NYFW Spring 2013: Ready-to-Wear

Muted and vivid monotone looks mixed with intricate details and textures were all the rave for next spring.  For colors, lots of neutral tones, golden yellows, pinks, red/oranges and blues; not much of the pastels from the past, but vibrant and rich colors. 

Oscar De la Renta

The collection i loved the most was Oscar de la Renta. He is New York fashion's éminence grise. He showcased fresh color splashes, neutral tones as a base and then building on them with bright pinks, yellows and teals. I loved the textures, embellishments and lace - very feminine.

Rodarte

Rachel Roy

Marc by Marc Jacobs created heavy layers and mixed prints for an unconventional preppy look in the collection.

Jenny Packham kept it simple and classic

Alice + Olivia updated take on the draped boho chic

Vera Wang used a lot of rich solids and prints in her collection. I loved it 

Narciso Rodriguez

Daily beauty Routine- All this and I still look natural

Hi people, 

This is a post about my daily beauty routine and products i use. A lot of people ask me what i do to keep my skin looking the way it does, *blush* :), here it is:

1. Wash my face with Neutrogena deep clean facial scrub
2. Cleanse with Royallux Astringent
3. Apply Mary Kay Foundation primer as a base for the Mary Kay luminous foundation
4. For my brows, I use Tara eyebrow pencil
5. Then I apply my Sleek Divine "Bad girl" eyeshadow
6. After that, I use my FM eyeliner
7. Then I highlight my brow bone with a sleek angle brush, T Zone and below my eyes with Prestige highlighter and powder brush 
8. I then apply sleek power with my powder brush and contour with Prestige bronzer
9. I lengthen my lashes with Prestige's My biggest eyelashes
10. Then apply prestige blush (number 7 in the picture above is a blush and highlighter combination) on the apples of my cheek 
11. Then apply Mary Kay nude lipstick
12. And finally, I spray Lola by Marc Jacobs Eau De Parfum all over  which leaves my skin wrapped in sensuous florals all day long.

I use step 7 and 8 to sculpt my face. The basic sculpting method involves highlighting and contouring the face. Basically, everything you highlight comes forward and everything you contour stays in the background. It is actually a trick to make you look thinner and make your face appear Oval in shape (which is the ideal face shape). The image above depicts places to highlight and contour. Will post more on this later.

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