For those of you in the market for some Hump Day freebies, Saks Fifth Avenue is putting on its beauty bazaar today, which they have cleverly termed “Brushes With Greatness.” (Get it?) National makeup artists from brands like Chanel, Lancôme, Laura Mercier, and Nars will be on hand to offer up summer beauty tips (of [...]

After the press blitzkrieg that preceded its arrival, Dolce & Gabbana’s highly anticipated makeup range is finally available for pre-order at Saks. That’s exciting news in and of itself. Even more thrilling is the fact that makeup doyenne Pat McGrath, who consulted on the line, will be doing walk-throughs of its eye shadow quads and [...]

Are you a Borba fan who also happens to be in desperate need of a facial? Well, you’re in luck: The brand that fuses beauty with lifestyle and fashion elements (Fiber-Knit Diamond Body Polish, anyone?) has a promotion going on at Saks Fifth Avenue through tomorrow, where trained aestheticians will be performing photo facials [...]

Spotted: Meryl Streep’s personal assistant in Saks Fifth Avenue, buying up items from the Canyon Ranch Your Transformation skincare collection. In her selects at checkout were the new Vitality Cleansing Cream, Protect UVA/UVB SPF 30 Facial Moisturizer, and Restore Intensive Moisture, all of which will likely be on hand as Streep preps her skin (and [...]

Giorgio Armani is covering a lot of ground with his new fragrance trilogy, Onde. The scents are inspired by the rituals of the Far East and named for the music created by the vibration—Onde means wave in French—of an ancient gong. The press release calls it “a sound that resonates within a woman’s body and [...]

Seeing as how anything that bears the name Hennessy immediately evokes a picture of luxury (we’re imagining rich mahogany leather and an impressive floor-to-ceiling private library), it’s hardly shocking that Kilian Hennessy, perfumer and heir to a long line of cognac makers, didn’t skimp when conceiving the first collaborative effort for his eponymous line of [...]

Leave it to Chanel to return the department store perfume-buying experience to its intended civilized glory. With the opening of a newly renovated Fragrance and Beauté counter at Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship store this week, gratuitous air spritzing and ineffectual fragrance cards have officially met their maker. The 850-square-foot-space, designed by Chanel deputy perfumer Christopher [...]

Finding the perfect fragrance doesn’t need to be an exercise in department store overspritzing and the subsequent light-headed purchase of an expensive flacon that you’re “pretty sure” you liked the most out of the four or five different scents you now have on your wrist (and shirt and hair…). Thanks to the fragrance company Firmenich, [...]