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Don't sacrifice luxury for eco features when you're visiting Vienna — just book a stay at the newly opened Hotel Topazz. Located in the historic first district, Hotel Topazz features a unique facade and chic decor while also keeping its resource and energy use to a minimum through tactics including energy-efficient systems and appliances and green building materials. The hotel's facade is Read more
Rachel Zoe has outdone herself again. This time, the stylist is paying homage to five glorious decades of Hollywood glamour with her new window displays for the Tiffany & Co. flagship stores in NYC, Beverly Hills, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and London. If you don't reside in one of these cities, have no fear! Click through to check out the five window displays that have us ooh-ing and Read more
Why on earth should you save for retirement? Read what OnSugar blog Beauty and the Budget has to say about saving for your golden years. For a young woman in her mid twenties, saving for retirement can seem like a distant, abstract concept. Personally, I tend to save for short term rewards, like a summer vacation. But for those things that are far off — even further away than marriage and Read more
High lipstick sales are associated with a bad economy, but apparently high luxury skin care sales may indicate financial recovery. Even though the US fiscal situation is far from sunny, CNN is calling 2010's eight percent increase in luxury skin care receipts "a clear sign of a recovery," and suggesting that recent runs on $320 and $500 face creams point to a larger economic trend. I'll be a Read more
The Piece: Charlotte Olympia Miranda Wedges The Investment: $902 Why We Covet: You know that if you wear these, at least ten women, and probably a few men, are going to stop you on the street and ask you where you got these fabulous shoes. They're meant to be checked out. They're meant to get attention. They're meant to make you six feet tall because they have whopping 6-inch wedge heels, but Read more
Not sure where to start or what to get when it comes to high-end skin care products? Team Bella has tried out lots of luxe skin care items over the years, and here are a few of our favorites. Some are slightly more reasonably priced than others, but all deliver luxurious results. Read more
Dior has just debuted the latest in high-tech mascaras, and like the vibrating and ball-shaped mascara wands before it, this new modification is sure to launch scads of imitators. The new mascara, DiorShow 360 ($36), carries quite the price tag but promises that its double helix-shaped bristles and spinning wand will "mimic a makeup artist's application technique for a perfect 360-degree Read more
Ever gotten a $1,000 headband for the holidays, or maybe been surprised with a jewel-encrusted perfume bottle so large that it has a spigot? Well, even if that's not how things usually go around your house, you can still be up on the lives of the wealthy and profligate. The following 10 gifts are some of the most luxurious and costly on the market. Check them out and see if they're worth their Read more
Have money to burn? Do you love gold? Then you might just want to hit up the luxe Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, where you can get a tattoo made of real 24-carat gold. But here's the catch: this pricey ink is only temporary. The Precious Skin tats ($50 to $5,500) are comprised of gold or platinum leaf and were originally developed by Japanese designer Nobuhiko Akatsuka several years back (see his Read more
I love Burberry, but this may be too much, even for me. The storied British brand is now selling a Burberry Lip Charm ($85) that barely clocks in under three figures. Just for comparison, a full size Burberry 'Lip Glow' Natural Lip Gloss is $27, so while still certainly luxurious, the rest of their line doesn't even come close. The limited-edition charm also functions as a key chain, but do you Read more
