Summer Series: Beach Beauty Tips

Kelly Rowland and friends

It's summertime which means it is also time to hit the beach! No matter what every girl still wants to look cute and be the beauty of the beach and all you need is a big smile, confidence, and these tips!

1. Sunscreen! Even if your not going to the beach you still need sunscreen to protect your skin from the UV Rays and prevent skin cancer.
2. Shades! Shades help shield your eyes from the sunrays and are also a cute accessory. Try out shades of different shapes and prints to match all your beach looks.
3. A Hat! A floppy hat or a fedora is great to keep the sun from beaming down on your head. It also is so chic and adds style to your beach look.
4. The Perfect Swimsuit! A swimsuit that flatters your body and makes you feel confident will help to make you the beauty of the beach. Be sure to make sure that your not falling out of your suit, but that the suit is accentuating your body instead.
5. Go Natural! The only make-up you need at the beach is a smile especially since there is so much water the make-up will run down your face. If you must wear make-up, make sure it's water-proof !
6. Bring a Toy/Play a Game! Try build a sandcastle or bringing a volleyball or a frisbee to the beach and form a game/activity with other beach goers. A kind inviting personality is always beautiful, plus beach games are always fun!

Remember just to have fun at the beach and your inner and outer beauty will shine!

Don't forget the sunscreen!

Beauty 101: Tips for Healthy Skin

Jourdan Dunn

I am in love with supermodel, Jourdan Dunn's skin! She has such a natural glow and smoothness to her skin which only enhances her make-up. Just about everyone wants skin just as gorgeous so here are some tips:

1. Drink more water! Water hydrates the skin and will even help out with hair growth and your overall general health.
2. Take your vitamins! Vitamins help to nourish you and give you back nutrients and minerals you may be lacking, there are even vitamins specifically for skin.
3. Pull your hair back! It's great for your hair to generate natural oils to give it a nice shine, but it's not always great to lay on top of the skin. Try pulling your hair up or back away from your face.
4. No make-up! Try going without make-up for at least one day each week and let your skin rest and rejuvenate.
5. Make a routine! The best thing for staying on a good track to healthy, glowing skin is to make a routine. Wash your face, exfoliate, and moisturize should be included in your schedule.
6. Keep your hands off! Don't touch all over your face because oils and bacteria will do major damage to your skin and cause breakouts.
7. Listen to your skin! If your skin becomes dry from product lay off for a little bit and minimize the product use.
8. Moisturize oil-free! Always use an oil-free moisturizers during the spring and summer season, no need for any extra oil on our faces.

Gorgeous skin is always in!

Get The Look: Spring Lips

Lea Michele

I don't know about you, but I have a hard time wearing lots of make-up during the spring season. The weather can get hot and humid and allergies can cause the eyes to itch and water, not a good combo for a make-up look. For the spring season I am loving accenting the lips in bold lip colors, glosses, and stains and keeping the rest of the face simple. Lea Michele's look is perfect for spring and her lip color is bright, but goes great with her skin tone. I love that she does not completely forget her eyes by coating them in lengthening mascara. The only products you need to recreate Lea's look is a bold lip color and lengthening/thickening mascara.

1. Begin with a clean, smooth face. Use concealer and foundation as neccessary.
2. Take a rosy blush and apply it right to the apples of your cheeks and lightly into your temples.
3. Curl your lashes witha an eyelash curler then coat your lashes with the lengthen and/or thickening mascara. Be sure to use at least 3 coats to make your lashes pop!
4. Primer your lips with primer then glide your lip color across your lips. Be sure to wipe away any lipstick that went outside your lip line.

As for the hair, curl your hair into long, light waves and brush them all to one side. Secure the hair with bobby pins matching the color of your hair. Remember practice makes perfect and to be patient when trying out new beauty looks.

Beauty 101: Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey is absolutely gorgeous in this photograph. I love her look and style, she is very retro. Lana Del Rey also has an amazing voice and was featured in an issuse of Teen Vogue and is on the cover of UK Vogue. The photograph above showcases her natural glow and beautiful, flowing wavy hair. The white flowers add innocence to the look, but doesn't make it too young. They are perfectly placed and just the right amount. Lana's beauty is just amazing to me, it reminds me of a 70's flower child. Her make-up is natural and she is sporting defined eyebrows and heavily lined eyes which create an alluring look. Check out Lana Del Rey and recreate her beauty look, it's fabulous!

