I expect to get schooled on a number of topics during my yoga classes, but a yoga instructor that can offer beauty tips following my downward dog transcends into a whole new level of training. Imagine my delight when, after a sunrise yoga class in the middle of the Mojave Desert, my instructor offered up a skin refresher to all of her "New Yorkers who must travel back to their damp, East Coast winter." You might be tempted to simply load up on lotion when your skin is chapped from the whipping wind, but, she cautioned, "do not stop exfoliating -- for optimal health for your skin, as well as your immune system, and your mind."

Robert Pattinson and Megan Fox make sucking it sexy, Lady Gaga accessorized last night's VMA performance with it, and HBO makes it True: Blood is having its moment. While sporting a pair of plastic fangs is only cool in a middle school cafeteria, and stage blood should stay on stage (though it also makes unnecessary appearances in middle school cafeterias), fashion houses like Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, and Dolce & Gabbana have made fashionable interpretations of all the pop culture gore, sending modern-day vamps down their fall runways. With variations of pale skin, dramatic eyes, and blood-red lips, the look is perfect for a little bloodletting after hours, and with a few tweaks, can also be wearable at your day job.

We love a good bag. And when a good bag is made to hold our beauty stash, that's even better. It's like how birds are attracted to shiny objects -- if you're a product junkie, you know your makeup bag means a lot. If only designers caught on to this plight. This Thursday night, Clinique and Milly finally put their heads together, toss in some champagne and swag, and introduce an advancement in the GWP (Gift With Purchase) at their Fashion Night Out cocktail party. A attendees can get boozed up while Clinique Consultants give out makeovers and the new Milly Cosmetic Bag.

From shaving nicks to persistent pimples, men have just as many skin problems as women (except for my mom, whose beard defies all logic). Men can benefit from such cosmetic lines as Clinique, Lancome and Clarins, which all now have skin care lines designed especially for men. Hello, Father’s Day gifts! Women aren't the only ones who deal with dark circles and blemishes, friends. Clinique, mastermind that it is, created M Cover, a cover up for men. Earlier today, BlackBook Fashion Market Editor Bryan Levandowski whipped out his own stick of M Cover and a mirror to hide some slight imperfection on his face. Now he looks like a Ken doll in short shorts. Anti-aging serums, gels, and lotions have been available for women for, well, ages. Now men can dodge wrinkles, crow’s feet, and other incriminating signs of age too with Lancome’s Anti-Age Perfecting Fluid.