For Spring/Summer 2013, the bright lip trend of seasons past continues but with a cheeky little twist: instead of ultra-shiny, frosted, or satin finishes, the emphasis is on matte, velvety textures (as seen at the Prada, Gucci, Giles, Jason Wu, and Burberry Prorsum shows).
With Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby reboot proving to be box office gold, style aficionados are looking back nearly 100 years to the era when Art Deco architecture, interior design, and fashion reigned supreme: the 1920s.
Before I start telling you chicas about all the summer makeup you’ll want to pack in your weekender bags, I’ve got one last bit of unfinished spring beauty business.
About a month ago, my skin started staging what could best be described as a massive temper tantrum — the skincare equivalent of a 2-year-old throwing himself on the floor at the supermarket, banging his little fists on the ground, rolling around, kicking the floor, crying hysterically and screeching at eardrum-bursting levels.
Talk about having the Midas touch!
It’s officially hit 90 degrees in New York City, which means everyone is dreaming of beaches, swimming pools, lakes, water parks, and pretty much anything involving a body of water in which they can immerse themselves and get some reprieve from the heat.
Until recently, I wasn’t aware that underarm dryness was a concern for women.
Valentina is growing up, becoming better acquainted with the art of seduction, with the desire for skin-on-skin contact, the yearning to feel a lover’s breath on her neck, to relish in his embrace until the breaking of dawn.
Though he’s of Irish and British descent, footwear designer Liam Fahy has more than a passing acquaintance with southern Africa — in fact, he was born in Zimbabwe and spent much of his childhood living in a small snake farm within a suburb known for being a hub for creative sorts like sculptors, painters, textile weavers, and musicians.
Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City unveiled its highly anticipated exhibit “Punk: From Chaos to Couture,” which chronicles how the musical movement birthed in the mid-1970s came to influence youth culture and, later, high fashion.
