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Top 10 Professional Beauty Finds- Use What Makeup Artist Pros Use via The Makeup Show

It takes a bit of makeup to look better than natural
It can take a lot of the right makeup to look better than natural on camera. One of my favorite pitstops to see what makeup artist pros use in their kits is The Makeup Show by The Powder Group trade show for beauty gurus. These may not be makeup brands that you see advertised in the pages of magazines, but are the brands used on many the models. >> READ: Professional Beauty Finds- What’s In Your Makeup Artist’s Pro Kit via The Makeup Show 2011 Take a peek at some of  my Top 10 latest and tried and true pro makeup goodies from The Makeup Show and consider adding some to your personal makeup kit. What I couldn't resist picking up at

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Shopping Wish List Reminder- Alexander McQueen Spring Summer 2012 In Stores Now

Alexander McQueen Spring Summer 2012 In Stores Now
Wanted to share a quick little shopping tip from my inbox: For all those Alexander McQueen fans, inspired by the iconic anemone print as seen in the Alexander McQueen Spring Summer 2012 collection, the anemone silk bustier gown is now available online for $6,595 at myTheresa. The dress is gorgeous, we know. For those on a more realistic budget, the McQueen Collection is available online at ShopBop. Not quite the same, but definitely a cheap-chic floaty chiffon number that you can wear during the day, is this nude chiffon maxi dress from Express below... More goodies from Alexander McQueen spring summer 2012: More Alexander McQueen... Photo: Alexander McQueen

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When In Rome: Flea Market With Vintage Gucci, Fendi, Valentino, Chanel and more

It's big designer names, names, names made even more enticing under the flea market tarp!The city of Rome is truly a living architectural museum, but where do all the old fashion relics go?A good chunk can be found on the right Sunday at the Borghetto Flaminio market.Lot's of vintage costume jewelry and even some hard to find pieces at the Borghetto Flaminio from the 1960s and some Hermes.While Porta Portese is the more widely known flea market in Rome, for me, it's  a crowded and huge mass of junky new items and a few stalls of ratted up old fur. It's been known that if you dig deep enough at Porta Portese that you will find "something" but for me it was more like something plastic and tacky.Porta Portese

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Custom Design Your Own Shoes- Shoes of Prey Let’s You Be A Shoe Designer

My Shoes of Prey Design
Imagine how fun it would be if you could custom design your own shoes or update an old favorite pair in a different color or heel height? Shoes of Prey lets you do that. The Australian company allows you to become your own shoe designer within the bounds of their own samples of heel styles and heights, toe styles, embellishments, and a large variety of fabrications and colors to guide you to custom design your own shoes. >> YOU WILL LOVE THIS: Don't forget to entire to win a $250 gift certificate giveaway to design your own jewelry! You get to "digitally craft"  your combinations until you find a style that is unique to you and that you love. The digital mock-up for my shoe,

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$250 JEWELRY GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAY: Gemvara- Customize Jewelry To Get Get the Rock Without the Fuss

Win this: Just in time for Mothers Day.... let mom (or you) customize jewelry with our gift certificate giveaway chance, just for joining the FocusOnStyle newsletter! We've got a $250 Gemvara gift card  to give out. All you have to do is join our newsletter and like us on Facebook between now and Friday, May 11 (Midnight EST) and we will select one lucky winner at random! I am jonesing for the Naked Emerald Triple Ring with Emerald-Cut Black Onyx, pictured above, but it's price tag is out of the ballpark at the moment. I'll make more than do with the Naked Gems piece that I was invited to create for myself. I decided upon a sweet Naked Cushion Checkerboard London Blue Topaz Petite Bezel Pendant -

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Fabulous Friday- Find a Classic Bag Like This One From Balenciaga

While its double-digit price tag may stop you at hello, there's no denying the simple sophistication and beauty that this luxury timeless classic bag from Balenciaga boasts, making it the kind of bag to keep your eye out for this season. Why? Besides its irresistible bordeaux hue, its equestrian inspired details and restrained use of hardware, its signature zipper pulls and tricks lend it a chic yet subtle strength. Not too large, not trendy and age-appropriate for any age, imagine it with just about anything, anytime. >>A selection of Best Bags to consider in our Online Shopping Guide Section So when on the hunt for a purse update, consider this find as your first reference as its smart design will guarantee to never go out of style. >>More:

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Trend Tuesday- Stylist Tips to Wear a Pleated Skirt Like Emmy Rossum, her midi is by Sonia Rykiel

I'll Have What She's Having: Vintage Italian actress style that's smart and sexy Work it like Gina Lollabrigida on Rome's via Vento, back in the 50s! What is not to love about this capricious and classic look; particularly when the pleats are sexy and do not evoke Marion the Librarian. Shop: Sonia Rykiel at Shopbop Flirty, romantic and ultra-feminine, pleated a-line knee-length skirts are guaranteed to elicit an ode to old-school starlet style glamour, but that's not exactly what this season's top Spring 2012 is about, per se. Take a look at actress Emmy Rossum's play on the trend in a bordeaux Sonia Rykiel skirt while out and about on the streets channeling an easy grace in a modern, streetstyle friendly outfit to boot. >>More: Celebrity

