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St. Petersburg chemist sues actress Lohan over self-tanning formula

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Not everyone is glowing about a new fake tan spray that actress Lindsay Lohan claims to have invented.

A lawsuit filed in Tampa federal court says Lohan and a Nevada woman stole the formula for Sevin Nyne from a St. Petersburg chemist named Jennifer Sunday.

Lohan launched the tanning mist spray this summer, taking credit for co-creating it over the past three years with Lorit Simon, a Las Vegas businesswoman who air-brushes tans for celebrities.

Impossible, says Sunday’s attorney, Marcia Cohen, who told the St. Petersburg Times that her client only recently completed the ingredients used in Sevin Nyne.

“We are certainly looking for the profits that are being generated right now from that product,” Cohen said Monday. “If Ms. Lohan and Ms. Simon and their companies and their shareholders are profiting from the theft of my client’s formula and are profiting from that product, my client is entitled to those proceeds.”

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A publicist for Lohan couldn’t be reached Monday, and Simon didn’t respond to an e-mail seeking comment.

Sunday is suing Lohan, Simon, and Simon’s company for breach of contract, theft of trade secrets, civil conspiracy, intentional interference with contractual relations and deceptive and unfair trade practices.

Simon signed a confidentiality agreement in January with Sunday’s company, White Wave International Labs. A copy of the agreement was included in the lawsuit. The suit says Simon and Sunday had been negotiating over samples of the tanning mist, but the sides couldn’t agree on a price.

“The next thing we know, Lorit Simon and Lindsay Lohan are partnering and Ms. Lohan is taking credit for developing this formula, which she indeed had no role in,” Cohen said.

Cohen said Sunday and Lohan have never met.

Simon told Sunday that she had a friend who would help publicize and market the sunless tanning product, which Simon’s company would distribute, according to Cohen.

The tanning mist ingredients include goji berry, caramel, Chardonnay extracts and a sugar-coconut base, according to published reports.

Sevin Nyne launched this summer at Sephora. It retails for $35, according to the store’s Web site. Lohan calls it her “sunless secret.” She named the product, she says, after her lucky numbers.

Sunday graduated from Eckerd College in 1999, her Web site says. She worked as a pharmaceutical analytical chemist after college, before spending time in genetic research at Shriners Hospital in Tampa.

She later launched her own personal care product company. For the past five years, the site says, Sunday focused on creating indoor tanning products.

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Keira Knightley Chanel Ads For The New Coco Mademoiselle Campaign

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Get the Look with Johnny Lavoy from MODELINIA.COM

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With summer parties in full swing, Modelinia.com (www.modelinia.com) is here to give you tips on the hottest makeup trends. Grey and silver eye makeup work on all skin tones and can be seen on the runways of Marc Jacobs and Matthew Williamson and on celebrities like Kristen Stewart, Hilary Duff and Alicia Keys.

Johnny Lavoy, Maybelline’s resident makeup experts and the host of Modelinia.com’s series Get the Look, gives step by step instructions on how to get this classic look in the below video.

1. Sweep a light silver color across the eyelid. Go right up to the crease on the lid and stop where the crease starts and apply from the inside corner to where the lash line ends. Don’t forget to blend in because you never want to see when one color stops and the other color starts.
2. Create Depth- Move on to the crease color which should be a smokier charcoal grey. Start at the outer corner of the eye and work your way to the center.
3. Make them pop- Choose a lighter color- almost white- to highlight the brow. Brush the color under the brow bed and inner eye.
4. Line your eyes with a dark grey liner along the lash line and smudge it in so that it blends with the rest of the eye color.
5. Finish off with a black mascara and shiny lip.



Miranda Lambert Gets Beauty Tips from Nicole Kidman

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In the current issue of OK!, country star Miranda Lambert reveals that she takes her beauty advice from a good source — Nicole Kidman.

“I use sunscreen every day – SPF 85,” the country cutie, 25, tells OK!. “I tan a lot but not on my face. I heard that from Nicole Kidman. She said she uses sunscreen throughout the year, and she is so beautiful.”

Miranda calls herself a “lip-gloss freak,” and names her favorite beauty products as M.A.C. Lipglass in Prrr, Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cleanser and Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer.

In the fashion department, she can’t get enough of jeans and sundresses.

“I perform in jeans every night,” she says. “I jump around too much to wear a dress! My style is a little cosmo and a little country, with some rock ’n’ roll.”

When she’s not performing, Miranda enjoys spending her time on the road with her pups Delta Dawn and Delilah. “They’re always with me.”

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Jessica Simpson’s Sensual Fragrance and Photo Shoot Inspired by Tony Romo?

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Last year Jessica Simpson added the fragrance “Fancy” to her entrepreneurial endeavors — and now the pop princess is unveiling “Fancy Love” and it seems the new scent was inspired by her ever-evolving relationship with NFL star Tony Romo

Simpson collaborated on the “timeless, romantic fragrance of falling in love” with a team of professional perfumers and wanted a sensual floral that exudes her own flirtatious charm.

“It is a fresh, new expression of Jessica’s lifestyle,” Vince Camuto, CEO of the Camuto Group (which develops and design the Jessica Simpson collection) said. “She is loved and in love.”

And according to an inside source, Miss Simpson has never been more comfortable with her abilities and body than she is now.

“Tony brings out the best in Jessica,” said our source. “She is over caring about what everyone thinks.”

The 28-year-old has even taken to Twitter this week to encourage her fans to embrace their gifts from God.

“To all of my true fans that love me for me … thank you … we are all beautiful. Don’t you dare let anyone tell you different. please!!!!” Simpson tweeted. “Someone once told me that mirrors are a losing game cause they only show you backwards anyway. Days are long and words are cruel, but they won’t get the BEST of you …”

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Megan Fox’s Beauty Secret: Vinegar!

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Huh!?

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says she has such a sweet tooth she has to guzzle vinegar to regularly cleanse her system. The actress, 22, swears by the quick-fix method – because it flushes out everything that’s bad for her body – and helps her to stay in shape. She explains, “It’s just water and raw apple cider vinegar, and it just cleans out your system entirely.”

Okay then! I’ll just take her word on it…Here Megan is at the premiere of Transformers, today in Moscow.

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POLL: Are You Getting Kate Gosselin’s Haircut?

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In just five days, over 20,000 InStyle.com readers have tried on The Gosselin! Have you road-tested the look yet? If not, try it now and if so, let us know: Do you plan on copying the reality-TV mom’s buzz-worthy style?