Marie Claire articles from October 2006

Marie Claire archives from October 2006

Shop against the clock.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... There's still time to reap major rewards from the Marie Claire online boutique. Log on to www.hauteshopping.com to gain exclusive access to shopping rewards, discounts, and prizes, now through December... American style icon Diana...

Marie Claire-ity.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I AM ALL tOO pleased that you will be changing the overall attitude of Marie Claire. The fact that you feature Maggie Gyllenhaal--an intelligent, professional, underappreciated talent--on your September cover assures me that you will stick to...

The littlest victims.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I CAN HARDLY express my gratitude for your article "Long Walk to Safety" (August 2006). It surprises me that the Sudanese government's support of the LRA isn't a frequent topic of political debate. I am so glad that Marie Claire is getting...

Bi-curiosity.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I WAS UPSET with your article "Would You Kiss a Girl?" (August 2006). I am bisexual, and I do not appreciate how women treat their sexual orientation as a "trend." If I were straight, I would not fool around with another woman just because it's...

The art of giving.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I COULDN'T HAVE agreed with Marie Claire more when you cited the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) as one of the "10 Best Charities" in your June issue. On July 28, 2006, the House of Representatives passed my resolution honoring...

Sarah Jessica Parker: sex and the sitting: all we gave her was a swivel stool, an empty crate, and a little hair and makeup, and our cover star's response was, "bring it on!".(BEHIND THE SCENES)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... SJP, as her fans call her, doesn't walk into a photo shoot--she blows in. "She said a sweet 'hello' to everyone, and then it was WHOOSH--she's over at the clothes rack," says Senior Fashion Editor Eric Nicholson. "We loved that she didn't look...

Win! Win! Win!(FREE FOR YOU)
October 1, 2006... Score great Fall beauty loot worth more than $12,000 100 to win Tart up your image a bit with fruity Tommy Girl 10, released to celebrate the product's 10th birthday, worth $39.50. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 100 to win Give a...

The wicked switch: even A-listers need style remodeling to keep the cameras clicking.(SHOPPING: REINVENTION TOUR)
October 1, 2006... So, you're not Kate Moss. Doesn't mean you can't indulge in a radical garb change now and then. Here, fall's most enticing fashion directions. Just press "refresh" REINVENTION 2006 Kate's cutouts are sexy but overstated. 2002 Our...

Gold blush.(SHOPPING: MOST WANTED)(watches)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Call the coppers! Rose gold (it's copper that gives it the pinkish glow) makes classic watches so sublime, it's a crime TOP LEFT: Gucci, $9995:(888) 225-2292. TOP RIGHT: Tag Heuer: $7900: (866) 260-0460 CENTER: Accutron, $750, (800)...

An inconvenient ad.(SHOPPING)(by Benetton )
October 1, 2006... Benetton was once synonymous with warm and fuzzy knits and extremely uncomfortable advertising. This month, rebel leader Luciano celebrates 40 years of clothes for a cause * "I'M NOT HERE to sell pullovers," argued Benetton's former...

Fashion mis--statements: in this age of label-mania, none of us want to cause a gaffe riot. Hence, our first ever Fashionista Pronunciation Guide.(SHOPPING)
October 1, 2006... Tony Soprano bought Carm some high-quality "Hermeez." Showgirls' Nomi Malone gushed about "Ver-sayze." One of our own fashion editors arrived in NYC convinced that DKNY was "Dick-knee." It happens to the best of us... ANDREW GN \jen\ This...

Big lug: when it comes to judging a bag's performance this season, supersize matter.. Case in point: fall's XXL, voluptuously luxe frame bag.(SHOPPING: TRENDWATCH)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... My bag is my car, my house--I carry my life around in it," says 29 year-old tote fiend Jennifer Scott, associate denim buyer for NYC fashion hot spot Atrium. And only a ginormous bag fits the bill. After muscling its way clown spring 2006...

