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A few reasons we get twitterpated over spring: less fabric bulk, prepubescent flowers and, ah, sunshine! But spring is also the season of shamed skin, after winter has had its way with our now cadaverous faces. We want to be flush with the dew of spring again, and for those of us who can't muster it alone, Jemma Kidd's Lip and Eye Gloss ($25, at Bergdorf Goodman) and, pictured here, BeautyADDICTS' GlimmerSheer ($30) ameliorate the issue—and without greasiness. (Bonus: the compact of the former also contains the sparkliest contender in the fight for grown-up shimmer.)
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New York City's Union Square conjures images of discounts stores, rallies, inappropriate face-sucking and bad sidewalk art. What would that smell like? Or actually, what would Andy Warhol, who moved his Factory here in the '80s (and who loved perfume because it was another way to take up space), think it smells like? That's the premise behind Bond No. 9's latest juice, Andy Warhol Union Square, a coquettish swirl of delicate violets, candied jumpiness and warm plastic. This isn't a bad thing—we all know how much Warhol loved plastic. $195 for 100 ml at Bond No. 9 boutiques and Saks Fifth Avenue.
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The notion of butterflies and dreamsicles seems better suited for Mariah Carey or Jessica Simpson, but it's heavenly in Kevin Murphy's Angel Wash ($30) and Angel Rinse ($33). The Australian hair master (who once worked as a butcher—go ahead and raise an eyebrow, we did too) is known for his breezy tarnished glamour; and his products, finally available at select stores in the U.S., beget the same sexily disheveled look. A national roll-out will be complete by July.
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Our lipgloss menagerie is a mess of pots, sticks and tubes filled with solids, liquids and everything in between. Behold a genius hybrid of the aforementioned: T. LeClerc's Lipgloss Pencil ($18.50). A gently hued, golden-glittered balm that won't melt unless blowtorched, the luscious invention is a minimalist cure for the bloated makeup bag... Unlike other super-shiny glosses that just sit there like they're hot and they know it, Hourglass's Extreme Sheen ($28) relaxes into lips like a balm, then spends the rest of the day dazzling, even strutting a little. Hours go by and nary a feathered lip line appears—it's neither a magnetic trap for your hair nor a sticky speech inhibitor. Nectar, a new color for spring, is that perfect bratty electric orange-pink that satisfies the need to be bold, but on, it folds its hands and quiets itself for story time. Both at Barneys New York.
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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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