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Personal Branding + Style Tips For Women Entrepreneurs: Interview on Roker Media’s Bold TV Business!

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If you are a woman entrepreneur either just starting out or wanting to get to the next level don't miss my fun and informative interview on at BOLD TV BUSINESS (ROKER MEDIA) with hosts David Grasso and Holland Haiis as I give simple style and branding advice for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to have a congruent business image and visual message. RELATED RESOURCES: I also give viewers a special gift of my How To Look Great In Photos Cheat Sheet, which you can download here! Hop over here for more media appearances and mentions. Listen to Become A Media Magnet: How Entrepreneurs Get Free Publicity With PR Pro, Geeta Nadkarni – [7 Days To Amazing Podcast] Listen to How To Get In Front

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In case you asked… XYZ things you didn’t know about me

I've been interviewed a bunch lately and keep getting asked more personal questions about myself and my backstory (we all have one).   So, I got to thinking that it was time to share a few more quirky things & pull the curtain back a little further beyond my usual stylist advice right here on FocusOnStyle in its 15th anniversary year online. Consider this my confidential version of Trivial Pursuit brimming with incidentals that you may not have known (in case you were curious), like a favorite photo, at the top, from one of my many trips to Italy years ago. You may already glean a boatload if you follow FocusOnStyle. Certainly, you have a fairly good hint that I'm

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Best of 2009, a Focus on Style Flashback

A look back at our favorites stories in fashion beauty, style, wellness, travel, and more 5,4,3,2,1, H-A-P-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R!!! And, what a fantastic year it was... I wanted to honestly bring you the best of 2009 from FocusOnStyle- it's our 10th year online and our best yet. Selecting content to highlight became the dilemma of a mother choosing her favorite child. How could I possibly make exception? What about the others? It's more karmic damage than I'm willing to tinker with. Instead, I've culled some of the more timeless and sage pieces that will have you looking in check from now until the time you feel the mood to modify your look-- something you really need to renew, at most,

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Custo Barcelona

Custo Barcelona - Spring 2009 Fashion Show Runway Photos Custo Barcelona Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, courtesy of the designer.

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Are dresses really the new denim…

NY Fashion Week what to wear, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, Demi Moore, Are dresses really the new denim? NY Fashion Week what to wear-- there are sighting of on-trend premium denim, particularly seen at the week's celebrity money shot-- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hillary Swank, and Demi Moore sitting front row at the trendsetting Miss Sixty show. Photo and text Copyright (c)2007 Sharon Haver, distributed by FocusOnStyle.com. All rights reserved. While the web is all a flutter with bloginas feverishly throwing up their Spring 08 New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week forecasts, I thought you might want to know what to wear right now. Seasons past, a good chunk of the fashion crowd had a thousand and one ways to doll up

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Intentional VPL*…

Cute undies sex up to peek out Cute undies sex up to peek out- Intentional VPL by Reve Avoix.What with all those super-low hip riders, one would think that we've had enough of staring at the back of a stranger's thong blatantly peering a good three-inches above her beltline. Well we, have. But, peek if you must, these cutie bootie covers are designed to give you something to look at. Wear them as your little secret or for the world to see, from legwear to lingerie, Reve Avoix body wear ties each piece with a provocatively pretty strip of corset lacing designed to spice up any outfit. With the allure of a corset and comfort of Italian microfibers, the all-black

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The ultimate in high/low fashion?

Karl Lagerfeld for H&M The ultimate in high low fashion, Karl Lagerfeld for H & M. We've been waiting, anticipating, and now it's just about here. Drum roll, please… The Karl Lagerfeld for H&M collection debuts in selected H&M stores in all 20 markets from November 12th. The genius behind Chanel and his eponymous collection, Karl Lagerfeld makes high fashion available to all at low prices simply because he felt 'the idea was modern'. Bravo to Karl for knowing that the secret of a great wardrobe is all in the mix, not the price tag! “My concept of ready-to-wear today at whatever level is that it has to be as good as the most expensive brand. Design is very important,

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Beauty breakdown buster…

Safety Girl races to the rescue When the only flares you really need to get out are your best jeans, the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit is just the fix you need to keep your motor running in style. When the only flares you really need to get out are your best jeans, the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit is just the fix you need to keep your motor running in style. The cute little box packs a pit stop worth of handy backseat goodies, as the packaging says, “for just about every emergency a girl could have”. Want not for anything from a mini sewing kit, breath freshener, emergency blanket, candle, to instructions on how to change a flat.

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Tan in a Can…

Get salon airbrush tan results at home Get salon airbrush tan results at home A rich tan is unmistakably the hottest summer trend, yet we all know the dangers of toasting ourselves silly to get that sun-drenched look. While most savvy fashionistas do get their fake bake from a salon's airbrush tan artist or a walk-in spray machine, we aren't necessarily keen to strip down and mist up by appointment or spray-paint ourselves into some weird, splotchy orange glow. But, the idea of browning naturally is quite appealing. Imagine not applying a dye or color to your skin, but developing a brilliant bronze enhancement on your own based upon a natural chemical reaction quite similar to that of a cut

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Sarah Jessica Parker style details…

Fifties glamour is no simple affair Ok, the fluffy pink brocade cocktail dress is hard to miss. Most would let a dress this big stand on its own and abide by the K.I.S.S. rule (keep, it simple, sweetie) of removing one accessory before leaving the house. But not our girl SJP. Sarah Jessica Parker knows how to pile on the glitz in style. Let's examine… .Turquoise eye shadow .Rich, dark tan .Pale pink mouth .Pretty ponytail .Large pearl button earrings .Jumbo turquoise beads .Dainty aurora borealis necklace .Pale blue reptile clutch with jeweled closure .Massive gotrocks bracelet .Ditto on the gotrocks cocktail ring A look this luxe is not exactly a DIY fashion primer to try yourself at home. Unless

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The gleam goes on?

Low maintenance tricks to maintain white teeth Perhaps it's time for a teeth whitening touch-up. Although an hour in the dentist office whitening chair isn't much to spare, the thought of dealing with the 24-hour kibosh on caffeine and other stain producing substances keeps us jonesing for an iced trippio, presto. That's why, maintenance rocks! Hey, who needs glow in the dark choppers anyway? We simply demand some fresh, smile-boosting pearly white teeth that are one of the best anti-aging tricks around. Since we talk too much to keep our teeth resting in a home bleaching tray for any amount of time, we've come up with a few ways to get teeth movie star white and be fairly low maintenance

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Take Note…

Pamela Anderson and the The Lycra® British Style Awards Pamela Anderson and the The Lycra® British Style Awards What would life be without references? When the wisdom of life starts to clog your brain, jot it down. Crib notes, if you must! It's nice to see that even Pamela Anderson suffers from any occasional lapse of memory. She may have hosted the dinner for TheLycra® British Style Awards, known in the UK as the 'Oscars' of the Fashion Industry, but when it comes down to not missing a trick, there's no souped-up techno solution for Pam. She does it the old-fashioned way: a cheat note scratched on her palm in blue ink (pictured far left). What the scribble actually says

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