SKIN
• A transgender contestant was disqualified from the Miss Universe beauty pageant in Canada. [Us Magazine]
• There are, on average, 42 tanning salons in every American city, compared to only nineteen Starbucks and 30 McDonald’s locations. [Beauty High]
FRAGRANCE
• Beyoncé will debut her second fragrance, Beyoncé Pulse Summer Edition, this spring. [PeopleStyleWatch]
HAIR
• In Turkey, a men’s shampoo called Biomen ran a commercial featuring Adolf Hitler, who delivers a speech telling customers to buy the product that is “a 100 percent male shampoo.” He says: “If you are not wearing a woman’s dress, you should not use her shampoo either.” Jewish groups are not pleased. [NYPost]
MAKEUP
• Monika Jagaciak stars in the latest ads for Chanel beauty. [Design Scene]
• Polyvore has added makeup products to its database, which will allow users to create more “head-to-toe sets” from the site’s library of products and images. [WWD]
• Burberry’s spring/summer 2012 beauty campaign features Jourdan Dunn. [Twitter]
• Virgin Atlantic created a lipstick in collaboration with bareMinerals called “Upper Class Red.” The lip color will be part of the cabin crew’s uniform and passengers will also be able to buy it at Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse spas before it’s made more widely available later this year. [Telegraph]
