Be A Recessionista: How To Look FabuLESS

Bonjour, ladies and hello! economic meltdown!

This financial milieu is making your wallet scream, is it not? So much gloomy glum it's worse than slept-in morning-after makeup - something I never (lie) would do.

Bad times at the Federal Reserve do not have to mean bad looks on your face. It's time to be frugal and fabulous and turn yourself into a Recessionista.

A Recessionista is a gal who knows that getting gorgeous doesn't have to cost a pretty penny. Deals? She steals them. Double-duty beauty products? She's blotting them on. Dollars? She's stretching them tighter than a pair of sample-sale leggings.

Other trademark of a true Recessionista? She shares her tips. Stay tuned to this column for the kinda tricks that'll make you look fabuless.