Nov 19, 2009 -
Red lips and cool seasons always get along swimmingly, but this season, bright red really is the predominant color. But variety is the spice of life, and there's no one shade that looks great on everyone. With our variety of skin tones and personal styles, it's hard to navigate the trends — especially when most of the people shown wearing it are tanned and blonde (heck, it's still not easy even if you are tanned and blonde).
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Nov 13, 2009 -
Dear The Vampire Diaries, I see your master plan now: it's to bring it every week now. Please continue to do so. Moving on, this week we learned more about Bonnie and her family ties, revealed Damon's master plan, and met the new mysterious, history teacher.
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Nov 13, 2009 -
They're baaaaack! This week on Grey's Anatomy, Meredith, and Izzie make their returns to Seattle Grace/Mercy West, though only Mere is back in scrubs. Izzie heads back to the hospital with her favorite high-school teacher in tow, a sweet guy who's suffering from what appears to be dementia and is constantly referring to Izzie as a pregnant teen.
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Nov 12, 2009 -
We caught up with Alexis Bittar at his Neiman Marcus trunk show recently. He's super dreamy, as you can tell from his photo (center). And so friendly, it was comfortable, like we'd met before.
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Nov 10, 2009 -
Christina Aguilera's signature look still involves red lipstick and bright blond hair — but now there's just a little less of the latter. She's traded in her long locks for an edgier bob, giving her a Debbie Harry-circa-1978 style that's a pretty big shift. Do you like this new hairstyle, or does it leave you wanting more?
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Oct 26, 2009 -
We're used to seeing Evan Rachel Wood with the pretty strawberry-blond hair she wears when playing vampire queen Sophie-Anne LeClerc on True Blood, but the other night at a Gucci flash-store launch, she was showing off this new, sexy auburn shade. We all know Rachel is no stranger to hair dye. Do you remember that last year, she went from blonde to dark brunette?
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Oct 27, 2009 -
In her Spice Girls years, it was pretty much expected that Mel B, aka Scary Spice, would pull out all the punches when it came to her beauty look. And these days, it looks like Mel B isn't stopping when it comes to extreme beauty. At a photocall in London, the singer had heads turning with significantly lighter locks.
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Oct 09, 2009 -
If you've ever felt as though you'll look bad unless you straighten your hair, get highlights, go blonde, get a perm, or cover your grays, you should see Good Hair. If you care about the effects narrow normative beauty ideals have on the people around you and the larger world, you should see it. Heck, if you've ever felt like you "needed" to do anything to be attractive or accepted, you should see it.
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Oct 05, 2009 -
I know it's a demeaning classic, but have you ever read The Stepford Wives? The book is pretty good and a very quick read. I read it after I saw the remake movie version with Nicole Kidman, then I rented the '75 original.
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Oct 02, 2009 -
I'm all for exposing my child to the different walks of life. One of the reasons why I believe in the public school system is that children can get a taste of the real world by making friends with different socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. Taking kids along to volunteer can open their eyes and show them how good it feels to help those less fortunate.
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