Beauty 101: Selena Gomez Teen Vogue Cover

I am obsessed with Selena's latest Teen Vogue! The entire beauty look is absolutely gorgeous, natural, and beautiful. The tousled hair, bold brows, natural lip color, and mascara'ed eyes are perfect for a quick and easy look. All you need to recreate the look is foundation, a brow pencil, mascara and liner, and earth tone eyeshadows. Follow the steps below to create a quick and natural look inspired by Selena's latest cover:

1. Use a foundation and concealer to create a smooth, even skintone.
2. Using light, short strokes, fill in eyebrows and create a more defined brow look.
3. Apply a highlighter shadow on the brow bone and a dark shadow in the crease. Be sure to blend!
4. Lightly line the eyelids with liner, then apply 2-3 coats of mascara.
5. Apply a lip balm to keep lips moisturized.

What are your steps to a natural make-up look?

Beauty 101: Glamour Galore

Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev is one my favorite beauty inspirations because of her soft look. I love that she goes simple with her hair and make-up, but still stands out. The look above is Nina's Oscars 2013 look which was full of glamour  shimmer, and bold lashes. A look like Nina's is perfect for the upcoming prom season, military balls, and any other special occasions  All you need to recreate the look is foundation,  nude lip color, a bronzer, black eyeliner, silver/grey eyeshadow, black eyeshadow, mascara (optional: false lashes), a highlight color, and a shadow matching your eyebrows. 

1. Being with a clean face and apply foundation and concealer as necessary. 
2. Take the bronzer and couture it into the hollows of your cheeks to your temples. Be sure to couture and blend well.
3. Apply a highlight to your brow bone and take it all the way down in an outward angle to your crease.
4. Apply a grey/silver eyeshadow to your lower lids. Blend the color out into your crease.
5. Take the black shadow and with a light hand blend it into your crease in a "V" shape that creates a slight cat eye. Blend lightly until you achieve your desired amount of shadow.
6. Take the grey/silver shadow and with an eyeliner brush, sweep against your lower lashline creating a thin line.
7. Fill in your eyebrows with a matching eyeshadow color in light, short strokes.
8. Take your eyeliner and create a medium line on your outer lash line , then appley 2-3 coats of mascara and add false lashes if desired.
9. Apply a nude lipstick or gloss to finish the make-up look.

Nina Dobrev

Now that you have Nina's gorgeous make-up look, her simple ponytail is a must! All you need to recreate her ponytail is a ponytail holder, a brush, bobby pins. and a product that will slick your hair back into the ponytail.

1. Begin by brush all your hair back into a ponytail at the center of your head. Use the brush to add a bit of a poof in the front. 
2. Secure the ponytail with the ponytail holder. Make sure it is not secured too tightly, but not too loosely.
3. Use bobby pins to secure any loose hair.
4. Take a section of the hair from the ponytail and wrap it around the ponytail holder and secure it with a bobby pin.
5. The hair look is now complete.

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My Spring 2013 Wants

Spring Wishlist by lyndseycamille featuring pull & bear

Spring is one of my favorite seasons because of the bright colors, florals, and of course the warm weather. This spring patterns such as houndstooth and floral are going to be top trends as well flatforms, dainty accessories, bright lips, and so much more. However, on my own spring want list is just a couple things which include flatforms, cutout shoes, rings, a pretty spring dress, and to find a new everyday make-up look.

• Flatforms! Flatforms are cute twist on wedge shoes and still add some height to your leg because of the consistent heel. However, I need flatforms with a bit of a curve so I will actually be able to walk in them since I have a deep arch in my feet.
• Cutout Shoes! Cutouts look so good on dresses and tops, so why not try them out on shoes? I actually have gotten a pair of flat oxfords with cutout on the side that I cannot wait to wear when the weather warms up.
• Rings! After a while rings start to rust and look cheap and dirty which is not a cute look to me. I really would like to invest in a couple of dainty as well as statement rings to add to my jewelry collection and keep my hands looking sparkly.
• Pretty Spring Dress! I just love the look of a flirty neon dress for spring paired with a pair of flats and curly. You have to admit that a girly a-line dress is the epitome of spring. 
• New Make-Up Look! My biggest want is actually a new everyday natural make-up look which I can only achieve through experimenting. I am so tired of mascara and winged liner and feel that since I am young I should try something new every once in a while.

