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How To Get A Braid Wrapped Bun

2009 spring hairstyles

Beauty

February Makeup Look of the Month AnnaLynne McCord...

Prescriptives Spring 2009 Makeup Collection In Bloom..

MAC Hello Kitty Kouture Collection


MAC Cosmetics Sugarsweet Collection

Fashion
Jessica Simpson's New Clothing Line

Sarah Jessica Parker On The Cover of Harper's Bazaar March 2009 Issue

Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2009 Collection

Christian Siriano for Payless

Confessions of a Shopaholic: BlueFly

Barbie Fashion Show At New York Fashion Week 2009

Prom
Makeup Ideas for Prom

Half Up Half Down Prom Hairstyles

2009 prom hairstyles


Wedding
2009 Black Wedding Hairstyles

Teen

Daddys Girls With Vanessa and Angela

Gossip Girl Hairstyles

Weekly Links To Love

"Weekly Links to Love "

Love mac makeup then you'll love one of the newest collections for spring the Grand Duos
Collection. Miss the 2009 SAG Awards this week ? You can catch up on all the beauty and fashion trends from how to do
Eva Longoria’s 2009 SAG Hairstyle to how to get Kate Winslet's
makeup from the SAG Awards, and even the hottest trends on the red carpet.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner so if you need help here's the perfect guide for Valentines Day gift ideas for Men and Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas For Women.

If you love celebrity hairstyles check out this week's celebrity style Blake Lively. You can also check out Katy Perry's Retro Hairstyle and Fashion Look.

If you're a gossip girl fan then take a look at Taylor Momsen Haircut .

For all my prom girls check out the 2009 prom dress trends and prom hairstyles to help you get ready for prom.

Beauty Trend of the Week Silver Shimmer Eyeshadow

Beauty Trend of the Week Silver Shimmer Eyeshadow. Silver eyeshadow is a all time favorite this year and works for best winter and spring beauty trends. Many love it because of the Ethereal vibe many women get with wearing it. Its looks create as a simple liner across the eyelids, or dusted in the inner rims of your eyes. Works for all skin tones and its a great color to brighten your eyes and make them appear bigger.

Celebrity Look of the Day Heidi Klum

Celebrity Look of the Day Heidi Klum. Heidi Klum is quite a beauty and I love this look of her as our celebrity look of the day. Heidi wore a bold purplish lip color and silver eyeshadow that was just the right amount of color to go with her gown. Her hair was curled with perfection and I love that her the roots of her hair color shows. New hair trend on the rise? She looks polished in this champagne colored gown paired with gray heels.

Celebrity Look of the Day Rihanna 's Makeup

Celebrity Look of the Day Rihanna 's Makeup. Rihanna's makeup always looks elegant, natural, and flawless. Here she's seen rocking one of the hottest trends of the season blue liner. In fact that was this week's beauty trend and of course it looks great on her. As always. Her blush is very beachy bronzey that warms up her face perfectly and her lips are kept nude to draw more attention to her eyes. Her outfit is also sexy and I'm loving the black tight trend.

Beauty Trend of the Week Blue Eyeliner

Beauty Trend of the Week Blue Eyeliner. Colored eyeliner is a huge beauty trend overall but blue is really a favorite among many. This color can be used in light or dark shades depending on your skin tone. Lighter complexions should go lighter while darker should stay with dark shades. It can be a fun color to play with for both top on bottom lashes.















Source: glam.com

Perfume Scents from Heaven

Perfume Scents from Heaven.There is nothing like having a lingering fragrance to captivate those you walk by. This season indulge in something new by adding a new luscious scent to your shelf. Many celebrities have teamed up with different companies to help sell this season’s hottest fragrances.

Beyonce for Giorgio Armani Diamonds.
This year Beyonce joined Giorgio Armani in efforts to create a new aroma to the Giorgio Armani Diamonds line. The fragrance includes hints of raspberry, vanilla, rose and freesia. The new Diamonds line can be found at strawberrynet.com for $47.



Diamond Princess
Outspoken hip-hop rapper Trina is introducing her fragrance line entitled, Diamond Princess. This must have fragrance includes scents of peaches and exotic floral smells. Diamond Princess can be purchased for $24.99 at perfume.com



Mystery Perfume
Leave those around you in awe with Naomi Campbell’s Mystery Perfume. Mystery Perfume available at perfumeemporium.com for $37.99 contains fruits, flowers and tonka beans.



