The brand-new 24-hour flagship of this drugstore emporium boasts innovative beauty-product displays that sit squarely at eye level for the average American woman – 5-foot-4. Good thing, too. Get a good gander at the company’s just-launched upscale range of skin-care solutions called 24.7. Priced from $20 to $40, the high-tech line includes a glossy lip plumper, anti-aging eye serum and a targeted wrinkle treatment (150 E. 42 St.; [212] 661-8139). –
Soft cell: Windy winter weather can wreak havoc on your skin. And while staying dry might be good for Lindsay Lohan, it’s not good for you. Try these:
1. Sundari Neem and Triphala body oil will keep your skin soft and supple, $32 at skinstore.com.
2. Gold oil made with sweet almond, calendula, avocado and 23K-gold flakes, $34 at lindenleaves.com.
3. Diana B. Maple Sugar Lychee Nut body lotion smells good and feels even better, $30 at Henri Bendel.
4. Darphin Aromatic Bath and Body Oil can be added to the bath or massaged directly onto skin, $70 at Bergdorf Goodman.
5. Made with Provencal honey, royal jelly and African shea butter, Le Couvent des Minimes Skin Softening Balm, $26 at fragranceup.com, repairs dry elbows, knees and feet.
The heal deal: For rapid healing of both voluntary and involuntary wounds, Optical Outcome has developed a skin-care line of anti-oxidant treatments. Clockwise from left: Show Off Hands ($39) evens skin tone, Upkeep Body Builder ($39) is a deep-moisturizing anti-bruise treatment, and the two-piece Face System Essentials ($99,
all at optimal-outcome .com) pro-motes faster healing after facial cosmetic surgery.
It’s in the cards: We love Cargo’s GlossyGreetings ($10 for five cards at Sephora.com) with a built-in single serving of lip gloss which benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and MAC’s Kids Helping Kids gift cards ($6 at mac.com) which benefit MAC’s AIDS Fund.
Correction: Kim Kardashian was pictured last week wearing a Morgan dress at the launch of Morgan 4 Ever; we mis-identified the dress as a MarkWongNark, another favorite label of Kardashian’s, which she wears here.
Make someone Happy: Personalize a bottle of Clinique’s Happy scent ($52 for 3.4 ounces) with a picture of your baby or puppy, at Bloomingdale’s in Midtown. Photos must be taken in the store. Show up Friday for Clinique Happy Day, and employees will wrap any gift you bring in – Clinique or otherwise – and even help you schlep your stuff to a cab. Just look for the elves in orange Santa hats.
Lip service: Don’t get caught under the mistletoe with cracked, chapped lips. Instead, slather on the salve and balm and pucker up: It’s kissing season.
1. Prescriptives Tint Balm for moisture and color, $14.50 at Macy’s.
2. Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins Conditioning Lip Balm made with turmeric, $15 at Macy’s.
3. Rich Plum Shimmer lip balm made with community-trade organic beeswax, $6 at the Body Shop
4. HIC 2X Lip Balm with spf 30, $3 at drugstore.com.
Luxurious and long-lasting
5. La Mer The Lip Balm, $45 at Bergdorf Goodman.
6. Manly Baxter Hydro Salve is made just for boys, $8 at New London Pharmacy
(246 Eighth Ave.; [212] 243-4987).
7. Lotta Luv Hershey’s Kiss with lip brush, $3 at Claire’s stores.
8. Lipbomb vegan lip conditioner, $5 at shelissa.com. And don’t worry about shipping fees; it’s free till Saturday.
9. Accessorize any ChapStick with Jack Spade’s handcrafted, engraveable silver lid, $75 at Jack Spade (56 Greene St.; [212] 625-1820).
New Look, new smell: Launching this week, Dior’s limited-edition Collection Particuliere trio of perfumes are housed in the same legendary Baccarat crystal bottle created for Dior’s first fragrance, Miss Dior, in 1947. Inspired by three Dior muses and models – France, Lucy “Lucky” Daophars and Victoire de Castellane – the scents were created by John Galliano in collaboration with Dior perfumer Francois Demachy. They’re $490 each at Christian Dior (21 E. 57th St.; [212] 931-2950).
Binder’s keepers: Here’s everything you need – bronzer, blush, eye shadow, gloss, brushes and eyelash curler – in Trish McEvoy’s genius three-ring binder format. Get her new All About Glamour 18K Petit Makeup Planner for $500 exclusively at the Dr. Ronald Sherman/Trish McEvoy Skin Care Clinic (800A Fifth Ave.; [212] 758-7790).
Fresh, direct: Farmhouse Fresh Products will leave men drooling in your wake when you wear Strawberry Smash moisturizer ($20), Sweet Cream body milk ($26) and Honey Heel Glaze ($24), all available at farmhousefreshgoods.com.