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Beyonce reveals $5 million engagement ring

New York—Though pop star Beyoncé Knowles tied the knot with rapper Jay-Z about five months back, she's finally revealed her engagement ring, and it's quite a knockout. Designed by Lorraine Schwartz, whose jewelry Beyoncé tends to favor for red-carpet appearances, the platinum ring features a jaw-dropping 18-carat diamond and is valued at $5 million. Beyoncé gave the ring its public debut on Sept. 5 at Conde Nast's "Fashion Rocks" event in New York City. The annual fete is a celebration of both fashion and music.

Six Tips For Long Lasting Summer Nail Polish

Six Tips For Long Lasting Summer OPI Nail Polish

Warm weather is here, and that means most of us will be wearing nail polish more often to show off our hands and feet. The barer summer clothes and sandals mean your feet and hands will be center stage, so putting a few extra minutes into proper nail care is must for the prettiest looks. Whether you are applying nail polish to your hands or toes, the basic principles to make your manicure or pedicure last are the same.

1. Prepare your nails properly before polishing. Nail polish won’t adhere well to nails that are dirty or oily. Wash your hands thoroughly to remove any lotions, dirt or oils, and then brush each nail with a bit of nail polish remover. This will remove all oils from the nail itself and prepare it for accepting polish.

2. Lightly buff your nails and file off any rough edges. Polish will be more prone to peeling and flaking if the nails are rough around the edges or have ridges in them. Filing and buffing gives a smoother surface so that polish won’t flake.

3. Choose the right polish. Did you know that nail polish expires? Most brands will only last about a year before they become thicker and start to clump. Polish that’s too thick will go on thicker and won’t dry well, leading to more chance of smearing or smudging. Most nail polish formulas are similar and will last almost a week, but fast drying formulas are an exception. The extra ingredients that allow fast drying polishes to set so quickly also makes them peel more quickly, so try to avoid fast-dry formulas unless you absolutely have to use them. The extra few minutes spent drying a standard nail polish will be well worth it if your manicure lasts days longer.

4. Care for your polish properly. Summer weather is especially tough on nail polish – the high temperatures can cause polish to separate and the color to change. To keep your nail polish in top condition, refrigerate it in the summer. You should also clean the polish bottle carefully after each use by wiping the outside edge of the bottle with a cotton ball soaked in nail polish remover to keep the bottle from sticking shut. Finally, be sure that you gently blend the nail polish before applying by rolling the bottle between your hands. Shaking a bottle of polish will create air bubbles in the polish that can cause bumps and clumps when you apply it – guaranteed to shorten the life span of your manicure or pedicure.

5. Use a base coat and top coat. It takes a bit more time to do a complete manicure rather than just throwing on some polish, but its well worth the effort. After your nails are clean, be sure to apply a base coat; this product prepares the nail for polish and gives nail polish something to cling to so that it lasts longer. Follow this with two thin coats of polish in the desired color, and then finish off with a quality top coat. When you apply the top coat, be sure to run the brush horizontally across the tip of the nail with a bit of it going under the edge of the nail. This will help prevent peeling and seals the manicure properly.

6. Don’t rush things. Be sure to let your nails dry five to ten minutes between each coat. If the coat below isn’t completely dry before you add the next one, your nails won’t dry properly for quite a while, leading to chips and smudges. If you are in a rush or simply impatient, plunge your nails into ice water for a few seconds between coats – this will quickly dry and seal the polish.

Enjoy your beautifully painted, long lasting nails! Remember not to open soda cans or pick at envelopes with your freshly painted nails. Using your nails as tools won’t help you keep your nail polish fresh at all!

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Celebrity Hairstyles and Jewelry

Beyonce hairstyles and jewelry has always been envied by women across the world. Her hairstyles and jewelry are big, glamorous, and fabulous.

Just recently we polled our customers to find which celebrity had the best hairstyle. Beyonce Knowles won by a landslide, getting nearly half the votes for her latest hairstyle that allows her to be "chic by day and sleek and sexy by night."

Beyonce Knowles thrashes the competition in her sexy outfits with chandelier earrings, dazzling diamond necklaces & bracelets and straight blond hair. But it's the lethal curves that stop us in our tracks, because no one rides 'em like babelicious Beyoncé.

Beyonce Knowles is not only a huge fan of diamond necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, she also loves sparkling diamond hair jewelry like the diamond hair barrettes she's wearing in this picture.

Beyonce Knowles is completely versatile when it comes to her hairstyles. For the romantic, consult a professional stylist to give you a temporary fixin', perfect for proms or other formals. To get the healthy, wavy look, use a paddlebrush to smooth out strands first, (start with wet hair and blowdry), and finish with a large-end curling iron.
Like Beyonce, you can dress up or down with hoop earrings. They're easy to wear, and now the designs come in every mood.

