HOW TO WEAR MAKEUP WITHOUT LOOKING EMBALMED! & LOOKING NATURAL WITHOUT LOOKING HAGGARD

Hi Everyone!

After writing my blog on money management last night I was pondering on the part about makeup.... That there are many ways to wear it....Some people think there is only one way to wear it, and they mistake that for ”CAKEY!!!!!!”..... Wearing foundation, concealer, powder, blush, and highlighter can seem like packing or “caking” it on... But you are mistaken! Theres a way to wear it.... If you don't know already lemme refresh your memory! Cuz if your a girl I know you've worn makeup at least once in your lifetime.. As you probably already know:

Foundation and moisturizer work to hold everything else you put on your face in place... and it evens out your skin tone.. Concealer gets rid of shadows and that tired look underneath your eyes, it also covers up zits, the powder gets rid of the shine from the foundation and concealer... Blush gives ya some color so you don't look like your dying.... and thats the basic makeup application.. the rest like eye stuff, and lip stuff, and highlighter is just there to accent features if you'd like to..But those basics of makeup I just mentioned make a HUGE difference in looking dead or alive for the rest of the day ha.

NATURAL BEAUTY
#1.) Keep your hair and your skin tone natural!!! If your olive stay olive don't try to turn your beautiful olive skin into orange skin, if your pale stay pale!! If your a darker skin tone stay that way!! part of being beautiful is having your natural beauty mushed in while wearing makeup... part of whats wrong with the way Snookie looks is that she turned her skin pigment orange and her hair is Purple black....Its too extreme to look at during the day. Part of whats wrong with the way Joan rivers looks is that shes had 5 or 10 new noses within the past 2 years!!!... Just keep your hair, skin and facial features the way God gave em to ya... NATURAL!!!!!!!

Here Katie Holmes is wearing a gorgeous natural daytime look. This is a perfect example of looking natural without looking haggard or cakey.

In this pic Lindsay Lohan shows us her natural beauty before she dyed her hair blonde... If I'm not mistaken I do believe that is her NATURAL Hair color with a few highlights.You know like I know she shoulda stayed a red head/strawberry blonde... OH WELL!

2.)ACCENT YOUR PRETTIEST FEATURES!!!!!
I know it sounds so cliché.... But lemme break it down so that it makes sense... Cuz I know when I heard that saying I rolled my eyes and said yea right...lol.. This goes for your body too.... We all have a certain something that makes us attractive! For me its my ebony eyes that bounce off my pale skin...Its a great combination.. and I go out of my way to show it off... I do smokey eyes with a pretty pale pink blush and pale lip...I love the nude lipstick colors cuz it makes my eyes look even darker! If your Olive buy bronzer damnet! and wear it!! lollz. I wish I could wear bronzer without looking nuts but I know because I'm so pale its not going to work.. : (...Red lipstick goes if your pale also... If your olive the pastel and dark neutral eyeshadow colors look really good on you...Take light blue for example.. I look like an 80's chick in light blue shadow lol. But If your darker it looks so much prettier!..

Kate Middelton accents her best features on her wedding day! Gorgeous!









HEIGHT: I'm 5” 10” I didn't realize the value of being tall till recently so if your tall wear heels!

CURVES: If your naturally busty take advantage damnet! If your busty you don't have to buy the bras with layers and layers of padding! ha You can buy the little lacey ones and still be busty....and corsets look good on the busty girls too!

BIG EYES: If you have big brown eyes or big blue eyes, Green, etc Smoke them out!! Smokey eyes look so gorgeous and nobody wears it! Snookie is a bad example of a smokey eye...... Not that she looks bad but it scares a lot of women off who wanna give the look a try...If your eyes are blue line them in white underneath and in the tear duct...White liner looks so pretty on blue eyes!

Here Christina shows us a smokey eye and accents her curves. I'd love ta look like that minus the piercings... I feel the tan works better if your a blonde rather than a brunette..



SCENT: Part of an attraction we have to someone is their scent!!! Like makeup, Fragrance is among one of the misconstrued beauty products out there... First off NO... YOU WILL NOT SMELL LIKE YOUR GRANDMOTHER IF YOU WEAR PERFUME!!!!!.....2.) If your man complains about the way your perfume smells get rid of him! Perfume is there to make YOURSELF feel beautiful! And there are men out there who appreciate it.. Their just few and far between... : (

Chanel 5 has a negative stigma... I like Chanel 5! It was my first perfume I ever owned and I used up the whole bottle numerous times!! Yes Chanel is a floral fragrance but I wouldn't say it smells old lady.. But I wouldn't suggest a 15 yr old buying it either.. Kids wanna smell like kids...Apples, pears, bubblegum, and tropical.. For whatever reason Young girls wanna smell like a tropical Island and like the inside of a Hollister store... Its not a bad thing, its just an acquired taste the way Chanel 5 is an acquired taste....If your in your early to mid 20's like me...You start to develop an appreciation for fine fragrances.

