Gorgeous Hair

1 | Camouflage roots by zigzagging your part rather than making it straight. February 1981

2 | Brush hair from roots to ends nightly. This distributes natural oils throughout the shaft and gives hair a healthy sheen. October 2005

3 | Be direct when telling your hairstylist what you want, and bring photos from magazines of styles you like. April 1971

4 | Doing your hair color yourself? Don’t make too drastic a change. Stay within one or two shades of your natural color. October 1955

5 | Comb wet hair like the pros: Hold a handful at a time and work from center to ends, then scalp to center. March 1963

Beautiful Brows

6 | Soften skin before tweezing by dabbing with a cotton ball soaked in warm water or cream. April 1963

7 | Tweeze in the direction the hair grows. April 1971

8 | Don’t change the place where your brows peak and never pencil the whole brow. Instead, only fill in holes. November 1976

9 | Use only the side of a sharpened brow pencil—not the pointed tip—so as not to draw a hard line. January 1938

10 | For unruly brows, apply hairspray to an old toothbrush, then brush brows upward and outward. September 1992

What stuns me more than anything is how she has 7 million fans???? Isn’t she like one of the worst tennis players in history?

But apparently Chanel Iman doesn’t bother with those security precautions, no matter what she’s wearing, because she can protect herself. “I don’t worry about that too much, because I’ve taken boxing,” she explained at last night’s exhibition preview party for “New York City in the ’70s,” hosted by Cartier and Aldo Cipullo. “I can definitely knock somebody out,” she continued, “but you don’t want to see that. It’s nasty.”

A dramatic sweep of liquid liner like Madonna’s may look intimidating for beginners, but with a steady hand and the right products, you can recreate her look with ease.
Thanks to its pencil-like shape and user-friendly felt tip, a liquid liner pen is your best bet. The pen’s shape gives you more control, resulting in a sharper line that is easy to build upon.

Start drawing with the thinnest portion of the tip at the inner corner of your lashline, making the line thicker as you reach the outer edge of your eye.

If you want a graphic look, opt for a winged-out cat eye, but if you prefer a more understated look, extend the line just past the edge of your eye, then taper the ink using a pointed cotton swab.

Dewy Skin

Warmer weather is now in full-swing, so take a tip from Ashley Judd and lighten up your foundation formula. We love the fresh, lit-from-within glow her complexion has.

This spring, switch out your full-coverage foundation for a tinted moisturizer—it mutes out any uneven tones, but still allows you to see your natural skin underneath.

Hydration is also important in maintaining dewy skin. Use a light moisturizer, and be sure to include an SPF into your routine during the day. To warm up your complexion like Judd, a quick sweep of luminizing blush will do the trick.

Matte Red Lip

Gone are the days of dry, cakey matte lipsticks—today’s formulas have come a long way since their first swipe. Take Rihanna’s ruby lip at the Battleship Australian premiere in Sydney.

We love how the high-impact hue didn’t leave her lips looking parched. When using a bold color like this, be sure to dab a light layer of concealer or leftover foundation onto your pucker before applying the shade.

This brings out the true color of your lipstick and prevents it from bleeding.

Loose Updo

Give stuffy updos the boot and take a tip from Lauren Conrad, who wore a breezy chignon to the signing of her book, The Fame Game, in New York City. We love how the style gives off a carefree vibe, while the mirror-like shine and soft texture make it look polished. Her hairstylist Kristin Ess started by splitting hair into three sections, then prepped strands by spritzing on a light-hold hairspray to prevent slipping. Using a straight-line hair foundation, Ess rolled the back section of Conrad’s strands into a loose bun, and secured the style with large bobby pins. “Drape the side sections over your bun, and if you need to, wrap them around a curling iron,” Ess advised. “This allows the sections to blend seamlessly with the bun.

Loose Waves

At the premiere of HBO’s Girls in New York City, Allison Williams showed off her her long lashes, a glossy nude lip and smooth, frizz-free waves.

Her hairstylist Ted Gibson used products from his own line to craft the look. He tells us, “To create these sexy, cascading waves for Allison I started off with a blow drying spray on the scalp and then smoothed gel through the ends.”

He then wrapped 1 1/2 inch sections around a large barrel curling iron. He adds, “I finished off with a light hold hairspray for instant sex appeal!”

Colleen Hovspian: The Lipstick PhD

Location: Yves Saint Laurent counter at Neiman Marcus in San Francisco

Specialty: “I’m all about using lip color to bring out the eyes—the perfect lip can work wonders.”

