Beauty

April 1, 2009

Yet Another Reason to go to the Topshop NYC grand opening at Broadway & Broome Street…

As if the opening of Topshop alone isn’t reason enough to head to Soho on April 2nd, here’s another one: Woodley and Bunny will have an exclusive pop up styling bar! Erin Anderson, a huge editorial hair stylist and Creative Director of this Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based salon and apothecary (I have friends who swear by the place!), will be doing complimentary styling on a first come, first serve basis for all shoppers at the store.

More details:

What: Your choice of 1 of 3 complimentary spring hair styles by Erin Anderson
Where: Top Shop – 478 Broadway in Soho (Broome Street)
When: April 2nd – 5th, 1pm-6pm
How: First come, first serve!

See you guys there!

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March 31, 2009

Tom’s Shoes: New Styles & A New Business Model for the Future

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There are a lot of things that we know we take for granted, but there are some things that wouldn’t even cross our minds as a luxury. For example, right now, I probably have a good forty pairs of shoes in my closet. Some have only been worn a few times, and most aren’t name brand (I heart Target shoes!) but somehow I have accumulated way more shoes than I would ever really need. Did you know that 40% of the world’s people don’t own a pair of shoes? It seems shocking, and is quite hard to digest that in 2009, there is a large portion of people that are stripped of the basic necessity of owning a pair of shoes.

Enter Toms Shoes. Blake Mycoskie was so moved by his travels in South America, that he created Toms, a shoe company with its signature style based on the alpargata, a traditional Argentinian shoe.The distinctive element about Toms Shoes, however, is that it functions on a revolutionary idea; a 1:1 giving model. For every pair of shoes sold, one pair will be given to a child in need. Plus, the fabrics and manufacturing of the shoes is also sourced locally in Argentina. Can you imagine what the impact would be if each company you’ve ever bought shoes from gave a pair away for every pair purchased? We would truly be living in a different world! If every company had a sense of accountability for others – the countries where they manufacture, the people who work in the factories and their families, a better business model and a better world would surely emerge.

Since the company’s inception in 2006, Toms has given away over 130,000+ pairs of shoes, with “shoe drops” occurring in Argentina and South Africa. The Toms volunteers literally rode into the jungle, to the poorest parts of the country and to villages with few inhabitants and hardly any resources to fit children with a pair of shoes. A call to action isn’t hard; simply by buying a pair of shoes for yourself, a friend, or a relative, you can help a child get a pair of shoes. Or, you can go on a shoe drop or donate to one, simply click here for more information.

Now onto the shoes: below are a few of the great fabrications and products offered by Toms (I have the pair in “ash”), with collaborations by Element and Tyler Ramsey.

Tyler Ramsey Hand Painted TOMS Navy Womens, $68

Silver Glitter, $48

Ash Canvas, $44

Red Wrap Boot, $98

TOMS + Element Collab Cruiser, $150 (I just thought I’d throw this one in there-for every skateboard purchased, one goes to a child outside of Durban, South Africa!)

-Julia DiNardo

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March 29, 2009

Fashion Pulse Daily Reviews Lancôme Génifique

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lancome-genefique I’ve always been a beauty product skeptic. Let me rephrase that—I’ve always been an expensive beauty product skeptic. Blame it on my stingy Swiss-German roots, or the granola-hippie environment in which I was raised, but I’ve always thought that the only difference between Cetaphil and L’Occitane was a fancy French name. This was the attitude I took with me to Lancôme’s launch of its newest skincare product, Génifique, at the Rockefeller Center last month, and it was pretty much the attitude I left with. However, I also walked out with a 1 Fl. Oz. bottle of Génifique, and that made all the difference. I tried using Génifique twice a day as recommended, and was absolutely shocked when it actually made good on its lofty promises. Lancôme says that Génifique reinvigorates the skin’s youth-protein producing cells, resulting in skin that is not just young looking, but youthful on a genetic level.

Now, I can’t confirm anything on a “genetic level”, but on the other hand, I can’t deny that the deep worry-wrinkle between my brows—forged from years of stress and general confusion—did completely disappear. Not only that, but it stayed away! Even after I stopped using the product religiously. Lancôme can officially claim me as their convert—which should prove great for my skin, but horrible for my bank account.

-Lily Allen

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March 19, 2009

Lindsay Lohan Does Self-Tanner Line?!?!

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It’s really magical when a celebrity and a product are a good marriage and just seem to make sense together. But when it isn’t a harmonious coupling, it really seems to stand out like a sore thumb. Like Lindsay Lohan and tanning products. Let’s face it — Lindsay — you and I both have pale, freckly skin. We don’t tan. There are no buts about it. The product that she is a part of, called Sevyn Nine, uses real caramel to give a “natural” look and will be launched in Sephora as a six-month exclusive. Still, by looking at the promo shot (above) for Sevyn Nine, and a pic that we snapped of her during New York Fashion Week, it doesn’t look like a tan I’d admire, or one I’d necessarily want to achieve. Maybe I’m wrong, and the stuff will sell like hotcakes, but for some reason I don’t quite get the impression that La Lohan + Self-Tanners=cha-ching. Thoughts?