Oh look! It’s Daphne Groeneveld. You know, the model with the LIPS. This pic is from Chanel’s pre-fall show the other day, which had a Bombay-meets-Paris theme. I don’t need to be the one to tell you that as per usual everything was utterly gorgeous in that special Chanel way. They even have a new nail shade! (Hint: metallics are still going strong.)
More on that in a sec, as well as a bunch of other beauty news from this week. The great Pat McGrath was in town, I got a bunch of beauty services (including one that was a tad… shall we say… “unusual”) and the blogosphere was a-buzz about a brave vlogger with acne and a guy who reads messages into hair-twirling. Oh yes, it’s been an interesting week…. Keep reading »
September 14th, 2011, 5:31 pm |
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by Michelle
Oh, models. As if I wasn’t already jealous of their genetic freakiness in height and facial features, now I’m coveting their hair. Specifically from two shows, DKNY and Oscar de la Renta, where I basically want to BE these girls. Probably it’s a side effect of living with limp, fine, flat hair all my life—show me thickness and volume and waves, and I drool. And also, maybe I’m being hypocritical after suggesting you all get a lob or a bob, but this summer I was suddenly struck with the desire to grow my hair long. I mean, it’s already long, but now I want it longER—like, model long.
The ladies at DKNY are my new inspiration. Sure, they got a little help from extensions (which I have no plans to adopt personally), but I’m crossing my fingers that some day in the near future I will be able to approximate this look with the liberal use of texturizing and thickening products. Over at Oscar, it’s more a case of wanting what I don’t have; specifically, a wild mass of pre-Raphaelite curls. Come see! Keep reading »