....I personally like to smell like a sophisticated woman... .I'm getting into the musks now ha... Chanel 5 is a great perfume cuz it lasts!!! I've bought too many perfumes that you spritz half the bottle on and you can't smell a thing.... For a while I was debating wearing mens cologne... Cologne is awesome!!! It all smells so good!!! Especially that Axe Cologne!!! I'd love a perfume to come out that smelled like Mens Axe deodorant spray!! haa.... If I made my own perfume thats what it'd smell like. It'd be Mens Axe deodorant spray in a perfume bottle basically. ha

I will talk to you later!! A vlog will be posted soon! I want you all to get to know me better! : )

SHOP-AHOLIC REHAB!!!!! Tips for Money Management when all ya really wanna do is spend it

Hi Everyone!

Happy post fourth of July to you! Hope you had an awesome holiday weekend. I guess my heads been in the clouds lately. Especially in the realm of shopping! Shopping is tough isn't it?? Well scratch that...If your a multi billionaire shopping is probably heaven on earth haa. But me? I try as hard as I can to budget, but I gotta tell ya, I hate it! lolz If budgeting were so simple everyone would be doing it. Right? heres a list of my theories on how I spend $$!

1.) ITS NOT WHAT YOU MAKE ITS WHAT YOU KEEP! !!: Save 10 or even 20 bucks a week and in 5 weeks you'll have $50.00 if you put away $20.00 for 5 weeks thats 100.00! Spend half, save half, and when shopping leave your credit cards at home, that way if you feel like buying impulsively you'll be doing yourself a favor by having no cards in your wallet. Except debit cards(cuz thats cash)... But I'm talkin about Amex here!! The evil credit cards!! Truly being broke is better than borrowing money you don't have!!!! Save a pile of cash and borrow from that..

2.) EMBRACE THE KNOCKOFFS!! The Burberry coat is a perfect example of this.... A typical Burberry coat is over $1,000.00 I was going to get one but I checked out some of their coats and found none that caught my eye this season... Plus my ultimate dream is to travel Europe within the next year, and go ta Hawaii for 3 weeks in 2013. I think I'd rather blast a few G's on Europe and Hawaii then spend $1000.00 on a lousy coat!.I'd be better off spending $100.00 on a coat that LOOKS like a Burberry coat. Bottom line is all because its a big brand name doesn't mean its not a huge waste of money...

3.)WHATS IMPORTANT TO YOU??? I ask myself this question all the time before spending money. Whether its on shoes, investments for my business, or a new shirt to wear...Will I use this product over and over again? How will it benefit my life? etc, etc. Now don't get the wrong idea. I love luxury and lavishness as much as Warren Buffet does!! But in real life money does not grow on trees!! Its a discipline we all learn some time.. I guess my thing is saving up a pile of cash then blasting it on a lavish vacation : ) and..... I tend ta blast money on makeup and jewelry too!
: D Why???
Because its the one affordable product that can make you look great even if your wearing rags. You could be wearing sweatpants with a plain white t-shirt, and look stunning so long as your hair and your face look great.. Thats the Glory of makeup and hair stuff!... Plus you get a ton of use out of it every day so that its not a waste of money, and you feel pretty and like a movie star on a tight budget!. To me that alone is worth the money I spend on cosmetics.
My personal theory is.. Keep your face and your hair looking good and it doesn't matter what your wearing.. The first thing people see when they look at you is your face! remember that!

As Marilyn Monroe said in her autobiography the minute she applied mascara and the red lipstick was as though she put on a dazzling evening gown for the first time. and shes right! : D

Those are my tips! Their religious actually... ha.. I 'm not going to sugar coat it though.. Its not easy at all.... Its one hell of a time saving cash! ZEROO FUNN and huge sacrifice!!: ( but the bottom line is that its real $$$$$$!!! and that its yours.... I suppose having real money is a thing of the past... Maybe I'm just an old fashioned girl from another life....ha... I mean yea sure its good ta have a credit card or two for those emergency times when you really need ta gas up your car if you have no cash.. But as far as the rest of life goes ya don't wanna be up shits creek without a paddle! And living off credit is just that.....

