Beauty News: Chanel Launches Foundation Line with More Shades for Brown Skin
For women with brown skin, finding a foundation that doesn't appear Casper-the-Friendly-Ghost-white in a flash photo, particularly from a French brand, has been next to impossible. However, Chanel claims they have solved this ongoing delimma. Chanel has a new line,…
Team 20/20 Product Review: Too Faced Leopard Love
In this fashion-obsessed world, you never can have too much pretty! Pretty, though, requires time and space. (Or a well-chiseled bone structure like the lovely Ms. Sessilee Lopez.) Well, we're about to make some major room in that clutch…
Editorial: Career, Marriage then Baby—Beyoncé got it Right
I’m in love with Beyoncé again. I almost wish I were her mom. Let me digress… I recently fell out of love with Beyoncé. I haven’t been so thrilled with her latest musical offerings. While I do advocate for women’s…
Natural Makeup Prevailed at 2011 VMAs
The VMA’s were bumping last night (Beyoncé's baby bump stole the show) with fashion statements, pregnancy shockers and outrageous hairdos! We couldn’t help but notice that the au natural look graced the faces of stunning stars, ranging from their teens to their…
Beyoncé Is Pregnant & My 2011 VMA Predictions were all Wrong!
The 2011 MTV Music Video Awards are steaming and I am amazed at what I am seeing. In a good way… Beyoncé looks beautiful. Everything I said is wong. "On the ding side I am going to have to…
Beauty News: New Ethnic Skin Care Line by Specific Beauty
Strides are being made daily to capture the ethnic dollar as corporate America recoginized the buying power of non-whites. The latest player in the cosmetic arena to jump on the ethnic skin care band wagon is Specific Beauty. Women's Wear…
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Bling or Ding: Editor’s Predictions for 2011 VMAs
Who watches award shows to see who wins? We don't. We watch to see who's there, who they are with (or conspicuously not with), what they are wearing (or not wearing), their makeup, their shoes, their hair and whether or…
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Friday Find: Carol’s Daughter Monoi Repairing Shampoo and Conditioner
I love summer, but it has an especially brutal way of wreaking havoc on hair. Harsh sun, high winds, fluctuating temps, humidity, and exposure to stripping pool and sea water can combine to do some serious damage this sunny season.…
Green Day: Top 5 Organic Nail Polishes
While most nail polish brands have taken action to rid their lacquers of the big bad three—Formaldehyde, Toluene, and Dibutyl Phthalate—this is simply not enough. There are still polishes with Formaldehyde Resin and Camphor listed among their ingredients. The nail…
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Product Review: Maya Water Facial Mist Organic White Tea
Complete luxuriousness. Maya Water Facial Mist claims are colorfully melodramatic, diluted with a slew of miracles for contained water —foreign, organic, nitrogen induced, white tea enhanced, preventer/repairer of sun damage, and a fighter of skin discoloration and wrinkles. Uncertain if…
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Editor’s Picks: Solid Gold Guilt-Free Gilty Pleasures
The price of gold today is in USD is $1763.17. (That means that if I hadn't hocked my wedding ring 8 years ago, I would have a nice chunk of change.) It just so happens that one of the…
Beauty News: Italian Vogue features Slave Earrings—Really?
I remember when Vogue Italia published the all Black issue three years ago. I bought two—one to read, and one to leave in the plastic as a collector's item. I was sooo excited, and I still am. But it seems…
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Take 5: Best Black Waterproof Eyeliners Under $10
We get it—you're obsessed with black eyeliner. And to quote Pat McGrath, "Obsession is a good place to come from." If you find it difficult to forgo the basic black even in these last, sweltering days of summer, that's understandable…