SubscribeAuthor: Aly Walansky
Oscar Countdown: Quick Beauty Tips
As we gear up for the Oscars, while we’re never quite sure what the award winning beauties will wear, how they’ll style their hair or what makeup they’ll apply (or, let’s be honest, have applied by a team of highly skilled professionals), celebrity stylists nevertheless usually take their cues from the spring/summer 2010 runway shows and we’re predicting that this year will be no exception.
I consulted the fabulous Alexis Wolfer (@alexiswolfer) of TheBeautyBean.com, and she gave us some amazing predictions… More »
Thursday Private Sale Alerts
OK, I am roughly 36 hours from LA…I have not packed. I have no idea what to wear. And I have yet to figure out my hairs, or nails, or shoes, or ANYTHING.
So, of course, rather than think about any of this, I’m going to sit on my bed in my bathrobe and browse the sales. Only to see dresses that would be perfect if I had more than a day to go…
Zac Posen
Jessica Elliot Jewelry
Pratesi
Paige Maternity
Fragments Fine Jewelry… More »
My Date With Charles Baker Strahan
My friends, I have been SO wrapped up in my own life that I have forgotten to share the incredible experience I had last week.
Which, come to think of it, is also my life.
Anyway, my life is like a steam engine! I can’t always keep track…
Anyway, last week, I had the opportunity to visit NYC’s Rare Salon in Tribeca for a styling session with Herbal Essences celeb stylist Charles Baker Strahan.
He is a total babe. Like completely.
I had big plans… More »
Red Carpet Beauty: Smile-Ready
Are you looking for that star-quality white smile, but don’t have money to spend on a dentist-office whitening?
According to Laura Torrado, Dr.Odont., D.D.S, F.A.G.D., there’s a lot we can do ourselves that will go a long way!
Always carry Wine Wipes in your purse the day of the event to get rid of purple teeth after sipping wine.
Use Supersmile Quikee: This is pocket-sized, a no brush/no rinse, on-the-go whitening tooth polish lets you keep your teeth clean anytime, anywhere. Simply apply… More »
Learning From the Looks of NYFW
I can’t say that I am disappointed that NYFW has come and gone.
It’s fun and exciting, but it also is exhausting! Still, it can inspire many of us to start digging into fall fashion trends — but with so many to choose from, and so many bigger than life, it’s hard to know where to even begin!
Celebrity makeup artist Brett Freedman has provided a bit of a how-to for us on some of the biggest trends we saw on the… More »
Oscar Prep: Homemade Vitamin C Face Wash
As you know, I’m counting down the days (OK, hours) until I head out to LA to live blog the Oscars!
This means starting my prep now. Carrie Latt Wiatt is a Hollywood Nutritionist who recently helped Fergie lose the weight she gained while filming the movie Nine, and she was gracious enough to share a face wash she created that you can make right at home.
The vitamin C content helps with the collagen in your skin, perfect for pre-Oscars… More »
A Touch of Karma
Post New Years, I needed a bit of a mood boost.
For just about everyone, 2009 royally blew chunks — and while the jury is still out on 2010 — starting the new year with a new look is always a great jumping point.
Just in the nick of time, I got an exciting invite from Aveda: They were launching the Aveda Color Karma site and wanted to recruit a few beauty bloggers for before-and-after color transformations.
Visit the site today and… More »
Happy Monday: Today’s Sales
As I mentioned earlier this weekend, I have a lot of traveling planned for this month — but one of the high points is a visit to Cancun in a few weeks!
I’ve visited other areas of Mexico, but never Cancun, and my itinerary there plans for a lot of relaxation. Not so much, of course, that I am leaving my laptop behind — I’m technically going to live-blog for work, and therefore that’s not an option — but I will… More »
Giveaway: 100,000 Years of Beauty
It’s important for us beauty editors to do our homework.
But, of course, in this vocation, homework is quite enjoyable!
A virtual library of knowledge, 100,000 Years of Beauty was created by L’Oréal, and aims to explore the age old question, “What is beauty?”
This is seriously the most comprehensive, academic studies on beauty ever written — and entire course streams could easily be based on its contents. It has, suddenly, become my esteemed household library, and I find myself wanting to blow… More »
Is Your Kid Prom-Ready?
It’s coming…
I never actually went to the prom. It was the early stages of my soap-opera-like lack-of-love-life. Instead I did an anti-prom dinner at some local Italian restaurant, where, despite being 16, we all got drunk on cheap red wine, and no one carded us the whole time.
Ah, memories. I would have rather had a date. And a corsage.
Hopefully, your daughter’s night — or your own, if you are still of prom age — will be magical. (I believe it’s… More »
Traveling Soon? Found a Great Luggage Sale!
