Archive for December, 2007
Who knew NARS was so gutsy?
The beauty industry likes to employ shock and awe names (hello, Drunk Dial & Quickie) to make even a concealer sound exciting. It’s a great marketing tactic. I could see how you might buy a MAC product based on how interesting the name was, instead of how great the color looked on you. [...]
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C’est la vie, Blueprint
I am sad to report that another favorite magazine of mine, Blueprint, will no longer be in, well, print. I received the sad news via IM this morning and a sad cloud was cast over my day. Okay, not really that dramatic, but it is disappointing.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia said they “misjudged the market.” [...]
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Okay, it’s way too late and I should have gone to bed by now, but I had to share the news. The Sex and the City: The Movie trailer has been released!
Check it out here for your viewing pleasure. And thanks to Jezebel, you have a full analysis of the :39 second clip that leads [...]
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Lampshades Not Included
I love that Fashion Week Daily interviewed reps at all the magazines to find out where their holiday parties are, including juicy tidbits of insider information on the revelries. Seems a bit to me like asking the popular crowd where their after-prom parties are, but I love it just the same!
And now for the superlatives [...]
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Foodies take note – there is a new site called Foodpairing that allows you to explore food flavor networks and in turn, discover new recipe combos that might be the next big thing.
The site features 250 food products and their pairs via a visual map of branches that sort out flavors that share the same [...]
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