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5th January 2010

Night Owl

There’s no such thing in my book as too much glitter (unless, of course, we’re talking about Mariah Carey’s movie Glitter). And that, my dears, is why I love La Prairie’s beyond pretty Midnight Rain fragrance! In addition to being a luscious scent, the bottle is glitterrific!!! Definitely worth a try–visit Laprarie.com to find a location near you that sells this must-have!

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5th January 2010

Winter Tint: Bloom Lip Stain

Bloom’s lip gloss was probably the first makeup item that I stole from my mom as a kid. What can I say? I was in love with the vanilla scent and berry-hued tint. When a bunch of Bloom lip glosses and stains came across my desk the other day, I freaked out! I opened them and immediately the vanilla scent brought me back to junior high school. Now, even as an adult, I still love the stuff, and am even more excited by the addition of their lip stains to my makeup bag. I’m crazy for Cinnamon, a beautiful berry color ($22). Since it’s freezing outside here in New York, and my cheeks keep getting extremely rosy, I like to tone down my makeup with a quick swipe of mascara and Bloom’s lip stain. Best of all? With stains, the color dries fast, and you barely need to reapply. Beautybybloom.com

–Natasha Spedalle, Beauty & Health Intern

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5th January 2010

30 Days Of Hair: Winter Warm-Up Tips For Brunettes

It’s been fifteen years since I last colored my dark brown-black hair. Back then, super chunky highlights were in and my head resembled a tiger’s striped mane. (I can’t believe I thought it looked cool…) Thankfully, I got over that trend pretty quickly, and I’ve been afraid of coloring ever since. For fair-haired girls who color, different blonde tones seem to generally blend well together, ensuring a natural-looking finish. But when it comes to coloring dark hair, getting a noticeable yet natural “I could’ve been born with this fabulous hair color” result seems to be a lot tougher. I say this based not only on my own experience, but from observing countless brunettes on the street with skunk-like highlights. Recently, however, the onset of winter sparked in me the desire for a slightly warmer tone. (My increasingly pale complexion set against my long, dark locks makes for one tired-looking girl.) With unpleasant memories of my former brassy highlights entrenched in my mind, I nervously decided to face my hair color fears head-on with Reyad Fritas, colorist extraordinaire at Fr??d??ric Fekkai salon. A A A A

“You’re right, brunettes don’t color as much as blondes do, because most of them are afraid that it’ll look unnatural. Maybe they had a bad coloring experience in the past, like you did,” he said. “But for brunettes, it’s always good to go warmer, in any season. When I say warmer, I’m not talking about going a lot lighter; I mean incorporating shades of chocolate, caramel, chestnut,” he said, quickly adding, “Using red on brunettes is over.” A As I sat in his chair, I found solace in the fact that he’s a big proponent of keeping color subtle. (”Brunettes should always stay with natural tones. It’s more classy!”) A He explained that he would be giving me lowlights, which deposit color onto the hair, as opposed to highlights, in which bleach removes pigment from hair–a no-no for dark-haired girls, according to Fritas. “A common mistake that colorists make is to work on brunettes the same way they do on blondes. Doing lowlights on brunettes instead of highlights not only creates a more natural color, but it’s less damaging to the hair because there’s no ammonia,” he said. To determine your ideal lowlight tone, he suggests going a shade or two lighter than your eye color, which put me in the caramel range.

He applied the color mixture to my hair using the Balayage technique. “It’s where you sweep the color onto sections of the hair using a brush, so that you get just a gentle touch of the color without ending up with any harsh lines or chunks. I also focus the color on the ends more than at the crown, because that’s where your hair would naturally get lighter from the sun,” he explained. Afterwards, I waited for about half an hour and then was ushered to the shampoo station by Fritas’ assistant, Raven Pe??a. She washed my hair with Fekkai’s Salon Technician Color Care Shampoo and Conditioner, which are loaded with anti-fade ingredients, and then finished by giving me a cold water rinse. “I know you might not think to do it during the winter, but a cold rinse is a great way to boost shine, reduce frizz, and increase circulation in your scalp,” she said. She advised me to avoid shampooing for the next two to three days in order to allow the color to really deposit well into the hair.

After my hair was blown out, I turned to look in the mirror and gasped at my reflection. It still looked like my own hair, but 1,000 times better–exactly what I wanted! Beautiful maple brown tones softly framed my face and blended throughout my own natural color, and my skin tone didn’t look washed out anymore. As I continued staring at my hair in amazement, Fritas pointed out that lowlights applied with the Balayage technique require minimal upkeep. “To maintain this look, you’d only need to go to the salon twice a year at most,” he assured. In a matter of seconds, my fifteen-year-long phobia of hair color completely vanished.

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5th January 2010

Is Precious Too Depressing For The Big Screen?

Based on the 1996 award winning novel Push written by Sapphire, Precious is due to be released on the 23rd January and delves into the life of a troubled teen.Precious is a teenager with a difference, heavily overweight, poor, angry she faces abuse by her mother and gets raped by her drug addict father who is father to her two children. At ju…

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5th January 2010

Lady GaGa Moves To Bigger Venues

Lady GaGa has been forced to change venues for her upcoming concerts in Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois - because the theatres are too small to house her big production.

The Poker Face hitmaker takes her Monster Ball Tour to Detroit next week and she has been forced to move the concerts to a larger stage.

The dates have been shifted from …

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5th January 2010

Katerina Graham went ’80s Glam for NYE!

The Vampire Diaries‘ Katerina Graham got a colorful “Flashdance” inspired makeover from celebrity makeup artist Brett Freedman of Vanitymark Cosmetics for New Year’s Eve! I love this blush trick and it’s super-easy! Check out the video below!

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5th January 2010

No Happy Endings For Gail Platt

Helen Worth hopes her ‘Coronation Street’ character never ends up happily in love.Helen’s alter ego, Gail Platt, is about to embark on a doomed marriage - her fourth - to Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale), who has been hiding thousands of pounds of debt from her.Helen reckons she prefers the fact Gail has never settled down into a stable marriage for t…

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5th January 2010

Jessie Wallace Loses ‘whale’ Look

Jessie Wallace reckoned she looked “like a whale” on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.The former ‘EastEnders’ actress appeared on the ballroom dancing show in 2008 and says that since she recently lost 28lbs, she has viewed her stint on the show in a much different light.She told New! magazine: “When I look back at myself on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ I think …

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5th January 2010

Hannah Waterman Leaves Ricky Groves

Hannah Waterman has dumped husband Ricky Groves.The former ‘EastEnders’ actress - who has shed over 42lbs in recent months - told the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star their three-year marriage was over on New Year’s Day (01.01.10), leaving him devastated.A source said: “She just confessed to him that it was over. It was completely out of the blue for h…

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5th January 2010

The Celebrity Apprentice Stars Announced

Pop star Cyndi Lauper and rock matriarch Sharon Osbourne will be among the contestants fighting it out to win praise from property tycoon Donald Trump in upcoming U.S. reality tv series The Celebrity Apprentice.

The pair will be joined by 12 other stars for the new series, including Olympic gold medal winner Michael Johnson, baseball legend Darryl…

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