What are your Spring wants? Any ideas for a new everyday make-up look?

Beauty 101: Everyday Shimmer Neutrals

Samantha Bark

Eyeshadow can do so much for your eyes, make them pop, appear wider, look smaller, just about anything your brushes can create. However, it is always good to have a go to eyeshadow look instead of going through multiple palettes trying to find the perfect combinations and colors that all work well with one another. Samantha Bark has the perfect neutral eye look with the perfect amount of shimmer that can be worn for formal and everyday occasions. All you need to recreate the look is a neutral eye shadow palette (browns, highlight colors, etc.), mascara, liner, lipgloss, and blush.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer and foundation as necessary.
2. Apply a rosy blush to the apples of your cheeks to add a subtle hint of color to your face.
3. Prime your lids with a primer and a highlight to your brow bone.
4. Take a brown shadow with a slight shimmer and apply it to your lower lids up to the crease.
5. Use a darker brown, or black for a more dramatic look, and apply it directly to the crease in a "C" or "V" shape. The softer you apply, the softer the look and the harder will result in a more dramatic blend.
6. Fill in or brush your eyebrows into shape if needed.
7. Apply lip gloss or a lipstick to your lips to finish off the look.

What is your go to make-up look?

I love sticking to my BB cream, mascara, and purple eyeliner.

Get The Look: Colorful Fun

Selita Ebanks

I am totally in love with this youthful, colorful, and fun beauty look on Selita Ebanks. The look is perfect for every day without being to much because of the neutral metallic eye shadow and simple cheeks paired with a bold lip color. All you need to recreate the look are silver, brown, and a highlight eyeshadow, black eyeliner, mascara, a skin tone blush or bronzer, and a bold lipstick color.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply foundation and concealer as necessary.
2. Apply a bronzer or a skin tone blush to the apples of your cheeks up to your temples.
3. Apply primer to your eyelids and a highlight to your brow bones.
4. Take the silver eye shadow and apply it to your lower lid.
5. Blend a brown shadow into your crease up to the start of the brow bone.
6. Fill-in your brows with a brow pencil or shadow to fill in your eye brows.
7. Line your waterline lightly with black liner as well as a medium line on the upper lash line.
8. Apply mascara to your top and bottom lashes.
9. Apply a bold lipstick.

What is your go to lip color?

Beauty 101: Simply Fresh Faced

Nina Dobrev

A fresh face is always perfect for an everyday look. Nina Dobrev knows exactly how to enhance her features with a swirl of a mascara wand and the swipe of gloss. All you need to create a fresh faced look is a light foundation or BB cream, mascara, eyeliner, lip gloss, and blush. Keep on reading to find out how to create your own fresh faced look.

1. Always begin with a clean, moisturized face and apply a BB cream that will give light coverage, moisture, and sun protection. 
2.  Dust a light rosy blush, or your preferred color, to the apples of your cheeks to add color and glow to your face. 
3. Take an eyeliner and line starting at the edge of your upper lash line. A thin or thick line depends on your eye shape and whether you want your eyes to look bigger or smaller. 
4. Apply 2-3 coats of mascara to make your lashes and eyes pop!
5. To add a little oomph to the look add a bit of sparkly flesh tone eye shadow in the inner corner of your eyes and fill in your brows for definition. 
6. Pull your hair back into a sleek ponytail or bun to show off your fresh face look.  

What is your go to beauty product?

