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Rabu, 14 September 2016
London fashion blogger Emily Davison told she was ‘too pretty to be blind’ – Daily Mail
A successful blogger has told how she started making YouTube videos to raise awareness of living with visual impairment – after being told she was ‘too pretty to be blind’.
Emily Davison, 21, from London, was diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia as a baby – a congenital condition that affects my sight and metabolism.
This means she is completely blind in her right eye, and has roughly 10 per cent vision in her left.
Blogger Emily was diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia as a baby – a congenital condition that affects my sight and metabolism – and is blind in one eye, with 10 per cent vision in the other
But Emily, an aspiring children’s book writer, has vowed not to let her condition hold her back – launching a blog and YouTube channel in 2012 where she discusses living with blindness, as well as fashion and beauty.
Thanks to her frank and upfront video blogs, the student has amassed almost 2,000 subscribers (plus a further 3,000 on Instagram) and 140,000 total views.
Emily owes much of her popularity to her beauty reviews and Zoella-esque ‘shopping hauls’, but she is also not afraid to speak her mind when it comes to the realites of living with sight loss.
She is also determined to challenge myths about blind people – after noticing looks of incredulity when others spot her colour-coordinated outfits and perfectly-applied make-up.
Emily has vowed not to let her condition hold her back – launching a blog and YouTube channel where she discusses living with blindness, as well as fashion and beauty trends
Success: Thanks to her frank and upfront video blogs, Emily has amassed almost 2,000 subscribers (plus a further 3,000 on Instagram) and 140,000 total views
Emily tackles misconceptions in a candid vlog about things not to say to blind people
She hopes that her blog, Fashioneyesta, will show that she loves fashion and beauty as much as the next person – even with her sight loss.
Emily, who taught herself to edit videos, explains that she can apply mascara and create the perfect pout just as well as someone with 20-20 vision – thanks to ‘years of practice’.
She can also read, write and type by using special iPhone functions and an app called ClaroRead on her Mac. When she’s out shopping, she will use her phone camera to zoom in on labels and price tags.
Emily shares her LUSh beauty haul with her followers. But she has experience looks of incredulity when people see her colour-coordinated outfits and perfectly-applied make-up
But it’s more than just a hobby – with Emily explaining that fashion helped boost her confidence as she was struggling with a bout of anorexia as a teenager.
‘At first, fashion and applying makeup was a diversion from the eating disorder,’ she told MailOnline.
‘It wasn’t so much a solution as a distraction. I started to pay attention to how to apply eyeshadow, I wore heeled she’s and went and had my eyelashes tinted.
‘I started to enjoy the process of putting together a look and this began to help me move away from that ever present pull of anorexia.
The YouTube star showcases recent purchases from Primark including a necklace. Emily hopes that her blog will show that she loves fashion and beauty – ‘even with her sight loss’
Emily talks her followers through a recent shopping purchase. She says she can apply mascara and lipstick just as well as someone with 20-20 vision – thanks to ‘years of practice’
‘But over time I started to treat fashion more as an armour and it helped me to see myself in a different light. Fashion made me realise that i could have autonomy over the way I looked without having to starve myself.’
A recent vlog on the misconceptions surrounding people with sight loss racked up thousands of views and comments.
Emily, who is also studying for an MA in children’s literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, said: ‘The reasoning behind [starting a blog] was after I had heard a lot of comments from the general public about the fact that I “didn’t look blind.”
‘I had just been partnered with my guide dog Unity at the time and so I was going out and about a lot more than I had been.
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Emily filming a beauty vlog. She says she hopes her website and YouTube channel will ‘challenge people’s perceptions of sight loss through [her] love of fashion, beauty and style’
Emily uses her YouTube videos to raise awareness of living with visual impairment – after being told she was ‘too pretty to be blind’
‘So it was a real culture shock to hear comments like “you don’t look blind” or “she’s blind and she’s wearing heels.”‘
She added: ‘I wanted to use my love of beauty, fashion and lifestyle and my flare for writing to in effect “normalise” my disability.
‘I wanted to say to my readers/viewers that I’m just like any other individual I too have hobbies, interests, goals and love nothing more than a good Primark haul like anyone else does!’
She says she hopes her blog will ‘challenge people’s perceptions of sight loss through [her] love of fashion, beauty and style.’
THE WORST MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING BLIND PEOPLE
In one of her most popular vlogs, Emily talks her followers through the top ten misconceptions – and things not to say to – people with visual impairment:
Emily explains the do’s and don’t when talking to visually impaired people
1. Won’t glasses help?
2. Are you training that guide dog?
3. How long have you been blind?
4. Oh wow, you’re so normal!
5. But you’re looking straight at me!
6. She’s blind! I’ve got a chance to pull her
7. I don’t know how you do it!
8. You are so trendy! (you don’t look blind)
9. How does your guide dog know the bus numbers?
10. She’s so pretty, it’s such a shame she’s disabled
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New York Fashion Week: 5 Beauty Trends To Try Now – Grazia
As the first pit stop on an editor’s biannual show schedule, New York Fashion Week isn’t just about the after-parties and spotting Kardashian-Jenners at Yeezy: it’s also where we see fledgling fashion and beauty trends emerge, often setting the tone for the shows across the pond in London, Milan and Paris.
Aside from perpetual experimenters like Marc Jacobs and the Rodarte sisters, New York is known for playing it slightly safer than its European cousins, beauty-wise. This season, though, it’s been refreshing to see brands experimenting with everything from two-tone lips in punchy brights to real-life Snapchat make-up – no filter necessary. Fresh off the catwalk, these are the trends that we’re itching to test out right now.
Bright matte lips
While hi-gloss vinyl lips might be all the rage for autumn, next season will see us returning to matte textures in punchy, bright shades, if the New York runways are anything to go by. The high octane beauty look at Cushnie & Ochs was amped up with the addition of a bold, two-tone lip – invest in matching lip liners to achieve a similarly neat, sculptural finish. Meanwhile, at Jason Wu, the pink-to-orange ombré lip packed a punch, adding interest to models’ otherwise bare faces.