Beauty 101: Smoldering Eyes

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is the epitome of smoldering eyes. Smoldering eyes are very attractive and usually the first feature a person notices.  Most girls think only loads of liner, millions of coats of mascara, and falsies are the only way to piercing eyes, but shimmer is also key. Shimmer makes beautiful glints when in the light making all attention come on you. Putting the shimmer right underneath your lower lash line and right by your upper lash line. Even put a little dark, neautral shadow right on the outside corner of the eye. To make an even bigger imoact to your eyes apply two coats of lengthening and/or thickening mascara. Your eyes will look amazing chicas.

Get The Look: Zoe Kravitz Indie Chic

Zoe Kravitz

Despite being a rocker's daughter, Zoe Kravitz has a very unique personal style that fits her perfectly. Zoe is always sporting an edgy or indie inspired look, or even both put together. The above look that Zoe is wearing is very indie, but is still very chic and perfect for a party. She pairs a nude slip dress with a gorgeous whit blazer that has rocker embellishment. Zoe also is wearing black leggings and a draping scarf that make the outfit work well for cold tempatures. The shoes are amazing, they are both white and black and have a lovely detail hanging from the top. Zoe accessorizes with a black oversize clutch complete with silver spikes on top and subtle cocktail rings. Her beauty look is kept smokey, she has dark shadow and liner around the eyes, but not too heavvy. Her hair is kept clean and straight which is great because it is not taing too much away from the look. I love the indie style and wearing unexpected items, it is bound to turn heads! Try it out chicas.

Confidence Booster #4

Demi Lovato has been oozing confidence lately and it's beautiful. She embraces her new curvy body and loves herself. She also talks about her personal problems and shares how to deal with them with others. Taking a tip from Demi, share your feelings and help others. Helping others gives you a statisfaction of knowing you may have helped someone and it makes you feel great leading to better confidence. Sharing your feelings let your emotions out instead of keeping them bottled up inside which only leads to feeling worse. And we can't forget to mention Demi's picture above, it's gorgeous. Demi's head is up and shoulders back giving off a great confident and stand out vibe while still being relaxed. She is beautiful and the perfect role model for gaining confidence. Get confident ladies!

Get The Look: Emma Roberts Effortlessly Edgy

Emma Roberts is always effortlessly edgy. Emma does not try too hard to be trendy or fashionable, but she hits the mark 24/7. Emma's hight waist skinny jeans and combat boots really help make the outfit. Any girl can recreate the look by pairing a loose tee tucked into high waist skinny jeans and boots that hit just at the middle calf. Emma accessorizes with a simple necklace, bracelet, and a cute purse. Emma stays very natural with her beauty look, especially since she appears to be taken a casual stroll. She is wearing a litte mascara and gloss and her hair is blowing in the wind. The look is effortless and great for shopping with the girls or any casual occassion, try it out ladies!

Get The Look: Kat Graham Standout Beauty

Kat Graham Beauty Look

Kat Graham always stands out and takes risk with both fashion and beauty. She has to be one of my favorite celebrities and role models because she is so confident and empowering. Her make-up look her is perect for prom or any event that you want to be the center of attention. Kat's hair is also gorgeous as it is swept to the side with beautiful waves.

1. Start off the look with a clean face. Add concealer and foundation as necessary, but don't make it too cakey.
2. Use a primer or base on your entire face, especially your eyes, cheeks, and even your lips.
3. Contur your face with a rosy, brown blush.  Brush on the blush fom your cheeks up to your temples.
4. Create crisp lines for your eyeshadow by putting tape on the outside of your eyes. Then brush on a white eyeshadow on your browbone for your highlight.
5. Use a dark pink eyeshadow on the rest of your lid and a little bit of gold shadow right by your lashline.
6. Take a jet black liquid liner and line your eyes and mascara to coat your lashes.
7. Make your eyebrows powerful by using an eyebrow pencil and make soft lines of definition.
8. For the big statment use a hot pink lipstick on your lips, even add gloss over it. Also, you can use different color and sized jewels on the outside coners of your eyes.

