Freshen up

It's time to kiss our melting faces good-bye and freshen up our makeup routine for the summertime.

Change your liquid foundation to a tinted moisturizer that will more easily soak into your skin, and stay put once it's there. Find a moisturizer with spf to skip a step and simplify your routine.

try MAC studio moisture tint (with SPF 15)

Get a sun kissed color by bronzing your temples and the tops of your cheekbones. Follow Carmindy's lead and apply in a "C" motion.

try Physicians Formula mineral wear bronzer

Dust your whole face with a translucent powder to eliminate shine.

try Almay nearly naked loose powder

Choose a powder blush or cheek stain, but skip the cream blushes in warmer months. 

try MAC powder blush

Apply a primer to your eyelids before topping with neutral shadow and framing your eyes with waterproof mascara.

try MAC prep + prime

try TIGI high density shadow in champagne, natural, or vanilla

try Maybelline mega plush mascara

Top off your look with a bright lip, and you will be ready to avoid makeup meltdowns from the beach to your dinner date. 

try Cover Girl Natureluxe gloss balm in Anemone 

Fresh faces to be inspired by

What are your summer beauty secrets?

Feel-Good Friday: Breaking Rules

Speed limits, instruction manuals, turning off my cell phone before the movie starts, I tend to be a rule follower, except for one thing, fashion. Countless books and TV shows have dedicated themselves on what not to wear. : ) Are these important concepts? Absolutely! The key is that once you know all the rules, you can better understand which ones are alright for you to break. You can think of it the same way as you would the grammar rules. After you understand the rules, there are certain situations where it is appropriate to break them. However, you wouldn't begin a sentence with "and" or use contractions in an important essay. Likewise, it will never be appropriate to wear jeans and a t-shirt to a black tie event. By breaking one, or even two fashion rules you will appear edgy, fashion forward, and creative. Breaking all of them you will appear a hot mess. So if you love that orange top, but your best color is black, go for it! Just make sure that you wear a necklace in a flattering shade, and the rest of the outfit suits your body type. We have fashion guidelines to help us look our best, but above all getting dressed should be fun!

Download, print, and frame this little reminder. Put it in your bathroom or where you will see if often. Try breaking a fashion rule this weekend and see how it changes you!

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Classic Pieces Then and Now

I have a few strategic dressing posts in the works, but it's hard to talk about things to add in our closets, when we don't have the classics. Classics are the timeless, never go out of style pieces that have stood the test of time. High expectations you say? Look and see.

Pencil Skirt

1938: Bette Davis

Now: Cameron Diaz

White button down 

1940's: Katharine Hepburn

Now: Jennifer Aniston

LBD
1950's: Grace Kelly

Now: Katie Holmes

 Strand of Pearls
1930's: Coco Chanel

Now: Sandra Bullock

Ballet Flats

1954: Audrey Hepburn

Now: Reese Witherspoon

Trench coat

 1973: Jackie Kennedy

Now: Kate Middleton

B&W photos c/o Corbis Images. 

Come back tomorrow for a basic wardrobe checklist!