Lady Gaga and her Judas Jewelry Box!!!

IT GIRL BOUTIQUE ON ETSY
I don't know about you but I consider myself one of Gaga's little monsters! She's one of the first artists of the 21st century to come out who is actually an artist! She thinks outside of the box and that's awesome!! I worship anybody who could think outside of the damn box!! lollz. Cuz too many people live and die inside of that box...
This has to be one of my favorite Gaga videos of all time Judas! I love it because 1 the song is great and 2.. The whole look of the video has this bohemian, biker, middle eastern vibe goin on... I'm addicted to it !I love this look! I think instead of getting myself a double breasted wool, Burberry coat for fall and winter I'm getting myself a leather biker jacket instead: D... Ya gotta admit it looks so much cooler!!
Mother Monster looks absoloutly Dyn-O-Mite in her leather biker jacket in this video!! I just got an entire bunch of jewelry for my it girl boutique on Etsy that I know Lady Gaga would have used in this Judas video if she could!! Every time I look at this jewelry I automatically think of that video... So sit back and enjoy my fashion show of the new merch for fall from my it girl boutique on Etsy. My style is going Judas this fall!!! How about you??

IT GIRL BOUTIQUE ON ETSY

IT GIRL BOUTIQUE ON ETSY

...So Where has IT GIRL been all this time????!!

Hey I'm back!! I'm sure a lot of you are asking yourselves where on earth did she go?????!! Its been a busy and confusing 2-3 years for yours truly... I got a job in December of 08 working in sales in the fashion industry for a while, got laid off, then after a couple months of deciding what to do for the rest of my life I started 3 businesses!!!!! It has taken me up till now to get all of them alive and up off the ground... I sell vintage jewelry on etsy.com, I'm a dealer of antique dolls and doll clothing under the seller name femmebebe on rubylane.com, and just recently I am now a costume designer for puppets!! which I'm still building a website for... I make costumes for rod puppets.... Like the ones in sesame street....and its still growing!! I am so sorry that I abandoned my readers! I've been all over the place these past 2-3 years. Running 3 small businesses is a lot of hard work.... Now I am back on track and back here with all of you!! I'm so excited to be back again!!!! and this time my blog is going to be bigger and better than ever!! I love you all!! and thanks for reading all my crazy little posts on here!! lol It means a lot to me. You all are the best!

- It Girl

Uh Ohh..The Holidays Are Coming

..Its November 10th already and Christmas is on its way, and by the shape this country is in I don't think we'll be seeing very many Coach bags under the tree this year. Now is a time for bargain hunting and creativity. By creativity I mean pull out your sewing machine and knitting needles because we'll be needing them for the next few months. Lately clothes have been way over priced.($32.00 for a sweater from Mandees!) Its cheaper to make your clothes and knit your scarfs for this winter. Also bargain hunting! Shop the internet and poke around inexpensive department stores for what you need, and recycle what you own already to make it new and interesting again. Thats the only advice I can offer for now, and if you do want to splurge, pick one expensive thing you absolutely love. All because money is a little scarce doesn't mean you have to cut yourself off entirely from a beautiful new bag or pair of shoes. Just don't splurge too much!

Halloween It Girl

What are you going to be for Halloween? Halloween is next to X-mas is my most favorite holiday of the year! Its so much fun to get dressed up in a wild costume and collect candy!, lol. I'm to old for that now unfortunatley. If I were to even try to trick or treat now my guess is I wouldn't get any candy, lol. Any way, My advice to all of you is have fun on Halloween! Its not only for little kids..Look the best on Halloween. Have the best costume with the best makeup..It only comes once a year so enjoy it!!

It Girls Beauty Experiment!

I need a new shampoo for my hair. I've tried everything in the drugstores but nothing seems to work! I have very fine hair and I've been trying all different volumizing shampoos but have gotten no great results yet.I have to switch to trying the really expensive stuff. Here is my experiment. I'm going to Sephora and I'm going to try out a few shampoos that have been all over the magazines. Fred Fakkai, Phyto, and Biolage. I probably won't buy them all at once because their so expensive! The experiment will probably take a week or two. I need to find the perfect volumizing shampoo for fine hair. If you have any suggestions I'd greatly aprreciate them. I'm so fed up with my hair! I've heard a lot about that Phyto shampoo but does it really work that well? or is it just a rip off? I think that shampoo is like $24.00 a bottle! So I really want to make sure it works before buying it...P.S. I will write more entries! Its been a busy fall, lol.. Talk to ya soon!

Snow Bunny!

