With the 2012 Pantone Color of the Year being the bold, punchy Tangerine Tango, Spring and Summer are the best times of the year to wear it. Compared to 2011′s Honeysuckle, a dark, vibrant pink, I’ve been finding the orange hues of Tangerine Tango harder to get away with – it’s a very obvious, stark colour on Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, we talked about makeup for people suffering from hair loss (be it temporary or permanent,) and went over a few “quick fix” makeup solutions to help disguise the condition. This week, I wanted to talk more specifically about the colour aspect of makeup in conjunction with illness — how to add a Continue Reading »
You don’t have to be a tiny sociologist to realise that physical appearance, as important or trivial as it is to an individual, has a huge impact on their sense of self. It makes sense, then, that one of the hardest parts about a lot of medical treatments and conditions is losing one’s hair - especially for Continue Reading »
When it comes to nail art, it is ideally all about creating that wow factor but with minimal time and effort! One way to do this is to create different nail art designs using dots. Dots really are fool proof and take no time at all to do! If you are already into nail art Continue Reading »
We’ve talked about eyeliner looks before on She Said Beauty, but here’s the thing about liner: there isn’t just one way to wear it. A great example of how eyeliner can make “trendy” colours super-wearable was the makeup at the recent AW12 Christian Dada show at Tokyo Fashion Week, where MAC made metallic greens remarkably Continue Reading »
How many of us actually get our hair trimmed every six weeks as it’s recommended? No, not you either? Join the club. The wish for long hair leaves many of us hiding from the hairdresser for months on end with no real joy in the growth department. Sometimes our hair seems to be in a Continue Reading »
Floral prints are everywhere this spring/summer 2012 from heavily floral printed trousers to vintage inspired floral summer dresses. However a great nod towards the trend without the designer price tag is to create your own floral nail art! The print is surprisingly easy to achieve on the nails when you know how; it just includes Continue Reading »
Not everyone can afford to splash out on the luxury of a salon facial, but that doesn’t mean you can’t receive the same benefits! It is really simple to do yourself at home and you don’t have to spend a lot of money on expensive products. It is really important to take care of your Continue Reading »
The weather has finally turned around and everyone is soaking up the sunshine. Summertime is approaching fast and, with that, we’re all sensing excitement for trips to the seaside and beaches. Like a lot of other women, one of my favourite parts of spending time at the beach is the way my hair looks when Continue Reading »
Now that Fashion Week is long gone, let’s stop wondering if blue hair will really work for work and figure out how we can take runway to ‘real way’, shall we? Let’s start by looking at some of the biggest trends on the Autumn/Winter 2012 runway from New York to Paris. Victoria Beckham and Anthony Continue Reading »