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A few weeks ago, I trekked to Cipriani Midtown–okay,  more like walked about two blocks from the office– for the AKRIS charity luncheon and fashion show. The space, if you’ve never seen it, is unbelievable. Very old New York–I felt like I was in an episode of Gossip Girl! Backstage, I caught up with one of my fashion week favorites, Pasquale Ferrante from ION Studio (ionstudionyc.com) who I first met at Coventry. Pasquale is so talented and SO charming–it’s always a blast to see him! Unlike the messy braided masterpieces at Coventry, Pasquale was working the girls’ long hair into tight, sleek buns when I saw him. “The direction we were going for was to have the hair off the face, pulled back, yet not slick or wet in appearance,” he notes. To start, Pasquale and his team blew the hair back away from the face. “We pulled the hair into an extremely tight ponytail using an elastic with hooks on either end, which enabled us to pull the hair tighter than with normal elastics,” he said. “Then, we texturized the ponytail slightly with product and by hand so we got more of an organic, messy look. The next step was to work the the ponytail into a loose bun, and then do detail work around the bun to give it even more texture.” Using Davines Defining Texturizer before the blowdry and finishing with Davines Defining Invisible Hairspray (both eco-friendly!), the ION team styled a fleet of girls inspired by the AKRIS collection, which left Pasquale and all in attendance in awe: “The combination of all the girls, the collection and the atmosphere really came together to a beautiful final image!”

During mechanical exfoliation dead cells are removed through mechanical or physical friction. One can say that they are scraped off the skins surface. Products for mechanical exfoliation can contain paraffin, wax, irregularly shaped granules or round beads/poly spheres. Mechanical exfoliants also include exfoliation sheet, sponges, brushes, washcloths etc. Clarisonic is one of the examples of

Do you live in your jeans? If so, you’ll definitely want to pickup Napoleon Perdis’ brilliant Denim Set palette. It comes with a blush, five eye shadows and three lip glosses, as well as two brushes. Plus, I love that it comes with illustrated and numbered application instructions. Pick it up for $29 at target.com! 

Step right up for your chance to win a Hayden Harnett tote STUFFED with delicious goodies from Tarte!!! I’m totally entering NOW (the contest goes on until June 10!)… haydenharnett.com/contest

This post is a strange mix of a tip and a review. But I cant really call it a Beauty Review since Preparation H is not really a beauty product! Its more of a beauty trick!If you have not yet heard of Preparation H being used against eye puffiness, you must be in shock right now thinking whaaat is she talking about??? Yes, Preparation H is a hemorrhoid product and yes, people do use it

With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in the Western world sufferers will be heartened to learn that the herb Milk Thistle looks promising as a natural remedy to control Type 2 Diabetes. Shocking statistics show that the disease that usually develops in adults is now also being diagnosed in children.

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This term was coined by Biotherm from the skin [dermo], cellular life [biotic]. Dermobiotic means probiotics for the skin. Biotherm, used the term for the first time when they introduced RIDES REPAIR cosmetics to the market. RIDES REPAIR line is based on Pure Thermal Plankton which enhances skin internal defenses against aggressors such as UV exposure and pollution. Because biological effects on

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Some of you ladies had some follow-up questions to the brow post I did a few days ago… Here, some additional info from brow master Brett Freedman! (you can buy his products at vanitymark.com)

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