The ultra-chic Aerin Lauder was inspired by the luxury of velvet and cashmere when formulating this fragrance. And luxe, it most definitely is.

Amber and Ylang flower are two of the most expensive perfume ingredients around. (more…)

Makeup maestro Pat McGrath, as you can imagine, has many gorgeous signature looks, but a flirty flushed cheek - s seen here at the Spring/Summer 09 Anna Sui show - is one of her best. Global Creative Director for Max Factor, one of McGrath’s most recent project was to work on a cream blush and bring her editorial and catwalk magic to mainstream cheeks. And has she succeeded. (more…)

Paris, 1860s. Actresses and courtesans use greasy fat-based paints to make up their faces before a performance (public or private). Entrez, the quite fabulously named Alexander Napoleon Bourjois.

Monsieur Bourjois set about to develop baked-dry powder makeup for his beloved Parisian glamour girls. His blush pot, in fact, was the world’s first powder blush. (more…)

How super-kawaii are Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers fragrance dolls? There are five to choose from. Or, at just $60 each, if you’re a Gwen-junkie you could justify collecting them all.

Love: a feminine floral (rose, nectarine blossom, jasmine)
Lil’ Angel: a fruity floral (pineapple, raspberry, violet) (more…)

Brigitte Bardot, that ultimate beauty icon, has inspired many a girl when smoking up her sex-kittenish eyes or painting her pouty lips pale pink, or back-combing her bed-heady hair. And now Tocca has paid the gorgeous French actress and animal activist the ultimate beauty tribute: (more…)