Whether you’re a true believer in the holiday for lovers or believe it’s a money-making scheme thought up by the card companies and chocolate makers of America, Valentine’s Day is coming. So we’ve put together a Top Ten list of sultry scents, luxe lipstick, pretty polishes, and more for you to fall in love with—even [...]

3-D makeup strikes again! After Pat McGrath crafted eyeliner out of hot pink paper and sequins backstage at Viktor & Rolf and Givenchy, respectively, it appears as though the act of putting shiny material to face is taking off. Australia’s Russh magazine already capitalized on the trend last month, and now it looks like Elle [...]

The holidays are a particularly exciting time for Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb fans. In a sea of limited-edition seasonal packaging, the Dutch design duo’s cult-favorite sambac jasmine, centifolia rose, orchid, and patchouli scent always seems to get the most covetable revamp. And if you’re a diehard user of the spicy floral, collecting each annual release [...]

Flowerbomb, meet Spicebomb. Viktor & Rolf are introducing their first men’s fragrance offering. The chili, saffron, leather, bergamot, grapefruit, and pink pepper eau will arrive in January as the masculine counterpart to their smash hit women’s scent. [WWD]
Lady Gaga has spoken out about the rumors that her forthcoming fragrance with Coty Inc. with smell like [...]

Today was our first day back in the office following what seemed like months on the road following the Spring shows, and amid the piles of boxes and bags that are currently blocking the pathway to our desk was an adorable pink book called Fairy Tales. Upon further inspection, we realized that said hardback was [...]

Stick-on makeup cutouts like the kind we’ve spied at Gareth Pugh and Fendi may seem like a newfangled trick to beauty novices, but Pat McGrath’s unimpressed. “We’ve been doing it for 15 years,” she said backstage at Viktor & Rolf, where she broke out bits of high-shine pink paper that had been traced and snipped [...]

Attention, Flowerbomb fans: This month, Viktor & Rolf will debut a whole new way for you to love their tea, bergamot, jasmine, freesia, rose, and patchouli fragrance. Introducing the Flowerbomb service station, a high-concept device that launches at Nordstrom stores in the coming weeks. The idea is pretty straightforward: Bring in your new deluxe refillable [...]

Remember when we told you about our trip to London’s WAH Nails, where we got a Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 manicure? Well, new season, new nail art. The Shoreditch mani destination has upped its game with tips featuring banana hand designs à la Prada’s Spring collection. [Fader]
Say good-bye to “brand-hired fragrance models” and hello to [...]

We’ve yet to see spring’s bevy of full eye shadow looks play out on the street—or the red carpet, for that matter—but last night at the Tribeca Ball in New York, Leelee Sobieski took one of the season’s more challenging iterations out for a spin. Making like Dick Page at Narciso Rodriguez back in September, [...]

Braids have always fascinated the fashion set, turning up with regularity on the runway. This season alone, we spotted noteworthy plaits backstage at Viktor & Rolf and Lanvin. The simple style has become a favorite on the red carpet as well: Who can forget Sienna Miller’s Heidi-style coronet at the Golden Globes, or Blake Lively’s [...]