It seems whoever touched up Uma Thurman’s make-up when she was guest speaker at The Feminist Press at the City University of New York’s 40th annual gala last night was a little overzealous.

The actress appeared with obvious patches of white face powder on her nose, under her eyes and around her forehead.

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Cosmopolitan leaks 5 secrets your hair stylist won’t tell you.

When a hair dresser can magically transform our hair from frizzy to fabulous in under an hour, we’re pretty prone to listen to whatever they say. But what are they not saying? We had hair experts tell us the top five need-to-know tips that your hair stylist isn’t telling you.

1. You don’t need to get highlights every time you get your hair done.
The reality is if your hair has been highlighted every time its been colored, the chances of overlapping and over processing are greater than not. Try breaking your base instead of highlights when it’s time for your color touch ups. That way, you’ll give your hair a small break while saving money and looking color fresh.

2. Skipping conditioning treatments at the salon is totally fine.
Conditioning treatments aren’t bad, especially on damaged hair, however, over conditioning with expensive treatments can sometimes leave you with a big bill at check out time. Try requesting the moisturizing conditioners that are complimentary with your shampoo and ask to be sit under the dryer for 5 to 10 minutes. Compare to see if there’s a real difference in the way your hair feels after.

3. It’s OK to mix expensive and cheapo products.
Just because you love a high-end shampoo with a double-digit price tag doesn’t mean you have to use the same brand of conditioner, hairspray, serum, etc. Your stylist might try to push the whole line on you, saying they work best together, but it’s totally fine to save cash by splurging on one haircare item and hitting the drugstore for the rest.

4. Your hair won’t grow faster if you trim it.
But the truth is your hair won’t look as good as you’re growing it out if you let too much time lapse between cuts. So just be sure to tell your stylist you want it to grow longer — that way she can trim only a little bit to keep it healthy, but she’ll know to preserve as much of the length as possible.

5. You don’t have to shampoo your hair every day if it’s curly or wavy.
The “wash and wear” haircut and the daily shampoo are really only needed if you have really fine hair. If your hair is wavy or curly, it tends to be a little drier, so you really shouldn’t shampoo every day.

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Sources: Got2b celebrity hair stylist Larry Sims and Redken hairstylist Rodney Cutler.

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A beautiful new nail collection for Sephora by OPI, I am dying to get my hands on it. A shade for every party for now until next year.

Six Piece Full Size Nail Colour Set ($54 Value)

What it is:
A festive collection of six full-sized nail colors.

What it does:
This set brings a stylish twist to the colors of the season in a range of long-wearing, chip-resistant polishes. On, Comet! On, Cupid! Now you can dash away to every celebration in a pretty, new holiday color.

This set contains:
- 6 x 0.5 oz Nail Colours in Merry Me!, Already Famous, Call Your Mother, Iris I Was Thinner, Access 24/7, Opening Night

What else you need to know:
These nail polishes are free of dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), toluene and formaldehyde.

$42

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I love Rachel McAdams. I first fell in love with her when she starred opposite Ryan Gosling in The Notebook. She went on to star in some of my favorite films, Wedding Crashers, The Family Stone, State of Play, The Time Traveler’s Wife and Sherlock Holmes to name a few. I can’t wait to see her new film, Morning Glory, opposite Harrison Ford.

How does the 32-year-old Canadian stay so beautiful? Well, here are some of her secrets!

According to Beauty Assist, Rachel drinks maple syrup to help her keep thin. It also helps that she runs around when she’s hyper to burn off calories.

According to Glamour, for her appearance at the Comic Con International convention, makeup artist Troy Jensen combined two colors from the brand for a beautiful red-fuchsia shade: Palladium and Limelight. The Palladium shade has a maroon and fuchsia hue. The Limelight has a slight mixture of red, pink and coral. The combination proved to be a hit with the crowd.

Rachel McAdams wowed her fans by looking beautiful as ever at the Comic Con International convention. For stunning eyes that pop like Rachel’s, try blending a white highlighter on your entire eyelid. Then shade the crease of your eyelid using a sand colored eye shadow. Finish it off by curling and coating your eyelashes with black mascara. Be sure to visit his blog for a detailed entry on all his beauty tricks he used for Rachel during the convention, including a description of how he created her glowing complexion.

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Here’s the good news about breast cancer: No matter what age you are now, or what generation you belong to, it’s not too early, or too late, to take steps to avoid the disease. And recent research has given you more ways — and more effective ones — to do just that.  Here are 9 ways to outsmart breast cancer, from Good Housekeeping.

