Filler alert for festivity

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has also been reported to use Thermage session for her glow

With Diwali falling this week, most gift bags are full of food items. But this is also the time of the year when women with busy lives head to beauty clinics to refresh themselves and their skin. And there are many celebrities who have taken to derma fillers and botox to look great. Models like Cindy Crawford is reported to use these procedures for flawless skin. Actress  Gwyneth Paltrow has also been reported to use Thermage session for her glow. Closer home, various Bollywood actors use these quick remedies to look their best.

 

Many women prefer conventional anti-ageing and beauty treatments and are happy to get a Botox shot or a session with dermal fillers like Juvederm that smoothen out fine lines and wrinkles. Some also come with interesting demands like lip augmentation or neck lifts. While earlier, beauty salons used to be the ultimate destination for women during this season, today they are seeking better and longer lasting treatments as compared to topical facials and bleaches that consume time and money but have only limited results. Here is when a number of non-surgical cosmetic procedures attract them.

 

For middle-aged women looking for skin rejuvenation and a younger look, Botox and dermal fillers like Juvederm are among the most desired quick shot procedures. While Botox injections can help reduce the frown lines, crow’s feet, dermal fillers take care of the finer lines around the mouth, around the eyes. The hyaluronic acid based fillers play another vital role as they give your skin a glow and radiance through their deep hydration mechanism. As hyaluronic acid binds water, it increases the level of hydration and thus helps the skin glow.

 

Experts feel that the impact of the procedure lasts upto a year, beyond the festive season. Many women are happy going for such procedures once annually. Some other procedures include medifacials to deeply hydrate the skin, chemical peels and microdermabrasion for exfoliating the dead skin and reducing blemishes. For the new-age woman, looking  good is a part of her lifestyle. These do not cost too much and are more suitable for the modern day women. 

 

The author is a dermatologist  in New Delhi 

Lady Gaga buys USD 24 million mansion

Los Angeles: Pop sensation Lady Gaga has reportedly splashed out USD 24 million on a new mansion. The 28-year-old singer, who grew up in New York City, purchased her first home in California, reported TMZ. A real estate source said the 'Bad Romance' hitmaker bought a huge compound in Malibu from the founder of Warner Bros Worldwide Consumer Products Division, Dan Romanelli.

The lavish property, which has a secret entranceway, sits on six acres and boasts five bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, an elevator, pool, gym, wine cellar, two-lane bowling alley, bocce ball court, eight-horse stable and walk-in closets. Romanelli put the house on the market for USD 24.95 million in May 2013. The blonde beauty previously insisted she would never buy a house in Los Angeles after sampling the lifestyle there in 2011.

The Grammy Award winner, who is dating 33-year-old actor Taylor Kinney, started renting a luxurious penthouse apartment in New York City last year for USD 22,000 a month.

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta passes away at 82

NEW YORK: Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, whose classic-lined formal wear made US first ladies starting with Jacqueline Kennedy shine, has died at 82, US media reported Monday.

The Dominican-born American fashion icon was called on to dress first ladies -- from Kennedy to Nancy Reagan to Laura Bush among others -- when the event called for something with a regal touch.

Though he hails from the Dominican Republic, de la Renta moved to New York in 1962, and found a kinship with American designers over their lack of pretense in aesthetic.

When automobile heiress and socialite Anne Ford married in a quiet home ceremony in 1965, she chose de la Renta to create this knee-length gabardine gown with crystal beading.

He was also a go-to man for something elegant for actress and fashionista Sarah Jessica Parker, of 'Sex in the City' fame.

The Dominican-born De la Renta - who also lived in Spain and France before coming to New York - was among a group of designers that also included Bill Blass and Geoffrey Beene who helped put the U.S. on the map in the late 1960s as a home of serious fashion. De la Renta worked at Lanvin in Paris.

His specialty was elaborate, embroidered eveningwear. First ladies Laura Bush and Hilary Clinton both wore de la Renta gowns to inaugural balls, and Penelope Cruz and Sandra Bullock wore his work on the red carpet.

De la Renta catered mostly to his socialite friends and neighbors, but eyed more mass appeal with several fragrances and accessories licenses. 

Appart from dressing top Hollywood actresses, he even dressed some of our very own Bollywood divas. Actress Sridevi stunned in this black ensemble at the IIFA awards.

'Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto also walked the Cannes red carpet in a red and gold Oscar de la Renta creation. 

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart chose to wear this gown at the movie premier of the last instalment of the 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 2'.

Singer Taylor Swift at the MET Gala in an Oscar ensemble.

George Clooney's wife Amal also chose this stunning custom made gown for their wedding in Paris last month.

The exhibit featuring designs from the beginning of de la Renta's career in the 1960s to present day is arranged by themes.

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The designer, who reportedly passed away at his home in Connecticut, had been awarded the lifetime achievement award of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

London Fashion Week: Moschino RTW Spring Summer 2015

Moschino Spring Summer 2015 London Fashion Week Photos: Alessandro Garofalo / Indigitalimages

The theme: For Ages 5 and over. The look: Barbie Doll - lifesize - with all accessories included. A ready to wear collection for Spring 2015 that is mad, colourful, fun, and wild. Definitely the most unrealistic, outrageous, over the top and exaggerated pop cultural trend that will no doubt be a glorious hit for Moschino, especially since Bubblegum Pink is also one of the Top Fashion Colours for Fall 2014 Winter 2015. From Business Woman Barbie dressed in a sparkling pink skirt suit to Roller Skating Barbie, who rolled down the catwalk to the beat of the music, to Work Out Barbie, dressed in a pink tracksuit carrying dumbbells, and a legally blonde Boarding a Plane Barbie who strutted down the runway with her matching carry-on luggage. The non-pink looks in this défilé were just as bold - if not bolder; Barbie at the Spa wrapped in a white terry cloth dress; a spoof Chanel Barbie in a skirt-suit decorated entirely in monochrome sequins; Ghetto Fab Barbie in gold chains...and more gold chains. Finally Cowgirl Barbie wore sequined blue jeans, fuchsia boots and a 70's vintage chic long-sleeve blouse. Many of the outfits were accessorized to the maximost with plastic-fantastic handbags. While it doesn't matter that Barbie is well over 55 years old, we should all aspire to resemble Mattel's iconic plastic toy - regardless of your age. So is this another New Low of High Fashion? No such thing. It’s The New Order of Fashion.