10 best to do.
October 1, 2006... 1 DISOBEDIENCE (Touchstone, $24) Be prepared to lose yourself in Naomi Alderman's debut novel about a Manhattan career girl thrust into London's rigid Orthodox Jewish community. What unfolds is a sometimes comical, often moving story of...

How do you celebrate Saturday night?(EYE ON THE WORLD: WEEKEND REPORT: SATURDAY-NIGHT FEVER!)
October 1, 2006... Live from planet earth, it's Saturday night! So, where does everyone head when the sun goes down? In Brazil, the scene is strictly ballroom. When in Kenya, you might stay up late lion-watching... Mariana Cordeiro, 28, real-estate agent ...

More than a pretty face: defying statistics and stereotypes, Maria Teresa Morales Flores is committed o bringing new hope to women with AIDS.(Q&A)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... IN PERU, AN ESTIMATED 26,000 women are living with AIDS, but very few will talk about it--acknowledging the disease is seen as an admission of promiscuity. When Morales Flores found out she'd contracted the disease from her partner, she vowed...

SJP: putting on the Spritz: the actress is letting her entrepreneurial genius out of the bottle.(Cover story)
October 1, 2006... I wore black on my wedding day, and I really regret that," Sarah Jessica Parker says. "I was too embarrassed to get married in white, and both Matthew [Broderick, her husband of nine years] and I were reluctant to have people pay so much...

River deep mountain high: in many Islamic countries, religious leaders believe that women cannot be touched by men outside their family. So when catastrophe strikes--as it did in last year's Pakistan earthquake--it's up to the women to save themselves.(INTERNATIONAL REPORT)
October 1, 2006... Classes had already begun when the fire broke out at Intermediate School No. 31, an all-girls middle school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Islam's holiest city. As the flames and smoke spread, panicked students fled for the exits. Outside,...

Tx2ual healing? Welcome to 2006, where you make plans by text, friends on MySpace, and love via IM. Tech-nically speaking, R we better off? We challenged 2 writers 2 take opposite approaches for a week: 1 living strictly thru monitors, the other thru cyber-free human interaction. Who ends up:) ? Who's :( ?(SOCIAL EXPERIMENT)(Column)
October 1, 2006... ALL E-MAIL, ALL THE TIME Technology has finally done to me what years of seedy bars and doting cads never could: It's made me a raging slut. Make that a cyber-slut. When it comes to social lubricants, I'll take a plasma monitor over hard...

Burden of truth: I wasn't surprised to learn from a geneticist that my breasts were potential time bombs. But why was I, like so many other women, so reluctant to silence the ticking?(FIRST PERSON)(Column)
October 1, 2006... So, you see, surgery to remove the breast tissue would reduce your risk of developing cancer by 90 percent." She drew a wide circle two or three times around the number, written on a notepad now covered with scribbled statistics, and glanced up...

Last clinic standing: on most Monday mornings, Dr. Miriam McCreary wakes up before her pet parrot at 5 a.m. and dresses in the dark in order to make a 7:20 flight from her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to her office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.(U.S. NEWS REPORT)
October 1, 2006... The Planned Parenthood where she works looks like a typical 21st-century American abortion clinic. The bulky brick exterior defends the edifice against bombs. Deliberately high windows protect those inside from snipers. A rear parking lot hides...

Horoscope.
October 1, 2006... L LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Will you, won't you? Should you, shouldn't you? Any chance you'll decide? Not this month, my unbalanced friend. But all is not lost. Nothing less than presidential campaigns have been sunk by...

Viking strikes: how to navigate winter's raw, organic landscape? Our fashion team set sail for Iceland and found comfort in the season's ultra-rich, Goth-dark clothing, with all the robust, romantic trimmings.(FASHION: CHILL SEEKERS)
October 1, 2006... More this season than ever: Style is about survival. Darkly romantic, layered looks for hip heroines, dramatic winter whites (worn by a young actress-on-the-verge), and sexy, overachieving pieces that ease you from office to evening Gown,...

