If you've ever dreamed of staging your own fashion show, now's your chance to practice: Ralph Lauren just launched an online Rugby Ralph Lauren fashion show at Rugby.com where you can dress the models in your favorite looks and even choose the music for the presentation from artists like the White Lies and Amanda Blank. Pretty fun idea, right?

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If you're looking for an extravagant gift for your girly-girl BFF, search no further: The Tarte Treasure Chest is pretty much a holiday no-brainer.

A sparkly silver bejeweled box filled with 32 full-sized eye shadows, 16 lipglosses, 4 powder blushes, a bronzer and a luminizer powder, this limited-edition trinket is packed with beauty goodness. Now at $52 it's not cheap by any means, but the value of the set is a whopping $686!

I'm not gonna lie - I bought one to give as a gift, and then kept it myself! Baaaad girl.

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I don't know about you guys, but holiday shopping can sometimes stress me out! I'm always trying to rack my brain to find the perfect gift for my BFF, BF and family - and I usually end up scrambling through the mall the night before we exchange gifts.

This year I'm resorting to Internet shopping to find the best deals, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see a lot of companies are already offering pretty significant discounts and free shipping. Another thing to check out are websites that list coupon codes for all types of different retailers, like RetailMeNot.com and FreeShipping.org.

I know I write a column on teen fashion, but every once and a while I like to remind others (and myself) that being 'in style' isn't the most important thing in the whole world - being true to yourself is much more crucial. Teen actress Selena Gomez echoes my sentiment in an interview in this month's J-14 magazine (on newsstands December 7th), and in it she confesses that she's only kissed three boys in her life, and for one of them, she got so wrapped up in who he wanted her to be that she completely lost herself. "I changed everything - my clothes, my hair, the way I talked - everything!" she admits.

Then one day, she had a major wake-up call. "When I started changing the way I acted with my family and friends, that was the trigger," Selena says. Although it took time to embrace who she was again, Selena can now quickly spot when her friends do the same thing. "I feel like girls tend to change themselves for people," Selena says.

I think it's important to remember Selena's advice to stay who you are no matter what your BF or BFF or anyone else thinks is cool, k?

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