Popping up everywhere throughout the country, MedSpas certainly seem to be the wave of the future, falling somewhere between a spa and a doctor or plastic surgeon. Founded in 2006, TriBeca MedSpa…
Beauty
All the latest in beauty products, skin care, hair & nails, fragrance, as well as our monthly BeautyScopes with our astrology themed beauty recommendations.
Jerry Johnson, International Makeup Artist from Laura Mercier, works on transforming BNNYC’s Gillian Weeks with a full complement of Laura Mercier products.
There are some areas on your face that defy cosmetic intervention. Like the evil Sauron in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, they cannot be vanquished by anything less than an army…
The mineral craze has officially hit the nation with full force! I’m willing to wager that almost everyone is familiar with the idea of using minerals in a loose foundation (and if…
An online ad for KAMA Miraculous Fluid promises “new skin in 21 days”. If you can get a “new” skin in this number of days, I wonder how many days it would…
“And she was fayr as is the rose in May” – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women, Cleopatra. When I came to Massachusetts to do my M.A. in Chaucerian Literature, two…
At fifteen, Marie Antoinette, the impractical, scandal-loving future queen of France, became a bride. At twenty, she became a legend for her lavish lifestyle. But her beauty – luxurious and enigmatic —…
With the premiere of perennial TV favorite “American’s Next Top Model” (which now airs in 107 countries) came the launch of Manual Override, the cosmetics line from makeup artist and photoshoot art director, Jay Manuel.
According to the Professional Beauty Association, the average price for a haircut in the U.S. is about $45. Manhattan is a whole other story. With prices ranging up to $800, it’s not…
Jason Ascher, behind the Chantecaille counter at Barneys New York The late, great Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, once said, “In our factory, we make lipstick; in our advertising, we sell hope.”…
