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Do You Really Burn More Calories With Strength Training?

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 11, 2015August 11, 2015Leave a Comment

If you really want to maximize your burn you will want to begin a strength training program if you have not already added it to your fitness routine. Women tend to shy away from picking up weights out of fear of becoming or looking too bulky. It is true that exercise alone has numerous benefits that the body is sure to appreciate. These being:

lower cholesterol
decreased stress levels
lower blood pressure

Photo: John-Francis Bourke/Corbis

Moreover, getting moving period helps to boost metabolism and allow the body to begin building and producing lean body mass or muscle. Nevertheless, if you really want to send your metabolism through the roof strength training is your go-to option. Why is this the case?

Researchers have discovered that the more muscle mass that an individual has the faster their metabolism will be. Just how much of a difference will having more muscle make? Studies have shown that twenty to thirty percent of the calories we burn daily is determined solely on muscle mass. Therefore, more muscle gained through strength training which focuses on building muscle will mean a bigger burn.

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Get the Beauty Look: Keke Palmer’s Pink Lip Color

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015Leave a Comment

Keke Palmer truly looked pretty in pink as she dazzled in the bright, rosy lip color. It can be a little intimadating to go so bright when it comes to lipstick, but the result can be so beautiful! Want to make Palmer’s lip look all your own?

MAC Cosmetics Candy Yum Yum Lipstick looks fabulous on brown and deeper toned skin

If the spirit is willing but the wallet is saying not till your next check, NYX is a great option.

Their Matte Lipstick in Sweet Pink is simply gorgeous.

Do your lips tend to feel like they have passed through the Sahara when wearing lipstick?

You are not alone, try Iman’s Moisturizing Lipstick in Flirtatious to get your pink fix without all the dryness.

Beauty Tips: Remember that bright lip color will not hide ANYTHING. Don’t skip out on any prep work in order to make your lips look absolutely divine. If your lips look lumpy due to dead skin it will be quite noticeable. Therefore, buff those lips smooth before any tint application to prevent this dreaded and often feared beauty issue.

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Make Your Lips Bigger or Smaller Without Surgery

Arianne Suggs August 6, 2015August 6, 2015Leave a Comment

As much as we love ourselves most women would like to change one or two things in regards to their appearance. As the saying goes we all want what we can’t have. Ever noticed that a woman with a beautiful physique may want smaller hips or she may have a great facial bone structure yet desires a softer look. No matter what beauty each of us possess still a small change here and there could be nice.

Today we are going to focus on the lips, whether you want them fuller or thinner this post will help get you there. To perform this beauty feat all you will need is a lip pencil aka liner. Nevertheless, when you doing this you never want to go too far or overboard otherwise the ending result will look unnatural. The reason why this trick works so well is because lip pencils allow you to cleanly redefine your lips in a subtle manner.

Create Fullness: Use the lip liner to trace and outline your lips as normal, but create the line a slightly outside your natural lip line. Doing so will give you a larger area to fill making your lips look instantly bigger.

Thin the Pout: Outline your lips using the lip pencil, but instead of following your mouth’s natural outline trace just on the inside. This will give the appearance that a small amount of lip has done a poof magic trick.

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Discover Your Skin’s Undertone By Using Jewelry

Arianne Suggs August 6, 2015August 6, 2015Leave a Comment

Why exactly is it important to know and understand the undertone of your skin? Being aware of what category you fall under will help you not only beauty wise, but also when choosing various fashions. Discovering whether you are a warm, cool or neutral undertone will help you purchase cosmetics and couture that truly suit you. This is because you will know what colors are appropriate for your skin type enabling you to truly look your best. Imagine your skin looking more radiant and your eyes more dazzling and all because it is like everything you are wearing was specifically as well as specially made for you.

If seeing is believing or you just happen to be more of a visual person in general there is a simple test that you can perform in order to discover your skin’s undertone. All you need to do is locate two pieces of jewelry, one being gold and the other silver. You will use these accessories to help give yourself a proper assessment of your skin.

To perform the jewelry test first try on your gold jewelry and take note of your skin.

Next, do the same with your silver jewelry remaining observant of how your skin looks.

Once both the gold and silver has been worn ask yourself the following questions and be as honest as possible: Which color of jewelry complimented my skin the most? Did I look better wearing gold or silver? If you answered gold then you possess a warm undertone, but if silver made you resemble a beauty queen then you a cool lady.

