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If you hadn't heard (or noticed the millions of #NYFW hashtags on Twitter these days), New York Fashion Week, in all its resplendent fabulosity, is upon us.

The perfect place to follow all the beauty trends for spring 2013? For our money, it's Pinterest. With so many designers, models, makeup looks, and hairstyles to showcase, the online pinboards are teeming with photos you can spend hours perusing.

We wanted to get in on the fun, so we pulled the six most stunning looks from Fashion Week, below. Start incorporating these looks into your beauty repertoire ASAP.

Don't follow Total Beauty on Pinterest yet? Here's your chance.

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Remember when photos lived in albums and you could hide blunders, like your awkward senior portrait, from the world? Sadly, we now live in an upload-and-share-with-everyone reality, so looking good in every photo is a must.

Making it a little easier on us: this new program, which lets you use Photoshop tricks celebrities are privy to.

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All you have to do is upload a picture of yourself, then in seconds Portrait Professional gets rid of your pores, wrinkles, and flyaways. But why stop there? You can give yourself that slim jawline and straight nose bridge you always wanted with a click of a module.

So my colleague Sarah and I tried it and I have to tell you, I never thought I could look this good. Granted, for me to really look like this I'd have to spend $3,500 on a real nose job and $1,000 on laser skin treatments, but for less than $40 I can have a hot (albeit fictional) profile pic.

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Neon orange, coral, and summery pinks are out. For nails this season, there's a new "it" color in town and it's awesome -- if you know how to wear it right. While nude nails may seem like a cinch to pull off, wearing the wrong hue can make your hands look sallow and dead-like (ew). So to take the guesswork out, we found the perfect bottle of nude polish for your specific skin tone. See the 12 best nude nail polishes for fall now.

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There were tears, applause, and a major debate brewing following Ann Romney and Michelle Obama's convention speeches. And it wasn't a question of who was more moving or persuasive -- on a much more shallow level, people have been buzzing about who looked better.

Sure we care about family values, jobs, and taxes but political squabbles aside, how about them nails?

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As Michelle Obama emphatically gestured with her well-manicured hands, Twitter was blowing up with tweets about her blue/gray polish. Ann Romney's cherry red nails (which matched her dress perfectly) also drew a ton of buzz.

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Regardless of how things go at the polls in November, one thing's certain, we'll be sure to have a fashionable FLOTUS for the next four years. While we'll have to wait to see which husband wins the vote, you can cast your beauty ballot now; party affiliations aside, which wife do

It's not the Jose Cuervo that's getting you wasted -- it's the glass it comes in.

A new study published in PLoS ONE says the speed at which you pound your drinks is determined not by the cocktail, but by the shape of the glass.

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Dr. Angela Atwood and her team at The University of Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology found that you drink twice as fast from a curved glass than a straight-sided glass.

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As every college freshman knows, the faster you drink a cocktail, the faster you'll get drunk. And this study tells us your "ability to pace effectively may be compromised when drinking from certain types of glasses."

Meaning, you can't judge the halfway point in a curved glass -- which just might make your office happy hour suddenly feel a little too much like a bachelorette party.

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You know the scary campfire story about flesh-eating bugs that come out at night and eat you alive? Turns out it might not be too far off.

A new study found the surprising cause of rosacea, the skin condition that makes skin red and inflamed: This disgusting microscopic creature.

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Researchers at the National University of Ireland found that these mites actually live inside your sweat glands and feed on your oil and dead skin cells. Then at night, they come out of your pores and crawl around the surface of your skin looking for a mate.

But it gets worse.

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When the mites die, their dead carcasses release bacteria-filled poop that spills into your pores. And if your skin is home to a lot of these mites, you'll react to their excrement in the form of red, inflamed skin. Hello, rosacea.

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Buying a new scent is confusing. You know what scents you like and don't like, but descriptions like "top notes of bergamot" or, in Lady Gaga's case, "tears of Belladonna mixed with a black veil of incense" is downright mind (and nose) boggling. So to help you figure out the marketing jargon and know what these new fall fragrances really smell like, we did a sniff test and described the real emotions and scenarios the scents evoked for us. See which of these 10 best fall fragrances you'll like best now.

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It's official: Crazy hair trends are no longer just for punk rock chicks and Demi Lovato fans.

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According to "The New York Times," women over 40 are flocking to the Yves Durif Hair salon on the Upper East Side, and it's not for boring blowouts. These successful career women are asking for undershaves, blue dye jobs, and magenta highlights. As one 61-year-old customer said: "I want it rude and I want it rock 'n' roll."

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Is this the end of the mom cut? One can only hope. And to celebrate the possible demise of hideous granny bobs and stuffy Park Avenue football-helmet coifs, I've rounded up the worst mom-cut offenders. Ever.

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Kate Gosselin's spiky, chunky reverse mullet was one of the highlights of her 15 minutes of fame.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made headlines for her political moves