Divalicious

by lauren cosenza

Diva Dish: Winter White

Diva Dish: Winter White

While I'm not into the super-white Ross look (usually accompanied by the super-orange Snooki tan), every six to eight months I do a week-long, at-home white strips regimen. Because let's be real - teeth matter. So I was intrigued when I got sent the new Colgate...

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Diva Dish: Woman On Top

Diva Dish: Woman On Top

The best holiday party tops for girls with... big girls. All bra-friendly :) #1 - Show some shoulder in Alice + Olivia's Baron Sequin Top for $330 #2 - Cinch a small waist in Trina Turk's Braden Faux Fox Vest for $298. #3 - Get flirty in Rebecca...

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Daily Diva: Jammin’

Daily Diva: Jammin’

Everyone's having a jewel-tone makeup moment this Fall and, being such fans of color, we jumped right on that bandwagon. Christina Bambina's chocolate peepers were just begging for some amethyst... So we dusted on some Bare Escentuals Ecstasy loose pigments from...

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Diva Dish: Second Skins

Diva Dish: Second Skins

Burning Question: How to take the LBD into Fall/Winter 2011? One-Word Answer: Leather It's time to invest in a second skin to give all-black everything an instant refresh. Here are my three faves for the season. For my LUXE DIVAS: The Helmut Lang ($1,025) For my...

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Diva Dish: Dot Dot Dot

Diva Dish: Dot Dot Dot

Loving all things regal lately. Channeling my inner Cleopatra. So no surprise I was drawn to this Stella & Dot statement necklace I saw at my girl Nercy's jewelry party at her Alchemy Space hair salon. It's just begging for some black liquid...

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Diva Dish: Support System

Diva Dish: Support System

Ooooh la la la la!! For only $20 bucks or so, you can store your intimates in these Braza bra travel bags. Little boobies and big boobies alike can perk up knowing their support systems will be fully intact upon arrival. Me LOVES it! For my luxe divas, you can...

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Daily Diva: Angel Face

Daily Diva: Angel Face

Sammy SweetHeart - back in the ring for round 2! This time we tested brand new products and shades from Victoria's Secret that will be revealed at upcoming New York Fashion Week events. The hero item from the look is the VS Shimmer Eye Shadow in Whirlwind -...

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5 Tops To Wear With Leggings

5 Tops To Wear With Leggings

Nearly 4 years after writing the original post, there’s still an undying interest on what to wear with leggings. You guys just can’t get enough. So for my leggings-obsessed readers, here are 5 Tops To Wear With Leggings. Fit for jeggings as well, of course, although...

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Diva DIY: Bottoms Up

Diva DIY: Bottoms Up

As someone swimming in beauty booty, I rarely reach the bottom of a lipstick  before picking up a cooler color or newer formulation. But when you fall head over heels in love with a limited edition shade, you end up using it often but sparingly until sadly, it's...

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Diva Dish: Smart Swabs

Diva Dish: Smart Swabs

MAC PRO used to make a version of these and you can also find them at certain MUJI stores, but now Almay (a longtime leader in makeup remover products) has come out with their very own... These oil-free makeup remover sticks are pure GENIUS. They are perfect for...

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Daily Diva: Intrepid

Daily Diva: Intrepid

Not a day goes by that I don't ask myself myriad beauty/fashion questions... What bag to wear with what shoe. Pin-straight blowout versus beachy waves. Matte or satin lipstick. The tough decisions in life ;) But last week, things got a little more interesting. As...

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Diva Dish: Essie-licious

Diva Dish: Essie-licious

Had a fab mtg with Essie, the consummate nail care pros, and felt like a kid at Christmas skipping to the taxi afterwards clutching the latest collection of summer 2011 shades. Decided to break out of the beauty box (lately for me, black pedi with a coat of...

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Daily Diva: Mixed Metals

Daily Diva: Mixed Metals

Was coerced by my good friend Lil V to go out last weekend. It was past midnight. And I was already home, in bed, cuddled up to my pillow, happily watching E! But the nightlife called, and I answered. So in the time it took her to get to my apartment, I threw on this...

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Daily Diva: Soft & Serene

Daily Diva: Soft & Serene

Between my ever-growing To-Do list, the upcoming LA trip, new business partnerships, chasing checks, reconciling the books and -oh yeah- my personal life, I've been a bit... out of it. Thank god I find calm in doing makeup. The brush strokes, the blending. And this...

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Daily Diva: Color Cravings

Daily Diva: Color Cravings

Some makeup artists are all about all-black-everything, and there are definitely many pro situations that call for it. But when it's a free-for-all, I crave color. Especially in the summer. Go bold or go home! Here I am rushing out the door (metallic Carlos...

