20 hot tips for summer
If you're wondering what to wear, what to think and what to do this summer, take a look at my A-list of hot stuff to read, hear, taste, smell, wear and love.
Have a Wicked Summer!1-The rock chick is now cooler and more sophisticated than ever. Hot shorts, stilettos and a tight top. Pick white with a dash of black. The perfect combination for a cheeky and sexy designed summer look. 
2-WHITE is the new black.3-'Shopaholic & Sister' the newest and bestselling 'Chick litt': by Sophie Kinsella. An entertaining story about young shopaholic, Rebecca Bloomwood, who meets the sister she didn't know she had. Definitely this summer's hit for the beach!
4-The secret of beauty - mineral water.
5-Rihanna, only 17 years old, and the new Beyoncé. You've probably danced to her hit 'Pon the Replay' last autumn. Now she is ready with a new album, sure to be this summer's dance hit.
6-Walking is the new pilates. Get yourself a good pair of walking shoes and a sporty outfit. Check out new areas of your city while you exercise.
7-Make sure to get yourself a piece of demin when going to the beach or strolling down the long sunny streets. 
8-SHORT STORY! Shorts are so hot! Go for mini or knee length. 
9-Coral and gold is beautiful on tanned skin. I love this necklace from Pieces Accessories!
10-"Wear heels if you wanna go for the slim look." Diet tip from movie star Cameron Diaz. I'm taking your word for it, Miss Diaz, and jumping into this 
summer's hottest wedge shoes.11-Hair bow! Cute, clean and sophisticated. Definitely this summer's hottest hair 'prop'.
12-Hannah Jeans RO 623: slim fit jeans.13-Jesse Metcalfe. Rising superstar of TV-series 'Desperate 
Housewives' playing the gorgeous gardener. We would like this cute 'beau' as our personal accessory! 
14-This dress is to-die-for hot!!!!
15-The sporty college girl look is hot. Wear shorts or a mini skirt with polo tops and flats or sneakers. 
16-A ray of sun light. Hide under a cool cap when the sun gets too hot. 
17-Marshmellows. Put them in the freezer and eat them as a cool and fresh snack or put them on a stick over a bon fire and toast them. Sweet and delicious.
18-Pineapple tastes almost like candy, but unlike candy it's actually good for your body. Juicy, sweet and it smells like summer. 
19-Do you want to 
be 'Lovely' like style icon Sarah Jessica Parker. Try this summer's most sizzling fragrance.20-Nude colours, pastels and shades of white - look great on tanned skin.
Summer Feeling
Yes, it's true. Life is sweeter when it's summer. The days are longer, the sun is hot, the surfer boys are out on the beach flexing their abs, the nights are warm and even the summer rain feels like bliss. Let's take a look at the shiny summer scoops...
Ice, ice baby! Let the soft ice melt in your mouth and not in your hand.
Graphic bikini with flowers. Cool and feminine.
Chilled, ecological flower drink; the taste of summer.
We love ballerinas with stripes.
(
http://www.prettyballerinas.com/)
Cool shades for the sun, but also
cool, if you don't want to be caught
checking out the hot guy (who has a girlfriend) on the beach sitting next to you.
Ultimate Clean. The scent of Hollywood: Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston and the girls from Sex & The City are already hooked on the fragrance. The scented candle will make your home smell crisp and fresh.
Dots are hot!
Know Exactly Where You're Going in Life
For the directionally challenged,
isubwaymaps.com allows you to download subway maps for most major metropolitan centres onto your iPod. Life just got even easier.
Be Better-Looking
Since eyelash implants aren't possible yet, I'm setting for
Lancôme's latest mascara, L'Êtrême ($28), which seriously pumps up the volume.
Support the Arts
New York's meat-packing district neighbours, Chocolate Bar and Yoyamart, have joined forces to develop a wacky and colourful line of chocolate bars (10 for US$40) created by 10 different designers. A portion of the proceeds goes to children's art education.
http://www.chocolatebarnyc.com/
Tone Down Your Dirty Language
If we had a nickle for every time a
Strut staffer said the Fword, we'd be quite the wealthy bunch.
Swear Box (US$20) is making that dream a reality, as we'll have to pay up every time we're crass.
www.uncommongoods.com
Be a Dreamer
Watch Bangle
If you relied on this watch by
Bless ($359 at reborn) for correct time, you would spend your entire life making wishes instead of doing productive things like carving wooden timepieces.
The Update
Forget about Halloween. New Year's Eve is our favorite holiday for getting all decked out. Here's everything you need to ring in 2006 in style.PLAY UP YOUR FEATURESAccentuate your shoulders and cleavage with a shimmering body balm and help make that new dress worth every penny.
