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Home Style Week! Turn Any Room Into A Glorious Guest Room In No Time…

This week's summer spotlight is Home Style... Let's review  The Pack Rat's Guide To Create a Guest Room on the fly In this life, most of us manage to pack every room within an inch of it's wainscoting. So please don't dwell in the dust bunnies of red carpet despair, use this opportunity as your jolt of java to wake up your inner accommodating host. With just a few of-the-manner-born prompts, any room can be turned into a pleasing, glorious guest room at a moments notice. What time is better than the present to sit down and sort through all that countertop/closet/dresser drawer/behind the couch build-up that clutters up your decorating domain? If only the room that your guest will

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Cheap Chic: How to look stylish on a budget

How to look stylish on a budget in minutes with expert style advice... Take from black belt shoppers who NEVER pay full price for almost anything when it comes to looking chic while being frugal. Let's be clear, Sharon & I both love something fabulous, at an equally fabulous price when we can. We're here keep you looking more put together and confident, with ease that rings true to your personal style. After all, we get dressed ourselves and no matter how much attention we pay to the runways and gain experience in the fashion industry, we still learn something new for ourselves every week. >> READ Sharon's Secret's:  Discount Designer Style Tips Kate Spade Saturday And as we start to

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Mineral Makeup Tips and Tricks

Brigitte Bigeard says you don't need much to get a fantastic result! Have you noticed that mineral makeup is a big deal and not sure why? It's all in the ingredients but most of us don't even know what's in makeup to begin with! Most mineral foundations contain no oil, talc or fragrance which is nice for sensitive or problem skintypes. The foundations available are made to be natural looking pigments, many offer a low spf for better coverage and protection. If you aren't sure which kind to get, your skin type will determine what's best for you. Powder is best for oily skin providing a nice fresh feel and staying shine free. It is also wonderful for a matte

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Custo Barcelona

Custo Barcelona - Spring 2009 Fashion Show Runway Photos Custo Barcelona Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, courtesy of the designer.

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Dr. Frank Lipman: Feeling Spent? 5 Easy Ways To Overcome Exhaustion

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Dr. Frank Lipman | Spent Tired of feeling tired? Do you want to learn how to overcome exhaustion? Tips to revitalize your body to feel more alive, energized, and even happy from the Spent Solutions program developed by Dr. Frank Lipman to combat modern exhaustion… Dr. Frank Lipman is probably one of the very few people that I would have ever trusted to put needles in me– acupuncture that is– and, I must say that my bounce-back to feeling myself again from a nagging injury was remarkable. I’m honored to have Dr. Lipman share his philosophy and advice with the FocusOnStyle.com readers to overcome modern exhaustion or what he calls, the

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How to pull off skinny pants when you are curvy…

How to pull off skinny pants when you are curvy Runway looks on a real figure I have an hourglass body shape with slightly wide hips and I am on the petite side at 5' 4" tall. Can I pull off wearing narrow or skinny leg pants or will I end up looking like a carrot? -- Sydney, Australia Looking like a carrot? That's a new one! Yes, you can wear skinny pants or even the hot again peg leg and pleated pants with a bit of styling modification. As with just about any slightly tough to wear style, there is some degree of tweaking to make it work on you. Since a narrow pant puts emphasis on the lower

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Oslo Style: How to dress in snowy and slushy weather

Style tips to look cute in bad winter weather… This week has been far from glamorous when it comes to dressing! With temperatures dropping to minus-degrees, we have had both snow and rain most of the week in Oslo. And even though I am dreaming of California weather, every day before I wake up and quickly realize I need to dig deep into my closet for warm and comfy clothes it becomes quite ok that the season is changing. In just a few weeks, I will start my Christmas-shopping. I will listen to Christmas carols while I search for the perfect dress for the Christmas parties in December. However, despite of the colder weather I still manage to find some

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Windswept Hair – Tracy Reese Runway Hairstyles

