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How to get that A&F signature look

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:37:00 -0500

So we all know A&F models are supposed to be the epitome of the All-American girl/boy. If you step into an A&F boutique, all the female sales people are slim, tanned, and pretty, while all the male staff are tall, broad, muscular, and handsome. But not all of us are born like that (some of you guys may be blessed with more foreign, exotic looks ;) ), but all of us can get that healthy, sexy style with some help!

(Note: The following post is basically directed towards females, since male staff require only 3 attributes: muscles, height, and good looks!)

First of all: The Hair.

While short Emma Watson pixie styles are hot, A&F recruiters generally prefer long wavy hair. Doesn’t quite matter if you’re blonde, a redhead, or a brunette; the main thing is thick, luscious locks! To get that subtly-messy, Megan-Fox-in-Transformers hair, don’t wash your hair the night before and put some Oscar Blandi hair gloss for some shine.

Using a teasing comb, tease the hair on the crown of your head. You may also wish to bend over and let your hair fall downwards, before bolting upwards such that your hair sweeps swiftly over your head for that air-blown look. Avoid using too much product, or styling it too much - Abercrombie goes for the au natural look!

Next: The Makeup

Do not, whatever you do, cake on the makeup! The Abercrombie & Fitch models never look like they have makeup on despite looking better than the average person; you really want to go for the natural look here.

To achieve this natural beautiful look, cleanse your face thoroughly and remember to use both toner and moisturiser. Apply some BB cream or some liquid foundation, and spread a thin layer evenly across your face.

Use concealer to conceal dark eye rings or any imperfections, before using some loose powder for a smooth, matte finish.

Using a brow brush, brush your brows so that they’re neat and that they frame your face nicely. Fill in any sparse areas if necessary.

Now using a black eyeliner, line the TOP INNER rim of your eyes ONLY. Do not draw on your eyelids, and do not line your bottom waterline, to avoid looking too made-up. Lining only the top inner rim of your eyes will make your eyes more defined, and that’s all that’s needed :)

Apply some bronzer to contour your cheekbones (and nose/forehead/temples/jawline if you wish). Then apply some lipbalm and you’re good to go!

Hope this tutorial was helpful! :)

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:39:13 -0500

Your eyes are your most magnetic feature. When two people make eye contact and are attracted to each other, their pupils dilate and it establishes the silent connection. This post will be all about how you can make your peepers look bigger, brighter, and more mesmerizing.

First of all, you need to know the makeup colours that will complement your beautiful eyes. While you could pull off basically any colour you want, there are certain colours that will always make you look even more gorgeous than you already are! Contrasting colours is the way to go - there is a scientific explanation for this involving electromagnetic waves from the visible light spectrum being absorbed, thus reflecting the complementary colour on the colour wheel… but you don’t really need to know all that!

(If you want to know, however, leave an ‘ask’ and I’ll be more than happy to give you the full detailed explanation!)

You can use the colour wheel to determine the colours most suitable for you.

BLUE EYES
Blue-eyed beauties can make their blue more piercing and ocean-deep by using eye shadows of the opposite colour family - orange, bronze, gold… any earthy colour would look AMAZING on you!

GREEN EYES
Green-eyed girls can make their eyes more enchanting by using a more intense purple shade, a plum colour, or something more on the maroon side. While the above colour wheel shows red as the opposite of the dark green colour, I would personally avoid true red eyeshadows such a brick or burgundy colour to prevent the makeup from overwhelming my eyes instead of enhancing them.

BROWN EYES
Brown eyes will look gorgeous in many different shades, since brown is a rather neutral colour. But unlike blue or green eyes which are considered “transparent” colours, brown is an opaque colour so makeup artists would usually try to create more depth with brown eyes. To make your brown eyes more mysterious and captivating, try blue-ish colours like a bright cobalt, navy, a striking violet (particularly if you have dark skin!), or a beautiful turquoise!

The ‘conventional’ way of putting on eye makeup as you may already know is to put some eyeshadow, eyeliner, curl your lashes, apply some mascara… but if you want to try something different, here’s a suggestion!

Instead of putting colour on your lids, try going for a neutral colour on your lids (such as a peachy-pink or a shimmery nude eye shadow), and using a coloured eyeliner to draw your eyes! Rather than using turquoise eyeshadow, use a beautiful bright blue eyeliner and line your eyes - I guarantee it’ll make your eyes pop!

One of my favourite juicystar07 youtube tutorials is her Strolling by the Seaside tutorial (click THIS to check it out!) and it features what I was just talking about - using a beautiful shade of blue eyeliner and neutral eyeshadow, instead of the typical blue eyeshadow and brown/black eyeliner! You may like to watch the video to see what I mean.

Some other tips you guys may find useful:

#1: To make your eyes look bigger and brighter, no matter what shape they are:
Try using white liner in the inside of your eyelids. This beauty move will DEFINITELY make your eyes look that much more alive and open! While some may choose to use fake eyelashes, I’d actually prefer using 3 coats of mascara instead of fake eyelashes, since it looks a little more natural that way (and it IS more natural!). Fake eyelashes sometimes have the effect of overwhelming your eyes too.

