BIG BEAUTY TRENDS AT THE 87TH OSCARS TO STEAL

Posted by Charu Suri 03.02.15

The 87th Academy Awards produced a bejeweled lineup of actors and actresses on the crimson carpet. As one of the key catalysts for beauty trends (the other is Fashion Week, which preceded it), the Oscars are notable for their recipe of starlets and risk taking, classic looks and often edgy beauty choices. Careers have been made and broken by one look.

Here are some of the trends we looked at and loved:

Short Hair is the New Black:

BEAUTY SITES WELL WORTH THE CLICKS

Posted by Nancy Weinberg Simon 02.27.15

Feel like shopping in the middle of the night in your PJ’s? Not a problem — shop whenever and wherever the mood strikes! As far as I’m concerned, you can never have enough beauty products, which is what makes online shopping such a treat. You get access to an enormous range of products that your local shops might never carry, and be the first to try them.

Here, 3 new beauty shops that will have you logging on:

HEAT SEEKERS – 5 MUST-HAVE HAIR TOOLS

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Posted by Charu Suri 01.16.15

The mane that has never known a good hair tool is a sad head of hair indeed. With the market continuously upping their game when it comes to hair appliances, there’s a bounty crop of life altering tools designed to do pretty much everything, from drying your hair in minutes to curling it like a stylist, to straightening every kink out of it.

Try these 5 of our fave hair saviors:

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GRAY HAIR SURVIVAL PLAN

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Posted by Wendy Lewis 01.15.15

If you have found a telltale gray hair (or two), it is not necessarily an indicator that lines and wrinkles and sagging are coming soon. Some women get gray early or during perimenopause that can start at age 35.

Why does our hair turn gray? According to Washington DC dermatologist Rebecca Kazin, “Gray hair has lost all of its melanin so the color appears washed out. Genetics and stress can be contributing factors, along with aging. Hydrogen peroxide, which is produced naturally in the body, interferes with melanin. The body also produces catalase, an enzyme which breaks down hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. When c