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Eyebrow Need To Know!!

2008-04-13T16:34:00.000-07:00

Step-by step instructions on creating the perfect arch.

A well-groomed brow can open up your eyes and balance your features. It’s like a mini face lift you can do at home.

Step 1 - Choose your tools. Invest in a good quality pair of tweezers. Most professionals prefer Tweezerman. They make a great slanted tweezer that grips onto even the tiniest hairs. And you can have them sharpened for free.

Step 2 - Find your look. Your brow look depends of the shape of your face, cheekbones and nose. If you have a round face, go for more of an arch. If you have an angular face, you may find a rounded brow works better for you.

Step 3 - Guidelines. Hold a makeup brush or pencil vertically from the center of your nostril up to your brow. This is where your brow should start. Next, hold the pencil diagonally from the side of your nose past the outer corner of your eye. This is where your brow should end.
Your brows should mature with you as you get older. In your twenties, you want a more natural look. Just clean up the eye area. Remove the strays and the hairs that grow between the brows above the nose. As you move into your thirties and forties, a more pronounced arch is a confident and professional look.

Step 4 - Proceed slowly. You can always remove more hairs, but you can’t put them back. Pluck one hair at a time. Remove a few strands, then step away from the tweezers and have a look. Brows that are too thin can be aging and hairs can take up to 8 weeks to grow back.

Step 5 - Maintenance. Once you get your basic shape, don’t let the fuzz take over again. Check you brows every couple of days and go after those strays with your Tweezermans.
Tips

A good way to get started is to have your brows professionally plucked. Then all you have to do is maintain the shape.

Once a year, revisit your professional and have them do your brows again. This way you can keep up with beauty trends and make sure you’re staying on the right track.
Remove hairs in the direction of growth so they grow back that way. If you pull in the opposite direction, new growth may stick out.

Victoria's Secret~ Russian-style!!!!

2008-04-13T16:29:00.001-07:00

Found some online beauty tips!! Has anyone tried any of these?!?

2008-04-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Ten Crazy Beauty Tips That Work

Powder Your Roots
If your hairline starts to look greasy, dig up a big, fluffy makeup brush, and dip it into a pot of loose powder. Tap it once on the back of your hand to remove excess, then dust it over your roots. It mops up oil and blends into your strands, so no one will know you didn’t shower!
Spot-Treat Smudges
Dip a cotton swab into eye-makeup remover, and trace it along your lids to erase any slipups or goofs when there’s no time to redo your whole look!
Fix a Flushed Face
If you turn red and stay that way after exercising, take an antihistamine like Benadryl when you leave the gym to reduce redness. Works like a charm!
Use Makeup Remover on Stubborn Lipstick
Don’t try to rub off red lipstick (which makes it smear across your mouth-not hot!). Instead, take a cotton ball or tissue, dip it in makeup remover, and just dab to erase the dark stain fast!
Tame Your Eyebrows with Eye Cream
Pat any kind of rich eye cream over brows to help keep them hydrated and banish those icky white specks that look like dandruff.
Brush on Hair Spray
For the final step of your blow-dry, spray hair spray onto your brush, and run it through your strands from roots to tips. This way, your do isn’t so plastered and stiff but still holds volume and shine!
Cure a Cold Sore With Cream
When a cold sore is coming on, dab a bit of thick moisturizer, like Aquaphor, over it to prevent it from getting worse.
Use Toothpaste on a Zit
Use just a pea-size amount. Let it sit for about 15 minutes to absorb the oil so the pimple won’t get more clogged, then wash it off!
Use Soap Without Water
You know those fancy bars that are actually too pretty to use? Toss them in your underwear or tee-shirt drawers to make your skin smell extra delicious!
Press a Tea Bag on Splotches
If your skin is sensitive or just looking irritated and puffy for whatever reason, steep a bag of green tea for a minute or two, let it cool down, and bad it over your face. The antioxidants in the tea take down inflammation.

Not Just Jeans...

2008-04-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

"I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxeds and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity -- all I hope for my clothes." Yves Saint Laurent

This is Ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-03-29T14:54:00.000-07:00

Yes, again . . . . THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!! Two BEAUTIFUL people (who cares about race anymore?!?!) I SOO thought we were over this like 1000 years ago!! Even LeBRON thinks its nuts!!!

