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"With a new album and collaborations with DKNY and Rimmel, Rita Ora has an unstoppable schedule of need-to-look-great events. We trailed the singer in New York City for 48 gorgeous hours. Here&amp;#39;s what happened.\nPinterestFacebook__\nDAY 1: The Mercer Hotel__\n10:20 A.M.: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t usually start my day like this, but today isn&amp;#39;t normal. I&amp;#39;m launching my nail line, with interviews all day. The beaded skirt&amp;#8212;it&amp;#39;s Marni&amp;#8212;already messed my own nails up, so thank God for my amazing manicurist, Dawn Sterling.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook11:05 A.M.: &amp;quot;In less than an hour, Dawn mixed my six Rimmel nail polishes [$2 each] to make this ombre effect, then dabbed it on with a sponge. Nail art is definitely not over. I like having a little something that catches people&amp;#39;s eye. I love that as a women, we can decorate ourselves like Christmas trees&amp;#8212;well, not exactly like that but the same idea. We can put makeup on, do things to our hair, so why not?&amp;quot;\n11:25 A.M.: &amp;quot;Milk and two sugars&amp;#8212;that&amp;#39;s how I like my coffee. I had porridge earlier, then this fruit. I&amp;#39;m always eating. Thankfully my red lip crayon doesn&amp;#39;t get on my teeth; plus, the balmlike formula stays on all day when I&amp;#39;m doing TV stuff. Now off to meet the press.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebookDay 2\n5:35 P.M.: &amp;quot;I did SoulCycle this morning, then some shopping around SoHo&amp;#8212; Balenciaga, Prada&amp;#8212;before we came back to get ready for tonight&amp;#39;s DKNY party. Some people are intimidated to wear a bold lip or eye, but I think it&amp;#39;s nice to stand out. I was such a tomboy as a kid; I was on the football team. But now I love dressing up and putting on makeup. My getting-ready soundtrack? I&amp;#39;ve got Fleetwood Mac&amp;#39;s Gypsy&amp;#39; on right now. I also love Lauryn Hill, Whitney [Houston], Gwen Stefani. Those women are my women. And Freddie Mercury&amp;#8212;anyone who had balls.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook6:10 P.M.: &amp;quot;With lots of playing, I&amp;#39;m learning what I can and cannot do, beauty-wise. What I&amp;#39;m really proud of is being able to put lipstick on without a mirror. (Red lips are my thing; I honestly can&amp;#39;t be me without them.) I could apply it on a roller coaster! I&amp;#39;m going to film myself doing that and put it on YouTube. Just wait.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook6:30 P.M.: &amp;quot;I wear fragrance all the time. It&amp;#39;s more about how it makes me feel, rather than other people noticing. When you smell good, you feel more confident. It heightens the senses and activates them. I think that&amp;#39;s really empowering as a female.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook6:35 P.M.:&amp;quot;Time for my scent ritual: I use a bit of body oil after the shower, then I&amp;#39;ll spritz on my DKNY MyNY perfume [$68] right before I walk out the door. It&amp;#39;s a pretty, soft jasmine blend.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook8:10 P.M.: &amp;quot;There are so many hot girls out there; you have to make an impression. We&amp;#39;re doing a braided pigtail thing tonight. We changed it up last-minute, so we&amp;#39;re running a little late. Here we go!&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook9:25 P.M.: &amp;quot;In New York you get to see everyone. Lots of dinners, catching up with friends. If I have good company around me, then I&amp;#39;m good anywhere.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebookWant to see more from Rita? She&amp;#39;s taking over @glamourmag on Instagram tomorrow, July 24!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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