Archive for October, 2011
Beauty, Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
Gwyneth Paltrow says a good night’s sleep is essential to looking good.
The Oscar-winning actress – who has two children, Apple, seven, and five-year-old Moses with husband Chris Martin – admits if she doesn’t get a lot of rest, it shows in her appearance.
She said: “For me, sleep is a major thing. I don’t always get it, and when I don’t, I look like I’ve been hit by a truck.”
Gwyneth also credits drinking lots of water, taking vitamins “religiously” and having at least one cup of coffee – with almond milk – each morning to help maintain her youthful looks.
The 39-year-old beauty detoxes twice a year and is a fan of the Clean Program, an elimination diet that lasts for three weeks and allows a daily lunch.
She told ‘Ask Dr. Brandt’ on Sirius XM Radio: “I find it very rejuvenating. It’s like being high.”
Gwyneth – who credits celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson with her amazing figure – has previously said she doesn’t like to diet and eats what she likes because she exercises so much.
She said: “I had to work hard to get it like this, but now I’m here it’s so great because I don’t have to think about it. I can just enjoy life. What a relief is that.
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Gallery, Top Five, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
Dalmation oversized faux fur coat
The fuax fur coat is great for wearing over that going out outfit and looks great teamed up with a party dress and platform heels. Get this one from Topshop
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Tags: "Top Five", coats, Duffle coat, faux fur coats, leather coat, styles, trench coat, tweed, winter coat styles
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Beauty, Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
Taylor Swift’s fragrance Wonderstruck contains “all kinds of stuff”.
The pop star has collaborated with Elizabeth Arden to create her first perfume and says there is a wide ranging mix of notes in the scent.
She told ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’: “There’s all kinds of stuff in there. It’s got vanilla and amber and freesia and also notes of peach and raspberry. It’s got everything.”
The pop star has previously revealed inspiration behind naming the new scent – which launched last month and will be rolled out worldwide over two years -came from her song ‘Enchanted’ about meeting a special someone and the tune features in the promotional video.
She explained: “I share personal life experiences through my music, and my fragrance will allow me to share these experiences with my fans in a completely different and new way. Falling in love is a moment every girl daydreams about and Wonderstruck represents that magical feeling of promise and hope and intrigue. It was fascinating to learn that you can layer so many different scents to create a beautiful end result.”
Tags: Elizabeth Arden, fragrance, mix, perfume, style, Taylor Swift, Wonderstruck
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Features, Gallery, Get the look, Halloween
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
As we’ve said numerous times throughout our Halloween Costume Ideas series there are sexy and fashionable ways to turn up to party.
You don’t have to go in full traditional zombie bride attire, nor do you have to cake on that make up to get that demonic look.
Last week we gave you a few pointers on how to be a fashionable devil and today it’s the turn for wannabe witches. You’ve got that sexy witch dress but covering your face with green paint and a hairy mole at the end of your nose won’t do you any favours.
Instead why not look for an obvious, yet subtle alternative. View the gallery below to get some tips on how to bewitch those eyes. Add black lipstick and you’re all set to go.
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Tags: devil make up, fairy, Fairy Make-up, get the look, Halloween costumes, Halloween make up ideas, hallowen make up ideas, sexy witch, Witch make up and how to get the look
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Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 24th, 2011
Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa are huge fans of the Duchess of Cambridge’s fashion sense.
The ‘Fashion Police’ star and her only daughter – who are known for their scathing comments on celebrity fashion faux pas – are in agreement that Catherine, wife of Prince William, is an impeccable dresser.
Joan said: “She’s fabulous, she doesn’t put a foot wrong.”
Melissa added: “Never mind what the fashionistas say, she’s like one of your friends who dresses beautifully.”
However, not everyone agrees with them. Nordstrom fashion director Gregg Andrews recently claimed Catherine isn’t a trendsetter and said she wouldn’t stand out if she were not married to royalty.
He said: “She is stylish, but she’s not setting trends, she’s following trends.
“If you take Kate out of the royal family, put her on a street in New York, you wouldn’t look at her twice. She’s a beautiful woman, but she blends into a crowd.”
Gregg’s views were echoed by Elle fashion news director Anne Slowey, who claimed Catherine’s look was only admired because of who she’s married to.
She said: “Is she a style icon of the likes of a Kate Moss? Absolutely not. Is she in the public eye? Are people going to become obsessed with everything she wears regardless of what it is? Yes.”
Ken Downing, fashion director of high-end department store Neiman Marcus, also doubts whether Catherine, 29, will ever be a leading style icon.
He said: “Is she iconic at the moment? Time will tell. She’s certainly influential. In the position that she’s in you can’t be simply stunning as she is and not have influence.”
