Blog Posts by BeautyRiot Diva

My best friend and I have very different techniques when we go shopping for jeans. She'll fall in love with the most expensive pair and buy 'em without even trying the jeans on. Me? I'll spend hours flipping through the sale rack until I find the perfect ones (a.k.a.: they make me look like I have a butt and they cost less than what I'd spend at happy hour).

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I'm sure my best friend has her reasons for splurging on her jeans -- and I'll admit, these colored jeans are tempting -- but I just can't justify blowing my savings on a single pair of overpriced (albeit nice) distressed pants. It's a tad ridiculous to spend more than $100 on jeans that are all torn up. I can rip holes in my own jeans, thankyouverymuch.

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I love my bestie and all, but I think she's being a little outrageous with her spending. And I know I'm not really making the most of my time by digging through the sale bin all day either.

My former boss looks just like Julia Roberts. From her copper hair to her wide smile -- even her contagious laugh -- they're practically twins. Every time I was out in public with her, we'd get a ton of double takes; some people would even stop dead in their tracks.

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She did take advantage of it every once in a while ... like that time "Ms. Roberts" (as the barista called her) was handed a free vanilla latte at a local coffee shop. But in her defense, I'd milk it for all it's worth too, if I was one of these women who look exactly like a celebrity. On the other hand, if my celeb doppelganger were one of these child stars, I'd walk around with my face covered all the time.

While my old boss didn't make this list, (there's way better fake celeb twins on here), keep reading to see which celebrity doppelgangers could totally get away with a free latte everyday. And click here to see the entire gallery of unbelievable look-alikes I found. (P.S. If

On a recent episode of "Whitney," Whitney's guy friend Mark shows up at her apartment dressed in full Marine dress uniform, complete with medals, white gloves, and shiny black shoes. When Whitney gives him the WTF look, Mark responds, "It's laundry day." So simple, so hilarious, and so TRUE.

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I've spent many a day hiding in my apartment due to my laundry day look -- think homeless chic. Braless with an old T-shirt, a pair of ancient sweatpants, and holey socks, I count down the minutes until my laundry is finished and I can actually venture outside.

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Of course, sometimes you can't hide out on laundry day and wait for your favorite pair of jeans to dry. In that case, you'll find me wearing this: a pair of purple culottes (circa '04), an old, too small bra (find out why you should never do that here), granny panties that probably contain an old period stain, and my eighth grade graduation tee. Totally

My best friend will do anything for her hair. She'll blow through her savings to stay on top of these new hair treatments and trends, and she wouldn't miss a salon appointment even if her life depended on it.

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Me? There's no way I'll sacrifice an entire hour giving myself a blowout, and I definitely wouldn't spend cash on getting it professionally done. Plus, my boyfriend likes it when I wear ponytails. Guess these "dirty hair" hairstyles are sexy enough for him. (What a keeper, right?)

But what I will spend time and money on is my nails. The tiny, bare canvases are always begging to be decorated, and I'm more than willing to spend an afternoon trying out new nail art looks. My most recent obsession is with this new batch of nail art. I'd say gorgeous malt shop nails like these cancel out a bad hair day, don't you agree?

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Click here to see even more great nail art designs, or scroll down for my top

I love Madonna. At my fourth grade birthday party, all my friends and I took turns preforming to "Like A Prayer" in my parents' living room. (My dad still has it on a VHS tape, purely for embarrassment sake.) Fast forward 20 years, and I'm still rocking out to Madge. And it's not just her music I love. Madonna's a triple threat: she sings, she dances, and she acts. But there's one thing the material girl can't do … work with material, i.e. design clothes.

When she released her junior Material Girl line at Macys (in collaboration with her daughter Lourdes), I had some high expectations. Granted, I'm not a teen, so I wouldn't actually wear any of the clothes -- or fit into them -- but I wanted Madonna to succeed. Too bad that didn't happen. According to this review, the clothes "used the cheapest fabric possible and it shows," and even though the line is meant for girls ages 13 to 25, "only 25 year olds who have the body of a

Does anyone else think hairstyles have gotten ... boring over the years? Everywhere I look, I see girls sporting Kim Kardashian waves, or Jennifer Aniston's pin straight hair. Even after this bob trend hit Hollywood hard, nothing really changed. I still see a ton of waves and straight looks ... only shorter. Zzzz.

Personally, I never understood this obsession with looking like a beach bum. I've always loved these vintage hairstyles better, so I get really excited when I see celebs try retro looks, like Katy Perry did at the VMA's last year. I'll confess, I even went through my own Betty Page phase in my late teens -- self-cut bangs and all. (Wondering what era you were meant to be born in? Take this quiz to find out.)

While I would love to go back in time to see these hairstyles in action, no genius has been able to invent a time machine … yet. But you can bring the retro to the present with these how-tos. They're super easy to follow. The only hard part? Not standing out in a crowd

Before you write off "The Hunger Games" as another teenage phenom, trust me when I say this film is nothing like the "Twilight" series. The heart-pounding action in this new series makes blood-sucking vampires look tame in comparison.

I would know -- I'm pretty much the biggest fan out there. I've re-read all of the books and watched every trailer they've released so far, like, 15 times, among other slightly stalkerish things. So when I got the chance to talk to Joico stylist and one of the hairstylists for the film, Cherry Petenbrink, I was beyond excited to find out even more about the film.

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Turns out, Petenbrink helped create the 700 colorful wigs and hairpieces used in the movie. She was able to give me the dirt on what happens behind the scenes during filming, including the outrageous amounts of hair dye used on all of the characters of The Capitol. (For those not in the know, The Capitol is where all of the rich and powerful

I'm a fan of underwear. I actually prefer the classic bikini cut (which makes me a "classy athlete" according to this underwear decoder.) But a couple of years ago, it seemed like it was an anomaly to wear any panties. Britney, Lindsay, Paris, Christina … their hoo-ha's were all over the web. Granted some of those ladies aren't the classiest, but seriously, slip on a pair if you're climbing out of a low limo.

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Now, while I do love the comfort of my undies, not all my friends agree. Granted, many are forced to go commando during laundry day, but some just like the feel of it. "If you're wearing really soft leggings (or other soft clothes), why do you even need to wear it?" said one girlfriend. I could think of a few very good reasons. "Besides, I hate panty lines," she said. Hmmm. I also hate panty lines, but I'm still not ready to give up on cotton comfort.

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