Beauty tips: Reinventing the red lips
If the eyes talk, the red lips know how to make a statement. Here are some red lip tips for this season:
Dip dyed red lips
With this look you want to achieve a gradient effect. You can do this by lining and filling the lips with deep red pencil and using a brush to apply lipstick in deep burgundy to the entire pout. You then have to use a true red shade lipstick for the center of the lips. Complete the look with some gloss which will also help blending the tones.
Kissed off red lips
This is a very sexy way to do, appearing as if you are just fresh from some lip locking and flirting action. You can get this look using a lipstick in red wine hue and then fading it out using your fingertips. This will lead to an effortless sensuous look just like after some kissing. This is also ideal for women who are not very comfortable of cosmetics on their lips or who just cannot get used to lipstick.
Scarlet Sparkle red lips
Like other things, lips look great when they come with some glitter. If you want this shimmery lip, you need to line the lips with some deep red lip liner and then fill it up with lipstick in cherry red. Then dab some red glitter on the center of the pout going outwards. Seal everything up with a lip gloss to add some shine.
Two-tone red lips
Every soul in the room will talk about you after seeing your two-tone lips. You just need to pick two similar shades like a cool red lipstick paired with bright fuchsia. Swipe the dark lipstick on your lower lip and then use the brighter one on the upper lip. Make sure that the tones do not blotch into one another to keep the look clean. Put some transparent powder after filling up the lips to finish the look.
Here’s a list of the most recent and most ridiculously expensive beauty treatments we’ve heard of:
$50,000 Iced Manicure
This affluent manicure uses real diamonds worth 10 carats and is offered only by Cherish…Me, a luxury brand based in London. Once your nails grow, Cherish…Me will make you a jewelry out of the diamonds.
Mila Kunis’ $7,000 Facial
Mila Kunis went for Scott-Vincent Borba’s HD Diamond and Ruby Peel worth $7,000 facial. Antioxidant-rich rubies and diamonds are first rubbed onto the skin and then a so-called “paraffin silk fiber facial” is done.
Gold Facial at $400
For 90 minutes, beauty experts will coat your entire face with gold flakes worth 24 karats. This procedure claims to have lightening and hydrating benefits.
$32,000 Diamond, Sapphire, and Ruby Encapsulation
Look for Leighton Denny at Urban Retreat in London and get the $32,000 manicure which uses real diamonds, sapphires, and rubies.
$300 Snakeskin Manicure
A spa in Monterey, California offers real snakeskin pedicure at $300. The snake skin are cut into small pieces the size of human nails and then covered with gel for it to set and last for almost 12 weeks.
Evian Experience
In 2005, you can soak in a 350 gallon tub filled with Evian water and gerber daisies at the Victor Hotel’s V Spa at $5,000. However, since the recession, the hotel said they don’t offer this treatment anymore.
The $600++ Haircut
It’s a fad that just won’t go away. A permanent luxury for something that grows out so fast you need another one in a month’s time. Stylists like Sally Hershberger, John Barrett, Orlando Pita, and Frederic Fekkai actually charge this much.
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There are lots of things that you can get a loved one for Christmas but jewelry is one of the most popular. However you can make the gift of jewelry even more popular by making it more personal for the person that you are buying it for. One way that you can do that is to choose a piece that includes the person’s birthstone. However you can make this even more personal by having the jewelry hand engraved so that it includes the names of loved ones on it.
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5 Makeup secrets that may come handy
There are certain tricks you can do to make sure you look as if you have just stepped out of a salon. Here are some tips that you can use.
Celebrity Magic
Do you ever wonder how your favourite actress maintains her red carpet perfect beauty even after a long day. Celebrity makeup artists put stain to their lips and cheeks before covering them with some foundation. So when their makeup wears off after hours of socializing and after an event, the lips and cheeks are still glowing underneath.
Concealers
Here’s a rule of thumb you can use when choosing your concealer. Darker olive skinned should go for apricot or peachy concealers. Yellowish skins can go for shades of pink or lilac. Reddish compexions should go for corrective sticks of green.
Fresh Face
Avoid applying powder every time you freshen up. Do not follow this tip and you might end up looking cakey. Remove excess moisture by using blot papers.
Cheekbones
If you want to have a better facial contour to reveal those lovely cheekbones, apply some highlighting powder after putting bronzer or blush on your face. Put some powder above and below the color you have put. This will really have a great effect on your face.
Bronzed Beauty
If you want to have that brown shade on you, magically bake it with some bronzing powder on your chin, nose, cheeks, and forehead. Choose a powder that has a light reflective property to have that airbrushed glow. Remember though not to go too dark.
What Are Gel Nails?
Gel nails are just another kind of artificial nails, but they look a lot like one’s natural nails. The similarity between both gel nails and acrylic nails is what they are made of. Both of them consist of a liquid that is a monomer and a polymer powder. The two ingredients interact with one another and result in long strands of polymer. When the long strands completely dry it will result in a resin that is extremely hard and durable, which is visually similar to that of a natural fingernail. The difference between gel nails and acrylic nails is that gel nails provide individuals with a higher amount of flexibility due to the additional presence of short chained monomers within the compound that is used to create this type of nail.