Its already starting to get cold out there! Which means that we have to start getting ready for winter! Winter is the most elongated season of the year! at least 5 months long. I get so frustrated because I get stuck in this groove of wearing sweat pants and sweat shirts all season long! This year I want to make a change. By that I mean look a lot cuter..Like a snow bunny! I think a lot of women dread the winter. It takes a toll on your skin, makes your hair frizzy, and bums all of us out! These clothes will be just the thing to brighten up those dark winter days, and fill you with enthusiasm and energy to look good! From Top:Luca Luca, Miss Sixty leg warmers, D&G Winter 07, Dior ski purse.

Singin in the Rain...

I forgot that theres so much rainy weather in the fall. Finding something comfortable to wear that looks good for rainy weather can be a challenge..I've seen some rain boots but they all look so ugly in my opinion. You know those bright colored rain boots that are rubbery looking.. I wouldn't mind a pair of those in a solid color but I think the prints are too much..Then I see people wearing the bright colored rain boots with their jeans or leggings. They don't look good with jeans! When you go to work on a rainy day wear your rain boots but bring a pair of shoes to change in to when you get there. That way you won't have to wear those glocky rain boots all day long. Those are strictly for outer wear not inner wear. Thats my opinion though..Finding a good raincoat can be hard too, unless its a designer one like this burberry trench on top. Rain boots are by Hunter,"Polermo" Umbrella.

2008 VMA's: Lots of Interesting Events..

Okay, I didn't watch the VMA's last night but from seeing the headlines of the highlights of the show, it looked interesting. Britney is back in the game again as an It Girl which I am very excited about.. as opposed to her VMA disaster last year..She looked great,like a lady..Then Christina! I was looking at comments people wrote on her new look, you either love it or you hate apparently, theres no in between, lol. I don't think she looked terrible, shes still pretty its just a very drastic change from how we're used to seeing her..We've never seen her with bangs before, ever! I think she looks better with out them, she looks more like Christina..You can't see her pretty blue eyes with those bangs in the way! Her eyes are one of her best features, their so blue! I liked her dress and her stage clothes. What did all of you think of the show? or the clothes? or Britney's sweep of awards?

It Girl Inspires Lingerie

Pinups come to mind in this category of It Girl. Almost every market or brand of lingerie is inspired by pinup. Betty page and Dita Von Teese are the most popular pinups Dita being the modern day comeback, and Betty Page being the originator. Who can blame us though! The pinup girls look the best! More than any other It Girl in lingerie does. Pinups carry that combination of class meshed with very sexy. My opinion is that no woman wants to be one or the other. We don't want to look too good, but we don't want to look raunchy either. Lingerie needs a balance of the two to look and make you feel good underneath your clothes. Nobody wants that ugly bright white bra, but we don't want the raunchy fishnet stockings either. One screams old lady the other screams sleep with me now.. (lol) Thats why there are only a few famous lingerie companies, its a challenge to design lingerie just perfect for a mix of good girl with a vixen twist.That is why lingerie designers turn to pinups. They look like nice girls but very sexy at the same time.

Sept.Means Back to School: "Chlorophyll more like Borophyll!"

I hate September! Its the saddest month of the year. You'd think that January or February would be the saddest, but I nominate September as the worst, because you watch the long days and beautiful weather die very slowly. Thats the sad part! No ones at the boardwalk or the beach, you can't even buy anymore summer clothes for yourself because theres not enough time to wear it. Finally school! Going back to school blows. All ya did was make $ and party all summer and it comes to an end for classes about chlorophyll, or trigonometry, just useless classes that nobody cares about! Lets hope that the fall and winter fly by so summer is back in no time.
"CHLOROPHYLL MORE LIKE BOROPHYLL!"

Dear Diary...

We all need a diary! Sometimes you just have to write it down.. What ever it may be..We all have those times when there isn't anyone to tell, its a very personal matter, and putting it into a blog is a bit too public. Thats why we need diaries! Diaries can be a life saver or a mood saver. If your feeling really bad about something, nervous, excited, or angry, writing it down saves a lot of trouble later on when you get home not to flip out on family, or your pets..Diaries are the way to relieve your terrible, horrible, no good very bad day!...(Its been a busy weekend, so entries are a little short)

Job Rant: This Economy is Killing Me!

