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Prada Does ‘Country Pop’ Makeup; Fragrance Award Inexplicably Bestowed on Paris Hilton

MAKEUP
• Makeup artist Pat McGrath on the makeup she did for Prada’s fall 2009 show: “The idea is this woman who lives in the country, but she loves pop music and has all these crazy fabrics around her from throughout the past, and she’s wearing and trying them all on.” Translation: bleached brows and burgundy eye shadow up to the brow bone topped with red and orange glitter. [Allure/Daily Beauty Reporter]

• Nicolas Degennes, Givenchy’s Le Makeup Artistic Director, is planning an exhibition debuting in Paris this April showcasing the work he’s done for Givenchy over the past ten years. [Talking Makeup]

Lucky magazine editors claim gray eye shadow is the best “investment piece” of makeup a girl can buy since it looks good on everybody. Well, Lucky editors, let’s not forget about our friend’s clear lip gloss and mascara. [Lucky]

FRAGRANCE
• Paris Hilton won the Celebrity of the Year Award from the Fragrance Foundation and will claim her prize at the annual Fifi Awards this May. Golly, we hope our invitation is in the mail. [Now Smell This]

HAIR
• Angelina Jolie wears wigs in her upcoming movie Salt, where she plays an undercover agent. But she still looks like Angelina Jolie. [USA Today via Jezebel]

Prada Does ‘Country Pop’ Makeup; Fragrance Award Inexplicably Bestowed on Paris Hilton