Teen Vogue Cutout Inspo

For some reason an issue of Teen Vogue arrived at my house recently... so after browsing through the images I cutout the items that perhaps appealed to me the most.

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Various shades of nail polish...from a chunky orange glitter to funky crackle colors, and shades of nude to bright blue. Robin Egg colored clothing and jewelry, to orange sunglasses and makeup. White lace mixed with orange-red's. Pin-Up Pumps and Snakeskin Booties. Susie Bubbles must have perfume followed by her white camera addictions. Kate Moss's puffy hair-do to twisted braids.

2012 Spring Makeup Looks

Here are a few spring makeup looks for 2012!

My favorite of this lot of photos is the retro blue cat eye (top and middle far left images), the top image there is done by Monique Lhullier for MAC. I'm not sure the champagne gold type of color she used on the lids but the black eyeliner is MAC PRO Chromaline Creme Liner in Black and the blue used is MAC ChromaCake in Marine Ultra.

I think my go-to type of look for next year would be more like the bottom middle image but minus the heavy black eyeshadow on the bottom lid and perhaps opt to line the lower waterline instead (Also, on myself personally...I dislike looking too raccoon-ish like the bottom right image). Also... decent black eyeshadow with no fallout is hard to come-by so I'd probably opt to use a black shade stick over some primer on the lid.

I also really like the top right image which is probably done by using those stick-on eyeshadows although, I'd be afraid to mess it up during the application process and end up with a smudged mess...unless this is more like a stick-on eye tattoo type of product which honestly would be a bit genius especially since stick-on tats could last for a few days.

As for the bold lip color trend done by MAC in the center right image, I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable being that bold with lip color so I think I'd opt for a nice pale matte barbie pink lipstick like Wet N Wild in Think Pink (901B) instead which, I think would look cute with a clean lined light gray dramatic cat-eye (think Amy Winehouse).

Nail Designs for Spring 2011

Here's a collage I put together of the nail design trends going around for this spring.

Half moon designs fell a bit short last year but seem to be making a strong comeback all the way till fall this year. Using a bold color or pattern to jazz up the classic nude french mani makes it look spring time fresh. A little less deco on the nails this year makes for a typing friendly mani, try jazzing up the lack of deco bling though with a glitter topcoat. Geometric designs and patterns are also making a funky 70's hit this year. Light irredescent polish washes over a dark nail color can make your old polish seem new again for 2011. Foiled nails were a fun hit last year and are still fun and inventive this year.

As for popular colors you'll find naked nudes, pale blues, peachy-pinks, lavenders and gray toned metallics. Popular topcoats this year are crackles, pearly polish washes and holographic or gilded shimmer polishes.

Happy Trending

I wasn't sure how interested people would find my casual winter style to be so I decided to take a pic of my outfit today...mainly I just wanted to share my new scarf ($5 Wal-Mart find, CHEAP!). It seems every year I get a new scarf which becomes my new found love that I carry around everywhere to keep me warm. I noticed their have been lots of trendy leopard prints going around this season and this scarf comes in several different colors (pink, purple, silver, etc). Its not totally leopard print as it has this zebra stripe to it but the colors sort of give it the leopard appeal I was hunting for and I think it'll look cool with brown or black clothing.

Dragon Earrings from ModCloth

Necklace Pendants from Ebay

Scarf from Wal-Mart

Black Swing Jacket from Target

Maroon V-Neck from Ross

Denim Boot Cut Blue Jeans from Debs

Black Kady Boots from Target