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Daily Diva: Purple Haze

Daily Diva: Purple Haze

After a loooong morning of doing bridal makeup for my friend at Armani (and then watching her walk down the aisle as a total bombshell!) and then working from home, I had little time to throw myself together for dinner at Delicatessen in Soho with my fab celeb...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Eliza Woznica

Beauty HOT Seat: Eliza Woznica

Name: Eliza Woznica Profession: Esthetician, Beautician, Owner of E!Spa   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Intraceuticals. I'm addicted to this product line. They rejuvenate the skin, enhance the...

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Diva Dish: Just Bounce

Diva Dish: Just Bounce

I'm just LOVING the new MAC Big Bounce shadows. They are light as soufflé and equally yummy!!! Amazing shades and impressive staying power. Shade I'm rocking - Up the Ante! (a killer copper) Also, as you all know, I'm BIG into green right now and Extra...

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Beauty HOT SEAT: Joy Fennell

Beauty HOT SEAT: Joy Fennell

Name: Joy Fennell Profession: Makeup Artist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: My fave go-to product is MAC Smolder Pencil. This pencil is so versatile. It's great when creating very elaborate makeup but also works...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Nercy Sullivan

Beauty HOT Seat: Nercy Sullivan

Name: Nercy Sullivan Profession: Hair Stylist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: BAREX STYLING GLAZE – This is a weightless styling gel that leaves the hair feeling healthy and bouncy without any residue, like a...

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Daily Diva: Emmylicious

Daily Diva: Emmylicious

My bestie Emily came up from DC for the weekend and I could not WAIT to get her in my makeup chair! What a beautiful person, inside and out, for the Daily Diva! With spring in the air, I opted for a soft but bright color palette centered on lilacs. And with those...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Kristan Serafino

Beauty HOT Seat: Kristan Serafino

Name: Kristan Serafino Profession: Celebrity Hair Stylist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Jonathan Product Infinite Volume Thickening Foam.  Typically volume foam is applied to wet hair then blown dry to...

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DIVA DOES… Hypnotic Beauty

DIVA DOES… Hypnotic Beauty

What kind of beauty can hypnotize?? The bombshell beauty that is Victoria's Secret. So look out this fall for the VS Hypnotic Beauty collection inspired by gypset fashion influences (part bohemian gypsy, part luxury jetsetter). And in the meantime, check out these...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Syl Tang

Beauty HOT Seat: Syl Tang

(Photo by Katy Winn) Name: Syl Tang Profession: CEO of HipGuide ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Giorgio Armani blush in no. 5. It's so natural even my own mother thought I was just looking "healthy". Beauty tool you...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Colleen Runne

Beauty HOT Seat: Colleen Runne

Name: Colleen Runne' Profession: Makeup Artist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Several diva must-haves -- Korres Vitamin E Face Primer/Silicone Free, my absolute favourite primer for the skin. It preps the skin for perfect...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Suzy Gerstein

Beauty HOT Seat: Suzy Gerstein

Name: Suzy Gerstein Profession: Makeup Artist ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: RMS Lip-to-Cheek in Rapture- a blood red that looks scary in the package but adds instant life to the face when fanned onto the cheeks and dotted...

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DIVA DOES…  Outside the Box

DIVA DOES… Outside the Box

Some highlights from the Alex Box presentation by MACpro in NYC at the New Museum on Bowery last night. It was mind-blowing and incredibly inspiring to see real time creative genius and the future of makeup. The finale included a Wii-like experience where makeup was...

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Daily Diva: A is for Airbrush

Daily Diva: A is for Airbrush

And also Alana... and also a-mazing!! In fact, despite my reservations regarding airbrush makeup (lack of control, inferior formulations, etc) I gave the Luminess airbrush kit an A. I seriously LOVE the finish here.. I started with the Luminess Air Matte Foundation in...

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Daily Diva: Sunny Side Up

Daily Diva: Sunny Side Up

Ok, it's still freezing outside but I'm keeping it tropical and toasty inside.  (Warning to my mom, Rosycruise, and one of my besties, Ali, who are always melting in here to begin with!) Kept the palette neutral but warmed it up by replacing yesterday's...

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Daily Diva: Tickled Pink

Daily Diva: Tickled Pink

Kinda OBSESSED with MAC Cream Colour Base in Tickle Me Pink for cheek and lip. And when I say kinda, I mean totally. My friend at MAC sent it over for my kit and after testing and falling hard for it, gonna have to get another for my personal makeup bag. Me loves. And...

