Keep Calm & Love Fashion

THE RUNWAY | Emma Stone

Name: Emma Stone

Where: 2012 Kids Choice Awards

This outfit was worn really well! Simple and elegant it’s flattering to the body and it’s perfect and fairly appropriate for the event.

From Head To Toe| A high neckline is great for smaller chested women because it draws the attention and gives a fuller chest illusion. Any time you have a band around you waist you want it to hit at the smallest part. This makes even the tiniest girls’ waist appear smaller. The length is perfect, for more petite women a short dress should be no longer than 3 inches above the knee. With this dress she paired it with a nude heel, safe but elegant, and high! This is one of the longer short dresses so a heel was an obvious choice, elongates the leg and gives you height as well. The way this was put together gives you 3 focus points: creates a chest, tiny waist, long legs. Kudos to her stylist!

7 ways to wear boyfriend jeans. Find You!

Classic: Crisp White Tee & basic ballet flats

Preppy: Collared button up, sweater & loafers

Rocker: Black tank & black combat boots

Chic: Blazer, cute fitted top & wedges

Glam: Strapless fitted top & pumps

Urban: Graphic tee & sandal

Hipster: Tank, open flannel & sandal/knee-high boot

D.I.Y Boyfriend Jeans

The idea of boyfriend jeans is to be cute, super comfortably and trendy all at once. When wearing boyfriend jeans you still want to have that feminine look. Pair them with cute ballet flats, or heels, with a tank of fitted top. You can use any old pair of oversized jeans, typically two sizes of so. The fit we are trying to accomplish is fitted at the waist and looser through the thigh. Now let’s get started!

Checklist: Jeans [  ]  Bleach [  ]  Razor [  ]  Sand paper [  ]  Chalk [  ] 

   Washer & Dryer [  ]  Dryer Sheets [  ]

Step 1: Preparation| Use checklist to make sure you have everything ready to go. Okay with jeans on, mark the knee area on both knees. This is where will give the jean a distressed look. Also mark a long Do Not Cross line. This line will indicate where you should not cut any higher so that you are not showing upper thigh you wouldn’t want shown.

Step 2: Destruction| Here’s where you get creative! Lay jeans on a hard flat and begin to scrub the sand paper across the chalked knee area, around the front pocket area, and up and down the thigh area.  Not too much to where there is a physical hole (the damage will show after they are washed and dried). Next carefully use a razor blade to cut across the lower thigh area of the jean horizontally. A few here and there, it‘s all totally up to you. **Remember your Do Not Mark line. You can do as much or as little as you desire. Although to avoid a disaster don’t do TOO much, you can always add later.

Step 3: The Bleaching| Depending on how dark the jean you can soak the jeans in bleach, or if they are already light wash you can “spot” bleach. If they are not to your desired wash, simply soak them in bleach for 45 min. Now, spot bleaching can get messy but really fun! You can fill the bleach cap and drizzle bleach over the jean, use a foam stencil to stencil stars or what have you, hand prints lol, just have fun with it! Let the bleach sit for an hour.  Obviously bleach is not very forgiving so make sure you give it some thought before going too crazy.

Step 4: Wash & Dry| When time is up throw the jeans in the wash (Don’t worry about wringing them out if you soaked them) When finished washing, toss them in the dryer with a dryer sheet for 35 min. (This will help all that elbow work come to life). **If they are still not dry you can toss them back in or hang dry them for the remainder of the time)

Step 5: Ready2Wear| Once dry put them on and roll them up right above the ankles and there you are! There are so many ways to dress them up or down, very versatile and lots of fun, Enjoy!

XOXO from Pink Indigo helping to create a more chic stylish you!

Beauty Tip | D.I.Y Week: Natural Face Mask

This is a totally natural face mask. Super scent that is satisfying and your skin will thank you! The sea salt will exfoliate your complexion while the essential oils moisturize deep leaving you with a radiant glow that you can now get all year round!

So here you go!

 

What you’ll need:

- 1 Cup organic cane sugar

- 1/3 Cup sea salt

- ½ Cup organic coconut oil

- 2 – 3 tablespoons almond oil

- 1 tablespoon Vitamin E

- 30 drops Orange Essential Oil

 

How to:

- Add all ingredients together in a small mixing bowl.

- To use in the shower, rub onto body in a circular motion.

- Rinse off completely and PAT dry so that you don’t wipe off the moisturizing agents.

* Keep in a small container for storage.

Enjoy! Let me know what you think!

NEW MUSIC CRAZE: ELLE VARNER & BRANDY

All the buzz about R&B songstress Elle Varner is finally realized, her debut album, Perfectly Imperfect, hit the stores yesterday. I went to go purchase the album and guess what it was sold out…not surprised. Hopefully, I have better luck today. This is a MUST to add to my collection and I already heard a few tracks and boy she’s got a skill with the pen. Let me know what you guys think!

 

 

We’re looking forward to see how Brandy has revamped her image!  We all know Brandy can sing but looks like the rumors about her putting in work in the rehearsal studio with Laurieann Gibson are true! Much anticipated music video! Brandy recently shot the video for the Chris Brown featured single with Hype Williams. Will there be some Chris-Brandy action? Put It Down” is the first single from her upcoming album Two Eleven. Originally slated to drop in August, Brandy’s album release date has been delayed to October. However I smell quite the comeback!

Are Yall Feeling This One?