Ewa Asmar is the founder and director of Bionée organic mother and baby products and a former cosmetics executive for global beauty companies like L'Oreal, The Body Shop and Yves Rocher. She was born in Poland, grew up as a German citizen and graduated from the Sorbonne and...
(0) Comments | Posted January 17, 2012 | 1:56 PM
Everyone seems to have at least one bit of beauty advice, a must-try product recommendation, a homemade recipe or a personal beauty memory to share. During our years in the beauty industry as beauty editor and makeup artist, we've met hundreds of incredible women (and men!) who forever fascinate us...
(42) Comments | Posted October 14, 2011 | 8:50 AM
Sometimes beauty lies in the most unlikely of places: in a bed-head hairdo, a smoky smear of eye makeup or the flush in your cheeks after a hard workout. Beauty isn't perfection; sometimes it's even more compelling when it's unconventional. Along those same lines, I've found that some of the...
(3) Comments | Posted July 16, 2010 | 4:44 PM
My burning question of late: when was the rule made that beauty, youth and radiance can only be achieved with a tube of lipstick, a jar of expensive crème, or a fragrance atomizer? Come to think of it, who made this rule in the first place? Surely it wasn't you...
(1) Comments | Posted May 9, 2010 | 7:51 PM
In the hierarchy of mom's life-shaping duties, playing a beauty role model often falls to the bottom. The needs of others just seem to take precedence. While mom's appearance has little to do with getting dinner on the table, solving homework problems or learning to tie a shoelace (and let's...
(1) Comments | Posted April 27, 2010 | 5:49 PM
From an early age we're set onto a course, and we follow. While many of us learn along the way that we hold the reins, that each step is our own, we take comfort in having a well-worn path ahead.
By the time we reach that exhilarating age when...

(5) Comments | Posted February 2, 2012 | 1:18 PM