Patton pending: you heard it here first: Paula Patton is on the edge of something huge. Here she models the new winter whites with the same aplomb and grace she delivers on-screen.(Buyers guide)
October 1, 2006... Dress, price upon request, Burberry Prorsum. I was always into clothes, but I didn't have the money to be the fabulous fashion queen I wanted to be," says Paula Patton. "When I was little, my major fashionista moments revolved around old...

Nightshift.
October 1, 2006... Her best executive decisions are always made when everyone else has gone home. One thing she doesnt have to think about: dressing for dinner. Her smartest office-to-evening pieces will ace the job. If she ever makes it out the door...

101 ideas.(MANUAL OF STYLE)(Buyers guide)
October 1, 2006... TOP: Vest, $59.50, Esprit; shirt, $89.99, Nicole by Nicole Miller; shorts, $19.80, Forever 21; shoes, $58, Gap; tights, $13.50, DKNY. CENTER: Dress, $365, L.A.M.B.; beret, $130, Kokin. BOTTOM: Shirt, $59, DKNY Jeans Juniors; skirt, $210, Diane...

10 best fashion.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... who's slumming? The $2K bag's got the looks, but the under-$100 clothes, all the brains 10 BEST FASHION 1 BLOUSE, $24.57, George ME at Wal-Mart; www.walmart.com. 2 BELT, $99, Hyde Collection; (800) 669-8218. 3 CLUTCH, $28,...

Extreme makeover.(MAKEUP EDITOR)
October 1, 2006... Gradually, and then suddenly, we've noticed makeup has shifted. Color, texture, and techniques are going in a bold, new direction. Our beauty editors grin and share it HIGHBROW BEAT Uber-stylized arches, which give you that...

Skintelligence report.(BEAUTY)
October 1, 2006... Just as we need to keep up with the breakthroughs, fact is, we can all use a refresher in skincare basics. Because before we know it, breakthroughs become basics. Here's to the smartest skin you can have. (Let your diamonds worry about being...

10 best beauty: our beauty editor's maquillage collage of must-haves.(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... 1 GOLD STANDARD: Dab Clinique Touch of Tint For Eyes in Gold Glimmer, $14.50, below your browbone. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 GLOSS IS BOSS: Slick on Estee Lauder High Gloss Lip Gloss in Bronze, $16. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3...

High gear: you wouldn't trust a Porsche to a podunk garage any more than you'd approach Gyneth Paltrow's face with inferior tools. We asked six of the world's top beauty pros to spill the beans about industry secrets--and the contents of their kits.(BEAUTY)
October 1, 2006... GIRL GONE STYLED JOB: Owner of five Boston-area spas and the Gretta Style Studio in Manhattan; haircare consultant for Dove. CLIENTS: Marcia Cross,Trish McEvoy, Natalie Cole. "IT" KIT: Trimming shears, tools, and stylers like Bumble and...

Morning--after hair.(BEAUTY)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Never made it home last night? Right, so it's a quick shower and a raid of his shaving kit. Follow this "make-do" guide, you bad girl, and have a good hair day. nice body! Can't locate a brush? Oh, your mate just shaved his head......

"What I love about me".(BEAUTY ROAD SHOW)
October 1, 2006... NAME Jasmin Jenkins, 22 BEAUTY STATEMENT "I've come to appreciate my freckles. At 22, they do help you get noticed." NAMES Cassi and Nicki Gibson, 18; twins BEAUTY STATEMENT "We didn't get braces until this year. We think of them as bling."...

Got you covered: skin under siege calls for stealth makeup maneuvers. Some of beauty's top brass divulge winning strategies.(BEAUTY)
October 1, 2006... CHALLENGE: COMBINATION-TO-OILY * TACTICS: "Go with a foundation slightly lighter than your complexion, as most formulas darken a bit on oily skin," says New York City makeup artist Laura Geller. "And skip formulas with all the bells...