Vogue is amazing and still has my vote 100%!!!!! Anyone else!?!?

Magazine cover stirs controversy
05:39 PM CDT on Friday, March 28, 2008
Megan K. Scott / Associated Press
NEW YORK -- When Vogue announced its April cover starring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, the magazine noted with some fanfare that James was the first black man to grace its cover. But the image is stirring up controversy, with some commentators decrying the photo as perpetuating racial stereotypes. James strikes what some see as a gorilla-like pose, baring his teeth, with one hand dribbling a ball and the other around Bundchen's tiny waist.

Vogue Magazine
It's an image some have likened to "King Kong" and Fay Wray.
"It conjures up this idea of a dangerous black man," said Tamara Walker, 29, of Philadelphia.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz shot the 6-foot-9 NBA star and the 5-foot-11 Brazilian model for the cover and an inside spread. Vogue spokesman Patrick O'Connell said the magazine "sought to celebrate two superstars at the top of their game" for the magazine's annual issue devoted to size and shape.
"We think Lebron James and Gisele Bundchen look beautiful together and we are honored to have them on the cover," he said.
James told The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer he was pleased with the cover, saying he was "just showing a little emotion."
"Everything my name is on is going to be criticized in a good way or bad way," James told the paper. "Who cares what anyone says?"
But magazine analyst Samir Husni believes the photo was deliberately provocative, adding that it "screams King Kong." Considering Vogue's influential history, he said, covers are not something that the magazine does in a rush.
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"So when you have a cover that reminds people of King Kong and brings those stereotypes to the front, black man wanting white woman, it's not innocent," he said.
O'Connell, the Vogue spokesman, declined further comment.
In a column at ESPN.com, Jemele Hill called the cover "memorable for all the wrong reasons." But she said in an interview that the image is not unusual -- white athletes are generally portrayed smiling or laughing, while black sports figures are given a "beastly sort of vibe."
For example, former NBA star Charles Barkley was depicted breaking free of neck and wrist shackles on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Dennis Rodman graced the cover of Rolling Stone with horns poking out of his forehead and his red tongue hanging out.
Images of black male athletes as aggressive and threatening "reinforce the criminalization of black men," said Damion Thomas, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at University of Maryland.
But others say the image show James' game face -- nothing more. And they note that Bundchen hardly looks frightened.
"James is a huge, black beautiful masculine statue and Gisele is a feminine, sexy gorgeous doll," said Christa Thomas, 36, a black account supervisor in Los Angeles.
"I didn't see any kind of racist overtone to it," she said. "I still don't. I think there is such a hypersensitivity to race still in this country."
Husni said it is too soon to know how the magazine is selling, though the controversy could increase sales as people rush out to get a "collector's edition."
If nothing else, Walker said the cover underscores the need for a more diverse workplace.
"If more people of color worked for Vogue in positions of editorial authority, perhaps someone in the room might have been able to read the image the way so many of us are reading it now, and had the power to do something about it," she said.

2008-03-29T13:56:00.001-07:00

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

Coco Chanel~

Famous Quote of the Day

2008-03-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

Manolo Blahnik~

New Hair

2008-03-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

I have been stuck in a hair and makeup rut (hence the unsexifying blog). I had been growing out my Rihanna asymmetrical bob, and was getting tired of my smokey eye look/nude lip look.
Then I met Julia Papworth at a mutual friend's birthday dinner at Fez.
She's a hairstylist/makeup artist, and after a few shots I offer up my hair and my face.
So I drove all the way to Ahwatukee to Salon Bossa Nova to see Miss Julia.
I am happy to say that she gave me the most AMAZING rockstar hair ever without making me look emo. We have yet to meet for the arrangement of my face, and when we do I will post pictures up of my hair & new face!

How to unsexify yourself.

2008-03-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

Going out requires a mask or two of makeup, an hour or more spent on hair alone, and the selection of something "cool" to wear which often translates into "how many pics are floating around on myspace with this outfit on?" or "I really want to wear these shoes" or "who cares if I can't bend over in this dress?" or "va-jungle has a chance of showing, but whatever". I've been guilty of this many times, and I often end up looking like everyone else or a slore (slut+whore). So I've come up with a list on how to unsexify yourself.

forget the 3 different Mac brushes it takes to apply your four eyeshadows

skip your "contour" powder

cover your butt & make sure your va-jungle is no where to be seen (as it should be)

cover up your cleavage to avoid strangers that think it's ok to motorboat them

skip the blowdry/curl/tease/spray your hair into oblivion look

scrub off the spray tan

get rid of the stripper stripes (that was so 6 years ago!)

