Can Human Hair Ever Make Pretty Jewelry?


Updated 07/14/11 6:55 AM · Posted by · 8 comments

Necklaces Made of Human Hair by Artist Kerry Howley

If you want to be avant-garde these days, weave a necklace out of someone's hair. Artist Kerry Howley's human hair necklace collection, Attraction/Aversion, is generating a lot of buzz both for its Baroque beauty and its intense creepiness. "The necklaces are made of human hair, a familiar material that we take pride in," Howley says. "However, once off of the body hair becomes an innate source Read more

Treat Yourself For Valentine's Day


Updated 02/13/12 10:55 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For February 13, 2012

Nine Valentine's Day gifts for yourself — Stylelist Is this the best Taylor Swift has ever looked? — Styleite Get your legs super smooth for V-Day — The Frisky Gorgeous hair at any age — Real Simple Olivia Palermo gets a fragrance endorsement deal — Refinery 29 Eep! True beauty horror stories — Beautylish See the perfect smoky eye at Derek Lam — The Cut Is nail art passe? — Glo Read more

Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue Makes Waves


Updated 02/01/12 10:45 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For February 1, 2012

See who made the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue — Styleite The coolest nail art of the week — Stylelist Seven products that will make your eyes pop — Real Simple The next big hair accessory? Cat ears made of flowers — The Cut The latest and greatest in antiaging technology — Glo What it's like to get an eyelash perm — Beauty High Gwyneth Paltrow covers Harper's Bazaar — Huffington Read more

Beauty Must Reads From the BellaSugar Community


Updated 01/28/12 3:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

BellaSugar Community's Latest Must Reads Jan. 28, 2012

Would you battle baldness with hair cloning treatments? — Blaq Vixen Beauty Pansy nail art to get you in the mood for Spring — Beautopia Gorgeous lip stains worth giving a try — Style Apothecary Nails for the Year of the Dragon — Uncolour My World Make your own cranberry body scrub — Beautiful Basics Read more

Make Your Beauty Routine Faster (and More Pleasant, Too)


Updated 01/24/12 10:30 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For January 24, 2012

Easy ways to make your morning routine better — Real Simple How celebrities fake perfect skin — Glo Will androgynous male model Andrej Pejic be fronting a women's fragrance? — Styleite Five body washes that keep dry skin at bay — Stylelist Bridal makeup you'll want to wear all the time — Refinery 29 Get your beauty inspiration from the animal kingdom — Beautylish Five unconscionably Read more

Angelina Hits the Farmers Market With Short-Haired Shiloh, Pax, and Knox!


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Angelina Jolie With Short-Haired Shiloh Pictures

Angelina Jolie brought her children Shiloh, Pax, and Knox to a farmers market in LA Sunday. There was more fun in store for the little ones besides sampling the produce and chocolate-covered strawberries, though. Knox was able to take a ride on a pony and swings, then inspect a bouncy castle. The gang was also treated to some Italian ices. Shiloh debuted a new short hair cut! Pax, meanwhile, kept Read more

This Pretty Braid Has Serious Curves


Updated 01/24/12 6:39 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

The Gorgeous Braid From Christophe Josse Paris Couture

Leave it to Parisian haute couturiers to take something as timeless as the French braid and turn it into a piece of avant-garde hair art. Couture Week just kicked off, but already the Christophe Josse show debuted this amazing conch shell braid, which winds around itself and incorporates various plaiting techniques. If precedent is any indication, we can expect more hair-raising coiffures to Read more

Avril Lavigne Designs a Nail Strips Collection For Sally Hansen


Updated 01/20/12 10:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Avril Lavigne Designs Nail Strips For Sally Hansen

She's known for her pop-punk hits and even as a clothing designer, and now Avril Lavigne has channeled her creative spirit into nail art. Starting this April, the singer will launch a limited-edition collection with the Sally Hansen Salon Effects brand. And in true Avril fashion, the polish strips ($10 each), which will feature 12 different designs, will include rocker-chic patterns like tiny Read more

Why PETA Is Upset About a Bikini Wax


Updated 01/19/12 1:15 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For January 19, 2012

PETA doesn't like Completely Bare's fox fur bikini line trimmings — Styleite Four words: Lisa Frank nail art — Refinery 29 The right way to use hair spray — Beautylish How to find the perfect color to set off your skin and hair — Glo Tyra Banks has a new beau, and no, it's not André Leon Talley — The Cut Snooki tried going without makeup for a day and looked really cute — Read more

Michelle Obama Turns 48


Updated 01/17/12 11:20 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For January 17, 2012

See the first lady's style transformation — InStyle What Angelina Jolie said about Brad's looks — The Cut Create a spa in the comfort of your home — Beautylish Has Beyoncé's skin been lightened here? — Huffington Post Try cool splatter-paint nail art — Stylelist Make the torture of growing out your hair a little easier — Refinery 29 Let celebrities be your hair color guides — Read more