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Daily Diva: Ice Queen

Daily Diva: Ice Queen

What the eff with the frigid NYC temps this weekend??! Keeping me from my peep-toes, bare legs and new spring beauty palettes. Oh the humanity! But alas, lemonade out of lemons and all that... So I went with it and decided on an icy look. Star Products: Benefit Moon...

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Daily Diva: PunchDrunkLove

Daily Diva: PunchDrunkLove

Saw something I didn't want to see yesterday and needed a pick-me-up, pronto. So rather than throw a pity-party, I hosted my very own pretty party. As in, find pretty colors and paint them on my face. This is my most favorite kind of party and always snaps me out of...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Danielle Gaccione

Beauty HOT Seat: Danielle Gaccione

Name: Danielle Gaccione Profession: Former Director of EsteeLauder.com ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Advanced Night Repair by Estee Lauder... Good skincare is the first step to beautiful makeup!...

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Daily Diva: Spring Greening

Daily Diva: Spring Greening

Was down in Miami this weekend to host a Givenchy Very Irresistible L'Intense fragrance event for teenVOGUE. The weather was GORGE. Not too hot, not too chilly. Pure perfection. Busted out NARS Nomad for the lids - a shimmery olive green cream shadow that I've been...

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Diva Dish: GLO-licious

Diva Dish: GLO-licious

Seeing as how I love to get some glow on - and I've been testing tons of highlighters and illuminators for SPRING :) - wanted to share a round-up of my new and old faves. I wear these either alone on skin... under foundation on the full face... or over foundation...

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Daily Diva: Got The Blues

Daily Diva: Got The Blues

Having to wait to get my hands on the new Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipstick is making me so sad. I saw the sheer rose , Evasion, and I cannot get it out of my mind. This new formulaton may just be the perfect lipstick/lipgloss hybrid, soon available at...

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Beauty Hot Seat: : Sylvia Banderas Coffinet

Beauty Hot Seat: : Sylvia Banderas Coffinet

Name: Sylvia Banderas Coffinet Profession: Beauty Director, Latina Media Ventures ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Chanel’s Rouge Allure lip gloss in 60 Exces – OBSESSED! Beauty tool you can't live...

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Daily Diva: Quicktime

Daily Diva: Quicktime

Was running to get out of the house to go bridesmaid dress shopping in Brooklyn with my bestie for her wedding this fall.  Hair a mess. Clothing slightly streaked with loose eyeshadow pigments from a tv segment earlier that morning. But if I stand for anything,...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Andres Gutierrez

Beauty HOT Seat: Andres Gutierrez

Name: Andres Gutierrez Profession: Beauty Director, teenVOGUE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every divO should have: Tinted Moisturizer (Shiseido used to have my favorite but it’s been discontinued, so sad!) Beauty tool you can't...

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DIVA DOES… Nailing It

DIVA DOES… Nailing It

If you follow me on twitter or read my twitter feed in the right-hand column here, you know that I recently did a video with Cosmo for Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips. And I have to say, I LOVED (really really LOVED) the...

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Beauty HOT Seat: Maria Bertorelli

Beauty HOT Seat: Maria Bertorelli

Name: Maria Bertorelli Profession: Marketing and Advertising Director at Clarins USA ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Beauty product every diva should have: Mascara to make your eyes POP Beauty tool you can’t live...

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Daily Diva: So Sumptuous

Daily Diva: So Sumptuous

I've blogged about Estee Lauder Sumptuous in the past as I crazy loved it from the day it came out. Naturally I was super excited to get my hands on SUMPTUOUS EXTREME which comes in black and brown and for a limited time, indigo and violet too. VERDICT:...

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Diva Dish: Manolo Manicure

Diva Dish: Manolo Manicure

Nailcare is having its moment in a MAJOR way right now, and I am VERY much digging the nails at the Behnaz Sarafpour show yesterday created by Wanda Ruiz for Creative Nail Design (makers of my beloved Shellac). The inspiration: custom Manolos created...

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Diva Dish: Orange Crush

Diva Dish: Orange Crush

Fully crushing on this neon chiffon scarf from Miguelina. FULLLLLLLY. It's the perfect burst of color to brighten winter's all-black-everything. You could choose the electric yellow or the hot pink if the mood struck I suppose, but I go bold. Neon orange, please....

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Diva Dish: Embryolisse

Diva Dish: Embryolisse

It's a cult favorite among makeup artists, models and beauty editors so if you don't know, now you know. Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre is a "miracle" cream and the star product from a French skincare line sold at Ricky's and a few other locations in the...

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