Lip Liners

Here's an opinion from Kelly Cutrone, founder of the public relations, branding and marketing company, People's Revolution:

You know where nice people end up? On welfare.

Well Kell, with bravado like that, you can wear any shade you so desire.

Forever Shine

This lady was a champ!

Lena Horne

6.30.1917 - 5.9.2010

Lip Liners

This one comes from Tom Ford, fashion designer, film director, lover of red lipstick.

On the transformative quality of a polished lip in this month's Vogue, Tom says, "When I was a kid, when someone rang the doorbell, my mother would put on lipstick before getting the door. Lipstick makes you look dressed."

We couldn't agree more.

Lip Liners

This one comes from Maya Angelou, an American poet.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Lip Liners

This one comes from Erica Jong, an American writer.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything,

you risk even more.

Gaga, I Get It!

And for those of you who, at one time or another, chose to sway, shake, swoon or sashay with LaBelle, Cher or Madonna, you get “Gaga” too.

Following in the platform-wedged tradition of these out-of-the-box music and style icons, Lady Gaga defies the norm, takes risks, dares to be different and elevates the art of self-expression. And that, quite frankly, should empower us to sing our own tune, dance to the beat of our own drum and wear a shade of Lady Gaga’s “I’m a Star” to conquer any planet we so choose to orbit.

What was she thinking.......YaVaughnie Wilkins

I suspect she was thinking like thousands, millions even, of jilted women with spurned affections and broken hearts. With funds to put her Oracle executive lover on blast, YaVaughnie, who I suspect wears a shade of “Don’t Cross Me” Berry, has become the maestro of a global chorus chanting “You Go Girl!”

Oh, about Mariah Carey? Loved her in “Precious, based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.”

What Was She Thinking... Mariah Carey

So, there she was at the Golden Globes flashing her very own matched set of bronzed and brazen extraterrestrial orbs! My goodness, dear ones. We know that she is always doing the diva, but squeezing herself into a tight-fitting Herve Leger that's barely big enough to corral her ample cleavage does not a true star make. Even us stalwart devotees of the decollette know that there's a difference between sexy and sleazy. Walking the red carpet is, after all, jus a tad different than walking the street. So next year, Ms. Carey, if you must take the plunge, please plunge less, or not at all.

The lipstick we think she was wearing: Bombshell Gone Bust, an ultra tacky, champagne-colored gloss.