Beauty News. C.O. Bigelow Planning To Close Six Stores This Summer

Pause for a moment today and shed a tear for the six C.O. Bigelow shops that will soon no longer be with us. According to WWD, the announcement was made today that six out of the eleven retail outposts of the beloved apothecary chain would close by the end of July. This news follows the …

Chicago Fashion Show Featured America's Top Model Jaslene Gonzales

The Edge, 1700 West Divison Street, hosted by charming owner Anastacio Gonzales, presented a fashion show produced by MGO Salon where designs by Freddie Rocha, Wanda Cobar, and Michelle Gomez were presented on a rose petal strewn black runway featuring the beautiful Jaslene Gonzales, winner of the 2007 America's Next Top Model alongside her equally …

Fashion Columbia 2009. Columbia College Chicago Fashion Week

Fashion Columbia 2009, Reginald Ilagan Design, Photo: Bob Kusel On Tuesday Michelle Alegria of ABC’s 190 North (Columbia College alumnus) and Susanna Negovan, editor in chief of Michigan Avenue magazine hosted Fashion Columbia 2009: The Best Of Ready To Wear at the Harold Washington Library Winter Garden. Proceeds from the fashion show and lunch benefited …

Designers. The Chicago Fashion Incubator Welcomes Designer Anna Hovet

The Chicago Fashion Incubator announced Anna Hovet will be on e of the  designers in residence for the 2009 – 2010 class. Anna will be taking the place of Alonzo Jackson whose line, Fashion Geek, has enjoyed enormous success in the past several months. With a solid business support structure in place, the Incubator board agreed that they …

Beauty Beat. Simple Makeup Solutions for Face Redness

Is your face constantly flushed? Are you tired of looking red in the face? If your face is constantly red and blotchy it may be just more than the sun or wind causing it. Foods and drinks like alcohol and caffeine are also factors in causing million of women to have facial redness, or Rosacea. …