How-To Tips: “When wearing lipstick, having a smooth canvas is essential—to achieve this, exfoliate lips with a baby toothbrush and apply a moisturizing balm before bedtime. To give lipstick greater staying power, layer liner underneath it, spreading the color out over the lip, and finish with a gloss.”

Photo: Model: Imaxtree; Hovspian: courtesy of Hovspian

Victor Anaya: The Brides’ BFF

Location: Nordstrom’s Estée Lauder counter at the Woodfield Shopping Center in Schaumburg, IL

Specialty: “I help women shine and look beautiful on their wedding day.”

How-To Tips:  “I think brides get caught up in the extravagance of the ceremony and adopt a different perception of their beauty—they want to look like a movie star instead of a more glamorous version of themselves.

You have to remember that it’s about capturing your best features and that beautiful glow your fiancé fell in love with! I like giving my clients a lit-from-within look, placing bronzer where the light naturally hits the face.”

Photo: Model: Imaxtree; Anaya: courtesy of Anaya

Jennifer Sheppard Puckett: The Concealer Queen

Location: Belk’s Bobbi Brown counter at the Riverchase Galleria in Birmingham, AL

Specialty: “I know how to make skin look like skin—by using the right mixture of products I create a flawless complexion.”

How-To Tips: “Most women pile on the foundation and don’t use enough concealer; if you use concealer first, it covers the things you’re trying to hide and allows you to use less foundation.

Also, blush should be the tone of what you’d naturally flush—like when you’ve spotted a cute guy or you’ve been exercising. As a guide, pick one similar to your natural lip color and always apply it on the apples of the cheeks instead of doing a Nike swoosh up the face.”

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La-Roche-Sunscreen

La Roche-Posay Anthelios 60 is a superlight sunscreen that packs a double-whammy punch: SPF 60 is paired with antioxidants that the company says protects your skin “down to the cellular level” while blocking both UVA & UVB rays. La Roche-Posay has long been touted as the mother of all sunscreens, so you can feel confident entrusting your snowy white legs to them for the season ($27.50, most national drug store chains, larocheposay.us).

From Peter Thomas Roth, an SPF 30 oil-free sunscreen mist is beyond convenient. Its “360-degree” spray goes on surprisingly evenly and the company’s claim of “no-rub” rings true. Give your body the once-over and come away from the beach with nary a zigzag tan line ($28, Sephora, peterthomasroth.com).

Nature’s Gate Aqua Block Sunscreen was developed for surfers and scuba divers, so you can trust that the SPF 50 formula will withstand a day at the beach or a marathon gardening session without breaking a sweat. The added ingredients of chamomile, shea butter and rosemary are soothing, not only to the skin, but to the senses as well ($8.99, natures-gate.com).

Now that you’re protected from sunburn, which can increase the risk of skin cancer–not to mention the age-inducing effects of sun damage that are enough to send quivers down this Gen Y spine–the issue becomes maintaining a summer glow.
Ms. Estée Lauder herself, matriarch of the cosmetic empire, believed in the power of bronzed skin for a woman’s self-confidence: “Glow makes you look alive when everyone else looks pale.” Critics detract from the “faux glow,” mostly due to old-school products that have long been associated with tacky-looking celebrities and beauty queens. But the right bronzer or self-tanner for your skin tone, with the added benefit of SPF in many of these newcomers, can make the transition from the pallor of spring to the splendor of summer easier, safer and less orange than ever.

Here are a few bronzing and self-tanning favorites for a confidence boost and starter tan.

Bronzers

Bobbi Brown All Over Bronzing Gel. This easy-to-apply, water-based gel works well on bare skin and, shockingly, over a fully made-up face. The company says it’s an “all-over” product, and with the bonus of SPF, this may be a beach-bag essential ($28, nordstrom.com).

Benefit Coralista

Benefit Coralista

The newest addition to Benefit’s powder brighteners has coral and cool pink undertones that give skin a sunny boost without looking bubblegum pink. The wide, flat brush is a great shape for swiping just over cheekbones, and the fact that it fits inside the package wins extra points ($28, sephora.com).

Cargo. Available in light, medium and dark, this bronzer has a slight iridescence to it (think glow, not sparkle) that looked natural on both a spring-pale and just-back-from-the-beach tanned face ($25, sephora.com).

Self-Tanners

Darphin Tanner

Darphin. This tinted self-tanner exceeded expectations in the categories of both fragrance and nonstreakiness. It goes on smoothly, and the colored formula makes it easy to blend in without missing a spot. No more “uh-oh” tanning regrets–use it on both face and body to great success ($50, beauty.com).

 

 

June Jacobs Radiant Glow. Its best quality is its staying power. This tan will last well into your vacation, lending much in beach body confidence long before the high season starts ($38, junejacobs.com).

