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Sandy Linter with a client in Dallas.

Celebrity makeup artist Sandy Linter, Lancome’s Beauty at Every Age Expert and co-author of The Make-up Wakeup: Revitalizing Your Look at Any Age gave one-on-one consultations at NorthPark Dallas, and shared her top tips with NMdaily.  Celebrity clients like Liz Hurley, Bette Midler, and the model Cheryl Tiegs have depended on Linter’s light touch to make them look their best.  In her new book,  beauties from 41-65 years old illustrate easy steps for creating a polished look as beauty needs change.

Sandy Linter’s top tips:

-The most common mistake women make as they mature is to stop wearing makeup.  Makeup applied with skill makes everyone look better. Don’t give up.

Whether you need a Mother’s Day gift or just want to feel spring’s awakening, consider these. (For definitions of fragrance notes, jump to the end.)

Sakura Cherry Blossom by Jo Malone (New, Limited Edition)

Light, airy, romantic and breathtaking, Jo Malone’s latest fragrance reveals the fleeting beauty of delicate cherry blossoms. It has the cherry blossom at the heart, with an unforgettable contrast between woody notes and sensual musk.

Top: Bergamot and Mandarin

Heart: Cherry Blossom, Rose and Mimosa

Base: Musk and Rosewood

$105 for 100 mL, $55 for 30 mL

Santiago Barberi Gonzalez

Santiago Barberi Gonzalez, son of handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez, is president of the family business and created its men’s offshoot, Santiago Gonzalez. At the core of both the men’s and women’s ranges are unbranded, richly colored, buffed-crocodile accessories.

While shuttling between homes in Paris, Colombia and New York, and traveling extensively for business, Gonzalez is constantly on the lookout for art and has amassed a beloved collection. Santi, as friends call him, shared his relationship to some of his favorite objects with NMdaily.

All photos by Jessica Antola.

Nicole Richie’s apparel line may be called Winter Kate, but there’s nothing wintry about the floral-print bed jackets, maxi skirts and romantic dressses. She’ll be heating up Coral Gables, Florida with a book signing later this week.

NM: We hear you’re up for a daytime talk show. You also act, write, and you have the clothing and accessories lines….what kinds of things do you still aim to accomplish?

NR: I would love to create a lifestyle brand, which incorporates everything that I am doing right now, but I am taking it one step at a time.

NM: Whose style is inspiring to you?

NR: My mother’s.

Designer Lela Rose traveled to Atlanta to show her Spring collection at an event hosted by Danielle Rollins, a longtime friend from Dallas. Rollins is currently writing a book on entertaining, which will feature a dinner party with Rose, who is also a foodie and avid traveler.

Summer looks featuring Haspel seersucker.

Haspel, founded in New Orleans in 1909 and later credited with making seersucker popular in America, is newly compelling right now as young men take a new interest in sartorial tradition—and as temperatures are rising.

The brand made waves when founder Joseph Haspel, Sr. wore his seersucker into the ocean during a trade show. Now Joseph’s great-granddaughter Laurie Haspel steers the ship, maintaining the born-in-America tradition and lineage. Haspel still makes no-nonsense clothing for the modern gentleman.

Makeup connoisseurs know: Summer means Estée Lauder’s Bronze Goddess collection. Every year, Estée Lauder creates a new take on that “Girl from Ipanema” summer ideal — pitch perfect for that year’s trends. Certain types of products are always included: new summer fragrances, for instance, and a limited edition blush that’s usually the flagship piece of the collection.

This year’s offering is the exceptional Sea Star Bronzing Blush ($34), a two-tone powder featuring peachy sand and a pink starfish (the design goes all the way through to the pan). You can swirl them together for a universally flattering peach-pink. Or, if you prefer a pop of pink on your cheeks, focus your brush on the starfish.

Estée Lauder’s powders are finely milled and never powdery or cakey on the skin. Just don’t wait too long to visit your counter. The Sea Star may not be around all summer.

Shop Estée Lauder.

Ines de la Fressange

For as long as I’ve known Ines de la Fressange, I’ve never not wanted to dress exactly like her. I first met her in Paris in the late Eighties when she was a model for Chanel and was named the Marianne, the national emblem of France. Since then, I’ve run into her at fashion industry dinners or in the Roger Vivier showroom in Paris where she works alongside designer Bruno Frissoni as a brand ambassador. Every time I see Ines she is wearing some indescribably gorgeous piece of clothing, like an emerald green satin shirt, paired with some other, intensely colorful piece like midnight-blue velvet jeans. It’s hard enough to imagine conjuring these things to wear on a daily basis, and harding still, knowing that everything looks better on Ines because she has asparagus thin limbs, a singular Gallic slouch and a brilliant smile. Suffice it to say I’ve never met another 50-year-old woman who can pull off white jeans.

Donna Karan speaks on camera about her Lenox tabletop and giftware line and the deeply personal nature of in-home dining and entertaining. Donna Karan Lenox is an earthy, hearty, functional collection inspired by Donna’s travels. The nature-inspired shapes all have a handcrafted sensibility, whether rendered in bone china, blown glass, fired metals, crystal or carved wood.