Jezebel: Shiseido

Carine Roitfeld Announces Shock Resignation

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:52:00 EST

Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld, who has helmed the magazine for a decade, just announced she's stepping down from her position to attend to "personal projects." This is major! The entire fashion world wants mommy! *whimper* [WWD]

Teens Protest Abercrombie & Fitch's Cologne-Filled Stores

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:34:00 EDT

Today, brave teenagers and students will protest Abercrombie & Fitch's Fifth Avenue flagship for pumping that hideous stench into all of its stores, and transforming them into retail hellscapes. They contend that the disgusting cologne is an environmental hazard. [StyleList]

Shiseido Ad Is A Bit Of A Photoshop Stretch

Hortense Smith — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:10:00 EDT

I'm hoping this Shiseido ad is fake, or that it at least has some sort of explanation, because otherwise, this just might be the gold medal winner in the Photoshop of Horrors Olympics. [Photoshop Disasters] More »

McQueen's Psychiatrist Testifies At Inquest; Pat Field Claims Credit For Leggings

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:20:00 EDT

The inquest into Alexander McQueen's death has revealed that before he hanged himself, the designer took a lethal quantity of cocaine, as well as tranquilizers and sleeping pills. He also slit his wrists. He left a note, which read:

Drew Atones For Past Fashion Sins; Vogue Says It's Been Printing Pictures Of Plus-Size Models Since Forever

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:30:00 EDT

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Drew Barrymore would like to apologize to Gucci for wearing that dress to the 2006 Golden Globes. "I felt so bad. I was like, 'I'm so sorry, Gucci. I have tarnished your name.'" [ContactMusic]

H&M Sold Lead-Laden Bags; ANTM Winner Books McQueen Campaign

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST

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As if trashgate and the news that it knowingly sold genetically-engineered cotton as "organic" weren't bad enough, now H&M is in trouble for the unsafe levels of lead in its handbags. The revelation comes courtesy of California's strict environmental laws:

Halle Berry Back For Another Whiff; Supermodel Donates $1.5 Million To Haiti

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST

Halle Berry bathes in celestial light to advertise her new scent, Pure Orchid. The actress's first perfume sold $40 million last year. This one, says Berry, is "something different." "Celebrity fragrances," says a perfume company executive, "are not dead." [WWD]

False Advertising

Sadie Stein — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST

Warning: Shiseido's Chikara shampoo and conditioner only contains the "concept of Mother's Milk" - allegedly, good for hair. But drop the breast-pump: the same nutrients can be found in plenty of other substances, minus the Oedipus. [InventorSpot, Image via Shiseido] More »

Fran Does Skin Care; Unretouched Shots Of Gisele Emerge

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Fran Drescher is launching a skincare line — called FranBrand — this fall on HSN. The products are organic and paraben-free, because, as Drescher puts it, "Women are schmearing stuff on their décolleté, wondering why we're all getting breast cancer..."

Sick & Twisted: "Anti-Aging" & "Cosmeceutical" Ads

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Not only is the completely false and made-up term "anti-aging" loathsome, the ads associated with "anti-aging" products are, without fail, offensive, cruel and chock-full of misleading language. Let's take a look, shall we? More »

The Dumbest, Most Pore-Cloggingly Ineffective Ways To Waste Your Money At Sephora

Moe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:40:00 EDT

You know the old maxim, "To shop at Sephora is to waste hard-earned money on something at Sephora"? Well, no one wastes money at Sephora like a Sephora cast member wastes money at Sephora, and today, our undercover operative Jasmine is going to share with you some of the dumbest ways you can line the pockets of LVMH shareholders. It's a particularly thrilling time in the life of our spy, who was finally accepted into the elite "Science Of Sephora" training program and is sucking up more juicy counterintelligence to Alger Hiss with us buying public as we speak. In the meantime, she tackles exotic new hair removal tools, crap that claims to cure under-eye circles but really doesn't, skin bleaching, and those "inspiring" messages on all Philosophy products. (Who gets paid to write those goddamn things anyway?) All this and more after the jump. Questions? Comments? Email SephoraSpy@gmail.com. More »

Suri Cruise Is Going To Grow Up So Grounded

Jennifer — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:30:00 EST

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2-year old Suri Cruise has custom-made Christian Louboutins, making her the red-soled footwear company's youngest client ever. [NY Post]