Red and Green

Using complimentary colors looks great in an outfit, but you have to be careful about which shade you use. A bright blue and saftey-cone orange will look like you're supporting a football team, and a cherry red and emerald will make it look like Christmas. The trick here is to mute one of the colors....in this case, the green. It lets the red take center stage, and the look balances.

The bag and belt were thrifted. The bag is actually the best condition hangbag I've ever seen at a thrift store...there's absolutely no wear or tear on the leather. And its got "Liz Claiborne" stamped into it, so I'm happy.

I decided to go more sixties with my makeup today. I used a dark brown liner just on the top lid to make the eye look rounder. I used a white shimmery eyeshadow and black mascara heavy on top and bottom. A pale pink lipstick completes the look.

Stay Beautiful,

Ren

Of Straw Hats and Ruffles

For the past 48 hours, my computer would not connect to the internet (I almost went through facebook withdrawl). All the spider solitare, none of the fashion blogging. It was a sad two days. But now it's fixed, and I'm back in business! I thought that I should celebrate by donning orange lipstick and posting today's outfit:

The colors in today's look were inspired very much by Tommy Hilfiger.

Stay beautiful,
Ren