Posts by Karen Robinovitz

 

Me on the HSN set. Courtesy Photo


After two years of hoping, praying, worrying, stressing, spending, freaking, praying (again!), dreaming, wondering, crying, begging, visualizing, and busting my bum, I finally achieved my dream -- launching my ...

Purple Lab on HSN: A First-Person Account of the Studio Experience

After two years of hoping, praying, worrying, stressing, spending, freaking, praying, dreaming, wondering, crying, begging, visualizing, and busting my bum to get Purple Lab off the ground, I launched on HSN! Read More »
 Karen Rovinovitz, the founder of Purple Lab and creator of Huge Lips, Skinny Hips lip gloss, dishes on the trials and tribulations of creating your own makeup line. Read her all her Beauty bLab columns here.  
 
Friday, January 29, 2010, Purple Lab ...

Purple Lab Finds a Luvah at World's Largest Speed Dating Event -...

Friday, January 29, 2010, Purple Lab made history. We broke the Guinness world record for the largest speed dating event (the record was 250 people, total). The whole premise for the event was to celebrate the launch of Luvah, our new double-plumping, aphrodesiac infused lip product, created as a nod to my journey of 150 dates to find my husband. Read More »
 Karen Rovinovitz, the founder of Purple Lab and creator of Huge Lips, Skinny Hips lip gloss, dishes on the trials and tribulations of creating your own makeup line. Read her all her Beauty bLab columns here. 


Kiss & Tell: The aphrodesiac-laced ...

The Speed of Love - Beauty bLab

Don't tell me one of your resolutions is not to find a "luvah" (said like Will Ferrell) in the new year (if you're single, of course, as I am not a proponent of cheating). Purple Lab is here to help. Read More »
 Karen Rovinovitz, the founder of Purple Lab and creator of Huge Lips, Skinny Hips lip gloss, dishes on the trials and tribulations of creating your own makeup line. Read her all her Beauty bLab columns here. 







Preliminary sketches for the ...

Purple Lab's HSN Dream Set - Beauty BLab

Purple Lab recently realized a huge dream: Going on HSN. It was our ultimate goal from Day 1. It was why we went broke, why we took every risk, why we tuned out the naysayers, and why we keep on keepin' on. Read More »
 Karen Rovinovitz, the founder of Purple Lab and creator of Huge Lips, Skinny Hips lip gloss, dishes on the trials and tribulations of creating your own makeup line. Read her all her Beauty bLab columns here.  


This is the pink I started with, fresh ...

How It's Made: Mixing Colors for Lip Gloss - Beauty bLab

The best part of makeup - the colors. And a beauty addict hasn't lived until she's been in a lab, watching how colors are mixed and made. It's way more than red and blue make green. Read More »
 Guest blogger Karen Robinovitz writes about the trials and tribulations of creating and running her beauty brand, Huge Lips, Skinny Hips. Click here for all of her Beauty Blab columns. 
 


The Didge Project in action. Photo: Courtesy of Karen ...

Pychics and Yoga and Lip gloss, Oh My! - Beauty BLab

In the new year, there will be a new shade of Huge Lips Skinny Hips, a brownish-berry with slightly pink undertones called Goji Berry Smoothie. The shade perfectly matches the exotic superfruit, which I mix in a smoothie with coconut water every morning. It also comes with my secret family recipe, which, I guess, will no longer be a secret once it's out. Read More »
 

Nicky Hilton is a fan of Huge Lips, Skinny Hips. Photo: Getty Images


I'm about to blow the lid on an entire industry - celebrity swag. 
 
You know the

Celebrity Swag: How to Get Stars to Use Your Products - Beauty BLab

being able to say a celebrity has or uses your product is the best implicit endorsement there is. Plus, it's a quick means to instant press. Hence, celebrity gifting. There are a few ways to get your products in the right hands. Read More »
 

Model Behavior: Purple Lab's public relations director, Sharon, strikes a pose. Photo: Courtesy of Karen Robinovitz


 
Hips forward. Shoulders back. 
 
Remember: Every man wants you, and every woman wants to be you. 
 
Such are the wise words of ...

Fashion Model How-To: Walk Like A Supermodel - Beauty BLab

Get modeling tips from Drew Linehan, former America's Next Top Model guest judge and founder of Trew Productions, a model booking agency in New York City. Read More »
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