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Victoria’s Secret Backstage Beauty Secrets

Nov 19, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

Get out your pink-and-white striped robe and try these beauty tricks straight from backstage at The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show! For the sexy, bedroom waves, lead hairstylist Laurent Philippon skipped the product (“Do you smell any hairspray?” he asked us backstage), sewed extensions into each model’s hair, then used a curling iron to gently shape the strands. “It’s lovely attractive hair, but not anything that feels unreachable or undoable,” he said. Lead makeup artist Tom Pecheux gave the models bronze shimmery eyes, structured cheekbones, and what he calls “kissable” lips. And the good news? You could pull of the lips too! More

Victoria's Secret Fashion ShowJoyann King (4)

Go Backstage! Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Nov 19, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

Spotted backstage at the show: a team of professionals readying the already-beautiful Victoria’s Secret models for the sexiest fashion show of the year, tons of yummy catering and a bandage dress-clad Heidi Klum watching over her flock! Candice Swanepoel (bottom, right), one of Victoria’s Secret newest Bombshells, admitted that she was starting to get the butterflies! “I am nervous, but love my outfits. I am wearing wings that are very Alice in Wonderland!” she said. Liu Wen (top, left), the first Asian model to walk in the show, already has her after-party dress picked out. “It is a sexy backless Alexander Wang dress and YSL heels!” As for the more seasoned Angels? “Every time I get more nervous—there are more expectations. I have been cutting back on carbs, boxing and doing pilates,” said Doutzen Kroes (top, right), who is closing the show in an ethereal feathered cape. But what is every model looking forward to the most? “The Black Eyed Peas performance—we can’t wait!” said Kroes.

Watch the “pink carpet” arrivals—live!

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will air on Tuesday, December 1st at 10pm EST on CBS.

Joyann King

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Lea Michele: From Geek to GlamPaul Smith/Polaris; Courtesy of FOX

Lea Michele: From Geek to Glam

Nov 19, 2009 @ 1:00 pm

We’re used to seeing her in pleated skirts and button-down shirts (why risk getting slushie stains on something cute?) in her role as Rachel Berry on the Fox hit Glee, but in real life Lea Michele has got killer style. She’s even landed on our Look of the Day list twice (for pulling off a body-con bandage dress from Zac Posen and getting edgy in motocross jeans). Still, we did a double take when Michele vamped up the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon in a strapless leather Shosana L dress from Theory. More

Julianne Moore's Kid-Friendly ValentinesKris Connor/Getty; Courtesy of Save The Children

Julianne Moore’s V-Day Art Contest

Nov 19, 2009 @ 11:00 am

Last February, Save the Children Ambassador Julianne Moore helped kids in need through the sale of Valentine’s Day cards created by famous children’s illustrators (a card inspired by the actress’s own Freckleface Strawberry book series was designed by artist LeUyen Pham). For 2010, Moore and Save the Children are inviting kids to enter their own designs in a Valentine’s Day art contest. More

Alicia Keys - The Barber's DaughterTsuni/GammaUSA; Courtesy of The Barber's Daughters

Alicia Keys’s New Jewelry Line!

Nov 19, 2009 @ 10:10 am

Alicia Keys is next up in the celebrity-turned-designer train, debuting a jewelry collection, The Barber’s Daughters, founded with designer Gisele Theriault. Each piece of the silver and gemstone collection is inscribed with poetry and prayers of Masaru Emoto. “The words that were written on them really resonated with the songwriter in me,” Keys told WWD. More

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J. Crew - Stylish GiftsCourtesy of J.Crew

Most Stylish Gift For Her: J. Crew Jewelry of the Month Club!

Nov 19, 2009 @ 10:00 am

You can stop stressing about what to gift the most stylish woman in your life, because J. Crew’s jewelry of the month club is the chicest way to please her exquisite tastes, year’round! J. Crew’s designers hand-select an exclusive statement-making piece each month (think bold bib necklaces, chunky bracelets and jeweled earrings) and send it right to her door! The cost for the entire year (shipping included) is $850 and she can expect her first bauble in January 2010. Jewelry not her vice? More