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Skincare and Beauty Blog with Expert Advice
Before the glitz and glam that parades down the catwalk, designers come to the drawing board with distinguished hair and make-up teams to create the vision we see walk down the runway. For Fall 2011, Christian Siriano’s vision was created with the help of MAC and Aveda. Below we talk to the lead and key [...]
20-year M.A.C. Artist extraordinaire Gordon Espinet was responsible for bringing to life a Brigitte Bardot-inspired look to the runway for designer Behnaz Sarafpour’s fall season reveals. Espinet described the look as “luminous,” “skin care-y,” “just left the spa.” Avoid matte and overdone this fall. Prep face with primer and concealer, then top with a light [...]
It’s that time of year again! I’m i NYC covering backstage beauty at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. These are the Fall/Winter collections which I always love seeing the most. No on to business, I love love love a good updo….I think that a sexy updo circa 1959-1962 is always classic and timeless – that’s exactly [...]
Live from New York….It’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week! TMG has all the scoop on the latest in beauty trends from the runways, giving you a heads-up on what’s hot for the spring! The always fabulous Ted Gibson shared the secret that the top hairstyle for the spring is….drum roll, please…the bun!! Here we have ANOTHER [...]
We are seeing all kinds of new trends for hair here at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week!! Most of them are centered around new ways to do an updo. This one in particular I think will translate very well to “real life” and its called the “new bun”. Antoinette Beenders for Aveda created this look for [...]
Here we are again, Fashion Week in New York City. The big kickoff is tomorrow and this year we are covering a whole slew of shows. Coverage will be up daily with as much info as possible on upcoming trends/looks etc. This season marks to move from Bryant Park to the new digs in Lincoln [...]
Hello All!! I know I haven’t had a contest in a minute and I wanted to try and give you something GOOD! So here it is….a gift bag with some of the hottest items from the party that Paul Baranda & I threw….the NYFW Media Mixer! Here is your chance to win a gift bag [...]
In case you didn’t know, Paul Baranda of Beyond Beauty Basics and I have been throwing some parties [checkout the inaugural NYFW Media Mixer here]. Last fall, Paul and I joined forces to bring together our online media friends and a few beauty brands for a big “tweetup”. Little did we know that it would [...]
I adore a good dark smokey eye, especially for fall. A trend I have noticed for Fall 2010 is a dark blue smokey eye which inadvertendly makes your eyes look really bright. Tom Pecheaux created this look beautifully with Estee Lauder shadows for Derek Lam. For the very first time in the Estée Lauder brand’s 64 [...]
One of the best part about attending New York Fashion week is catching up with friends from across the country who converge on the tents to cover the shows. This year, I partnered with Red Door Spas to create a Blogger Lounge at the W Hotel in Times Square for my online editor friends to [...]
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