Luscious Pink
Luscious Pink, the second fragrance introduced by pop superstar Mariah Carey, is filled with sensuality. Luscious Pink is the ultimate feminine fragrance. Get wrapped up in Luscious Pink for $65 at beauty.com



Usher for Women
Usher has released Usher for women with warm succulent blends of apple blossom. Usher leaves you begging for more with the sensual cashmere wood scents. More femininity is what we all want and Usher has came and delivered. You can get Usher for Women at beauty.com for $52.

by: jchellem

Beauty Salon Products: Top Online Picks

Beauty Salon Products: Top Online Picks. We all need the right beauty products to stay at the top of our game and stay looking beautiful. The most important thing is that you take the time to find the right beauty products for you and that you are shopping at the right places. Fortunately there are lots of great companies that you can go through for this.

There are some fantastic options when it comes to finding a beauty salon product online, whether you are looking for a beauty salon or just any regular company to get a beauty salon product. Out of all the wonderful options that are available to you, here are a few of the top picks.



Sally Beauty Supply

This is definitely one of the top options when it comes to beauty salon product stores, and they offer literally everything that you can imagine here and for a great price. They are in particular a great resources for skin care, offering the most up to date vitamin and botanically enriched complexion care products, affordable home spa indulgences, a huge selection of hair removal items and much more.

They are also at the top of their game in cosmetics, offering the latest lip glosses, pencils and lipstick shades, eye shadows, liners, crayons and mascaras, blushes and bronzers, powders and foundations, special effects shimmer and glitter makeup.

Black Hair Planet

Another option for buying a beauty salon product is the Black Hair Planet store. They cater to African American hair, which is nice because there is definitely not enough versatility and options when it comes to black hair care. If you want to find effective and yet affordable beauty salon products, you are going to want to check out this store.

They have retail stores available all around the United States so you can either check out their website online or you can visit one of their regular retail stores.

Texas Beauty Supply

Then there is also the Texas Beauty Supply Company that you may be interested in checking out for a beauty salon product. They offer products for all hair and skin types, and they are an authorized reseller of personal haircare and skincare products, and their online beauty store sells brand name and ethnic beauty products, and they even offer discount and competitive prices, and ship directly from their warehouse.

Whether you are looking for foot products, perfume, hair styling tools, and even human and synthetic hair so that you can always find just what you need.

Flawless Foundation and Makeup Tips for Winter

Flawless Foundation and Makeup Tips for Winter.As the weather changes so should your foundations. No matter the temperature, your natural radiance should always shine through. There are many ways to hide those little imperfections we hate. It seems as if they only appear at the worst times, no need to worry because they happen to all of us. All you need to do is use a little foundation. For those of you with normal-oily skin, use Sheer coverage foundation, it is light and will not clog your pores. According to Beauty.about.com, you apply moisturizer first because the foundation flows more smoothly.



If you are prone to hearing lights, camera, action, make sure you grab high-definition foundation. This foundation adjusts to any lighting and gives you a flawless look. Smashbox Cosmetics has a formula that will not dry out your skin or make your skin feel tight like a sculpture. High def foundation is available for $38 at Smashbox.com.
For those of you with oily skin I know your main concern is breakouts. To reduce the amount of moisture on your face, you should use an oil-free foundation. Decrease the shine by using Nars Oil Free Foundation, $40, at Sephora.com
By: jchellem

Celebrity Look of the Day Jessica Alba Blunt Bangs

Celebrity Look of the Day Jessica Alba Blunt Bangs. Jessica Alba's blunt bangs are turning heads everywhere. She makes a bold statment with these bangs but is the statment too bold? Persoanlly I adore blunt bangs and you have to have a certain face shape to pull this look off. Jessica Alba has such a tiny face to begin with and these bangs just don't work for the star. They are a bit too heavy for her face and take away from her natural beauty..but that's just my two cents. What do you think of her bangs?

Pictures from: www.zimbio.com/

Smokey Eye Makeup Tips

Smokey eye makeup tips. One of the hottest looks in beauty is the popular smoke eye. Smokey eyes are a hot look that can make your eyes pop and give you alluring eyes. They can also be pretty tricky to recreate so for easy step by step smokey eye makeup tips take a look at this video from sephora.

2008 Holiday Makeup Trends

2008 Holiday Makeup. The 2008 holiday makeup trends for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and more. Around the holidays we always want to look our best for ourselves, our family members and our friends. So if you're look for the hottest 2008 holiday makeup trends watch the official Sephora video for the top trends to wear.