So this perfume walks into a bar.(BEAUTY)(Buyers guide)
October 1, 2006... What kind of pickup line does your fragrance deliver? Some of the new scents send none-too-subtle signals; others play coy. Lust is in the air--in many languages HOW L'EAU WILL YOU GO? Juicy Couture THE POTION: watermelon, tuberose...

Cosmetic surgery lowdown.(BEAUTY)
October 1, 2006... With celeb rags documenting lip and nose jobs and plastic-surgery dramas playing in prime time, nips and tucks have gained a new, "everyone's doing it" vibe. (Why, even the occasional pop singer has been known to give her nose a tweak--shortly...

Bad hair bloggers?(BEAUTY: NEWS)
October 1, 2006... We were feeling less-than because we've never had a celeb stylist on our speed dial. So we decided to upgrade and upload for the old updo. We logged on to L'Oreal's new website, www.vivepro.com, where you can not only select from among Vive...

Three times a-shady.(BEAUTY: NEWS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... This season, Stila reminds us that our faces are canvases that require a little artistic effort on our part. Enter its new Eye Shadow Trios, which inspire you to create depth and drama with a threesome of complementary tones. Sweep the darkest...

Lips don't lie.(BEAUTY: NEWS)(Bobbi Brown Cosmetics)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Supporting a good cause makes you beautiful inside; Bobbi Brown would like to help you look nice while you're at it. A portion of the sales from her line's limited-edition Pink Bouquet Shimmer Lip Gloss ($21) will go to the Breast Cancer...

Scent of a wild woman.(BEAUTY: NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Maverick American designer Betsey Johnson recalls her first awfully big perfume adventure: She was bounced from a department store back in the '60s for wearing an overpowering patchouli near the fragrance counter. Naturally, Betsey Johnson (the...

Up for adaptogens.(BEAUTY: NEWS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Rhodiola rosea (also known as "golden root") is one of a category of herbs scientists have dubbed "adaptogens," which are thought to increase our resistance to stress and boost stamina. What's not to like? It's already popping up in new...

Wax on.(BEAUTY: THE EXPERT IS IN: ASK DIDI)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Q: I'VE BEEN TOLD I'M SO FAIR-HAIRED THAT LASER HAIR-REMOVAL IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME. IS WAXING MY ONLY CHOICE?--Norma Gras A: For now, yes. Lasers target color, so they're not for the pigment-challenged. But a little wax (like the...

To comb or not to comb.(BEAUTY: THE EXPERT IS IN: ASK DIDI)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Q: IS THE COMB... OVER?--Melissa Homsi A: Sometimes it seems that way--but it's time for a revival, say many hair experts. Much has been written about the merits of the natural-bristle brush, and how it redistributes the scalp's natural...

Cake talk.(BEAUTY: THE EXPERT IS IN: ASK DIDI)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Q: WHETHER I BUY CHIC OR CHEAP, MY FACE POWDER ALWAYS LOOKS CAKEY.--CINDY Weaver A: So not sweet--and I can relate. My guess is this is an application problem, so don't blame your powder. I just learned a new trick at a Marie Claire photo...

Just the essentials.(BEAUTY: THE EXPERT IS IN: ASK DIDI)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Q: I NEED TO PUT MY MAKEUP BAG ON A DIET. HOW DO I GET STARTED?--Jen Thurlow A: Tough, isn't it? With all the impulse purchases out there, you have to make smart choices to avoid accumulating morbid amounts of makeup. First, pack a...

Beauty 101 a good lashing: bat them, fatten them, even fake them. High-drama lashes are in sight.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... "Look down into a mirror when applying mascara so you can place the wand right at the base of your lashes without poking yourself in the eye." --BRIGITTE REISS-ANDERSON, CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST STEP ONE Pick a mascara that complements...

Splurge vs. steal: make me up before you go go--for a little or a whole lotta cash.(BEAUTY)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... SPLURGE S1650 MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Duo in Heat Element [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STEAL L'Oreal HIP High Intensity Pigments Bright Shadow Duo in Flare [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SPLURGE $15 Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in...