Hey Guys!
Today we have yet another fabulous Beauty post from Danielle of the bomb blog Style and Beauty Doctor!
Today she gives you guys the lowdown on rocking pink, red, and even orange!

Enjoy!
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A very hot way to wear bright color is to wear it on the lip. Reds, pinks, and even oranges are the perfect accessory with this season’s rocker-chic looks. Do it right and be the envy of all your friends, do it wrong and look like an 80s punk rock reject. Keep reading for some tips on how to wear this look the right way.

How to successfully rock this trend:

1. Since a bright lip can be strong, keep the rest of your makeup relatively understated. Overdoing brights can make you look like you moonlight as a clown for Ringling Bros.

2. Make sure your skin looks as picture perfect as possible. Bright colors can zero in on imperfections. Try a medium to full coverage foundation like Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Cover Foundation that will cover your blemishes, but lets your skin look like skin.

3. Exfoliate your lips. Sounds like a tedious and drama-queen type routine, but exfoliating your lips is as easy as rubbing a toothbrush splashed with water over your lips. Making sure your lips are as smooth as possible helps lip product adhere better to the lips. There are lip exfoliators out there (I tried one by DDF a few years back) but you can take a tiny drop of lip balm like Blistex and mix it with sugar for a DIY one.

4. Prime your lips. MAC makes a really good lip primer, but good ole Chapstick works just fine! Lip primer helps to not only moisturize the lips, but it gives lip product something to hold onto so it lasts and lasts.

5. Line your lips. Now this is where we can lose some folks: do not, I repeat, DO NOT draw a dark obvious line around your lips and then fill it in with a light lip color. That’s a major don’t. For a bright lip look, choose a liner close to your lipstick/gloss color. Doing this helps to intensify the color and then when the lipstick/gloss starts to wear off, you’ll still have a stain of color to get you by before you reapply.

Line your lips by holding the pencil parallel to your lips so that you’re actually using the sides of the pencil as opposed to the point. Trace around your natural lip line and then shade your lips inside of the line. Blend by rubbing your index finger over your lips.

6. Apply your lip color. For intense color payoff, start with a cream finish lipstick then apply a gloss in a similar shade on top. Rub your lips together, blot, and then reapply the gloss.

To get really sexy lips, also apply a clear gloss on top of your work. Then apply a very shimmery gloss to the center of your lips and gently blot.

All of these layers will help your lip color last even through drinks, but try this trick to avoid getting your handiwork all over that margarita glass: before taking a sip, lick the area of the glass where you’ll be putting your lips. This creates a barrier between your lips and the glass.

7. Confidence. This look isn’t for the faint at heart so in order to really rock it, you have to exude confidence or the color will wear YOU.

The Red Lip

First, you’ll need to choose the right red. As overwhelming as that may sound, it’s actually quite easy when you know your undertones. If your undertones are warm (there’s a yellow or golden undertone to your skin, you tan to a golden brown color, your veins are green, you look best in gold, etc.), then a red with a yellow or golden base works best. Reds to try: MAC Lipstick in Brave Red, Lady Danger, Cockney, and Lady Bug. If your undertones are cool (there’s a red or blue undertone to your skin, your veins are blue, you look best in silver, etc.) then a red with a blue base works best. Reds to try: MAC Lipstick in Russian Red, Dubonnet, Ruby Woo, MAC Red, and Viva Glam I. If you’re olive toned (neither yellow nor blue undertones) try a red with neutral undertones. Some reds to try: MAC Lipstick in Fresh Moroccan and Spice It Up!

As with foundation, finding a red you love takes time and patience, but you will find it.

My dark skin beauties, there’s a terrible myth out there that red lips are not for us. Don’t listen to it! I’m NW47 (in MAC foundation) and my favorite reds are MAC Dubonnet and Chanel Rogue Allure Laque in Dragon 75. If your confidence in wearing red is waining, be sure to check out How to Rock Reds & Pinks with Confidence.

The Bright Orange Lip

Fair Skin (think Nicole Kidman or Kelly Osbourne): Try a more modest pinky-orange. Anything too dark and bright will be too much for your fair skin. Try MAC Lipstick in CB 96 or Make Up For Ever Lipstick in Pinkish Orange 403.

Medium Skin (think Sarah Jessica Parker or Rachel Bilson): Try a medium pumpkin-ish orange like MAC Lipstick in Meltdown.

Tanned Skin (think Jessica Alba or Eva Mendez): Go for a bright warm orange like Make Up For Ever Lipstick in Flourescent Orange 201.

Olive Skin (think Padma Lakshmi or Lakshmi Menon): Go for a neutral orange like MAC Lipstick in So Chaud.

Dark Skin (think Gabrielle Union or Alek Wek): Brighter hues show up so beautifully on darker skin tones, so be bold and try an orange like MAC Lipstick in Morange.

Don’t get too caught up in racial or ethnic backgrounds when it comes to skin color. People of different racial or ethnic backgrounds can have similar coloring and therefore can wear similar makeup shades. The suggestions I made above are not absolute: you can definitely try shades for a skin tone that differs from yours (for instance MAC Lipstick in Morange can be worn by a multitude of tones). The general idea is the darker your skin, the deeper and brighter you can go with your lip color.

The Bright Pink Lip

Choosing the right pink: as with its cousin red, knowing your undertones helps you pick out the right pink. If you’re warm toned, go for yellow based pinks like MAC Lipstick in Pink Noveau, Creme de la Femme, or Impassioned. If you’re cool-toned, go for blue based pinks like MAC Lipsticks in Lickable, Speed Dial, or Girl About Town. Neutral/Olive tones, go for neutral pinks like MAC Lipstick in Sweetie, Hot Gossip, or Syrup. Again, the darker your skin, the brighter your lip color.