Individuals can choose between two different types of gel nails to get. The first choice is a light cured gel nail and the second choice is gel nails that are no-light. More info on these two different forms of gel nails can be found at US Nail Salon Directory.
Gel nails that are light cured are applied by using a gel that has already been pre-mixed. The way the gel will be placed onto a customer will be based on the customer’s preferences. They can choose to have the gel nails shaped in a curve form, squared, or even straight. Nail technicians will harden an individual’s light cured gel nails using ultra-violet light for exactly two minutes. After the gel has completely hardened, the technician will use a file to rid the hands of any areas in which the gel has spread which may include the cuticles. Once the excess gel has been removed from the hands sealer will be placed on the nails to provide them with a shiny and smooth appearance. The last step is to add nail polish over the entire nails or just the tips of them for a French manicure.
Nails that consist of no-light gel are produced by adding gel directly to the nails. This type of gel nail does not use light in order to dry them instead activator is placed on the nail either by brushing it on or spraying it on. Another approach that can be used in order to dry this type of gel nail is by dipping the nails into water. With no-light gel individuals can request that two coats of the gel be applied to their nails due to them being subject to a lot of items that will wear them down.
Both types of the gel nails can help individuals strengthen their natural nails which may be weak or they can give their nails a longer appearance. Some individuals feel that gel nails have a more natural appearance and are shinier because they can be applied with a thinner layer than what one can get when using acrylic nails. The fact that gel nails can be applied in thinner layers than acrylic nails also means that women can go longer without having to fill them in. Another advantage of using gel nails is that the application does not cause individuals to have to deal with strong chemical smells. This makes gel nails safe for woman who are pregnant.
Going through a long weekend or flying in for a fashion week may just give you a picture of long lines for security checks at international airports, but you may also be lucky enough to witness a bottleneck of supermodels in the airport queues.
We can actually pick up a few lessons from supermodels like Lily Aldridge, Jessica Stam,
and Karolina Kurkova who comes prepared for the plastic bins at the airport where they were spotted a few days before the Parish Fashion Week. Believe it or not, all girls were done with the checks in a few minutes.
Karolina had no problems getting rid of her Givenchy. Jessica took off her Rag & Bone in a blink of an eye. Lily slid her feet out of her biker boots by Proenza Schouer in a snap. The girls were stylishly simple with their jackets by Rick Owens and their black jeans. The supermodels who fly frequently are perfect examples for us who must remember how to be looking good and how to be snappy practical when you dress up when you are airport bound.
Here are some practical tips you might find useful:
- Avoid footwear with a lot of buckles or else people behind you will not be so pleased. (I had a rough time with my sandals by Ann Demeulemeesters with over 20 buckles)
- Don’t wear any intricately designed jewelries or accessories which you think will cause any delay ( don’t don bracelets with multiple metals, or the likes of spikes by Eddie Borgo, or the mini sword accents by Pamela Love)
- Leave the keys that you don’t need at home and yes, bib necklaces are not in anymore
- Be simple but in style. Try The Row’s wide-leg pants paired with an Isabel Marant and a tailored jacket from Chanel. Flats from Christian Laboutin will guarantee the comfort you want while traveling.
- Don’t forget your black jeans, Rick Owens jackets, and your slip on shoes.
Biggest Fashion Faux Pas: 7
Maggie Gyllenhaal is a fashion faux pas. In general, she does not dress well at all. It is just something that happens. A lot of her outfits are generally bad and overall, her fashion choices are just not good.
Her clothing choices are made of epic fail.
Always.
Well, okay, and I just don’t like her much. But come on, look at this outfit. It is just not good at all and to be quite frank, no one in the world would wear this out, much less on the red carpet!
Biggest Fashion Faux Pas: 6
Guess what?
It is 2010.
No leg warmers unless you are a ballerina, or you are alone in your house and you need to keep your ankles warm.
Personally, I think that leg warmers should have never been invented, but this is just taking it to the extreme. If you are a dancer, it is a different story, but really … wearing them out and about? That is not the best fashion choice people!
Biggest Fashion Faux Pas: 5
I’m kidding.
Sweater vests are super cool.
HA HA HA APRIL FOOL’S, NO THEY ARE NOT.
One thing that you will notice about sweater vests is that they are coming back … which is very, very sad. Sweater vests should only be worn by people who are elderly, the reason? Because they keep them warm.
If you are under the age of ninety, you should not be wearing these, at all!
Biggest Fashion Faux Pas: 4
LEAVE YOUR EYEBROWS ALONE. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE MONA LISA HAD SEX WITH AN ALIEN.
This is a trend that has been going around for a while — bleaching your eyebrows. Why in the world would someone do that?
For me, I am obsessed with my brows and I would never … ever do that to them. Want to make a fashion mistake? This is one that takes a while to get back from.