Top Five (Appropriate) Beauty Tips For a Working Gal

After reading an article in Allure asking readers how much makeup is too much for work and agreeing to sponsor a professional image seminar for young graduates at Pepperdine, I started to raise my own questions. Can the corporate and beauty worlds peacefully coexist or will one always be fighting against the other?

In my world both beauty and work can peacefully coexist. But there are certain boundaries that should never be crossed (i.e. donning the smokey eye at work and red lipstick at the same time).

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Makeup Trends For Fall 2010 – Hot Nail Polish Colors

Not everyone can afford the latest and greatest new products in the beauty world. However, one thing that most can afford to do is pick up a new nail polish. I believe that nicely shaped, groomed, moisturized and polished hands and feet are a must. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to keep your nails looking great and it adds to your overall appearance. The beauty companies have released their fall lines and the new colors for Fall 2010 are gorgeous! Deep, rich, and autumn inspired colors are everywhere you look and there is a shade for everyone – whether you like to sport boldly colored nails or are a little more timid. Below are the hottest trends in nail polish colors for this season.

1. Gray – this is a must have color and it is showing up on hands everywhere! From pale gray to richer deeper grays, I think everyone can wear this color.

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Sun Damaged Skin – Hot Trends And Old Remedies

Who would’ve imagined that modern beauty trends would result in a long-distance dance relationship with a raging galactic nuclear furnace? Our sun, a seemingly safe 43 million miles away, is much more than the gravitational mother lode for our solar system.

Shooting out a hail of light, and radiation, the sun literally creates the summer time beach experience for many artfully tanned women and men. But, all this at some price to you skin.

Well known to most sun worshipers, the sun is both beauty friend and skin damage foe. Into the beauty-versus-sun skin damage fray step the many tried and proven sunscreen lotions, oils and sprays, along with some more futuristic high tech products.

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