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Gallery, Style spotlight
By Elisabeth on October 21st, 2011
It's not all black...
One of our favourite looks. The blonde hair teamed with the black dress (and long legs) is stunning
We must admit we’re quite envious of Gwyneth’s slender body. Then again living on the diet she’s apparently on - macrobiotic last time we checked – we rather have our cake and eat it too… But she does seem to glow in most of the photos we’ve seen. Now the Oscar-winning actress – who has two children Apple and Moses – has revealed that if she doesn’t get a lot of rest though, it shows in her appearance. Fantastic, she’s human!
In a recent interview Gwynnie said: “For me, sleep is a major thing. I don’t always get it, and when I don’t, I look like I’ve been hit by a truck.” Well, either way your hubby – Chris Martin – doesn’t seem to care the way he’s been gushing about you lately Gwyn…
Other secrets to maintaining a youthful look? Drink lots of water, take vitamins “religiously” and have at least one cup of coffee – with almond milk – each morning… Well two out of three isn’t that bad is it?
Oh yeah, and book in a celebrity trainer!
If you want to steal Gwyneth’s style, check out the gallery above.
All photos: Press Association
Tags: celebrity secrets to looking good, gwyneth paltrow, style spotlight
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Designers, Features, Gallery
By Elisabeth on October 21st, 2011
If you follow fashion – who am I kidding of course you do! – you’ll have noticed how Burberry were first with a tweetwalk during their show at this September’s London Fashion Week. Burberry has also been one of the many fashion brands embracing Instagram, the popular iPhone photo sharing app. And while we were busy noting the trends for Spring Summer 2012, Becca over on ShinyShiny had a look at which fashion brands are using Instagram in an interesting way to give their fans and followers a behind-the-scenes peek at the fast paces and highly aspirational industry.
Burberry
The classic British brand is another Instagram favourite and already has more than
100,000 followers! The snaps are always beautifully shot and show you just what
you can achieve with the app's great selection of filters.
ShinyShiny is also celebrating Instagram week and is running an easy to enter mobile photography competition with Orbitsound. All you have to do is take a photo with an Autumnal theme and share it on Twitter along with the hash tag #ShinyAutumn. It can be of a leaf or a Halloween costume, we really don’t mind. The winner will get a fabulous T12v3 speaker bar from Orbitsound and 19 runners up will get random iPhone related goodies.
Visit the #ShinyAutumn competition post to find out more.
Tags: "Kate Spade", ASOS, Bergdorf Goodman, Burberry, Desigual, fashion brands, gucci, Instagram, iphone, levis, Mango, Oscar PR Girl, photography, Threadless
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Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Rihanna knew she wanted to kiss British boxer Dudley O’Shaughnessy as soon as she saw him.
The 23-year-old beauty – who has been romantically linked to Dudley after previously dating singer Chris Brown and baseball star Matt Kemp – chose the hunk to take part in her new music video for single We Found Love and was smitten with him from the minute they met.
She said: “I met him and I was like let’s f***ing kiss and … you know what I mean. We had to pretend how to fake f**k.”
Rihanna wasn’t the only one who was happy to film the steamy scenes for the new video, with Dudley saying: “I didn’t want it to end.”
Rihanna and Dudley were particularly taken with each other during the shoot with crew members revealing they were constantly flirting.
A source said: “Rihanna was making no secret that she fancied the pants off Dudley. They hit it off straight away. She had seen his modelling shots and other pictures when he was a boxer.
“Rihanna took every opportunity to get close to him and at one point she was sitting in his lap during a break from filming. She’s very tactile anyway, but this was something else.
“Dudley was giggling like a schoolboy when she had to shoot a scene in a see-through top. She was teasing him with a peak of her cleavage and winking at him.
“Dudley can’t believe his luck. Rihanna’s girlfriends are teasing her, singing songs about her romance.”
Tags: boxer, chris brown, Dudley O'Shaughnessy, LOVE, Rihanna, romance
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Ad campaigns, Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Ashley Greene has become the new face of DKNY and DKNY Jeans.
The Twilight star will appear in the brands’ spring 2012 ad campaigns and says she can’t wait to get to work.
She revealed: “I’ve always loved Donna Karan’s creations. To be a part of the brands’ message is incredibly exciting because it feels like such an organic fit. It’s easy to talk about how these clothes work for my lifestyle, whether I’m in New York, L.A. or traveling for work.”
Donna Karan vice president Patti Cohen says Ashley was the ideal person to front the campaigns because she is aware of the importance of social media sites such as twitter and Facebook.
