Match red with neutrals to make them pop. Sex up the look with accessories like a studded clutch and leather booties.
• Cardigan, $49.90, from New Look
• Cotton top, $46, from Topshop
• Cropped cotton pants, $89, from Gap
• Faux pearl and ribbon necklace, $38.90, from Accessorize
• Studded leather clutch, $113, from Topshop
• Leather peep-toe booties, price unavailable, from Nine West
Spice up an LBD with red accessories in a luxe material like satin.
• Silk toga dress, $560, from Burgundy
• Satin clutch, $26.90, and satin heels, $49.90, both from New Look
• Gold hoop earrings, price unavailable, from Accessorize
Of all the variations of plum, eggplant or aubergine is the shade that flatters everyone, unlike some of its paler cousins. It won’t make you look tired and is dark enough when you want to smoke things up. Even as a nail colour, it’s luxe, not tacky.
Clockwise from top: Dior Vernis nail polish in 782 Silver Purple, $33. Make Up Store Microshadow in Dita, $26. Bourjois Smoky Eyes Trio in Violet Romantic, $24. Chanel Rouge Allure lipstick in 147 Maniac, $44. Sally Hansen Insta-dri Nail Color in Pronto Purple, $12.90. Dior Style Liner in 174 Sparkling Purple, $45
Red Hot Eliza Dushku looking fab at “We Live In Public” Premiere.
The “Bring It On” babe looked lovely as she arrived at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, sporting a strapless merlot-colored minidress with black stockings and black heels.
As with most other health issues, you can do a lot to protect yourself when it comes to the your skin health. Learn why sun damage is the real enemy, and how to guard against it.
Just like the rest of your body, your skin ages over time. But much of the visible surface damage, like dryness and lines, comes as a result of sun exposure, which you can protect yourself from. More good news: It’s possible to ease some of these signs of aging in your skin with simple prescription creams.
Aging Skin: Causes and Effects
A variety of factors are to blame for the typical signs of aging skin. These can include:
Sun exposure. “Take a woman with the skin changes that we associate with aging — wrinkles, dryness, age spots — and look at the skin under her arm. That skin is likely to be smooth and clear. The difference is sun exposure,” says Steve Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.
Called photodamage, the effects of sun exposure on your skin are caused by ultraviolet light, and the lighter your complexion, the worse the damage is likely to be. Over time, even a small amount of unprotected sun exposure each day can cause:
- Age spots. Also called solar lentigines, or liver spots, these dark patches of skin are caused by sun damage. Bigger than freckles, age spots are more common in women with lighter complexions.
- Spidery veins. As skin ages, especially with sun exposure, you become more prone to the eruption of small blood vessels near the surface of your skin called telangiectasias.
- Leathery texture and dry scaly patches, or actinic keratoses. Aging skin does not retain moisture well. This is due partly to the loss of sweat and oil glands, but sun exposure will also make your skin dry.
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