The Latest in Celebrity Fashion, Beauty and Fitness

Audrina Patridge

Celebs are sporty a cool and easy summer do - long side braids. You can easily copy this style Audrina is wearing if you have very long hair, or you can wear it like Rebecca Romijn if you have medium length hair. Extensions can be added, or a clip on long pony tail can be worn if you have short hair that is long enough to be put in a pony tail – but don’t go overboard like our mystery celeb below!

Here’s how to copy the side braid:
The trick to copying this look is make it look undone and messy – loose pieces can fall out and the braid doesn’t have to be perfect (how easy is that!?).

Start with pulling you hair loosely to the side and begin braiding, leave about 2-3″ of hair at the end so that the braid doesn’t get too skinny.

Finish off with a clear or black hair elastic (try Sephora Snag-Free Hair Elastics, $3.50 for a set of 8). If you have some large chunks of hair falling out, you can secure them with a pin – but remember to keep it loose and cool!

Rebecca Romijn wears a baby braid

Can you guess this celeb that gets the side braid all wrong with a big thick fake hair extension? Click the jump to find out!

Click the jump below to find out who the mystery celeb is, and for more celebs wearing side braids.

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Nicole Richie wore a chic and elegant braided updo at the 18th Annual Environmental Media Awards. To copy Nicole’s look start with wet or damp hair to help hold the look. Smooth in a lightweight moisturizing product to tame flyaways.

Next, part hair in the middle. French-braid each side, tucking the ends neatly into eachother with bobby pins. Finish with hairspray to secure.

Celebs like Nicole Richie, Audrina Patridge, Denise Richards, Fergie and Carmen Electra are going nuts for black eyeliner and black shadow this winter. The winter is a great time for wearing a more dark, dramatic look.

To try getting the same look the stars are wearing use a smoky black shadow, like Lancome’s Color Design shadow in The New Black. Follow with Too Faced Lava Matte eyeliner, which is an amazing chubby stick that doubles as a liner and a shadow, plus it moisturizes!

Nicole Richie revealed some of her beauty and fashion tips in September’s issue of Glamour magazine. Nicole says to get inspired, “I’m really inspired by the sixties and seventies.” Her fashion icons are Keith Richards, for his “rock-star style”, and Jackie O.

Nicole has developed a line of jewelry named after her baby daughter, House of Harlow 1960, and says Native American and tribal art served as a source of inspiration when designing the line. And Nicole’s theory when it comes to jewelry – pile it on! “My philosophy when it comes to jewelry? More is more.”

Another style tip from Nicole is to stock up on your favorites. “I think it’s rare when you can find a good pair [of jeans] that fit.” Another piece Nicole loads up on are sunglasses – “I buy loads of sunglasses – I have one pair from the gas station that cost $3!”

As for beauty tips Nicole says her essential items that’s always in her bag is Keihl’s Lip Balm. She also received a great tip from a hair stylist – “Curl my hair with a flat iron.”

Nicole’s jewelry line comes out this Fall.

Celebs like Nicole Richie, Hillary Duff, and Kate Moss are obsessed with Siwy Denim cutoff shorts this summer! The shorts retail for $175 a pair, but you can make your own tattered shorts at home. Take an old pair of jeans and cut them to a 3″ inseam. Use a hard bristled hairbrush to give them an old, worn in look. Throw them in the wash a couple of times and add a splash of bleach for a summer wash look!

…Or you can just buy them from Singer22.com

Jessica Alba is so in love…with her LnA white tee shirt. Above are pics of Jessica in her LnA tee (pre-pregnancy). Celebs love the LnA deep v-neck tee because of it’s sexy plunging neckline.

Stars like Hayden Panettiere, Audrina Patridge, Nicole Richie, Kristin Cavallari and Mary-Kate Olsen are also fans of the “must-have” tees, which retail for about $62 and come in over 15 colors.

Hollywood celebs are in love with J Brand jeans because they are super-comfortable and come in a variety of styles and colors. Ashlee Simpson wears J Brand jeans “914″ in Jett (pictured left). They are considered the originator in the recent straight leg trendy, and have been sold out all over.

Here’s a list of celebs that love their J Brand jean:

Katie Holmes – The Doll, 912 Pencil
Penelope Cruz – The Love Story
Angelina Jolie – 912 Pencil
Kate Beckinsale – The Joplin, 912 Pencil
Reese Witherspoon - 914 Pencil
Jessica Simpson – The Joplin
Mischa Barton – 12″ Pencil Leg Jean in Charcoal
Nicole Richie – 12″ Pencil Leg Jean in Charcoal
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen – 12″ Pencil Leg Jean in Charcoal
Kristen Bell – 914 Cigarette
Carmen Electra – 912 Pencil
Hillary Duff – 912 Pencil
Victoria Beckham – 935 Capri

Checkout all of their styles at JBrandJeans.com