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Get Glamour Curls - Tip of the Day!

How do they do it? Celebrities we mean. With their shiny, ultra bouncy curls. Shoot, if we could have curls like that we’d do them up every day! We can have curls like that?! Say what?

Yes, it’s possible to get ultra glamorous curls that bounce and stay put all at once!

Here’s what you need:

• Volumizer• Round brush• 1¼ inch curling iron• Bobby pins• Hairspray
Here’s how:

1. Spray hair all over with volumizer.

2. Blow dry with a round brush.

3. Roll small sections around a 1¼ inch curling iron, setting into pin curls as you go. Stop about three inches from roots.

4. Gently blast hair with cool air to set the curls.

5. Remove pins. Gently brush out curls. Spray layers closest to head to keep the outer layer sleek.

Get Gisele’s Hair - Tip of the Day!

We were lucky enough to score an interview with some lovely ladies, Nikki and Riawna, from the Ken Paves Salon in Hollywood. Between the two of them, they have tons of experience, an amazing knowledge bank on the topic, and a crazy client list to boot (think Lindsay Lohan, Colin Farrell, and Eva Longoria). So I rolled what we got from these two into a week’s worth of tips so you can look like you just walked out of the Ken Paves Salon.

We’re pretty sure nearly every woman has dreamed of having Gisele’s long golden mane of tousled hair. So sexy! And, surprisingly, so easy too! Here’s what Nikki and Riawna had to say about getting Gisele’s beachy look without styling tools.

Nikki says getting Gisele’s beachy look is easy with these simple steps:

1. Towel dry hair and put on 7 Seconds Leave On Conditioner and a curl cream.

2. Use twisties in medium to large sections (find out what “twisties” are here if you don’t know) for smoothing curls.

3. Let that dry or use a diffuser. If you diffuse, try not to touch hair and no scrunching! It’s best to let it air dry.

4. Break up the hair and then you will have that soft wave.

5. Then use Ken Paves Shine Drops at the end. You can use as much as you want and it doesn’t get greasy. I use it like three times a day!

For a little more polish, Riawna suggests taking a 1 ¼ inch curling iron and wrapping large sections around it. “This gives a little more polish but still has a rumpled look.” But just wrap the hair and “don’t even open the clamp,” she warns. “It will give hair kinks.”

For more tips from the Ken Paves Salon, check this out!

Get a Salon Blowout At Home - Tip of the Day!

We were lucky enough to score an interview with some lovely ladies, Nikki and Riawna, from the Ken Paves Salon in Hollywood. Between the two of them, they have tons of experience, an amazing knowledge bank on the topic, and a crazy client list to boot (think Lindsay Lohan, Colin Farrell, and Eva Longoria). So I rolled what we got from these two into a week’s worth of tips so you can look like you just walked out of the Ken Paves Salon.

How many times have you had a salon blowout that made your day, only to find that the next day, you couldn’t achieve the same look? Yeah, me too. But after speaking with Nikki and Riawna, I took the bull by the horns. Err, my hair by the brush, and got to work. Voila! A gorgeous blowout that looked like nothing I’d ever achieved before. So what brilliant advice did Nikki and Riawna give that had me looking flawless?

Here are the easy steps the girls use to get red carpet worthy blowouts.

1. Put leave in conditioner and some styling lotion on damp hair. (Both Nikki and Riawna repeatedly mentioned Unite 7 Seconds products as favorites).

2. Remove 80% of moisture by rough drying with a towel.

3. Section hair off into medium segments and blow section by section.

4. For bounce and volume, once a section is complete, set it with a Velcro roller or a pincurl to cool. “Make sure hair is 100% dry or the Velcro roller just won’t work,” says Riawna.

5. When hair is completely cooled, brush softly with a Mason Pearson brush.

For extra volume, Nikki also suggested a volumizing mousse or spray which “is more ideal than lotion.” She also said that “mousse is key because it controls and smooths hair.” But most people don’t use the correct dosage, either using too much or too little, so Nikki suggests “practicing how much you use,” and seeing the difference in your blowouts to get your perfect amount.

For more tips from the Ken Paves Salon, check this out!