#2: To get rid of redness (not just around the eye area but anywhere on your face actually)
You may use concealer, but a better way would be to wrap a piece of eyecube with a small face towel and gently hold it against the red area of your face for a few seconds. Be careful not to hold it for too long or it may just make things worse!

#3: Make your eyeshadow last all day and avoid the creasing of eye makeup
One word: PRIMER! Use a good eye primer (my favourites are Urban Decay’s Primer Potion and Too-Faced Shadow Insurance) on your lids and your makeup will last for hours!

During the day, I would usually prefer to use neutral, less glittery or shimmery eye makeup, and less dramatic mascara/liner too. At night however, let the drama begin~ But you do whatever you feel best in! :)

Some eye makeup products I absolutely ADORE (this is not a sponsored post):

- Eye primers: Urban Decay Primer Potion and Too-Faced Shadow Insurance

- Eye shadows: URBAN DECAY’S NAKED PALETTE IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE!!!!!!! I can’t tell you how much I LOVE this palette. Wait let me show you a picture!

I don’t know if you guys can see how beautiful the colours look (they’re a lot more amazing in real) but check it out HERE! It’s absolutely GORGEOUS. There are 12 beautiful neutral colours, and the sexy sleek brown box comes with a great shadow brush (from their Good Karma collection), a travel-size Urban Decay Primer Potion, and a built-in mirror! What else can you ask for?!

It’s US$48 which may seem a little pricey, but really for 12 different BEAUTIFUL eye shadow colours, a primer, a brush, and the fantastic box that comes with a mirror it’s a great steal!

Other eye products I love:
- Mascara: This hasn’t been very heavily promoted, but I kinda like Maybelline’s Lash Stiletto mascara! It’s also a drugstore product and not too expensive, so I quite like it!

- Eyeliner: While most beauty gurus I’ve come across usually prefer liquid eyeliners, I’m not too good with them and they can get pretty messy. So I’m more inclined to the eye pencils, and my favourite is MAC’s eye pencils!

One last thing before I end off this extremely long post! YOUR BROWS. Eyebrows are often neglected since well, I actually don’t know why we don’t pay more attention to them! But they’re extremely crucial in framing your face and absolutely VITAL in making you look FANTASTIC instead of just great! Try plucking your eyebrows and shaping them to fit your face (lots of youtube tutorials on that), or go to a professional if you don’t dare to. You may also want to use an eye brow pencil to draw in your eyebrows to make them a little thicker and well defined :) Be careful not to pluck or draw too much - you don’t want to overdo them!

That’s all babes! Like my post if you think it’s good, comment by leaving an ask, and follow if you haven’t already done so! :)

Love, peace, and joy to all of you out there xx

Face it!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:26:48 -0500

Today’s post will be all about getting that beautiful dewy, radiant look for homecoming, prom or any other occasion actually! More specifically, we’ll be dealing with makeup for the FACE :)

Step 1: Foundation
To get the right foundation, try applying a little of the tester on your lower cheek area. The colour that blends and fades the best into your skin is the one that’s right for you! My personal favourite foundations are Laura Mercier’s Silk Creme Foundation (which by the way, youtube makeup guru BLAIR FOWLER loves too!), and Revlon’s Photo-Ready Foundation. The Revlon foundation is especially perfect for prom since you’re gonna be taking lotsa pretty photos, and it helps to give you that air-brushed flawless skin look!

Some people prefer using a foundation brush to get that more velvety finish, but I personally prefer using my fingers! That’s right, my fingers. Your fingers can give the most natural look since it warms up the foundation and helps it blend better with your skin. Using your fingers also means you have one less brush to clean! ;)

Step 2: Concealer
Put some under your eyes to get rid of any dark eye rings or to conceal any eyebags!

Step 3: Blush/Bronzer
Tip: The flush on your cheeks is an extremely attractive look from a man’s point of view as it mimics the rush of blood to the cheeks during an orgasm ;) So men find it extremely sexy and react to it instinctively!

Apply some blush on the apples of your cheeks from the area nearer to your nose upwards diagonally. If you have fair skin, you might want to try a peachy colour; if you have a slightly darker/medium skin tone, try a more intense pink or apricot colour. If you have dark chocolatey skin, try colours that stand out, like a bright hot pink or a deep plum colour!

Bronzers are pretty much AWESOME and they make your cheekbones look AMAZING. The common misconception is that you can’t use both blush and bronzer - but you can! Dust some bronzer over your forehead, nose, cheeks, and even your chin-to-neck area, before applying some blush on the apples of your cheeks.

Finally, brush on some face powder to finish off your beautiful flawless look :)

Well that’s it for the face! Hint for the next post: The eyes are the windows to the soul ;) I’m sure you beauty smarties can figure that one out! Till then babes!

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Guide to Prom #1: Finding that perfect dress!

