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Backstage Beauty: Oscar de la Renta Hair

New York Fashion Week not only produces the latest must-have trends in clothing and accessories, it sometimes sparks unexpected trends in hair and makeup. At Oscar de la Renta the designer added an element of punk to his polished collection with color-streaked hair. Backstage at the Spring/Summer 2013 show blue, pink and yellow rockstar-worthy extensions were clipped and then swept into elegant French twists.

Want to rock the polished meets punk do? Here’s what you’ll need.

1.) A high-powered blowdryer for sleekness and volume. Plug-in a Sedu dryer – it has more power than a conventional dryer and is equipped with an ionic generator. Plus it comes in cool streak-matching colors like pink and yellow!

2.) A sturdy hair brush for the blow-out and French twist sculpting. Grab a Mason Pearson brush – the original rubber-cushion hairbrush, handmade with the best materials to help care for your hair.

3.) Colored hair clip-ins and bobby pins. Find these at your local beauty supply store.

4.) Volumizing spray for maximum height. Pump up your roots with Fekkai Coiff Bouffant Lifting and Texturizing Spray Gel.

5.)  Mega-hold hairspray to lock it down. Top off your look with Serge Normant MetaLuxe hairspray – the weightless mist holds volume throughout the day.

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Beauty Live Going Big for Fall Beauty Trend Week, Experts Chatting Daily

Cle de Peau beauty backstage at Vera Wang Fall 2012.

Cle de Peau beauty backstage at Vera Wang Fall 2012.

Every week our Beauty Live chatline on NeimanMarcus.com hosts a different expert to answer your beauty questions. It brings one of the benefits of visiting the beauty counter to your computer. Ah, modern convenience.

But this week we’re going big! To celebrate the launch of Neiman Marcus’ Fall face (cherry lips, everyone!) we have lined up a roster of talented industry professionals to tackle your cosmetic queries – each day of the week.

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What’s Inside: Beauty Buyer Summer’s Makeup Bag

NM assistant buyer Summer Larson's cosmetic bag.

NM assistant buyer Summer Larson's cosmetic bag.

Before beauty products make it on the pages of NeimanMarcus.com, the beauty buying team scouts, sees, sniffs and samples every product on the market. We stopped by NM assistant beauty buyer Summer Larson’s very pink office at NeimanMarcus.com HQ, where she had just finished up a morning mani – testing a brand new gel nail kit deskside. Completely work-related, of course! She then unzipped her Prada cosmetic case.

NM assistant beauty buyer Summer Larson's cosmetic bag.

...what's inside.

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Nostalgic “Total Look” at MOCA Los Angeles

A new exhibit at The Museum of Contemporary Art takes visitors on a nostalgic, color-soaked romp through the L.A. fashion scene of the 1960s. The Total Look: The Creative Collaboration between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton showcases the prolific and iconic partnership between acclaimed fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, his favorite model and muse Peggy Moffitt and her husband William Claxton, a noted jazz and celebrity photographer who began photographing Gernreich’s work in 1957 and documented every single collection from 1962. Curated by Decades founder Cameron Silver, the exhibit features a vibrant selection of 55 Gernreich designs from Moffitt’s personal collection as well as fashion films and photographs taken by Claxton of Moffitt modeling the body-conscious, “mod” clothes.

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Guide to Hair Styling With B. The Product

Hair has quickly become one of fashion’s statement accessories.  Whether it’s a textured updo adorned with jeweled embellishments or a sleek ponytail, the Spring runways spoke to individual modern style.

B. The Product, Karlie Kloss, Jason Wu

Jason Wu Spring 2012

The best way to achieve impeccable style, when it comes to your hair, is to use products that respond well to the nature of your hair. B. The Product is a professional styling line of luxurious hair care products created by Los Angeles-based celebrity hair expert, Brandon Martinez. His formulaic line works together to create a specific recipe for your hair type.  Martinez is an expert when it comes to immediately identifying what hair needs to shift styles. 