Get The Look: Jennifer Lawrence S.A.G Awards

Jennifer Lawrence has become on of my favorite actresses, she portrays confidence and promotes loving yourself. Her beauty look above is absolutely gorgeous and sultry and although it's very glam, it can even be transformed into an everyday look by using softer colors. All you need to recreate the look is a deep colored lip stain, liquid eye liner, mascara, and a shimmery chocolate eye shadow. As for the hair you will need a curling iron, a ponytail holder, and bobby pins.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer and foundation as necessary.
2. Add a primer to your lids and sweep a shimmery chocolate eye shadow up to your crease. Be sure to keep it light.
3. Line your entire bottom lash line. Create a medium sized line with liquid eye liner on your upper lash line. Be sure to let the bottom and top lines touch creating a slight point  at the outside corners of your eye.
4. Coat your lips with a chap-stick to keep them moisturized, then apply your lip color.
5. Lightly curl and add waves all over your hair. It does not have to be perfect!
6. Sweep your hair to one side letting your bangs frame your face. Pull the remaining hair into a loose side ponytail.
7. Take piece of your ponytail and pin them into a beautifully messy side bun.

The look is very elegant, but casual, young, and modern. Let me know in the comments below if you will be rocking this look.

What is your fave Jennifer Lawrence movie?

My Everyday Beauty Look

Get The Look: Holiday Perfection

Beyonce

Natural beauty is perfect for any holiday occasion, especially Christmas. Whether you're spending the day with your family or attending a Christmas party, you never want to look overdone. I always opt for an eyeshadow palette of neutral colors and try out a look such as Beyonce's beauty look pictured above. Browns, blacks, greys, and dark green eyeshadows look fabulous no matter your eye color and always look good together especially when paired with a nude glossy, mascara, and light foundation.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer and light foundation as necessary.
2. Apply a primer to your lids as well as a light brown shadow up to your brow bone as well as next to your tear duct.
3. Take a dark shimmery green shadow and apply from the middle of your lower lid to the outside in a C-shape. For a glamorous look apply heavily, apply lightly to keep the natural look.
4. Apply a dark brown shadow and blend it into your crease in a C-shape creating a smokier look.
5. Apply the same dark brown shadow from step 4 with a eyeliner brush onto your lower lash line.  
6. Add 2-3 coats of lashes to your mascara and a nude gloss to your lips.

Intensify the look by making it smokier or trying a bolder lip color or keep it simple by taking away some of the eyeshadow colors. Let me know in the comments below if you will be trying out this look for the holidays!

Get The Look: Daytime Edge

Katy Perry

So many people are afraid of adding edge to their beauty looks for the day because they think it may be "too much", but trust me, it won't! All you need is the perfect balance of an everyday hairstyle, the righth amount of liner/mascara, and the right lip color. I especially love Katy Perry's edgy beauty look is a great day to night look because you can easily add on and take off to perfect the look for the occassion. All you need to recreate this look is a brush, a ponytail holder, and bobby pins for the hair and a bold or nude lipstick, mascara, liner, and darker toned eye shadows.

1. Begin by brushing all your hair up into a high ponytail secured by a ponytail holder.
2. Create any type of bun you would like. A topknot can be made by wrapping your hair tightly in circles and securing with bobby pins or a big ballerina bun by using the sock bun method.
3. Now start with a clean face and apply any foundation and concealer if needed.
4. Add a primer to your lids and a apply a highlight color right on your brow bone. Then apply a dark grey smokey color to your lower lids up into the crease. Be sure to blend!
5. Apply black liner to your lashline and smudge lightly with an eyeliner brush or your fingers. Apply liner to your tightline and smudge a bit of the eyeshadow onto the bottom for a more nighttime look.
6. Add a little drama to your brows by filling them in with a bit of eyeshadow. Brush your eyebrows afterwards so it won't be too harsh.
7. Apply a primer to your lips and apply a nude color to keep the look daytime and swap the nude out for a bold color such as red for a night look.