Surfer-girl beach hair
Backstage at Alexander Wang, no less than 18 of the 55 models walking in the show volunteered to have one of Guido Paulo’s career-elevating haircuts. The legendary stylist ran a razor through the ends of the models’ newly shorn (and newly bleached) bobs to achieved a jagged, ‘surfer girl’ finish. Roots were left darker for a sun-soaked effect, while breezy beach waves were created with a smattering of texturizing salt spray.
Snapchat filters
It was only ever going to be a matter of time… Snapchat filters became a source of beauty inspiration at the Desigual show, where models’ faces were painted with everything from the ubiquitous dog’s noses to the deer and bumblebee filters. Naturally, the golden butterflies and flower crowns made an appearance, too, worn in the hair. Want to try it at home? It’s worth bearing in mind that, unlike on the app, this look won’t disappear after ten seconds.
Tangerine talons
Bold, almost neon orange nails caught our attention backstage at the Tibi show, which will be the perfect poolside accessory come next season. And if you want to get ahead of the game, trend-wise, tangerine is the perfect hue for this unseasonal burst of hot weather…
Watercolour eyes
A pastel wash of eyeshadow is set to be one of spring’s prettiest make-up trends. At Jil Sander, lilacs, pale blues and greens were expertly blended into brighter shades, exaggerated with a black cat’s eye flick, while at Christian Siriano, models made an impact with a line of pigmented pastel shadow. For a more dramatic take on the trend, look to Victoria Beckham, who sent models down the runway wearing graphic wings of smudged-out shadow in a bolder blue colour, using products from her new collaboration with Estée Lauder.
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Kate Middleton voted UK’s most influential style icon ahead of London Fashion Week – Daily Mail
Her wardrobe isn’t exactly cutting edge but when it comes to style icons, Kate Middleton is the fashionista women in the UK most want to emulate.
The FROW (Fashion Front Row) at London Fashion Week, which kicks off on Monday, will see a stream of celebrities taking a pew, clad in the latest designer gear.
However, according to new research, the likes of Suki Waterhouse and Cara Delevingne are not a patch on the Duchess of Cambridge when it comes to influencing the masses about what to wear.
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The Duchess of Cambridge (pictured at the National Portrait Gallery in London, May 2016) is the fashionista women in the UK most want to emulate, according to a new study
Research by Rakuten Marketing found that some 29 per cent of women aspire to dress like Kate.
Perhaps it’s the mix of style and reserve, but the Duchess’s trademark skinny jeans and crisp shirts, or more formal fit and flare frocks are a huge hit with the shopping public.
The Duchess was closely followed in the style stakes by Rita Ora, Emma Watson, Ellie Goulding and blogger Zoella.
When it comes to the teen audience, unsurprisingly, Zoella aka Zoe Suggs, is the main draw, with 16 to 24-year-olds saying they love the fashion choices made by the Brighton video star.
Rita Ora (left) and Emma Watson (right) came in at second and third place in the study
Runners up: Ellie Goulding (left) and Zoella (right) came in at fourth and fifth place
Additional research found that social media is also hugely influential in terms of how British women shop.
Twenty-six per cent of women said they’d spent on an item because they’d seen something on their Facebook or Twitter feed, either from a friend or a celebrity.
Nick Fletcher, of Rakuten Marketing, said of the findings: ‘Alongside celebrity icons like Kate Middleton, bloggers and vloggers have become go to personalities for fashion inspiration.
He added that this means there is ‘huge opportunity for retail brands to grow their customer base through their audiences’.
Nick Fletcher, of Rakuten Marketing, said of the findings: ‘Alongside celebrity icons like Kate Middleton, bloggers and vloggers have become go to personalities for fashion inspiration’
He added: ‘It’s critical that during LFW retailers are thinking about how consumers shop for clothes the rest of the year.
‘Our data shows that the customer journey is led by social media inspiration so affiliate relationships with these leaders in fashion can instigate sales.’
Film stars were also found to play a huge part in shopping trends; with 35 per cent of women saying they’d tried to emulate a celebrity who’d appeared on the big screen.
‘THE KATE EFFECT NEARLY CRASHED MY WEBSITE’
The ‘Kate effect’ is a phenomenon that most designers would be glad to experience.
Cecile’s dress was worn by the Duchess in her first official family photograph
And for maternity dress designer Cecile Reinaud, having one of her pieces photographed on the Duchess made her clothing company Séraphine a household name.
Cecile’s fuchsia garment was pictured on the Duchess in her first official family photograph with her husband Prince William and Prince George in 2013.
As soon as the dress was confirmed to be one of Cecile’s she says that her sales sky-rocketed and she was left struggling to meet the demand.
She told OK! magazine:
‘When it was confirmed that the dress was Séraphine, things went crazy.
‘The ‘Kate effect’ nearly crashed our website, we got hundreds of calls and the dress instantly sold out.’
The £49 dress was a huge success with Cecile selling all 20,000 of them. And now the Parisian-born designer says she would now ‘love’ to see Princess Charlotte in her designs.
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SheaMoisture Launches Second Phase of Its Iconic #BreakTheWalls Call-to-Action and Challenges Beauty Industry … – PR Newswire (press release)
This acknowledgement and recognition of different need states, hair types and cultures have been at the core of SheaMoisture’s innovation strategy since the beginning. Over the course of almost three decades in the U.S., the brand has continued to develop new formulations and introduce more culturally relevant ingredients to the industry based on listening to the needs of its community and co-creation with its retail partners. SheaMoisture now offers upwards of 500 products made with natural, certified organic and fair trade ingredients to meet individual need states across body, face, shave, cosmetics, men, baby and hair. For hair alone, the brand has a unique offering of more than 150 different products for a range of hair types, textures, conditions and styles.
As part of the brand’s ongoing commitment to addressing women’s lifestyle needs wherever they are, SheaMoisture invested in the technology to build the first hair recognition tool of its kind on the market – “Good Hair Day” (www.amillionwaystoshea.com). The “Good Hair Day” tool provides each SheaMoisture community member and visitor the benefit of anytime, “at-a-click” personalized recommendations to easily match their hair need with a specific product and quickly navigate the vast hair offerings to find their “way to Shea.” Specifically, the tool delivers individual product recommendations to each user based on their hair type, style, condition and goals. Once a user uploads a photograph or selfie on the site, it uses an innovative hair recognition technology that automatically identifies the user’s hair type and/or style. Through a brief 3-step process, the tool then matches the user with a custom hair care regimen tailored to her specific hair needs around maintenance (cleansing/conditioning); treatment (restoring/renewing); and styling (shaping/ finishing).