Fashion Night Out on TV, Alexa Chung on UK Vogue

Here’s what’s happening around the web this morning:

Fashion Night Out on TV?Rumors are abounding that the CFDA has approached TV networks about creating a show built around Anna Wintour’s Fashion Night Out event in September. It would be cruel to toy with us, people.[Page Six]

Natalia Vodianova for Stella McCartneyWhat’s black, white and red all over? The spring campaign for Stella McCartney, which stars Natalia Vodianova in a bold red dress against a black and white photograph taken by Stella’s mother Linda McCartney of a dalmation.[WWD]

Alexa Chung Covers British VogueEverybody Alexa Chung tonight! The budding fashion icon has landed the cover of British Vogue’s March issue. And, yes, those are clogs she’s wearing.[Fab Sugar UK]Coco Rocha Shows Off Her New LabelThe cat’s out of the bag! Coco Rocha wore a medieval-esque blue and gold dress from her new Rococo line to the Grammys. Er…the jury’s still out. [Elle UK]

Louise Gray Designs for ASOSThe runway is once again hitting the high street. British design darling Louise Gray has designed an affordable eight-piece capsule collection for ASOS.com. See you there! [Vogue UK]

Best, Worst-Looking States NamedThe Daily Beast has ranked the most and least attractive states based on health and fitness stats and the hometowns of beauty queens, models and Sexiest Men Alive, with Washington, D.C. topping the charts as #1 hottie and North Dakota coming in last. Note to self: Cancel trip to Fargo.[The Daily Beast]

False lashes are easier than you think - Tip of the day!

The holidays are coming. A time filled with good food, fun, and parties galore. Most of us girls love dressing up but if you really want to give your holiday look some oomph, try false lashes. They are the perfect accomplice to a fire engine red lip, pared down nude palette, or even smokey eyes.

Putting on falsies is a lot easier than most women think. Here are some tips to get them looking right and a gallery of trendy looks for some makeup inspiration that you can add some falsies to.

• Use individual lashes. And by individual we mean the ones that come in strips of about 5 - 10 lashes. The literal individual lashes are too time consuming and the full strips are too difficult to pull off as your own.

• Get gluing. Dip the bottom of the lashes in a little dollop of glue. Not a whole lot, just enough. This is best done with a pair of tweezers.

• And press. Set the lashes as close to your actual lashes as you can. The glue should adhere to your own lashes as well as the lid to get the best grip. Work from the outside in.

• Add makeup and voila. Applying mascara will marry the lashes with your own. Or, you can skip mascara all together since falsies add enough emphasis on their own.

• Note: Less is more. Fake eyelashes are the perfect counterpoint to many of the very soft, nearly naked faces or the bright pops of lip color that call for little else. No mascara is even needed if, especially if you use falsies! However, they can also take a smoked out eye to the next level of wow.

Falsie inspiration

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I made my way over to the HauteLook.com lounge at the Bryant Park Hotel today to take a break from the craziness at the tents, hoping to nibble on free food in between shows (when you’re covering Fashion Week, you grab nourishment whenever you get a chance). Not only did I snag some finger sandwiches, but some of my fave beauty brands were there giving demos and showing off the goods. Score!

Clarisonic: Co-creator Dr. Robb Akridge showed me the awesome exfoliating power of the Clarisonic, which comes with different brush heads for face and body. Tomorrow they’re launching a new Clarisonic with a punchy pink decorative pattern in honor of breast cancer awareness, and 50% of the proceeds will go to Susan G. Koman For The Cure.

New pink Clarisonic to support breast cancer research. Photo: Courtney Dunlop

Fashion Week Beauty Scene - The HauteLook Lounge

Tokyomilk Parfum at the HauteLook.com lounge. Photo: Courtney Dunlop

Tokyomilk: My favorite gift-y brand! Gorgeous, gorgeous gift-wrapped soaps in cheeky, glittery paper, glass bottles of bubble bath with cool images of birds, skulls, Marie Antoinette, etc, and much more. Today I picked up a delish little Sparrow Perfume which smells like neroli, gardenia and rosewood. Yum!

