If you are the type to play around with the way your hair is done, then you will love this new trend. Ombre is a style where the color starts dark at the roots and about midway in the length of the hair it starts becoming a lighter shade.
Is there any limit to the types of jewelry that women use in making themselves more attractive? Actually, when you come to think of it, there really is no limit to the kinds of jewelry that women will wear.
Girls and hair have had a long history. Girls and women have been obsessed with hair and often hair is considered a major asset in the world of fashion as it gives birth to so many possibilities in terms of styling and haircuts.
When a woman becomes a bride, she wants to look her best and the best part is all brides look beautiful. It does not happen just like that and a bride has to work on her look and choose just the right dress, the right makeup, the right hairstyle and the right jewelry to look good.
The name John Galliano has a lot of meanings to a lot of people; for some it is a matter of the way he got fired but when you ask beautiful women around the world or at least the ones who are into fashion, it will be a name that will be taken with reverence.
Wouldn't it be awesome if we could dress to suit our inner personalities? In fact, is that not what fashion is all about? If you look at Bohemian casual outfits, they do fit the bill. Boho chic is known to be the style of artists and other creative people.
Have you ever come across a baby in one of those one-piece outfits? If not in real life, we are sure you have come across pictures of babies in their onesies. The thing that probably strikes you most about these one-piece garments is that they look so comfortable.
We all tend to look at fashion as an industry that works at establishing the clothing and dressing trends that then permeates the whole world. This is not untrue and this is normally how the fashion industry works but it is not always like that.
We always wait for summer with an anticipation that goes beyond the longing for the heat, the warm evenings, the cool drinks, the summer vacations and the simpler food. That is because summer brings along with it the freedom to wear clothes that are comfortable and also cute.
For many of us, fashion means the prevailing style in the society. Some think fashion is an art form while others consider it as a religion. For some people fashion is the best way to utilize clothes, hair and accessories perfectly. Fashion is always changing and sometimes slightly elusive.
Are you the type who loves to try out as many different types of hairdos as you can? The thing is we are sure that many women are like that and if you are one of them, then you can learn more about cute boho hairstyles to try and then try them on.
The common mistake that most women or girls make is the assumption that fashion is only meant for special occasions or for models and actors who are in the limelight. The fact is fashion is something that is meant for everyday use and this means even cheerful everyday look hairstyles can be fashionable and fun while still being easy to do.
When it comes to weddings, the bride is always particular about all the special details that make the day so great. This is because the wedding day is not just the day when a girl marries the man of her dreams but is also the culmination of all her dreams since she was a child.
The color brown has had a bad press in terms of fashion, not being as striking as black or as bright as pink. People often associate the color brown as a non-color that does not make a difference to a person's attire.
The thing about fashions and fashion trends is that it is not just restricted to the echelons of the fashion ramps and fashion houses but all over where clothes are worn with style.
Winter is just around the corner and this can bring on a certain amount of blues given that the lovely sunshine you have been enjoying is going to be a sparse commodity. However, winter also means long and toasty chats in front of a fireplace with warming mugs of cocoa to keep you nourished.
Just think of this - you are a working woman and as if that alone is not daunting enough, you have to deal with the frivolous nature of fall while keeping the fashion quotient up. No worries, we are here with plenty of convenient fall fashion ideas for working women.
Bags are big on the fashion scene and everyone knows that, which is why girls and women are always on the lookout for the best bags to go with what they wear. That is why when anyone mentions the best Louis Vuitton handbags for men and women, and you will have many people interested.
Fashions go around in cycles and when the fashion that is making a comeback is a cycling cap, then it seems almost poetic. Yes, the cycling caps that were regarded as something rather unacceptable to wear are now all the rage. We can count cycling caps as a part of fashions related to sportswear.
We all are fashion devotees; this is something that most of us can deny at least to ourselves. But even when you classify yourself as a fashion devotee, did you know there are different schools of thought in this too?
When it comes to men and their hairstyles, the world is firmly divided into two distinct groups - one that believes that men should have short hair and the other that believes that even long hair works on men. Both are right and both are wrong!
When it comes to Christmas decor, I love all things that sparkle or light up. Thankfully, there are a lot of Christmas items that do both, so that's usually where I direct my decorating efforts.
Hey, friends! We're so excited to share some fun ideas for embellishing your balloons today! We've all seen the pretty tassels you can make for balloons (like the ones we made for Emma's wedding reception), and we thought it would be fun to partner with Balloon Time to create some fresh alternatives!With the holiday season in full swing, we know you are on the lookout for cute, fresh party ideas!
