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Star Style

Style Showdown: Dark and Dramatic

May 23, 2012

By Ellen Freeman

Trend #1: Vampy Lips

Photos: FayesVision/WENN.com, WENN.com

Miss: Summer beauty isn’t all about beachy bronzer and popsicle-pink lips anymore. This season, a dark vampy lip is a stylish way to add drama to your makeup, but there’s a fine line between style statement and Hot Topic. Katy Perry missed…

Ellen Freeman has been contributing to the Fashion Spot since 2010. Since graduating with a degree in comparative literature from Haverford College, her celebrity fashion, wellness, arts and travel writing has appeared in publications including the Matador Network and Philadelphia Weekly. Also a certified yoga instructor, Ellen currently lives in the Japanese countryside—but misses thrift store spelunking in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.