This economy is killing me! Why retail? Why fashion? Why the industry that I work in?!! It is so hard to land a job! Its not only that I'm fresh out of college..Thanks to the economy no one has any money for employees. Retail is taking the biggest hit from all this. I ask myself why retail???? Why now? When I need $$$ the most! I'm being forced to work in a mall job for 5 bucks an hour when I really should be part of cooperate America like the rest of the world, making something thousand a year..I've been very bitter latley, and down trodden.Its normal to feel that way. You feel like your employers think your too worthless to work for them. Thats how I feel! Am I supposed to be jumping for joy to be poor? and work for 5 dollars an hour? When I just got done graduating the best of the best of the best in Fashion School?? When I was in college I was so excited to get a real job.. Now its the most depressing journey of a lifetime. All the 35 year old sex and the city crowd is stealing my thunder! Sure I'm 21 years old but I'm not a stupid 21 year old! I bet I know more about the industry than the "experienced" 35 year old industry burnouts, that have been pushing papers for the past 10 years. Thats what these employers call experienced? Give me a break! If I put on my resume I had a job this summer holding the grand opening sign for Taco Bell on Rt. 17 they'd consider that to be experience and hire me. What is that?! I think a monkey has more of a chance of getting a job than a kid out of college. I hope Obama becomes president so that he can prove to the world that old people(30 -100)aren't the only group who can be in control of things. It'll be nice having a young dude running this country. Maybe someday the college crowd will be telling the old people,"Sorry not enough experience!"

It Girl Fashion Fun!: Heatherette

LA Fashion week is very cool. They have a whole different style than New York. We shouldn't push L.A. under the rug and forget about them. Instead of black, brown, and gray pant suits... and more gray pant suits like New York. L.A. designers put some color and sparkle into their look, and they experiment with swim wear, dresses, skirts, heels, platforms.. The fun stuff! I still like New York designers but occasionally you need a break from looking like cooperate America all the time! L.A.'s got that crispy warm weather, beaches, celebrities, and some wild style! Heatherette is pretty big over there. For their spring 08 show they featured one of their star clients as a runway model. Adult film star Jenna Jameson! lol Its pretty funny to see a racy actress modeling clothes down the runway. Now thats what I call thinking outside of the box! That's what I love about Heatherette..They take an ordinary idea and put a very unexpected twist on it..

It Girl On Rolling Stone

Anybody who's anybody always makes it on to the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine! If it features an It Girl there is always an outlandishly glamorous cover to expect..Sometimes a little shocking, but thats why their It Girls! The covers are rather stylish too, even though their a little sexually suggestive..The hair, the make up, the pose, and the props are all fabulous! I collect quite a few Rolling Stone Magazines.. I love the entertainment industry! Its so crazy..There's nothing else like it anywhere! There has been too many great trends that came out of Mtv..Its true! Music videos, crazy magazines, album covers, movies, TV shows, is what makes the world spin! Without all of this crazy media the world would be so blahh!! There'd be nothing fun to expect,watch,or read about. So keep on buying those magazines everybody and support the entertainers and It Girls!

The "Bad" It Girl: Plaid=Bad!

What can be more fun than to look bad in some plaid! Nothing is more of an It Girl classic than that sexy school girl plaid mini skirt ensemble. There are all different styles and variations of the bad school girl outfit. Then there are the bustiers in plaid that can look really fetishy with lacing up the front, or some vinyl trim.. Top that look off with some high black boots..Every time I see one of those plaid mini skirts I always want to buy one! But when I try one on in the store its too short! Nothing I could ever leave my house in ..(lol) I guess I'm just going to have to make one out of a really cute plaid thats a good length to wear out..Here are some fun plaid pieces that are for the most part wearable, and few that are crazy, enjoy! Plaid Top:kaboodle.com,Plaid Corsets:Deaux Corsets

Travilla and His Special Client...

I simply had to know who designed Marilyn Monroe's clothes, because back in the golden age of Hollywood each costume designer was under contract to design all of the costumes for a certain star. Then I discovered him! William Travilla originally started out designing costumes for burlesque theater, and then worked his way up to Hollywood. When he got assigned to Ms. Monroe, she was still an unknown starlet. Travilla next to Edith Head is probably one of the luckiest costume designers who ever lived! He certainly made history..In a lot of Marilyn's dresses he put in built in bras so that she looked fabulous!, and boning as well. In the 7 year itch dress the bodice has heavy foundations in it, lots of padding and under wires to hold Marilyn up. lol, Without those foundations Marilyn had fit issues as you can probably imagine. (lol) In her " Happy Birthday Mr. President" Dress. She was literally sewn into that dress! How they pulled that one off I'll never know..Travilla and Marilyn were a design match made in heaven. The perfect dresses for the perfect woman to wear them..