Max Ryan

Best of 2009, a Focus on Style Flashback

A look back at our favorites stories in fashion beauty, style, wellness, travel, and more 5,4,3,2,1, H-A-P-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R!!! And, what a fantastic year it was... I wanted to honestly bring you the best of 2009 from FocusOnStyle- it's our 10th year online and our best yet. Selecting content to highlight became the dilemma of a mother choosing her favorite child. How could I possibly make exception? What about the others? It's more karmic damage than I'm willing to tinker with. Instead, I've culled some of the more timeless and sage pieces that will have you looking in check from now until the time you feel the mood to modify your look-- something you really need to renew, at most,

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Mr. Beauty Tips: Summer Makeup Tips to Beat the Heat

Summer makeup tips to beat the heat
Help, I'm in a summer makeup meltdown… When it becomes summer in the city, or in the country for that matter, I know many women who decide to wear much less or no makeup at all. Besides the fact that it can feel like it's suffocating your pores when they want to breathe, makeup just tends to literally melt off the face when the temps go up. I'm here to tell you that just because the mercury is rising doesn't mean you need to go au natural if you don't want to… There are a few solutions to the summer heat foundation problem: Liquid Foundation- If you are using a liquid foundation definitely go with a water-based product.When it becomes

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Mr. Beauty Tips: Summer Skincare and Sunscreen Advice from Dermatologist Dr. Francesca Fusco

Fun in the Sun… How honored was I when top NYC dermatologist Dr. Francesca Fusco agreed to be interviewed? Very! Although Francesca is my dermatologist, I know that she is amazingly busy and sought after, so I was thrilled when she agreed to answer some questions about my treatment, skin care recommendations and getting clear about sunscreen. Summer is just a round the corner (yay!!!) and I wanted to find out some skincare tips and recommendations from the expert. I think in many ways we all know much of the basics when it comes to sunscreen and skincare at this point, right? Well…no. Francesca enlightened me about some real basics that I had not known about sunscreen and maybe you

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Mr. Beauty Tips Goes to Paris: Chance Encounters of the Chanel Kind

The sweet smell of Paris chic… I'm baaaacckk! Yes, Mr. Beauty Tips is back from an amazing trip to beautiful Paris, France! This has now become a yearly adventure for me and I can't complain at all. First of all before I go any further, you must know that about the Velib public bike system. In a nutshell, there are Velib bike stations located all over Paris. For a nominal fee (or 30 minutes free!) you can take a bike from one area of Paris and drop it off at another bike spot. Voila, in between Point A and Point B you experience the beauty of Paris! Having the freedom of the Velib allowed me to be out in the

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Beauty Tips: Take the fright out of winter damaged hair with protein hair conditioners

Protein power for pretty hair… If you are like many of us at this cold and dry time of year, your hair is, how shall I say… scary! This is especially true on the days when it is so dry that the electricity in the air makes your hair look like a fright movie. Expand that crazy frizz if you have chemically treated hair. Don’t get me started… you have got yourself a recipe for dry, damaged and downright scary hair! What does all this have to do with protein you ask? Well, I bet that most of you are familiar with the benefits of moisture during winter weather and how it quenches the thirst of dry and parched skin

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Beauty Tips: Eyelash Tints and Lash Perming, yay or nah

Mr. Beauty Tips, our beauty detective solves the mystery on how to get long eyelashes… Just in time for big nights out, like New Year's Eve, luxurious eyelashes are on everyone's mind. As a beauty pro, I feel that lash tint and eyelash perms are really over-rated– yes, some ladies even opt to perm their eyelashes in the hopes of a sexy and flirty wink. In belt-tightening times such extreme measures are also very temporary for the cost. Since obviously, your eyelashes are near your eyes, the types of products that can be used to dye or perm your lashes are quite mild compared with what you can put on your head, and should only be administered by a professional

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