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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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?

Beauty 101: Simple Statement

Sarah Hyland

Happy New Year everyone! 2013 should be a year to take risks and make statements with your beauty. 2013 is coming in with so many beauty trends that aren't the typical "pretty" look, but more edgy and bold statements. Whether it's dark lips or luscious lashes, one simple statement can change your entire look. Keep on reading for tips on how to make a new beauty statement for 2013.

• Lips! Lipstick is the perfect and most simple way to amp up your beauty look. Dark lips are great for the fall and winter, while you can keep it classic with a red lipstick or pretty with a pink or purple.
• Cheeks! Try matching your lip color to your cheeks or pull out the bronzer and master the art of contouring to give your face more definition.
• Eyebrows! Changing up your eyebrow shape can give you a whole new look. If your eyebrows ever look sparse just add in some eyeshadow to fill in with color or just to add a bolder touch.
• Eyes! There is so much you can do with the eyes whether it is a hot cat eye, big coated lashes, or a sweep of color with eyeshadow. Liquid liner, false lashes, and an eyeshadow pallete are so much fun to play your eyes up with.

What simple statement are you making with your beauty this year?

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: 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: 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: 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

Must Have Friday: Edgy Chic

Must Haves by lyndseycamille featuring high waisted shorts

Wrangler high waisted shorts, $30
Jeffrey Campbell high heels, €220
ASOS spike jewelry, $14

I have been seeing all these edgy looks like spikey bracelets and high waisted shorts everywhere! I am really into Jeffrey Campbell shoes because of their unique shape and look, I can't wait to be able to actually own a pair! High waisted shorts are another one of my faves especially since you can make them at home and even add studs. The spiked bracelet looks great as arm candy and is a great visual acccessory. The make-up pallete has gorgeous colors which will look great for the summertime.

What are your musht haves?

Get The Look: Purple Liner

Get The Look: Dark Golden Model

Adriana Lima

Anyone would kill to know the secret formula for Adriana Lima's super sultry, golden make-up. I love how the make-up makes her eyes pop and her peachy nude lipstick gives her lips the perfect pout. All you need to recreate this look is a set of brown and golden eyeshadows, mascara, foundation, bronzer, and a nude lipstick.

1. Begin with a clean face and cover any blemishes with concealer. Go ahead and apply a matte foundation.
2. Apply a light coat of bronzer on the cheeks and contur up into the temples. Apply bronzer similar to the application of blush.
3. Use a primer before applying eyeshadow to keep it in place and use a shimery flesh tone shadow on the brow bone.
4. Take a dark golden shadow and brush it onto your lower lid and with an angle brush use the same color on your outer waterline.
5. Take a brown shadow and blend out the golden shadow in a C-shape up into the highlight color. Be sure to blend well!
6. Coat your lashes with mascara to make them long and full.
7. Use a nude lipstick and go over it with a peachy lipgloss for the perfect pout.

This make-up tutorial requires more patient and skill than others, but practice always makes perfect. Try out this look to make your eyes pop and to accentuate your lips.

Get The Look: Lauren Conrad's Signature

Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad is the queen of knowing how to have a signature beauty look. Lauren stays looking natural and fresh 24/7 without having tons of eyeshadow and bold lip colors.  All you need to acheive Lauren's signature everyday beauty routin is eyeliner and mascara, foundation, primer, lipgloss and bronzer. As for the hair all you need is a curling iron to create some amazing waves or you can just leave it straight.

1. Begin wth a clean face and conceal any necessary areas. Apply a light fondation to create a smoother look to the face.
2. Prime the lower lids and apply a light line of liner.
3. Go back with the liner and make the line a little thicker and wing it out.
4. Apply 1-2 coats of mascara to make your eyes pop.
5. Take your bronzer and brush on a light coat on the apples of the cheeks up to the temples.
6. Lastly apply a sheer lipgloss with a hint of pink or nude color.

To create Lauren's gorgeous waves, wrap your hair around a curling iron and finger comb each wave for a carefree look.

Remember to be patient when trying out a new beauty look and practice makes perfect. Try out the Lauren Conrad signature everyday beauty look! 

Casual Spring Make-Up Look

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Get The Look: Sleek and Chic Emma Watson

Emma Watson is sleek and chic in this drop dead gorgeous look. The back cut-ou and sparkle in her dress maintain her youth while still staying fashionable. Emma's make-up simple yet bold, all you need to recreate it is rosy blush, red lipstick, silver eyeshadow, and a few other basic make-up materials.

1. Begin with a clean face and  use concealer for any needed ares. Put on foundation and set it with powder for a matte look.
2. Prime your eyes with primer. Take the silver shadow and brush only along your lower lid. A shimmery flesh tone shadow should be use as highlight along the brow bone.
3. Lightly line your upper eyelid with black eyeliner and coat your lashes with mascara.
4. Define your brows by using either an eyebrow kit or a dark shadow and filling in them in with light strokes. Brush your brows afterwards.
5. Take the rosy blush  and apply on the apples of your cheeks up to your temples. Make sure to blend!
6. Prime your lips and line them with a light red lip liner. Apply a red lipstick such as the Lancome lipstick Emma Watson uses.
7. If you go outside the lines with lipstick, fix it by applying concealer over it.

Try out this look for a night out or when you have a need to be sleek and chic. Remember practice and patience makes perfect for getting the look just right. Modify any steps if needed.

Betsey Johnson Nail Line

Betsey Johnson has done it again! Betsey Johnson now has a nail product line with Spehora by O.P.I  that consist of seven polish shades, nails strips, and nails stickers. One of the polishes is even scented with the "Betsey's Too Too Fragance". I am very excited, two of my favortie things, nails art and Betsey Johnson, have come together as one! The whole line is available March 1st and I can't wait.

How do you ladies feel about Betsey's new nail line?