Watch This Video for Step By Step Tips from a beauty you tuber

Beauty Trend of the Week Red Lipstick

Beauty Trend of the Week Red Lipstick. This weeks beauty trend is red lipstick. Now that the holidays are approaching red lips are hotter than ever. Its a classic timeless look that looks great on everyone. When it comes to red lips its all about finding the right hue for you. So before trying this hot trend be sure to test your reds at the local beauty counter before buying a shade. You can wear this hot red lip trend many ways, lip gloss, lip stick and don't forget your red lip liner. Pair with a soft red blush for a natural flush.







Pictures from Allure Beauty

Bob Hairstyles Concave Bob

Bob Hairstyles Concave Bob. The concave bob begins with the ends being chipped heavily as it graduates upwards. This creates more volume to the crown of the head. The main difference between concave bob’s and asymmetrical bob’s is that the concave bob has more bangs and layers in the front. While the asymmetrical bob’s are more one length in the front and the sides but shorter in the back as it tapers to the neck. Many of these bobs are created with the use a a straight razor by a professional hairstylist. A side part can be added for a sexier look.

Current Short Hair Trends

Current Short Hair Trends. Short Hair Style: Versatile, Stylish And Manageable. Of all the different types of hair styles available today the short hair style stands out from the rest and the reason for this is that such hair styles are more versatile, stylish as well as easy to manage. There is no other type of hair style that can match a short hair style because short hair makes the wearer look more professional, sexy as well as chic.


New Trend Among Women

Women too like to sport a short hair style and though this trend is fairly new as compared to other traditional women’s hair styles it is nevertheless attracting many more women’s takers today than in the past. The cropped hair style which is rather a new trend is a hair style whose origins can be traced to about fifty years back. However, once the concept of wearing a short hair style began to gain acceptance it gave women more freedom to show off their hair in numerous different and attractive ways.

Women that sport short hair styles can choose from different styles including funky hair styles and the more soft looking styles. They can even choose to wear their hair in a spiked fashion or in any other way that helps to accentuate their femininity. What’s more, women’s short hair styles are well suited for women regardless of their age, personality type and personal outlook.

As a matter of fact, a short hair style suits people of every age group even though many women believe that such a hair style suits only older females because short hair helps to make women look younger. Of course, there is a lot of truth in this belief but the main point is that it is necessary to choose a hair style that does its bit to complement the shape of the face as well as facial bone structure and in fact, the age of the wearer is only a secondary consideration.

Before choosing a short hair style it is good idea to pay close attention to your personality and appearance and you need to also avoid getting sidetracked by your age. Though it must be admitted that not every woman is going to be successful in sporting a short hair style to best advantage, though, if they have a suitable face shape and attractive features, this kind of hair style can certainly show them in very positive light.

There are separate new hair styles for women and men and one that looks especially good on women is the fringe. Women that are middle aged are the ones that like it the most to alter their hair styles without cutting their hair too short and they should therefore look for a layered cut which adds texture, volume and height. After all is said and done, a short hair style is sure to suit only those who have a certain kind of face shape and whose faces are blessed with proportioned features.

A Guide to Hair Growth: How to Get Healthy, Long Hair

A Guide to Hair Growth: How to Get Healthy, Long Hair. Lots of people want to have long, luxurious hair, but if it is not healthy, there is really no point. You need to make sure that you are aware of the different hair growth issues, including hair color, so you know about the different things that you can do to keep your hair healthy and strong and grow it out long.


Shampooing

Of all the different things that you should be on top of it for proper hair growth, there are three in particular that you want to be aware of, and these are: shampooing, conditioning, and trimming. When it comes to shampooing in particular, the most important thing you can do is avoid over shampooing.

If you want to get hair growth, you should stick to only shampooing two times a week at most, so that you are not stripping your hair of its natural oils. This will leave it looking dull and you will get split ends much faster as well.
Conditioning

Conditioning is going to be another important part to proper, healthy hair growth. It is important to make sure that you condition after every shampoo, but that you also deep condition at least once every two weeks. This will replenish your hair and leave it looking shiny and healthy. There are some conditioners, such as those by Fructis, which are specially formulated for long hair.

Make sure that you focus putting the conditioner on the ends of the hair, and although you do still want some up by your roots, it is the ends of your hair that really need the moisture.

