Top beauty trends for 2009

Revlon lipstick in Black Cherry

Ever since make up artist and Revlon creative director Lucy Halperin created this custom shade for London Graduate Fashion Week, I've been smitten.

It's dark, it's seedy but really rather glamorous as well if worn with golden eyes and messy, wavy hair (I like to pin mine up into a faux bob). The only time in my life that I've received a random, nice comment on my appearance on the London Tube was when wearing this stuff. For instructions on how to wear the goth glam look this season, Daniel Sandler's created some ace videos for Elle.tv. Watch this one and learn how to re-create dark eyes and lips:

Cat Deeley looking... not like Cat Deeley

I've just been browsing the Fashion-ation newsletter and saw a few lovely photos. I had to do a double take... these are Cat Deeley, right? So much for that girl-next-door innocence from Stars in their Eyes. She looks very 'come hither' and like she might have had a touch of Pascal's dab hand working on her. But, hey, that's fashion images today, right? In any event, I like their/her relative edginess. (Cat Deeley shot by Yu Tsai)