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Graphic eyes, natural skin and ponytails. When it comes to Milan Fashion Week, these three beauty trends defined the look.

Graphic eyes that matched graphic hair were seen at Giorgio Armani. Individualism was at the core of Marni’s beauty look. Prada and Moschino played on the bold colorblocking effect by creating a boy-or-a-girl kind of game.

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From the horse’s mouth, WWD, we find out the New York beauty store expansion is not slowing down any time soon. There are some interesting additions coming up, stores you don’t want to miss:

Innisfree
When: September 2017
Where: 862 Broadway

Hourglass Cosmetics
When: Winter 2017
Where: 42 Crosby Street

The Abnormal Beauty Company, Deciem
When: Fall 2017
Where: 475 Fifth Avenue

Nontoxic Nail Brand Côte
When: August 2017
Where: 100 East 13th Street

Dyson Demo
When: Fall 2017
Where: 640 Fifth Avenue

For those with a WWD subscription, here is the article.

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According to WWD, the grown up source for fashion and beauty news, Bloomingdale’s has decided to get the Millennials out of their comfort zone (think anything digital) and build them a beauty department loaded with hot niche brands, and some 800 products, all priced under $100. Glowhous will be unveiled on August 30^th in five different locations: SoHo and Roosevelt Field in New York, and San Francisco, South Coast Plaza and Sherman Oaks in California. Brands will include Cover FX, Lash Star, Lime Crime, Winky Lux, Suva Beauty, Nudestix, Kosas, The BrowGal, Context Skin and RMS Beauty, Frank Body, Grown Alchemist, Supergoop and Mario Badescu. 

In a rather moving and long overdue letter, the magazine notes “Whether we know it or not, we’re subtly reinforcing the message that aging is a condition we need to battle — think antianxiety meds, antivirus software, or antifungal spray.”

So, being on the wrong side of 50’s I agree it is hard keeping up with the American obsession of forever young. My question is, how sincere is Allure Magazine, and why did they post that article under “Wellness”?

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