Just preaching the gospel of hot cereal today, guys. Gotta do my part to spread the word because I SERIOUSLY LOVE HOT CEREAL. Why? So glad you asked. 1. It's super fast to make. Like 12-15 minutes tops.
Hello! It's time to talk about the dining room. This room has so much potential. I really REALLY love it. These photos were taken on the day we bought the house in May. Some of the major changes we want to make are restaining the floors a light color (so you can really see the herringbone pattern in the wood).
What do people drink in Palm Springs at Christmas time? These are the questions that keep me up at night. As you all know, one of my hobbies is pretending I live in Palm Springs. I'm the biggest wannabe Palm Springs resident ever.
Today we are excited to giveaway ELEVEN copies of our latest e-course, Start Small / Dream Big. We had so much fun developing this course this past year. We put so many of the small business lessons we have learned over the years into this course.
Today we are absolutely stoked to give away a Photoshop action collection to TEN lucky winners! If you've ever noticed the credits at the end of our posts, then you might already know how much we love the A Beautiful Mess actions. We use them almost every day!
This living room! I don't even know where to start. It's amazing. But it's also by far the most confusing room for me to decorate. Most of the time I can walk into a room and envision what I would do. But this one is a real brain teaser.
OMG, you guys! I am beyond excited to share today's post with you. We're making food safe AND dishwasher safe mugs. Can I just say- FINALLY! I feel as though my DIY prayers have been answered. We're bringing you this post in collab with PaintedByMe. They make food safe permanent paint markers and ceramics.
YAY! I cannot wait to get to this room!! It's no where near complete and we haven't even moved into it yet. So come and dream with me....? My big goal for the room is to keep it WAY simple. That's weird for me because I don't love bare, minimalist decor.
I've been lucky enough to have fireplaces at our last two houses, which are not only good for actually making a fire in and feeling cozy, but also come in especially handy during the holiday season for decorating purposes.
Today we are giving away a few copies of our #1 selling e-Course, Blog Life. You can read more about what the course is about, what you'll learn, and even see the trailer we created for this course by clicking here. NINElucky readers are going to win a copy of our Blog Life e-Course!
I'm so so so so so excited about this space. I feel like I want to give it a fancy nickname like "bubblebath haven" or "the golden lodge" (please help me find the perfect nickname??) because it feels so absolutely indulgent to have a master bathroom.
A couple weeks ago my friend, Julia, came over and snapped some special photos of me and Jeremy. I was pretty hesitant because I didn't feel prepared and our house is still half-finished. But Julia really worked her magic and captured some loving photos that I will treasure forever.
Just a little over a year ago we launched our first subscription service: Happy Mail. Since then thousands of people have joined the club to receive a monthly pack of cute stationary and paper items (like art prints, stickers, washi tape, etc.).
Growing up I did NOT appreciate gingerbread cookies. To be fair, I was a picky-eater kid, so the thought of a complex, spicy cookie that frankly doesn't contain as much sugar as a "normal" cookie was just not going to appeal to me. But oh man how I have changed my tune since then.
Fun fact: I haven't had long hair for very long. A few years ago I had a pixie cut-the Jean Seberg cut to be exact-and it's taken around three years to get to this length. When I had short hair, what I was most envious of was the different hairstyles girls with long hair could do when my hair basically did nothing.
With the new year just around the corner, we thought it would be fun to give SIX lucky readers one of our spiral bound 2016 planners (in marble)! You can read more about our planners this year and some of the upgrades you can expect here.
I try to be honest and objective about all the work I do. If it can be improved, I want to improve it! So on the random occasion that a recipe turns out SO MUCH BETTER than I even imagined, I'm pretty darn excited. Milkshakes, you guys! I recently entered a milkshake phase.
We know not every photographer prefers to use Photoshop, which is exactly why we created our best selling Lightroom Action Collection. This is the perfect mix of actions to use in Lightroom to make your photos pop! We're excited for FIVE lucky winners to win a collection to use themselves.
Recently I've been working on filling up the open shelving in our kitchen. I want it to be both beautiful and functional. We do have a pantry, but it's really small. So I decided to store some of our food on the open shelves as well!
The day before Thanksgiving I drove over to my parents' house to help my mom cook for our family Thanksgiving. My mom is full of hilarious family stories, and not too strict about following recipes, so she's a pretty fun cooking partner in my opinion.(Hi, Mom!)
This past March we launched our second subscription club: Messy Box! This is a monthly kit full of exclusive ABM designed papers, cards, and other items to help you turn your scrapbooks and photo albums into something truly unique! We are excited to give FOUR lucky winners next month's kit delivered right to their door.
