Want To Know How To Wear A Mini Skirt - Just Follow Cameron Diaz's Fashion Tips

Cameron Diaz has been hitting the headlines during the last couple of weeks, not only for her car racing talent, which was demonstrated on the BBC's program "Top Gear", but also for the stylish outfits she has been wearing around the globe on her red carpet appearances alongside Tom Cruise for their latest film - Knight and Day. Lets face it, not many girls could get away with wearing a jumper dress on the red carpet, and still manage to exude the glamour and confidence Cameron shows here.

Yes, it's so true that Cameron has the perfect long legs just made for the super short hemlines that she loves to wear but if you've ever wondered if you could get away with wearing some of the tiny skirts and dresses that Cameron loves there are some simple rules to follow, which will have you looking as stylish as Cameron every time.

• Bare legs look amazing with mini-skirts - our preference is a light, tanned look. If you are worried your legs are too pale or you have imperfections, think about using leg makeup - even Kylie admits she uses body makeup to get the perfect finish. Look for Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs - this is cool little spray which can be sprayed on and blended where needed. You will be amazed that imperfections you worry about go totally unnoticed by everyone else. Wear this look with peep-toe shoes like Cameron here, or with glamorous sandals to show off your legs even more.
• If you are not brave enough to bare all, or you are feeling the chill factor, a great look is over-knee socks which gives a cheeky style to your outfit. Or choose patterned opaque or fishnet tights, but make sure you wear these styles with flats, rather than high heels or stilettos.
• If you are wearing a tight, fitted mini skirt, wear a loose style top or shirt, and also vice versa - if you are wearing a flared or gathered mini, then choose a fitted style top. There are some fantastic feminine mini-skirts which are totally on trend at the moment, with wide elastic waistbands in glamorous gold or silver on floaty, gathered skirts.
• The same sort of rule goes for patterned skirts - go crazy with your minis, wear them patterned with stripes, zig-zags, flowers, circles, in denim, suede or sparkling fabrics, but make sure you keep your top understated and fairly neutral.
• Cameron is known to love black and white - it's an essential core of her wardrobe - she wore a black and white Vionnet Resort 2011 mini dress with a sash at the French premier of K&D - again a perfect dress to show off tanned legs. Black and white is a classic style, and a mini-dress in black and white with classic black high heeled pumps and accessories is perfect for a more formal occasion.

For Summer and Autumn Make Cargo Pants A Necessary Item In Your Wardrobe Too

Cargo pants were originally around in the 1990s, and were designed for rough and tough outdoor activities. Now they are here as a cool and necessary fashion item. They can be seen adorning the pins of many celebrities such as Gwen Stefani and Jessica Biel, but the girl who probably has the most pairs, and who has been wearing them for well over a decade, is Jennifer Aniston. She is rumoured to have a pair of red Maharishi cargo pants that she has had since the 90's - almost vintage!

The Baggy Kind Of Cargo Pants

Well, these are the kind that we see Jennifer wearing here, looking pretty cool, rolled up with espadrille sandals and a white vest top - this outfit would be perfect for pottering around tiny sun drenched streets whilst shopping or sight-seeing on holiday.

Casual cargo pants are ideal to be worn with fitted t-shirts, a boyfriend shirt tied at the front, or if the sun is out on holiday or at a festival, with a bikini or cropped top.

They are the perfect casual pants and the casual look should be finished off with a leather belt and flip-flops or espadrille sandals. They are so versatile, and also great for travelling in, as even when creased, they still look cool and stylish.

