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Hot Weather Makeup Tutorial [LIVE]

Wowza, wowza, my first hot weather makeup tutorial! It's HOT, let's talk about keeping your makeup in place. Learn how to use makeup in hot or humid weather. Watch this Facebook Live video to learn everything you want to know! Use makeup that compliments the extra shine and little perspiration on a hot day without melting! I have the best products and share with you how to apply them to keep your makeup on when it’s hot outside. Makeup setting is a key factor when considering the weather. Your makeup will no longer drip down your face after reviewing all the tips and tricks in this makeup tutorial. (Hey Speedster, we start talking about beauty tips at 4:15) Here are

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Cannes Do Chic- White is summer’s new black

I'll Have What She's Having: A summer romance with my dry cleaner White is definitely on trend for summer. But I have to admit a slow love to ditch my go-to black beyond white t-shirts, jeans, sneakers, and classic, crisp white shirts (follow the links for style tips). Maybe it was last week in the California sunshine where I lost count on the plethora of white jeans,  but these Cannes Do Chic snaps certainly make the case for adding something white to your summer wardrobe. My favorite red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival  offers plenty of styling inspiration for every occasion by way of (clockwise) Cate Blanchett in a Giorgio Armani white suit, Chrystele Saint Louis Augustin in a midriff-baring bralette and

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What the Savvy Parisians Use: French Chic Summer Beauty Picks

It almost seems like an oxymoron to call French Chic Summer Beauty sensible. But it really is. There's a very logical, edited, and precise way that Parisians approach their beauty. It's all about the ease of effortlessly looking better than natural, with a few savvy secrets thrown in for good measure. I've pulled a few new and timeless French Chic beauté favorites for you to consider adding to your routine this summer. They are all available stateside (just click on their name) so no need to whisk to Paris, but wouldn't that be divine? L'Huile De Leonor Greyl - Soin Natural du Cheveu smells so delicious that you'll want to douse yourself in this lovely oil but it really is a waterproof serum-like

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Summer Chic Noir- Black Never Boring or Basic When You Style It Like a City Girl

There's something about black. Maybe I started to be a fan because I'm a native New Yorker and the perennial color du jour is chic + never faltering black. It's the one color that has that cool edge besides being the glue to almost everything else you own, and says I've arrived rather than where am I going. Try that mint green, why don't you? I'm not talking about dour and dreary funereal black that washes you out. But the dynamic and urban way of combining fabrications and cuts that's grown-up, classy, and very New York City, or Paris, or any metropolitan city for that matter. What about your other basics, like denim and white, you ask? They play right in to the refined mix.

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Summer Business Attire Chic: What to wear to work when it’s hot as hell + still look polished

Summer Business Attire Chic: What to wear to work when it’s hot as hell + still look polished- Milla Jovovich at Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2013/2014 - Chanel Show
How to stay cool yet maintain polished summer business attire élan can be a toughy  during a heat wave. Let's dive in, at least the metaphor is cooling & solve the what to wear to work when it's hot fashion dilemma… My gosh, it's a scorcher out! I just got back from a meeting in sweltering midtown Manhattan, aka Schvitz City today,  and thought I would hurry up and push this post up as long as the temperature was doing a fine job rising on its own.  Commuting to and from the office in a heat wave is a no fun zone that I'm lucky enough to avoid  most of the time. But, when that summer meeting gets me to

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Summer Sandals Guide… because your pedicure looks so good!

Photo: Tinko Czetwertynski
 It's hot out and with that comes a special Summer Sandal Guide with essential tips for you to keep in mind! With so much chic, accessible fashion out there, who says summer style should be only about comfort and practicality. From must-have flats to on-trend wedges, there's something out there for everyone at any budget -so think twice about those flip-flops, especially with these expert style tips. >>Discover: Celebrity Style Inspiration While you can't go wrong with a classic Gladiator option, we like the more minimal iterations we've been seeing as of late making the fewer straps better. But one of our favorite sightings were elevated sole platforms chez Celine and Chloe that made a case for the enduringly cool

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Beat Winter Blahs With the Colors of Summer in Provence

