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Black Market Makeup: How To Spot Fake Cosmetics
You might think that counterfeits exist only in the realm of "Mark Jacobs" and "Guchi" purses, but there are fake and black-market beauty goods, too. I love a bargain, so I wind up buying a lot of housewares and accessories on eBay. But when it comes to shopping for cosmetics, you've got to be careful.
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Black-Market Silicone Injections: As Bad an Idea as They Sound
I always figured that if someone said, "Hey, I'm an unlicensed practitioner who wants to inject silicone into your ass," most people would know to run far away. Sadly, that's not the case. In an alternately depressing and stupefying story, the New York Times reports on a disturbing trend.
Is This "Ho Wig" Offensive?
The long march to Halloween has begun, because dubious costume wigs are popping up on a ton of shopping sites. While looking in Drugstore.com's Halloween section, I was taken aback by this BuySeasons Ho Wig ($20). I don't like the term in general, I had no idea that fluffy black hair and red lipstick were such a crime, and I really never imagined that a marketer could look at a piece of fake hair and think "Hey, that's a wig for somebody who wants to broadcast to everyone that they're a marginalized, dehumanized figure for Halloween.
Black Lips Have Another Moment, Thanks to Twilight
Last year, beauty brands hoped that black lips would be big. Unless I missed out on a convention of Bauhaus fans, the sooty-kiss look wasn't an enormous success — going dark just didn't work for most women. Will this season be different?
Someone's Been Naughty: When Good Fragrances Go Cannabis
Why is it that every time I turn around lately, it seems there's a new perfume with a cannabis note being launched? I realize that to some extent it's just good marketing; people will buy anything that sounds illicit. But on the other hand, how many women sit around wishing they could smell like something typically associated with directionless twentysomethings who look like Seth Rogen?
Bella Quiz: New Fragrance or Soap Opera Character?
Confession. I've been an on-again/off-again fan of Days of our Lives — that's DOOL for all you diehards — since the fourth grade. With somewhat exotic, undeniably dramatic character names such as Belle Black, Celeste Perrault, Chloe Lane, Ava Vitali, and even Stefano DiMera, you might even say that these monikers could double as sexy names on the bottles of upscale perfumes.
Beauty Byte: Beware of Black-Market Products
The demand for beauty products at a discounted price has already led to the dangerous counterfeiting of some of our favorite brands. But according to a report by the National Health Federation, even legitimate products sold through these sites can pose a risk to our health.
USA Today explains that dozens of types of beauty products for sale on discount or auction sites have been stolen straight from drugstore shelves.
Bella Donna: Elizabeth Taylor
Although Liz Taylor first first appeared on screen at the age of nine, she shot to superstar status at the age of 12 in 1944's National Velvet. Since then, this beauty with violet eyes has been in the spotlight — through good times and bad.
A longtime AIDS activist, Taylor filmed the bulk of her most successful movies in the 1950s and 1960s.
Women Are Stabbing and Jabbing For a Tan
You know the saying, "The only safe tan is a fake tan"? Time to add a caveat to the otherwise truthful phrase. Some women have been injecting themselves with Melanotan, an illegal drug that stimulates melanin production, therefore creating a darker skin tone.
Lovely Links
- Is this Chanel moisturizer worth its high price tag? — Beauty Snob
- Seriously bad hair, made over — Stylelist
- Breast implant sales are sagging — Glamour
- Brits are turning to the black market to be tan — Lemondrop
- A look at Lancôme's unexpectedly bold color collection — Makeup and Beauty Blog
- Sarah Chalke wants to drink Elnett hairspray — Jolie Nadine
- Givenchy embraces Eastern tradition — Beauty Counter
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