Update to Beauty pages

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I’ve recently completed an update of the Beauty pages on The Style Page website. I’ve added links for 30 cosmetics brands, including prestige brands such as Giorgio Armani Beauty and Chantecaille and various niche brands, to our already exhaustive list on the Cosmetics page.

Here’s a nice letter I received via Email concerning the web site:

thanks to your website I was finally able to find a website for rumiko the makeup artist and RMK the company

I totally appreciate your online resources on ‘the style page’
I look forward to checking out the rest of your website and links.

Here’s a quote from “Candeecake”, in response to the question “any fashion/beauty magazines you read online regularly? do share!” posed on CozyCot, a beauty discussion forum based in Asia (scroll down to Candeecake, 07/07/2005)

I’ve this bookmark but haven’t browse all the sites listed inside yet. http://www.thestylepage.com/

I’ve added brands including Roger&Gallet and Claus Porto (both famous for their soaps), cult fragrance brand IUNX, Barcelona Bath and Body, and Skin Milk to the Fragrance page.

I’ve extended the use of linkrolls to the Beauty pages, and already the linkrolls are driving traffic to this blog. Remember, you can use tags to create your own RSS feeds for blog articles relevant to your particular interests, for example Beauty Cosmetics.

Please support our website by shopping Amazon.com, Bag Borrow or Steal, Beauty.com, drugstore.com, and Sephora.com.

Ethnic rugs from Hazaad.com

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The Style Page is about more than fashion and beauty – we also have a major portion of our web site devoted to the home and design. Hazaad.com is a recent addition to our page on carpets and floor coverings.

Hazaad.com and Hazaad West on eBay are online shops run by John Geer. John grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and one might assume that his interest would be in Native American rugs – Navajo rugs and Zapotec rugs, which are emerging as a more affordable alternative to Navajo rugs. John decided however to focus on other forms of weaving that are constantly reforming and reinventing themselves.

Hazaad focuses on Kazakh, Dhurrie, and Gebbeh rugs.

Kazakhs are pile rugs that have their origins in the nomadic people of the southern Caucasus, between the Black and the Caspian Sea. These rugs are characterized by their intricate geometric patterns and bold colors.


Detail of Kazakh rug

Dhurries are flat weave rugs that have their origins in India, and are completely reversible.


3’x5’ Refreshing Dhurrie with Southwestern Influences from Hazaad.com West on eBay

Gebbehs are the least known of the three types of rugs sold by Hazaad.com. These were originally intended for the personal use of the weavers. These long pile rugs are characterized by their spare geometric patterns.


5′ x 7′ Gabbeh from Hazaad.com

Ethnic rugs help unify furniture pieces in a space. They particularly look great on hardwood floors and under glass-topped dining tables and coffee tables. One thing that I’ve learned is that rugs that look garish on the racks can look surprisingly subtle on a hardwood floor. Make sure that the store has a good return policy so that you can see how a rug looks in your home – Hazaad.com offers a 6-week return policy.

Luv and Soul – Only 3 days left on special offer

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Santa Barbara, CA is blessed geographically with both the ocean and mountains and climatically with temperate conditions year round. This setting is an inspiration for the fragrances of Sharon Bolton Scents.

Luv is a delicate blend of florals and vanilla, while Soul is a tropical blend of coconut and fruits. Both Luv and Soul are available as a roll-on perfume oil, body lotion, and body wash.

The Style Page is pleased to announce that Sharon is offering our readers an exclusive 10% discount off all her products. To take advantage of this offer, shop Sharon Bolton Scents and enter “style” in the promo code. You will be charged the regular amount, but Sharon will refund you the 10% savings. This offer is good through February 28, 2006.

You may also find Sharon Bolton Scents on The Style Page website.

To see our current and past promotions, visit del.icio.us/thestylepage/Promotion

Melanin discovery might lead to better skin whitening formulas

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Melanin, as noted previously, is a major determinant of skin color. Eumelanin imparts brownish shades to skin and hair, while Pheomelanin imparts a yellow to reddish shade to skin and hair.

Scientists in Japan claim that they have clarified the structure of tyrosinase, an enzyme that mediates the chemical creation of both eumelanin and pheomelanin.

This development could lead to the development of more effective skin whitening products. Skin whitening products are particularly popular among Asian cosmetics brands such as Shiseido and the troubled Kanebo, whose cosmetics line was purchased by KAO.

