Estée Lauder announced model Joan Smalls as the latest face of for the brand and she will make her debut in global advertising campaigns as of May 2011. Smalls made her runway debut just last January in the Givenchy Fall/Winter 2010 couture show in Paris and has since appeared in shows for Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton and Prada.

Launching exclusively at Colette in Paris in January, a new publication, Exhibition, will feature a single product in each issue, with the premiere issue focusing solely on lipstick.

Dry brushing your skin may be the next spa trend with claims of detoxification, reducing cellulite, and looking thin. But buyer beware, we say, of such claims.