May's Best Beauty Finds
Finally, a waterproof liquid eyeliner that's actually waterproof. Smudge-proof, swim-proof, even tear-proof! And it comes in 15 shades. I'm so happy I could cry.
Finally, a waterproof liquid eyeliner that's actually waterproof. Smudge-proof, swim-proof, even tear-proof! And it comes in 15 shades. I'm so happy I could cry.
Posted 07.18.2011
Think glossy, healthy lips can only come out of a tube? Think again. With fresh ingredients like coconut oil, aloe vera gel, berry juice and even coff...
Pandora Young | Posted 07.27.2011
This past Friday I met up with Fashion in Manhattan for her Night Out, and frankly, she's a mean drunk.
Fast Company | Addy Dugdale | Posted 05.25.2011
So, although we've been spared the Eat Pray Loveburger from McDonald's, complete with carcinogen-painted handy-bendy figurine of Julia Roberts doing t...
Stephanie Green | Posted 05.25.2011
Politics and lipstick. An incongruous pairing in the extreme. "The Politically Correct Pout" is the latest baby born to Le Métier de Beauté, the cosmetic line of Neiman Marcus.
Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011
The latest trend in beauty products is to use natural ingredients to reap the benefits of fruits, plants, and minerals. Unfortunately, many of these p...
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
This whole thing - starting a business, becoming a manufacturer, raising money, balancing it with a day job, overseeing back and front end of all operations... it's war, I tell you. WAR!
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
I threw the question on Twitter -- what samples do you keep and what do you trash when you get them? Everyone said they wanted little mini glosses.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Purple Lab presents a video on plastics.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm taking you back to the last week of April, 2009. It was time to actually assemble our product and get ready to rumble. Purple Lab was coming to life!
Carine Fabius | Posted 05.25.2011
I love you, Lipstick. I hate you, Lipstick. I'm addicted to you. Without you I am much the same as when my computer crashes -- stuck in a dry wasteland of lack.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
As I continue the story of Purple Lab and the making of a brand, here is a vlog to give you some insider intel on a range of things.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Just want to pause for a minute to tell you about Sharon Hirsch. She is Purple Lab's Communications Director and she kicks ass!
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
In the last piece, we had just received 30,000 damaged components -- and I was suddenly suffering from severe acid reflex, brought on by stress. But this is the story of a bit of our bright light!
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Fashion's Night Out was a huge, massive, amazing success -- I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
On September 10th, Anna Wintour, fashion's high priestess, and Mayor Bloomberg are sponsoring an all night event to bring retail and the spirit of shopping back.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
I was starting my own business, and It was all starting to fall into place. Then we got the news: All 30,000 of our product components arrived DAMAGED!
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
When all was said and done, it was a $15 press kit. Yikes. Need I say again that there were 1,000? Remember that savings I was dipping into? It was near gone.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
When I got the email from Space.NK, it took me two days to open it because I was afraid of rejection. But I got in! It was the best feeling ever, like getting into your reach school!
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
While Scoop is not a beauty destination, it is coveted for, among other things, its denim selection. It's the kind of place known for spotting all things new, fun, and fresh.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
We are living in a world where consumers have become the media -- they're just as important as the well coiffed ones in the corner offices as the glimmering publishing houses.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Naming my new shades of lip gloss was like giving birth to six babies at once (call me Angie!). Their monikers came easily -- as if they named themselves.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
We are living in a world where consumers have become the media -- they're just as important as the well-coiffed ones in the corner offices as the glimmering publishing houses.
Karen Robinovitz | Posted 05.25.2011
I had dreams of creams, potions, and lotions from head to toe. And it would all start with Huge Lips Skinny Hips! Apparently, I needed a lab. Chemists, white coats, test tubes, the whole thing.
Pandora Young | Posted 07.25.2011