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Lashes worth it?

For about $100 per month, you could have the long, thick, dark eyelashes you've always wanted. But Latisse, a drug that can treat the new medical condition "inadequate eyelashes," also has a few unpleasant side effects. It may grow excessive hair in places you don't want (or expect). It could turn your blue eyes brown. It could darken your lower eyelids, giving your raccoon eyes. And, it might make your eyes red and itchy.

When you stop taking this wonder pill, your eyelashes return to normal. If you've lost your eyelashes from chemotherapy, Latisse may be a dream come true and well worth the risk of side effects. But ads aimed at a general audience make the product seem more like make-up than a powerful prescription drug.

Sequins are back

They can look like a sparkly 1970s disco ball spinning out of control or the remains of an '80s Jazzercise get-up. So why, with so many ways they can go wrong, are sequins so big this fall? Fortunately, the sequins we're seeing this season aren't over the top and tacky.

"They're more sophisticated than the splashy stuff we saw in the '80s," says Jaye Hersh, owner of Intuition boutique in Los Angeles. This season, sequins are being worn as a daytime wardrobe staple rather than just to add glitz to an evening ensemble.

Sequins can be an easy way to add some sparkle to simple pieces, but just remember less is definitely more. Wear them as sparingly and subtly as possible, opting for one sequined item at a time and toning down the color palette.

A big Night Out

Fashion's Night Out is coming back next year on Sept. 9. Organizers, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, have declared September's shopping-as-entertainment event on the first day of New York Fashion Week a success, and are seeking to make it bigger next year. This year's event featured some of the world's top models, seen above.

Although there was some private-industry grumbling back then, and there are no sales figures for the night, NYC & Company, the city's marketing arm, said it expects most stores to do it again, and others to join. Out of 543 retailers sent a post-event survey by the city, 31 percent returned it; of those 168 respondents, 83 percent said they'd probably sign up for 2010. Plans are also in the works to resume sister events in other cities, including London, Paris, Tokyo, Milan and Beijing.

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