This is something I have a big problem with. I’m not very good when it comes to taking my daytime makeup into the night. Usually, I take the easy way out and put on a bronzer in the morning and touch up my lip gloss when I head to my evening outing. I would love to be able to step up my makeup game for evening events so I found this great youtube video where this lovely lady with a super cool accent gives some good day to night makeup tips. Plus, she shares what she carries in her purse to make the transition even easier. While she shares some great brands, what’s more important are the items and how she uses them. Enjoy the video and if you have additional questions you’d like me to cover in upcoming “Back to Basics” segments, please add a comment.
Happy New Year! I hope you are renewed by the vigor and optimism that comes with the onset of a new year. Thank you for visiting and reading this blog. I truly enjoy your comments and questions. Please keep them coming.
I decided to do a round up of posts that I really liked from 2010. It was a little challenging because I liked every post for different reasons since I make it a point to feature topics that I am truly interested in writing about. However, these all resonated with me and other people so I thought I share them.
Enjoy!
Product Review-Liquid Palisade
-This is a super cool product that helps you apply your nail polish. I’m so glad I got to feature it on the blog and I highly recommend it.
Doing the big chop-short hair tips by Mandrill Hardge
-One of the best ways to make a dramatic change to your look is by cutting your hair. The fabulous Mandrill Hardge gave some wonderful suggestions on how to care for short hair that women of every hair type can benefit from.
Back to Basics: What is your face shape?
-Knowing your face shape can really help you with choosing the right face centered accessories. Earrings, hair cuts and sunglasses are all great ways to enhance your look if done right. They are also things that can completely detract from your look if done in a way that’s not flattering.
Style Q&A-How to wear a tiger print skirt?
-I really enjoy doing the Style Q&A segment. Since animal print has been so popular lately, I think this post is very helpful for incorporating any type of animal print piece in a way that isn’t intimidating but still fabulous.
Ladies Let’s Talk-Shapewear
-I got some great comments on this post, both on the blog and off of it. If there is something that you can do to improve the way you look in your clothes, do it!
I hope you enjoy the round up and take some time to browse around. Stay tuned for more great fashion and beauty tips!
The other day I was browsing around on the AOL website and I came across this really cool article giving tips on how to keep your lips looking nice, smooth and healthy. I am a lip balm fanatic (I always have one or two with me).
When I was in the third grade, I began licking my lips a lot. I’m not sure why. It was suddenly as if I noticed that my lips were dry. Plus, I would lick not only my lips but the area right around the outside of my lips. Well after doing that for a few days, the skin around my mouth began to become tight, dry and uncomfortable. Of course that made me lick it even more. I was eight, I had no idea what I was doing.
A few days later, I began to notice that I was developing a sore around the edges of my mouth. I was horrified. Not only was it not attractive, it was highly uncomfortable. My mom noticed and gave me some lip balm (I believe it was vaseline) and I began to apply that when my lips got dry rather than licking and soon the sore went away. However, I was from that point officially hooked on lip balm. I had to have it with me at all times because I was afraid that I would lick my lips again and end up with a sore on my mouth. It was very traumatizing for eight-year-old me who was just becoming aware of my looks.
So, now that I’ve shared my lip balm story with you, here is a link to this nifty AOL Shopping article about keeping your lips looking good. I hope you see a tip or two that improves your pucker!
I figure it’s time to add a new feature to Clueless Fashionista. This new feature, “Ladies, let’s talk” is based on my observations of different people and the fashion and beauty issues that I notice on a regular basis. I’m an avid people watcher. It’s very interesting to me to sit and see how people come and go and what they’re wearing when they do it.
I’ve noticed some common things that I see women do and I feel like it needs to be addressed head on. When it comes to looking well coiffed and put together, there are certain things that we all should be mindful of in terms of fashion and beauty basics.
I decided to introduce this new feature as a way to address those issues and some suggestions on how they can be handled. I do realize that not everyone has regular access to a stylist, manicurist, hair stylist, etc. I don’t myself so lots of my advice with address both perspectives, those who do go to professionals and those who don’t.
Stay tuned and if you see things you’d like to see addressed, let me know and I will put it into the rotation.
Hello everyone! Today I’m debuting another feature for Clueless Fashionista. I’ve run into quite a few women who say they’re not good at applying makeup or they don’t know what beauty products to use for their skin type and they don’t want to spend thousands of dollars trying them all out. I understand completely!
I have very sensitive, dry skin and lately my skin has been going through some changes so products I used to use aren’t working as well any more. While a trip to the dermatologist is definitely coming, I need something that I can use now. I have spent way too much time in the beauty aisle in Target, Walmart and Walgreen’s over the last couple of months trying to figure out what to buy. Ultimately I end up leaving with nothing but frustration. So I wanted to start a feature on here to share beauty product reviews. I will be doing some test drives myself but I want to reach out to the Clueless Fashionista community and involve you in this as well. We don’t all have the same skin type and I need some variety to make sure as many bases are covered as possible.
So I’m inviting you to become a part of the beauty test drive panel here on Clueless Fashionista. If you have tried a beauty product and would like to share a review, please visit the “Contact Clueless Fashionista” page and send me a message. The review should be in a video format so pull out your video cameras and web cams! The video should be no longer than 5 minutes and should be uploaded to a website like Youtube, Vimeo or Bebo. I won’t host them here but I need to be able to embed them in the post. I will post the requirements up soon so if you have questions, either send me a message or keep checking back. You can review any type of beauty product. It doesn’t have to be makeup. It can be face wash, face cream, lotion, body scrub, etc. Any product that is used to make you more beautiful.
To kick things off, below is a video review of E.L.F. brushes. I am a big fan of their beauty products because they’re very inexpensive (prices start at $1) and some of them work very well.
I would strongly suggest you subscribing to her youtube page. She does great product reviews as well as tutorials. I’ve watched many of her videos and done some of the tutorials and she’s very helpful and thorough. Here is a link to her page: www.youtube.com/user/xteeener