Do not ever be afraid to try out an edgy beauty look for the day, yes it will stand out, but it will definitely be in a good week! Try making the look more you by adding or taking away any of the steps. Let me know in the comments below if you try out the look!

Get The Look: Natural Shimmer

Zendaya

Zendaya is definitely turning into my style crush! She knows how to make it edgy, turn it glam, and keep it nice and classy in each of her looks. Not only do I like her style, I also really love her gorgeous make-up looks, they are always subtle and look perfect for a teen. The look above is so pretty and can easily be achieved with a neutral eyeshadow palette, foundation, mascara and liner, and a nude lip gloss.  You can even recreate the hair by grabbing a brush or comb and a ponytail holder.

1. Begin with clean skin and apply foundation and concealer as necessary.
2. Prime your lids with a primer and apply silver/shimmer shadow to your lower lid.
3. Apply a dark brown shadow to your crease. Be sure to blend well.
4. Add a lighter eyeshadow color (besides white) to your brow bone as a highlight.
5. Line your lower lash line with black liner and apply 2-3 coats of mascara
6. Add a rosy blush to the apple of your cheeks and fill in your brows if needed.
7. Apply a nude lipstick or gloss to complete the look.
8. For the hair, tease the top of your hair for volume then pull it into a ponytail at the nape of your neck.

This make-up look is perfect for the holidays, but will also work as an everyday look just by taking away the extra shimmer. You can even make it more of your own by trying it out with different lip colors! Let me know in the comments below if you'll be trying out the look.

Get The Look: Taylor Swift In Glamour Magazine



Taylor Swift looks absolutely adorable, fun, quirky, and glamorous. I love her big hair full of beautiful curls, her dark lashes, bold brows,rosy blush, and red lips. You also can't forget about her classic red mani and outfit full of sparkles and sequins. All you need to recreate this look are mascara, a neutral eyeshadow palette, rosy blush, a red lipstick in a darker shade, and red nail polish. You may also need a curling iron and teasing brush for the hair.

1. Begin with a clean face and add concealer if necessary. Add foundation if needed as well to give your skin an even tone.
2. Use a eyeshadow a hit darker than your natural eyebrow color and use short strokes with an angle brush to fill in your brows. A darker shade will define your brows and make your eyes stand out.
3. Add a bit of brown eyeshadow to your lids and a darker color to your crease. Make your eyeshadow form to a shape that fits your eye best.
4. Line your tight line with a black eyeliner pencil. Coat your top and bottom lashes with 2-3 coats of mascara.
5. Put primer on your lips for a nice base, then slowly and smoothly add the lipstick on top. Use a concealer to hide any mistakes or change your lip shape.
6. Take your blush and brush from the apples of your cheeks to your temples. Be sure to blend.
7. Take a curling iron and wrap 1 1/2 inch sections around the barrel. Tease the base of the curl and finger comb through for a big, voluminous curl look.
8. Polish your nails with the red polish for a classic, pretty nails look.
9. Put on a sparkly or sequined outfit to have the complete look recreated!

Let me now if you try out the look!

Get The Look: Dark Fall Drama

So I'm guessing you may have seen or at least heard about the latest fall beauty trends for 2012. Dark, rich lips, bold brows, and played up neutral shadows are all the rage this fall. Fall is definitely the season for all the brunettes and dark haired mavens out there! Demi Lovato and Cher Lloyd are both embodying fall's beauty trend and all you need to recreate their look is mascara and liner, brown/neutral colored shadows, foundation, concealer, and lashes (optional).

