How To Get The Perfect Tan. Without Sunbathing. Without Tanning Beds

The word is out about a certain miracle product which is sensed to give us the perfect tan with no sunbathing whatsoever! That means no tanning beds either (Praised be the Lord! Those cancer – inducing lamps capsules always gave me the creeps!)

You may be tempted to believe it’s the tan in a bottle solution some of you already use (self tanners, duh!). No. It’s not that either! It’s a revolutionary teeny tiny capsule called Scenesse. Until now used for medical purposes only, the tiny capsule (it’s like a grain of rice) is to be placed under the skin where it stays for 50 minutes and stimulates the production of a natural pigment, the melanin.

The melanin is responsible for the tone of our skin – larger quantities of melanin equals darker skin. Hence – a healthy bronze we’re always searching for! Melanin is also responsible for gray hair. I wonder if Scenesse could be used for that too… (or if the hair dye industry will ever allow that to happen!)

I had a feeling I’d find something spectacular on Anna dello Russo today! And with that in mind, I set cap to her blog, trying to see what was going to knock me off of my feet this time! And, what do you know, I found Anna engaged in a very interesting session of cage dancing!

Don’t get me wrong, I love dancing! I love music and you won’t have to look further than yesterday to see just what I mean (Raquel and Karen were ah-mazing for Lanvin!). However, when it comes to Anna dello Russo and her dancing, it’s an entirely different story! I sincerely applaud her for the courage of putting herself out there and for wearing such ostentatiously uncomfortable outfits (for dancing, of course)!

When you hear that H & M opens the online retail business, what do you do? You go over to your faithful computer, open your browser of choice and hasty tap hm dot com. And then you just wait for the magic to unveil itself before your eyes.

Unless… H & M wants it different. And before they’ll actually open the online retail (at least when US customers are concerned), they will use an intermediate: Elle dot com. I’m really unfamiliar with the elle shops system, so if you guys have any ideas how it’s supposed to work (and why!), let me know! (below the H&M looks as styled by Elle which will be available for purchase starting.. um.. today?)

Oh wow! Angelina Jolie on a magazine cover! It’s been a while since we’ve seen her gracing the pages of a fashion (more or less) glossy! Here she is, staring back at us from the newsstand, with her clear blue eyes and larger than life pout on the October 2011 issue cover of Vanity Fair magazine!

Photographed by Mert and Marcus, Angelina is featured in an inside interview which touches mainly her career more than anything (although I loooove the picture VF is premiering, with Zahara and Shiloh in the background! Dreamy beautiful composition!). And just by reading the few lines they’ve published online, my curiosity to actually watch her movie was increased by 70%! Mostly because she said she wrote it and that I really didn’t know! Did you?

UPDATE: The images from her pictorial are now available, you can check out the gallery here!

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September is usually the month I get to refresh my makeup bag. Which is, by fashion standards, alarmingly thin (a good mascara and a gray khol. It used to contain the magic Illuminator, sadly, I developed some kind of allergic rush to it – whenever I put it on my skin, my eyes itch like crazy! Anyone else had bad experiences with Illuminators?).

Chanel’s Fall 2011 Beauty Ad Campaign photographed by Solve Sundsbo falls in place this time of year, with hints of this season’s beauty must. The timeless red nails red lips combo never fails, however, I’m more surprised by the blue-ish eyeliner move as modeled by Jac Jagaciak. What’s your favorite makeup for fall?

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After seeing his wedding ring so simple and classic, it’s hard to imagine that Michael Kors actually designs chunky jewelry. And still…

Partnering up with Fossil, Michael Kors expanded his fashion kingdom by adding a line of jewelry to his already existent successful watches collaboration with the brand. Cuffs and rings, everything is shiny, extravagant and beautiful, ranging from $100 to $500. What was the last jewelry you bought for yourself? (here – I’ll start – a pair of golden hoop earrings)

I doubt there’s anything that can make us want the new Missoni for Target collection even more than we already do! And that should say something to the nice Target marketing people!

However, because I simply cannot get enough of zigzags and the Missoni prints melt my heart, here’s a video with Margherita Missoni talking about the collaboration. Why you should watch her? Because not only she has a charming accent and she makes any kind of speech 80% cuter, but there are also scenes with loads of Missoni for Target products I wish I could instantly transfer in my home / wardrobe! Right. Now! (don’t you?)

So everyone and their respective dog is asking if Beyonce is really pregnant and if that was her real baby bump on the MTV Video Music Awards Red Carpet and on the stage, when she made the official announcement.

I wish I knew. Then again, I don’t. It’s not really my business. The truth is that another weekend was here, and, what do you know, another baby story is allover us! I wasn’t expecting Beyonce, but anything goes, as long as it’s a baby involved (wink). That being said, I’m so happy for Beyonce and her husband, congrats and a healthy, easy pregnancy! (let the baby bump watch begin! Oh, and just to give Bee some credit here: she may not be so far along, as to sport such a voluminous baby bump, but kudos for her for having made such a spectacular baby announcement! As they say, there’s got to be some truth out there!)