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Pre Oscar Beauty- Age-Appropriate Celebrity Glam, Your 30’s and 40’s, Part 2 of 3

Katie Holmes
The Oscars are coming! Are you ready for a heady source of fresh celebrity style inspiration direct from the red carpet? Pre-game your Oscar beauty on day no.2 with makeup & hair stylist Gad Cohen as we look at top Hollywood actresses while helping you up your own beauty-regime ante with a three-day series on Oscar worthy style through the ages! --N.H. Our first day's installment had us looking at the gorgeously gamine look of actress Michelle Williams to inspire girls in their 20's while today we'll look at what's best for you in your 30's and beyond... Act 2: Beauty’s Where You Find It - Enhance the Positive and Deflect the Negative in your 30's & 40's Let’s face

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Pre Oscar Beauty- Age-Appropriate Celebrity Glam- Your Twenties, Part 1of 3

Michelle Williams and her pixie cut
The Oscars are coming! Are you ready for a heady source of fresh celebrity style inspiration direct from the red carpet? Pre-game  your Oscar beauty with hair & makeup stylist Gad Cohen as we look at top Hollywood actresses while helping you up your own beauty-regime ante with this start of a three-day series on Oscar worthy style through the ages! - N.H. As we watch the stars we idolize and consider trying to emulate, don’t forget that we’re all acting. Our daily performance starts when we walk out into the world and into our own spotlights. Oscar Aries MORE: Age-Appropriate Tips and some hot Red Carpet Style We have all at some point experienced the “fabulous fakes” as they go from seamless hair

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Celebrity Watch- Alicia Keys Shows You How To Pull Off a Leather Skirt with Class

I'll Have What She's Having: A flattering leather skirt that is both chic and modern. Leather skirts can look tacky, we know. Particularly when you are not a rail thin beanpole but a lady with some gorgeous womanly curves. But, if you wear leather right, wow... MORE: I'll Have What She's Having By pairing a demure silk blouse in an elegant jewel tone, songstress Alicia Keys managed to evoke an elegant allure in a statement making leather paneled pencil skirt that hit the leather trend on the dot in a completely classy way. That's what's made leather's comeback in separates such an important proposition this time around as the notion is to use hides as an ultra deluxe way to add

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Celebrity Watch- Style inspiration from Thandie Newton on how to make a one-shouldered dress look modern and sleek

I'll Have What She's Having: Clean, timeless figure-flattering lines One-shoulder dresses are not so easy to wear and after having a huge fashion "moment" a few seasons back, can look dated if not styled correctly. But when worn, right, a one-shoulder dress is a total WOW. Thandie Newton made a chic red carpet statement in an elegant, minimal one-shouldered column dress from Osman that made for a perfect starting point for her classically chic hair and accessories. Try this T by Alexander Wang One Shoulder Dress for your off the red carpet moments. At Shopbop. For starters, her maxi dress' print and detail free composition works as an uber-chic foundation while highlighting her svelte figure as her sleek gold belt

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Celebrity Watch- Rooney Mara Shows You How To Pull Off Sculptural White

While Cate Blanchett made a stunning recent appearance in the black version of the sculptural white Givenchy dress Rooney Mara wore last week in Tokyo for the premiere of The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, Mara made a case for alternative red carpet dressing in winter white and looked all the more memorable for it. Consider white as a fresh alternative to party dressing and the ubiquitous L-B-D as it is certain to make you stand out from the crowd in a discreetly chic manner when planning your next night out on the town. For Mara, the color choice also highlighted the piece's decadent peplum waste, frothy ruffles and the actress's flawless milky complexion.  >>Make Peplums Work for You: Peplum

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Celebrity Watch- Beige Shouldn’t Be Boring, Take a Note From Kate Beckinsale

I'll Have What She's Having: Goldfingered beige... Who said beige is blah? Take note from actress Kate Beckinsale & add just the right amount of glitzy metallics to make make-up colors pop. Last week while attending the premiere of Screen Gems' "Underworld: Awakening," Beckinsale donned a 20's inspired beige deco dress that was anything but boring thanks to a myriad of beading and sequin styles and an armful of Amrapali cuffs. Her beige dress worked as a foundation for the glitz and glimmer her beaded dress and jewelry she is wearing put on display while giving the actress's look just the right amount of polished reserve. It could work wonders on you too, just keep in mind the need for a

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Inspired By The Golden Globes Red Carpet Fashion- Cheap Chic Celebrity Looks For Less

