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Makeup artist Irina Losilevich patented an instant-beauty technology with her press-on eye-shadows 16 years ago, yet it is only last year that her Color On Professional ™ eye-shadow kits, dubbed Eye Envy, started garnering national attention. These mineral eye-shadows are...

Aaron de Mey is the new makeup artistic director at Lancôme and while his first full color collection will have to await 2009 to see the light of day, makeup aficionados will be able to procure a very interesting set...

Fashionmag.fr briefly reports that the world leader of luxury LVMH has become the target of a class action lawsuit from people accusing one of its brands, the Dior label, of using lead in its lipsticks......

If only visually, as found in their packages, the saturated-color trend this summer is drool-worthy and Nars is now offering fiery colors to match the sun this month of July with its new limited-edition set called Miami Sun Set. It...

Africa is hot this summer as Yves Saint Laurent launches a new limited-edition collection of makeup colors inspired by the dark and colorful continent. Here are our picks for noteworthy products from the 2008 YSL Summer Look: Soleil d'Afrique, Palette...

Soleil d'Afrique Bronzer © Yves Saint LaurentYves Saint Laurent, in keeping with their tradition of exoticism, is introducing a new collection of makeup for the summer this time inspired by Africa. YSL, the former great couturier (see also images of...

Just posted on Beauty And The Salamander: Chi Tea Organic Green Tea Liquid Extract: Antioxidants Boost & Cooling Help (We will soon add widgets on TSS to keep track of the latest post on BATS and vice versa)...

 Dear Readers,We are pleased to announce that we have opened a new section on mimifroufrou.com dedicated to beauty stories and more oriented towards the visual arts. The new beauty blog is called Beauty And The Salamander. The Scented Salamander...

  Mustela, a great beauty brand for those who seek out gentle products for both mom and kids, is launching a new dermo-pedriatic line for mom-to-bes and toddlers called StellaProtect.  It was especially formulated to help relieve complaints about uncomfortable...

 Nagi Noda's very peculiar outlook on hats and hair and the possibility to conflate them makes you think of a surrealist's tea cup seemingly made out of fur. The artist also parades a whole series of animal shapes on top...

 Pop Beauty is a London-based brand founded by musician Sara Strand. They love color so much that they have named themselves after a key makeup concept, "pop". Says Strand,"The Pop girl is anyone, and according to Strand, age makes...

Fashion designers Viktor & Rolf have partnered with master of dramatic statement-lashes Shu Uemura to design a collection of sweeping eye brooms inspired by the character of the sad clown Pierrot from Italian Commedia dell' Arte.The collection comprises three...

Naomi Campbell at the Dolce & Gabbana show, Milan Fashion Week Spring, June 21, 2008. Photo © Wireimage   Vogue Italy has announced that in order to protest against the racial discrimination existing in the world of fashion today, they will...

 Yesterday saw the unveiling of the new Emporio Armani underwear campaign fronted by soccer player David Beckham at Union Square Park in San Francisco, California.Ads used to be called sexist when women were undressed on them; we don't know what...