LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Happy Labor Day!

This time of year is always tricky makeup-wise. Summer is pretty much over, but a full face of Fall's darker makeup shades don't feel quite right. How do you successfully bridge the gap like Kate Moss, who looks equally gorgeous Summer bronzed and then porcelain pale in cooler months? Make a gradual transition suggests Kimberly A. Daly, Beauty Writer-Editor at Glamour Magazine.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Hmmmm. What was going on at the Costume Institute Gala last night? The fashion debacles far outweighed the fashion homeruns.

Hey, I'm all for creative expression and being fashion forward and all that, I get it, I get it. But some of it was so over-the-top that it was over my head.

With her hair peppered with blonde highlights and slicked to one side, Rihanna hit the red carpet at the Costume Institute Gala's "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. The event is often considered the social style event of New York's spring season.