And there you have it. Go forth and get bright!
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Today is World Aids Day, and to commemorate the occasion Stella McCartney designed the following limited edition $28 t-shirt for Gap’s Project Red campaign:

The soft jersey tee goes up to an XXL, and 50% of the proceeds go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS in Africa.
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Clutch Magazine has the following picture of Kelis, who recently debuted a new single and a new gray tinged hairstyle:

Kelis is known as a beauty trendsetter, and has been most recently regaled for starting the ‘shaved side’ trend:

Do you think her new ‘do will catch on?

If you liked our Plum Passion article from yesterday, get a work ready look with these separates and accessories:

Untie your blouse and cart your clutch along for afterwork drinks.

Get the look here:

Laura from Germany wrote “I am looking for some hot over-knee boots or knee high boots! I saw some on Meagan Good lately and just cant find them anywhere! I’ve been looking for something similar for more than two months!! Can you help?”
Yup! Get Meagan’s look with these $218 Briallen Thigh Hi Heeled Boots:

Get the boots plus a few more options here:

WWD reports that Fashion Bomb friend Zac Posen will be the next Go International Designer for Target:

They say, “Target did not disclose prices for Posen’s collection, but previous Go collections have been in the $14.99 to $149.99 range. Posen’s own collection is priced from $900 to $12,000, with custom pieces fetching upward of $20,000.”

The Zac Posen for Target Go International collection will be available at Target stores and at Target.com from April 25 through May 30.

Read more details here.

As fall becomes winter, starlets have been sidling up to warmer tones like deep purples, plums, and aubergine.

The pretty color works for any fashionista worth her salt, regardless of age or body type:

Leona Lewis corsets up a ribbed dark purple strapless worn with embellished booties and patent accessories.

Tiny and Kim Kardashian also jump on the plum band wagon with liquid frocks worn with nude or light colored heels.

Gabourey Sidibe represents for the curvy fashionistas in a draped, ruched floor length gown offset by turquoise jewels.

And Gayle King shows the look works just as well for the sophisticated stylista in a cowl neck plum sweater dress with matching tights, shoes, and bag.

Want to jump along with color train? Get the look with these fun items, all under $100:

More of a Beauty Girl?

Check out this vintage post on Dark Plum Lipstick!

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Star sightings were few and far between, as most were at home spending quality time with their family and friends for the holidays. Still, however, a handful rolled out for the party and performance circuit, wearing all grades of stylish outfits. Take a look:

Amber Rose made an appearance at Atlanta club Primal wearing a slick leather vest, her signature shades, pink lipstick, and a body suit over sheer tights. While we’ve lauded Amber for her fashion forays in the past, her look is starting to feel stale. The all black tight pants or no pants look with shield shades has a ‘been there seen that’ feel, and I’m kinda missing the Amber who used to rock out with green leather McQueen Jackets and zebra print platforms. Hmm, maybe her boyfriend/stylist should intervene…

Continuing the no pants trend was Rihanna, who performed on ABC’s Good Morning America in a Dean Quinn white blazer and platform black pumps. Rihanna continues to push the style envelope in her choice of designers and silhouettes, and this number was no exception. The blazer is tailored, flattering, and shows off her million dollar legs. Hot!

Elsewhere in New York Alicia Keys performed at NBC’s Today Show in a multi-chain accented belted green leather zipper trench, liquid leggings, and exotic skinned boots. While the green trench is sick, and the accessories on on point, the outfit would have been better served with a cute pair of platform black pumps. The boots make the outfit in general seem too busy, and take shine away from Alicia’s cool green statement piece. Hmmm…

Lastly, Leona Lewis kept the Vivienne Westwood at home, and wore a puff sleeve black shirt with corset detail, dark jeans, and knee high boots for an appearance on MuchDemand Music in Toronto. Leona loves the corset silhouette, and found a way to dress down the saucy look with comfy jeans and boots that made her overall look hot!

What say you, Bombshells?

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Hey Bombshells!

Hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday and Black Friday!

This weekend I had a taste for American food, so went to a restaurant in Paris called Breakfast in America. The popular diner offers brunch favorites like pancakes, omelettes, breakfast burritos and more..and is absolutely delicious! There’s always a huge line to get into the small space, and while waiting, I spied this sophisticated fashionista and her equally stylish daughter:

While the dynamic duo both wore cool sunglasses and warm fuzzy winter hats, mom’s style stood out for her cool mohair wrap and stole, and daughter was equally chic thanks to her bright red coat and silver Gucci Sneaks.

I chit chatted with both of them, and mom mysteriously revealed that she worked in fashion, but wouldn’t give me any more information.

At any rate, they have great taste in clothes and in food!

What do you think of their style?

Smootches!

*If you’re ever in Paris and need downhome food, visit Breakfast in America. They have two locations : 17 Rue des Ecoles in the 5th arrondissment, and 4 rue Malher in the 4th arrondissement. Yum!

Guys, if you’re looking for a little men’s style inspiration, Swagger Paris brings us the fashionable Mboko:

The style editor brings a bit of color to winter with a chic red paisley scarf, dark brown attaché case, dark readers, and fetching red sneakers:

He shows that accessories can make or break an outfit. Without the scarf, glasses, and shoes, he’d look like a Wall Street type with his slate gray pants and structured trench. Add a bit of flair, and he’s instantly fabulous.

What do you think? Does he have Swagger?

See more Paris street style at www.swaggerparis.com.