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Cinematic Beauty: Marion Cotillard
An occasional series: Cinematic Beauty I’ll be taking a look at those women whose style, beauty and talent transcend time and place — taking inspiration from both classic and new cinema: their look, their talent, their unique sense of style, and their classic and timeless beauty. This week, in keeping with the recently announced 2015 Oscar nominations, […]
Rocking a red lipstick on the Golden Globes red carpet!
Can you rock a red lipstick? Should you? While watching the 72nd Golden Globes I couldn’t help but notice the quintessential red lipstick making an appearance on a fewer of the older women at the awards. Now, red lipstick is one of those makeup statements that becomes tricky as you get older. Personally, I hate […]
The Beauty Issue’s first birthday!!
The Beauty Issue turns one. I’ve been thinking for the last couple of weeks how I could celebrate the milestone of the first anniversary of THE BEAUTY ISSUE. What could I do to mark the occasion in a memorable way that would mean something? At this time of year, there are many gifts and giveaways […]
Sunscreen, sun beds and the myth of the safe tan.
Sunbeds have been banned!! This week the decision to ban commercial sun-beds was passed in 4 states of Australia and will become effective on December 31st. This seems like a LONG overdue ruling but a very welcome one in my opinion. Why the ban? Or why in a country like Australia with so much sun […]