Boulder and the Beautiful

Fashion tips from stylist Rachael Shayne (www.rachaelshayne.com):

Beware of light-colored jeans. Make sure they’re not too short, or it’ll make you look bigger. To look long and slim, wear dark jeans — regardless of what is “in” at the moment —  and make sure they’re the right length.

Be colorful. So many women wear black and grey and carry black handbags. The easiest way to inject some style into your look is with colorful accessories. Get a few bangles and necklaces. With the price of silver and gold so high right now, plastic jewelry is hot. Look for vintage-style lucite and chunky pieces (check Urban Outfitters). Vintage is awesome; if you have any of your grandma’s old jewelry, rock it out.

Instead of a black bag, get a soft metallic one. Don’t be afraid of prints. You can still wear your greys and blacks, but mix in color, such as bright yellow accents.
Color makes people look fresh. It makes your eyes brighter.

Summer-ize your outfit by adding in skirts. Women look amazing in skirts and dresses — the shape is universally more flattering than pants or shorts – yet women still don’t wear them enough. Skirts are so accessible, at all different price points. A skirt should hit right below or above your knee. Pair it with a little wedge heel and you have instand summer. You can dress a skirt up or down.

Here are a few of my favorite skirts right now:

Pleated miniskirt, www.victoriassecret.com.
On clearance for $27.99

Walled city skirt, www.anthropologie.com
$128

How summer is this? I love it.
Scoopneck dress, www.victoriasecret.com.
On sale for $79.

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You’re driving along an empty highway in Texas, and you see a building in the distance. It’s a truck stop. No, it’s a diner. No. It’s…

http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasArt/Prada-Marfa.htm

My coworker saw this Prada shop live and in person. He said they only keep one shoe in the store, so in case someone tries to steal, they will only get one shoe.

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By Vanessa Sanchez
Blogging intern

How can I have that perfect eyelash look?

I’ve always wondered what made celebrities’ eyes look so big. Obviously they get their make-up done by professionals and that’s why they look so stunning all the time. I’ve also noticed models with those perfect eyelashes.  You would think that they all use fake eyelashes or get lash implants. But you can do it yourself, too.

Short eyelashes –
If you have trouble showing your eyelashes because they are too short, you want to use a thin line of eyeliner. If it is too thick, you will only make it obvious that you have no eyelashes. You can also apply it only halfway on the bottom of your eye, to bring a better focus on your eye.
Then put on two layers of mascara. After the mascara is dry, curl your lashes for one minute on each eye, put on one more layer of mascara and you’re done.

Photo: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/157/eyeliner_Full.jpg

Medium eyelashes –
Sometimes people with medium eyelashes don’t realize what they can do to make them look a lot bigger.
Start out with a thin line and go big on the outside corner of the eye. This way it will give the illusion that the eyelashes on the corner are longer. Use three layers of mascara also, and wait one minute on each eye as told for the short eyelashes. Do not apply on the bottom. It will look like you have to much. It is always good to look as natural as possible.

Photo: http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2036763/angelina_Full.jpg

Long  eyelashes –
You already have them long, so you just need the right look. Put eyeliner only halfway on the top this time and all the way on the bottom. Curl eyelash before applying the mascara, then give it two layers and you’re ready to go out.

Picture of and by Evelyn Suazo.

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This is our society: A new cartoon book to teach children about mommy’s new plastic surgery.
In the book, the mother explains to her child that her new nose will be different — it will be “prettier.” In other words, mommy is not pretty enough as she is, and neither are you. This book primes children for their own nose jobs someday, normalizing it.
Couldn’t the book have instead stated that mommy would feel more confident and be able to breathe better after her surgery, not just look prettier? Can’t we at least pretend to have a soul? 

I’m writing a story about how analyzing your dreams can give you insight into healing, your soul and your True Self.

I dreamed about an outfit last night. I wore it today. It’s retro cowgirl.

I regularly dream about outfits. I wonder what that means about MY soul and true self. Maybe deep down I am just a little girl who likes to play dress up. Or maybe I’m a style genius, waiting to be unleashed. Most likely, it just means I like clothes.

