Well if you know me I am mostly a neutral, monochromatic, minimalist kind of girl when it comes to fashion. But this spring my eye has been catching the patterns and brighter splashes of colour. Maybe it's just because I see it more everywhere. But it's pretty brave of me to add the patterns and colours. But sometimes you gotta be willing to change and move where life wants to take you. Sometimes it's just a new season and time to try something new. By now I'm not just talking about fashion, but it most definitely can be expressed there as well.
I paired this crazy patterned shirt with a pair of comfy joggers and neutral flats. This shirt would also look fabulous with a white pant. I took the extra step and added a bold piece of jewelry to an already crazy shirt. Normally I might say that there's too much going on and less is more, but in this case it makes a statement to put a pattern on a pattern. I mean, why not! The color in the necklace nicely ties in with the color on the shirt and it really does not look like too much at all.
And now! Shhhh..... I have a hair secret... I LOVE anything that I can do with as little work as possible but still look FAB! You know that wavy textured look that doesn't look perfectly curled but like you just woke up looking NATURALLY good? Well here's what you can do. With your bed hair, just take chunks of it and start twanging it. That's right! TWANG. I like that word. You know what you do with your hair when your nervous - you twirl it around your fingers. Well now you can say that you're actually doing your hair! Do it in the morning, do it at the stop light. HECK, you can even do it at work if you're sitting in an office!
In these pictures I took my hair out of a messy bun. They did not look good at all when I took my hair down. But when I twirled the hair around my fingers piece by piece, they sort of de-frizzed and got that textured not too perfect waves. I didn't spend a lot of time, but the more you twang the better! You could possibly add a bit of mousse to help out if you really feel you need it to hold better.
P.S I just looked up the definition for twang. It actually is a sound you make with a guitar string. But I concluded that it still worked in my context. You pick at your hair with your finger and you make a wave.... just maybe not a SOUND wave! :)
And now for the makeup to go with the spring pattern look. I kept the face bright, focused on a bit of blush and contoured cheek and a bit of blush on the eyelids and a rosy coloured lip. This keeps the face looking fresh and young. And you know what else keeps the face looking young? Keeping those eyebrows bushy! Yup. Remember how I said I like as little work as I can but still looking fab? Well even though you don't need to follow fads and trends, right now is a trend you might as well jump in on. Just keep your natural full brows with maybe a little bit of trimming underneath the arch. This look keeps your face looking young and original. Besides, it's low maintenance and its your natural look.
So maybe I'll set aside my shame in hopes that it might change someone's life and show you a picture where I tweezed the life out of my eyebrows because that's what everyone was doing and see if you know what I mean. The first picture is about a decade ago. I look older and like someone tortured me by picking away my eyebrows. The picture on the right however, are my eyebrows in all their bushy glory with just a bit of grooming and since they're still filling out I touched them up with my fabulous Mirabella Eyebrow Pencil. Voila!
