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Emily Blunt Is YSL’s New Fragrance Face; Christina Aguilera Has a ‘Royal Desire’

FRAGRANCE
• Emily Blunt has landed her first fragrance campaign: Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium scent. Her debut ads will be out next month. [Telegraph UK]

• Christina Aguilera’s new fragrance is called Royal Desire. Apparently, wearers will feel pampered and "exude the sensual elegance of a queen." [Racked]

MAKEUP
• For the cover of Italian Vogue’s couture supplement, Frida Gustavsson’s makeup and hair is avant-garde and dusty-looking. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

• The Meadham Kirchhoff designers custom made some tubes of MAC’s Ruby Woo lipstick for their spring 2012 show, each covered in pastel glitter. [Beauty Counter Blog]

• To celebrate the opening of their New York store, the founders of Benefit Cosmetics have created a special mini-exhibit of the first bottle of Benetint cheek/lip stain they ever produced. It's 34 years old, and still seems almost full. [Beauty Counter Blog]

• L’Oreal created a new collection of makeup inspired by Project Runway and developed by one of the show's lead makeup artists, Collier Strong. [Bellasugar]

• DailyCandy’s special beauty bus will be parked on Broadway between Prince and Spring St. in Soho tomorrow, doling out hairstyle consultations, beauty tips, and free makeup application from the professionals from noon to 8 p.m. [Daily Candy]

HAIR
• Some folks think that Carey Mulligan’s hairdo in new film Drive is too sophisticated and upscale for her role as a Denny’s waitress. [Allure/Daily Beauty Reporter]

• The TSA continues to search Afro hairstyles for bombs or weapons. In the latest instance, agents followed an Afro-d hairstylist from security checkpoints at Atlanta airport to the inter-terminal shuttle train station and then asked to pat her head down. [Bellasugar]

Photo: Courtesy of Vogue Italia