SPRING 2010: Styling Tips

- Style your trench with a shirtdress

Right now, we're wildly obsessed with trenches: they're the perfect piece of lightweight outerwear for spring and there are so many cute styles on the market as well. Therefore, follow Ally Hilfiger's steps that wore a long shirt with a beautiful trench coat at a JCPenney spring showcase. The well-dressed New Yorker slipped on a pale beige I Heart Ronson Trench Coat ($59.99) over a baby blue pinstripe I Heart Ronson Boyfriend Shirt Dress ($34.99) for a totally chic spring look. If you want to achieve this look try shopping at Zara that has great quality clothes at surprising prices. Finally, like I've referred on a old post, Asos is a great website where you can shop online and that has some trench coats that are good dupe for Burberry Prorsum ones.

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Primavera 2010: Dicas de Moda

- Adicione uma camisa comprida a um "trench coat"
 

A grande obsessão desta Primavera são os "trench coats": eles são a peça perfeita para vestuários leves de Primavera e há muitos estilos bonitos desta peça à venda também. Assim, siga as pisadas de Ally Hilfiger que conjugou uma camisa comprida com um bonito "trench coat" numa apresentação da colecção de Primavera da marca JCPenney. A bem-vestida nova iorquina usou um "trench coat" bege pálido da marca "I Heart Ronson" (59,99 dólares) e uma camisa comprida azul bebé também" I Heart Ronson" (34,99 dólares) para um look primaveril totalmente chique. Para quem quiser adoptar o look fica a dica das imagens pois, na Zara pode encontrar "trench coats" com cortes bonitos e de diversas cores e conjugá-los com camisas compridas da mesma marca ou mesmo da conhecida La Redoute. Por fim, tal como referi noutro post a Asos constitui um bom website online onde pode fazer as suas compras e que está a par de todas as tendências e com "trench coats" muito similares aos da Burberry Prorsum e com peças acessíveis mas, de boa qualidade.

SPRING 2010: Styling Tips

- Add sheer hosiery in pale colors:

Over the past few months we've noticed a number of fashion frontrunners opting for sheer stockings in the palest hues. Maybe it's a reflection of Alice in Wonderland's influence or perhaps ladies like Kate Bosworth just dig a light-colored leg look, but it's definitely a trend worth trying. Bosworth offered one striking interpretation of said style at a dinner in honor of Vanessa Paradis campaign for Chanel's new Rouge Coco lipstick last month. The actress wore the multi-colored Muslin Silk Dress (price upon request, 800.500.0005) from Chanel's S/S 10 collection, Christian Louboutin cap-toe pumps, and a pair of semi-sheer white stockings. To emulate Bosworth's spring style, simply take a festive, full-skirt frock (Urban Outfitters' Meagan Dress ($68) or Kimchi Blue's Watercolor Dress ($58) are both affordable options) and accessorize with hosiery in light hues, like Topshop's Dobby Spot Tights ($16) or UO's Opaque Tights ($12) in Ivory.

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  Primavera 2010: Dicas de Moda

- Adicionar collants em tons pálidos:
Ao longo dos últimos meses temos notado um certo número de pioneiros da moda optarem por collants nos tons mais pálidos. Talvez seja um reflexo da influência do filme "Alice in Wonderland" ou talvez senhoras como Kate Bosworth envergando um look onde aparecem collants claras, mas é definitivamente uma tendência que vale a pena experimentar. Bosworth ofereceu uma interpretação marcante de estilo no jantar em homenagem a Vanessa Paradis para a nova campanha do batom Chanel Rouge Coco no mês passado. A actriz usava o vestido multicolorido de seda e musselina (preço sob consulta) da colecção de Primavera/Verão da Chanel, sapatos de salto alto com biqueira de Christian Louboutin, e um par de collants semi-transparentes. Para emular o estilo Bosworth da Primavera, basta envergar um vestido de saia rodada (Por exemplo: "Meagan Dress" na Urban Outfitters ($ 68) ou um "Kimchi Blue's Watercolor Dress" da mesma loja online ($ 58) são duas opções a preços acessíveis) e acessórios, com collants em tons leves, como as collants "Dobby Spot" da Topshop ($ 16) ou collants opacas num tom marfim da Urban Outfitters ($ 12).

Credits to: Who What To Wear

How often should you clean your make up brushes?

Often! Dirty brushes, powder puffs, and sponges are not good for your skin. Puffs and sponges are more disposable (in most cases) and should be replaced after several times using them. Also, they do not dry easily after cleansing and they are significantly cheaper than a quality set of cosmetic brushes.
A dirty makeup brush is not only unhygienic but is quite likely to worsen or cause more breakouts, rashes, etc. Therefore, you should always clean your makeup brushes as they almost always have build ups of makeup, oil and bacteria. Once every 2-4 weeks should suffice for most people. However, there are some exceptions: if you use every day a foundation brush or concealer brush, you should clean them everyday. There are several products easy to use like, for example, the Sephora Daily Brush Cleaner To Go or Bare Escentuals Quick Change. You just put some of the product on a tissue and then wipe the brush! Also, these products are pretty affordable. However, if you want to clean them away better, there are many brush cleaners available. Two excellent brands worth mentioning are Masters Brush Cleaner & Preserver and "Pink Soap" Artist Brush Cleaner and Conditioner. They both clean and rinse out very well. They are available at any good art supply or cosmetic store. Other option is using a good quality baby shampoo. Johnson's Baby will do the job! Let brushes air dry. I do not recommend using a hair dryer to speed the process up. Heat damages brushes much in the same way it does hair and can cause the glue that binds the brush to it's handle to melt and ruin the brush. Finally, you can use make up wipes also pretty effective.

Make Up Brushes

If you don't want to buy the MAC brushes, a decent, comparable set of make up brushes used by many make up artists is from SIGMA . It's as great as the MAC brushes! Also, they use the same brush numeration like them. Visit: http://www.sigmamakeup.com/products.html
A lot of people recommend Coastal Scents brushes but, they shred a lot, don't make the mistake of your life by buying them.
Buying brushes on Ebay is a risk, probabilities of being fake ones are huge.