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Christian Louboutin Opens First Beauty Boutique in Paris

Christian Louboutin BoutiqueWell beauty lovers, Christian Louboutin has giving us another reason to visit Paris!

“Heels offer a gesture to the leg, and nail colour adds a gesture to the hand,” says Christian Louboutin.

The bottles that encapsulates Christian Louboutin’s saturated nail colours are almost as signature as the red soles that made his shoes a household name. Faceted glass, crowned with a glossy black spear cap, this bottle is the main focus of his first beauty boutique which was just unveiled in the 19th century Passage Vero-Dodat.

R+Co Announces Three New Haircare Products

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You’ve heard about “The Culture of Hairdressing”, R+Co,  but have you ever seen a presentation on how to use their products straight from the masters? Putting our previous haircare knowledge aside, stylists Garreen, Thom Priano, and Howard McLaren whipped models into a hair flurry (in a good way) using R+Co’s newest products: VICIOUS Strong Hold Flexible Hair Spray, FOIL Frizz+Static Control Spray, and ANALOG Cleansing Foam Conditioner. (I linked the titles of each product above to R+Co’s YouTube channel that shows a live demo on how to use each product and their benefits.)

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Launching in April, you’ll be able to perfect the perfect frizz-free coiffe with FOIL Frizz+Static Control Spray, get playfully messy or sleeked back using VICIOUS Strong Hold Flexible Hair Spray, and weightlessly soften and condition with ANALOG Cleansing Foam Conditioner.

Start emptying out your beauty closet now to make room because these three products are sure to become blogger cult favorites!

Your Perfect Red: Marc Jacobs Beauty Launches Le Marc Lip Creme

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A vampy red lip is the LBD of my make up arsenal, an absolute necessity. It instantly transforms a look and is always super chic and in style. Everyone should have their go to red, but if you are still searching, look no further than Marc Jacobs Beauty. The now full on beauty brand (remember when they just had nail polishes?) just launched Le Marc Lip Creme, a collection of 20 lipsticks shades which offer creamy moisturizing pigments that boast 10 hours of staying power. And this collection is on point!

Share Your Beauty Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary in NYC

lesportsac share your beauty eventIt’s been an exciting week! This month we celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my Share Your Beauty program! As some of you know, last year I joined forces with the poverty relief non-profit organization Family-to-Family and together we created Share Your Beauty; the first beauty donation program, where we organize drives and events to collect beauty and hygiene products and deliver them to shelters and teen centers in NYC and the tri-state area.

La Prairie Expands Cellular Swiss Ice Crystal Collection

La Prairie Cellular Swiss Eye Cream, EmulsionIt started with a dry oil and moisture-rich cream last February when La Prairie launched the first two products in their Cellular Swiss Ice Crystal Collection. These much celebrated products offered a brilliant way to help skin protect itself from premature aging and the extremes we encounter on a daily bases from changing climate, pollution, stress and travel. Formulated with the Swiss Ice Crystal Complex of which it derives it’s namesake, this concoction began in the Swiss Alps with the discover of two alpine plants, Purple Saxifrage, and Soldanella Alpina and one algae, Swiss Snow Algae with extraordinary abilities to withstand the elements and thrive in the harshest settings on earth. Some science later La Prairie formulated a complex that embodies the strength of the survivor plants and transfers it to skin to help protect against premature aging.

Dove Wants You to #LoveYourCurls

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For some weeks now, Dove launched a national campaign encouraging women to celebrate, love and take pride in their curly hair! Did you know that one in three women in the US has wavy to curly hair? (Myself included). Probably not since many of us hide it with the sweet temptation of blowing it out or flat ironing it to be straight and sleek. And I can tell you first hand why. Curly hair is hard! It gets unruly, curls drop and that next day hair is rarely something to celebrate. Not to mention the shine I’m able to achieve with a flat iron, I never see otherwise when I come out of the shower.

Our Top Tips For Getting Red Carpet Ready

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Who’s excited for the Oscars? *hand raised* It’s seriously one of my favorite red carpets since it’s that award show where the celebrities bring their A-game and there’s no such thing as too glamorous or fancy. And because we all deserve to feel like princesses, whether it’s for a special occasion like your wedding, birthday or anniversary, or just because we’re fabulous, I’m busting out some of my favorite red carpet tips and products to help you get ready.

NYFW Backstage Beauty: Naeem Khan F/W 2015 Look

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Backstage at Naeem Khan various teams worked to get the models runway ready for what would be a big showing as the brand celebrates their 10th anniversary collection at New York Fashion Week. Julie Kandalec and the Essie team created a brand new color mixture to accent Khan’s glamorous gowns. It’s a mix of gold and silver that results in a warm, champagne tone. “The idea is to bridge the gap between warm and cool and still get that shine,” said Kandalec. To get the look yourself layer two coats of shifting power with a thin coat of jiggle hi, jiggle lo and polish it off with their glossy good to go topcoat.

NYFW: Rebecca Minkoff F/W 2015 Backstage Report

Rebecca Minkoff beauty look backstage fall 2015Whatever the edgy, rocker beauty moment that was happening backstage at Rebecca Minkoff I’m completely so into it! From the textured bangs created by Orlando Pita for Tresemme, and intensely hot blacked out, “wide eye wanderlust” eyes by Sarah Lucero for Stila Cosmetics to the edgy negative space chevron manicure by Michelle Saunders for Essie. The entire look was edgy and cool and yet still very natural when it went down the runway.

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NYFW Backstage Beauty: Get the Christian Louboutin Manicure at Cushine et Ochs F/W 2015

Photo Credit: Taylor JewellWho’s says “squares are bores?” Certainly, no one starring at the nails at Cushine et Ochs fall/winter show. The look, which was created by Madeline Poole, for Christian Louboutin Beauté was inspired by the colors used throughout the line and to complement the collection with geometrical precision nail art. “I had an intuition we would be using a small square motif,” said Poole. “Michelle and Carly had the clever idea to paint the square appliqués in nail colours that matched the collection.”