Beyonce reportedly marries Jay-Z in New York

Singer Beyonce Knowles has wed rapper boyfriend Jay-Z in New York, the People magazine has reported.

Although nothing has been officially confirmed, the People quotes a friend of the couple as saying: "It happened earlier this evening [Friday]. Jay wanted it to be a really private affair – close friends and family."

Guests included Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles, her father and manager Mathew, her sister Solange, Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and friend Gwyneth Paltrow, it said.

According to the article, the ceremony was followed by a party at Jay-Z's apartment in Manhattan's Tribeca district.

Rumours about the couple's impending nuptials were sparked when they sought a marriage licence at a village hall in Scarsdale, New York, on Tuesday.

On Friday, workers erected a white tent on top of the building in Tribeca where Jay-Z owns a penthouse apartment.

And as waiting staff, flowers and music equipment arrived the wedding buzz intensified.

The two have been together since September 2002, and they performed together in music videos for two of her hit singles, Crazy in Love and Deja Vu

Beyoncé: The Ice Princess

Beyoncé Knowles is tired, hungry and sick of acting crazy. For seven hours inside a cavernous hangar on the Brooklyn waterfront she’s been lip-synching histrionically, hurling into walls and generally behaving like a diva one Klonopin away from a breakdown. But she does look good. Her hair is tousled in an elegant pile, and she’s dressed like Sharon Stone in the notorious interrogation scene of Basic Instinct — white sleeveless turtleneck, white skirt slit up the sides. As her riotous new single “Ring the Alarm” blares, she pantomimes hysteria. Every twitch, snap of the neck and jerk of the hips dramatizes the theme of manic jealousy. Not that she’s enjoying temporary insanity. “I’m tired of acting so nutty — it’s hard,” she says between takes. Hanging her head, she seems to have shrunk by half since the cameras began to roll at 7:30 A.M.. A small village of bodyguards, production assistants, extras, ass wipers and her mom populate the set. When the director calls for another take, Beyoncé dutifully slams into the interrogation chair. She raises her head, rolls back her shoulders and rapidly crosses and uncrosses her legs — as Stone did while exposing her crotch to Michael Douglas in the most rewound moment in cinematic history. The song hits a climax and Beyoncé’s legs swing open, revealing to Blender a view of … skin-tone bicycle shorts. Beyoncé Knowles can grow tired. She can act crazy. And she can be one hell of a tease. But she is not the type to slip up. * * * “I don’t like being interviewed.” It’s not much of a conversation starter, but at least she says it with a disarming smile. Three days after the video shoot, Beyoncé is back in the Manhattan studio where she made B’Day, her dance-floor-targeting second solo album. Her long blond hair is swept back with a gold hair band, and her feet are strapped into gold sandals. Her voice is warm and deep, curling into sentences like a cat nestling into a blanket. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is both a thoroughly modern star and an anachronism. She has a clothing line, a movie career and major endorsement contracts. She’s partial to space-age R&B beats and big-budget videos. So far, so twenty-first century. But female pop stars of her magnitude typically detonate in a fireball of Cheetos, nipple brooches and front-page divorces. They let camera crews trail them for “intimate” TV shows. From officially sanctioned Brangelina baby photos to VH1 celebreality to MySpace, this is a time of unprecedented pop-star exposure — and Beyoncé isn’t interested in exposing herself. It’s a neat trick: She’s become one of the world’s most visible women while building walls around herself. For the past four years, she’s dated kingpin rapper and Def Jam Recordings president and CEO Jay-Z, jetting from NBA games to the tropics with him (and her Shih Tzu, Munchy, who travels in a $1,500 Louis Vuitton doggie carrier). But Beyoncé has never even publicly acknowledged their relationship, which seems both coy and silly after the constant paparazzi photos of the couple sunbathing together on yachts.

Beyonce Goes From R&B to Latin Diva

Beyonce is a woman of many crowns: Grammy-winning singer, actress, producer and dancer, among them. Now, the R&B diva can add another: Latin songstress. The former Child of Destiny released a collection of Latin songs, dubbed 'Irreemplazable,' featuring reworked tracks from her smash album, 'B'Day,' and the 'Dreamgirls' soundtrack, including the chart-topping duet with Latin superstar Alejandro Fernandez, 'Amor Gitano.' The latter now serves as the theme song for the Telemundo telenovela, 'Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa (The Sword and the Rose)'.

Note to Shakira: Watch your back.

Listen to Beyonce's Latin tunes after the jump.