1. Watch Out for Weight Creep

If you could still fit into your high school prom dress (with Spanx, if necessary), you’re in good shape in more ways than one. Women who have gained between 21 and 30 pounds since age 18 have a 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with those who have put on five or fewer pounds, an American Cancer Society (ACS) study found for non-HRT users. Interestingly, this was true even if the low-gainers weren’t at a perfect weight when they were young. That’s because a rise in overall body fat is tied to an increase in circulating insulin and estrogen levels — both of which are linked to breast cancer risk. No way your prom dress would fit today? “Taking off just 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can make a difference,” says the ACS’s Colleen Doyle, M.S., R.D. If you weigh 160, that’s only eight to 16 pounds.

2. Embrace Cauliflower

You wouldn’t think that the benefits of fruits and veggies would be in question, but…While experts agree that eating loads of produce is good for your overall health, when it comes to specific protection against breast cancer, evidence has been shakier. Recent research, however, does seem to show that adopting a pattern of eating that includes lots of fruits and vegetables is beneficial. When Colorado State University scientists took a second look at the famed Singapore study — the research that initially pointed to the pluses of an Asian-style diet — they found that even among Chinese women, those who ate a more “vegetable-fruit-soy” diet had a lower risk of breast cancer than women whose plates contained less of these. The vegetables that seemed to do the most good: the cabbage family — cabbage itself, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and kale.

3. Back Away from the Bar

No one’s advocating a return to Prohibition, but the reality is that the more alcohol you consume, the greater your odds of getting breast cancer — possibly because it raises estrogen levels. “I tell my patients that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a glass of wine at a party, but you do need to consider that your risk increases with every drink you have,” says cancer prevention and detection specialist Therese Bevers, M.D., of the MD Anderson Cancer Center. The consensus among health groups: Limit consumption to one drink or less per day.

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A: Free Makeup!

I was just introduced to Kristen from Free Beauty Events, a great website that helps you locate free events in your area. Check out her site and see what’s happening near you and enter to win some great prizes!

Free Beauty Events is a website dedicated to connecting people with information on free makeovers, beauty product samples, and giveaways at retail and spa locations across the country. Consumers can enter their zip code to see what’s going on in their area, and follow Free Beauty Events on Facebook and Twitter. This site also hosts a contest each month to win a beauty-product prize. A blog section with product reviews encourages interaction between those who share a love for beauty products.

This month, for example, Prestige Cosmetics will be at college bookstores in Pennsylvania and Virginia with a free basket raffle for Prestige products, as well as free makeovers. In addition, in December Coty will be promoting their holiday fragrance gift sets at Rite Aid in New York and Pennsylvania. All this information is available for FREE on a new website where spas and retailers can promote their events.

Beauty Addicts can visit www.freebeautyevents.com and enter their zip code to find out what makeover, gift with purchase, spa open houses and sampling events are happening near their home and can sign up to follow the site on Facebook and Twitter. In addition to listing in-store makeovers, Freebeautyevents.com also features a blog on product reviews (http://www.freebeautyevents.com/beauty-blog) and a monthly contest http://www.freebeautyevents.com/contest.

For the month of October ten winners will receive a University Medical AcneFree Sport Clear 2-Go Skin System. Consumers have until 10/31 to enter and winners will be chosen on 11/5/2010.

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My Mother-in-law introduced me to  It’s a 10 on her last visit and this little unassuming bottle is filled with the best product your hair has ever met. Instead of the usual heavy leave in product that can weigh down your hair and leave it looking greasy. It’s  a 10 is so lightweight there is no limp or lackluster strands just beautifully soft and shiny hair.

It’s a 10.
1.) Repairs dry damaged hair 2.) Adds shine 3.) Smoothes & controls frizz 4.) Seals & protects hair color 5.) Detangles 6.) Prevents split ends 7.) Stops hair breakage 8.) Creates Silkiness 9.) Enhances natural body 10.) Flat iron spray & thermal protector.

Ingredients
Water Purified, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Propylene Glycol, Panthenol, Cyclomethicone, Silk Amino Acid, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract (Sunflower), Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Quaternium 80, Fragrance (Parfum), Eugenol 3, Coumarin 3, Cinnamal 3, Linalool 3, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone

Directions
It’s amazingly easy to use: Shampoo and condition hair, towel dry, spray.

$13.45

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