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Fabulous Friday- Get A Sheer Maxi Skirt LIke This Fab Maison Martin Margiela Number

The illusion a sheer maxi skirt can offer you may hail from the silver-screen starlet style era, yet the recent maxi comeback to the forefront of fashion has us taking note on this must-have trend... Why now? Even  though we saw just about every urban-minded girl about wearing one last summer, the transparency trend works more as a genius layering essential than it does as a 'look at me now' statement maker. >> RELATED: How to wear a maxi skirt We found this fab STEAL of a sheer black maxi skirt at Zappos for some cheap chic As smart as a beachside cover-up as it is with a chunky knit sweater or counter-balanced with a tailored double-breasted man-tailored blazer, its options are

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Fancy Pants Street Chic Sneakers with Roman Style

Isabel Marant Willow Sneakers in beige or black at myTheresa
Shhhh, I've been sneaking around and got a taste of  stylish street chic sneakers, Roman style. Honestly, I'm not a sneaker person. Never was. Being neither Amazonian tall and muscularly lissome, nor the proverbial fleshy tourist, sneakers just never found a spot in my life outside of the gym or a mountain trail. >> SHOP: Newest Stylish Sneakers Fast forward to a vacation in Rome and a sudden weather change and all those otherwise spring shoes just wouldn't cut it in an unseasonable dip in temperature and on again off again downpours. Those Y-3  by Yohji Yamamoto bronze sneakers that I packed suddenly took on a new life as a wardrobe staple. Actually, ALL my different versions of a theme, including high-heeled bootie

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Must-Have – Roberto Cavalli “Wild Diva” Special Edition Wacky Sunglasses

With slightly kooky, eccentric, even wacky sunglasses all the rage, Roberto Cavalli's limited edition Spring 2012 sunglasses bring a whole new meaning to the term 'oversized.' While placing a heavy emphasis on the browline with a retro minded shape tricked out with juxtaposing skins in ultra rich, deluxe hues, these designer glasses certainly are statement-making. >> SHOP: Sunglasses Shopping Guide 'An earthly paradise populated by creatures of fantasy...the Eden of femininity...my creativity is expressed through clothes which make the Cavalli woman a sensual and mysterious being.'  -  Roberto Cavalli, on his latest over-the-top frames. >> MORE: Sunglass Tips and Trends >> VIDEO: How to Select Sunglasses to Suit Your Face Shape In their words: 'Roberto Cavalli and Marcolin present a Special Edition Sunglasses Collection for

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White Clothing Care Tips- You Don’t Have To Marry the Drycleaner (if you don’t want too)

White denim and leather jacket at Shopbop
White Day at FocusOnStyle continues! The white clothing trend is certainly gorgeous with the likes of earlier posts about Acne and Comme des Garcons all seeing the white of day this spring. But if you are like me, you'll be questioning how much wear you will really get out of the big ticket items when keeping white clean and pristine can be an issue. We've talked about how to remove yucky yellow deodorant stains- if only I could spritz on that guy in front of me at the gym. White Brite laundry whitener And as far as keeping white jeans-- like the JBrand jacket from Shopbop pictured above-- T-Shirts and tighty-whities not looking dingy, I prefer a dash of White Brite in the

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Fashion Week In the Bag- Collect a Miu Miu Bag for Each Catwalk City

Last week Miu Miu kicked off New York Fashion Week with an exclusive collection of bags released the first day of fashion week and is set to release more on the first day of upcoming shows in London, Milan and Paris that are certain to be collectible as their whimsical designs are truly covetable. Consisting of 46 limited edition options, the collection features 17 different material combinations and 12 processing techniques in deluxe materials including python, tejus lizard, crocodile, ostrich, linen, glitter and brocade along with studs, jewels, glitter and classic embroidery. Which make for a load of options to suit your personal style while encapsulating the world of Miu Miu beautifully. >>SHOP: Best Bags A favorite of ours is the patchwork

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Baby Got Back(less)- Mules are Back! How to Wear Them

Slides, mules, clogs-that oh so familiar clank-clank sound of backless shoes, have once again come around the fashion merry-go-round and are on every must-have 'IT' list for spring. Are you ready? No, its NOT the slippery slides that the khaki-clad capri pant crowd refuse to give up. These mules stand tall, strong and have an architectural point of view. Sure, tracing the backless shoe since their sensual beginings as the footwear of choice for pin-up girls and the like does sound rather enticing minus the modern-day connotations they tend to bring to mind. >>More: Spring 2012 Advice & Tips From Floridian retirees to country clog kickin' folk to escorts, madame's and the ilk, what we've recently come to think of as an instant 'no thank you' option seems rather

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