A favorite black-humor scene from the 2002 Jennifer Aniston movie "The Good Girl" is when Retail Rodeo employee Cheryl (Zooey Deschanel) provides a makeover for a 60-ish customer at the Texas drugstore. Her finished, garish work recalls the paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec, a look that she trumpets as the latest trend from France called "Cirque du Face."

Maternity wear gets its due. What nobody tells you is how you'll struggle to get dressed in those days after the baby comes, especially if you're nursing.

A busy life doesn't mean there isn't time to apply lipstick. Avon's new Pro-To-Go Lipstick can be opened, applied and closed with one hand. That said, we can't promise spokeswoman Reese Witherspoon's fast-track film career, but we can vouch for moisturized lips.

The Bare Escentuals national makeup artists recently descended upon the company's boutique in Water Tower Place for its "Try, Believe, Love" tour. Aside from makeovers, the mineral makeup company introduced its newest products: Rocker Eye kit ($38), Face Fashion color collection ($34) and seven lip colors ($15).

What is it about celebrities that makes them think they can be fashion designers? You never see Vera Wang, say, looking to open for Coldplay.

Until recently, a fashion model and a carton of skim milk had a lot in common—not enough fat and a short shelf life. The average model's career typically expired at age 25.

THIS SEASON'S sartorial tale of two cities may have started with slump-chested pessimism in Milan, where the answer to the sorry state of the world was to throw in the towel, stay home from the office and protest in your pj's. But it ended in Paris last week with strong, square-shouldered optimism. Designers here metaphorically (and literally, in the case of Adam Kimmel's striped terry cloth blazer) took it upon themselves to turn that towel into something stylish to wear. "By spring 2009," they seemed to say, "the world will be a better place, and we're ready to dress accordingly."

ON DAY 1 of Paris Fashion Week, Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was kicking it in the front row at Louis Vuitton, kitted out in a teal T-shirt, khakis and a denim jacket accessorized with a Michael Jackson button and a chunky red Lego heart. What appeared to be a silk LV scarf billowed from his back pocket.