Beauty: Retro Inspired Eyes

The major spring trends that are blooming throughout the collections of various designers is a pastel color palate that compliments a romantic and vintage inspired apparel. Although an edgy black grunge eye may be one of my favourite looks- it doesn't go so well with the softer colours and styles. This easy make-up trick, is a modern take on a vintage look.

This look is freakishly easy to do at home; and is great date-night, or party look. The look can be achieved in 5 minutes- making it an ideal make-up rescue look for busy life and after sweat beauty.  

I promise this look only looks complicated. I've made a quick little video to help you master the look!

Retro Eyes:

First, lightly prime the eyelid. For a bold look, paint on white or light pink eye paint. For a more neutral look just use a white eyeshadow.

Next, using a white eyeliner heavily line the inner rim of the eye. Then begin to trace a cat-eye with the white liner.

Then switch to black angled brush or eye-liner. You will want to make a cat-eye with the black liner, (for perfect cat eyes, click here). Remember, that eyeliner always looks best when in thickens on the outer edges of your eyes

Lightly line your bottom lid. Start with a faint brush stroke under the inside corner of you and fan the color out, to shadow the cat eye. 

  Now, using a dark neutral shadow and either a firm small eye brush or an angled brush draw another thin line in the crease of the eye-lid.

Blend the line in well, and connect the two upper eye lines with a "V" shape at the far wing of the cat eye.

Switch brushes, and blend the line a little more. I like to blend on a light pink shadow to neutralize the look. Depending on the "era" that inspires you play around with the bottom eyeliner.

-Voila! So pretty. 

Beauty: Easy VaVaVoom Hair

Last week, I shared my new go-to trick for fabulous after sweat hair. This week, the trick, gets a little bit fresh, and vamps up your after gym hair even more. This trick, (courtesy of Stephanie Kocielski hair artist extraordinaire and  VP of education for Paul Mitchell Systems), will blow your flimsy flat hair off and away to Neverland.

 You will need to start with some Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Lemon Sage Spray, a comb, and a blow dryer. Follow the Steps for sweat proof hair: After your workout/ rendezvous, spritz some of the lemon sage spray into your hair. Then flip your head upside down and comb out the tangles. Once you are satisfactory de-tangled, and some heat and blow dry. 

The Tea Tree Spray is crucial for achieving this look. The spray sucks up all the excess oil from your scalp and strands, which makes your hair look and feel shower clean. Big Bodied hair, always looks best  when fresh. 

For Exxxtra Body, a la Celeb Steeze, put your tea-tree-ed hair back up in:

A.) A super high pony tale. (If you have long hair)

B.) High Pigtails, (if you have long medium hair, or what exxxtra body)

C.) In sections (if you have medium length hair)

Take a large curling iron, and set the tail in sections. 

Clip each curl with a bobbie pin, and let cool. While you get dressed and dolled up. 

Take the pins out,  gently toss your hair, and enjoy the feeling of Dulce Glam!