Kat's hair can be easily recreated on medium to long hair. Curl your hair lightly and make soft waves and brush them to the side. Make sure to pin the back! Use a brush and hairspray to create the perfect wave going across the top of your head. Rock tthe lock chicas!

Get The Look: Katy Perry Eyes

Katy Perry is known for having gorgeous eye make-up and magical eyelashes. Almost every girl dreams of their eyes looking as fabulous, but with liquid eyeliner, falsies, and some shimmer you can have it!

1. Start off by priming all around your eyes so the eyeshadow has lots of pigment and stays on throughout the day.
2. Brush your eyebrows and even fill them even with an eyebrow pencil by drawing with short strokes. The eyebrows help give the eyes lots of impact in this look.
3. Use a creamy white eyeshadow color and brush it across your browbone. Also put it right into the inner coners of your eyes.
4. Take a lilac or pink shimmery eyeshadow and brush it across the eyelid and into the crease, even a little bit onto the lower part of your browbone. Also, put the same eyeshadow color underneath your eyes.
5. Use a liquid eyeliner and draw a thick line right by your lash line and wing it out just to the end of your eyebrow.
6. Lastly put a powerful touch to the eye make-up by curling your eyelashes and brushing on mascara on your top and bottom lashes. Even apply falsies like Katy Perry to add length and thickness.

Now you have dreamy, beautiful eyes like Katy Perry! If it doesn't work out the first time, keep practicing, or try changing around a few steps so it works speccifically to you. Below are Katy Perry's fasle eyelashes line, Katy Perry by Eyelure. Try them out, they come in a variety of kinds.

 Tell me how they work out chicas!

Sweetie Pie- natural lashes

Oh, Honey- full lashes

Cool Kitty- Short, daytime lashes

Oh, My- Bold lashes

Beauty Tip #7

Be sure to moisturize you face daily. It doesn't matter what skin type you have, moisturizing is very important. Even the oiliest needs a moisturizer to prevent dryness and keep the right type of oil on your face. Some moisturizers help to prevent acne and dark spots. Moisturizers are also great year round because they usually contain SPF which means protection for your skin! Tinted moisturizers can even be used as your foundation because it evens out out your skin tone. Moisturize you face ladies, especially in the these harsh winter temperatures.

Natural Beauty Challenge!

Every girl is a natural beauty, but sometimes it tends to get a little damaged. Our hair may break off or gain split ends and our skin might break out like crazy! The challenge is to renew our natural beauty and look good for summer and the days beyond.  Week One will officially begin 2-11-12, but anyone may start whenever they feel the time is right. Sometimes we need to prepare for the beginning and with the Natural Beauty Challenge we're going to prepare by going back to the basics. For the next few days be sure to wash your face in the mornings, at night, and even in the middle of the day if it is neccessary. Also, lay off the heat and try wearing your hair up to protect it from any future damage. Get ready for the challenge to begin!

Outfit Of The Day: Denim and Boots

I love denim on denim and today I decided to try it with different jean washes. I paired my medium wash denim button up with dark grey jeans and tried out the ultimate jean contrast. I even put on my brown riding boots that I love so much. The boots are simple but still very cute and have nice details especially on the back. I put a tank top with a pattern to put underneath my button up to give an unexpected flare and prevent my look from being to plain and solid. Try out the denim on denim look and even put together different washes and textures.  Look good chicas!

Oufit Of The Day: Casual Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! My gift to you is my first Outfit of the Day post. I could not wait any longer to begin showing my own personal outfits and style. Today was one of my more casual, comfortable and simple days. I paired a loose flowy top with a bow detail that I love and skinny jeans together. I wore my favorite shoes, tan oxfords, with grey leg warmers that I thought were cute and unexpected. Since it's Valentine's Day I could not help but put on some pretty red feather earrings. All together I was thinking of a dancer/ballerina look when styling my outfit. Have a very happy Valentine's Day!

