Preview the Eva Mendes for New York & Company Holiday 2013 Collection

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News flash: few celebrities actually have an innate sense of style.

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Metal Mania — Check Out The Estee Lauder “The Metallics” Collection Pure Color Vivid Shine Nail Lacquer Shades

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Metallic fabrics, eye shadows, and nail lacquers always abound come autumn and winter, and this season is no exception.

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Beanie Babies — Go For A Skater Cool Look With These Beanie Hats!

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This season, give your wardrobe a kick and a push, then coast happily into the realm of modern, streetwise, easygoing style with a slouchy beanie hat.

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Diamonds — And Healthy Hair — Can Be Forever With New Redken Diamond Oil Collection

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Last time I had my hair blown out, the stylist couldn’t stop complimenting me on how healthy my hair looked, remarking that most women with heavily color-treated hair grapple with split ends and overly porous, dehydrated strands.

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Cosmic Love — Kendra Scott Winter 2013 Aurora Jewelry Collection

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As soon as I saw the name of the latest Kendra Scott jewelry collection, Florence + The Machine’s “Cosmic Love” popped in my head, followed by a medley of tenuously  galaxy-themed tunes: Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Radiohead’s “Black Star” and so forth.

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Fair Leather Friends — Mackage Forays Into Handbags For Fall 2013

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My favorite winter coats and leather jackets all bear the same name on their labels: Mackage.

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Petal Palace — L’Occitane Introduces its “Shea Flowers of Love” Limited Edition Shea Butter Collection

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Every October, L’Occitane reveals a new limited edition collection of shea butter products with distinctive packaging meant to conjure up excitement for the holiday season, lure in long-time fans of the brand’s shea range (like yours truly, who has been known to carry a 100ml tin of shea butter in her always bulging handbag), and attract new and hopefully soon-to-be-undyingly-loyal customers.

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In the Mouth of Radness — Urban Decay Introduces Its New Revolution Lipsticks and 24/7 Glide-On Lip Pencils

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Sometimes I think the folks at Urban Decay have telepathic powers, that they have a Jean Grey-ish figure on payroll whose mission is to read the minds of brand devotees like myself.

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Fright Right — Get in the Halloween Spirit with these Creepily Cool Fashion and Decor Finds!

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I’ve never been a huge fan of Halloween — first, there’s the fact that I’m a scaredy cat (for me, watching a horror movie is akin to water torture); second, I always dread the slew of pranks that occur on Halloween evening (lawns being covered with toilet paper, cars and houses coated with smashed eggs, the firecrackers shoved into people’s mailboxes and so forth); and I really take issue with the number of absolutely scandalous costumes worn by tween and teen girls (the sexy kitty and sexy bunny ensembles have gotten out of control and now, of course, there’s the Miley- Cyrus- at-the-VMAs costumes that are soaring in popularity this year).

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Life In Bloom — Carol’s Daughter Gardenia Bath & Body Collection

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Last time I visited Puerto Rico, my stepmom led me to one of the hedged shrubs in front of the house she’s been sharing with my dad for over a decade now and, dipping her hand into the thicket of leaves, plucked out this gorgeous white blossom and said, “Mira, una gardenia.” I caressed the velvety soft, yellowish white petals and, enthralled, leaned in to smell the tropical blossom, letting the sweet, feminine fragrance fill my nostrils.

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