 

 

 ”It made my pasty legs wedding-worthy in one use!” says one pleased user. The color starts to develop in as quickly as one hour, so you’ll know right away if you’re ready for the beach–or if you need another layer ($28.50, nordstrom.com).

Estee Lauder- Bronze Goddess

Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess

 

 

 

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The designer, known for his sultry take on style, will show a softer side starting in September with the launch of the four-fragrance White Musk Collection.

Riffing on musk notes, the collection is to be part of Ford’s Private Blend lineup of scents. “I thought I should create something decidedly feminine, something lighter in both color and scent,” said Ford, adding his Private Blend line of unisex fragrances was originally conceived with his men’s store design in mind.

“This is his ‘white period,’” added Diana Waldron, vice president of global marketing for Tom Ford Beauty, adding the White Musk Collection is intended to appeal to men as well as women. “[Ford] felt a need and a creative desire to look at the musk category. There’s been nothing new there in a long time.”

White Musk Collection’s packaging is intended to reiterate Ford’s penchant for a lighter aesthetic. The requisite Private Blend bottles are made with clear glass and topped with white lids, rather than the dark glass and caps used for the line’s existing scents.

“I wanted [the brand] to be perceived more as a fragrance house than as designer fragrances,” said Ford of his decision to tweak Private Blend’s existing flacons for the White Musk Collection. “I was careful to choose a bottle architecture that would create a unified statement.”

While Ford honed in on musk as the linchpin of the collection, he also aimed to offer a varied take on the theme. “Musk is an ingredient I’ve loved for a long time,” he said, adding the note was in vogue in the Seventies. “When mixed with other ingredients, it gives another tone that’s animalic; there’s warmth and a sensuality that’s like skin. I think it makes things smell more human.”

While he still perceives gender differentiation for fragrance ingredients as futile, Ford allowed the White Musk Collection plays with a female-oriented fragrance palette.

“We were working with ingredients considered classically feminine,” he said, adding in the Victorian era, violet was considered a classic for men, whereas now it is generally pegged as a feminine note. “A lot of that is fashion.”

Waldron noted that Black Orchid, Ford’s first women’s fragrance that bowed in 2006, has a 30 percent male customer base. Jasmine Musk, which Ford sports from the new collection, comprises notes of ylang-ylang, jasmine, patchouli, orris, vanilla, sandalwood, vetiver, cistus and amber, as well as two musks. Urban Musk comprises ambrette seed absolute extra, white pepper CO2, notes of cumin, white honey, jasmine sambac, black plum, Tonkin musk headspace and benzoin Laos orpur. Musk Pure has notes of bergamot, pepper, ylang-ylang orpur, jasmine, lily of the valley, orris butter, orris absolute, jasmine sambac, tonka, benzoin tears and Laotian beeswax. White Suede has notes of Bulgarian rose, saffron, thyme, mate tea, olibanum, lily of the valley, amber, suede and sandalwood. Givaudan perfumers worked with Ford on all of the scents except White Suede, which was developed with Firmenich.

The eaux de parfum will be available alongside the existing Private Blend line in 50-ml. spray bottles priced at $180 in the U.S. The line will hit shelves in North America in September and will roll out internationally starting in November.

While Waldron declined to reveal projections, industry sources estimate the White Musk Collection will generate first-year retail sales of $5 million to $8 million. Those sources estimate Private Blend’s annual revenues are in the region of $25 million.

“Given the global economy and what’s happened to luxury in general, the business has been doing outstandingly well — particularly Private Blend,” Waldron said. “It has grown unbelievably.”

Private Blend is sold in 55 doors globally, but that door count will grow to at least 100 by the end of 2010. Ford’s more mainstream fragrances, including Black Orchid, are distributed through about 2,100 doors worldwide.

The designer has also cooked up a men’s scent, dubbed Grey Vetiver, which will bow in September. Also set to debut in the fall is Ford’s first film, “A Single Man.”

“The filming experience was amazing,” he said, explaining he’d like to do a movie every two or three years. “As a designer, it’s the ultimate experience as you’re not just designing the clothes [the characters] are wearing, you’re designing their lives, what they do and what they say. You design a complete world.”

While structuring his celluloid universe, Ford recounted he partook in interim design fittings using iChat.

“I love being in both worlds,” he said, adding, while he doesn’t have concrete plans as yet, he may consider a return to designing women’s wear.

Like White Musk, Ford’s filmic debut will apparently reveal his softer side. “It’s different to what people think of me. It’s very romantic,” he said. “There’s no sex in my movie — a few kisses and that’s it.”

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