HAIR
• Vidal Sassoon thinks Kate Middleton's hair is "kind of neither here nor there." [FT]

• Jake Gyllenhaal shaved his head for a movie role. (He did this in 2005 for Jarhead.) [Us]

• Solange Knowles, one of the new faces of Carol's Daughter, pontificates: "Cutting my hair … it doesn’t even feel brave. To me, [it's] just another outlet of expression. It’s funny to see the social response, their interpretations of what a haircut, what a hair change means."[People StyleWatch]

MAKEUP
• Jacquelyn Jablonski wears dark navy eye shadow and dark cherry-red lipstick in Givenchy's fall beauty campaign. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

• Morphine Lip Balm — which contains 4 percent benzocaine, a numbing cream that lasts up to 10 minutes when the balm is applied — is now available. [Fashionista]

NAILS
• American Apparel is producing only 2,000 bottles of each of its six new limited-edition neon nail polishes. And no, the bottles don't explode anymore. [Refinery29]

• Nail-care brand Priti has a new soy-based polish remover. [Beauty Counter Blog]

FRAGRANCE
• Elie Saab's first fragrance comes out in July. [Arabian Business]