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New Clinique lipgloss sets sweeter than candy?

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With January coming to a close, the beauty world has been busy rolling out Valentines-Day-worthy beauty gifts.

Among these is the new “Love” lipgloss seticon from Clinique. The set features four [Read more →]

Michael Kors sends his love

Michael Kors sends his love

Due to arrive in time for Valentine’s Day, the With Love, Michael Kors set is a fabby little collection of Michael Kors rollerball perfumes.

The set includes [Read more →]

On safari with Stila and Lela Rose

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If you can’t get away on a warm weather vacay, the next best thing is to fake it with your makeup….like, for example, the Stila Backstage With Lela Rose Spring 2009 set.icon

Featuring the [Read more →]

Kiehl’s perfume too sexy for New Yorkers?

Kiehl’s perfume too sexy for New Yorkers?

Did you know that Kiehl’s created its own love potion in the 1920’s? As legend has it, a Russian prince (who was a relative of Kiehls’ founding family), concocted a perfume oil that was so sexy that it was deemed “too sensual” for the times.

Instead of making its way on to the store’s shelves, the perfume was packed up in a vat labeled “Love Potion” and stashed somewhere in the basement of the original Kiehl’s store at 109 Third Ave. in New York City.

Apparently, the public was [Read more →]