Windswept Hair.. Runway Hairstyles, Natural hairstyling tips from the Tracy Reese fashion show Runway hairstyling tips How to get pretty and natural looking windswept hair with hairstyling tips from Edris for FHI Heat for the Tracy Reese Fashion fall fashion show. >>See runway photos from the fall Tracy Reese fashion show Dear Sharon:I have a good head of hair, which makes me kind of lucky when I want to change my hairstyle. But here's the thing, I'm getting hung up on this new undone wavy hairstyle that I have been seeing on the pages of magazines and it's wrecking my styling repertoire. I'm noticing a lot of ever-so-slightly styled wavy, almost curly yet rather deliberately mussy hair on models and

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Are dresses really the new denim…

NY Fashion Week what to wear, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, Demi Moore, Are dresses really the new denim? NY Fashion Week what to wear-- there are sighting of on-trend premium denim, particularly seen at the week's celebrity money shot-- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, and Demi Moore sitting front row at the trendsetting Miss Sixty show. Photo and text Copyright (c)2007 Sharon Haver, distributed by FocusOnStyle.com. All rights reserved. While the web is all a flutter with bloginas feverishly throwing up their Spring 08 New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week forecasts, I thought you might want to know what to wear right now. Seasons past, a good chunk of the fashion crowd had a thousand and one ways to doll up

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Sexy Up Do Hairstyles by Frederic Fekkai for Diane von Furstenberg

Share | Sexy Up Do Hairstyles by Frederic Fekkai for Diane von Furstenberg spring/summer 2006 Sexy Up Do Hairstyles by Frederic Fekkai for Diane von Furstenberg See Features : Sexy Updo Hairstyles! Sexy Updo's, the hot hairstyle trend for spring.How to get red carpet worthy hair Dear Sharon: After watching the Oscars, it seems that glam upswept hair is the new big thing. I've also seen sexy updo's in fashion magazines and fashion shows. I'm not that skilled at playing around with my hair, but would love to learn how to put it up and not look like I'm on my way to the gym! –- Hairdo U (Brooklyn, NY) (...)

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Sexy Updo Hairstyles…

Sexy Updo Hairstyles- Runway to red carpet hairstyling tips from Frederic Fekkai for the Diane von Furstenberg fashion show Runway to red carpet hair styling tips from Frederic Fekkai for the Diane von Furstenberg fashion show Styling tips from Frederic Fekkai for the Diane von Furstenberg spring fashion show Get the hot new red carpet hairstyle inspired by classic sexpots Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot Dear Sharon: After watching the Oscars, it seems that glam upswept hair is the new big thing. I've also seen sexy updo's in fashion magazines and fashion shows. I'm not that skilled at playing around with my hair, but would love to learn how to put it up and not look like I'm on my

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How to care for leather clothing… Tips to keep leather and suede apparel in the best shape

How to care for leather clothing… Tips to keep leather and suede apparel in the best shape I recently purchased a classic trench coat in rich dark brown leather on sale at a major department store. The coat sold for thousands, but I was lucky enough to get this top designer leather coat on sale. It may be awhile before I can afford another designer coat like this. What can I do to help my leather coat last for a few good years? (Wilmington, NC) Good for you, finding a bargain leather coat that is truly stylish and flattering is a fashion find that will last for seasons to come, if you treat your leather garment properly. Scrunching a leather or

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Cropped pants flattering or not? Petite dress tips to wear springs hot fashion trend

Cropped pants flattering or not? Petite dress tips to wear springs hot fashion trend Lately, I've been noticing a fashion trend in cropped pants for this coming spring. More specifically, they are cropped so that they fall right at the knee length. I was wondering if you would recommend this look for me considering my petite frame and height. I am 23 years old. I am 5 ft 4", weigh 100 lbs and have an hour glass figure. Can I pull it off or will it be unflattering? (Markham, Ontario, Canada) >> Check out our Petite Clothing Shopping Guide Pulling off a specific style is not necessarily based on one particular piece, but how and what you wear with it.

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