Get The Look: Adele At The Grammys

Adele's look is beautiful, classic, and perfect. A girl has to look good winning six grammy awards in one night. Not only does Adele have an amazing voice, but she shows women all shapes, sizes, and looks are beautiful. Adele has a rollerset hairstyles and a statement red lip to stand out amongst a sea of celebrities. To rollerset your hair, you must first wash your hair and roll it in hair rollers. The size of your hair rollers depend on your hair length. After your hair is all rolled up, sit under a blow dryer until your hair is completely dry, then unroll your hair. If you used smaller rollers, your hair will come out in spiral curls, big rollers result in big, bouncy waves. After your hair is complete, slather on some red lipstick, heavy black liner, and dramatic falsies. The look can work for prom, formal occasions, and any special events.

Beauty Tip #6

Soft, smooth, lusicious lips are always in. During winter days the harsh winds and dry air can cause our lips to become very chapped and rough. A quick trick to repair your lips are with a sugar scrub. Any type of sugar works mixed with a little water will peel off the dead skin off your lips. Be sure to wet your lips beforehand! Another tip can go along can go right along with your dental routine. While your brushing your teeth, brush you lips softly and your chapped lips will disappear!

DIY Heart-O-Gram Nails

 Get this Heart-O-Gram nail design for Valentine's Day!

 Above are all the nail polishes and colors used in this nail design. Don't forget to start with clean nails coated with a clear base coat.

 Paint your nails a dark black polish. After the black polish has dried, glide on a light, shimmery color.

Once your main polishes have dried, begin making cardiogram lines on every finger except your thumb. The lines can go from straight to upwards and back down, anything goes. On your thumb carefully outline a heart shape and then fill it in. For a pop of color, outline the heart in any bright nail polish color.

Above is the two clear polishes needed to ensure the polish to stay in tact. The base coat is needed so that the dark polish doesn't stain your natural nail. The top coat helps the nail polish to dry much faster and not chip as easily.

Try out this nail look for Valentine's Day ladies!

Get The Look: Boho Girly For Prom

Keke Palmer Look

Keke Palmer's Boho Girly look has to be my favorite for prom inspiration. She takes a classic long dress that includes straps and of course a beautiful floral print. Keke's feather earrings take the dress to a bohemian feel, but the black pumps add a glam touch. The dress also comes to together at Keke's waist which help defines curves while wearing a long dress, a detail every girl should look for in a long dress. Keke keeps her make up very natural and pulls her hair back into a low half up half down style with cascading curls. The look is pure beauty, try it out ladies!

Hair 101: Gorgeous Braids

Blake Lively knows about beautiful braids and wears them well. Braids can help a bad hair day or make a great everyday hairstyle. Braids work best on oily hair because it will helps to hold longer and stay in place better. Braid hairstyles work best on medium to long hair and can be added to updos and when your hair is down. Braid hairstyles can go from a ponytail with a braid, a side braid, or simply a braid added to curly or straight hair being worn down. You can even add dazzling embellishments and clips to your braid hairstyles to add extra sparkle. Spice up your hair and add some braids chicas!

Get The Look: Edgy for Prom

There is no rule that you must wear a long, frilly dress for prom. Short dresses make are different and short, edgy dresses make an impact. Confidence is needed to rock an edgy dress to prom and so are awesome accesories. Try out these Miranda Cosgrove inspired prom looks!

Miranda Cosgrove Look #1

Look #1 includes a dark blue/black dress which goes A-line with a petticoat bottm right at the waist creating some curve in the body. It also has straps meaning no strapless bra worries! She has very minimal accesories which makes the dress stand out as a center piece. The sheer black, heels, and awesome clutch help give the look extra oomph! Don't forget about the hair and make-up! She keeps her make-up very natural and pretty with a gorgeous pink lip. Miranda's hair has a nice glossy shine and bouncy curls all slicked to one side. Even her bang is beautiful as it  is neatly pinned backwards.

Miranda Cosgrove Look #2

 Miranda's look is very fun and edgy and really will add some light to the party. She is wearing a bright colored dress with an edgy zipper accent  and plays it up with cool accesories. Any bright colored dress can work and give off the same vibe as Miranda's. The black chunky bracelets, statement necklace, and unique circular purse really give the look a playful, unexpected feel. Any girl willing to take a risk and standout should try out this look. Miranda's make-up look is also kept simple her except black lined eyes and rosy pink lip. And you can't miss her beautiful pin straight long hair that frames her face perfectly.