Forget highlights. Forget single-process color. This season’s It-hair is all about the right amount of fade, ‘cause there’s nothing quite like low-maintenance locks that give you an excuse to let your roots grow out. Dark on top and lighter at the ends, we’d credit the trend to style icon Carrie Bradshaw back when Sex and the City started in ’98, but lately...

Lulu’s Time Bomb anti-ageing skincare products Here are my top tips to help you get the most out of my skincare products.   Like a lot of people, I can be a little bit cynical about celebrity skincare/beauty lines. It’s easy to assume the celebrity name is just a gimmick, so it’s always a pleasant surprise when one of these lines turns out to actually be useful,...

LOOK-AT-ME LIPS Rachel Goodwin, a celebrity makeup artist for Chanel, says that lipstick isn’t what it used to be—and that’s a good thing: “In the 1960s, it was somewhat chalky and colors were overly pigmented. Since then, formulations have gotten friendlier. Textures are more sheer and natural-looking.”  But unforgiving formulas didn’t stop women in the...

  4 EASY UP-DOS TO BEAT THE HEAT     Sure, long hair is gorgeous and great, but what do you do with it when summer heat is in full force? Take a cue from the A-list and make it through the rest of summer without a sweat—or at least without it showing. Here are 4 of our favorite up-dos to keep your cool and still look as gorg as ever. What other tips...

Lights Out Rev up your beauty sleep with Avon Anew Rejuvenate Glycolic Facial Treatment. Nightly applications reveal rested, younger-looking skin.  Photo: Kevin Cremens  Straight Up With notes of crushed mint leaves and brown sugar, Giorgio Armani Beauty Acqua di Gioia is like a mojito: refreshing, relaxing, and seductive.  Photo: Kevin Cremens  Pearl Jam Maybelline...

Breakout Busters Just when you thought you had securely packed away all the remnants of your teenage years—embarrassing yearbook photos, cassette mix tapes, love letters to Johnny Depp—acne, the most treacherous memory of all, comes creeping back. A landmark study in 1999 found the median age for acne to be 26.5, and our derms have noticed that the age of new sufferers...

Tousled, air-dried beach waves are chic for summer—and according to hair guru Ted Gibson, they’re also practical: “The hair goes through a lot of damage with sun, chlorine, etc., so it’s important to steer clear of too much heat-styling. Instead of flatironing hair to make it bone-straight, embrace and enhance your natural wave.” For fall, however, Gibson says...

Anastasia Soare shapes the arches of Hollywood’s elite (think Penélope Cruz, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Richie, and Kim Kardashian). So who wins the award for most requested brows? Kardashian. “Girls come in with a picture of Kim, telling me they want their brows to look like hers,” says Soare. “But the stencil I use on her doesn’t flatter everyone.” To bring...

Ready for some perfect pampering, darlings CC absolutely adores Marmalade Hills, a fabulous little shop with all natural, handmade beauty products like these: Sea Kelp Detoxifying Mask. Perfect for those hot summer days! Lip Balm. So smooth and deliciously scented! Body Lotion. CC has the Lavender Marmalade Hills Body Lotion and absolutely adores it! Handcrafted Soap....

special blends Pink Lychee and Blood Orange sound like happy-hour libations, but both YSL Rouge Pure Shine shades are gorgeous, glossy lipsticks that provide an effect just as intoxicating.  Photo: Kevin Cremens  True blue The notes of green hydrangea and freesia evoke the company’s signature relaxed vibe and make Gap Stay the perfect blend for lazy summer nights.  Photo:...