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- I'm starting my beauty diary with a caveat that the following week is a particularly fancy one—not my typical week. I spend most weekends in my bathrobe, catching up on my beauty product testing docket (I know, hard life), but I have big plans Saturday ni
- Three of my favorite things: Diptyque's Baies candle and Chanel's Rouge Allure Velvet lipsticks in La Diva (a true bright blue-pink) and Pirate (a real Chanel red). I love these lipsticks because they're moisturizing, rich in color, matte bu
- Chanello Keira Knightley! Veronique and I avoid the urge to sit at her table and eat from her charcuterie platter. Knightley looks charming from afar, obligingly posting for iPhone selfies. A group of small children crowd Adam Levine to do the same
- I pry myself out of bed and check out ModelFit, my new workout obsession, started by the "Model Whisperer," Justin Gelband, and former stylist-turned-holistic-nutritionist, Vanessa Packer. Despite the name, it's unintimidating: A calming, intense
- Afterwards, I head to the Butcher's Daughter, which is mobbed. I go next door to their take-out spot, instead, for avocado toast (why does this never taste the same when I try to make it?). I eat avocado at least once a day.
- I'm meeting friends at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. There's a live band playing and we eat fried chicken while we bowl.
- I'm attending Estee Lauder's annual Hot Pink Ball, benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. It's a fancy affair, held at the Waldorf Astoria, done up in hot pink for the occasion. The dress code is black tie. My date is Isabel Wilkinson, o
- I'm wearing Jerome Russell shoes and NARS Schiap lipstick with a MAC lip liner. The shoes are unbearably painful and I'm Kristen Stewart at the end of the night, in Converse.
- I am a table away from Sir Elton John and take a quick picture of his place setting (and salmon). He performs a song with Sara Bareilles.
- I start out Tuesday morning by checking out a new cycling studio called Peloton. They have a location in Chelsea and each class is taped so that anyone that has a Peloton bike can draw upon it to cycle anytime, anywhere. As you can see, it's not your usua
- One of the beauty mailings of the day is Yves Saint Laurent's summer collection which includes these cute baby doll cheek and lip stains.
- Revlon is hosting a screening of The Amazing Spiderman 2. They have manicures during the screening and I choose this holographic blue called 'I'm Electro.'
- A few of the fun colors that we're testing out—from big names and indie brands—for a story along with a proof of a shoot we did with photographer Oliver Stalman (issue out now!).
- Stella Bugbee, our editorial director, and I love these Jenna Hipp polishes, which have fun names like 'I Surf With Boys.'
- I'm working on a Mother's Day market gift guide with our fashion market editor, Veronica Gledhill. The concept is based on "TV Moms." I see this eye palette from Marc Jacobs Beauty and instantly thought this would be the perfect, quirky, whimsical
- I am very much not into nail art—and in fact, have proclaimed its death several times—but I'm checking out Paintbox, a new nail studio in NoHo, started by former beauty editor Eleonar Langston. It's "sophisticated" nail art. I pick this watercolor nail. I
- A few pieces of gummy candy and to-do lists on New York note cards are among my daily essentials.
- I head to an SK-II event, featuring spokesperson Kate Bosworth. She's hosting a question and answer session at the SK-II pop-up store in SoHo. There are skin imaging machines there that can analyze the age of your skin. Bosworth does not try out th
- Aura Friedman is known as the "bleached blonde whisperer"—brassy is just not in her vocabulary. I come to her with a vague sense of direction ("I think I want to go lighter?") and she created this really pretty, golden-brunette tone, which is artfully ble
- My daily makeup routine: Amore Pacific Cushion Compact, Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhance, Kevyn Aucoin's Sensual Glow, Surratt Beauty eyelash curler, and a Dolce and Gabbana eyebrow pencil. Cushion compacts are the latest Kore