Red lipstick at the ready… how to rock ruby lips for summer and all year round…

In this economy, we’re big on finding something small that makes a major and lasting impact on your style. And a tube of ruby red lipstick may just do the glam trick!

Case in point: The very glam and very understated chic of Rashida Jones pictured here. No frou-frou Hollywood fussiness for her. Just all the right things that make a simple look sizzle.

Rashida’s strong ruby red lips are the focal point , not a distraction to her beauty. Simple, undone pulled back hair, a natural bronzey glow, black lashes, and that vibrant pow of a very strong red lip! That’s all she needs to make a statement.

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Beyonce rocks some big shoulders…

It’s official, the wimpyshoulder is so last year!

Beyonce walked the red carpet at last night’s BET awards in one truly amazing and sparkly Balmain mini with some major action.

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The music of our lives…

It is so difficult to think of another artist who plays such an instrumental part of all our collective memories.

If it doesn’t seem like 26 years ago that Thriller set the bar for pop culture, it certainly doesn’t seem like barely three months since the world of Michael Jackson was on exposition and ready for auction– a world that most of us would never be able to be a voyeur into if not for its public display. Michael and his possessions were spared and the intended auction of close to 2,000 personal items from Michael’s Neverland Ranch was called off following a settlement on Michael’s behalf.

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If you are going to resemble someone, best be a beauty who sustains…

I have the kind of face that people find some kindred association. Usually, an insistence that they know me from high school, from somewhere, they are convinced.

Or, they think that I look like a celebrity.

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Few cities can compare to the magnificence of the iconic Manhattan skyline at night. Now visitors to New York and natives alike have a new jewel in the sky– Burberry!

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As if Ms. Moss would get it wrong, but a whole lot of others do so let’s share some tips to get it right…

Ragged but refined cut-offs, tailored jacket, asymmetrical hemmed- T-shirt hanging out, low-key duffle bag, and to-die-for platforms.

Superb!

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Let’s think about this one…

Amy Winehouse first pounced on the music scene with her amazing voice and unique and edgy punky fifties-flashback style.

Then, all that sketchy stuff started happening and happening and happening. But I– we– do believe in second chances. Possibly even a third in some special cases.

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Red carpet posing tips to make you look just as amazing…

It's that time of year where we all get snapped more than ever. What with summer parties, June weddings, graduations, and the big vacation on the calendar, we need to be a little paparazzi ready in our personal lives.

From years of being a stylist on photography set, countless times of listening to the king of the pose, my friend, Miss J. backseat model with all his directives, I can look at the perfect red carpet photo and tell you how to instantly get into the most flattering position when a camera is in front of you.

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