Now what happens if you looked great in silver and gold? Although very rare, this indicates that you have a neutral undertone which means the sky is kind of the limit. You have a much larger range of tints and shades that will look amazing on you. If you are not quite sure what undertone you are after performing the jewelry test you might benefit from the paper test. Lastly, at the outset of this post we mentioned that knowing your undertone will help you know which colors look best on you. Check out this quick post which reveals colors you are going to want to wear!

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Fashion

Beyonce Releases Line of Flash Tattoos

Arianne Suggs August 6, 2015August 6, 2015Leave a Comment

We are Crazy In Love with Beyonce’s new line of flash tattoos! In this month’s issue of 1966 Magazine we highlight temporary tattoos’ growing popularity and explain their trendy allure. Queen Bey who is always on the brink of fashion/beauty trends wants girls to look edgy and gorgeous in a Flash.

Her five-sheet, 57-piece collection includes geometric cuffs, her iconic lyrics as well as medallions to add instant style to any ensemble. Can’t choose which tattoo you would most likely enjoy rocking first? That is the true beauty of this amazing line co-created and designed by Beyonce; these fashionable tattoos can be worn solo or layered to assemble a more complex look.

Grrr… Can the woman get anymore fierce?

You do not have to wait to get your hands on the Beyonce x Flash Tattoos collection it is available now. Surf on over to the Flash Tattoos site and had the $28 set to your cart and be on your way. Lastly, do not forget to check out our August issue which includes the tattoo trend and more!

We personally love the exotic and glamorous vibe of the collection. Gold looks so beautiful on dark skin tones and just screams luxury. Alright, fabulous gals peep some of the designs:

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Give Your Feet Some Love and Honey

Arianne Suggs August 5, 2015August 5, 2015Leave a Comment

Summer is the time when the pedicure as well as sandal reigns supreme. However, nothing can kill a look faster than a pair of dry, callous and cracked feet. During the season dry feet may occur due to the area you live in, lots of walking or the heat of the day is literally sucking out any moisture. Nevertheless, showing your feet a little attention and love can get them looking fabulous!

Next time you notice a change in the condition of your feet for the worse try giving them a good soak or “bath.” Mix one cup of honey in a gallon of water and allow your feet to hang out there for fifteen minutes. Doing this treatment will help to bring back needed moisture into your skin. Honey is actually a natural antiseptic or purifying treatment that makes it one of the safest ingredients around to be used in beauty procedures.

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Why Drink Filtered Water

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 5, 2015August 5, 2015Leave a Comment

We all need water to live and if we try to go without consuming it within days we would perish. Moreover, there are many beauty benefits that come from drinking the daily recommended amount of H2O. Beauty experts agree that drinking 8 glasses of water will keep your body healthy and your skin glowing.

However, the scary part is the kind of water that most city dwellers have available to them. Most tap water is filled with various impurities and some can even cause cancer. Well, what’s a girl to do to be able to get her daily intake of water in without causing other health problems?

Some have turned to bottled water, but is that truly the answer? Unless, you have hundreds of extra dough available to spend on a yearly basis that may not be the best route. Instead buying a device to filter your water could be a more suitable choice.

For instance, Brita has designed a facet water filtration system that removes the following from your tap water:

Benzene
Lead
Asbestos
Toluene

The only thing Brita will leave behind and not filter out is fluoride. This is actually beneficial because fluoride helps to keep your teeth strong. Therefore, protect yourself from harmful chemicals in water and your body will reward you.

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Beauty Question: Is it trendy to wear dark lipstick in summer?

Arianne Suggs August 4, 2015August 4, 2015Leave a Comment

Beauty Answer: Oh girl yes it is perfectly fine! We do not know when it became the “In” thing to dictate when and how a particular tint or shade should be worn. Makeup is all about self expression and enhancing your gorgeous natural features. What happens if your facial structure just seems to pop when wearing darker shades? Are you just supposed to forgo a certain color all season long just because its not deemed a right seasonal tint?

Hopefully you answered a resounding no because dark lipstick is not just for the colder months. To take it a step farther the orange lip showed up on fall/winter runways several seasons back. Yes, orange a very bright, boisterous shade that is usually deemed more of a spring/summer color. Therefore, do not pigeon hole yourself because various shades can be worn all year long.

