Nylon Blogs

We try a lot of beauty products.

There’s the stuff we’re sent, the stuff we request, the stuff we find in the free closet.

It makes it hard to stay loyal to one product…unless that product makes your hair look amazing, like Ouidad’s line of products for curly-haired girls. It doesn’t matter how humid it is or tired I am, all it takes is a bit of Ouidad Climate Control and my hair looks stellar.

So I was worried when I noticed that the packaging had completely changed. Turns out, my fears were totally unfounded; the products are just as good, only a bit cooler looking. Ouidad commissioned artist Gisela Goppel to design the curl logo, with each line getting its own color (Curl Quencher all the way!).

New and improved? Yeah, you could say that…  xxRebecca

WeSC and NYC Downtown Impresario - Tony Arcabascio have released a special collaborative item in the form of a clean graphic t-shirt and WeSC signature yellow salvage slim stretch denim pants.

For those who cop a pair at the WeSC’s NYC store, you automatically get entered into a drawing to win a stuffed box of items from Ricky Powell (signed prints, rolling papers, etc…).

In the words of Tony, “It’s pretty fucken dope and since there are only 75 pairs here in NYC, the odds are pretty great.”

Go get’em kids!

http://www.tonyarcabascio.comhttp://www.wesc.com

From today’s inbox:

“Hi Guys,

My girlfriend is a HUGE fan of your magazine, so for a project at school I photographed the attached.

Thought I would send it your way

Cheers,

Nick”

(Editor’s Note #1: Look closely and you’ll see Nick’s GF superimposed on Zooey Deschanel’s face on the NYLON cover she’s holding)

(Editor’s Note #2: Thank you, Nick! This is gorgeous!)

There’s a bottle of 1800 Tequila sitting on the mantlepiece in my apartment, instead of being poured into shot glasses, because the artist-designed bottle is just too pretty to touch. (Noticing a trend in my life?)

Now they’re making it even harder to actually get drunk off the stuff, thanks to a new “Design Your Own” feature on their website.

Just upload a photo, sketch, or any other piece of art, and 1800 Tequila will use it to customize the bottle.

Yes, even your favorite cover of NYLON could work. After all, we know a thing or two about getting a buzz…

I’m a sucker for pretty packaging, which might explain the hefty collection of Paul & Joe Beaute products I’ve accumulated over the years.

But it’s not just the brand’s throwback design that has made me a fan; the products are pretty great, too.

Like the new mascara duo. Although the color I tried — “Spruce” — didn’t really show up on my dark brown lashes, it’s one of the best lash-plumping products I’ve used in months.

Why? Because you can pass out and not have raccoon eyes the next morning. It doesn’t flake, it doesn’t rub off, it doesn’t fade.

Yes, a product that looks as pretty in the tube as it does on your face. I’m sold. xxRebecca

Kid tested, NYLON approved

Lily Cole chose the delicate blue dress, at left, for the world premiere of her new film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.

It’s Chanel Haute Couture, and very cool, but also very familiar:

The fairy-princess quality of the gown mimics Lily’s costumes in the film to a tee.

Of course, it’s happened before:

Kate Winslet’s green velvet Oscar frock in 2000 was a Titanic costume waiting to happen, and Kirsten Dunst’s Chanel ruffles of 2004 were so very Marie Antoinette.

As for this stunner, not only does it remind us of some Imaginarium photos, but it’s also quite evocative of Cinderella, circa Disney, after the little birds and mice make her into a pretending princess.