Boo!
It’s almost Halloween, and in this economy, we aren’t all prepared to blow loads of cash on pricey wigs and hair pieces to complete our costume.
But what if we could do it ourselves, at home? I consulted celebrity hair expert Moulay Yacoubi, who shared some great news: Hot Halloween looks can be recreated with your own hair, at home, easy and cheaply! Here’s some of Moulay’s tips!

For short hair – try the Rihanna look:
1. Use damp unwashed hair, treated with a light mousse.
2. Pull hair from the middle …read more

Last fall, we saw the black lipstick trend everywhere. Fortunately this season, though lipstick hues are dark — they are thankfully not black. Deep blackberry shades are everywhere from the red carpet to the city streets. If you don’t want to splurge on department store lipstick, then don’t worry. Some drugstore brands offer rich, highly-pigmented colors that are perfect for fall.
Milani Color Perfect Lipstick is a creamy formula that goes on super smooth and comes in 45 shades. This full-color lipstick offers three dark blackberry-like hues that are perfect for this fall and winter — Magenta Madness, Sexy Rose …read more

Rihanna decided to rock the layered necklace look at the London premier of Quentin Tarantino’s lastest flick – “Inglourious Basterds“.
The singer wore dozens of pearl necklaces in different lengths and sizes- very striking against her all-black outfit!

image: Bauer-Griffin
If you want to try out your own version of Rihanna’s pearl necklace, but don’t have a music star budget – Forever 21 has a low-cost option:

image: Forever 21
It’s not the exact copy, but for just $15.80, the “Carnelia” necklace is a lot of look for not a lot of money!   You can also layer on more pearl necklaces to add some more …read more

I seem to recall these earring-slash-necklaces had a brief trendy period in the eighties…
They always seemed to be an unusually risky piece of jewelry to wear – what happens if you get your necklace caught in a button?  I prefer my earlobes intact, thank you very much.
Rihanna has the style chops to get away with a lot of trends that would make 99.99% of the population look…

Nope, I’m sorry – I still don’t like them!  Some trends need to go back into the vaults… or the emergency room files…
image: Bauer-Griffin

R&B singer Rihanna was a presenter at the American Music Awards recently…

Shhh… don’t startle her bowtie – it seems to have slithered off her neck & eaten her blouse!
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Did you hear that the singer Rihanna is designing a collection of umbrellas?

Apparently she’s teamed up with Isotoner to release the line.