"Eye" Think You're Beautiful

I always, ALWAYS, see girls wearing too much eye makeup. Perhaps they think the excess is helpful, covering up what they don't what others to see? But tell me, why cover up beauty?

The past week or so, I've decided to not do my normal eye makeup. I've not put on any at all actually. I just put my foundation over my eyelids, add a little highlighter under the eyebrow and the inner eye, and top it off with mascara. And would you believe that my eyes have never looked more blue?

In fact, my boyfriend has continuously complimented me this past week, having no idea that I've started dialing it down a little bit on the eye makeup. 

Ladies, the only makeup you need (if any) is concealer (to cover up any blemishes and under-eye circles), foundation, a touch of blush, and the small amount of eye-makeup I mentioned in the second paragraph. 

Why put on extra, if it's not necessary? If you feel more comfortable with a small - I repeat: SMALL - line of eyeliner, I understand that completely. Seriously though, think of what a time saver this will be! I can get my makeup done in five minutes or less on a good day.

Ladies, it's of my personal opinion, that guys prefer natural beauty. Why not enhance it then? I don't care what anyone says, all of us are beautiful - inside and out. 

God gave you gorgeous eyes. Enhance them... please, don't cover them up. You're BEAUTIFUL! Trust me.

-Callie B.

P.S. The picture I have uploaded is without a filter and without editing. 

Shades Galore

Hello ladies! Clearly, I have been unable to do posts as of late. This would be due to the fact that school is stressful and time consuming. Thus, no blog posts.

Today, however, I had a "Blog Post Inspiration". My outfit to church this morning consisted of about four or five different shades of teal. And yes, that IS aloud. 

The color wheel has many, MANY, variations and shades of colors. To be able to pull off the "Shades Galore" look, you must first be very thorough and evident throughout your whole outfit of which color you want to pursue. For instance, you can't just choose an off-white blouse and pair it with a cream cardigan without any follow through. You may want to continue to -instead of gold/silver accessories- branch out into both cream AND off-white accessories. You will be able to see what I mean more clearly in the picture of my Shades of Teal outfit, below.

There are some things that we MUST NOT DO when putting different shades of colors together. A big no-no would be hot pink and coral. Ladies, trust me, they are not anywhere close to the same color. It would be extremely difficult to pull that look off. Coral is a mixture of pink and orange -not just pink.

When doing this outfit, the variations of shades I keep talking about would be like light teal, teal, and a darker teal. Think about it like this: if you were painting a portrait, and you wanted a lighter variation of a color, you would add white to it. If you wanted a darker version of that color, you would add black. Thus providing three different colors from the same base. That's what this whole look is about.

Below, you will find a picture of my outfit, and also a picture of my hairstyle for today. I got the look from www.hairromance.com. It's where you section three layers of hair from top to bottom. Tie each in a ponytail with an elastic and braid each ponytail separately. Then all you have to do is put them in a bun, pinning as you go! I did mine more to the side (at first on accident, and then I just continued to follow suit for lack of time, and it turned out alright! Just make sure it's obvious whether you want your hair on the side or straight down the middle). 

I hope you found this post helpful and I pray that you have a wonderful day!

-Callie B.