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Vladimir Putin’s Botox Becomes a Spectacle; Sandra Bullock Wore ‘Cher Hair’

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Sandra Bullock’s “Cher Hair”. Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

COSMETIC SURGERY

Many “ordinary” Russians think that prime minister Vladimir Putin has gotten Botox injections. So many, in fact, that the Russian word for “Botox” was trending on Twitter. [Telegraph UK]

HAIR

• Ricky’s NYC has created a magnetic wristband that makes hairpins easily accessible for stylists.  The store has gotten so many requests for the bracelets that they’re now producing the gadgets for retail. [Beauty Counter Blog]

• Sandra Bullock wore “Cher hair” to her Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close premiere. [Girls in the Beauty Dept./Glamour]

MAKEUP

Celebrities are wearing a lot of pink lipstick this holiday season. [InStyle]

Procter & Gamble has agreed to ban its CoverGirl mascara ads because the brand Photoshopped model’s eyelashes, even though it disclosed in the ad that the image was enhanced. [Business Insider]

Daphne Guinness wears nail polish as lipstick. [Stylelist]

Fabulousat60.com, a lifestyle website for Baby Boomers, launched a cosmetics line. [WWD]

Putin’s Botox; Sandra Bullock’s Cher Hair