Jewel & Jewel

Classic red, iridescent blue, soft pastel or bright orange are only some of the thousands of nail color shades available in matte, gloss and sparkle finish. Two-toned colors are also gaining favor with the beauty conscious day by day and being color correct and keeping pace with the fast changing trends of nail culture is becoming more and more difficult. Here are some sensible advise from the beauty and nail experts for you to use:

Coloring your nails draw greater attention to your hands. So, don’t forget to moisturize your hands every time you wash them with special hand creams with aloevera so that they don’t dry off easily.

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The pearls are beautiful, valuable, and people are willing to purchase and wear them. The ideal pearl is perfectly round, smooth and shiny. The quality of pearls is judge by its orient. Fine pearls don’t have any spots or flaws in the nacre. The finest quality pearls are highly valued gemstones. The fake pearls are easily distinguished from the real pearls.

There are many kinds of pearls, Akoya pearls are the most popular pearl because it is a high quality pearl. Akoya pearls are very clean and generally free of heavy blemishes. Akoya harvests produce a reliable quantity of round and near-round pearls.
Akoya cultured pearls come in many colors from silvery/white to gold and even blue/grey. Akoya pearls size range is from 1mm to 10mm more commonly 5mm to 8mm.

There is another kind of a pearl called freshwater pearl. Freshwater pearls are those pearl that come from freshwater mussels. This is the most common type of pearl and is as good as or better than any other pearl. They are produce in Japan and United States to a limited scale. They are the only pearl which cover a wide range of color and shape. It is very difficult to find a very round and very loustrous freshwater pearl. Freashwater pearl can be found in white, silvery white, pink, salmon, red, copper, bronze, brown, lavender, purple, green, blue, cream, and yellow.

Rona Berg, in her book, “The Beauty Basics,” lists a bunch of great lipstick tips and tricks, some of which I want to share with you.

Tip #1: Lipstick done? You might notice there’s still a bit of lipstick down in the tube. Scrape out the last bits with a cotton swap or orange stick and mix it with Vaseline or lip gloss in a lipstick palette. Use a lip brush to apply.

I also love this tip shared by reader Patti Campbell. She scoops out the lipstick remnants from the bottoms of her tubes and she puts them in a pill case, “the one with the days of the week individually capped.” She then nukes the pill case until the lipstick melts.

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The lower house of parliament passed a bill that would make it illegal for anyone, including magazines, advertisers and websites, to publicly incite extreme thinness.

The National Assembly approved the bill in a series of votes, after the legislation won unanimous support from the ruling conservative UMP party. It goes to the Senate in the coming weeks.

Fashion industry experts said that, if passed, the law would be the strongest of its kind anywhere. Leaders in French couture are opposed to the idea of legal boundaries on beauty standards.

The bill was the latest and strongest of measures proposed after the 2006 anorexia-linked death of a Brazilian model prompted efforts throughout the international fashion industry to address the repercussions of using ultra-thin models.

Conservative Valery Boyer, who introduced the proposed law, argued that encouraging anorexia or severe weight loss should be punishable in court.

Doctors and psychologists treating patients with anorexia welcomed the government’s efforts to fight self-inflicted starvation, but warned that its link with media images remained hazy.

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 Oscar de la Renta covered all the bases in his Spring 2009 bridal collection, showcasing an ambitious array of 30 gowns that featured exquisite workmanship and fabrics at a Park Avenue church during Bridal Week in New York .

“I only do one bridal collection a year, so we have to have a lot of choices,” said de la Renta. “I try to make different gowns for different locations.”

And there were gowns for different characters, as well: Southern belles, Spanish dancers, high school sweethearts and classic Cinderellas, to name a few. Whatever the narrative for the bridal fantasy, however, a wedding dress by Oscar de la Renta is a must for any Park Avenue princess or those who just want to look like one for a day.

For a bride looking for the ultimate glamour gown, Hollywood-style, then Badgley Mischka should be at the top of their lists. Carmen Electra, Tori Spelling and Kristen Davis are just some of the celebs who have worn their wedding gowns.

James Mischka and Mark Badgley, known for their red carpet couture and Old Hollywood sensibility, kept the bridal silhouettes for their Fall 2008 collection classic and simple, whether a full ball gown with train, a strapless empire-waist chiffon gown or mermaid gown. There was a traditional shape to suit any bride’s fancy.

Rather than all-over embellishment, Badgley Mischka focused on a single highlight for each dress, whether a bead-encrusted neckline, simple rhinestone straps and belt or carefully placed embellished lace on the hem of skirt.

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 Think getting married is a solemn and staid affair, and a traditional white gown the only option? For brides looking for a gown with more whimsy and character than the average off-the-rack number, Reem Acra is the designer to seek out.Each season, Acra invents a charming new narrative for her bridal collection, with memorable gowns that offer a unique vision for the big day.

“This collection is about looking 20 years down the road,” said Acra at the presentation for her Spring 2009 bridal collection on Sunday, April 13 at her New York showroom. “It’s about the future. What’s going to happen to my dresses? The young girls are going to go into their mother’s closet and play with them. It’s about having fun!”

To that end, models were placed in various tableaux vivant, where they had tea parties, lounged on furniture, played with dolls or simply smiled with a mischievous gleam in their eyes, as though they were girls who had just raided the attic were playing dress-up, as Edith Piaf’s voice filled the room. In Acra’s program notes, dresses referred to characters like Alice in Wonderland, Raggedy Ann, Strawberry Shortcake and Sleeping Beauty.

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