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ORLANE, NARS, FABFITFUN, LE TOTE, LAQA+Co., Q&A Nails, KISS Nail Art, PERFECT FORMULA, ESSIE  Festive packaging and limited editions-companies who plan this stuff in a year in advance…(at least)---have easy stocking stuffer options for those glam gals on any one's list. And that includes oneself… We go to enough biz trade shows ---and read enough science press to know that there is some serious 'chemistry' behind those often costly ingredients --- Whether formulated with other ingredients- to deliver results as billed-is the BIG question. A newly launched present to oneself-to keep one's looks present, so-to-speak is the latest anti-ager by a cult-fav skincare line,  Orlane ,  B21 Extraordinaire. -made with an ingredient derived from organic irises. Previewed to media last week, the presentation showed off several rather impressive before/after pics of product testers--- that are not on the company website (but should be). Timing is every...

La Vie Zen/Madison Ave. NYC Nail polish is an accessory that no matter what 'beauty" experts proclain-is "in" or "out" …women are going to rock their talons the way they see fit…long, short, shaped, real, artful or plain, dark, light, bedazzled. LVX   long lasting lacquer nail polish is the newest brand we test drove at an oasis of a spa smack dab in midtown Manhattan, La Vie Zen.  Branka Tomic Five free, vegan polish-in truly saturated terrific colors inspired by luxury fashion runway collections-and a 3-1 base, strengthener topcoat-are the brainchild of former fashion world worker, Branka Tomic and her bro' Rade. And since most nail purchases are motivated by color…it does not surprise us how popular this fairly new collection is... BONUS POINTS: The holiday packaged 2014 HOLIDAY TRIO  by LVX in glittery shades Sanguine, Luxe and Alchemy- donates 20% of sales go to PETA. When we were at a big fashion ...

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West 37th Street, NYC words/backstage images Judith Ecochard For Douglas Hannant 's Fall 2013 RTW Collection...Ed Tricomi (of the now seven salon-ed- Warren Tricomi ) created a stylish pageboy for the gals---by first teasing the model's hair, section by section with a brush ---"not a comb- so it's not packed".... love-this leather jacket Then ---most of the hair except crown part---(as clipped---pictured below)...was gathered in a 'fake' low ponytail in order to pin underneath -in two sections ---with the resultant pouf shape---equal to the big rollers not needed pageboy from the Eisenhower era. There was height at the top---but the hair there-as was the whole look- silky sleek smooth-including the tiny ponytail tied in the back with an elastic rubber band. pinned underneath -in two sections hairspray filled the air-L'Oreal Professionnel Infinium  perfect shape ...