“We are constantly iterating on our approach to what are considered “industry” standards and what we hold as “our” standards – testing, learning and growing as we work to serve her better,” said Dennis. “Even when we’ve conducted limited-run label tests using “normal” on our packaging, the results have shown an overwhelming preference for need state vs. normal because of its exclusionary nature. We have always focused on how to innovate and serve women according to their individual needs and where they are at any stage of their lives. This is why the women who use SheaMoisture have such a special relationship with the brand. She knows we are listening to determine what she wants, what she’s missing, and what her hair and skin challenges are. She knows the products actually work for her because they were formulated for her needs – not an ill-defined normal.”
In addition, Perception Institute, a consortium of social psychologists and strategists who use research on how our brains respond to differences in race, ethnicity, and gender to understand and disrupt harms linked to those identities, has conducted a first-of-its kind hair study measuring the implicit biases linked to hair. Implicit bias, the automatic association of stereotypes or attitudes towards particular groups, is measured by taking an implicit association test, or IAT (implicit.harvard.edu). Hundreds of studies over the last two decades have confirmed that many people have implicit biases linked to race and gender which are rooted in pervasive societal stereotypes. Implicit bias affects how we perceive and treat others, sometimes in ways that have serious consequences.
However, to date, no one has examined implicit biases linked to hairstyles worn by black women. Leveraging insights from and images (stimuli) provided by SheaMoisture’s hair and beauty experts, Perception Institute, led by Executive Director Alexis McGill Johnson, created the first-ever “Hair IAT” to measure whether implicit bias against black women’s natural hair exists, as well as an extensive explicit survey to assess how the public feels about the beauty and professionalism of black women’s hair styles. Findings from the study, which is based on a 4000-person national sample, will be released in the coming weeks.
“Perception Institute’s study will be one of the most meaningful and extensive pieces of independent research to hit the beauty industry to-date,” said Dennis. “With increasing headlines around the world highlighting natural hair restrictions and intolerance in the workplace, schools and society at large, it is critical that as a society we understand hair bias and the role it plays in how we view others, the value we place on them and our expectations of them to fit into a singular view of ‘normal.’ My hope is that the insights gleaned from this seminal study will be a turning point in the beauty industry’s evolution from making people feel good about themselves to also transforming how they see – and thus treat – themselves and others.”
“What’s Normal?” continues to reinforce SheaMoisture’s focus on what it has coined as the New General Market, which is defined by inclusion and commonalities via need states. The New General Market approach ensures that all consumers, especially those who have been traditionally underserved, have an enhanced experience of accessibility, choice and inclusion according to their needs, not traditional segmentation. SheaMoisture has partnered with retailers, as well as other CPG and consumer companies, to lead the introduction of this problem-solution approach to the industry and impact the way they engage with their customers in a more meaningful way.
SheaMoisture worked with award-winning creative agency Droga5 to develop both the “Break The Walls” and “What’s Normal?” films, which celebrate the positive changes women are experiencing in the beauty industry and are a rallying cry to join together to continue to reshape the beauty landscape – from a dated model of “standardized ideals” to one of inclusive representation at shelf and beyond.
“One of the most exciting and humbling aspects for us during the creation of ‘What’s Normal?’ was the continued chorus of courageous, confident, defiant and self-accepting women who shared their stories, their insecurities and their triumphs with us,” said Dennis. “They were so deeply poignant that we were compelled to again develop the script for the film using a compilation of soundbites taken from our cast members’ interviews. So, we are still telling her story through her eyes and with her voice – and nothing is more powerful.”
Continue with SheaMoisture on the journey to find #AMillionWaysToShea (www.amillionwaystoshea.com) and to #BreakTheWalls in beauty so that #EverybodyGetsLove.
To view the film, visit https://youtu.be/mq2yMY3aZrc.
To view behind the scenes footage, visit https://youtu.be/KZUHscbd1qo.
For more information, visit www.sheamoisture.com.
Social – IG: @sheamoisture4u _ FB: SheaMoisture _ Twitter: @SheaMoisture
About SheaMoisture
Since 1912, SheaMoisture has made its award-winning, shea butter-based skin and haircare products using family recipes handed down from founder and CEO, Richelieu Dennis’ grandmother Sofi Tucker, who as a young mother, sold her shea butter creations to support her family in Sierra Leone. “EveryBody Gets Love” at SheaMoisture, and products are made with natural and certified organic ingredients. Shea butter is ethically-sourced from 13 co-ops in Northern Ghana, as part of the brand’s purpose-driven Community Commerce efforts.
About Sundial Brands
Sundial Brands, a leading skincare and haircare manufacturer renowned for its innovative use of high-quality and culturally authentic natural ingredients, is the maker of SheaMoisture, Nubian Heritage and Madam C.J. Walker. A certified B Corp company with a Fair for Life social and fair trade certification, Sundial engages in ethical and cruelty-free business practices and manufactures its products at its state-of-the-art facilities in Long Island, NY. Through its Community Commerce purpose-driven business model, the company creates opportunities for sustainable social and economic empowerment throughout its supply chain and communities in the United States and Africa, focusing on entrepreneurship, women’s empowerment, education and wellness. In 2015, Sundial was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States and received the WWD/Beauty Inc. award for “Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year.” Widely credited with introducing the “New General Market” inclusion concept to the beauty and retail industries, Sundial Brands founder and CEO Richelieu Dennis began the company in 1991 with his college roommate, Nyema Tubman, and mother, Mary Dennis.
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Rocky S can’t wait to showcase Indian crafts at London Fashion Week (IANS Interview) – Times of India
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Designer Rocky S, who is set to showcase a collection of various crafts and techniques of India at London Fashion Week (LFW) on Saturday, feels that fashion is a way of life and is not restricted to any particular region or space. He also says that no matter how internationally available he becomes, Indian runways will always be his home.
“I believe fashion is a way of life. It is a global phenomenon; it cannot be restricted to a certain area, city, country or continent. A trend that starts in the west, finds its way to the east. Similarly, designers across the world are trying to make their mark beyond borders and continents too, that directly contributes to the growth of fashion and the rise of trends,” Rocky told IANS before flying to London for his show.
