. Better off aqua, perhaps? [Us]
P. Diddy is launching a new scent called Empress and the rapper has pegged former [...]

To properly welcome the arrival of its new London office, modeling agency Viva has posted pictures of 12 of its biggest girls—Natalia, Raquel, Edita—sans makeup or retouching onto their Web site. If the idea was to prove that they have the most beautiful roster of catwalkers, point taken. [Jezebel]
It’s happened before with Twilight and Glee, [...]

What are Dita Von Teese’s top two beauty priorities? “Flawless skin is the most important thing, then red lips. In exactly that order. Red lips don’t look good on blotchy, uneven skin.” To keep thing smooth and uniform, the burlesque superstar applies Crème de la Mer directly after washing her face—while her skin is still [...]

Rihanna nabbed a Nivea contract a few months back and she’s making quick work of building a relationship with the brand. Not only will the German-owned skincare company sponsor Ri-Ri’s upcoming tour, but her latest release, “California King Bed,” will provide the soundtrack for a soon-to-be released TV commercial starring its new lineup of products. [...]

Coachella 2011 has come and gone and now we’re left with the task of sifting through pictures from the weekend that was. Predictable images of face paint, sundresses, tattoos, and short shorts abound—as does a recurring image of one reveler in a thong string bikini (when in the desert, we guess). Three beauty moments really [...]

We told you it was coming earlier this month, and now Dita Von Teese has leaked early images of her new tell-all DIY beauty book, which reveals how you too can look like the perfectly primped burlesque queen. [StyleList]
A new survey conducted in the U.K. reveals that blondes can stand to earn almost $1,000 more [...]

“I was a very blonde girl from a farming town in Michigan, and the tools of beauty are a big part of what I do, creating glamour,” says Dita Von Teese. The burlesque star is finally bringing these “tools” to the masses with a new beauty book, a fragrance, and an eponymous cosmetics line. [WWD]
New [...]

After seeing a familiar image of Dita Von Teese sitting front-row at the Spring ‘09 Couture shows, we used this blog to posit a simple question that had been weighing on us since she first emerged to herald the second coming of burlesque: the alabaster powdered skin, the red lips, the filled-in brows, the perfectly [...]