Beauty & Style Buzz

Lots of us love the scent of Clinique Happy -- it's a clean mix of sweetness and citrus. I love it and CafeMoms in the group All About Hair and Makeup group love it, too. ericaanthony, twinssilver, maryjen, and Kimberleah are just a few of the moms I found who are fans! 

And, great news...they just came out with two new ways to get the scent! A photo bottle and a pencil!

We've talked about our hair down there, but what about his? Manscaping, when men trim, shave, or wax their body hair, has become a way of life for metrosexuals, but sometimes even the rough and tumble types like to trim their own bushes.

Pete Wentz is a manscaper. Oh yes, this Fall Out Boy, soon-to-be first-time dad, and husband of Ashlee Simpson has talked to Elle magazine about how he maintains his hair down below.

I've been wearing essential oils since college. Back then, my favorite scent was Egyptian Musk. I also loved mixing Patchouli and Baby Powder scented oils. Sounds weird, I know, but it smelled so good -- soft with some rich notes mixed it. I would dab it on my pulse points and the scent would last all day. That's what so great about using an oil instead of a perfume. Plus, there are different oils to calm, soothe, even stimulate...sure sounds (and smells) good to me!

CafeMom maisah is a distributor of Young Living essential oils.

Off-season weddings are becoming increasingly popular -- it costs less and allows some couples to do a lot more. But that leaves those on the guest list wondering: What should I wear to a winter wedding?

Celebrities break the rules all the time...and they often get away with it (not so true with us non-celebs). But when it comes to fashion, some rules are just made to be broken. MSN has a great article, Celebrity Style Rules, with quotes from A-list stylistas on how they don't always pay attention to things that can be considered a fashion faux-pas. Can you wear white after Labor Day? What about mixing gold and silver? Let's see which stars blaze their own fashion path.

Whenever I get a manicure, or even a pedicure, the technician always asks when she is about to file: round or square? I go with round because I think it looks better with the shape of my fingers.

Cafe Mom hannah_belle keeps her nails short, rounded, and painted red.

What about you?

Belts aren't just for holding up pants, in fact, you can wear a belt just as an add-on like you would a necklace or earrings. These waist cinchers can pull lots of outfits together. 

You can wear a belt over a cardigan, dress, t-shirt, or sweater. You can even substitute the tie belt on your winter coat with a more fashionable belt like the ones shown here.

What's great is that in these times when we're all recessionistas tightening our belts, we can just add an inexpensive belt to give our wardrobe a boost.

I did a little belt experimentation last night with my favorite long sweater....

I'm really sad Isaac Mizrahi is moving on from Target, but he's making room for Alexander McQueen! I have fantasized about owning a McQueen piece for a long time (apparently so has Kenley from Project Runway). But I've never been able to splurge on the price tag.

We have to sit tight, fashionistas, the line isn't set to be in stores until March. But that doesn't mean you can't shop designers for less right now....

It's the battle of the talk show queens, Tyra Banks and Oprah Winfrey, in this week's fashion face-off! Last week's showdown between Gwyneth Paltrow and Jada Pinkett Smith showed that 50 percent of you wondered what those ladies were thinking when they got dressed, with 40 percent of you preferring Jada's outfit. But what about these two ladies in red?

I'm having a really bad hair day today and the winter hat I wore this morning certainly hasn't helped matters. I've got a mix of frizz and flyaways, and it makes me feel kind of yucky. I know good hair days just can't happen every day, but the sad thing is tomorrow it's supposed to rain and that only means more frizz! But I recently read about a new product that is supposed to be better than the rest....