Spring Inspiration

Who else is ready for spring?! I am so ready to warm up and break out my spring outfits this year. I figured I would take a look back at the spring 2014 collections by a few of my favorite designers to gain some inspiration for the upcoming season!

I also am currently in the process of cleaning and organizing my closet. I did this when I first moved to this new place in August, although this time I am documenting all of my clothing. Now this is something I have done many times at my internships so I could track samples and for product development reasons, and though it could be useful for my own wardrobe. I will be doing a blog post shortly after I finish documenting everything and organizing everything on how I did it and what I used. I am very excited to see how this all works. I love being organized. Yeah I know I'm a nerd haha.

Nail Insperation

 

 I'm pretty much obsessed with gold right now and loving the gold & pink/gold & black combination!

What's your favorite nail color (combination) right now?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Everything You Need To Know About Filling In Eyebrows

This is the second half of the eyebrows topic. Check out the first half on tweezing eyebrows here.
After searching high and low for all the best tricks on filling in eyebrows perfectly this is what I gathered....

Everything You Need to Know About Filling in Eyebrows:

1.  Take your spoolie and brush eyebrows in direction you want them. Usually brush up then to the side.
2. Start by using a eye primer, yes the same thing that you use for your eyelids. Just make sure it isn't a shimmer eye primer. This makes sure the eye powder stays all day.
3. Take your favorite eyebrow kit (I use the Elf eyebrow kit. It's cheap and works amazingly) Using the darker wax take your angled brush and start to fill in your eyebrows. Using short light feathery strokes to mimic the look of hair. Always remember to keep the start of your eyebrows lighter than the ends!!!
4. Using the same angled brush take the lighter powder and do the same thing. Although really focus on keeping the start of your eyebrow light and more shaped by using the angle on your brush.
5. Take your favorite concealer, in a shade or two lighter than your skin tone, and using your concealer brush apply concealer above and below your eyebrow. This perfects the shape of your eyebrows and makes them pop!
6. Take a blending brush, or even your finger, and blend the concealer so it looks natural.
7. Take your spoolie again and brush your eyebrows to make sure everything is blended on your brow and in the right direction.
8. Optional: For maximum security your eyebrows will stay all day long use a brow gel and lightly brush the gel over your brows so they don't move and get messed up throughout the day!

Everything You Need To Know About Tweezing Eyebrows

I'm not a big make up/beauty person.  I was always more interested in what outfit I was going to wear for the day and how my hair went with it than what my face looked like. My previous eyebrow history was basically me just going to my hair salon and having them wax my eyebrows or getting my eyebrows threaded (I highly recommend) every once and awhile. Although once I began to stop going to my parents more often and turned into the broke college student I figured I would do them myself. It has been a long journey to say the least. I discovered early on that I have sensitive eyebrows to tweezing and the moment I pluck one I sneeze twice! 

After searching the internet world of information this is everything I found about what to do for your eyebrows from the tweezing them!

Everything you need to know about tweezing eyebrows:

 

QUICK TIP: Before you start sanitize your tweezers and scissors! 

1. 
   1.  The more round your face is the sharper the angle of your eyebrows can be. The more defined your face is the smoother and rounder your eyebrows should be. 
   2. Take a make up brush to the side of your nostril and hold straight up. That is where your eyebrow should start. Put a dot or line there on your eyebrow using a different color eyeliner.
   3.  Place make up brush from side of nostril over black pupil and that is where your arch should be. Draw another line or dot.
   4. Place make up brush from nostril over corner of your eye and that is where your eyebrows should end. Draw another line or dot.
   5. Now take eyebrow brush using the comb side, comb eyebrows upward and take cuticle scissors cut the hairs that go up past your eyebrow. Do the same thing downward.
   6. Voila! You have your trimmed and tweezed eyebrows!

QUICK TIPS: To stop from hurting your when tweezing put ice or an ice pack over your eyebrow before you tweez (and after if it really hurts like it does for me) it helps numb and stop the pain. Always tweez eyebrows in the direction then grow which is always up and to the side of your face. Pull the skin tight over your eyebrows, keeping skin taught help reduce pain.  Lastly I heard about, but never personally tried, using baby teething topical medication on your eyebrow.

 Now that is all! Check back tomorrow to see everything I discovered about filling in your eyebrows!