Whether you’re a true believer in the holiday for lovers or believe it’s a money-making scheme thought up by the card companies and chocolate makers of America, Valentine’s Day is coming. So we’ve put together a Top Ten list of sultry scents, luxe lipstick, pretty polishes, and more for you to fall in love with—even [...]

The forecast for Memorial Day weekend here in New York was pretty depressing when we checked earlier this week, but we’re happy to report that meteorologists seem to be retracting their previous calls for thunderstorms. There will be sun, so best to ready a few bottles of the latest sunblocks. Fortunately, the options have never [...]

Last week, her new album Speak Now broke records. Today, it was announced that Taylor Swift has signed her second beauty deal (after CoverGirl), for a signature scent to be produced by Elizabeth Arden. When it launches next year, Eau de Taylor will join Arden’s other successful celebrity franchises—think Britney Spears, Usher, and Mariah Carey. [...]

A few weeks ago, I was sitting on the pedicure throne at Jin Soon Hand and Foot Spa, sipping the house blend of citron tea and apologizing to the nail pro about my less-than-pristine feet. Summer blisters and calluses had set in, and I was in need of some serious TLC. My pedicurist had, no [...]

It turns out Mariah Carey’s name for her new collection of fragrances, Lollipop Bling, isn’t that random after all. When Nick Cannon proposed to Carey, he apparently presented her with a Ring Pop, and inside the package was a proper engagement ring. That’s where Elizabeth Arden got the idea for the singer’s perfume trio. Phew. [...]

With tan bans, tan taxes, and general anxiety over the damaging effects of UV rays, it’s easy to swear off the idea of a sun-kissed glow. But what if you could eat your way to bronzed skin with orange and green produce? According to a new study, adding more carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, like cantaloupe, [...]

With makeup artists waging anti-blush campaigns on the Fall runways, a should-you-or-shouldn’t-you dilemma lingers. To properly sort out how we feel about it by September, we’ve decided to fully embrace cheek color for spring. So far, we have the following things to report about our personal preferences: If we’re going to wear it, it has [...]

In 1910, Elizabeth Arden opened the first Red Door Salon in New York City. At the turn of the twentieth century, Arden supplied the suffragettes with red lipstick, their movement’s symbol of power and pride, and during W.W. II, she released Montezuma Red and Victory Red to coordinate with women’s uniforms when they served in [...]

To promote its new Film Noir Fall Collection, Sephora just premiered a Hitchcock-style black-and-white short on YouTube. Cherchez La Femme (click above to watch) follows a detective on his quest to solve “a beauty crime of a particularly heinous nature,” i.e. the theft of Sephora’s entire fall makeup collection. Kitschy, yes but definitely enough to [...]

As much as we hate to be the bearer of bad news, fall temperatures are closing in on what seems like the shortest summer of all time. (For those of you who may be unaware, September starts next week.) Seeing as how our skin gets dry even in the heat and humidity, we’re bracing for [...]