“The exchange of trends, cultures and techniques is what makes fashion more than just a piece of cloth. It is an amalgamation of creative ideas across the world,” he said.
He also shared that Indian runways will always be special for him as the platform has established him as a designer.
“The Indian runways are home. It will always be special as it gave me a platform to showcase my creativity and establish me as a designer in the circuit. Having said that, I love to explore, push boundaries and try new things.”
“Currently, I am making the most of new opportunities that come my way and am happy to say it has contributed to my learning process as a creative person. It has always been a dream to take my brand global, which is what I am slowly working towards at the moment, but as I said, Indian runways are special to me, and if a new opportunity presents itself, I will have an open mind towards exploring it,” he said.
The designer is to showcase at LFW a collection titled ‘Shringara’ which denotes love and beauty, capturing poignant emotion in ethereal tales.
“It is a story of a modern woman, adorning herself as she waits for her love to arrive. The collection beautifully captures the musings of a woman and her thoughts. The essence of Shringara lies in the overwhelming emotion of happiness and in the celebration of a woman in love and its many moods,” he said.
“I have always been fascinated by our country — the diverse fashion and style that is different in every part of India. My collection takes inspiration from these varied styles that I manifest in decorative prints, handcrafted textures and opulent embroideries,” added the designer.
He has used Indian traditional handicrafts that will be highlighted in the line.
“India is known for its rich culture and traditional handicrafts. As a designer, it is essential to create new styles in fashion but it is equally important to sustain our existing traditional crafts and techniques. Keeping that in mind, we have taken inspiration from vintage crafts and embroideries with an approach to reinvent it in high fashion styles,” he said.
The designer, who is also known for his love to remaining true to Indian-ness, says that he likes the idea of fashion giving him opportunities to explore his creative idea in best way possible.
“I am a designer who is deeply rooted, I respect where I come from, and the part I love the most about fashion is that it lets me express that respect and admiration in the most unique and beautiful way every season,” Rocky said.
“Staying true to my aesthetics, I always strive to keep traditional embroideries alive and make them more contemporary as fashion evolves.”
He added: “Moreover, I don’t think Indian designs necessarily means traditional Indian clothing, the appreciation I have received for my brand is for using traditional embroideries in the most unexpected methods. That for me is an achievement and am extremely fortunate to receive all the love.”
(Nivedita can be contacted at Nivedita.s@ians.in)
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Rocky S can’t wait to showcase Indian crafts at London Fashion Week – Daijiworld.com
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Runway Tulsa brings local, national fashion to four-day event – Tulsa World
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:00 am
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Prepare for a weekend packed full of the latest in fashion and style trends.
Runway Tulsa begins Thursday with Fashion in the Square, a shopping event and free fashion show at Utica Square.
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Beauty Tip Of The Week 9/13/16 – KTNV Las Vegas
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Fashion Scene: Modern Style Icons – WSPA.com
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Style Savvy: Fashion Forward review for Nintendo 3DS – Gaming Age
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Syn Sophia
Medium: Cartridge
Players: 1-2
Online: None
ESRB: E – Everyone
Without having played the first Style Savvy game, Fashion Forward was my introduction to the series. I’m not the most fashionable person myself, but knowing that games like The Sims and Animal Crossing have taken hold of me, it felt like a safe bet that a lifestyle sim might be up my alley.
Or down it, across the street, and around the corner at the hip new boutique in town.
Honestly, I’m not sure where to start with Style Savvy: Fashion Forward. Let’s just go with the beginning, where in the game you’re transported to the world of Beaumonde City — a mecca of style.
Players are quickly ushered into the role of Boutique Management by Sophie, who gives brief instructions on how to find and suggest clothes for customers, then hands over the keys to the shop on “The Avenue” — aka Main St. Within moments, the game gets players into the swing of things — mingling with potential customers to drum up business, and then conduct sales within the store.
Selling clothes is actually an easy task. Customers tend to have requests that aren’t too complicated, and a sorting feature allows players to avoid any confusion in their recommendations by filtering for keywords, types, and brand (among other things). Find Yolande a striped inner? No problem, sort by stripes and pick an inner layer that’s within her budget. Probably colorful, she seems to have a lively thing going on.
This isn’t a slight at Style Savvy, as it quickly becomes apparent that the game isn’t trying to test players’ mettle in negotiation — but rather let them enjoy an incredibly laid back lifestyle sim. If we want to get gameplay basic, its groundwork is an inventory management simulator, but that’s oversimplifying a game that smartly prefers charm to challenge. And anyway, isn’t managing inventory a large part of running a boutique?
It’s not all work and no play, however, as Beaumonde City is broken up into areas for players to explore. Navigating is a breeze, as players can visit subsections of the city (such as “The Avenue”) with locales ranging from leisure to lifestyle. This is also where story beats will play out, characters will be introduced, and various activities will appear for players to take part in.
Early on, for instance, players meet Callum, a fellow standing outside a cafe. He’s excited about some new coffee beans he’s roasted, and invites players to have a cup. An intermittent scene plays as our avatar enjoys her drink, and then bids Callum farewell. Talking to characters on the street will later reveal they admire that Callum has been looking after a dog he found in the park nearby, a location where players can also visit Holly, a girl who specializes in herbal teas.
Small interactions and scenes accumulate nicely in a way that gives the city a sense of character beyond calling it stylish. Characters seem to know of and interact with each other in a way that eases players into new mechanics and opportunities (such as styling hair) with a sense of progression in both gameplay and also story.
It’s this extra step that puts Style Savvy: Fashion Forward above other casual sims. Even those with light story elements don’t seem to be as coherent as Fashion Forward. This is really appreciated, and probably goes a long way to holding players’ attention beyond the loop of selling clothes and restocking your shop.
In fact, shopkeeping is just scratching the surface of Fashion Forward’s activities. Aside from the aforementioned hair styling, there’s fashion design, makeup, and modeling, but one of my favorite distractions was the Dollhouse. Given simple rooms and furniture, players can decorate rooms in a miniature dollhouse which represents a larger one in town which rooms can be rented out. I really enjoyed collecting furniture and featuring it, mostly due to the diorama look of the dollhouse.