The Skinny Kind of Cargo Pants - The Latest Trend

Every fashion store, both on the high street and on-line, has racks of skinny cargo pants to choose from. The difference with the fitted cargo pant is that you can dress them up, rather than keeping it casual with the loose fitting styles. Try the following looks with a pair of fitted, skinny cargo pants:

• For a lunch out with friends, roll up the hem of your pants to just above your ankle, and team up with a pretty and feminine blouse, a pretty necklace or beads and platform sandals. The combination of tough, edgy pants with feminine accessories is a look to die for.
• With a pair of figure hugging cargo pants, wear them on a night out. Combine them with a glam strappy top, pumps with towering heels, sparkling jewellery and clutch bag.
• Going out with friends shopping, you may want a little more comfort. Wear your fitted cargos with flat sandals, a plain white fitted t-shirt, a light-weight cardigan over your shoulders, a pretty scarf and a canvas bag.

Cargo pants are definitely a must have for this season, and we think they will also be around for a while to come - you never know, you might end up with a favourite pair that you will want to keep as long as Jennifer has been rumoured to have kept hers

So Now You Have Arrived At Your Holiday Destination - Here's How To Be The Glamorous One By The Pool

In our last article we revealed some smart tips on how to get ready for your summertime beach or poolside break, meaning you would arrive at your destination beautiful and fresh as a daisy. But after a few poolside cocktails on your first evening away, you may not be feeling as refreshed by your holiday as you could be - so here are a few more tips to keep you looking and feeling great.

The Best Essential Holiday Tips To Keep You Looking And Feeling Like A Poolside Goddess

• As you head out for your first day on the beach or by the pool apply (over your high factor suncream on your face) a tinted moisturiser if you feel that you need a little extra colour at the start of your holiday. Add a few generous sweeps of a waterproof mascara and apply a tinted lip gloss. Gorgeous! As your holiday progresses you will probably be able to forget the tinted moisturiser, however, if you do not tan your face at all (ageing we know), then you might want to apply a moisturiser which contains self-tan as well to give you a golden glow that will fool all. This is probably much kinder for your skin in the future.
• Make sure that you have your sunglasses with you at all times - nothing is so un-glamorous (or bad for the skin around your eyes) as someone squinting in the sunshine. And everyone knows (we have learned this from the celebrity pages of magazines) that sunglasses can hide a multitude of sins, including tired eyes from the night before too.
• Leave your hair to dry naturally, encouraging any waves, and spray it with a sun protector (to keep those new high-lights in great condition). If you are not wearing a hat, clip your hair up into a loose chignon - so chic, and also flattering.
• Sun hats are brilliant - and very intriguing. Who doesn't wonder who is underneath a hat with a large brim? They keep your face from getting too much sun and shade your eyes from sun damage as well.
• Whether you are staying in a glam five star spa hotel or a bed and breakfast by the seaside, make sure you have a bottle of water in your beach bag at all times. Water is the cure for hangovers and brings life to our bodies including our skin, especially when its been heated up in the sun. Try and stay away from the alcohol until evenings, unless your want to dehydrate like an old prune in the sun.
• Keep your skin fresh whilst away by showering in a cool shower, and applying plenty of aftersun moisturiser. Look for aftersun lotions which contain Aloe Vera which is soothing for sunburnt skin as it contains natural analgesics (a product which will relieve pain), vitamins A, C and E which help accelerate healing.

Holidays are great fun, especially when you are feeling amazing, happy holidays!

Which Sunglasses Style And Shape Will Suit Your Face Shape

I have recently been choosing some new sunglasses for myself - I have a fantastic summer break planned soon and although I have a couple of pairs of sunglasses that I love (they are the oversize, visor sort, one with wide arms and one with narrow), they are both suffering from too much love, i.e. a few scratches and wear and tear here and there, so I felt it was time to launch a search for a new pair of "sunnies", and also to break away from the habit of always choosing the same style. I did ok, I managed to find a pair of square framed black glasses which did look really stylish, so I opted for these. I love the darker style of glasses as well, I have tried lenses in the past in bronze and pink shades, but they just don't do it for me at all. However, some of the latest styles have sheer frames in a rainbow of different colours - maybe I will go for some pink frames next time. I also love Ray-Ban Aviators, as do lots of celebs, including Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox and Vanessa Hudgen. If you are looking for some super sunnies, here are some ideas on which style and shape will suit you best, happy shopping.

