First it was “Hitler youth” haircuts, and now The New York Times is reporting on another hipster hair movement that’s on the rise: the man bun. Breaking Brooklyn news, at its best. [NYT]
Beth Ditto is the latest boldfaced name to get her own color collection with MAC Cosmetics. The limited-edition offering is slated to hit [...]

Full disclosure: When it comes to my hair, I only use drugstore shampoos. I’ve been using Pantene since I was a teenager and while I have strayed before, I always go back. The only exception is once a week when I lather with Neutrogena Anti-Residue Formula for a deep cleanse, but then it’s right back [...]

Eva Mendes is having a big beauty year. The Cuban-American stunner has been signed by both Pantene and Parfums Thierry Mugler. But campaign coups aside, Mendes’ personal beauty routine isn’t all that glam. “I’m low-maintenance when I’m on my own, in the regular day to day,” she says. That translates to a regimen heavy on [...]

How does Raquel “beyond the cleavage” Welch keep her body in tiptop shape at 70? Power walking, of course (low-impact cardio is the way to go). [Daily Mail]
What’s good for the gander is apparently good for the goose. Latisse, the eyelash enhancing wonder drug, has been showing positive results as a solution for receding hairlines. [...]

News flash: Despite what we may have heard, Karl Lagerfeld is NOT involved in a new fragrance that smells like books. Apparently, he’s only working on scents that he is contractually obliged to say he is a part of. [Scented Salamander]
 
Kate Middleton is proving to be quite the down-to-earth bride-to-be. After doing her own makeup [...]

In case you somehow missed it, what with all the fun-with-fonts prints, plastic charm necklaces, and sneakers with wedge heels (on the runway!), the theme at D&G for Fall was “street couture,” according to Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce’s reigning makeup mistress, Pat McGrath. A requisite “graphic” eye followed suit, which McGrath drew onto models’ [...]

Aside from famously swearing by Tahitian noni juice, yoga, and her own Kora Organics skincare line, expectant mother Miranda Kerr’s other beauty indulgences include makeup artist Rose-Marie Swift’s RMS Beauty line and body brushing. “[It] stimulates blood flow and exfoliates the skin,” she says. It sure does, as anyone who saw Kerr’s exquisite nude portrait [...]

The most beautiful woman of all time? Audrey Hepburn, says a new poll conducted by QVC. Princess Diana, Jennifer Aniston, and Grace Kelly also made the list. [Mirror]
In other survey news, scientists at Procter & Gamble, the company that manufactures Pantene, have released new data indicating that women feel “less hostile,” “ashamed,” “nervous,” “guilty,” or [...]

Live Web casts have emerged as the marketing world’s favorite new channel for generating buzz for everything from fashion shows to celeb-fronted symposiums. Pantene is the latest brand to get in on the game, using the digital format to announce some spokesperson news that’s been hyped all week. For the past few days, clues have [...]

Man-about-town Sean “Puffy” Combs was in London last night to promote his new album Last Train to Paris—and his Sean John fragrance, it seems. The rapper/designer/business mogul apparently insisted on having the perfume sprayed in the room to signal his arrival, and again every 20 minutes afterwards to keep the scent potent. Yes—subtlety is, in [...]