Hello Kitty has been a close pal since my days in Punky Brewster-style pigtails, when carrying a backpack bearing the feline femme’s image was as big a sign of style savviness as toting a Rebecca Minkoff Morning After bag or a Nancy Gonzalez crocodile frame purse would be in my adult life.
Call me old-fashioned, but I tend to prefer lipsticks over lip glosses — the latter are usually packed with way more pigment, which is a huge factor in their appeal, plus they typically last longer, and their formulations tend to be creamier and hence feel more pleasant than the plethora of overly sticky glosses that feel like they’re gluing your top and bottom lip together.
They say good things come in small packages — or, at least, that’s what I enjoy telling people when they taunt me about my short stature.
Usually, the word “scrub” gives me pause— partly because I listened to the TLC “No Scrubs” anthem a bit excessively, but mainly because my skin is so sensitive that body polishes grate my skin like a paper shredder on speed.
About two weeks ago, I attended an HSN Beauty event, during which writers and editors had the opportunity to meet representatives from some of the skincare, haircare, and cosmetics brands sold on the shopping network and become better acquainted with these lines, their star products, and their upcoming launches.
Lately, makeup companies seem to be harboring bipolar tendencies when it comes to their lipstick offerings, unveiling either ultra-bright shades of robust orange and electric pink or releasing sheer colors that yield a light, veil-like, glazed effect.
If you tuned into the 2011 Grammy Awards in February, you were likely among those scratching their heads over Gaga’s dramatic entrance, which involved the pop star crouching inside a semi-translucent Hussein Chalayan-designed egg vessel which was, in turn, propped atop a wooden, cross-shaped plank hoisted into the venue by a gaggle of statuesque Gagaists in Roman-inspired, flesh-toned, toga-like dresses and boxer briefs.
Jay-Z may have been on a “Run This Town” trip last year, but his leading lady, Beyoncé, has set her sights on a much larger target: the world.
Eyebrow expert Anastasia Soare has built a career on grooming, shaping, and tending to those valances over the resplendent windows to your soul — doing so via her full-service salons in Beverly Hills and Brentwood, her brow studios at select Sephora.com and Nordstrom locations, and her namesake collection of beauty products.