1. Start with a clean face and apply concealer as needed. Add a light foundation or tinted moisturizer as well.
2. Take an eyebrow pencil or an angled eyeshadow brush for a more natural look in a color slightly darker than your hair and fill in your brows. Use light short strokes to carefully define your eyebrows and gradually make them as bold as you would like.
3.  Take a deep brown shadow and brush it along your lower lid. Blend out the brown to your crease with a medium shade brown with a hint of shimmer and a light color for your brow bone. You an go smokier and deeper with the shadows for more of a nighttime look.
4. Since the look is all about the eyes and the lips add black liner to your lower and upper lash line as well as 2-3 coats of mascara. False lashes will make your eyes pop and are great to experiment with.
5. Apply your lipstick directly to your lips, you may need a liner to stay inside your lip line or you can always use concealer. If your looking for a perfect line or want to change up your lip shape, use concealer to make your lips match your skin tone and "re-draw" the lines.

Now you have a dramatic fall perfect beauty look. If your really wanting to go all out you can even use a bronzer and define you cheekbones, but fo rht e daytime I would stick to the original 5 steps. Let me know if you try out the look, be sure to rock it!

 

Get The Look: Gorgeous Glow, Edgy Ponytail

Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato's beauty looks always involve heavy liner and dramatic lashes, but in this look she switches it up a bit. Demi adds nude glossy lips, a pearly glow, and super sleek high ponytail to the mix. All you need for the look is liner, mascara, nude lipgloss/lipstick, bronzer, foundation, neutral shadows. As for the hair you may need a serum or edge control and a ponytail holder. It may seem like a lot of product, but it is super easy and super gorgeous!

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer if neccessary.
2. Take a dewy foundation and blend it into your skin for a a slight shine and glowing look.
3. Apply bronzer to the hollows of your cheeks to your lower temples. Be sure to blend to avoid harsh lines.
4. Prime your eyelids and apply a light shadow to your brow bone.
5. Take a medium brown to the crease of your eye in a V-shape all the way down to your lash line.
6. Apply a liquid liner in a thick line by your lash line. Use a pencil eyeliner to line your bottom lash line.
7. Apply 3-4 coats of mascara. Use false lashes for a more dramati look like Demi's.
8. Take a nude lipgloss or lipstick and apply it to your lips to finish off the look.

If you want to go all the way with the look apply a serum or edge control to your hair and brush it up it a high, sleek ponytail. You can even add extensions to your ponytail and a wide ponytail holder to make the look super edgy. This look is great for parties or anytime you want to go all out. Tone down the look for school by using less mascara and liner.

Get The Look: Morning Beauty

Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez's beauty look on her latest Teen Vogue cover is absolutely stunning! The look was definitely screaming natural morning beauty. I love her tousled hair and barely there make-up, it's completely wearable and perfect for school.  All you need to recreate the look is tinted moisturizer, mascara, eyeshadow mathcing your hair color, lip balm, amd a curling iron.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer if needed. Apply a tinted moisturizer and be sure to blend.
2. Apply 1-2 coats of mascara on your lids. Add a highlight in the corner of your eyes for an extra pop.
3. Take the eyeshadow and lightly brush color into your eyebrows. This will help frame your face and give some oomph.
4. Apply a lip balm in a light shade of pink or clear.
5. Brush out your hair and curl a few pieces if needed.
6. Finger comb through your hair and feel your natural confidence come out!

Back To School Beauty

Amber Stevens

Back to school make-up should be kept simple, there's no reason to go too over the top! Amber Stevens is a great example of how to use make-up to enhance your features and get a nice glow that will last all day. Amber even paired the look with a chic bun complete with two wispy hairs on the side. All you need to recreate the look is foundation (if needed), pencil eyeliner, mascara, a nude lipstick and gloss, and a rosy blush. As for the hair you may need a sock bun, a ponytail holder, and a comb or brush.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer and foundation if needed.
2. Start with the blush and apply it right on the apples of your cheeks and blend outwards.
3. Take the eyeliner and line your waterline very lightly. Make a medium-sized line right by your lash line. *Adding a cat-eye will give the look a bit of drama.
4. Apply the nude lipsticks and add some shine by applying a gloss on top.
5. Pull your hair up into a ponytail and pull your sock bun through. Be sure to secure the bun so it doesn't fall off!
6. Pull out two strands of hair and even curl them for an even more feminine look.

