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From Hilary Duff, With Love

BellaSugar — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:04:07 -0700

Last week, Hilary Duff made a special visit to Macy's in South Coast Plaza to unveil her fragrance called With Love. The scent has actually been exclusively available for purchase since September 14th at Macy's Herald Square in NYC, but now we can all enjoy it!

I happen to really love the way this smells. It's fruity and sensual with hints of exotic spices. Made from mangosteen blossoms, cacobalo wood and amber, the perfume starts of being citricy and light. However, after it breaks down a little bit, you are left with a heavier and more dramatic and distinctive, oriental scent. Buy it here. A 3.3 oz eau de parfum bottle sells for $55 and a 1.7 oz bottle sells for $45.

Love It or Hate It? Hilary Duff's Costume Institute Gala Look

BellaSugar — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:50:39 -0700

Hilary Duff has been growing on me lately; she comes off as cute and fun-loving. This look, however, has too much going on. Streaky highlighted hair, frosty eye shadow, too much bronzer - it's as though David Bowie's Labyrinth character was listening to early Britney while working on Hil's hair and makeup... and then sent her back in time for a prom in 1983. Hilary's a beautiful girl when she looks simple; I think this misstep proves that less is more.

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Fragrance Review: Hilary Duff Wrapped With Love

BellaSugar — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:00:16 -0800

Hilary Duff is getting ready to release her second fragrance called Wrapped With Love. This scent is a sequel to her first one, With Love, and it's much more playful and light as opposed to spicy and oriental.

The bottle also looks a lot like the With Love bottle, but it is a bright and fun pink color decorated with spring flowers. Inside Wrapped With Love you'll find hints of honeydew, mandarin, blood orange, plum, violet, white lily, mangosteen, raspberry, vanilla bean, musk and white chocolate mousse.

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I honestly expected this fragrance to be too junior for me, but the scent is really nice. Typically when you describe something as fruity, you think of the citrus family, but this happens to smell more like a sugary melon medley. I recommend it for daytime and for spring/summer. Wrapped With Love will be available in a 1.7 oz eau de parfum spray ($38) within the next couple of weeks, and shortly following its release you can expect to see a Valentine's Day gift set that includes the same size fragrance as well as a cutesy tank top ($38). If you can put aside the celebrity aspect of the scent and focus only on how it smells, I think you might be pleasantly surprised.

Lovely Links

BellaSugar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:02:41 -0800

Essie's new polishes are very Prince - Makeup and Beauty Blog
The Sunday afternoon beauty ritual - Afrobella
Cold showers: a skincare miracle? - babyassface
Can Avon Anew Clinical reduce your spider veins? - The Beauty Brains
L'Oreal Double Extend mascaras fail to perform (I agree!) - Beauty Snob
This perfume smells like teen spirit - Blogdorf Goodman
Soap and Glory: "Like blueberry barf" - Product Fiend
Get the look: Hilary Duff's "Reach Out" video - We Love Beauty

Lovely Links, 7/19

BellaSugar — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:00:11 -0700

Hey Dollface and I want to know if you've tried out the crazy cool-looking new Phenomen'Eyes Mascara by Givenchy.
Spoiled Pretty has more news about Jessica Simpson's new fragrance, Fancy, set to launch in August.
Exciting news! Fashionista has uncovered that Kate Moss will be creating a makeup line with beauty giant Coty.
Looking for a new Summer scent for each day of the week? Makeup and Beauty blog talks about seven of her favorite fragrances.
Chandler Burr reviews Hilary Duff's With Love fragrance and gives it two stars. In summation, it's "a perfectly good perfume."

Beauty For Your Sign: Libra (September 23-October 23)

BellaSugar — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:00:59 -0700

Welcome to another installment of a 12-part series about beauty for your zodiac sign. I'll profile each sign as it comes, giving hair and makeup tips to bring out your best look. Last time, I gave suggestions for Virgo girls, and this time it's all about Libra. If your birthday is far away, don't worry-together we'll circle the entire zodiac together over the next year.

Lovely Libra is the sign of relationships and balance. You can often recognize Libras such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matt Damon and Hilary Duff by their sweet smiles and dimples. Fashion-wise, Libras tend to go for designer clothes-in Gwen Stefani's case, she loves them so much that she has her own line!

To find out which beauty styles flatter Libras (and which don't), plus a shopping list of Libra-worthy finds, read more

What works if you're a Libra Libras sparkle when they wear colors such as rose, lavender, blue and teal-just not all at once! You may be willing to experiment with daring looks, but you always know when to say when. Look at Gwen, for instance: She favors bold blonde hair and bright red lips, which could be garish if they weren't balanced by low-key eyes and skin.

What doesn't Wearing neutrals, and neutrals alone. Libras really shine with a shot of color, so if most of your hair and makeup routine is low-key, play up your best features with a bold hue. (Think of Avril Lavigne's streak of pink hair, or Parminder Nagra's soft green eyeliner.)

Need some Libra-specific shopping ideas? Check them out in this handy widget!

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Teen Choice Awards: Love It or Hate It Round Up

FabSugar — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:52:14 -0700

The Teen Choice Awards green-grass carpet brought out all the usual suspects: from movie stars to the High School Musical kids to the MTV reality starlets. Did you love or hate what they were wearing or how they did their makeup? We'd love to know, so join in on the fun by clicking on the names below and voting to voice your opinion!

Miley Cyrus' metallic eyeliner

Avril Lavigne's pink-and-blonde hair

Eve's big blonde curls

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It's Teen Choice Awards Time!!!

Molly — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:30:00 -0700

Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon are clearly ready to host tonight's Teen Choice Awards, so are you ready to watch? Well, hanging out around here will make it a blast. Yays. We'll be live chatting the whole show so just click here to join in on the fun!

As usual, Fab's going to be covering all the red carpet looks with their love it or hate it polls and this time Bella's going to join in the action!

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Get Hilary Duff's Smoky Eyes

BellaSugar — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:46:55 -0700

It's no surprise we love smoky eyes and we're especially loving them on Hilary Duff. She's really playing up her dark features with some fun new makeup. What's even better is that TeamSugar user and self proclaimed beauty addict, atoxicsparkle, has created a how to so we can all recreate Hil's makeup! Below is a peek at her how to, but be sure to click here to learn more now.