Valentine’s Day: The Beauty Guide
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 [...]
Good Things Come In Small Packages
As anyone who’s survived a fashion week is well aware, you basically live out of your bag from sunrise until long past sunset (stopping home in between shows and after-parties is completely out of the question). So when it comes to purse size, the bigger the better—the better to hold your laptop, iPhone, digital camera, [...]
Pretty Sick
Very few of us will be able to make it through fall and winter without getting a cold, or worse, the flu. And for those with wimpy immune systems, sickness happens far more than once a season. Since life and work must go on despite red blotchy skin, a sallow complexion, and dark under-eye circles, [...]
A Fall Skin Fix From Jurlique
A lightweight antioxidant-rich moisturizer that cools and hydrates on impact, Jurlique’s Herbal Recovery gel has been a fan favorite since its launch in 1994. Since then the Aussie brand has released an Herbal Recovery Neck Serum, an Eye Gel, a Night Mist, and an Eye Cream, each boasting the same proprietary herbal blend found in [...]
Tripping On Fruit Acid: Far-Out
QUANDONG / (kwon-dong) / n. / 1. Also called Santalum acuminatum, a small shrub that is native to the arid regions of Australia that possesses dark leathery leaves and bears an edible fruit; / n. / 2. Commonly referred to as the desert peach, a sweet red fleshy fruit that contains very high levels of [...]
Jurlique Puts Flower Power In Your Hands
I left the house this morning only to discover the cruel truth that I forgot my gloves—as in, I forgot that I neglected to buy a new pair after the really nice leather/cashmere set I wore last winter met an unfortunate end. (It’s a story that involves gasoline and me, standing curbside on the West [...]
The Fairest Of Them All
There’s something to be said for all of those members-only shopping sites. There’s the exclusivity factor of course, which is only trumped by the opportunity to get your choice designer duds at a discount before anyone else. While fashion versions of this retail model abound, there are few similar beauty opportunities out there, but TheFairest.com [...]
Fashion’s Night Out For Beauty Junkies
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 [...]
Don’t Fear Face Oils
Winter appears to be upon us, or at least it’s teasing us with blustery cold and threats of snow, and as a result your skin is probably experiencing a range of emotions, including dry, flaky, blotchy, and dull. At least mine is, but I’ve had increasing success treating these issues with an unlikely hero: I [...]






