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Did you know that you really should change your make-up with the seasons? It really does reflect on your appearance. Here’s a quick guide on how to do your make-up all year round.

Spring

You aren’t still wearing the same old makeup colors that you wore last winter are you? Spring is coming and there are some great new colors to check out.

For eye shadow, bright bold colors are IN. There are great pinks, deep purples and awesome blues, not to mention oranges, greens etc. to check out as well. Play up your eyes with these new shades.

There are great new mascaras that make eyelashes long and thicker. The look of false lashes can be obtained, creating that spiky look that is soooooooooooo popular. One end fortifies and lengthens the lashes and the other end coats the lashes with lush color. And when they say that is makes your lashes longer… it definitely works that way for me.

I challenge you to test out DivaGlam’s foundations they are definitely worth sharing. They have mineral pressed and loose powder foundations, jojoba liquid foundation as well as HD foundations that give you that airbrushed finish. Specializing in hard to find colors, custom blending different from what is on the market at the moment. And the best part, it offers flawless coverage, but to anyone else, it’s just you.

To blush for this season try a mixture of pink and peach, for lighter complexions, peach and bronze for medium skintones, and bronzer with golden tones for darker skintones. Two colors warm up complexions perfectly. Try mixing the shades that you have and see how it works for you.

Summer

Full face make-up is not really necessary any more (no matter what your age). And in the summer who wants full make-up on their face? Use a tinted moisturizer rather than a regular foundation. Also foundation applied to you t-zone is acceptable and add a sheer powder over entire face after will do very nicely. It will even out your skin tone and is so much lighter.

As far as fragrance goes, keep your summer fragrance light and fresh. A cologne or toilet water spray with some of the new aromatherapy scents is perfect. You can always go back to your regular or a heavier perfume at first frost. Overall, just think light, airy, sunny, and you can’t go wrong with less make-up in the summer.

Remember, “LESS IS MORE”, especially as you get older. Take what you see in magazines and on tv and make it YOUR own, those LOOKS are only guidelines for you to use. If you remember this then you will always be a FASHION DIVA!!!

b’HUE-tifullly yours,

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NEW FOR SPRING China Glaze Nail Polish

This week I want to share with ALL of you the BEAUTIFUL NEW COLORS that are coming for Spring 2010.  These colors remind me of candy. 

If you are a youngster (smile) then by all means go all out and apply whatever color you want to.  For those of us who are over the 20ish phase (smile) we should be a little more discriminative in our choices.  However, on our feet we can always be as daring as we want.

I love color on the feet.  It is a good place to be loud and daring and as wild with color as you want.  In fact color on the feet in a pair of sandles or open toe shoes look amazing.  So with said, go all out everyone and express your inner DIVA with color this Spring.

My source that wrote this article suggests that you experiment with the polish because of the texture and thickness, until you get it just right.  If you are a true Diva like myself, I just have a professional do it for me!  That way you are sure to get it right.

Remember what I always tell you, whatever the fashion trend take it and make it YOUR OWN.

Enjoy,

China Glaze Up & Away Collection Review Round-up


The twelve shades from Up & Away are all creme finish, which means that they’re creamy and have absolutely no shimmer whatsoever. I didn’t find these the easiest to apply from the beginning, but I did find that after I initially applied three or four of them, I started to figure out what worked and what didn’t for these. I did, however, really love the range of shades included in this launch and really felt like they covered the entire rainbow.

Temptalia Recommendations


Must-Haves: Four Leaf Clover, Sugar High, Re-Fresh Mint

Nice-to-Haves: Something Sweet, Lemon Fizz, Flyin’ High, Light As Air

Here are some tips I learned about application for these spring shades…


Experiment with thickness of coats and number of coats. I found one thin coat (which might even be streaky) followed by a slightly thicker second coat gave me the results I wanted.

Make sure to use a base coat and top coat. The base coat will give the polish a smoother surface and something better to anchor to, which will help the polish look and feel more even and smooth. (It also helps it last longer!)

Patience is a virtue. You don’t need to wait ten minutes in-between coats, but I would advise waiting anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes. Since I went for a fairly thin first coat, I didn’t have to wait long before it was dry enough to layer on a second coat.
Shade by Shade Reviews


Heli-Yum

Sugar High

Something Sweet

High Hopes

Peachykeen

Happy Go Lucky

Lemon Fizz

Re-Fresh Mint

Four Leaf Clover

Flyin’ High

Grape Pop

Light As Air

Have DIVAlicious Day,

MeChelle

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China Glaze Up & Away Collection Review Round-up