L’Occitane fans wondering what happened to the brand’s bi-level Prince Street storefront in Soho that went missing a few months back will be relieved to know that the French company is not the recession’s latest victim. The store has simply moved a few blocks away to 146 Spring Street and is officially open for business [...]

With November more than half over, we’ve officially entered our blotchy period. The coveted tan we managed to procure from a few weekends at the Jersey shore this summer is completely gone, and in its place is patchy pigmentation and an overall pallid aura (our olive complexion tends to turn a shade of neutral green [...]

Elective cosmetic surgery just got a little more spendy. [Fox News]
Let it be known: Sun-kissed skin is a “Zoe Do.” [Rachelzoe.com]
No need to go under the knife for that eye job you’ve been thinking about. A laser’ll do ya just fine. [NYT]
Perfumers searching for a way to overcome a decline in fragrance should look to [...]

The latest release from Clinica Ivo Pitanguy—a.k.a, the world’s preeminent plastic surgery destination, complete with Brazilian private island for post-op recuperation—targets aging skin without the scalpel. After the acclaimed debut of his bodycare line last fall, Pitanguy has set his sights on facial repair, focusing his attention specifically on removing the daily pollutants that can [...]

The newest designer bag collaboration from Beauty.com is here. Erickson Beamon jewelry mavens Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon replace Maria Cornejo, and their predictably bedazzled tote features printed duchess satin, a bijou zipper, an embossed gold logo tassel, and lace and pearl embellishments. Packed with products from brands like Dr. Brandt, Talika, StriVectin, and Smashbox, [...]

Leighton Meester may have shown up to the American Eagle flagship store opening in New York last night with a red lip, gray smoky eyes, and long, cascading waves, but she made a quick costume change into thick bangs and a topknot before performing her new single for the crowd. Yes, we said “perform” and [...]

HORSETAIL EXTRACT/ (hoors-tale ehks-trakt)/n./ 1. Also known as Equisetum arvense, an ancient, fernlike perennial plant that thrived 400 million years ago during the Paleozoic era and can now be found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America; /n./ 2. Found in herbal remedies dating back to the Greco-Roman Empire, when it [...]

With members-only e-commerce sites gaining steam (the soft launch of Daily Candy’s new Swirl was scheduled for today, but, alas, the “coming soon” homepage is still up on its Web site), the originators of the cyber-shopping phenomenon are looking for ways to distinguish themselves from the new competition. Ideeli.com has chosen beauty as its point [...]

Sarah Palin made her debut on Oprah today. Hopefully, you set your DVR so you can hold a post-work viewing session, but in the mean time: a hairstyle retrospective to get properly fired up. [Huff Po]
Lancôme has become a patron of the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation, launching a program called Lancôme Revelations, which aims to introduce [...]

RéVive skincare founder Dr. Gregory Brown is best known for applying Nobel Prize-winning epidermal growth factor’s wound-healing technology to skincare and creating a range of products that can speed up cell renewal—even in aging skin—for a dewy, youthful appearance. But around the holidays he wears another hat, that of art patron. For the seventh year [...]