Summer is making an impressive showing in New York today. The sunshine and 80-degree temperatures are making us wish that a) we left our cropped denim jacket behind this morning (one less thing to carry home, you know), and b) we remembered to apply our SPF this morning. Luckily, the jacket isn’t that bulky [...]

The full-service salon is pretty standard these days. Women want quality and convenience in their beautifying ventures, so adding a facial, an eyebrow waxing, or a cosmetic touch-up to a blow-out has become par for the course. The convenience factor at Williamsburg’s Woodley & Bunny has always been its well-edited apothecary, but owners Erin and [...]

After scoring major success with a series of fragrances, Burberry will venture into color cosmetics come July. A beige tartan palette is likely in the works. [WWD]
Duane Reade has its eye on the prestige prize. The mass drugstore has just opened its most ambitious store yet in New York’s Herald Square, boasting designer fragrances from [...]

Calling all product junkies: Your chance to sample the new goods from your favorite brands—with the opportunity to make some deeply discounted purchases—is T minus three months away. The third annual Beauty Sample Sale will bring testing areas, on-site makeovers, complimentary spa and salon treatments—and a martini bar!—to New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Miami, Tampa, and [...]

We usually wait to post information about in-store appearances by industry experts until the day before they’re scheduled, but we felt compelled to publicize this tidbit early to make sure you, dear readers, have time to actually schedule an appointment. Next week, on Wednesday, January 21, from 4 to 7 p.m., famed New York dermatologist [...]

If, like us, you’ve been patiently waiting for the day when vending machines of urban legend proportions finally arrive from the technologically advanced street corners of Tokyo and Seoul, bringing with them the instant gratification of a cell phone or an undergarment purchased on the fly, read on. As reported in this month’s W magazine, [...]

Handing me a mirror at her Philadelphia-based Rescue Rittenhouse Spa to see the almost instant results of one of the better facials I’ve received in a long time, Danuta Mieloch asked, “How do I get women to turn right?” As I noted a plumped-up radiance from her patented “manual lift” facial massage, which she enhanced [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. The following query was culled from a private stock, but we’ll be accepting readers’ questions soon.
Is there an over-the-counter product out there yet that can give me the same [...]

This column features weekly tips and advice from a revolving cast of industry leaders, on hand to discuss your beauty dilemmas, from blemishes to Botox. The following query was culled from a private stock, but we’ll be accepting readers’ questions soon.
I usually get breakouts right around my hairline. What’s the best remedy to get rid [...]