Pretty Quirky
Sinful candles, fragrant jewels and an unusual hair remedy are among fall’s offbeat offerings.
Venezuela native Marianella Febres-Cordero grew up making soaps in her mother’s kitchen on Sunday afternoons. Now her own Dallas kitchen has become the factory for Jabonería Marianella, a line of handmade soaps that come in seven nearly edible varieties, including crème brûlée, fruit tart and desert gardenia. $18 for a set of three; marianelleasoap.com.
It takes one to know one. Margherita Missoni, It girl and fashion scion, has designed a vintage-looking bead and gold-plate charm necklace called the “It” Item, which features a logo-bedecked orb filled with a solid version of Missoni Acqua, a sweet peony, violet and iris scent. $50; nordstrom.com.
Popping pills is encouraged at Kérastase. The company’s new Densitive Daily Anti-Hair Thinning, Anti-Hair Loss Dietary Supplement promises to promote thicker, denser and shinier hair with zinc (which produces keratin) and grape seed polyphenols (known to help nutrients circulate in the scalp). A committed relationship is required, though, as it takes six months to see results. $60; kerastase.com.
Prim and proper stationer Mrs. John L. Strong is going naughty with its Seven Deadly Sins Collection candles. Each scent captures the aroma of one unholy transgression: Carrot seed and agar wood help Greed smell of freshly minted money; Gluttony oozes with cocoa and yeast; and Lust aims to smell like heated flesh—an appropriate, albeit aromatically odd, choice. $225 for the set; mrsstrong.com.
The faux-pearl-and-jet-studded casing on MAC’s limited-edition Stylistics collection provides posh housing for popular items like Lipglass gloss and the silky Sheer Mystery Powder, which is available in three new shades. $45; at MAC stores.