We had a blast designing and choosing the colors for our signature Jack & Norma frames from BonLook. They are currently available in five different color options. We are excited to give THREE lucky winners a pair of eyeglasses single vision prescription (valued at $99).
Time for another round of freezer meal ideas. Lasagna seems like a perfect freezer-friendly option to me for one main reason: It's a pain in the butt to put together so you might as well make two while you're at it. :) It's kind of fun too, like playing with your food as you assemble the layers.
Tinsel, glitter and gold all have a place in my home's holiday decor, but sometimes it's the simplest things that become my favorite. This holiday star light is one of those simple thing-easy to assemble, and even easier to mix in with whatever style of decor you have in your home.
We adored designing our own exclusive A Beautiful Mess camera bag with Kelly Moore. In fact, we loved it so much that we just might be designing a new one to launch sometime this coming year (shhhhhhhhh!).
Hey, friends! I'm so excited to share this super easy idea with you today! I'm not going all out with holiday decor this year. With renovating, travel and work I just don't have the extra time/$$$/energy to go full force. Can anyone relate?
Mulled wine is one of those drinks that just screams "Holiday Party Alert!" It's warm and spicy and makes any awkward Christmas party seem a little more fun for sure. While there are lots of variations on mulled wine recipes, it's kind of one of those things where you can't go wrong since most of the usual ingredients compliment each other anyway.
In my mind there are really just two categories of DIY: useful and fun. Useful is when you save $500 on a new dresser by hacking an inexpensive Ikea piece. Fun is, well, the stuff that makes you feel good and RELAXED after a long day...the kind of projects you can combine with a little Netflix and wine if you so desire.
It's the most calendar tiiiiiiiiime, of the year.....You know what happens in January, right? New calendars for everyone! Well, if you wanted it to be, this could be the last calendar you ever make because it's a "perpetual" calendar, which means it's adaptable for every year, for, like, ever.
I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year!
Today is the final day of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways. We're down to just one winner...but that lucky winner is in for a real treat! It's no secret that we are big fans of sewing here at ABM, and if that is a skill that you've been thinking about learning this coming year, then you are in luck!
After getting good response and appreciation for " Cute Things to Say to Your Girlfriend" and " Sweet Poems For Her " from our amazing visitors we're presenting another article of same kind. But this time, the article is completely dedicated to those girls who want to fill their relationship with some bright colors.
Whether we admit it or not, fashion is part of our life; even for those who deny any interest in the subject. Who would have ever thought that a simple pair of trousers made of thick cotton will rule the world for generations to come? Yes! We are talking about jeans.
We all love to look good and women even more so than men. Though we know it is vanity and not something that is really a great trait, the need to beautify ourselves never leaves us. There is not a single part on our person that we do not make efforts to beautify.
How to make nails stronger and Beautiful? The answer is here.Nails are like hair, you want them to grow because they make you look prettier. Some people think that growing nails is an easy task but it takes a lot of effort and hard work to grow healthy strong and pretty nails.
Spanish is one of the most influential languages of this world and here are some Inspirational Quotes in Spanish.Spanish literature is really vast and you will find all kinds of stories, tales, fictional and non-fictional personalities. The only thing that this makes this language different from others is its variety of love quotes.
We have often said that the best part about fashion is that there is no one wrong or one right way to do things and this is what makes fashion such fun.
A girl with good hair, really has things going for her looks wise right? Yes, this is true but you know how we women are, we are always on the lookout for more options. That is what makes the whole female gender so interesting and varied.
Among the many features that are praised in women, one of the most underrated and probably under-appreciated are the ears. Ears? You ask. Yes they are pretty underrated and that too when they can do so much for the face and beauty of a woman.
When the weather is hot outside, and you are spending a day that requires casual dressing, then the choices become a bit narrow. Though jeans are the go-to garment when it comes to casual wear, they may not be that great a choice when the weather is hot and humid.
A woman can create as many looks as she wants for herself as long as she is clear on what works for her. Some women like to play it safe and go for the same style no matter where they are going or what the occasion is or what she is doing.
Tattoos come in all shapes and forms and each tattoo has its own meaning, its own significance and its own popularity. Starting from the cutest tattoo designs to the heaviest themes, tattoos offer the whole array of design concepts.
When it comes to the age factor and fashion, many will tell you that the teenage years are the best when it comes to experimenting with fashion. This could be true to a large extent as the teen years are when a young lady looks her best in the sense her face and body are like a blank canvas that is waiting to be painted upon.