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Tool of the Trade: Sedu Revolution Pro Ionic Travel Dryer

Sedu, Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta Fall 2012

With Fashion Month in full swing we can’t help but feast our eyes on the well-coiffed models. Thick, full manes bounce softly as models saunter down the runway at Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera. Fall’s more-is-more mentality adds grandeur to the hair with jeweled headbands and ribbons.  The key to shiny, smooth hair starts with an amazing blowout.  Start practicing now with Sedu’s Revolution Pro Ionic Travel Dryer.  According to Sedu, the dryer delivers the power of a professional dryer in a compact size for fast ionic drying and frizz-free results.  Come Fall, you will be runway ready!

Sedu Revolution Pro Ionic Travel Dryer

Shop Sedu at NeimanMarcus.com or Neiman Marcus stores. The Beauty Event runs online through Monday, March 5.

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The Beauty Event Tweetstakes

#NMBeautyEvent Tweetstakes

During the Neiman Marcus Beauty Event, February 20 to March 5, tweet at @NeimanMarcus using the hashtag #NMBeautyEvent, and you will automatically be entered to win a bundle of the latest and greatest NM beauty products!

The winner will receive these items as their prize: Guerlain Noir G Mascara, Trish McEvoy # 9 Polish Sugar Scrub, Orlane Créme Royale Neck and Decollete, Kiehl’s Créme de Corps Basket, 2 Le Metier Lip and Nail Kits, Sisley Paris Sisleya Face and Eye cream, Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat and Mascara, Clinique Chubby Stick Trio, Laura Mercier Eau Gourmande Fragrance in Almond Coconut, Valentino by Valentino Eau de Parfum, Dozen Roses Electron Eau de Parfum, Lalique Fleur de Cristal Eau de Parfum (with body cream), Tom Ford Casablanca Lipstick and Bitter Bitch Nail Color, Sedu Hair Dryer and Clarisonic Mia 2 Pink. The total retail value is over $2,000. To read the official contest rules, please click here.

Shop the Beauty Event at NeimanMarcus.com or Neiman Marcus stores. 

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London Fashion Week, Fall/Winter 2012

London Fashion Week has blossomed from the industry stepchild to the It Girl of fashion weeks. Burberry Prorsum, Erdem, McQ Alexander McQueen, Issa LondonChristopher Kane and Mary Katrantzou all showed this week. Tom Ford held private appointments. I’ve been trying to keep up with Ken Downing here for four packed days. Speaking of it girls, I’ve seen Alexa Chung’s haircut on heads all over town. Another beauty note: “tattooed” eyelids, with points clearly drawn on the outer corners of the upper lids. You heard it here.

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Definitive Guide to Gifts at the Scent Event

Whether you’re scooping up stocking stuffers like nail polishes and lip glosses, or giving the gift of a hot new fragrance like Prada Candy, the time to shop beauty is during The Scent Event. Now through November 27, with any $85 fragrance or cosmetics purchase online and in stores, you’ll receive an exclusive Stephanie Johnson clutch stuffed with samples. Plus! Receive additional gifts with purchase from participating counters. Some of our favorite freebies include David Yurman Body Cream, a Narciso Rodriguez for Her scented candle, and a Flora by Gucci Eau de Toilette Solid compact. Find the full list of gifts-with-purchase after the jump.

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Gifts of Beauty

Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown

InCircle bonus days are today through Sunday, April 17! Cardholders will receive double or triple points for virtually every dollar spent. But in addition, the cosmetics counters are offering some gifts-with-purchase to sweeten the deal. Even if you’re not a cardholder, this weekend is really the perfect time to do some cosmetics, fragrance, and skincare shopping.

We’ve rounded up the gifts available at each counter, and most counters are also scheduling appointments with local and national artists. Talk to your favorite sales associates about the events planned for your store. Please note, the gifts offered through NeimanMarcus.com may differ from those at counters.

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