Victoria Beckham for Target brings designer’s style within easy reach
Target and Victoria Beckham will release a limited-edition spring collaboration, with a line of apparel and accessories for women, girls, toddlers and babies, on sale April 9. Victoria Beckham for Target will be the designer’s first entry into childrenswear. At a much lower price than her main line, it brings Beckham’s style within reach […]
Turned on, tuned in: Doris Bergman’s seventh annual Emmy Style Lounge & Party
Elyse Glickman Above, from top: Art Lewin works the room with celebrities on hand. Fibrum’s revolutionary virtual reality technology. We fell in love with True Love Skincare. It just goes to show that you can’t stop progress. A decade ago, everybody in Hollywood was marvelling about how cable television was drawing some of the spotlight […]
Taste of the Emmys: Celebrity Connected’s crafty suite
Elyse Glickman Imagine being immersed into the Food Network world for a day—that’s what VIPs and select press experienced when they entered the Great Room of the W Hotel Hollywood when Celebrity Connected took it over and transformed it into an unusually crafty Emmy suite. The space was awash with samples, sips, and all […]
Elizabeth Zuluaga Above: Founder Nicci Levy and VIP guests check out the services at Alchemy 43. A dash of Botox. A sprinkle of Juvederm. A pinch of Restalyne. No, it’s not a recipe from a sorcerer’s manual. It’s a “beauty compound” that is only part of the magic at Alchemy 43 in Beverly Hills, a […]
CHI launches an European-inspired tool for ultra-smooth hair styles
Audrey Hepburn once said, ‘For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.’ Farouk Systems Inc. combines European æsthetic with state-of-the-art technology, as it launches the CHI Onyx Euro Shine Ceramic Hair Styler, designed to deliver optimal, salon-quality results as well as facilitating a more efficient styling […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 27 years since Julia Roberts’ career and her character in the film Pretty Woman were transformed in the confines of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. It also speaks volumes that Julia Roberts and this storied Beverly Hills property (now under the Four Seasons umbrella) still turn heads after […]
While summer may be just around the corner in the northern hemisphere and folks Down Under are heading toward cooler temperatures, French dermatologist-based skin care brand La Roche–Posay is spreading the word about the importance of year-round sun protection with their SOS, Save Our Skin, campaign. Atop a high-rise overlooking bustling downtown Los Angeles, media […]
LA beauty: Milani Cosmetics and Orly showcase new releases and custom shades
Top: Milano Cosmetics’ event for LA media. Above: Orly’s “mixologists” create custom colours at Olive & June in Beverly Hills. Below right: The author at the Milani event. Earlier this year, Mattel released a new line of Barbie dolls with real-world bodies and skin tones. Düsseldorf firm Doob-3D (with stores in New York, LA and […]
Indie Beauty Expo (IBE): Hollywood’s “independents’ day”
Clinique, Lancôme and L’Oréal may have been staples on our vanity tables for decades, but there is something about trying the best invention nobody’s heard of yet. The Indie Beauty Expo (IBE), staged at the the Shrine Expo Hall (best known as a venue for rock concerts and award ceremonies) was the place beauty bloggers […]
Indulging in nostalgia: new Catalina Island Museum opening
Copyright Bunny Yeager/Galerie Schuster Top: Architect’s rendering of the new Catalina Island Museum façade. Above: Bettie Page on the Florida beach, 1954. Day trippers appreciate the southern California destination Catalina Island, easily accessible from Los Angeles. You take the ferry boat from Long Beach, cross the channel, and in about an hour, land in the […]