Like any other product or fashion segment, the tattoos too have trending styles that are followed all over the world. These styles vary from year to year and are picked up by women according to their personal preferences.
There is something almost magical about lipstick, as any woman would vouch for. Lipstick as the outside world sees it is just makeup but only women will be able to tell you that lipstick is more than that.
Maybe it's how we're wired as humans, but designs found in nature seem to be the most loved of all. Take marble for instance. It's the darling material of high style kitchen renovations, and in a much less expensive media, adorns the surfaces of stationery, manicures, and wall art.
I love a good garland as much as the next blogger, so when I found myself needing to add some color to my studio, I immediately thought of something involving macrame. I didn't have tons of white rope sitting around, so I grabbed some yarn from my weaving stash, and one hour later had a much more cheerful studio!
If there is one thing I am learning about scrapbooking, it's that working on present day books is WAY more fun for me than trying to go back in time and scrapbook memories from five years ago. I do still aspire to be "caught up" someday, but for now I've resolved to kind of do both.
We're so happy to welcome Kara Haupt to the blog today to share her lovely apartment with us!"My best friend and I moved into this apartment together a bit ago and it was the perfect reprieve from our last place's boring location and terrible, yellow-beige walls.
I consider the winter months my "work hibernation period." It's usually too cold for people to stand outside and have their picture taken. A typical photo session takes about an hour or two. When it is below freezing, it's nearly impossible to take pictures without a heavy coat, gloves, and a frozen subject.
Who doesn't love to take a good thing and make it just a little bit better? One of the fun aspects about DIYs is that you can either dive full in and make the whole item from the ground up, or you can take an existing thing and add a few tweaks to make it a little more exciting.
Hi, friends! Due to many requests, we are so excited to share with you our travel guide to Charleston, South Carolina. Emma and I recently enjoyed a long weekend in Charleston and fell quickly in love with this colorful, charming city! Now, I admit, four days is not nearly enough time to try all a city has to offer!
Hi, friends! I have been looking forward to this post! Today I'm here collaborating with our friends at Pentel to share my tips for practicing hand lettering. With Valentine's Day coming up this Saturday, it feels like the perfect time for cute, hand-written notes.
Is everyone thinking about Valentine's Day yet? Here's all the responses I just imagined:1. "Yes, I already have everything planned. I'm so excited about my special trip/dinner/present I already have ready for next weekend."2. "Whoa, what?! That's this month? What day is it today?
If you need me during the next couple of months, you can likely find me at home in my pajama pants and wool socks, tucked under a throw blanket on the couch with my dogs. If people were allowed to hibernate, I totally would during the Missouri winter months.
When it comes to men's fashions, we often hear women say that men have it easy and when it comes to women's fashions, men are often heard saying that it is not fair that they have too much choice.
Who does not like the sight of a girl or woman wearing skirts? Especially if the skirt that the girl or woman is wearing looks apt on her. However, today there are so many styles and lengths in which skirts turn up, that girls and women are often confused about the right choice in terms of the length of the skirt for different occasions.
Life is much easier for girls and women who do not think too much about what they are wearing or those who know that they look good no matter what they are wearing. However, even as you read these words, we are sure that you must be aware that there is a small percentage of girls and women who fall into this category.
A jacket is something that you have to wear when the weather is cold outside covering all the lovely curves inside as well as the cute dress or top that you are wearing. However, does this mean a jacket has to be boring or dull?
When winter comes around or when we are seeking to protect our heads from the ferocious sun out there, we are always reaching out for a scarf. While scarves have been around for a long time and even considered a part of fashion accessories, it is not as acknowledged or appreciated much.
Power dressing - the term itself brings to your mind visions of powerful men and women wearing business like suits with the right shoes making important corporate decisions. The thing is power dressing is a very important part of most women's lives because it definitely gives the person dressed in such a way, a definite advantage.
When people switch on their televisions or computing devices, the one thing that remains constant no matter what they are watching is the advertisements. They entice you, offer you information, take you for a fantasy ride, they bore you and most of all they take over a part of your life.
What is the preppy look and why does it work so well? If you must know, preppy looks are serious styles that are adopted mostly by college girls who belong to a more conservative and mostly richer class.
The world of fashion will keep you entranced with the sheer amount of choices that will open up in front of you once you decide to delve into it. That is why people who are into fashions, tend to get lost in the immense possibilities that fashion has to offer.
They often say that when fashions became a part of our lives it was often time to bid farewell to comfort, which could be true to a large extent but not always. The thing is today the definition and scope of fashion has extended to include many fashions and styles that are both fashionable and comfy at the same time.
