Make-up Inspiration- Are YOU ready for the New Year?

For New Year, we are not talking about picking dresses but instead, we are to share some make-up tips and inspirations so that all you girls can look oh-so-gorg while welcoming the new year!

For the WILDCHILDs

New Year's Eve is definitely all about the countdown parties and fireworks!

Bring out the sequin dresses and party all night into 2014! Things could only get better when you pair your shimmering dresses with a Smokey Eye look!

Photos by: http://www.lisaeldridge.com, www.huffingtonpost.com, www.thestyleceleb.com

Here's are short and summarised steps: 

Photo from: http://brasseriealize.blogspot.sg/

Here's the steps to a basic smokey eye look! You'd need at least a quad palette to get this look done. 

Photos from: NYX, www.polyvore.com

Steps: 

1. Prime your eyes. 

2. Line. Lashline and half of your waterline (bottom of your eyes).

3. Start with the darker shades at the back of your eyes 

4. Use your black eye shadow to darken the edges of your eyes, lash line and below your waterline.
Apply the lightest shade to your inner eyelid. 

5. Put on your mascara or fake eyelashes and voila you're done! 

Tips: 

BLEND, BLEND & BLEND

Use a shimmery eye shadow for easy blending. ;) 

If you didn't get that and need some visuals, check out this tutorial which I think would be extremely useful! 

Miss Natty's Beauty Diary (step-by-step photo tutorial) 

Afraid to go black? Go back. Just kidding! You can always opt for brown shades and it'd still look awesome!

Photo from: www.margifox.com.au

Products to get: 

Don't have what you need? Try gettting this palette from Luxola! All the colours you'd need and best part... Its on a sale, now retailing at only 14SGD! \o/

For extra OOMPH, use a shimmery base before putting on your eyeshadow. Our choice would be this cream eyeshadow from a Japanese brand, Dollywink! Available at your nearest Watsons Drugstore!

Photo from: Ebay

For the less "WILD" 

If you're not intending to party your way into the new year, try out other looks!

I'd love to try looks from Lorde, one of my favourite artistes these days. She has minimal eye makeup on most of the time but I'm in love with how she rocks those fabulous shades of lip color.

Photo from www.billboard.com

Take a look at From Head to Toe 's tutorial of Lorde's look from Royals! She's one of my favourite YouTubers as ... I'm Asian and she's Asian which makes it easier to follow!

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Hope this post helped you to get ready for 2014!

ClothesxEnvy would like to wish all our lovely readers a Happy New Year and we promise there's more things installed for our beloved readers in the new year (:

Again, feel free to drop us a comment/ message on Facebook if you would like us to talk about anything!

sending lots of light and love for the new year,
to have the knowledge, wisdom and courage to face all challenges that may come our way,
clothesxenvy. xx

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Blogspiration

5 Fashion Blogs To Follow & How You Can Learn From Them

By: clothesxenvy, your fashion forward expert

Starting a fashion blog? Here’s 5 examples that we've compiled, along with blog elements from each which you can learn from before you embark.

1. Blog layout You want to go for a layout that is modern and polished. Keep it simple and let your pictures do the talking. Fashion blogs are usually kept minimalistic and somewhat similar to one another.
Blog to Follow: PALEDIVISION

2. Great visuals Fashion blogs are highly reliant on pictures for their readers to check out exactly what they are writing about and decked out in. Visuals should be sharp, well taken and illustrates your main subject clearly.
Here are some benefits that good pictures can do for your blog:
• Gives your blog credibility: If you’re not going to take nice pictures, no one is going to trust you on making them look good. • Professionalism: Have you ever seen a fashion magazine spreads with bad pictures? For more tips on taking good pictures for your fashion blog, you can check out here and here.

Blog To Follow: LEHAPPY

3. Interactivity Social media tools are a fantastic way to promote your fashion blog content to potential readers. Not only that, by including interactivity in your fashion blog can give your readers a chance to connect with you and this could lead to a loyal following.

For more tips on how social media can help grow your blog’s presence, read here.

Blog To Follow: BEATRICE TAN

4. Update & let your personality shine through

Popular fashion blogs that attract the most visitors are those that update their posts frequently so always make the effort to think of new topics and stories you can churn out and keep those posts coming! No reader likes to keep reading old stuff.

One way to take the pressure off is to have a standard time/day/date where you would update your blog with new outfit inspirations/ideas. This can help to discipline you to update your blog and keep it fresh for your readers. Not only can it help you, it creates consistency for your readers so they know when to read your blog for new content and you’ll develop a loyal following. Remember, you snooze you lose. No designer takes a break because seasons wait for no man!

Also, be yourself. Let your blog be your speaker. Tweak trends anyway you like & don’t hide your true self! You can always change things up so they are YOU. Your blog should be a reflection of who you are, not what you want others to see.

Blog to Follow: JEANGREIGE

5. Fashion Related Content – not just your OOTD, please

Instead of just posting your own outfit that you wore on that day, you can include trends that others should know and follow.

In order to come up with fashion related content, you can check out inspirational fashion sites like Polyvore (www.polyvore.com), Vogue (www.vogue.com), StyleSaint (www.stylesaint.com) etc.

Blog to Follow: FASHION BAGUETTE

While it is easy to get caught up in getting everything perfect in the world of fashion, we must remind ourselves that perfection does not exist. Anything can be amazing. Go forth and discover!