Zooey Deschanel in Allure Magazine

When I saw this over at Refinery29, I knew I had to post it here. Zooey is February's Allure cover girl and I love (as described in the video below) the 60's chorus girl meets Natalie Wood in Gypsy and Shirley Maclaine in Sweet Charity. The issue hits newsstands on the 24th. 

I have major Zooey hair envy. I wish my hair looked like that everyday.
(Photos and video from Allure.com)

Friend Friday: Fancy Nails

Usually when I do my nails, I'll put whatever color I'm liking at the moment. I might even add a coat of glitter polish. But lately I've seen a lot of nail art that's not only very wearable for everyday, but easy enough for anyone to try out.

This week Kendra of Thrifty and Shameless is hosting this weeks Friend Friday which is all about nail art. 

So I decided to try something different with my nails. With some help from The Glitter Guide, I did some ombre nails.

Source: theglitterguide.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

They didn't come out too bad although I will make some changes the next time I do this. Specially to go and buy french manicure strips instead of using address label stickers. They left a residue that took a while to get off without messing up the manicure any further. For the base I used China Glaze China Rouge and for the tips I used Zoya Sarah and China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Here's some other cool nail art I would like to try out in the future.

Cherry Blossoms

Source: fuckyeahprettynails.tumblr.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

Newsprint

Source: passionnailart.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

Of course I had to add these two designs...

Source: nailsbyveryemily.tumblr.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

Source: nailasaurus.blogspot.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

What kind of nail art are you itching to try out?

Trying These Out

It's only been a year since I started wearing colored eye shadow that wasn't a natural shade, but this year, I want to try out these two beauty trends.

Red Lips

Oh the elusive red lip. I've been shy about trying it out for a while, but I think it's about time I find the perfect red lipstick. A trip to Sephora is due.

 

Milk Maid Braids

I can rock the braided headband, but I still can't master the milk maid braid. Now that my hair is a little bit longer and more of one length, I'm going to try out Emily's braid tutorial one more time.

What beauty trends do you want to try out?


All images from We Heart It