Post #200 is Dedicated to Something That Needs to be Said

Well well well, whaddaya know? This is my 200th post. I'd like to thank all of you for sticking around and continuing to read even whenever I'm not the most *diligent* blogger. I know I always say I need to update more, which I do, but I appreciate all of the understanding and loyalty.

But enough with the nice stuff..

This post is about something that needs to be said.

Instagram is fantastic, and I really love the concept of it. But it has also become an extremely popular outlet to show off your fresh manicure. And not necessarily the one you got at the salon, the one you did yourself at home while watching Boy Meets World reruns.

By the way, there is nothing wrong with that.

There are certain nail jobs that deserve to be flaunted. My friend Julia is a nail art GENIUS. When she posts a picture of her nails, they are always adorable and cute. They're totally worthy of being shown off.

She copied this design after seeing it on Instagram

Cute little cherry blossoms!

But not everyone is Julia. We are not all skilled with the nail polish brush. And that's OKAY. YOU ARE STILL SPECIAL.

I want to just say that whenever you take a picture of your nails, with no design on them, and you've got the paint ALL OVER THE SKIN AROUND YOUR NAIL - nobody is looking at it and thinking "oh my gosh that is such a pretty color!".. They are thinking: Did she let a blind 3 year-old paint her nails. I have talked to so many people that don't understand this fad - and I have to say I'm right on board with them. 

Either dip a cotton swab in some remover and clean up your freaking MESS or think before you post. Just a friendly suggestion. It's not the worst thing you could do - but this is a beauty blog. These are the issues we cover.

Here's to paint-free cuticles, ladies. Cheers.

Disco On My Browbone.. YOU'RE INVITED!

Now I'm all about experimenting with your makeup looks every now and then. If you wanna try a new color, do something different with the eyeliner, etc... I'm all about that. I love playing around with different looks and it's always nice when you discover something new actually looks really fantastic on you. But as me and my friend Julia sat at Primanti Brothers last night watching the pens game - she brought up a subject that we both agreed we hated and we both agreed is plauging facebook pictures left and right.

This brings me to my main point: there is a fine FINE line between putting a highlight color on your brow bone and transforming yourself into something along the lines of, oh, say.... this:

or maybe even ...

I'm pretty sure even Snooki would be ashamed.

Thankfully, I do not know these gems in real life (you can thank Google Images), but I see their loyal followers every freakin' day. Repeat after me ladies: metallic silver does not belong on the brow bone. A shimmery SUBTLE silver color used simply as a highlight up there that you can hardly see because it's a freaking HIGHLIGHT? Yes, this is ok. Take this for example, it's a silver highlight without looking like she let her 5 year old sister do her makeup in the dark:

IT'S SUBTLE! Do you see that ladies? The lovely Jen from frmheadtotoe.com still has a highlight going on, but it's not giving me the - "there's a disco on my browbone .. grab your platform shoes and HUSTLE ON OVER." It compliments her look - doing exactly what it's supposed to. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE!

Sometimes even the more opaque white-ish colors up there don't look nearly as bad.. but when you're going for full on WHITE or full on SILVER - sorry, bby - but you're not looking cute. I'm not even positive about the look that platinum brow bones is attempting to create. Like, are you thinking "okay, I will totally look like a mature club-goer if I wear this to a party. Guys will look at me and say - yeah look at her hot sexy metal brow bones. Break me off a piece of that." In reality, those girls in the corner are calling you "bozo" and that kid you thought you were seducing just told his friends that your shiny new brow bones were blinding him everytime the light hit them the wrong way. There's nothing cute about this look. Nothing. Im all about a dramatic smokey eye on the lid, but keep the party down there. There's no need to add a second floor. And what kills me is that 90% of the girls that do this don't even bother with another color. They use the same BRIGHT ASS SILVER color on the lid, in the crease, and then they just take it ALL the way up to the eyebrow. WHAT IS THAT?!?!? It's not quite as bad when there's at least a darker color in the crease or something to break up the madness - but it's still not okay. The entire point of highlighting your brow bone is to brighten your EYES and give your look some depth. When you throw all the action up there, you do the total and complete opposite. You fail. Don't pass go, don't collect $200, just go home and wash your face.

I know you ladies know what I'm talking about, too. So share with me what you think of this look that needs to be banished to the underworld. Cheers to knowing how to correctly highlight your browbone & not taking part in this horrid, terrible trend. It doesn't make you look older. It doesn't make you look hotter. It just makes you look like you don't know how to do your flippin makeup.

Oh Just Some Bitching About Fashion..

I haven't done a bitchy post in a long time. Too long, if you ask me. I ranted a good 3 month's ago about the Urban Decay "All Over Your Goddamn Face" Shadow  & it's been a good 6 months since I told you how much I hate Michelle Tanner and her eye makeup. Basically, we were all due for a good rant.

I posted about this on twitter earlier. For those of you who don't follow me - @kelspot .. jump on it. Anyways - I don't get this white tights trend that I seem to be seeing so much of these days. What set me off was seeing some girl post a twitpic of her outfit of the day and she was seriously like 28 years old and wearing white tights and maryjane shoes. Obviously, my first assumption was - "Oh, She's probably going to work. Clearly she is a Little Bo Peep Impersonator" - then I realized, probably not.

There's a trend between these 3 images. Would you like to know what it is?

I will tell you!

All 3 of these girls are AT LEAST 18 years old, but thanks to their choice in legwear -

They successfully look 11!

CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS!!!!!!

Seriously, though! At 22 years old, I do not want to look exactly like I did in 1996 going to church on Easter. You don't have to agree with me and if you are thinking "but omg I just bought white tights and I look so chic and classic in them!" - that's fine. Wear them to prom for all I care. I'm just telling you that I think they're a great way to make yourself look like you're going to your 6th grade graduation.

I'm not big into this whole like RISKY FASHION thing. Some of the mannequins at Forever 21 make me double take and say "Really? You want me to wear a jean jacket with a sheer t-shirt underneath with a pink bra over top of the t-shirt? With ripped leggings? And cowboy boots? Oh and don't forget the tutu style skirt. That's perfect for work - my boss will love that." And the thing is - all those girls up there would have looked really cute if they'd have just skipped rocking the casper legs. There's nothing wrong with expressing yourself with fashion, but just remember that if you look dumb - I'm going to tell you. And wearing white tights past the age of 11 is unacceptable in my book. Aside from giving you Benjamin Button syndrome - they are not flattering at all! If you think your legs look big outside of tights, wait until you slip them into the white wonders. They'll look like marshmallows. SKIP THE TIGHTS, PEOPLE. SKIP THEM.

CUTE!

PASS!

Just say no.

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