First Look at Golden Globes 2012 Fashions: Get the Look for Less Get celebrity inspired dresses accessibly... no need to dream about Golden Globes Red Carpet fashion look alikes as they are up for grabs and attainable! FocusOnStyle has the hot out of the sample room photos of fresh celebrity inspired fashion. Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba, and George Clooney's sweetie Stacey Keibler floored us at the Golden Globes with their flawless designer dresses -why not try to make a statement yourself? >>MORE: Golden Globes 2012 In no time, you'll be able to confidently mimic celebrity style, if that's what you're after. And why not? Special occasions, dance formals and prom should work as YOUR own red carpet! Charlize Theron in Dior Haute Couture

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Celebrity Watch- Cate Blanchett in Givenchy

Actress Cate Blanchett radiated a confident sense of easy glamour in black sculptural Givenchy while in Geneva this week at the IWC Top Gun Gala and made a case for one of fashion's eternally-chic trends as of late -the peplum. >>More on how to: Get Peplums Right Although her L-B-D has a rather complex pattern she managed to work in a chunky gold bracelet to give the eye something else to focus on while not distracting from the beauty of Ricardo Ticsi's sublime peplum number for Givenchy. -- Naveed Hussain RELATED: How to accessorize a LBD video Posts on little black dresses Take a cue from Blanchett's Sculptural Givenchy with these finds:  More Halston...

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Celebrity Watch- Michelle Williams in Jason Wu

I'll Have What She's Having: A modern take on feminine style Michelle Williams recently made a sophisticated ladylike statement on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in an elegant Jason Wu black & ivory ensemble that boasted a prim peplum and decadent embroidery and made a case for the demure, figure flattering power of one of the season's top trends: the peplum. Topped off with a girlish pixie cut, Williams makes a striking argument on the updated retro-minded appeal of a proper day dress. MORE: We recently considered the best ways to make a peplum work for you: How to Wear Peplums Alice + Olivia Victoria Peplum Dress in black or beige Budget Alert: A $2,500+ Jason Wu not for

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Celebrity Watch- Rooney Mara in Givenchy Haute Couture in London

Actress Rooney Mara cut an ultra-chic swath in a decadent ivory column dress from Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci at the premiere of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' in London just the other day and made a case for red-carpet whites and got it right. Cut-outs give her dress a contemporary spin and save it from teetering on the matrimonial while her sleek hair and subtle make-up lend her look an unexpected urbane yet reserved elegance. Everything about her look is just right, making it one of favorite red-carpet looks as of late. -Naveed Hussain

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Blush Hour- Celebrity Style- Sarah Jessica Parker In Valentino and Vintage

I'll Have What She's Having: Pale colors that don't wash out Almost always dressed to the nines in the most refined of uptown finery, Sarah Jessica Parker took a more demure route while attending the launch of Valentino's Virtual Museum in New York City and looked all the more radiant for it. MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker It's been a while since we've seen her let that stuffy undo she's been donning as of late down, but more so, it's her overall toned down look that really works for us. In a graphic dreamy floral vintage Pauline Trigère dress topped with a pale pink Valentino coat, she looks more approachable and less precious. And paired with classic yet ladylike sateen Manolo Blahnik

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Celebrity Street Style- Rachel Weisz Takes The Edge Out of Leather Pants

I”ll Have What She’s Having: Taking something urbane & edgy and pairing it with something casual however classically chic makes for a winning look Leather pants seem to come & go in & out of style about as quickly as hem lengths and while we've never been big fans of the many connotations they bring to mind; from rocker-chic to plain old down & out freak- spotting forever-chic actress Rachel Weisz donning a pair from The Row with classic minded basics, has shed a new light on the layering possibilities of leather pants. SHOP: We found cutting-edge designer leather pants at Shopbop, and more budget-friendly ones at Topshop Pairing her sleek, slim-cut leather pants with a simple nautical striped shirt under

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Celebrity Street Style- Kate Moss Dresses Up Super Casual Jeans

Kate Moss at Mulberry Spring/Summer 2012 - London Fashion Week - Arrivals
 I"ll Have What She's Having: Super casual light chambray jeans & shirt with a heavy dose of gold jewelry Let's face it, so many of us spend a good part of our lives in jeans- from working at home, to mommy duties, to casual offices, there are not many days where many of us have the opportunity-- or need- to get all tzjued up. But you still want to pull off chic even in a casual setting, who doesn't? Kate Moss, spotted wearing super casual jeans and a chambray shirt, in a way that acts as the perfect base to layer up all those glam items that predictably sit in our closets with no place to be worn. Why not add

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