20 Ways To Wear The Little Black Dress

The little black dress is timeless, an essential piece in every woman’s closet. It always looks good and you can wear it every day if you want to! The little black dress comes in many styles—cap sleeve, one shoulder, spaghetti strap, long sleeves—and you can wear it in many different ways. Here are 20 ways to wear the little black dress:

7 STEPS FOR CREATING A PERFECT SMOKY EYE LOOK

One of my favorite things about makeup is that there’s always room to step up your game. I love to imagine all the tips and tricks that I’ve yet to learn.

I’m always looking to get better at doing smokey eyes. I’ve come across hundreds of smokey eye tutorials, and I think these 10 are some of the most helpful ones. I hope you find them useful, too! 

Stunning Stiletto Nails

Stiletto nails are almost always made by form-sculpting with acrylics. The form is rolled tight and narrow at the tip to create the very pointed tip (designed to look like a stiletto heel)..

Check out a some selected stiletto nails below:

Style Secret: Quick Fix Nails

Have you run out of cash and can’t make it to the salon for a maniure this week? Or running late for a party and you need a quick fix? Well, here is a trick you can use!

Latest Bangals Trends

Women and young girls love to wear bangles of different styles with different dresses. Bangles or different styles are being used on different occasions for instance brides wear heavy and fancy bangles on their wedding day, young girls wear simple but stylish bangles and women wear gold bangles with different stones on them. Here is a collection of trendy bangles. You can have an idea what is current trends in bangles.

Perfect Denim Outfits To Rock Anytime

Denim is a staple in most wardrobes, and rightly so.  It has many uses, is a hard wearing fabric, and can be dressed up or down (to a certain extent).  As far as cost per wear goes, most people get maximum value from their favourite jeans.

So how to choose wisely.

WAYS TO WEAR A WAISTCOAT TO CREATE DIFFERENT LOOKS

Most women shy away from wearing a waistcoat. It was previously considered too masculine an item of clothing, and maybe that notion still persists in the mind of women.Most women also do not really know how to incorporate it into their clothing, even though it is something which can lend a touch of class, an element of bohemian, or a country, rustic flavor, depending on what items of clothing are worn with it. Here are a few great ideas on how to wear a waistcoat:

Chic and Creative Ways to Tie a Scarf

There are a variety of ways on how to wear a scarf! Now that the weather is chili, a scarf is a fun and functional way to accessorize your wardrobe.
Here is a great collection of trends in scarves that will allow you to choose a trendy scarf.

Dark Nail Polish Colors Trends For 2012

Here are best dark nail polish colors trends 2012, Dark nail polish has always been one of the things of fashion that some people have taken to and others have not. As the winter season approaches, more and more people are veering toward darker shades of fingernail polish as a means of covering up their nails, as it more easily matches many of the components that make up a fall wardrobe.

How To Wear Waist Beads

The biggest misconception I constantly hear about wearing waist beads is that you have to be a size 0 with a flat stomach. Which is the farthest from the truth. Women of all ages and sizes wear waist beads! I have Grandmothers and women who have 52” size waists buying my waist beads. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a flat stomach, because they are for YOU to wear.

 I’m a size 0 and I don’t wear my beads for show. I wear them for me and for who I want to see them.

How to cope with the rainy season

It’s the season of rains once again and we welcome it whole heartedly, it doesn’t all have to be cold andgloomy indoors just because the rains are here. Over the next couple of pages, we serve you tips to help you cope with furnishing in this period.

1.� Flooring: Rugs/ Carpets/ Tiles/ wood laminate floors. Unarguably the most bashed this period what with the wet feet to-ing into the home from the outside, invest in a cleaning machine, mops, cleaning agents etc.

Fashion Tips for Women in Their Late 30s

In a woman's life, 30s are characterized by major changes in personal as well as professional front. On the professional front, she is shouldering new and important responsibilities, while at home she has her bundle of joy to care for or at least a family of her own. While doing this balancing act, she rarely has time to ponder about her appearance. However, the stylish woman of today is far too sensible to consider her physical appearance as a trivial thing. She knows perfectly how looking good and fashionable has its own rewards in this world. Needless to say, she is aware of the latest fashion trends for women in their 30s. So, in case you have been paying little or no attention to how you dress, it's high time to learn some basics of how to dress for your age. 

Tips on Fashion for Women in their 30s

Fashion for women over 30 is a reflection of their role as a mother and a career woman.

8 Makeup Colors To Look Out For

TANGERINE LIPSTICK AND NAIL POLISH

Pantone named an orange-red called "Tangerine Tango" its shade of the year for 2012, and we're loving this bright, citrusy color for makeup, too. Although the orange eyeliner we saw on the runways looked cool, the shade looks best (and is a lot easier to pull off) on lips (try M.A.C Lipstick in Morange) or nails (tryEssie Nail Polish in Vermillionaire).

FAB TREND: Pick Your Glamor

’90s called, they want their look back – Spring/Summer 2012′s hottest look is set to be the bralet top. Spotted on runways of the creme de la creme including Prada, Dolce Gabbana, Versace, Jason Wu, Donna Karan, Pucci, Blumarine and now sported by the likes of Jessie J, Pixie Lott and Selena Gomez (Rihanna and Solange have long been fans!), the bralet is actually not as risque as it looks to pull off.

