DIY Garter Leggings & Giveaway Ft. Retro City Sunglasses. Cranberry-Orange Muffins. ‘Tis the season for baking…and for citrus! Here in the desert southwest, winter means trees chock-full of oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, tangerines, & more! We’ve got three orange trees at our house and have already started harvesting a few! Lighter Sesame Chicken. Nail Art With Scotch Tape – Easy Nail Art. Looking for some New Year’s Eve nail art inspiration? You’re in luck! Our resident nail art expert, FP Shani, demonstrates three awesome and easy nail art designs using scotch tape! Fashion Blog. Fashion Blog. Aside from all the amazing clothes, my other favorite part of seeing the various designer collections each season is checking out the beauty concepts debuted at each show. So far, one of my favorites has been Vera Wang. Cruising through Style.com for all the latest shows as they come out is one of the easiest ways to take a behind-the-scenes look at the newest and hottest beauty trends for the coming season.
With a modern spin on the ever popular smokey eye, the team at Clé de Peau Beauté smudged beautiful shades of soft charcoal and what looks to be hints of camel and violet. It is ultra-feminine, yet still strong and powerful with the focus of the entire look being the eye. A soft peach lip compliments the deep and smokey eye without overpowering the look. Fashion Blog. Bad hair day? Running late? I hear ya. Fashion Blog. If there’s one thing we girls are always concerned about, it’s good skin.
We all want it fresh, clear, and glowing! As we all know, diet is a huge factor to consider when managing your skincare routine. With summer swiftly approaching, diet changes are a must to looking and feeling great. Things that should always be part of your diet are water, whole wheat products, lean meat (or other kinds of protein if you don’t eat meat), and low fat dairy products. In addition to these basic necessities, I found 10 foods that are essential to the well-being of your skin. Fashion Blog. I stumbled upon a tutorial on Stylelist, inspired by the nails on the Jen Kao Spring 2012 runway, and just knew I had to give it a try.
So, let’s just see how easy it really is! The Supplies: Aside from the prep work (emery board, nail polish remover, you know…), you’ll need a base coat, two nail lacquers in the same color family, one light and one dark, and a clear top coat. Step 1: Trim and file nails into your desired length and shape. As you can see, I like mine as short as can be! Step 2: Start with the darker shade (I went with dark purple), and paint from the cuticle base up to the halfway point of your nail. Fashion Blog. Don’t you hate it when you drop your favorite eye shadow on the ground and see the pressed powder crumbling once you pick it up?
Whenever I had this happen to me I would throw it in my makeup drawer and it would get buried amongst my other forgotten cosmetics. This was a regular occurrence until recently, I found a great way to use your crumbled polish to make awesome nail art. Using your broken eye shadows on your nails creates a matte finish polish that gives your nails a fresh look without breaking the bank. Fashion Blog. Alright my lovely ladies, ’tis the season to ditch your old gym ponytail and frizzy clippies, because it’s (drumroll, please) . . .
In the spirit of Christmas, New Years, Hanukkah, and whatever else you may be celebrating in these next few weeks, I have compiled a list for you of my top ten favorite fancy celebrity hairstyles. Fashion Blog. To ring in the New Year I wanted to examine some of the top trends from the Spring Runway shows.
Although these are relatively classic looks, I love that they are being shown on the runway because it gives us all an idea of attainable beauty and celebrates the features of a woman’s face rather than creating a theatrical or over-the-top look. Lets examine the best of the Spring 2012 Runway shows along with some products that can help you achieve the look. Giorgio Armani featured a beautiful version of a cat-eye with silver highlights and a swoop of smokey grey shadow. Fashion Blog. If you’re a visual learner, then these incredible hair tutorials by Collette Malouf are about to be your new best friend.
This New York born and bred hair flair fashionista has been making her mark on tresses everywhere since the early eighties, and you just might have seen her work on shows like “Sex and the City” and “Gossip Girl,” as well as on runways of Michael Kors and Michael Lam. Colette is known for introducing easy yet classic styles to the public at large, including staples like the French twist, stick twist, and figure eight.
Fashion Blog. Who could be more iconic of the swinging sixties than French model, actress, and singer, Brigitte Bardot?
Known for her sexy gap-toothed grin and a bouffant as voluptuous as her body, this French siren was one of the few overseas actresses to be just as well-loved in America as in her native Europe. Fashion Blog. Hi there, we’re Sylvia and Samantha!
We’re two Canadian sisters who are obsessed with fashion and all things DIY. On the internet people know us as Syl and Sam and we’ve run an online store called Lipgloss and Black for about 8 years now. We make clothes, reconstruct things, do our nails, cook & make tutorials of the things we think people will want to learn to DIY too. We grew up making the things we wanted & love to inspire others to do the same. Fashion Blog. Spa treatments are a must for achieving that healthy summer glow, but heading to the spa can be so expensive!
Before you throw on your fav pair of shorts or a cute summer dress, try these at home spa treatments with ingredients you can find in your own kitchen! Getting summer-ready skin couldn’t get any easier than this and all it takes is two ingredients (in equal parts) per treatment to help get your skin feeling its best.
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Fashion Blog. Hey ladies, This week we wanted to continue along with the theme of summer inspired nail looks.
Fashion Blog. Fashion Blog. Hey ladies, This week we’re hitting a couple of major fashion trends that we’ve been seeing this fall– the military trend and the abundance of crosses!
We were inspired by these cute Lulu*s finds below that combined the two: Fashion Blog. Victoria's Secret Model's Full-Body Workout. Origami Butterfly by Akira Yoshizawa - tutorial. Today is the 101st birthday of Akira Yoshizawa, the great origami master and the father of the modern origami. Beauty DIY: Glam Rock Nails.