• If you have a round face, ideally your sunglasses should make your face look slimmer. Frames which are as wide as your face or a little wider at the broadest part of your face will help with this, as they will give the illusion of a slimmer face. Add definition to your face with angular frames or rectangular shapes. A great celebrity example of this face shape is Kirsten Dunst. Kenzo do a great pair of glasses this season in tortoiseshell with bronze arms which are wide with angular frames.
• If you have a long face, then you should look for sunglasses with a frame which is not wider than the widest part of your face, as this will make it look longer. Look for round or square frames. A celebrity with a longer face shape would be Sarah Jessica Parker.
• A diamond shaped face is one such as Victoria Beckham, where the cheekbones are wider than the forehead and chin is quite angular. This face shape looks great with round, rounded-off square or oval sunglasses which will soften the face. Also the glasses should not be any wider than the cheekbones are they will drown this face shape. Marc Jacobs do a great pair of beige plastic framed aviator style glasses which would suit this face shape.
• The square shaped face is accentuated by a strong jawline, or square shaped jaw, such as Carmen Electra. If your face is square, look for glasses which are soft and curved, but strong in style, such as the Jackie Ohh II sunglasses by Ray-Ban.
• If you are lucky enough to have an oval face, such as Jennifer Aniston, then you are also lucky enough to be able to wear any style of sunglasses that you like - as with haircuts, oval faces will suit mostly every style. Remember that if you do have the perfect oval face, don't hide it behind sunglasses too often!

Hollywood Style With Asymmetric And One Shoulder Dresses At The Golden Globes

Just about every fashion magazine and blog has covered the Golden Globe Awards and the after show parties this year, but many seem to have failed to notice how the Hollywood red carpet was awash with floor length asymmetrical and one shoulder dresses.  All the Hollywood stars and starlets making this style work for them are too numerous to mention here, but to name a few were Drew Barrymore in an architectural peach crystal scatter dress by Atelier Versace, Kate Winslet (pictured here) in a navy Yves Saint Laurent gown, with Tiffany & Co jewels and Jennifer Aniston in a black, plunging Valentino gown. All of them demonstrated that the asymmetrical or one shoulder dress works for all types of figures and styles. Why not try it out for yourself, here are a few simple tips for wearing asymmetrical or one shoulder tops and dresses.

• Look for classical and even rather plain styles when wearing an asymmetric or one shoulder style dress. Kate is wearing a well fitted navy Yves Saint Laurent gown which she accessorised with Tiffany & Co jewels. YSL gowns may require rather too deep pockets for many of us, but similar gowns can be found for a fraction of the price, and with the right hair-do, makeup and sparkling accessories, can still look stunning.
• Look for one-shoulder dresses in black or navy or if you are brave enough to make more of a statement go for a dark red or cream dress and match it up with a pair of classic killer heel pumps and clutch bag.
• If you choose a simply styled, black asymmetrical dress it can be dressed up with sparkly, high heels, evening bag and jewels, or dressed down with a wide belt, black leggings, flat pumps and big slouch bag for a casual look.
• An asymmetrical mini dress can be worn with patterned tights and Mary-Janes for an office-girl look and then changed for the evening to be worn over skinny jeans and long knee boots for a night out.
• Remember the gorgeous SATC Carrie dress in cream with the beautiful corsage? Try this out yourself with a one-shoulder dress, by attaching a pretty corsage in colours matching your dress, or contrasting colours which can be matched with shoes and bag.
• There are lots of different ways to wear asymmetrical styles, look for off centre necklines, pointed sleeves, hemlines and off-the shoulder styles.
• If you are wearing an asymmetrical evening dress keep your jewellery simple. A large central pendant does not look correct with a one-shoulder or asymmetrical neckline. Instead, centre your jewellery around earrings and bracelets and leave shoulders and neckline bare.