Editors and buyers who arrived at the Upper East Side townhouse Victoria Beckham takes over for her presentation each season expecting to see her typical brand of perfect skin and sleek hair were in for a shock. Each and every model wore a meticulously placed stocking cap and headbands. “I didn’t want it to have [...]

As we reported below, François Nars is opening his flagship cosmetics boutique next week. What’s next for the makeup maestro, you ask? A fragrance. [WWD]
With Vidal Sassoon: The Movie hitting theaters today, many an interview with the mane man are flooding the wire. We’ve already shared his story with you, but here’s another interesting tidbit [...]

If you’ve ever wondered how supermodel Christie Brinkley looks almost as good today at 58 as she did in 1983’s Vacation, the answer is simple: She works out all the time. Squats while blow-drying her hair, leg lifts while slicing vegetables. Name the strengthening exercise and Brinkley can multitask it. [NYDN]
In a riveting new interview [...]

After denying rumors of a buyout, OPI has indeed been bought by Coty, to the tune of about $1 billion. Following L’Oréal’s estimated $50 million deal with Essie earlier this year (not to mention a couple of high-profile designer collaborations for CND and Sally Hansen), we’d say the nail business is booming. [WWD]
Emma Watson has [...]

Alexander Wang’s Jean-Michel Basquiat beauty reference is getting company this week from another art star: That would be Andy Warhol, whose colorful, silk-screened portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor inspired makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury at Victoria Beckham’s presentation (and James Kaliardos at DVF a few hours later). Tilbury layered two of Lancôme’s Color Design [...]

Tom Bachik makes for an unlikely manicurist. A California skater boy with a graphic design background, Bachik fell into the nail business in 1994 and has since built up an impressive clientele (ScarJo, Gwen Stefani, and Victoria Beckham are all fans). It’s thanks to his Hollywood cred that Chanel—a brand that has recently become as [...]

With its nod to the Belle Époque and the bohemian glamour of French coquettes, Lancôme’s fall offering has quickly become one of our favorite new collections to recently hit shelves. Conceived by artistic director Aaron De Mey, the color palette for the line includes seasonal berry and rich neutral tones featured in such standouts as [...]

Bad news, little monsters. This week’s reports that Lady Gaga has a perfume in the works is “a totally false rumor”—for now. Don’t count out the pants-less-wonder when it comes to the celebrity fragrance game. [WWD]
You may remember the Pob and those spiky blond highlights, but Victoria Beckham has enjoyed many other hair phases, too. [...]

Tiring of the “Pob,” Victoria Beckham has traded in her angular short hair cut for long extensions. [People StyleWatch]
Jessica Simpson hasn’t changed her hair, but she has changed her diet. The Price of Beauty star, who last week used her Twitter account to refute plastic surgery rumors, took to cyberspace again last night to let [...]

Victoria Beckham has seen her fair share of hair transformations over the years—including, but not limited to, her super-straight Spice Girls middle-part moment and her much lauded pixie-cut phase. But the pop star-cum-designer’s most memorable coiffing expedition would have to be the bob—which she made her own with super-sleek asymmetry in brunette and blond incarnations [...]