If you live in L.A. and are remotely beauty-centric, Byron and Tracey is no doubt on your radar. The Beverly Hills salon is a favorite with Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, and Nicole Richie, among others, and is the brainchild of Redken’s creative consultant for color, Tracey Cunningham, and Byron Williams, who pulls double duty as [...]

Having recently gotten a handle on our winter skincare regimen, we felt it was time to direct our attention due north and deal with matters of the hair. With seasonal issues like scalp flakiness and lack of movement plaguing us lately, we decided to call for reinforcements, i.e., renowned trichologist Philip Kingsley. “Flaky scalps are [...]

Since parting with her signature platinum spikes, Agyness Deyn has been coming up with innovative ways to make her new ‘do equally statement-making. What better way to accessorize over-the-eye fringe than by emphasizing the lower lash line? Her Shu Uemura Black Velvet Feather False Eyelashes come off a bit costume-y and doll-like at the 13th [...]

Forget oil pastels and watercolors. Hair is emerging as both artistic medium and muse of late. Between architectural experiments on the runway and recent films like Chris Rock’s Good Hair, shiny, frizzy, straight, and curly strands alike are taking center stage. Hair’em Scare’em (Gestalten, 2009) will be released stateside this month and aims to add [...]

Ever since I saw Proenza Schouler’s show back in September, I’ve been secretly contemplating dying my hair green or purple for the day. Forget that the last time I entertained similarly questionable thoughts, I was still in high school; the surfer-girls-gone-bad who walked the Proenza runway looked so groovy with their rainbow-colored streaks that I’m [...]

Yesterday, we gave you Katy Perry’s street-style interpretation of Guido Palau’s hair from the Spring Louis Vuitton show, and today, to get you in the Halloween spirit, we bring you the zombie version. Kembra Pfahler has been working this look for decades, but at the First Annual Guggenheim Art Awards last night, her signature style [...]

First Pete Wentz, now Lady Gaga. With every purchase of the deluxe new version of her album The Fame Monster, the “Paparazzi”-singer will be giving out a lock of her hair, a personal note, and a jigsaw puzzle. Perhaps this is what she meant by a “love game”?[Hollyscoop]
Painting models in blackface for fashion purposes is [...]

After making a fashion week appearance front-row at Louis Vuitton, Katy Perry seems to have taken some cues from the show’s backstage coif master, Guido Palau. In a promo shot for next week’s MTV Europe Music Awards, which she’ll be hosting, Perry went for big-with-bows, producing a very toned-down version of the voluminous, texturized, oversize [...]

Migraine reliever, wrinkle reducer, and now breast lift in a vial. Botox—what can’t it do? [WebMD]
Tweet what you eat. It’s dieting with a large helping of public shame. [Daily Mail]
Just in case common sense hasn’t already tipped you off, extreme-ingredient treatments are often a sham. Turns out, you don’t need bull semen or placenta extracts [...]

With her work in An Education getting rave reviews, Carey Mulligan is one of the hottest actresses around at the moment, with a no-fuss, tomboy-chic approach to beauty that always veers toward the minimal. The matte skin, full brows, light gloss, and touch of cheek color she wore to the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards Gala [...]