Bella Sugar investigates the best cream blushes.

MTV is wondering how to top Britney Spears’s trainwreck performance for this year’s VMA awards on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.

All About The Pretty recommends Kerastase Substance Constructive hair treatment for weak or chemically-fried locks. 

Ivanka Trump: on the cover of Town and Country, and perhaps the most glamorous 26-year-old in the world.

Makeup Bag flips for Kate Somerville spa in LA (and Kate Somerville Nourish Daily Moisturizer, infused with antioxidants…but not SPF, alas.)

Madonna and Guy Ritchie may be divorcing.  (Okay, this rumor has been around forever, but this time, it seems real…and very sad.)

Photo from DailyMail.co.uk

BellaSugar talks about Madonna’s comments last night on Nightline regarding aging.  She said, “I don’t think we just live in a sexist society, we live in an ageist society, connected to women.  I think women in an unconscious way are valued for their youth, youthful beauty, not so much for their wisdom and experience.”  See the rest of her comments here.  At 27, I hardly feel over the hill, and yet even I can sometimes feel a bit old compared to my early-twentysomething counterparts in the land of La.  It’s more exaggerated here in Hollyweird, of course, but when one of the biggest stars in the country is 15 year old Miley Cyrus, how can girls in their late twenties and thirties (who are beginning to–gasp!–show wrinkles!) compete?

The old guard — 80’s sex symbols Madonna and Sharon Stone in Cannes:

And the new — tweenage powerhouse Miley Cyrus

Hey, why not?  It’s Friday and I’m feeling tired; looking at pretty photos is all I can really handle right now.  

I think Madonna looks beautiful and all peachy-glowy, but I’m not digging her roots

Diane Kruger’s hair and makeup are stunning, and so is the dress in theory, but it does nothing for her (gorgeous) figure.  Can we call a moratorium on potato-sack dresses, even super-expensive gilded ones?

Mary J. Blige is gorge…but no smile?  You’re in Cannes, my dear!  Lighten up!

Rose McGowan is crazy witchy here; all she needs is a broomstick and caldron!  Regardless, the red hair is stunning against her pale skin

I don’t understand Dita Von Teese’s appeal; can somebody please explain to me?  (Maybe I just have a mental block because the Blogger Who Shall Not Be Named loves her.)  Gorgeous dress, but the jet black hair is too harsh, especially when combined with blood red lips and markered-on eyebrows

Natalia Vodianova is a fascinating example of the “takes gorgeous photographs” versus “is actually pretty in person” conundrum; she’s one of the most beautiful models in the world, yet whenever she’s on a red carpet, she’s verging on plain.  Love her anyway!