Dispatch From the Man Cave: shu uemura Shape Paste

OK, I'll admit it: I'm jealous of my boyfriend's hair. It's shiny, a little wavy, and best of all, there is A TON of it. Seriously, he probably has about 5 times more hair on his head than I do.

Sure, he has to cut it every month before he starts looking like Seth Rogen, but who's complaining?

And now, another confession: when we first got together, I just couldn't resist taking a little peek

Five for Friday: The Forgotten (Travel Essentials)

Don't you just hate it when you go on a trip and forget some truly critical beauty goods? I tend to forget the same things every time, for various reasons, which I'll explain below. Check out my five most forgotten items, and my favorites in each category:Lip Balm. Oh, I always pack plenty of glosses, and sometimes some lipsticks, but good old lip balm? I always forget it. Let's face it - even

Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil for Commitment-Phobes

If you've been curious about Shu Uemura's famed Cleansing Beauty Oils, but have been unwilling to fork over the $32-72 required to get your hands on a bottle, look no further. Sephora is now stocking mini sizes of the #1 selling Skin Purifier Premium A/O Cleansing Beauty Oil, for the far more palatable price tag of $12.I'd been hemming and hawing over these cleansing oils for quite some time;

A Sad Day for Beauty: Shu Uemura, 1928-2007

Shu Uemura, makeup pioneer and creator of some of the most stunning lashes known to man, died of acute pneumonia on Dec. 29 in Tokyo. He was 79.Girls, raise your Shu Uemura eyelash curlers today in appreciation of this man and his genius.Click here for a great article from Time Magazine on his amazing life and career.

How Can They See With Sequins In Their Eyes?

No more equestrian getups, flowered dresses or tweed for our girl Madonna. The Material Girl is back (again) and has reinvented herself in some crazy, shiny, feathered-hairdo 1970's fashion (Seldom Nice Nowadays says Marilu Henner; The Manolo says Little Lord Fauntleroy).I'm not a fan of the abundance of purple in her new wardrobe, but I am entranced by the ridiculously lavish false eyelashes