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Brow Bleaching: It Begins (Again)
It’s official: Fall 2011′s brow wars are back on. Last season’s bleaching ceasefire came to an end backstage at Calvin Klein, where Pat McGrath blocked out arches and then brushed them back on...
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The Magic Of Going Muted
We’ve been charting the rise of the “un-lipstick” here at Beauty Counter for a little while now. While the allure of a bold, opaque pout perfector is undeniable, sheer, less in-your-face colors have...
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Better Off Red, Backstage At Prada
After putting on a veritable makeup clinic here for Fall that included a lesson on tricolored eyes with splashes of orange, purple, and black, Pat McGrath shifted her attention due south of models’...
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Redhead Alert
Following two seasons of platinum blonde loyalty and a Fall outing that made shades of deep brunette the runway hair hue du jour, the Spring 2013 shows are at a little bit of a color impasse. Castings...
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Pigtails for Grown Ups: A Discussion
We have a theory about pigtails, which goes a little something like this: if you’re over the age of six, you shouldn’t wear them. We were so adamant about this philosophy a few years back when there...
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Drugstore Discovery of the Week: The Prada Pedicure, Now Lacquering
When the news broke yesterday about a new membership service that allows you to rent nail polishes—like movies or designer dresses—to allow for more trying and less excessive buying of a plethora of...
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EXCLUSIVE: A Rossetto For Your Valentine
Due to the unusually early start to fashion week this year, style tribe members actually had a shot at celebrating Valentine’s Day—that is, of course, until Marc Jacobs changed the date and time of his...
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“Wet” Hair And “Undone” Makeup, Backstage At Prada
As catwalking legends including Mariacarla Boscono, nineties grunge icon Kirsten Owen, and even Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima moved about the crowded backstage area at Prada among a host of...
View ArticlePrada Candy L’Eau: The Movie; The GIF That Keeps On Giving; And More…
To celebrate the release of Prada Candy L’Eau, the Italian house has teamed up with Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola on Je m’appelle Candy, a new video starring the fragrance’s face, Léa Seydoux, set to...
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Redken’s Diamond in the Rough
Redken effectively joined the hair-oil game two years ago when it launched its All Soft Argan-6 Multi-Care Oil at the Fall 2011 shows. The versatile bottle brought touchable sheen to a number of...
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Wet, Hot Summer
I will never forget reading an old Kristina O’Neill interview on Into the Gloss in which she posited that “one of the most unchic things is coming to work with your hair wet. There’s something messy...
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Amanda Murphy Goes Two for Two With Vogue Italia
Amanda Murphy’s career is going at full throttle thanks to influential supporters Miuccia Prada and Steven Meisel. News broke yesterday that the 26-year-old model—who had a stellar Fall ’13...
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Scentsational Voyage
Yesterday Luna Rossa, Prada’s sailing team, beat Swedish rival Artemis in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals, held on San Francisco Bay. While this competition ends August 30, these...
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Throwback Thursday: Drip Dry
Throwback Thursday is a column on Beauty Counter in which we pore over the pages of our favorite glossies from decades past in search of a little modern-day makeup and hair inspiration. The Model:...
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Who Run the World? Girls…Backstage at Prada
It was all about rebellion this season at Prada—whether that concept was translated through application, texture, or color. “The look is simple, but there’s a darker thought to it,” said hairstylist...
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Make Your Mark With Temptu
Backstage, there was a lot of airbrushing going on, but the pros weren’t perfecting complexions Photoshop-style—far from it. Pat McGrath scrawled muted shades of mustard, green, purple, and blue across...
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Beauty Sound Bites: Shade Shifters
With so many models switching up their strands this season and the entire cast at Prada undergoing dye jobs in less than forty-eight hours to form “gangs” of “antiqued” brunettes, blondes, redheads,...
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Throwback Thursday: Brighter Is Better
Throwback Thursday is a column on Beauty Counter in which we pore over the pages of our favorite glossies from decades past in search of a little modern-day makeup and hair inspiration. The Model: Pola...
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Sugar and Spice
What a difference a day makes—at least in the red-carpet life of Léa Seydoux. The French actress/model arrived for a photo call celebrating the BAFTA EE Rising Star Award nominees in London wearing a...
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Off-Duty Ballerinas, Backstage at Prada
The same “clogged” lashes and tight chignons seen at Prada’s menswear show (featuring both sexes) made an appearance yet again in “Act 2″ for Fall 2014. This time around, however, additional characters...
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