Last night, Barney’s New York hosted the opening party for the launch of A New Foundation, which marks the newly renovated beauty floor at their Madison Avenue location. Coast to coast customers can now enjoy the new space as the NYC renovation coincides with the relaunch of their Beverly Hills location as well.
The Place to Be: My 3 Top NYC Picks {Sponsored}
This past week I was inspired by Marc Jacobs latest fragrance, Honey by Marc Jacobs to tour and share some of favorite places to be and be seen in NYC. While there’s an endless list of NYC hot spots, and “it” venues of the moment, this fragrance took me in a different direction. With notes of orange blossom, fruits and florals, paired with honey and woods, this scent just makes me want to be outside and visit some of this city’s finest spots that never go out of vogue. And thanks to the beautiful weather last week, I did just that!
I’m going to start off with my ride! The place to always be and be seen, is on the back of a Vespa! The Italians knew what they were doing when making this a classic mode of transportation. It’s chic, compact, and
What’s New at Per-fekt Beauty…
While I love colorful eyeshadows, high-drama lipsticks, and unusual nail polishes, it’s hard to find room in my morning to put brush to face. So I was thrilled to attend Per-fekt Beauty’s latest launch event, which focused on products for women who are crunched for time and need to streamline their routine.
Every Per-fekt product is formulated to feel silky soft and incredibly light, and provide invisible coverage to retexturize and enhance complexions of every shade.
NYFW: Trina Turk California Dreaming for Spring 2014
I was sifting through my New York Fashion Week pictures and was so inspired by the entire ambiance of Trina Turks Spring 2014 collection. While it’s gray and rainy in NYC, this collection has me dreaming of California road trips; warm weather, sparking beaches and pink sunsets. Inspired by a scenic route up the Pacific Coast Highway, the prints give the clothes vintage vibe and that crop top we’ve been seeing all season definitely has it’s place in this collection. Just hand me a pair of sunnies and sign me up!
For the hair, Martin Christopher Harper for Cutler Salon went with a textured, middle part beach wave using Redken Full Frame 07 Volumizing Mousse and Redken Rootful 06 Root Lifting Spray. Then followed with a curling iron and to create a soft wave before finishing off with Redken Fashion Work 12 Versatile Working Spray. As for the makeup, Sarah Lucero for Stila Cosmetics went warm and peachy. Here’s the complete how to:
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ULTA Celebrates Donate With Kiss BCRF Initiative with Vanessa Hudgens
On Thursday night, ULTA Beauty Kicked off their 2nd Annual “Donate With a Kiss” event to kick-off their fund raising efforts for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation at the Rooftop at the Nomad Hotel in New York City. Hosted by Vanessa Hudgens, the “Donate With a Kiss” initiative encourages
Katie Couric Kicks off Self Esteem Weekend with Dove at the Empire State Building
On Thursday, Dove kicked off their 4th Annual Dove Self-Esteem Weekend event in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of America, Girls Inc. and Girl Scouts at the Empire State Building with Katie Couric. Celebrating and reminding girls of their inner strength and beauty, Dove focused on making girls unstoppable by hosting a self-esteem workshop in tandem with the brand’s first-ever lighting ceremony. And where better to host
Backstage at NYFW: Red Door Spa for Brandon Sun Spring 2014 Collection
-Guest post by Ali Butterfass
I was lucky enough to see a couple of shows at New York Fashion Week, and it was an amazing experience. However, while I loved seeing the polished presentation of the runway, it wasn’t until I got to witness the carefully controlled chaos backstage that I truly appreciated the work, artistry, and incredible teamwork that goes into making the show look so effortless. I went backstage with Red Door Spa to watch them create hair, makeup, and nails for Brandon Sun’s Spring 2014 collection.
Sun’s collection is casual and sophisticated, with an irreverent energy. To play off this upscale downtown vibe, makeup artist Cesar Olivas designed a beautifully polished look that was classy, but with an edge.
Keeping the face natural and fresh, the models’ matte complexions were the perfect base for a contoured, smoked-out eye using Elizabeth Arden’s Beautiful Color Smokey Eyes Pencil and Color Intrigued Eyeliner. Lashes were left free of mascara to keep the overall impression soft.
Picking up the hints of orange in the collection, lips were stained a soft red that brought a playfulness to the look.
National creative director and master hair stylist Zahir Ziani kept hair simply styled and natural, “like she did it herself.” Sweeping hair off the face and into a low side bun, with a few stray strands falling naturally, this tousled style counterbalanced the chic, put-together collection.
Inspired by the grunge-rock elements of Sun’s designs, national training director of nails Adeline Sarino created a cool ombre manicure using shades of light and dove gray. Nail technicians painted stripes of lacquer onto cotton balls, then swiped them over models’ nails to produce a one-of-a-kind look that I’m dying to practice on myself.
Watching the models be transformed from women in street clothes and bare faces to elegant head to toe glam-punks was completely mind blowing. What do you think of the finished look?
M·A·C Cosmetics and Proenza Schouler Collaborate for Spring 2014 Collection
Shut the front door! Proenza Schouler is partnering with MAC Cosmetics for a limited edition collection for spring! Launching globally in April 2014, the collection will feature Ombre Face Powders, Lipsticks, Pro Longwear Eye Liners and Lip Pencils, Nail Lacquers, and a 129SE Powder Brush. Inspired by one of Proenza Schouler’s past collections, the collaboration packaging will be extremely unique. .
“I have always respected Jack and Lazaro’s keen vision and point of view. We’ve worked together backstage creating beauty looks for their runway shows for many years and it has been fascinating to me watching them evolve. They have a very particular perspective on thei
REVEALED: NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday 2013 collection
This morning, NARS Cosmetics released images of the limited edition NARS Guy Bourdin Holiday 2013 collection. The NARS/Guy Bourdin connection runs long and deep — we’ve seen several Bourdin images used in NARS campaigns over the years.
NYFW: Emerson Spring/Summer 2014 Collection (and Nails!)
Alright, I’ll admit it: my expectations were quite high for Emerson’s 2014 collection. But not to fret, my fellow ex punk girls; my expectations were met. Walking in, it was like being at a family gathering before a big dinner; everyone was happy to be there and eager to see the collection. The inspiration (get this!) was an imagined garden party where the Ramones were playing a secret show and was crashed by a bunch of punk rock kids — talk about imagination!