Singer Gwen Stefani is the cover girl of Instyle’s November 2011 issue, on newsstands Friday (October 21).  The 42-year-old beauty looks amazing in a Marchesa dress and Lorraine Schwartz bangles.  In the interview with the magazine’s cover story, the star opens up about music, fashion, marriage and family.  The No Doubt singer has some important projects on the works as she is launching her third line Harajuku Mini for Target mid-November and a new No Doubt album is planned for next year.

Being a wife, mother, singer and designer at the same time, the songstress admitted in the interview with the magazine that parenting Kingston, 5, and Zuma, 3 is the toughest thing she has to deal with. “Being a mother is probably the most challenging thing I do,” Gwen says.  However, Stefani seems to have a secret when it comes to balancing career and family life. “At work I’ve learned how to delegate. You don’t have to be on a ladder in a warehouse, micromanaging. You can be at home. And teamwork is also such a big part of marriage and parenting,” she told InStyle.

On making time for her young sons she added, “The thing I’d like to do is enjoy these boys while they’re young – so I don’t regret I was working too much when they’re big and don’t want to cuddle with me anymore.”   “I like them to be creative and have fun,” she says of 5-year-old Kingstonand 3-year-old Zuma. “Sometimes they’ll get dressed and it’s horrifying. But they often come out in outfits that are awesome.”  Gwen’s fashion sense has stemmed down to her to her two sons, perhaps.  Being married to a rockstar, Gwen often dresses to impress husband Gavin Rossdale.  . “It was like my own runway. I thought, ‘You are being such an idiot!’”  She admits of trying on five outfits before leaving the house for a date.  The singer praised her husband saying, “He looks good in everything.”

Everyone may feel jealous of Gwen Stefani’s excellent appearance, as she is always on top. She always manages to stand out with her gorgeous outfits, be it daytime or red carpet appearance.  Early this year, Gwen was announced as the new brand ambassador for L’Oréal Paris.  On her glamorous blonde hair, the singer said, “My hair color is L’Oreal, but I won’t reveal the number. And I do my roots as often as Marilyn Monroe did hers. I’m serious. I found out…You know, I was a redhead once. Right after we came home from the first No Doubt tour I felt like I might get recognized, so I colored my hair red. And I hated it.  “The makeup goes on every day, even if I’m not going anywhere,” she said about her make-up routines.  “When I was 17, my grandmother got me a gift pack with all these different colored lipsticks, and one of them was burgundy,” she tells the mag. “I tried it on and looked in the rear-view mirror and said, ‘That looks good.’ I’ve worn it ever since.”

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The American recording artist and a fashion designer, was born on October 3, 1969 in Anaheim, California and was baptized with the name of Gwen Renée Stefani. She was the lovely daughter of the couple of Patti and Dennis Stefani, who is a Yamaha Marketing executive and an accountant who turned to be a home maker. Gwen Stefani was named after a stewardess in the 1966 novel called, Airport and her middle name, Renée, derived from The Four Tops’ 1968 cover of The Left Banke’s 1966 hit song called, Walk Away Renée. Gwen has three siblings, her younger sister and brother, Jill and Todd Stefani and her older brother Eric, who was the keyboardist of the band called, No Doubt.

Her brother Eric introduced her to his band in year 1988; she was invited by her brother to sing for the band of NO Doubt. In year 1992, the band signed a deal for the Interscope Record. In addition, the band released its self-titled debut album in the year 1992. However, the so-called ska-sound of the band was failed to hit because of the popularity of the grunge. Stefani was also featured on the song of the renowned Sublime entitled, Saw Red.

After the break of the No Doubt band, Gwen Stefani sought out her previous band mate, Tony Kanal, to talk about the possibility to have a solo career. It was said that the concept was to have a quick dance record but it turned to be a large collaboration with various artists as well as producers. Her solo career resulted for a two winning albums. Stefani has currently had two albums called, “Love. Angel. Music. Baby” and “The Sweet Escape” which has been recorded by the Guy Charbonneau’s Le Mobile Remote Recording Studio and was released in December 2006. In addition, while Stefani is promoting her second album, the No Doubt band started their first work on a new album without her and also had the plan to finish it after she completed her tour.

Gwen Stefani who just not only a recording but a fashion designer as well, recently released her own clothing line called, L.A.M.B and even expands her own collection with the 2005 Harajuku Lovers line, which said to ha a drawing inspiration from the Japanese culture and fashion. In addition, Stefani is sometome performed on stage with four back-up dancers which is famously known as the HArajuku Girsl dancers.

In late 2002, Gwen Stefani tie the knot 9with the British grunge musician, Gavin Rossdale. The couple had their two sons, Kingston James McGregor Rssdale, who was born on May 26, 2006 and Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, who was born on August 20, 2008. On the other hand, Gwen Stefani was crowned by the Billlboard Magazine as the 37th hot artist from their 100 artist of the decade list and she landed on the 54th spot for the category of the best artist of the 2000-20009 decade by the Billboard as well.

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