L-R - Jason Wu, Donna Karan, Pucci, Dolce Gabbana, Prada, Versace, Blumarine

:EMPRESS NJAMAH: Awesome Accessories

Empress Njamah is no doubt one of the most talked about actresses in Nollywood.

How to color-coordinate your wardrobe with your bag without overmatching

You’ve seen it. Red bag with red shoes. Leopard-print bag with leopard-print shoes. What is the key rule when it comes to matching your outfit, bag and shoes?

Does your bag need to match perfectly with your shoes? Do you need to make sure there is one color element present in the bag or shoes to match the color of your outfit?

One day you’d hear fashion pundits decrying the overmatched look on some celebrity. The next you’d hear them singing praises about it because “the look came together very well” on some model.

How to tie a Nigerian "Gele" using Aso-oke.

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In Western Africa, Nigeria to be precise, the "gele" is an accessory worn with a traditional Nigerian outfit. It is usually worn by females with a traditional attire, for specail occasions like weddings, naming ceremonies, burials, church services, and religious celebrations.

Nail Trend:The Most Exciting Manicure

The big news with nails this season is that everything is in. An excess of neon and oddball colors, the pendulum and an emphasis on pretty, wearable shades of cream and beige, its also all about classic reds, chic corals, soft pastels, and mellow yellows mixed in with cool ombre and metallic designs, whatever catches your fancy, flow with it.

Here’s our top nail polish picks for you:

How to do Color Blocked Nails

Color-blocking ruled the runway this season at Jil Sander, Gucci, and Prabal Gurung's fashion shows. But don't worry, this hot fashion statement doesn't stop after the first leaves fall—makeup artist Pat McGrath continued the bright trend into autumn with Dior's bold and graphic fall 2011 couture makeup. Keep reading for an easy and fun neon nail tutorial that's less expensive than a trip backstage.

What You'll Need:

• Base Coat
• Top Coat
• 3 Neon Nail Polish Shades (we're usingOPI Need Sunglasses and two Forever 21 Nail Polish Colors)
• Thin Art Store Brush

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10 Tips To Healthy Eating

 

Experts agree the key to healthy eating is the time-tested advice of balance, variety and moderation. In short, that means eating a wide variety of foods without getting too many calories or too much of any one nutrient. These 10 tips can help you follow that advice while still enjoying the foods you eat.

1. Eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods. You need more than 40 different nutrients for good health, and no single food supplies them all. Your daily food selection should include bread and other whole-grain products; fruits; vegetables; dairy products; and meat, poultry, fish and other protein foods.

2 Simple Words That Might Save Your Relationship

There’s a very simple thing you can say to boost the happiness in your relationship, but you may be saying it more frequently to your barista than to your boyfriend.

Yep, it’s a simple “thank you.” New research out of the University of California, Berkeley says that feeling appreciated influences how you act in a relationship, and how much you want to stay in that relationship.

Researchers asked 50 undergraduates, who had been in relationships for approximately 15 months, to fill out nightly questionnaires for a week about their relationship. The questionnaires focused on appreciation--how appreciated they felt and how appreciative they were toward their partner. On days when people felt more appreciated, they were more likely to report feeling more appreciative toward their partner the next day.

Nine months later, the participants were given another survey. Those who reported more appreciation were less likely to have broken up and were even more committed to each other at the time.

The researchers say that it’s easy in a lot of relationships to take your partner for granted, and to forget why you chose to be with them. It’s an easy cycle to fall into, so break it by focusing on what’s good in your relationship and by acting kindly towards your guy.

Bad Skin Habits

I have heard the same-old skin care tips one more time: wear sunscreen, have a derm check your moles once a year, exfoliate twice a week, I am going to scream… As beauty veterans, I am even familiar with the more obscure tips, like patting your moisturizer into your skin instead of rubbing it, or applying urine on your face to fight acne. Bad Skin Habits not only mess up your skin, but some can even wreck your health.

1. Drinking your water instead of eating it. You’ve heard the eight glasses a day rule a trillion times, we know. But it turns out your body doesn’t retain a lot of that water, since it goes right through you during your frequent bathroom breaks. Cells can more easily absorb the water in food since it comes along with other nutrients that the body needs to absorb. As a general rule, start eating more fruits and vegetables, which have higher percentages of water than processed foods and meat.

Water! A Natural Remedy For Sound Body And Mind

ABOUT five pharmacists, each with 20 years working experience, attended a seminar. These pharmacists were amazed when it was said that even babies had to be fed with water if they were to be disease-free and grow normally. One of them gave this illustration.

One woman who had a medical doctor as daughter reported her (the daughter’s) resolve not to give water to her newly born-baby girl. One day, this grandmother came to her wit’s end as she could not bear it any longer due to the fact that the infant grand-daughter had started falling ill persistently.

African Ankara Dresses For Women

During my childhood, I remember that when women got dressed to go out for parties and events, they donned the traditional lace buba and iro (blouse and wrap skirt) associated with the South-Western part of Nigeria or the lace/satin blouse and “george” fabric wrap skirt associated with the Eastern part of Nigeria.

Amazing Evening Gowns

Evening dress is the formal dress that lady wearing after 8 o’clock at night. We also called evening dress as night gown, dinner dress, ball gown, party dress, etc. It usually matches with shawl, bolero, jacket and so on. 

 

Different body shape will be fit for different kinds of evening gowns. Petite-fit for the gown which is with empire waistline, organza fabric, and pleats around waistline, can show the perfect ratio of the body. Don’t choose the long dress, better at the knee at most.