Estée Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder's claim that lipstick sales rise during a recession has been disproven, but overall there has been a 9% increase in sales of high-end cosmetics since last year despite the economic downturn. While shoppers are cutting back on clothing purchases, they're still willing to splurge on…
Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily…
Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily…
Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily…
Creating kiss-art sounds like a meticulous, highly personal, and semi-romantic process that apparently can have stunning results. Local Houston artist Natalie Irish uses this very process to paint portraits, like the one above of Marilyn Monroe, by placing over a thousand kisses from her lips onto a blank canvas.
Oh, the nauseating sincerity of the celebrity spokesmodel: "It's more than just a purse. It's a quilted case full of lipstick, love letters, and the dreams and possibilities that I have always felt every time I see that beautiful 'CC.'"
So yeah. I watched the Revlon Just Bitten commercial in which Jessica Biel promised me a "light flush of color." And I bought it. That's not what I got.
This weekend, I noticed the following polish on offer, not long after spying Rimmel's "Latino" lipstick. The cosmetics industry has officially run out of ideas, confirmed richly by the Internet.
The other day, a reader posed a query. "I'm trying to find the word that describes what I do right after I apply lipstick. Am I just "rubbing" my lips together? Am I "evening" the lipstick on my lips?"
It sounds like a joke, but the source — trade paper Production Weekly — is legit. A quick paycheck between more artistic projects? Maybe. And maybe this is what will put that "transvestite of directors" nonsense to rest. [Twitter]
This week, our Beauty 101 series is focusing on tips for lips. You had questions, and your fellow commenters have the answers:
While we've spent the past two weekends discussing the hair on one's head and the hair, um, everywhere else, today our Beauty 101 series returns to the world of cosmetics, focusing on the lips:
Cleveland women are investing in weapons disguised as lipstick and combs after a local man "was indicted for luring 14 homeless, drug-addled women into his house of horrors and then allegedly sexually attacking them and strangling 11 of them." [ABC]
A) Drives a pink caddy B) Is a featured player on The L Word C) Any female entrepreneur or D) None of the above:
Uh oh: Stacy Malkan, a founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, says that the redder the lipstick, the higher the lead content! [NYT]
The Washington Post knows that times are tough. To commiserate, Joel Garreau takes a look back at historical "last things."
It's fairly obvious that a man, and not a Peggy-Olson-ish female approved the art and was the creative force behind this vintage advertisement for Tangee lipcolor. Because: WTF? Click to enlarge. [Vintage Ads]
