
Finds of the week:
- High: YSL's Shocking Felt Tip Eyeliner Pen, $32
- Low: Maybelline's Eye Studio Felt Tip Eyeliner, $8
Off the wire:
- Karl Lagerfeld once owned (and wore) a mankini. Photo evidence because it happened.
- Max Azria only works five hours a day. Redesigning the same bandage dress can't be that difficult.
- Betsey Johnson files for Chapter 11, but the reality show is still on.
Smart reads:
- LOFT Summer 2012 Lookbook - The Budget Babe
- I'm Powerless Against a J.Crew/Pamela Love Collaboration - Eye4Style
- It's Like Going On Vacation, But Not - Miss Whoever You Are

Some people have a special ability of communicating online that makes you feel like you know them, even if you have never met. Julia Murphree, Director of Public Relations for Maybelline, has that gift. In fact, we somehow managed to go at least a couple of seasons during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week without meeting (even though we both made concerted efforts). Of course with Maybelline as one of the title sponsors of the shows, it's no wonder. Julia has a lot on her hands.
“The beauty look at L.A.M.B. is inspired by a trip to India,” said Maybelline's Global Makeup Artist Charlotte Willer. “A dark, dramatically lined eye is the focal point– a modern take on kohl.” To recreate the look Charlotte created for L.A.M.B. Spring/Summer 2012, she recommends the following:



