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by lauren cosenza

MANI Monday: People

MANI Monday: People

If you haven't already checked out DIVAlicious Contributor Mei Kawajiri's nail art photographs, you need to click THIS BUTTON right this second. It will take you to the Manis By Mei gallery which will be updated several times a week. My faves will also be...

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Daily Diva: Smoke Siren

Daily Diva: Smoke Siren

We first saw this mod eye look on Ginnifer Goodwin at the Emmys... Not long after, we saw it on the runway at Marc Jacobs... And then we saw it on Mila Kunis on the cover of Allure... We loved it more and more each time. LIke a cute guy with an amazing...

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Daily Diva: GoldenEye

Daily Diva: GoldenEye

Few things I love more than gold loose pigments on an olive-skinned beauty... For this lovely look, I pressed crushed pigment onto CB's lids from MAC's Surf the Ocean limited edition collection, which of course you can't get anymore. (As Robert Frost promised, nothing...

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Diva Dish: DermaChromatic

Diva Dish: DermaChromatic

Every once in a while, something gets sent or emailed over to me that isn’t something I can test or something a regular contributor can test but is something someone HAS to test because if the press release and its accompanying before and after pics are accurate, it’s...

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Diva Dish: Power Serge

Diva Dish: Power Serge

The name Serge Normant is synonymous with Hollywood glamour and high-fashion. From covers to catwalks, Serge has styled the manes of A-listers far and wide. So it only makes sense that his eponymous hair care line reeks of luxury. I recently had...

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Diva Dish: Team Veronica

Diva Dish: Team Veronica

Ever since I was a little girl I was Team Veronica all the way. And I had the stacks of comic books to show for it. I even made it my confirmation name, although she was no saint. So when MAC announced it's latest collaboration, Archie's Girls, I was truly besides...

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DIVA DOES… All Banged Up

DIVA DOES… All Banged Up

Some days you may just feel stuck in a style rut. No worries, it happens to the best of us. The failproof cure: go to an extreme. On this particular day, I felt my long and layered hair wasn't doing much for me except weighing me down. Dull and depressing. Enter my...

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Diva Dish: Tainted Love

Diva Dish: Tainted Love

Oh Anne Taintor, I can never get enough. Real talk since 1985, on retro gift items that never go out of style.  While perusing the 2012 holiday catalog for gift ideas, some products caught my attention...  ... for a certain college bestie. ... for a...

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Diva Dish: Thanks Be To…

Diva Dish: Thanks Be To…

While I love the beauty giants, this year I'm thankful for hero products from more... petite players.  Here's who and what I'm digging now: IT COSMETICS by Jamie Kern When I first tried Bye Bye Under Eye I instantly knew it would go straight into my pro...

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Daily Diva: Blue State

Daily Diva: Blue State

[LDIVA NOTE: What better, a day after the 2012 election, that a post celebrating BLUE…] GUEST POST by DIVAlicious Contributor Denise Del Russo Birthday Blues. No, no it’s not what you think! I wasn’t sad on my birthday, although getting older doesn’t necessarily...

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Diva Dish: Simple Addition

Diva Dish: Simple Addition

This just in! Right when you thought nail art jumped the shark, CND introduces 12 dee-licious pure pigments and effects to take your mani to an otherworldly level! They can be mixed into gels and acrylics or layered over CND Shellac (or how 'bout your plain...

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Daily Diva: Exotic Jade

Daily Diva: Exotic Jade

It was easy breezy to come up with a beauty look for this Daily Diva. Nicole, a partner at social branding site SocialButterflye, is a self-proclaimed "SpanAsian" - part Filipino, part Spanish and  part Chinese - who doesn't wear much makeup on the regular, but wanted...

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Diva Dish: The UnBlowout

Diva Dish: The UnBlowout

Whether it's running around to the tents and then the after-parties during New York Fashion Week (like many of my city friends just did) or running after a 5-year old with infant twins in your arms (like one of my Brooklyn best friends does daily) or running a women's...

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Diva Dish: iCandy

Diva Dish: iCandy

There is a growing group of my inner circle friends pushing for the big switch. To the new iphone this fall. No, not from the old one. No, not from the old old one. From... the blackberry. Which may make me a dinosaur (hey, it took me YEARS to even consider online...

