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What Women Are Buying at Sephora France
How do you make a beauty product seem fancier than it is? Put a little French on its packaging — an elle suffix, a superfluous é — and some people automatically think it's a little better. Whether that's true is up for discussion, but the psychology often works.
Paris Match: Ladurée Launches a Beauty Line
If you ever go to Paris, one of the places you must visit is Ladurée. It's a luxurious patisserie that, since 1862, has been creating beautiful pastries and sweets almost too beautiful to eat. (You know the treats in Marie Antoinette?
Beauty Products From Around the World, Part II: France
French women are in a constant search for flawless, perfect skin. Some view aging as a a four-letter word and will do everything in their power to seek out preventative, anti-aging treatments. The French describe American women as “vulgaire” for our heavy makeup and cosmetic surgeries and scoff at young Hollywood celebs that prance around with fake tans and fake hair extensions.
Celebrate Bastille Day With French Beauty Secrets!
Bonjour, mes amies! Since today is Bastille Day—the French national holiday—I thought it would be appropriate to talk about how les femmes françaises look the way they do. Think about some contemporary French beauties—Catherine Deneuve, Audrey Tautou, Juliette Binoche, Noémie Lenoir—and I think you'll agree that they are belle indeed.
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Trend Alert: Hat Hair
Fab told me that hats are big these days, but I thought it would be difficult to work that look outside of a fashion show. But there they were at last night's Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party. Hilary Duff wore a floppy knit beret, Frances Bean Cobain donned a more structured hat, and web celeb Cory Kennedy channeled Isabella Blow with a netted chapeau.
Do You Feel Like You're in a "Beauty Contest" With Other Women?
Carla Bruni is known for her former career as a model and her singing and songwriting abilities, but as the first lady of France, she is obviously in the public eye for politics, too. On her official website, Bruni has talked about being among other first ladies, with her site noting earlier this year in an entry: "As with Michelle Obama, it is a beauty contest between Princess Letizia, a former star journalist, and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, ex-top model." It seems to be a compliment, but it could be interpreted in other ways, too.
Tour of Beauty: Chanel's Jasmine Fields in Grasse, France
Long before a blast of perfume reaches your skin, the fragrance-creation process begins with a flower. For Chanel N°5, those flowers are May rose and jasmine — and twice a year, those flowers are harvested in Grasse, France.
Last month, Chanel invited me to view the jasmine harvest.
Scarlett in Elle France
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YSL Thinks the World Needs More Parisiennes
The Fall fragrance frenzy begins in just about a month, when department stores will be stocked with new scents intended to tempt you. Fragrance makers are hoping you won't be able to resist, particularly because perfume sales were down 7 percent during the first quarter of 2009. It's in this tough market that Yves Saint Laurent.
Haute Hair: Paris Couture Week's Best Looks
This week was Paris Haute Couture Week, where the famed fashion houses of France show their most extravagant creations. I rounded up the most outstanding hairstyles (and some makeup — I couldn't resist) to give you a report on what's coming. There was a lot of texturized volume, and also a lot of sleek styling — I wonder which trends will make it into magazines and onto celebs?
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