Style Play Polish: Kenzo-Inspired Nails

Screw diamonds - fashion is a girl's best friend! Some of us will go without necessities just to look and feel good in the clothes that we buy. Since most of us don't have the funds to get our hands on all our favorite celeb designs, we can definitely improvise and rock the look on our nails by using what we already have lying around the house.

This designer's leopard prints have been spotted (no pun intended) on some of our favorite celebrity crushes, from Solange Knowles to Beyonce to Brandy & Rita Ora:

We're gonna show you how to get the look in 4 easy steps!

What you will need:

• Yellow Polish (Zoya's Pippa)
• Ginger Colored Polish (Spoiled Designated Driver)
• Dark Blue or Dark Violet Colored Polish (Honk if You Love OPI)
• Lilac Colored Polish (Sally Hansen's Lacey Lilac)
• A pen with a round clicker top 
• A piece of a make-up sponge 

Step 1: After you have applied your base coat, color your nails with 2 coats of yellow polish.

Step 2: Using the ginger colored polish, paint one or two strokes across your nails in which ever direction you choose.

Step 3: Using the clicker part of the pen as a dotting tool, create polka dots on your nails using the lilac colored polish.

Step 4: To create the textured fuzz like spots, use your make-up sponge to create comma shapes around the polka dots. Seal with a top coat and you've got Kenzo!

Expensive taste on a budget? No problem - we got you!

Keep it sassy, classy, and creative. Get a little busy and switch up the colors, tag us on Instagram @LoveBrownSugar with your Kenzo inspired looks.

- Gracie J

Steal Her Chic: Rita Ora at Elle Women in Music Event

Last night in NYC, Roc Nation songstress Rita Ora showed up to the Elle Women in Music event, sponsored by Covergirl, donning a black high-low dress, a white tie-neck blouse, leather Mary Janes and a floppy suede black hat - all by Saint Laurent. She looked sophisticated with a touch of downtown cool. I loved how she played with classic black and white using trendy silhouettes.

She topped off her look with loose waves, a red lip and a pop of blue nail color. Here's how to steal her chic - both fashion & beauty:

FASHION

Dress: FarFetch | Lipstick: MAC Ruby Woo | Nails: Essie Butler Please | Oxford: Gap | Shoes: Shoebuy | Hat: Bailey Western

Get The Look:

BEAUTY

We got the inside scoop directly from Rita Ora's coiffeur, celebrity stylist Cynthia Alvarez on how she achieved Rita's loose waves:

"I prepped Rita's hair with Ojon's Rare Blend Oil Treatment (2). Once dried, I used a 1" Curling Wand (1) to create loose waves. I left some of the ends straight for a not so perfect look," says stylist Cynthia Alvarez.

"Once the whole head was curled, I raked a quarter-sized amount of Tigi Catwalk Session Series Styling Creme (3) through the hair to break up the curls and add definition. A spritz of Oribe Superfine Hairspray (4) completes this look."

Get The Look:

Are you digging Rita's look? Would you try this at home?

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Spotted: Melanie Fiona, Rita Ora, Cassie & More at Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards

The celebrity hotspot on Tuesday night was undoubtedly Webster hall. Stars showed up at the NYC venue for the 8th Annual Paper Magazine Nightlife Awards Presented by Hennessy V.S to hang out in VIP and sip specially made cocktails from the Limited Edition Hennessy V.S Futura bottle.

Unofficial LBS "It" girl, Rita Ora was spotted parleying Music Matters artist Melanie Fiona - whom surprised us with how well she wears blonde hair (check out our Fierce or Foolish post HERE)! Her not-so-goldie locks were expertly coiffed by celebrity hairstylist Keith Black who's having a book launch next week that LBS is attending - can't wait. We'll be sure to ask him all about the new cut.

Diddy's current love interest and Bad Boy songstress Cassie Ventura was also in the building.

As were rapper Wale and model/socialite Jessica White.

UK-bred bombshell Estelle was in the building as well.

Black leather seemed to be the theme on the floor, with red carpet divas Melanie Fiona, Rita Ora, Cassie, Estelle, and Jessica White sporting it in some way, shape or form. We're loving how chic these ladies looked in their ensembles but we're obsessed with Rita Ora's chic leather ensemble.

Love Rita Ora's look? Steal her chic with affordable threads below:

Photo Credit: Kirill Bichutsky

- Gracie J