It’s no secret that the desert is known for its beauty- and wellness-promoting properties, with visitors coming to de-stress, de-puff, or for a bronzy, my-heart-is-still-beating glow. Today, those looking to make the mirror a friendlier place could do so with ease at the Style & Beauty Bash at Fashion Week El Paseo in Palm Desert.
Twenty-three salons and cosmetic and beauty companies set up in the Big White Tent on Larkspur Lane and provided treatments for $30 a pop. Local establishments including Chakra Hair Studio and Ana Cetina Salon and Spa offered haircuts, massages, makeup applications, and eyelash extensions — services that typically cost at the Style & Beauty Bash.
National beauty brands also had a presence in the tent, with Sephora, Wella, MAC, Murad, and mineral-based cosmetics behemoth Bare Escentuals displaying their latest colors and potions for body and face.
An extreme hair demonstration birthed creative ’dos that looked like they belonged in a Tim Burton film — including a stiff, bright red pair of lips fashioned completely from a model’s long hair and, shockingly, stationary atop of her head.
The lips provided a sufficient photo op for guests waiting to get their own hair coiffed into something a bit sleeker. But one woman was more interested in snapping a visitor to the Norvell Sunless Spray Tan booth.
Wearing a bikini, the visitor stood in full public view while a Norvell representative bronzed her with a paint gun. She — like those getting face waxes in open view — appeared unfazed.
While public mustache removal was acceptable, it seemed few at the Style & Beauty Bash wanted to be caught eating in public, as evident by the multitude of cupcakes, candies, muffins, and scones in each booth. They went largely untouched, except by a sheepish few.
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent
Photos By Adrianne Bonafede
Fashion Week El Paseo™ March 16-24, 2012
Style and Beauty Bash Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Hair and makeup professionals from more than 15 salons and spas are bringing their blow dryers and powder puffs to the Big White Tent