Bond No. 9 and Laurice Rahmé

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The New York Times profiles Laurice Rahmé (left), the driver (after reading this article, that seems like a mild term for her) behind the cult fragrances of Bond No. 9, as she debuts Scent of Peace at the UN.

Ms. Rahmé has served as a distributor for such prized fragrance brands as Annick Goutal (Annick Goutal Heure Exquise Eau de Toilette is a favorite of The Style Page) and Creed. The article outlines her falling out with Oliver Creed of Creed, in which she turned her Creed boutiques into Bond No. 9 boutiques. Her tactics have antagonized retail executives at NYC stores such as Barneys and Bergdorf Goodman, which don’t carry Bond No. 9. You can, however, purchase Bond No. 9 online and at select stores, including its boutiques.

Vital Radiance UPDATED 2006-02-22

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Recent history of cosmetics lines for “older” women is strange, to say the least. Maybelline had its Revitalizing line of cosmetics in the 1990s, represented first by Rosie Vela, then by 30-something Paulina Porizkova (after her contract with Estee Lauder ended in 1993), before it discontinued the line. That was a shame, as the Maybelline Revitalizing line had some silky-smooth matte eyeshadows and subtle blushes.

Revlon has enjoyed more continuity with its Age-Defying line, represented first by Melanie Griffith, and now by 45-year-old Julianne Moore and 59-year-old Susan Sarandon.

Today, the market is brimming over with skin care for women over 50 – witness Olay’s Regenerist and L’Oreal’s RevitaLift lines. Cover Girl has recalled its long-time model Christie Brinkley to promote its Advanced Radiance Age-Defying Makeup (note, however, Christie’s hand is always covering her neck – if you’ve seen the Total Gym ads she does with Chuck Norris, you know why).

Revlon has launched a complete cosmetics line called Vital Radiance, targeted at women 50 and over. It’s too tempting to call this makeup for the AARP set (although I’m only a few years shy of that time when I’ll get my invitation to join AARP). Also, brand names that include “vital” and “radiance” for older women are beginning to sound hackneyed.

The foundation is more highly pigmented than others to compensate for loss of color in the complexion. I’ll leave it to a real makeup expert, but I question the wisdom of this approach. It seems to me that color should come from a judicious application of blush in a flattering shade.

Eye shadow trios come into soft colors. Mousse shadow contain shimmer, and I questions why Revlon put shimmer into eye shadow intended for women over 50. Consumers will find the price of Vital Radiance rather high, especially for a mass market brand: one small pot of Vital Radiance EasyBlending Mousse Eye Shadowicon costs $14.50, while Maybelline’s new Dream Mousse Eye Shadow (an extension of its Dream Mousseicon line, costs less than half that price.

 

The Style Page especially liked Vital Radiance Smoothing Eye Primericon. This product does indeed smooth the eye area and provide coverage as a base for eyeshadow and contains no shimmer. Some consumers might object to the peachy shade.

Libraries and linkrolls

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a small sample from the The Penguin Classics Library

The Style Page has completed an update of our Bookstand pages.

On our Books page, we’ve added links for information about several important collections of literature: Penguin Classics (see above), Library of America, the Loeb Classical Library, and the Portable Harvard Classics, which is one person’s labor of love to put every book into plain text for loading onto PDAs. Plenty of books for a lifetime of reading!

I’ve also added a link to the Poetry Archive, which features online recordings of poets reading their own poetry. The Poetry Archive was featured in the New York Times article The Poet’s Voice Online.

Lastly, I’ve added linkrolls to the Books, Media, and Stationery web pages using the utility in del.icio.us. That means that each web page will direct you to topically relevant articles on this blog.

Three can’t-miss looks for spring

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Every spring and fall, the fashion magazines try to sell us on new fashion trends. Over the past few years, there have been several “trends” that re-emerge each year which you can take to the bank:

Nautical – think stripes and white and navy as your core colors, with red and rain slicker yellow as accent colors.

Graphic black and white – Match prints to solid black or white.

Safari – think khaki or tan or other shades of brown as your core color, with safari pockets, self-belts, epaulets, etc. Accent with bold jewelry using elements like wood or (naturally shed) horn. Be careful about animal prints – they can scream “Palm Beach!” Turquoise or aqua work well as accent colors.

The safari jacket (La Saharienne) was introduced by Yves St. Laurent in his 1968 spring/summer collection. Photo from Objets Mythiques (Iconic Objects) from Le Figaro