First Tracy Reese and Prabal Gurung, and now Avril Lavigne. The pop star and fragrance mogul is getting her own nail polish collection with Sally Hansen. [WWD]
That closet of wigs aside, Nicki Minaj says the most high-maintenance part of her very elaborate beauty routine is her eyes. “They’re the one thing I need my makeup [...]

Being the new face of YSL’s Opium may be Emily Blunt’s beauty world debut, but it certainly isn’t the first time she’s been asked to front a product. Why hold out? “None were as classy as [YSL],” the actress says of the other offers. Smart girl. [Telegraph]
Pop star, fragrance mogul, and ghd spokeswoman Katy [...]

I get impatient at the nail salon and almost always leave too quickly, which inevitably results in at least one smudged nail. So, when Sally Hansen launched its revolutionary no-mess Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips back in January, I was clearly intrigued. Minutes after opening the box, I had a full set of (smudge-free!) leopard-print [...]

“You already know the parameters,” Redken creative consultant Guido Palau said backstage at Alexander Wang, referring to the quintessential Alexander Wang girl. “She’s ‘downtown’ or she’s done her hair herself,” he elaborated, highlighting the beauty elements that remain a constant in the Wang archetype. For Spring, Palau added a new “devil-may-care attitude” to the equation [...]

We’re still on a two-and-a-half-week countdown until the Spring shows get under way here in New York, but the invites have already started flooding in, bringing word of exciting things to come. Our first surprise came last week when we learned that NARS, not MAC, will be sponsoring the makeup look at Rodarte, breaking a [...]

Last year was the season of the nail, as far as we’re concerned, and with three days of shows under our belts so far this week, it’s safe to say that pro tips will continue their dominance for Fall. Prabal Gurung can consider himself among the vanguard when it comes to fashion’s collective lacquer love [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sally Hansen secured its position as a fashion-forward nail brand when it partnered with Prabal Gurung on a six-piece color collection for spring. Its latest launch further proves that the popular mass-market company is well aware of what’s up. Behold Sally Hansen’s new range of Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips—a DBP-, toluene-, and formaldehyde-free lacquer [...]

Sand, flesh, taupe—whatever you want to call it, the nail color that cropped up on many a fingertip at the Spring 2011 collections wasn’t much of a color at all. At Marc Jacobs, Creative Nail Design crafted foundation-hued manicures; at Narciso Rodriguez, Deborah Lippmann topped beige nails with a coat of shiny shimmer; at Erin [...]

Anyone who is diligently following our tweets has already caught wind of one of the bigger news stories we’ve broken today: Prabal Gurung has collaborated on a nail polish range with Sally Hansen that premiered at his show just a few hours ago. The collection bows in March and includes six fashion-themed lacquers including Runway [...]

Spring is supposed to be about the absence of gray, but on nails it’s staying put—with darker variants of the hue already on the agenda for Fall. The latest fixation with this steely shade was sparked by Chanel’s much discussed, strangely beautiful mushroom-mauve lacquer, aptly named Particulière. The idea of a gray nail polish, with [...]