Rock this look if your all about a fast, easy, but chic and cute look for back to school!



Get The Look: Simple Glam

Selena Gomez

Simple looks with hints of sparkle and glamour are always showstopping! Selena Gomez is mixing beachy waves with minimal make-up and glitzy earrings. All you need to recreate this look is a curling iron, pink lipgloss, black liner,  mascara or false lashes, and big earrings.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer and foundation as needed.
2. Line your waterline with black liner as well as a medium-thick line on your lash line.
3. Apply long, thick false lashes to add major definition and impact to your eyes.
4. Coat your lips with a pink lipgloss. You can even mix it up with a nude or red lip color!

As for the hair have your brush, comb, curling iron, and hairspray in hand. These waves will work and look best on medium to long hair. Remember to have clips to seperate your hair while your curling!

1. Begin by seperating your hair into sections so all of your hair gets curled.
2. Start from the back and wrap your hair around the curling iron and hold for 3-5 seconds. Do not brush or comb your curls until your entire head is finished.
3. When you get to the top of your head, straighten the hair until the tip of your ear then curl the remaining length of the hair.
4. Finger comb through the curls to create looser waves and brush the top of the hair for the complete Selena Gomez look.
5. Spray the hair with hairspray so the curls will last all day.

Get The Look: Soft and Natural



Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba looks so freshed faced and her natural beauty is radiating. This look is perfect for everyday and takes less than 5 minutes to complete. All you need to recreate the look is tinted moisturizer, mascaara, rosy blush, and a nude gloss. Have a curling iron and brush in hand to get Jessica's hair.

1. Begin with a clean face and conceal any need areas.
2. Rub the tinted moisturizers in a even layer on your face.
3. Take your blush and apply it to the apples of your cheeks up to your temples. The application will be even better if you smile while applying the blush.
4. Apply 1-2 coats of mascara to your lashes. Adding a light line of liner is optional, but will help to define your eyes more.
5. Add a nude gloss to your lips to complete the make-up look.
6. Leave your hair in it's natural state or loosely curl your hair and brush it out for loose waves.

Get The Look: Sparkly Nude



Megan Fox

A sparkly nude make-up look is extremely gorgeous and enhances your natural features. The sparkles help to illuminate your features and give a goddess-like look. Megan Fox definitely wears the beauty look well and it can even be a daytime look if the falsies were taken away. All you need to recreate the look is a dewy foundation, nude lipstick and gloss, broner, a light shimmer shadow as well as a light brown shimmer shadow and black mascara and liner.

1. Begin with a clean face and apply concealer to any needed areas. Apply foundation as well to even out your skintone.
2. Take your bronzer, make the "fishy face", and apply within the hollows your face makes to a little bit above your temples. Brush a small amount of bronzer along the top of your nose and chin. Don't go overboard and remember to blend!
3. Prime your eyelids with primer. Use your light shimmer shadow on your lid up to the crease as well as on your inner corner.
4. Take your light brown shimmer shadow and brush it into your crease and fade it out to your brow bone. Blend it out on the brow bone with the light shimmer shadow.
5. Use your liner to create a thick line on the outside of your lash line. Coat your lashes with 2-3 coats of mascara. Add false lashes for a more dramatic look.
6. Fill in your brows with a shadow or pencil by using light strokes for a more defined look.
7. Take your nude lipstick and apply it to your lips. Add lipgloss on top for a shimmery look.
8. Use a powder to eliminate too much shine.

If your suffer from fall out, put tape or a napkin under your eyes to catch the falling shadow! Remember practice makes perfect and to be patient when trying out new make-up looks. Try changing some steps to make it your own. Rock the look by day with less eyeliner and mascara and by night with dramatic falsies. Rock it out!

Inspired Look: Christina Milian Eyes