Ironically, I didn’t care for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, but it suffered a lack of variety which is not the case with Fashion Forward. Rather, redecorating was a necessary distraction to displaying styles on customers, and became a highlight in this game. Although it is fun being fashionable.
I wish there was more to do in the apartment than change clothes, but that could have to do with wanting more to do in the town generally. I love the art style of Fashion Forward, or at least the European look of it. Everything is so cozy that I yearned for more leisure activity or vignettes. In my mind, there are clear ways that Style Savvy can still grow, such as giving locations to relax, maybe allowing the player to choose between reading, taking a nap, having a bite to eat, and following it with some sort of charisma bonus when working in the boutique or other discipline.
The opportunities that feel missed to me may not even occur to Fashion Forward’s target audience, however, as there’s enough here to keep casual players engaged for a good while. It’s systems are basic, yes, but they are also consistent and reliable.
There’s also a good amount of production value in Fashion Forward, as I’ve seen lesser games shoot for static imagery, lack of animations, boring music, and generally no love. It’s a bit impressive to consider the effort Style Savvy employs for a game that isn’t trying to win over core audiences. Even the audio, UI, and writing gel nicely.
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward has the light touch that one would hope for in a lifestyle simulator. Even more fascinating is that it’s not targeted at a 20-something like myself, but the game’s attitude makes it feel accessible for all audiences. It’s coherent, well-composed, and actually interested in fashion. Although it’s not my typical venue, it’s easy to imagine that those looking to relax and find their style will be able to dig very deep in Fashion Forward.
Grade: B+
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5 Upcoming Beauty Trends You Should Know About Now – NewBeauty Magazine (blog)
Fashion Week is full of so much eye candy—it’s actually a little overwhelming to think how much beauty is scattered all around New York during this anticipated event. Makeup artists and designers team up to create showstopping looks that complement the season’s fashion statements while starting new beauty trends. From modern metallic eyes and glossy nude pouts to bare nails and the return of dewy skin, these are our favorite looks for spring 2017, straight from the runway.
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Carolyn Hsu, Digital Managing Editor
“The beauty look at Cushnie et Ochs is probably my favorite for how classic and versatile it is. A strong red lip, a bare face, light contouring and bold brows are the perfect set up for practically any occasion. But not only is the look appropriate for any event, it also works across all different skin tones and features as demonstrated by the diversity of models on this show’s runway. I’m particularly drawn to this Asian model’s look—especially the long, luscious black hair that looks so healthy and effortless.”
Elise Minton, Executive Beauty Editor
“Although I could never probably replicate the look, the silver metallic cat’s-eye that was done by Sarah Lucero for Stila Cosmetics and shown at the Nicholas K show, plays off the current trend of metallic shadow and keeps all the attention on the eyes. To do it yourself, apply Stila Magnificent Metals Foil Finish Eye Shadow in Titanium along your top and bottom lash lines, just as if you were doing a cat’s-eye, for an exaggerated and unexpected look.”
Brittany Burhop, Senior Editor
“The beauty look at the Zimmerman show was modern and feminine and I love the contrast on the eye by using dark shadow on the lower lash line and metallic shadow on the inner corners. Plus, that strong brow paired with a muted lip. Ooh la la. Makeup artist Jodie Boland for Maybelline New York wanted the look to be very natural, with little to no makeup, giving the models just a bit of an edge by playing with gray shades along the lash line, specifically Maybelline New York Color Tattoo Concentrated Crayon in Charcoal Chrome.”
Danielle Fontana, Editorial Assistant
“With the nail art trend slowly falling to the wayside, it’s refreshing to see the simplicity of nude nails—as seen in Self-Portrait’s Spring 2017 show—taking center stage once again. To create the matte, neutral nail, essie’s Rita Remark combined essie’s sheer ‘au natural’ for just a hint of shimmer and sheen and added texture with the ‘matte about you’ topcoat. The result? Sexy, sophisticated fingertips that match your entire closet all season long.”
Liz Ritter, Executive Managing Editor
“I love how fresh and effortless this peachy-coral look from Ulla Johnson is. It just looks healthy and radiant and seems like something you could actually do at home with only a few minutes to spare. Romy Soleimani used Weleda products and her secret trick is to apply the brand’s Skin Food to the eyes to create glossy shine. Romy said, ‘This is my all-time favorite product—and truly is a staple on site. You can use Skin Food in a million different ways. My favorite way is to add a highlight to the cheekbones by gently pressing in the cream. [For this look], we used it to create the eye look, but I’ve used it in so many different ways.’ Seriously, if one product can give that kind of look, I’m stockpiling.”
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See the 5 Best Street-Style Trends From New York Fashion Week – TIME
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TIME But not all the action is happening on the runways; in fact, looking to the style on the streets can be an even greater indicator of where trends will be at for the next season in real time, on real girls. Here, we’ve rounded up the top five best … How to stream London Fashion Week: Watch Mulberry catwalk live online The 15 Best Beauty Street Style Trends From New York Fashion Week Textured Locks Rule The Runways At NYC Fashion Week |
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Beauty Tips: How to prepare milk face mask – Pulse.com.gh
Milk can be used to clean the face because it is an excellent facial cleanser
Milk face masks are good for people with dry and sensitive skin.
Milk on face soothes skin, reduces irritation, making your skin soft and supple. Milk contains vitamins, nutrients and lactic acid, which are all good and gentle for the beautiful skin.
To restore moisture and to hydrate your face skin you need milk like natural remedies that can be applied topically on dry skin as face masks at home. Raw milk is used in beauty applications because of its several skin beauty benefits.
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Separate section of a ripe avocado.
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Mash it into a lump free paste in a small mixing bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon of milk until you form a smooth mixture.
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Slather the mixture onto your clean face in a gentle circular motion.
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Let the face mask settle for 10 to 15 minutes.
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When the mask has completely dried up, use a warm washcloth or just our fingertips and warm water to rinse off. Splash your face with cool water.
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One year out: EA Sports needs to add women’s teams to NHL 18 – Excelle Sports
Upon the release of EA Sports’ NHL17 on Tuesday, the public was reminded, once again, that despite ever-growing numbers of women and girl gamers, video games remain a traditionally male-oriented market. This is especially true on the sports side of things, where the overwhelming majority of leagues, teams and players depicted are male and seemingly marketed to men.