One last example before we get to some dark lip beauty inspiration. Red lipstick is worn by women regardless whether it is summer, winter, fall or spring. Yet, how many times do we see that red is THE color for spring or THE color for winter. Which is it, what time of year does red look best? Every color looks its best when it is worn by a confident woman who is happily rocking her look. Nevertheless, when a certain color becomes more popular and seen from the runway to the streets, then that is most likely when it will be honored with the trendy tag.

Okay ladies it wouldn’t be us if we didn’t show a little dark lip color inspiration photos to get you revved up to add it to your beauty repertoire. Here goes nothing:

Editor’s Pick:

If you like DARK lipcolor then say no more… we spotted this lipstick on singer Monica awhile back and have been fans ever since. The tint is by L. Cosmetics and is called “Hardcore” most likely because that is what you will look like after you apply it. We checked and this shade is back in stock but should act fast because they go fast!

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Beauty and the Smartphone- 5 Facts That Will Change You Forever

Arianne SuggsUpdated on August 5, 2015August 4, 2015Leave a Comment

We use them every day of our lives and panic when only one bar of service is available. However, there is way more terrifying and disturbing details regarding these tech gadgets that will alter your way of doing things forever. Well, at least it should cause you to at least give it a little more thought. No fluff or lead-in to this subject ladies, let’s just get right to it. Here are 5 facts about smartphones that will change you forever:

1. It’s Like Putting a Public Restroom Toilet Seat to Your Head- Researchers have discovered that our precious phones contain 18 times more bacteria per square inch than an average toilet seat. The next time you experience an unexpected breakout your cellie may be to blame.

2. Oh Crud- From the outside everything may look fine but the inside may be a whole other story. The good thing is Apple knows how to design a phone that is very secure, the bad thing is it is so secure that crud gets stuck in the phone and never falls out. Cell phone repairmen report that when cleaning phones they have discovered food particles that have caked along with finger oils stuck around the home button.

3. That’s a Load of Cr*p- Hate to break it to you, but researchers also found fecal matter on a large amount of phones. Before you deny it, think about that time you had to see or check your FB, IG, Pins, Tumbles, Snaps, Vines and Tweet time lines while you sat upon your glorious throne. Yup… that’s how it got there.

4. More Transfers Than a Bank Account- Microbes or bacterium can be transferred from person to person due to their ability to survive for days on the surface of your phone.

5. It’s a Bug’s Life- This one freaked us out the most so we are going to say it then quickly put it out of our minds. Very, very tiny critters may be living it up inside of your smartphone because they like the warmth that it provides. They find their way inside by using the earphone jack or other little openings. Nevertheless, there are products that you can buy to help keep them out…yay.

Alright, so what can be done in order to protect the beauty from the smart phone? We need our phones so we are not just going to burn them and live a life of phone celibacy. The key is all about maintaining a clean smartphone, there is no way around it. Keep your phone clean by wiping it down with antibacterial wipes and don’t forget to wash your hands. Moreover, be mindful where you are setting your phone down, aim to place it in an area that is not sketchy. Always think about if you would be willing to press your phone against your face if you laid your cell down in a particular area. If the thought of the face press scares you more than Friday the 13th then do not set your phone down in that area at any cost.

Whew! Close call but its all going to be okay… so keep those selfies coming!

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Nude Lips For Dark Skin Women

Arianne Suggs August 3, 2015August 3, 2015Leave a Comment

For years women with darker skin tones were fed the beauty myth that they could not wear a nude lip. Why had this been the case? A number of reasons came into play a couple being there wasn’t much on the market in terms of tints that would make for a great nude lip look and also some felt that a lipstick wouldn’t cover a two-toned pucker.

Many women who are considered dark skin possess lips that have two different tones. Usually the upper lip is darker than the bottom lip. However, is this a valid reason to give up the nude lip look or a cop out?

We have said once and we will say it again, dark skin women CAN wear nude lips. When picking the perfect shade there are now plenty of options available to create a fabulous beauty look. Moreover, do not worry yourself with finding a shade that matches your skin perfectly, that is not necessary. Nevertheless, do you really want your lips to seem like they disappeared completely off your face?

Bobbi Brown, MAC and Revlon all have stunning brown shades that make nude lips a cinch. Remember though when it comes to applying nude lipstick your lips need to be pristine. No flakes or dead skin because it WILL show and your lips will have a very bumpy appearance. Always exfoliate your lips, buffing them gently with a toothbrush then apply a lip balm. Your lip shade will go on smoothly making your nude lips that much more alluring!

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