Rock and Republic Cosmetics: Yeah, they have jeans. But more importantly (at least to me), Rock and Republic also makes a bright fuchsia blush that I could just die for. Pressed Blush in Kinky! It’s genius. Rock/Rep had a makeup artist doing makeup touch ups at the lounge, so I stopped in for a quick refresher and saw their upcoming lip gloss launch called Rock the Cure. It launches at the end of October and 100% of the proceeds will go to City of Hope for cancer research and prevention.

Fall 2009 Fashion Week - Backstage at Preen

SHOW: PreenMAKEUP: James Kaliardos for MACHAIR: Paul HanlonBEAUTY SHAPSHOT: Modern Mod

THE SCOOP: The preening backstage at Preen may have been slighty 1960s-inspired, but the look was in no way outdated. MAC makeup artist James Kaliardos created a bold eye with heavy, black eyeshadow and a touch of white, and by lining the entire rim. The rest of the face remained relatively untouched. “We wanted to something graphic and strong,” explained Kaliardos, a long-time Preen collaborator. Stylist Paul Hanlon said the hair was “super simple” and “slightly masculine.” Sideswept fringe and glassy, straight ponytails dominated. (Hanlon mentioned “Quadrophenia,” a 1980s film about 1960s London mods, as an inspiration.)

GET THE LOOK - HAIR: Bumble and Bumble Prep; Bumble and Bumble Thickening Spray; Bumble and Bumble Sumo Wax.

FALL 2009 FASHION WEEK - A Minute with Rachel Zoe

By Xiyin Tang for Refinery 29

So, what did you think of the show? It was amazing!

Tell us, do you have a styling tips or secrets for getting through Fashion Week? Mmm … layers, layers layers! Because it’s always so cold outside and so hot inside.

Any other tips to get us through Fashion Week? Water water water. Oh, and tea!

More Fashion Week coverage by Refinery 29

Fall 2009 Fashion Week - Backstage at Reem Acra

SHOW: Reem AcraMAKEUP: Polly Osmond for M.A.CHAIR: Bumble and BumbleBEAUTY SNAPSHOOT: Soft, glossy, goddess inspired.

THE SCOOP: The look at this red carpet favorite was, not surprisingly, red carpet ready. As lead makeup artist Polly Osmond said “The clothes are very elegant so we wanted to do a makeup look that was young to give it balance. It’s goddess inspired but still very muted and soft in all dusky tones.” To execute her vision, Osmond applied a taupe eyeshadow mixed with a cream color base in a slightly darker brown to give the eye depth and then a swiped gloss across the arch of the eye. On the face, Osmond applied a highlighter to the cheek and then a dab of gloss on the upper cheekbone. To finish off, concealer was applied to the lips to take down their color and then layered with a neutral shade of lipstick. To wear this off the runway Osmond says to remember “it’s about using everything minimally and matting down the t-zone so you don’t look shiny in the wrong places.”

As for the lovely side swept hair, the experts with Bumble and Bumble said the look was created because the designer wanted something “finished and polished. What we’re doing is very sophisticated and very red carpet but the low part gives it a modernity and frames the face in a graphic way.” To get the look start by creating the side part while the hair is damp and then apply styling lotion before drying it flat. Next smooth the hair into a side ponytail. Instead of a twist the stylist suggests you create a loose braid and then pin it up. “It’s much easier to shape and control a braid instead of a twist when you are working on your own hair and the results are very similar.”

GET THE LOOK MAKEUP: M.A.C Cream Color Base, Eyeshadow in Taupe, Lipstick in Shy Girl, Creamsheen Glass in Boy BiatGET THE LOOK HAIR: Bumble and Bumble Spray de Mode and Styling Lotion

Eva Mendes in CC Skye - I Want That!

Usually we post here about bogglingly beautiful clothes but this time, it isn’t Eva Mendes’ LBD that’s getting us, it’s her leather cuff and clutch!
We could hardly breathe when we saw her incredibly cool CC Skye Giant Stud cuff and studded clutch. We are totally used to seeing studs in a more petite version, but a huge one? We are thrown (in a good way)! And need we even say Eva looks amazing (as always)?

• CC Skye cuff, Chickdowntown, $185

• CC Skye clutch, My Wardrobe, $387

Eva Mendes in CC Skye

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