Only in the throes of a Ziggy Stardust moment would, and should, you paint lightning bolts on your face. So while Missoni has cleverly translated its trademark zigzags into its new Colori cosmetics line, debuting in August, the result is a vibrant yet perfectly blended visage, in that way only Italians seem able to pull off. Our favorite prods in the line-up are a sheer conditioning lip gloss with a subtle chocolate-berry flavor ($25), a gold-hued face highlighter ($70) and a powder compact with bronze, beige and dusty rose shades that will rock your world. At Missoni boutiques worldwide, but act fast because this puppy is limited-edition. –Amy Bratt
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As reported in Daily Hint in April, Comme des Garçons's newest scent, Play (now in Comme stores and Dover Street Market), is a yummy citrus-pepper blend with simple, child-like packaging designed by Polish-American graphic artist Filip Pagowski. $80 for 100 ml… It's almost time to Let It Rock, à la Vivienne Westwood, whose new scent, bowing in August, is inspired by groupies and named after the legendary London punk shop she opened in 1971… You know how Paul Smith is a total bookworm, even filling his stores with hundreds of rare volumes? Imagine the same kind of scholarly yet unstuffy intensity in a (book-shaped) bottle with English-y notes (ivy, green rose, cedar wood) and a label produced by an antique Olivetti typewriter and you have his recently launched men's scent, Story. $70 for 100 ml at Paul Smith stores worldwide... French starlet and Bond girl Eva Green will be the face of the fifth in John Galliano's Midnight Poison series of perfumes for Christian Dior, due in September.
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Pushing fact over fantasy, the studious types at SkinCeuticals spent no fewer than ten years researching and testing three new topical treatments—C E Ferulic, Serum 15, Serum 20 AOX+—that will help you save face, literally, thanks to a powerful plant antioxidant called ferulic acid. We could bore you with pie charts and stats or just tell you that 4-5 miraculous drops applied daily with your fingertips will do all you desire, nay, demand: reduce the appearance of fine lines, stimulate collagen synthesis and fight photodamage (that's sun damage, silly, not your picture in a tabloid). Your skin type determines which formula is right for you, but any way you massage it in, you can look forward to lying—believably—about your age. $128, $85 and $105 for 30 ml, respectively. Available exclusively through dermatologists, plastic surgeons and medi-spas wordwide. –Robyn Dutra
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Leaning green long before everyone went green, the fabled chemists at Kiehl's have now managed to bottle maté—a nutrient- and antioxidant-packed South American herb used for making tea (natives call it the drink of the gods)—as a face cleanser, toner and oil-free lotion. And let's just say that if the new Yerba Maté line were a superhero, it would be the Incredible Hulk of botanicals, growing arms like tropical roots and busting through the wall between you and rejuvenated skin. Plus, given Kiehl's history of good deeds, you can bet they’re breaking barriers on the fair-trade front, too. $80 for the trio, available on the website. –Courtney Sauve
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01, 22, 16. Nope, it’s not bingo night; it's the numerical filing system at Maison Martin Margiela. Adding to the mathematical fun is a new line of fine jewelry in absurdist proportions and scale. Also this month: Comme de Garçons for H&M, Louis Vuitton and more. By Franklin Melendez Message Boards
"Madonna starves herself on a raw macrobiotic kosher vegan kaballah diet and works out three hours a day to maintain the physique of a 12-year-old gymnast boy, and then has the cheeks of a 300-pound woman implanted into her face. And her forehead is like a plastic baby's bottom. It's like Nicole Kidman's forehead at the height of her botox addiction, and we all remember how unfortunate that era was."  Hint Shop
If Rad Hourani were writing this blurb, it would be over already. That's because, for the soon-to-explode French-Canadian designer, it's all about extreme minimalism. Thus, the concept behind this one-size-fits-all, unisex, sleeveless T-shirt—printed with the dates and times of a calendar—is that it can be worn by anyone, anytime. |
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