Although upwards of 50 percent of video gamers identify as women, there are very few opportunities for women and girls to see themselves or women athletes depicted. EA Sports, however, has made several stabs at it over the past decade, which started with a letter from a fan.
In 2011, 13-year-old Lexie Peters, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., wrote to EA Sports COO Peter Moore to express her displeasure with the company’s popular NHL game –– namely, that she couldn’t play as a woman. While Peters had her pick of any NHL player and customizable male avatars, it was not conducive to what she wanted to do: re-create her U-14 girls’ team in the game.
Although Peters was sure nothing would come of her letter, much did. The request eventually made its way down from Moore’s desk to that of Sean Ramjagsingh, the game’s main developer, and Peters herself became the first playable female character in the series, to great fanfare.
Representation matters, even in video games.
Long before Peters wrote that letter, U.S. Olympian and NWHL player Hilary Knight was projecting herself onto NHL ice by way of EA Sports’s games.
“My brothers and I would fight over the computer so my mom would take our video game away,” Knight told Excelle Sports, dropping into a mimic of children’s voices. “‘No, it’s my turn to play NHL!’ ‘No, it’s my turn!’” she joked.
“Once [NHL] allowed you to start making your own players, my brothers and I, we made ourselves,” Knight said. “It’s something when you’re growing up: you want to be in the NHL, you want to be in the Olympics, you want to be the best at your sport. And when you can kind of facilitate it in a video game world, that’s super cool. It’s like you’ve made it.”
If she had been able to actually play as herself? Even cooler.
EA Sports went further the following year, and debuted NHL 13 with Hayley Wickenheiser and Angela Ruggiero as playable ‘Legends’: a way for fans to take the ice as non-active players, such as Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky.
Since then, EA’s FIFA brand has featured the women’s national soccer teams as playable options, and its PGA Tour golf videogame includes women golfers for players to select as their onscreen avatar. NHL includes a customization feature that lets players play as themselves, which EA Sports’ NHL game developer Sean Ramjagsingh cited as a substitute for the inclusion of real-life professional women hockey players, with different sexes, skin tones, hairstyles and weights available.
“[We’ve been focused on] adding in more options to allow people, male or female to see themselves in the game,” Ramjasingh told Excelle Sports.
But there are no women players pre-programmed into the game, no Legends in the style of Wickenheiser and Ruggiero, and certainly no women’s teams to play as or against. Adding international teams, as FIFA 16 did, was impossible due to difficulty negotiating with international sports governing bodies, much to the disappointment of Knight.
“It would be better for the national teams [to be featured in the game] just because of where we stand in the stability of the leagues,” Knight told Excelle Sports. “You’ve got the NWHL going on Year Two. You’ve got the C-dub, which has been around for longer and both of them are rival leagues, dueling it out, but I think the main focus still is every four years, is USA versus Canada.
“But I think any way’s a good way to start,” Knight laughed a little. “We’ve got to start somewhere.”
Knight isn’t the only one under that impression. Every year fans tweet at her asking if she will be on the cover: one even included a mock-up of a cover with her on it.
In June, some fans urged EA to add the two North American women’s hockey leagues into the game, the NWHL and the CWHL. While the NWHL has been around for only one season the CWHL has been part of the women’s hockey landscape for nearly a decade, taking over after the collapse of the first (Canadian-based) NWHL.
As EA’s NHL brand routinely adds new leagues to its repertoire (it currently features 11 men’s leagues) to mollify and drive consumer purchases, it’s business as usual to receive addition requests from eager fans.
“When we talk about leagues specifically, we get requests for different leagues, male leagues, female leagues, all the time,” Ramjagsingh said. “We’ll do a lot of research to understand the work around one adding each one of the leagues into the game. Our goal is to reach as many fans as possible, or appease as many fans as possible.”
This year, NHL added the East Coast Hockey League, a process that Ramjagsingh described in exhausting detail, from start to finish. First, he said, EA researches all its options and after making a decision, signs a deal with the league. The process moves on from there, getting references on all its arenas, home and away uniforms for each team, center ice logos, recording audio of player names, plays or moves, scanning as many players as possible in EA’s traveling scanning rink, and finally building the players’ heads from there.
EA also works with professional scouts to assess and rate players, which Ramjagsingh saw as perhaps the largest challenge to the potential project. Ramjagsingh noted that women players might receive two ratings: one relative to men and one to women.
“That’s what we talk about when adding female players,” Ramjagsingh said. “We’d have to make this decision. Do they only play against female players, and so when they do, they can be rated a 99 or a high-90s player? If they were to play against males the ratings would be slightly different relative to the male players themselves. For us, the relative rating is the most important conversation to have around there.”
Start to finish, it would take approximately a year to add the two leagues to EA’s NHL game, meaning fans of the women’s leagues certainly won’t see them incorporated before NHL 18, if then.
You know what we be awesome? If @EASPORTSNHL added the @NWHL teams to the NHL 17. I really wanna see this happen sometime down the road
— Krysta (@krittterrr) April 17, 2016
At the moment the prognosis remains murky as to whether or not adding women’s leagues to the game would broaden EA’s purchasing base, but the evidence so far supports it. Not only was FIFA 16 EA’s first game to include women’s teams, but it sang it from the tops of mountains, featuring U.S. women’s national team player Alex Morgan on the cover alongside UFC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. FIFA 16 was the best-selling game of the year; Forbes called it “the benchmark for sports games.” Soccer is the world’s most prolific sport and is always popular, but 2015 showed a fervor for EA’s FIFA never seen before. Could Hayley Wickenheiser or Natalie Spooner staring down the camera pump up EA sales? Why not try and see?
When EA added Peters to the game, it became an enormous story, as it did when Wickenheiser and Ruggiero were added to Legends mode, garnering EA more publicity than before, reaching new markets and likely boosting sales. For a company that wants to continually grow its user base, continuing this trend should be a no-brainer.
“I think, following the success of FIFA [when we added women’s teams], we need to better understand from our fans themselves and how many female fans are playing our game and how many are not playing it because we don’t have female leagues in the game,” Ramjagsingh said in response to this line of questioning. “That would all be part of the assessment we do for every league we put in the game, just understanding how much it’s going to move the needle for us. Does it take us to new markets or new consumers of the game? All of those factor into the business case for what we add to the game.”