When you deep condition your hair, you want to leave it on for about a half hour, and you will get the best results if you apply the conditioner on your hair and then wrap a towel, plastic bag, or both around your head while it is sitting in and soaking into your hair.
Trimming

Even if you are aiming for long hair growth, you are still going to need to get haircuts. Maybe not haircuts so much as you are going to need regular trims. This will keep the split ends away and keep your hair long and healthy. Just make sure that you let the hairdresser know that you want to keep your long hair, so that they do not get confused and hack it all off.

As you can see from this, there is certainly a lot of work that needs to go into caring for long hair, but you can do it and have the long hair you always dreamed of.

Best Beauty Tips

Best Beauty Tips. Simple beauty tips for flyaways, acne, and how to choose the best foundation color for your skin. If you are a woman who is concerned with her beauty, and most are, then there are a few beauty tips in particular you are going to want to be aware of. These are the most commonly dealt with beauty problems, but with these tips you will be able to avoid them.
Flyaways
One of the biggest issues that women deal with when it comes to their hair are flyaways. These are those little pieces of hair that you just can’t seem to ever do anything right with. Even when you try to pin them back it ends up looking awful, but you should know that there are effective ways to deal with these annoying tufts of hair.


Pimples

Another very important beauty tip is one that involves pimples. It seems that as soon as you are ready to go out for that important date or a night out on the town with your girlfriends that you end up with a huge zit right in the middle of your forehead.

No matter where the pimple pops up, the most important thing is that you know how to deal with it. Toothpaste is the best thing to put on a pimple, as this will help with the swelling and inflammation. Never, ever pick at a pimple or try to squeeze it, because although you may think this would help it will only make it worse.

Foundation Color

Another common beauty blunder is choosing the wrong foundation color. Then you end up with your face that is a different shade than your neck, which is never pretty. To make sure that you get the most beauty with your makeup, you need to make sure that you have the right base, and this means getting the right color foundation.

The best idea will be for you to talk to a professional who can look at your skin tone and choose the right foundation color for you. Otherwise, just make sure that you smear a bit of a couple different shades of foundation onto your pinky finger or part of your neck, so that you can see which best matches your skin tone.

Keep in mind that during the summer you may need to get a darker tone of foundation, as you will probably be more tanned because of the sun, and vice versa in the winter. Also, you should always blend the foundation further down than just your jawline, and instead all the way down the neck.

A Guide to Natural Beauty (Natural Beauty Recipes)

A Guide to Natural Beauty. Natural Beauty Recipes. Natural beauty is not something that is lost, although we certainly do not hear about it much. There are some fantastic natural beauty products out there to choose from, and one of the biggest mistakes that people make is thinking that just because a product is natural that it does not offer all the same benefits and effectiveness as their standard counterparts.

The best thing about natural beauty products is that for the most part, you can get recipes and make your own products at home. This means the safest beauty care because you know just what is going into every single product that you make. Especially if you have sensitive skin or some sort of skin condition this will be ideal.

Of all the different natural beauty products that you can make, here are a few of the most popular recipes, ones that you will definitely want to try out first.

Avocado Carrot Cream Mask

This is a face mask that contains avocados, which are rich in Vitamin E and help to nourish the skin. It also contains carrots which are very high in beta-carotene and antioxidants, and for it you will need 1 avocado mashed, 1 carrot cooked and mashed, ½ cup heavy cream, 1 egg beaten, and 3 tablespoons honey.

To make it all you need to do is mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth, and then spread gently over your face and neck. You want to leave this mixture on for about fifteen minutes, after which you need to rinse well and then pat dry.

Cucumber Honey Toner

There is also the cucumber honey toner which you may want to try, and which will help to tighten and tone loose skin. For it all you need is 2 teaspoons honey and 1 medium cucumber peeled and cut up into pieces. Then you want to puree the cucumber in a blender, line a sieve with cheesecloth and set the sieve over a glass bowl or measuring cup.

Then you want to pour the cucumber puree through the sieve and let it stand for 15 minutes for the juices to drip into the bowl. Once this is done, all you need to do is pour the clear juice into a clean bottle and then add the honey.

When you go to use it, you want to shake the bottle and saturate a cotton pad with the lotion, then sweep it over your face and neck, and let it air dry.

All of these natural beauty recipes are very quick and easy to make, which is one of the most loved features of these sorts of recipes, and so you can prepare them and get on with your busy day.