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Lily Cole Goes Brunette; Nars’s Bleecker Street Store

HAIR
Lily Cole ditched her famous red locks and went brunette, although it’s unclear if the dye job is for a movie role or just because. [Modelinia]

• Carey Mulligan twisted and pinned her cropped hair into tiny spirals for last night’s London premiere of Never Let Me Go. [The Girls in the Beauty Dept./Glamour.com]

MAKEUP
• It’s been confirmed: Nars is opening its first-ever stand-alone boutique on Bleecker Street in the West Village. [Refinery 29]

• Studio BeautyMix at Fred Segal has been sold to Sandow Media-owned NewBeauty Magazine, and the space is set to become the “physical representation” of the publication. NewBeauty publisher Stefanie Attenberg called it a “children’s museum, but for adults — and all about beauty,” which “isn’t about how many products we are going to sell.” [WWD]

SKIN
• According to an extremely arbitrary study by a whiskey company, British men are giving up moisturizer, shaving gel, and hair products in favor of a more “blokeish” look. This movement is being called “machosexuality.” [Style List]

HOW-TO
• Bella Sugar laid out some instructions on how to style your hair into loose, tousled waves. [Bella Sugar]

Lily Cole Goes Brunette; Nars’s Bleecker Street Store