Do try this at home before going out. Let me know how this works out.

The Grammys: Beyonce

2008-02-17T22:07:00.000-08:00

I'm not a hater, and for the record I believe Beyonce is absolutely gorgeous and talented but what in the world was Beyonce thinking when she decided to dip her hair (or should I say weave) into a clogged strainer dipped into Chlorox bleach? Don't tell me it wasn't Chlorox unless she actually decided to also dip her hair into a vat of deep frying oil to get that oh-so-wonderful straw look. And what was with the dress that made one of her boobs look like it got swallowed by an alien form of aluminum? You almost have to have an amoebe-like body to get into the bodice of that thing.

Guys & the "uniform"

2008-02-07T19:21:00.000-08:00

I remember I used to get excited every time I saw a guy in designer jeans (it rarely ever happened). Now, that has changed, just about EVERY guy I see out has a designer label on his pockets...don't get me wrong I love a guy who knows how to rock designer duds; but it has become the uniform. You know the uniform: designer jeans (usually True Religion), designer kicks, overpriced screen-printed tee (usually Ed Hardy), hair perfectly cut into a faux hauk (with highlights/lowlights, even stripper stripes), and at least one arm tattoo. It was scary when all the girls looked the same, but now the guys too?

Am I the only one distressed over this? Am I crazy?

Are You into the MIX Shops or NOT!!!

2008-02-07T11:43:00.001-08:00

You know i will admit i do like like the mix, it is one of the valley's nicest places to shop. I like the flow of it, but for some valley shoppers it is different and confusing. To boutique owners you have your loyal customers right!! why because you treat them well. The reason i say this is because i think the mix forgot the MEMO!! The workers at the mix are not somewhat helpful and they are RUDE... When i was there and needed some help not one employee acknowledged me at ALL! Also all there employees are mostly women who just stand there playing with there hair or just looking clueless. (what is up with that). By saying that i say this to the mix RETAIL 101, treat your customers with respect and courtesy. What is your take on the mix i would like to know.

much love,

Queen B

Designer or Duds?

2008-02-05T15:23:00.000-08:00

So I'm all for everyone looking their best but what is up with all of the designers who are now launching lines at the local Target or Kohl's such as Vera Wang and Hollywould? Does this change your view of their luxury lines or do their new lines allow the masses to wear designer duds? I will never forget when I bought a very pricey bikini and wrap from Mossimo (o.k. so now you know I'm no spring chicken) and that same season it became available at Target for $19.99 - I was mortified and never wore it again. Am I missing the boat or do you sympathize with this self-professed label snob?

What Came First? Celebrity or Designer?

2008-01-31T08:49:00.000-08:00

Dozens of celebrities are have thrown their designer hats into the fashion ring. Some of the latest are Pete Wentz, Penelope and Monica Cruz, Sienna Miller, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Ashley Judd, Amanda Bynes and Lauren Conrad. Will they be taken seriously when most of the time they don't even dress themselves? Does it come down to the almighty buck or is this really a creative outlet for those who already have name recognition and can capitalize on the public's interest in all things celeb related or endorsed?

Fashion Week - Scottsdale or Phoenix?

2007-12-04T13:23:00.000-08:00

Wyclef performing private show for PFW attendees.

Lee Dahlberg, founder of Rock Band - the celebrity accessory du jour.

Janelle Perry, E's Sunset Tan (we bonded over Tuesday night's show - seriously one of the nicest people ever... Really!!

Director Extraordinare, Brian Hill and Friend.

So Arizona's collective "Fashion Weeks" are over and some people are still scratching their heads as to which was which (after all, they were mere blocks from each other). This has led to the somewhat heated debate over which was better, why does Arizona host two Fashion Weeks and which city or both should host next year? Of course I have my opinion but I'm more interested in hearing from you. Phoenix, Scottsdale or both?