Handmade espadrilles in the Market in Eygalieres
Summer in Provence: Dreams are made of this. At the hump of the new year and with the let down of holiday hoopla and the start of winter dreariness, we are all ready for the next vacation, although most of us cannot break away.  Let us take you to a place of calm and sunniness by way of Richard Nahem's  photo gallery of the Market in Eygalieres, Provence, France. This isn't just an exercise in gorgeous escapism, I WANT YOU TO THINK LIKE A DESIGNER. Look at the magnificent play of these natural colors and consider how you can incorporate them into your wardrobe, home, your life. Who needs manufactured color experts, when the greatest "expert"of can be found in nature?   >>READ: Authentic

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Cameron Diaz Knows How To Wear Shorts With Heels To Look City Chic and Stylish

I'll Have What She's Having: Tailored short shorts, high heels, and the right kind of attitude to pull it off Total Disclaimer: It's almost no secret that MOST of the time, I cringe when I see woman on the street wearing shorts-- particularly in the city. They either are wearing something overtly girly like a kiddy romper when they are well over a certain age, or half-naked as if they are about to change their profession and take to the nearest street corner. Cameron Diaz tailored short shorts and high heels worn right! Not to mention, those with the figures that should really consider a skirt or something a bit longer and more appropriate for the city. Just because it's

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Viva Designer Espadrilles, the on trend summer shoe, be it designer or classic

I almost feel that its an oxymoron to say that espadrilles are right on trend this summer Nothing says bring on the warm weather more than a pair of espadrilles! Espadrilles have got to be one of those summer classics that you can never go wrong with and are always super comfy and add an instant Euro beachy feel to whatever you are wearing. Dating back to the Pyrenees at about the 14th century, the cotton canvas espadrille is also one of the most accessible off the runway trends this season and instantly adds a certain je nais se quois to casual clothes. >>READ: Authentic espadrilles, handmade & forever stylish. Plus, a little history too! It's the shoe that you want

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How to Plan Your Shopping Strategy to Transition Into Fall Fashion and Summer Fun Wrap-Up

Sharon likes a bag that warrants its on style value as a go-to everyday bag, like the Marc by Marc Jacobs Saddlery Lou Lou Satchel at ShopBop. Sharon & Brad's Latest Radio Show: Summer adventures from Western wildlife, rodeo, Hampton's clambakes, a new web look, and fashion tips to plan your fall wardrobe shopping Gossip, dish, tales & tails, and inside style tips... On this week's episode of Focus on Style-Talk Radio, the hosting duo Sharon Haver & Brad Boles first talk about some summer wrap-up chit-chat from Brad's ritzy time at the beach in The Hamptons, NY to Sharon's time out in the Wild West of Jackson, WY. Brad Boles & Sharon Haver From wildlife to urban chic, the

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Countess Luann deLesseps dating and party tips, more Real Housewives NY gossip and summer beauty tips for ladies and metrosexual men

Too many Fourth of July Hamptons parties, too much gossip, beat the heat beauty tips, and too hot men Brad is preparing for the Fourth of July parties in the glam Hamptons and you know that he has some gorgeous dish up his sleeve. Enjoy! -- S.H. <h2Dating tips and party advice from the Countess:Talk about sizzle, it is so hot here in the Hamptons that one steamy Countess is bolting out of town... I just got off the phone with Luann deLesseps who was in the first class lounge at JFK. The Countess is hightailing out of the East End, about to board a plane bound for the super glamorous St. Tropez. I couldn't let her get away without

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Sex and the City 2 Top Fashion Trend is the Maxi Dress. Here’s how to wear it

SATC brought us gladiator sandals. Now SATC2 brings us the flowing, long maxi dress as the fashion must-have in Desert Chic and summer style How to wear a maxi dress and not look like you ran out of the house in your nightgown Desert Chic: Sex and the City 2 Ok, “Sex and the City” fans, I'm not saying that you should show up at the movie theater this Friday dolled up as your favorite SATC character, but I know some of you will (again). Think of this as purely fashion tips to get the look right, and if it happens to be the hottest summer fashion trend to emerge out of SATC2, so be it. In an interview on

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BCBG

BCBG Max Azria- Spring / Summer 2009 BCBG from the run of the show... For Spring / Summer 2009, a tonal palette with flashes of brights, blurs into the urban landscape. A play on proportions evokes the fresh sensibility of innate seduction. Exploring the functionality of everyday classics, modernized to fit her dynamic lifestyle. Click on each picture for an enlarged view.

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