Hollywood Glo Body Lustre by
BENEFIT, $35.
GET DRAMATICJust because you're going for the smoky look doesn't mean youu have to go heroine-chic. A bold colour makes a more dramatic statement.
CARGO SmokyEye Duo in Barcelona, $35.
GO REDLeave the French manicure in France where it belongs and go femme-fatale rouge.
CHANEL Colour in Barcelona Red, $24.
PUMP UP THE VOLUMEWhen you're going for glam, mascara just isn't enough. Bat some faux lashes and turn some heads in the process.
MAKE UP FOR EVER Eyelashes & Eyelash Glue, $17.
LIPS THAT LASTYou've got to last well past midnight and so should your lipstick. Go red and stay red, even after a kiss (or two).
LANCÔME Juicy Wear Ultra-Lasting Full Colour and Shine Lip Duo in Candy Apple, $34.
ROCK THE SPARKLESYou're not sporting office attire to the countdown party, so why opt for your daytime makeup? A little sparkle goes a long way.
ANNA SUI Eye Glitter, $17;
LISE WATIER Smokey Gold Eye Glitter, $13;
BENEFIT Sparkling Eye Powder in Swing, $34 for three.
Leggings
Winter might be here, but that's no reason to stop showing a little leg. Enter leggings (and no, I don't mean tights). I'm talking about the kind of leggings that Flashdance and Girls Just Want to Have Fun popularized in thye '80s, except it's no longer about "I just came from dance rcital" aesthetic. Sure, you can still pair them with legwarmers if you're so inclined, but their versatility has been apparent on runways like Chanel's, where models wore leggings under pleated skirts with matching tops and heels, and sheer black ones bunched together under all-black ensembles. So get creative, because when it comes to fashion, girls kinda do just want to have fun.
lyla
"Today, New York. Tomorrow, Paris. And in between, one fixed address in yet another fashion capital...Montreal."
400 Laurier Street West
Montreal, QC H2V 2K7
http://www.lyla.ca/intro_flash.html
The Devil Wears Prada
Set against the backdrop of high fashion in New York City, The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger is the story of Andrea Sachs, a recent graduate from Smith College whose dream it is to write for The New Yorker. After spending some time abroad with her boyfriend, Alex, Andrea contracts dysentery, loses twenty pounds and returns home to recover. Little does she know that losing twenty pounds off her already slender frame makes her a perfect candidate to work at Runway magazine, a fact she realizes after halfheartedly dropping her resume off at every magazine publisher in the city and getting a call back from the extremely trendy fashion publication. Although Andrea has no desire to work in fashion, publishing or otherwise, she takes the job as Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly’s junior assistant after being assured that, after a year of service, she can pretty much secure any job she wants in the city.
Before she knows it, Andrea is thrust into a world which she barely knew existed. Each person working at the magazine is skinnier than the next, everyone dresses in the trendiest (and most expensive) clothes imaginable, and Miranda Priestly expects her assistants to work fourteen-hour days doing menial jobs such as making sure her coffee is the right temperature and wrapping Christmas gifts. To make matters worse, Miranda is ungrateful, rude, spoiled, and does not accept her employees, especially her assistants, making any mistakes.
As much as she hates Miranda, Andrea continues to do her job, holding out hope that a job at The New Yorker is only months away. However, as she continues to put in long hours, her relationships with her boyfriend, best friend and family as well as her self-esteem begin to suffer. Events culminate when she must travel to Paris with Miranda and make a decision between her job and the rest of her life.
Packed full of references to designers, models, clothes and glamour, The Devil Wears Prada would certainly be interesting to anyone who is a part of or who wants to become a part of the high fashion industry. Andrea as a character is interesting and easy to relate to as she struggles to both fit into a world she is a stranger to and keep her sanity. However, the plot becomes stale early on as we realize that each day in Andrea’s world is no different than the last, and as readers learn valuable lessons pages and pages before Andrea herself does.
If you’re interested in New York and international fashion, you’ll probably want to pick up a copy of The Devil Wears Prada for research reasons alone. If you’re more interested in an entertaining plot and characters who grow on you, you might do better to look somewhere else.
10-"Wear heels if you wanna go for the slim look." Diet tip from movie star Cameron Diaz. I'm taking your word for it, Miss Diaz, and jumping into this 
summer's hottest wedge shoes.
Housewives' playing the gorgeous gardener. We would like this cute 'beau' as our personal accessory! 
15-The sporty college girl look is hot. Wear shorts or a mini skirt with polo tops and flats or sneakers. 
be 'Lovely' like style icon Sarah Jessica Parker. Try this summer's most sizzling fragrance.
