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Showing posts with label summer trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer trends. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2010
2010's Version of Matchy-Matchy
As we've all noticed by this point in the year, 2010's fashion is undoubtedly influenced by all that is ironic - mixing patterns & textures, pairing several shades from the same color family to create a not-quite monochromatic ensemble, wearing rompers & cutesy sockies past the six year old mark, and etcetera. Matching? Well, the shoes to your shirt or eyeshadow to your shirt modus operandi, yeah that's no longer a stipulation. A nice way to keep with the matchy-matchy? See possibilities in the NARS collection available at Sephora, below.
* The shades above (left to right) are as follows: Angelika, Super *rgasm, Albatross, & Luster.
How matching gloss and blush will work for you:
Choose the pairing that best suits your current comfort zone. As with trying any trend or new-to-you style, the only way to make it work AND to make sure that you don't buy on a whim, but will actually use the products, is to be reasonable. If you are comfortable with a particular tone of blush, stick with a similar tone when you transfer over to the gloss & blush trend. If you generally favor peach cheeks, don't say, "Well, I think it's about time I try something new-I've never tried pink blush and I've never matched my lips to my cheeks before," and then pick up the pinkest gloss and blush shade team. If you do, you may find your new purchase hiding inside your makeup drawer untouched once you've walked out of the store. It seemed like a fun way to turn over a new leaf in the store, but remember all those "new leaf" clothing garments you bought to change your look? Yep, they're still hanging in your closet with the tags attached.
Wear your matching blush and gloss as a statement (apply gloss over a lipstick for a lasting pout) and keep your eye makeup simple for daytime (think liquid liner and mascara); for night, pack more of a punch with eye makeup but keep the colors dark neutrals a la Urban Decay's Naked Palette so as to complement the lip & cheek duo, not combat it.
xoxox
Monday, August 2, 2010
Urban Decay Naked Palette - Back In Stock at Sephora.com
::Newsflash::
Urban Decay's Naked Palette (Post: Everyone's getting Naked) is back in stock online at Sephora's website.
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Everyone's getting Naked!
You read correctly.
While summer has always been known as the most scantily clad of the seasons, this summer's trend is to drop the scantily AND skip the clad; naked is the new black. Two of our favorite ultra-trendy makeup brands have celebrated au naturale this summer by introducing Naked products. Full of super-wearable hues appropriate for any occasion, both palettes (shown below) have been the talk of the social media town! Are you getting Naked this summer?
*The Urban Decay Naked Palette not only offers 12 shades of perfectly pigmented shadows for base, crease, smoky and natural eye effects, the product also includes a double-ended 24/7 Glide on Liner in Zero (black) and Whiskey (a newly concocted dark brown). At only $44.00 for 12 colors, your lids can get in the buck without spending all yours!
**Society Gal Annette purchased her Naked Palette from Sephora but you can also purchase the hot commodity from Ulta - the palettes are already sold out on Sephora's site and at the Urban Decay site! (Don't let that get you down - it means more available reviews to read from other happy buyers on the brand sites!)
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
SPOTLIGHT: 5 ETSY SHOPS to LOVE PART 4
Continuing with the SPOTLIGHT SERIES: 5 ETSY SHOPS to LOVE, I am extremely excited to introduce you to Danny Roberts' Etsy Shop - available to visit through the shop's link here.
Danny Roberts is an artist, mindful of fashion, with a knack for playing with proportions and emphasizing with colour, and sometimes, lack there of. His art is lovely in that its subjects somehow have personalities beyond the medium in which they were created. His art depicts women, rich in femininity, brazen strength and deliberate mystery, and is captivating and chic. So chic, in fact, that his designs are currently featured on garments at Forever21 (the inexpensive clothing & accessory mecca of Mr. and Ms. Trendy all over the US, Canada, Korea, and Japan).
Danny Roberts is an artist, mindful of fashion, with a knack for playing with proportions and emphasizing with colour, and sometimes, lack there of. His art is lovely in that its subjects somehow have personalities beyond the medium in which they were created. His art depicts women, rich in femininity, brazen strength and deliberate mystery, and is captivating and chic. So chic, in fact, that his designs are currently featured on garments at Forever21 (the inexpensive clothing & accessory mecca of Mr. and Ms. Trendy all over the US, Canada, Korea, and Japan).
I'd love to adorn the space in my humble abode with prints from his shop - I've chosen three of my favorites to share with you (below).
*The following art has been sourced so that readers can easily link to the artist and the origination. Do not copy or duplicate the following without consent from the artist.
Visit Danny Roberts' Art Shop on Etsy; I am sure you'll be left wishing yourself into a portrait.
Note: Visit your nearby Forever21 to shop the garments as they are not search-able on the site.
xoxox, Glamour Gal.
Lacquer Love!
2010 has inspired me to expand my polish partnerships and I find myself playing with contrast. Really though, as style trends fade in and out and borrow from decades past, 2010 has sort of established its own style code - mixing several eras and creating a fashion atmosphere where the only rule is that there aren't any. Denim on denim, florals with leather, sockies with pumps, fluffy hair and top buns, black and blue, "mom jeans" turned chic, rompers aren't just for children, braids here there and everywhere, feathers, animal print... on and on and on andon an don ando n - there is no clear right and wrong with fashion these days - no delineation; it's as though the time machine went batty and left 2010 in a hodge podge of 1980s and 90s, 20s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 1890, 1412, 1763...
I'm also loving orange-reds with soft matte grays, mauves with deep purples, and same hued toes and fingers but with a glittery topcoat on toes. What shades have you been loving this summer and how has the whirlwind of trends changed your norm?
xoxox
But hey, I'll go with it! Who doesn't love a bit of irony and contradiction every now and again!? So, as I was saying, my polish pairings have become beautifully matched in their mismatchedness as well. Take a peek at the options below. All of which work visually because they maintain balance - which is the key to mixing and matching trends.
NARS Nail Polish Versailles, $16
Tiny Dancer Nail Color, $16
Forever21.com - Love & Beauty - 1055985427, $2.80
nail polish, 13 GBP
Chanel Kaleidoscope Nail Varnish
border clipped by kATIE pOTTER please creditt
ELF Cosmetics UK - Nail Polish
Tiny Dancer Nail Color, $16
Forever21.com - Love & Beauty - 1055985427, $2.80
nail polish, 13 GBP
Chanel Kaleidoscope Nail Varnish
border clipped by kATIE pOTTER please creditt
ELF Cosmetics UK - Nail Polish
I'm also loving orange-reds with soft matte grays, mauves with deep purples, and same hued toes and fingers but with a glittery topcoat on toes. What shades have you been loving this summer and how has the whirlwind of trends changed your norm?
xoxox
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