New York Fashion Week is over and while I had a great time checking out the shows and interviewing glam squads and designers, I'm excited to get back to my normal routine. You know – actually have a life. As a reporter, covering fashion week is far less glamourous than you'd think. It's a 25 hour, eight day week that allows for little to absolutely no sleep due to intense deadlines and non-stop shows. I guess you can say it's a bitter, sweet week. Here are the hero products that got me through it without looking like a hot mess.
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray, $39
It's the perfect combination of a dry shampoo and a hair spray. On days when I skipped a shampoo and had to be at a show at 7am (Victoria Beckham on Saturday morning) I spritzed this on my roots and through my hair and it added volume and a bit of workable control. Backstage tons of stylists were using dry shampoo as a styling product, not just to control oil. You'll be hearing more about this in another post.
Kerstin Florian Correcting Eye Rescue Pad, $100 for 5
I stopped by Robert Verdi's Suite in the middle of the week to check out some new product launches and found these eye pads. I literally put them on right then and there in the middle of the day and like a mask, they helped to soothe fine lines around my eyes and depuff underneath (which at this point was much needed).
Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer, $42
As the days went on I began to get paler and paler. I normally don't wear any face makeup so I bought this tinted moisturizer in a shade darker than I normally would wear and mixed it in with my moisturizer to dilute it a bit and applied it daily to create a lively appearance. Otherwise I would have been walking around looking like a corpse.
Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips, $9.99
I've written about these before and have worn them over and over. They're real nail polish strips that you stick on your nails and last up to ten days. I chose a metallic fishnet pattern and decided to rock them because I knew they wouldn't chip during my busy week.
