Lipstick Symbolizes

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Feb 172013
 

The chic set have thought long and hard about what they’re going to look like at the start of the new century. Allegra Kingsley talks makeup, hair, and the rest of it with fashion’s hippest insiders.

ravishing redThe appointment book at Hair at Fred Segal, in Santa Monica, looks like the Y2K bug has already hit:, names like Courtney Cox and Courtney Love peppered all over the ever-burgeoning list of desperate clients who simply must have their hair colored, or cut, or even just seriously conditioned—before the new millennium. “We’ve extended our business hours, and it’s still crazy,” says executive officer Michael Baruch.

Salons across the country are dealing with a crush far more severe than the usual holiday rush: Everyone wants to look fantastic on one very particular night. Continue reading »

These feet were made for walking…

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Jun 302012
 
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From Fendi’s outrageously sexy, bead-encrusted mule to Vuitton’s stacked-heeled sandal, it’s a shoe moment. Jacqui Stafford on the right pedicure to go with all that glamour


The spring collections literally swarmed with the strappiest, sexiest sandals in years; all of a sudden, there is no more important beauty treatment than a pedicure. And while there’s no single reigning shade, warm colors—from sheer metallic shimmers, to juicy, brilliant corals—rule the roost.

In Hollywood, star manicurist Deborah Lippmann—who tends the fingers and toes of clients like Mariah Carey, Cher, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker—has her appointment book jam-packed for summer. Continue reading »

Arch delux

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Jun 272012
 

Beautifully shaped brows do more for your face than a facelift. Jacqui Stafford on how to get the ideal shape

 

 

Perfect brows make a dramatic change.

Fluttering over the throngs of shoppers on Fifth Avenue, sandwiched between Tiffany’s & Co.and the entrance to Trump Tower, a filmy banner reads (in big block letters) “All Hail the Queen of Brows.” Beneath the sign is a picture of Eliza Petrescu, the Audrey Hepburn-ish perfecter of some of the most beautiful brows in the business: Natasha Richardson, Ingrid Casares, Jennifer Grey, and Yasmeen Ghauri. Petrescu’s appointment book at her new, minimalist chic spa at Manhattan’s Avon Centre Spa, Salon and Store is booked—booked—until 2011, despite the fact that an average appointment takes under ten minutes. “What can I say?” she says, laughing. “Great brows can do so much for your face—it’s worth it.” Continue reading »

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