Over the next three months or so, I will be traveling more than I am not.
It starts later this week: I’m traveling to LA to live-blog the Oscars for Samsung. (More on that soon…you’ll be able to follow me live!)
But the following weekend, I’m going to be a guest of Hoover at the Housewares Design Show in Chicago, and the week after that I’m going to be in Mexico. Then, I’m visiting my parents for Passover. And then, come April… More »
Oscar Countdown: Getting My Skin Ready
Yes, you read that right. Getting MY skin Oscar-ready. Because guess where I’m headed?
In just days, I fly out to LA — yes, again — I’m going to be live-blogging the Oscars next weekend for Samsung!
I confess, when the day arrives, I do have a pretty fabulous day of beauty planned — it IS a pretty big deal, after all, but I do want to prepare. Not just for my important live-blogging gig, but also for the skin-killing results of… More »
Steal the Look: Olympic Medal Curls
Let’s face it: Weather is really tough on curly hair — especially when we don’t know how to handle it.
So, imagine you have curly hair and have to compete in the Olympics. In a winter, cold, snowy, unpredictable climate. One where you’ll likely to have to wear a sweaty cap as well!
Way too sporty for me.
The 2010 Olympic Games close this weekend with gold, silver, bronze and award winning curls. (How’d you like THAT pun? I think that’s Olympic worthy…)
For… More »
Last-Minute Denim News
Are you home? Are you awake?
If so, please forgive me for this late notice and get to 6pm.com asap. There’s a major denim blowout sale going on…and it ends tomorrow!
We’re talking sale as in 80% off over 1,700 styles — including our favorites like Antik, Miss Sixty, Mavi, 7 For All Mankind, Affliction, Just Cavalli and many, many more!
For instance, lets say — like me — you are all about Antik. These Antik Denim Toni 5-pockets featured are normally around… More »
Amazing Reads: The Bag Lady Papers
There’s an organization I recently became aware of, Women in Need, that provides NYC homeless women and their families with support, shelter, and a community of assistance. I became aware of them through a few amazing women I call friends, Karen Robinovitz and Jeannine Morris, both who do a great deal of work on the organization’s behalf.
I’ve gone to several of their events, and last week, I went to one that was a little different. They held a book reading/seminar… More »
Weekend Breaking News: Ideeli Red Sale
We interrupt your Saturday morning brunch for HUGELY important shopping news: Ideeli is holding a red sale!
What is a Red Sale, you ask?
During red sales, super-amazing designer products are marked down up to 95%. This is select merchandise from a variety of brands that are both trendy and timeless, and prices start as low as $16!
Sale starts at 11 am. EST and you’ll see buys like this black printed party dress by ABS – usually well over $300, for around… More »
TGIF: Today’s Sales
Snowed in.
(Yes, again.)
I’m getting a little sick of this weather, and super glad to be traveling south (and west) the next three weeks after this. (Including to the Oscars next week!)
So, today I will spend baking cookies, cancelling weekend plans…and figuring out what the heck to wear next weekend. Like perhaps these awesome BCBG shoes on sale at ideeli!
Kenneth Jay Lane Jewelry
Judith Leiber Jewelry
Brooks Brothers Black Fleece
Inhabit
Christopher Kon
What Goes Around Comes Around
Jewelry by Grace Chan
Alanna… More »
NYFW: The Top Knot Trend
Check out the recent runways.
Look at shows like the Venexiana and Woman’s Mafia Fall shows at NYFW, and celebrities such as Victoria Beckham: The top knot or chignon is becoming one of the fastest growing hair trends for 2010.
Want to be able to do it yourself at home? Super fab stylist Philip Pelusi, along with creative director Jeffrey Reitz, created a variety of top knot looks seen during Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week.
For Venexiana’s show, the Philip Pelusi design team utilized… More »
Thursday Bargain News
Your sale alerts are coming a little late today, because I spent the morning at a mustard cook-off.
(Hey, condiments are important.)
That said, it’s GROSS and DREARY out in NYC, and now that I am back home, I’m here to stay.
And it’s a really exciting time to be cocooned with some tea, shopping. Three of my favorite brands — French Connection, People’s Liberation and Free People — are on sale today. Get prepared for spring in style! Read more below.
People’s… More »
Code.ai Lash Growth Sale at HauteLook
This is great news for those of you looking to amp up your sexy lash factor…
I’ve written about Code.ai at length before, they are my favorite lash growth product, and you can currently get it for a steal at HauteLook!
Code.ai lash and brow activation products that combat sparse, short, damaged lashes or over-plucked brows to help boost the appearance of your own natural set of lustrous lashes and brows. Now you can get code.ai’s At Long Lash or Brow Booster… More »
