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Katie Holmes’s Hair Has Gray Streaks; Michael Kors on His Least Favorite Smell
MAKEUP
• The makeup from the Chanel couture show incorporated the brand's Vitalumière Aqua foundation and Illusion d’Ombré eye shadow. [Beauty Counter/Style]
• And here's another guide to the ethereal braids and blush from Valentino's couture runways. [Beauty Counter/Style]
• Illamasqua has reportedly partnered with a British funeral director to offer a special makeup session for the deceased. The package, which will cost around $700, is called the "Final Act of Self-Expression." [Catwalk Queen]
HAIR
• Katie Holmes went to see the Armani haute couture show, and there were visible gray streaks in her hair. (Gasp!) [Ok]
• Balmain's soon-to-be-released hair-care line will have the slogan "haute couture for hair." [Beauty High]
• The bloggers at Bellasugar are wondering if human hair can ever make for pretty jewelry. (Well, it certainly doesn't need to be a multiple-choice question.) [Bellasugar]
FRAGRANCE
• Michael Kors on fragrance: "I think every person on the planet would benefit if we could live our lives in the golden hour, that time around 5 in the afternoon when the sunlight is at its best, when you're on a beach and people look their best. A fragrance can take you to that place; it has that power." Also, he doesn't like the smell of kimchee. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
• Jennifer Lopez says she wears each of her seventeen fragrances "based on how I am feeling at a particular moment or on a particular day." That could get kinda messy, scent-wise, if she's ever feeling ... moody. [StyleList]