This week's links. - Where are they now? Late '90s/early 2000s beauty trends, that is. The Hairpin finds out. - Rouge 18 shares a 2,000 year old Roman face cream. Here's the story behind it. - Glad someone decided to... Read more →

For the life of me I can't figure out why Paul & Joe decided to create a print of a cat wearing a sailor hat, but I know a certain Makeup Museum staff member was very intrigued. Then again, this... Read more →

Via Design Crush I found these absolutely amazing teeny tiny paintings on just about any object you can think of, including, yes, makeup. The Curator loves anything miniature so naturally I was quite smitten. Actually, forget miniature - these are... Read more →

I thought I'd try to brighten up this grey dreary Monday by sharing a very cute palette from Burberry. The palette's design was taken from a sweater and hand-painted bag from the Burberry Prorsum spring 2015 collection. (image from us.burberry.com)... Read more →

Many, many links from the past two weeks. - If you're in Charlotte, NC I strongly encourage you to visit the Body Embellishment exhibition that opened last week at the Mint Museum. - I have to say that beauty advertising... Read more →

While I've just ordered the latest Shu collection, I still wanted to quickly recap their spring 2015 collection called Metallic Bouquet, which was "inspired by hanabi, a festival of fireworks that vividly decorates Tokyo nights". You can read more about... Read more →

I'm so not a Trekkie but this little guy was way too adorable to pass up. Please say hello to Dr. McCoy! (I call him Dr. McCook - our Babos shorten "cookie" sometimes to just "cook"). He arrived back in... Read more →

A few weeks ago I was browsing a farmacia in Rome, trying to determine if there were any good drugstore products I should bring back to the States, when I saw this display. I knew I had seen that image... Read more →

For their latest fashion collaboration MAC teamed up with British milliner Philip Treacy to create a small collection based on the designer's renowned hats, a natural choice as MAC has worked with Treacy for over 20 years on his runway... Read more →

Happy Easter and Passover! Here are some links from the past couple weeks, along with a recap of our trip to Rome, if you're so inclined. :) - Here's an inside look on how lipsticks are made. - The V... Read more →