Not only were sales through the roof, ratings of the game itself were as well, which is a strong argument for adding the NWHL and CWHL to NHL 18 or 19. The business side of things may hold the most sway with EA, but the bigger picture says the positive impact it would have on young girls — such as the aforementioned Lexie Peters — and the athletes already in the thick of it, would make it worthwhile in and of itself.
“I think it would do a lot for the visibility of our sport and would attract more fans,” Knight said. “It would get the visibility up, get the interest going, and also, potentially for [EA Sports], capitalize on the upcoming Winter Olympic market.
“I think there’s a handful of opportunities and a positive impact on these opportunities they could have, not just for EA sports or the NHL [game], but also for the individual,” Knight added. “Those training day in and day out and trying to grow the game as well.”
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5 beauty trends you’ll be stealing long before spring – Metro.us
The spring 2017 show are coming to a close, and while the see-now-buy-now trend is giving you instant access to your runway wishlist, there’s an even faster fix to next season’s biggest trends. Here are five gorgeous beauty looks we spotted on models — all so of-the-moment you’ll want to break them out this weekend.
Middle School coiffs
Your go-to look for band recital got casual chic updates at Brock Collection and Marissa Webb. Twist and tie back hair away from the face for a look that’s effortless but polished. At Marissa Webb, TRESemme stylist Jeanie Syfu aimed for “achievable drama,” using the haircare brand’s Extra Firm Control Mousse to prep damp hair before blowdrying with a paddle brush. She then parted the hair down the middle, twisting back the top sections starting at the ears, before securing the ponytail at the nap of the neck.
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The beach wave is nothing new, but shaggier, shorter, jaunty layers give the look new life. Models at Alexander Wang had their locks chopped, bleached blonde and given messy beach waves by Redken creative director Guido Palau. Their surfer-inspired cuts were paired with minimalist, sun-kissed glows from Nars.
Ditch your liner
Lower lashlines got a break this season, with the likes of Band of Outsiders, Jason Wu and Tommy Hilfiger going for an undefined eye. Instead the basically bare looks put an emphasis on extremely healthy, glowing, plump skin. Maybelline’s Grace Lee, who led artists at Band of Outsiders, says she kept her models fresh-faced and dewy by applying the brand’s Dream Cushion Foundation (out in January) with a damp sponge and using color corrector to tone out any imperfections.
Get negative
Negative space nails make the traditional French manicure cool again. Tanya Taylor, Creatures of Comfort and Rebecca Minkoff all featured manis with bare bases and a slender swipe of color either at the tip or the base line. What makes the look pop is cheeky color choices and placement — there’s nothing ‘ladies who lunch’ about this extremely cool, low-maintenance update.
Textural pouts
We can finally trade near impossible to wear anti-statement nudes for complex, layered lip colors that make a serious impact. DKNY’s sparkling smiles came courtesy of Pat McGrath’s glitter-packed #LUST004 lip kits, while two-toned lips (shaded in with two hues of hot pink MAC lip pencils) provided a come-hither effect at Cusnie et Ochs. Creatures of the Wind gave their matte lips a velvety finish, with lead makeup artist Mark Carrasquillo dipping a fluffy brush in pigment powder to dust over Nars’ red lip. So plush.
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South Africa protest spurs SIU students to remember their roots, embrace natural hair – Daily Egyptian
Ciara Nixon, a junior from Danville studying forestry and environmental sciences, styles her hair Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, at her house in Carbondale. “I have, in the past, been looked down upon and judged for my funky curls,” Nixon said. “When I was in the fourth grade, I begged my mom to pay for a perm to make it straight like ‘white girls’ hair.” She said throughout junior high she straightened it because she was uncomfortable with the “nappy” look. “It wasn’t until college that I let my natural curls back out,” she said. (Autumn Suyko | @AutumnSuyko_DE)
September 13, 2016
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For years, black people have altered and damaged their natural hair to fit into a society where some say it is seen as unprofessional or messy.
On Aug. 29, a group of students at the Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa got into a standoff with the school’s security guards for refusing to abide by a new policy requiring girls to tame their natural hair.
Braids and straightened hair are OK, the school’s new code of conduct stated — afros are not. Under pressure from students and an online petition, the school decided to review its policy, according to the Washington Post.
A few days later, the policy restrictions were dropped, but not before spurring global conversations.
Naturalistas, a Registered Student Organization at SIU, discussed the protest at one of its recent meetings, along with other perceptions of natural hair.
Chloe Coleman, the organization’s president, said the importance of the RSO for men and women alike is to learn how to embrace and care for natural hair.
“People need to understand their natural hair and that it’s OK to wear it,” she said.
Coleman, a junior from Aurora studying management, said not allowing women to wear their real hair is ignorant.
“You can’t tell me what grows out my head isn’t tamed enough,” Coleman said. “Don’t ask to touch my hair. I’m not an animal.”
Members of Naturalistas, which began in 2003, also talked about the history of African hairstyles — including twists, locs, cornrows and afros. The group also teaches braid techniques and engages in community service.
Coleman said she joined Naturalistas to learn about how to take care of her hair.
“Growing up, we weren’t taught natural hairstyles — only how to straighten or perm our hair,” she said.
Africana Studies professor Pamela Smoot, who also serves as the director of the College of Liberal Arts, called the South African school hair restriction policy ridiculous.
“Afros came from the black power movement and the braids came from Africa,” Smoot said. “Our hairstyles are something nobody else can do with their hair. All of our hairstyles come from Africa. It’s a cultural thing.”
Coleman wasn’t the only person who believed the South African hair conflict also reflected obstacles for students in America.
“I haven’t been asked to manipulate my hair, but felt obligated to do so because how society presents professionalism,” said Alex Whitley, a senior from St. Louis studying psychology. “It doesn’t look like me.”
Romello Radford, a junior from Chicago studying Africana Studies, said embracing his natural hair didn’t come without its struggles. His high school dean, he said, wouldn’t allow students to have afros longer than two inches, locs or braids.
For Mac Anderson, a barber at Kampus Kuts — which provides cuts, braids, locs and straightening methods — he said the South African hair protest is a reflection of a worldwide motivational movement to embrace natural hair.
