Archive: May 2007

Shania Twain Dishes On Fragrance, Recording & Touring

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How does a country music super-star announce her newest fragrance? By inviting a select group of beauty editors to a luncheon in New York City — and I was the lucky one seated right next to Shania Twain. Yep, baby argula salad and white truffle risotto with Shania. And yes, she is completely gorgeous, teeny-tiny, and down-to-earth friendly in a way that is pleasantly surprising when you’re talking about, oh, one of the best-selling female recording artists of all time. She told me she and her husband (and music-producing partner) Mutt Lang will start working on her new album this summer, with a tour to follow next year. “Oh, definitely! We’ll tour very soon after the album comes out,” she said. And the new fragrance? A follow-up to her runaway success 2005 fragrance, Shania by Stetson, her new scent is Shania Starlight by Stetson (sense a theme?), which is meant to reflect the glamorous side of the star with a mix of freesia and sexy jasmine and amber. Shania Starlight by Stetson will be available in September for $18-$42 at department stores, drugstores, and ulta.com. — Elizabeth Lamont

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Gotta Get: Tom Ford’s Estee Lauder Collection

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Remember playing with your mother’s makeup when you were little — how swanky the gold casing felt and how the bright colors popped out of their cabinets? Then you should get a nostalgic thrill from Tom Ford’s azuree soleil Collection for Estee Lauder. The limited edition collection is a reinterpretation of the brand’s 1969 Azuree fragrance — the new and improved version comes in a chic blue glass bottle, and the makeup collection comes in easy-to-wear plums, neutrals and bronzes. And don’t miss the azuree soleil Eau Fraiche Skinscent, $38 and
” target=”_blank”>Body Lotion, $30 at esteelauder.com, infused with delicious Tahitian gardenia petals seeped in coconut oil. It might just be our official scent of summer. . .

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Lunchtime Shopper’s Picks for Cult Beauty Sites

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Sometimes the local drugstore just doesn’t cut it — sometimes there’s that elusive hand cream you got one time on vacation or that scent you can only find in London. Luckily for me (and anyone else with a serious beauty addiction), there are a handful of Web sites with some pretty amazing selections — don’t take my word for it, check them out for yourself! — Melissa Liebling-Goldberg

Want to go green? Visit b-glowing.com, which allows you to search their fantastic inventory just for environmentally conscious products like Apivita Aromatherapy Dream Skin Face Cream, $35 at b-glowing.com.

If you can’t make it to their super-chic store in N.Y.C, click over to Aedes de Venustas online at aedes.com. The star-fave boutique, stocks indulgent skin care products from around the world like Austria’s Susanne Kaufmann Nutrient Cream, $85, and the exotic Italian Etro Royal Pavillion candle, $48.

Want to up the ante for overnight guests? Stock your cabinets with the hard-to-find goodies from inthebathroom.com, like Botot Mouthwash, $16, and Marvis Toothpaste, $9.

Luckyscent.com has fast become an obsession of the StyleWatch team for their carefully curated supplyof niche fragrances. Try Ipanema by Satellite, $80, for a light summer scent — that you won’t smell on everyone else.

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