About Amber Katz

Welcome to New York City, where one day, we’re all, ‘I can’t wait to move stuff around in my closet and reacquaint myself with my leather jacket!’ And then BAM! Two weeks later, we’re afraid to wear anything that’s not machine-washable because sweating through your wardrobe is inevitable if you’re outside more than 20 minutes. …

Between Cara Delevingne’s massive popularity, services like Browhaus’ Brow Resurrection (P.S. I had it done and it changed my life) and bold brows ruling the runway for a couple seasons now, I have to declare 2013 is the year of the brow. Full, robust brows rebalance your features, make you look more youthful and give …

While there is merit to some beauty products that cost the earth (this gal has bought several replacement bottles of $150 Rodin Olio Lusso, for instance), the phrase “you get what you pay for” can be as incorrect semantically as it is grammatically. There are a bevy of fabulous beauty buys at your local drugstore …

The vehicle through which a product is delivered is an ever-changing thing in the beauty space. Jars and pumps have their merits, but here are five unlikely beauty items now available in spray form that are so good, each warrants its own boombox-over-the-head moment a la Lloyd Dobler. Read why I’m having a spritz blitz …

As Annelle once said in Steel Magnolias, “Miss Truvy, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.” Beauty bars are cropping up all over of late. The spa/salon day of yore is OVER: Clearly, it’s totally 2013 to abbreviate your beauty services. Not to mention, why get …

Spring is coming… allegedly. You wouldn’t know it from the cashmere and down I rocked this morning (while still feeling frosty, I might add). Just as you need different outerwear for 30-degree weather and below, 50-degree climates and 60-70-degree balmy days, your skin care needs to shift as well. I find that the heavy winds …

To quote famous philosophers (TLC) in the negative, I do want [some] scrubs. We know that dry, flaky skin totally assassinates our sultry, smooth complexion game. In the doldrums of winter, it’s nearly impossible to achieve the same glowy quality a little natural Vitamin D provides, but keeping up with a twice-weekly exfoliation helps keep …

Though we American ladies are susceptible to international influence when it comes to beauty, oils took a long time to come stateside, despite their popularity in

February has arrived! The first half of the month is undoubtedly dedicated to discussions relating to the most polarizing of holidays, Valentine’s Day. Whether you dress exclusively in heart-printed tops or your ideal Valentine’s Day is spent making a heart-shaped meatloaf with the express goal of throwing it out a window once it’s done, festive …