From www.madaboutshoes.org.
High-heeled sandals with killer thorns.

By Vanessa Sanchez
Senior at Westminster High and blogging intern

We now have something that will keep away all those losers out there. Not more saying, “No” nicely or using that pepper spray that does not look good hanging from your purse.

I was wondering in the Internet looking at fashion and I found myself admiring these shoes that I would totally wear. Talk about getting respect.

I love heels, and these are my favorite on this Web site. Of course, I don’t know how safe they can be. You don’t want to trip while wearing these. These are some awesomely killer shoes.

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Vanessa Sanchez is a senior at Westminster High who wants to become a fashion writer. We’re giving her a taste here with her own month-long series, “High school eyes.”

By Vanessa Sanchez
I think socks say a lot about a person. You can look pretty “fly” on the outside, but wait until  you take off your shoes.
Socks do matter. When you wear dark or dressy clothes, white socks do not go well. You might think you’ve got it all figured out with your outfit. Then you sit down, your pants go up, and you can see those cloud white socks. It just make me want to laugh — and I think, “I guess people don’t have style after all.”

Case in point:
Photo by Vanessa Sanchez

Why does this always seem to happen: You go out wearing the ugliest socks you have, but you think it doesn’t matter; your clothes look cool anyway, right? But then it seems you always get invited to a house where they take off their shoes inside. You know, those people who have that little rack of some sort at the very entrance. Oh, and that person just so happens to be the person you like.

Why is it that so many people don’t give much thought to what they wear underneath?  We will buy the coolest shoes, but not make the time to at least buy the cheapest bag of, oh, six pairs of normal socks.

Here are some socks spotted around Westminster High School:

Toe socks.

socksWhat’s up with the holes? Is it the long toenails or are most people professional ballet dancers and soccer players? Why do people save their old socks?

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Check out CU’s “official” 420 T-shirt.
It’s really creative. Pretty much brilliant.
Click here: http://www.zazzle.com/cu_boulder_4_20_2008_shirt-235752991982304802?CMPN=ltt

I like my body.
I don’t want to waste it.

It’s sort of like if someone gave you an awesome new pair of shoes. Some people might just leave them in the closet and polish them and not touch them.
Others might not wear them at all, saying they are uncomfortable, not their “style,” the wrong color, too tall, too short or just find something - anything - wrong with them.
But then, how fun are either of those two alternatives?

As for me, I wear the heck out of my shoes. I use them, own them, wear them everywhere I can, I scuff them up a little bit because I dance in them, I click them together, I wear them in the snow and rain and mud — I wear them until I can’t anymore. And then I still wear them nine more times.

That is how I feel about my body. I use it. I wear it. I move it. I decorate it. I polish it.  But I wear it proudly. I mean, I have to bring it with me everywhere I go. There is no sense in hating it or denying it. That’d be like hating your shadow.  

I do not want to change anything about my body. If there is a wrinkle or a roll, it is mine. I gave it to myself — by living! Would I rather never show facial expressions so I don’t have wrinkles? That’d be like never wearing your favorite dress so you don’t have to iron it. A pathetic waste.

I like to sleep. This often leads to me sleeping in. Which often leads to me getting ready in the car.

Yesterday I was driving to work putting on my mascara — at the stop lights, gosh, seriously people — and I noticed a cop car was in front of me. I pulled my mascara wand out off my lashes and replaced it in the bottle for fear of getting busted for a DUM (driving under the influence of make-up).

Right then, I got a text. I tried to wait, but, the eager person that I am, I couldn’t stand the suspense. So I picked up my phone and quickly checked my message. In the corner of my eye, I noticed the cop car had pulled next to me. Sitting there with mascara in my left hand and my cell phone in my right, I grew nervous as traffic pushed me up closer to the cop’s driver side window.

I cautiously looked over, to see if he was going to bust me. But alas, he did not notice a thing. Because he was too busy. Texting and driving.