“It’s going on here, South Africa, Brazil and Columbia,” Anderson said. “It’s a chain reaction.”
Staff writer Tyra Wooten can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @twootenDE.
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Five beauty trends to try this autumn – The Week UK
The iconic looks first created on the runways of London, Paris and New York earlier this year are coming to life this season.
The autumn/winter fashion weeks saw models flaunting glittery lips, textured eyes and a new type of contouring called strobing. So how can you incorporate these new makeup styles into your everyday routine?
Here are five simple ways that you can you be on trend this season:
Dark berry lips
Gothic red lips dominated the runways this year, with Dior among several fashion houses to embrace the dark side. Peter Phillips, creative director of Christian Dior makeup, has created an “on the edge of black” look with Rouge Dior Poison lipstick that transforms lips into the focal point of the face.
A berry lip can be worn either glossy or matte, but stands out best when the rest of the face is kept to a minimum. SJ Froom, a make-up artist for Bare Minerals International, told Glamour magazine that dark lips should be worn with “fresh skin and a groomed brow”.
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Graphic liner
Take the classic winged eyeliner one step further and create bold geometric art around your eyelids. Make-up artist Diane Kendal used a waterproof eye pencil to create this look on models earlier this year, adding some edge to Oscar de La Renta’s 18th-century inspired collection on the New York Fashion Week runway.
It’s very much a statement look. For a simple alternative, add a double wing to your cat eye, or create the illusion of a second brow in your crease with some colour. “This eye makes me feel rebellious,” actress Amber Heard told In Style magazine. “I’d wear it with sexy heels and a badass pair of jeans.”
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Glowing skin
Last year, the look of contouring took a turn on its head with “strobing” – the act of adding an extra glow to the face’s high points to create a natural shimmer – and it seems that the trend is here to stay. Models in Isabel Marant and Vera Wang were all aglow on the New York runway, proving that one can never have enough highlight.
With this technique, it’s all about focusing on where you want the light to hit. Renowned make-up artist Tom Pecheux, who created this look on Balmain models in the Paris spring/summer show, says that the key to getting that luminous, dewy finish is to spend your time blending until you can’t blend anymore – then blend some more anyway, says Harper’s Bazaar.
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Glitter lips
The Atelier Versace show in Paris saw this trend come to life in the form of a jewelled, blood-red lipstick, which was later revealed to be the latest invention of makeup artist Paul McGrath.
Aptly named Labs Lust 004, this debut lip product is available in three shades – Blood Wine, Vermillion and Flesh. “I’ve been keeping this collection of colours for years. You can find 30 shades out of two lipsticks,” McGrath told Vogue. “I love the fact that it’s called Lust. Because that’s how we are over lipsticks, aren’t we? We just have to have them.”
Naomi Campbell, Bella Hadid and Shay Mitchell are just three stars who are mad about this new trend, opting to wear it with a simple, glowing face.Another way to achieve the look is to wear a matte lipstick and pat a pigmented glitter of the same colour over the top.
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Textured eyes
From a broken glass effect on the eyelid, to clumped lashes against fresh skin, London Fashion Week saw designers Holly Fulton and Eudon Choi present some eccentric ways to make your eyes pop.
To achieve those thick, Twiggy-inspired, clumped lashes, make-up artist Nick Barose told Harper’s Bazaar that it is best to aim for an artfully clumpy finish. For a more toned down look, use brown mascara instead of black. For a more vibrant look, use glitter primer to dot sequins over your eyelids. Another option is to try creating faux freckles with colourful foil pieces or glitter.
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Easy tips for beautiful nails – The Statesman
Beauty builds confidence and confidence help improve a woman’s life.
Beautiful and healthy nails add to a woman’s beauty.
From college girls to professional women and home makers, all wants to have strong and pretty nails.
All are not blessed with beautiful nails, but with a little care anyone can make their nails look healthier and beautiful.
But, today’s busy and stressful life leaves little or no time to take good care of oneself and go for proper manicure.
So, here are a few easy tips to help you take care of nails and make them a part of your healthy and competent life.
Nail hygiene: Always keep your fingernails dry and clean to prevent bacterial growth under your fingernails.
Nail hardening gels: Good quality gels can protect and strengthen fragile and damaged nails. These gels provide your nails a clear smooth surface that looks beautiful, shiny and healthy. These gels also help in the growth of nails.
Nail creams or moisturizers: Like our skin, nails also require moisturising. Nail creams should be used repeatedly throughout the day as our nails are low in oil content. Hydrate them after every time you wash your hands.
Removing cuticles: Never cut your cuticles, only push them back. This delicate skin along the bottom of your nail bed protects your nails from infection through bacteria and fungus.
Regular clipping: Trim your nails regularly. Soak your nails for few minutes before you cut them. This makes them soft and easier to trim. Always uses a nail clipper to trim your nails safely and use a nail filer to file them smooth after trimming them.
It would be wise to maintain a healthy length and trim away the painful growth. Long nails look elegant but they break more easily. So trim a little every time.
Removing nail paint: Removing polish can tear up your nails. Minimising the use of nail polish remover is needed to protect nails from drying out and becoming brittle. Always use an Acetone free and oil based polish remover.
Painting nails: Painting nails is a creative and stress buster activity for a woman. It is the best way to decorate and enhance your nails. Jazz up your appearance with beautiful colouring of nails. You can sprinkle glitter on your wet nail paint to add enhanced effect.
Use of rubber gloves: Dermatologists recommend wearing gloves while washing dishes and clothes. Hot water and chemicals from soap and detergents weaken the nails making them more vulnerable to break. These gloves also help the nail paint to last for a longer time.
Rub lemon juice on nails to remove stains on nails: Dip a cotton ball in lemon juice and rub it on the top surface of your nails to get rid of stains. Leave it on for a couple of minutes and rinse your nails.
Take a biotin supplement: If you are on a restricted diet that cuts natural biotin like egg yolks and wheat, then biotin supplements are really helpful to maintain healthy nailsThese days, beauty salons have nail paint experts and specialists who do wonders and give an artistic touch to all types of nails. If your nails are in a bad condition, make sure to spend some time with a nail artist. Don’t hold back to visit a parlour and pamper yourself to a good manicure.
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