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Vidal Sassoon Talks to StyleList

Until Sex and The City 2 comes out next month, you can curb your fashion movie craving with the Vidal Sassoon documentary that just premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Unfortunately, due hospitalization from a stint with pneumonia, Sassoon was unable to attend but we caught up with him over the phone to talk the bob cut, Anna Wintour, and the ‘caucasion afro’.

Read the interview on StyleList, here.

[Sassoon cuts Mary Quant’s hair, 1960’s. Photo: Ronald Dumont | Getty Images]

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Win It: CoverGirl Smoky ShadowBlast 

Trying to flawlessly execute a smoky eye is intimidating. Luckily, CoverGirl’s new Smoky ShadowBlast sticks make it easy. They are double-sided tubes of professionally-paired colors that glide on as easy as a lipstick. On her YouTube channel, Hanh Bui showed her 80,000 subscribers a tutorial on how to paint, blend, and go glam with the product.

Now it is your turn to score the goods because StyleList is giving away seven of the SmokyBlast kits. 

Find out how to win one after the jump.

[CoverGirl’s Smoky ShadowBlast sticks make the perfect smoky eye. Courtesy photo.]

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How Not to Look Fat in a Swimsuit

The good news is: swimsuit season is almost here! The bad news is: swimsuit season is almost here.

Celebrity stylist Sam Saboura tells StyleList that looking good in a bathing suit is about 70% confidence and 30% having the right suit with the right fit. Taking her advice into consideration, we’ve put together a list of tips and tricks that can help make any woman look a little leaner and slimmer.

Full story on StyleList, here.

[A halter style from Lands’ End, the Miraclesuit, Spanx one-piece. Photos: Landsend.com, Nordstrom.com, Spanx.com]

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The Uniform Project: Same Black Dress for a Year

For the last 365 days, Sheena Mathekin has worn the same little black dress but mixed and matched with different shoes and accessories. What she called The Uniform Project, partly a study on sustainability and philanthropy and partly effort to raise awareness for The Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots nonprofit that helps education to children living in Indian slums.

To see a slideshow of her favorite LBD looks click through to the full story here.

[Sheena Matheiken in the black dress she wore for an entire year. Photo: Courtesy of The Uniform Project]

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Spring Beauty Trends

Carmindy, StyleList’s resident beauty expert and makeup artist on TLC’s ‘What Not to Wear’, talked with us about her five favorite spring and summer beauty looks.

See what she had to say at the full story on StyleList after the jump.

[Bold liner and coral lips at Derek Lam Spring 2010. Photo: Getty Images]