11 People Who Changed the Cosmetics Industry


Updated 03/24/11 6:58 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

11 People Who Changed the Cosmetics Industry

Today's beauty landscape is dominated by big names: L'Oréal, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Clairol, et al. But for every one of these brands, there are discoveries, innovations, and business savvy that have brought them into the modern era. And the history of the cosmetics biz is a fascinating and cutthroat one. Curious about who's responsible for the beauty world we have now? See 11 names every beauty Read more

Colorist Marie Robinson Talks Fall's Hottest Trends and More


Updated 10/12/10 7:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fall 2010 Hair Trends

Not only is Marie Robinson the color director for Clairol and colorist to stars like Anne Hathaway and Rachel McAdams, but she's also owner of the posh Marie Robinson Salon in NYC. Since last week, Marie's been sharing her advice with us on doing color right, from her at-home coloring essentials to selecting box color, but for the final installment of this series, Marie's talking Fall trends. To Read more

Colorist Marie Robinson on Getting the Best DIY Hair Color Results


Updated 10/13/10 5:08 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Tips For Coloring Your Hair at Home

What's so cool about celebrity colorist Marie Robinson is the fact that even though she runs an upscale establishment, Marie Robinson Salon in New York, and works with clients like Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel McAdams, she's still down with talking about DIY box color. I call that instant cred. I recently chatted with Marie, Clairol's color director, about how we can get the best results while Read more

Great Drugstore Hair Color: Tried, Tested, and Loved


Updated 09/08/10 8:19 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 6 comments

Best Drugstore Hair Color: Five That We Love

When you want to save money on hair color, there are plenty of good, easy drugstore options. But the hair color aisle can be confusing, and not all box dye is created equal. I've been coloring my own hair since I was in seventh grade, and in that time I've learned a little bit about which products really do what they say. So to see my favorites for changing your hue at home, just keep reading. Read more

Clairol Uses a Talking Mirror to Surprise Women


Updated 07/02/10 11:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Clairol Surprise Mirror Prank

Imagine hurrying through the subway when, suddenly, a disembodied voice comes out of a huge mirror in the middle of the concourse and starts asking you whether you need to touch up your roots. In New York's Grand Central Station this week, some women actually had this experience when Clairol set up a giant talking mirror to promote its Root Touch Up product. The installation used actress Angela Read more

Get Kristen's New Red Hair — For $30!


Updated 10/19/10 8:17 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 7 comments

How to Get Kristen Stewart's Red Hair

The Internet was in a tizzy yesterday after Kristen Stewart debuted a new hair color, a gorgeous coppery shade that the majority of you were loving. Want to get the look? Stewart's main stylist, Adir Abergel, worked with Clairol Celebrity Stylist Marie Robinson to create the new color. To recreate the '50s-inspired hue at home, they recommend Fekkai Salon Color in 6R Copper-Lucy ($30). If you Read more

Now You Can Touch Up Your Roots Online


Updated 06/15/10 1:00 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Clairol Root Touch-Up Tool

Visible roots have been trendy on and off for a few years now, but if you're not a fan, Clairol just introduced a digital touch-up tool that lets you "fix" pics of yourself with the offending exposed hairs. The tool, which basically overlays your roots with a color more similar to the rest of your hair, was released to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the brand's popular Root Touch Up hair Read more

Get Michelle Williams's New Light Blond Hair Color


Updated 05/19/10 4:30 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 4 comments

Michelle Williams New Hair Color

Yesterday, the majority of you voted that you love Michelle Williams's new haircut and color that she debuted at Cannes. And we have the scoop straight from her colorist, Marie Robinson, on the how and why behind Michelle's pretty almost-platinum look. So why the new color? Marie says that shorter hair, especially a pixie, looks great in a lighter hue, so she took Michelle's color up a couple of Read more

Do You Think There's an Ideal Age For Happiness?


Updated 07/08/09 10:05 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 11 comments

Do You Think There's an Ideal Age For Happiness?

I found the results of this study dubious, and then I read that Clairol Perfect 10 sponsored the research, asking 4,000 women between ages 25 and 65 at what age they were happiest. The answer? 28, before visible aging occurs (wrinkles, gray hair — you know, the things Clairol has products for) and when sex is supposed to be best. (Wait, I thought sex was best for women in their 30s and 40s?) In Read more