Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Skin Care: Best Eye Cream Ingredients
According to Rod Rohrich, MD, the chairman of plastic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, facial fat around the eyes starts falling first (likely due to the area’s thin, delicate skin). Combine the natural aging process with cold, dry weather and chances are your peepers will be winter-weary. That’s where supercharged eye creams come into play. Here, key ingredients to look for in a smoothing serum.
Hyaluronic Acid and Ceramides. For plump skin cells nothing beats hyaluronic acid, which draws moisture from the air and holds up to 1,000 times its weight in water. In addition to hyaluronic acid, Jeannette Graf, MD, author of Stop Aging, Start Living, says that ceramides also help maintain hydration. A powerful new formula that includes both: Estée Lauder Time Zone Anti-Line/Wrinkle Eye Crème.
Retinol. “Anybody who can tolerate retinoic acid should use it,” says dermatologist Doris Day, MD. A vitamin A derivative, retinol stimulates cell turnover and collagen production, helping to strengthen skin and reduce complexion imperfections like sun spots and fine lines. Just remember that a little goes a long way; retinol creams make skin more sun-sensitive and can be overly drying, so apply sparingly before bedtime only. To get your nightly retinol dose, Day suggests Olay Professional Pro-X Eye Restoration Complex.
Neuropeptides. Supersensitive skin types might opt for a peptide-packed eye cream instead of a retinoic acid one. Like retinol, neuropeptides also stimulate collagen and elastin production, but are gentler on the dermis. “In studies applying various neuropeptide preparations directly to the skin, exciting clinical benefits were observed almost immediately upon application,” says Nicholas Perricone, MD. “There was visible improvement of the skin’s resilience, tone, and texture.” Try Perricone MD Neuropeptide Eye Contour to brighten your baby blues and for a double dose of peptides, look for Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Eye Shadow (available next month).
Monday, January 10, 2011
MADELEINE VIONNET
DALLAS, Feb 18, 1998 (Updated Sep 3, 2009)/ FW/ — Madeleine Vionnet was born in 1877 and founder her fashion house in 1912. Her greatest contribution to design is her invention of the bias cut in 1922 that made her famous.
Cutting patterns along the bias forces the fabric to cling to the body and move with it, which created her trademark look of draped, form-conscious clothing.
Regarded by many as the greatest dressmaker of the 20th century, Vionnet was always conscious of women’s bodies. She dispensed with corsets and other constricting garments and used barefoot models to present her first solo collection.
Though simple, her dresses were never plain; the use of a Cartier necklace as a halter strap is a classic Vionnet innovation. This inimitable combination of comfort and glamour made Vionnet’s clothes a favorite among European nobility, Hollywood royalty–notably Marlene Dietrich, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Katharine Hepburn–as well as socialites and other trendsetters.
Opening her first boutique in Paris at 50 Ave Montaigne in 1923, she followed it by opening a store in New York in 1925. Her house grew to employ 1,200 seamstresses, and was the first to create prêt-a-porter designs from haute couture for the US market.
Vionnet closed down her house as World War II broke out in 1939, dying in 1975 at the venerable age of 99.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Linda Evanghelista
COUNTRY: Canadian model
DATE OF BIRTH: May 10, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
EYES: Blue-green
HAIR: Dark brown
Linda Evangelista measurements
CHEST: 86 cm
WAIST: 61 cm
HIPS: 89 cm
HEIGHT: 177 cm
WEIGHT: 55 kg
Evangelista was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest.
Evangelista later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael.
Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The triumvirate of model friends that comprises Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington was affectionately dubbed "The Trinity" and is commonly credited as responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel "union".
Evangelista uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day" (often misquoted as: "We don't get out of bed for less than..." or "I don't get out of bed for less than...") Spoken in Vogue (1990) to Jonathan Van Meyer, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.
In the late 1980s, she cut all her hair off to brandish a little-boy style haircut and was promptly cancelled from all the important runway shows that season. This was the first of her many, many dramatic hairstyle changes. Within months, she appeared on magazine covers everywhere and many women emulated the hairstyle.
Campaigns:
Alberta Ferretti, Alma, American Express, Ann Taylor, Anne Klein, Bally, Barneys, Bloomingdale's, Calvin Klein, Capezio Bags, Chanel, Chloe, Christian Dior make-up, Clairol, De Beers, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, El Corte Ingles, Elizabeth Arden 'Red Door' fragrance, Episode, Escada, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferre, Gianna Cassoli, Gianni Versace, Guy Laroche Fidji perfume, Hardob, Hermes, Izaac Mizrahi, Jil Sander, Jones New York, Kathleen Madden, Kenar, Lanvin, Loewe, Lux, MAC, Marc Cain, Marella, Marks & Spencer, MaxMara, Nars, Nicoletta Ruggiero, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis, Phas, Pizza Hut, Ralph Lauren, Randy Kemper, Revlon 'Charlie' perfume, Rodier, Strenesse, Strenesse Blue, Trussardi, TSE Cashmere, Valentino, Versace, Wallis, Yardley, Yardley 'Baroque' & 'Panache' perfumes, Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent 'Opium' perfume.
Covers:
Vogue, Flare, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Numero, Photo, Marie Claire, XL Semanal, You, W, Mademoiselle, Elle Topmodel, Allure
Shows:
Valentino, Anna Sui, Chanel, Chloe, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Todd Oldham, Christian Dior, Gianni Versace, John Galliano, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Jean Paul Gailtier, Lanvin, Versace, Hermes, David Jones, DSquared2, Giles Deacon