She said: “Ashley embodies everything DKNY – her energy, her spirit, her eclectic personal style. She is on the forefront of what it means to connect with a global fan base through social media, a focus that is aligned with our digital and new media initiatives.”
Ashley has previously revealed she refuses to get so slim she has a “child’s body” as she prefers to have a healthy and toned figure.
She said: “A lot of people like to be super tiny, but I don’t want a child’s body – I want a woman’s body that is extremely fit. It’s so much sexier.”
Tags: Ashley Greene, DKNY Jeans, DKNY Perfume, model, Twilight, Vampire, Vampire Make up, Vampire outfits
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Celebrity gossip, Designers, Models
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Calvin Klein signed Kate Moss for his iconic 1990s campaigns as a reaction to “distasteful” glamour.
The legendary designer was tired of the way women were trying to boost their assets and so chose the slender supermodel to front his collections as a statement against what had gone before her.
He said: “”The reason for Kate and this whole group of women I found that someone named ‘waifs’ was because before that, a lot of women were getting breast implants and doing things to their buttocks. It was getting out of control. I just found something so distasteful about all that.
“I wanted someone who was natural, always thin. I was looking for the complete opposite of that glamour type that came before Kate.”
Calvin, 69, is also known for his eponymous underwear line and while he wears his own garments, he is also willing to wear those created by rival designers in order to see how they compare with his own creations.
He told ‘Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis’: “My second wife Kelly worked with me in the design studio for a long period of time and she was greatly responsible for us doing underwear. I still wear it. And I wear other people’s underwear, too, because I want to check out the competition.”
Tags: 1990s campaigns, breast implants, Calvin Klein, Kate Moss, Models, waif
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Beauty, Features, Gallery, Get the look, Halloween
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Gone are the days when dressing up as a She Devil for Halloween meant you had to coat your face in red sticky face paint.
As Halloween parties have become more and more fashionable so have the make-up looks associated with the traditional costumes and the devil look is just one example with many demonesses swapping the obvious look for bold eye make up that gives a nod to this look.
To get a look that screams She Devil, yet remains sexy start with a dark grey or black eyeshadow and coat your upper lid. Take the colour right up to the brow.
Once you’ve done this add some red shadow over the top of this, but keep it to the lid. Blend in to give a seamless look and add some thick black liner to both the top and bottom lids.
To complete the look add some bright red lipstick and you’re set to tempt any male at that party into being naughty.
See the gallery below for a list of everything you need to get the look.
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Tags: devil make up, Halloween costume ideas, Halloween make up ideas, Halloween make-up, How to get devil make up, Make Up tips
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Celebrity gossip
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
Lady Gaga likes her boyfriend to dress up as a vampire in the bedroom.
The You and I hitmaker gets “turned on” by the blood-sucking creatures and has a pair of fangs she makes ‘Vampire Diaries’ actor Taylor Kinney wear when the couple are getting down and dirty.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: “Gaga gets very turned on by vampires and loves being bitten by her partner. She likes to dress up and has a set of fangs which she’ll often get out in the bedroom.
“She calls herself the ‘Kinky Queen’ and has an entire wardrobe of sexy dress up clothes for her sex sessions.”
However, it’s likely Taylor had to wait some time before indulging in bedroom antics with the 25-year-old singer – real name Stefani Germanotta – as she has revealed she likes to make her boyfriends wait for sex and would never “put out” too soon.
Gaga recently said: “It’s always been important to me, as it’s for my generation, a most relevant consideration when you’re growing up. Sex doesn’t mean nothing; sex means so much.
“I hope that young women know that sex is still a big deal, and they don’t have to put out soon. If they want someone to court them for a while before they give it up, that’s wonderful and beautiful, and a man will only respect you more for honouring your body. I am that way.”
Tags: bedroom fetishes, fetish, Halloween make-up, lady gaga, make up, sex, Vampire
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Fashion Crush, Fashion News, Footwear, Gallery, Top Five, Trend Alert
By Andrea Petrou on October 20th, 2011
It’s good news for fans of the knee high boot, with this trend walking right back in for this season.
Gone are the over-the-knee boots with their shorter cousins being paraded by Prada, YSL and Jaeger on the AW 2011 catwalks.
Give a nod to the 60s and wear a pair with a mini skirt or go for a more daytime 40s look and team them up with a midi skirt. For those who want to keep it casual, the over skinny jeans, or with a long knitted sweater looks are also hot.
Buy a pair now and step right into style. Below are our top five. Just click on the links to buy.
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Tags: "Top Five", AW 2011 trends, boots, Knee high boots for AW 2011, winter boots, winter trends
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Gwyneth Paltrow says a good night’s sleep is essential to looking good.
From:Golden Globe awards 2012 best hair and make up