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Daily Diva: !EYE DE MI!

Daily Diva: !EYE DE MI!

TEASER... Shooting my next Cosmo beauty video early July and spent yesterday testing products to create tips for an in-book page and design looks for the video itself. LOVING the goods! An innovation in mascara and a killer gel liner plus some light neutral...

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Daily Diva: White Hot

Daily Diva: White Hot

In the romance department, it's always big news to give a boyfriend a toothbrush at your place. While I'd been using and loving the Supersmile Advanced Sonic Pulse toothbrush (which retails online for a nice $100 bucks), I presented him with the Colgate...

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Diva Dish: Small Wonder

Diva Dish: Small Wonder

Hotshot TV commercial producer Alison Horn who has been a best friend of mine since the 6th grade (me – bangs, her – braces) recently got me this A-is-for-AWESOME supercool red lips ring from C Wonder. She’s always getting me thoughtful things with kiss...

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Diva Dish: Boys Club

Diva Dish: Boys Club

This one's for the boys! The über-talented Jéröme Obry, currently at the prestigious Martial Vivot Salon Pour Hommes, offered a complimentary hot shave and haircut to a Divalicious fan. I was thrilled when Christopher Smyth agreed to try the service and be...

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DIVA DOES… Electric Feel

DIVA DOES… Electric Feel

Ooooh girl...shock me like an electric eel... Baby girl... turn me on with your electric feel. Without further adieu.... (**DRUMROLL**)... Select images from the 2012 ELECTRIC PICKS campaign shot by rockstar photographer Diana Levine. We totally tore it...

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Diva Dish: Perfectly Framed

Diva Dish: Perfectly Framed

There are certain things that are best done live and in person. On the list – saying you’re sorry, finding jeans that fit you perfectly, falling in love, hearing your favorite band, going to college, picking the right undergarment for an outfit, catching a fashion...

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Diva Dish: Coat in Oil. Heat.

Diva Dish: Coat in Oil. Heat.

While down in Florida, I conducted a very scientific testing of a… suncare product. The product: Hawaiian Tropic Protective Tanning Dry Oil SPF 12 The hypothesis: While it may expedite and enhance the tanning process, can SPF 12 really protect against any...

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Daily Diva: Dawn Del Russo

Daily Diva: Dawn Del Russo

Our very own DIVALICIOUS CONTRIBUTOR Denise Del Russo recently glammed up her sister Dawn for an Oscar Red Carpet discussion for Hollywood Life with ENT TV. We got her all-access step-by-step on to how to recreate the sultry look here! To start I applied...

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DIVA DOES… Sandscript

DIVA DOES… Sandscript

Some say the family that prays together stays together – and that very well may be true. But for my family, we believe you can swap our prayer with some of these bonding activities… The family that drinks together stays together. (Another bottle of red, please.) The...

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Diva Dish: Twinkle Tips

Diva Dish: Twinkle Tips

Running around in a towel and a towel turban is a daily occurrence for me. In my personal life I tend to operate on euro time (when I say 7, I mean 7:30... 8?). But when it comes to work, I'm speed racer doing a million things at once to get out the door. Every minute...

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Diva Dish: Hand Picked

Diva Dish: Hand Picked

In the words of gorgeous and talented designer MJ Barton, who doesn't need some "rock & roll for their wrist??!" Men's WARRIOR Bracelet Women's JOPLIN Bracelet I know I do ;) And I've been rocking my Electric Picks bracelets since the day I did makeup...

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Diva Dish: Get a Grip.

Diva Dish: Get a Grip.

There can be no better time to test a dry shampoo/mattifying hair product than post-spin-class. Which is exactly when I popped open the Redken Powder Grip 03. And I was super skeptical. A lot of dry shampoos/mattifiers that are powder-based look ashy and chalky -...

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Diva Dish: Glitterati

Diva Dish: Glitterati

I'm like a 12 year old with a crush. Obsessed, infatuated, in love with this eye-candy of a palette from NYX. It's 21 cream glitters with virtually no fallout in gorgeous shades for face or body. For thirteen dollars. THIRTEEN!! I used the navy on Miss Nicole...

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