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:09:36 -0400

Where I live, prom is just around the corner! I’m pretty sure it’s coming up for lotsa different high schools around the country and in the world too. So the next few posts are gonna be a part of my very first prom series - all the things you need to know or do for prom! :)

Before I attended my first prom a couple of years ago, I tried reading magazine articles, searching for websites with good tips for anything prom-related, but I couldn’t find anything very useful :( Which is why Imma be doing this Guide to Prom series so that maybe I’ll help that one girl frantically searching for prom help online (I know I was that girl a few years back!).

So anyway - FINDING THAT PERFECT DRESS!

It’s really important that you find the PERFECT DRESS, not so much because you need to look good, but because you need to feel good :)

While you could wear ANYTHING and still look beautiful, here are some pointers I’ve learnt over the years about choosing a dress that fits your body type:

1. Pear shaped
Pear-shaped girls tend to be a little heavier on the bottom and a little slimmer at the top, with narrow shoulders and wider hips, thighs, and bottom. If you belong to this body type, try boatneck dresses, dresses with medium to high necklines, and try SHOULDER PADS! They sound terrible (so 80s) but TRUST ME they can do wonders! Shoulder pads are a great way to elongate your shoulders and make your body look more proportional. Or try anything that just shows off your slim shoulders!

Avoid dresses with hiplines or anything that emphasizes your hip area, because you want to draw the eyes to your upper body and away from your lower body. Avoid also skintight bodycon dresses, which although sexy draws a lot of attention to your lower body.

A beautiful dress that a pear-shaped girl could wear would be something like this:

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD706203

The beautiful jeweled detailing on the straps of the dress draw the attention towards your neck area, and the white and black part of the dress brings the eyes to your tiny waist! The lovely dusty pink ruffled bottom very smartly hides anything you want it to hide in that area while making your womanly curves look awesome :) I’m really lovin’ this dress right now!

2. Apple shaped
Apple shaped girls are the opposite of pear-shapes - heavier at the top with broader shoulders and bust, and slimmer at the bottom with narrower hips and bottom. If you belong to this KATAgory, try finding a dress that adds volume to the bottom while slimming your upper body.

Dresses with a flare at the bottom would work for girls like you. Halters would look great especially if they’re made of flowing fabrics. Medium to lower cut necklines look great on apple-shaped types, so WORK THAT NECKLINE BABY! A great example of a dress for apple-shaped girls would be this:

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD612763

A beautiful sweetheart neckline, a gorgeous flowy pale blue bottom which instantly balances your shoulders out! Too beautiful! :)

3. Slender
For those with what people like to call “boy-shaped” bodies (honestly I don’t quite like that name, I prefer the term “slender-shaped”), you’re in luck! Lots of models on runways belong to this category (well, other than Victoria’s Secret models I guess - they’re curvy and slim at the same time which is virtually impossible!?!) and it’s pretty easy to find dresses that would fit you.

If you want to emphasize your chest area a little, halter dresses are the way to go! If you want to emphasize your bottom, try a dress something like the above with a flare in the skirt! Personally I’d take full advantage of having a long slim body by workin’ it with a beautiful maxi gown like this:

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD483593

This is sooo beautiful and so perfect for someone with a long lean body! :’)

4. Petite
As a girl with a petite frame, I’ve always found it really hard to find a dress that adds length to my body. But over the years I’ve realised that monochrome dresses or dresses with a single colour are the best way to make yourself look taller. What works for most petite girls are shorter dresses, or dresses that come to just above the knee. A good example of a dress that would look great on a bite-sized girl is that light blue strapless dress under “Apple Shaped”!

Of course, this isn’t to say that you can’t wear long, floor-length gowns! Some smaller sized girls look amazing in maxi dresses, but some don’t really like the way they look on them. Generally, dresses that reach your calf area but are not full length - are not all that flattering on petites. you want to try a longer dress but you’re afraid that it might drown your small frame, try the asymmetrical dress!

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD587047

The longer back and the shorter front elongates your legs and gives you the best of both worlds! :) The sweetheart neckline is perfect for the smaller-chested girls, especially with the vertical flares from the neckline towards the waist area. This baby pink dress with the stunning waist detailing is just too gorgeous!!

5. Athletic body type
If you’re constantly at the gym working out, or if you’re an athlete training hard for your next competition, you probably have quite an athletic body! Athletes are toned and muscular, and you want to show that off! You could try a dress like the long midnight blue maxi gown under “Slender”, or you could try dresses with a more revealing backline to show off that toned shoulders and back ;)

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD486733

Flaunt your amazing back muscles and slim, muscular frame with a hot pink bodycon Sherri hill number like this one! We can’t let those muscles go to waste!

6. Maxi girls

Beautiful plus-sized girls like you with voluptuous figures should never be afraid to work it! With the exception of bodycon, skintight dresses (which I personally feel most body types should avoid unless they are hourglass figures, athlete-types or slender ones), you could wear almost anything :) Dresses with patterns and prints or even vertical stripes (avoid horizontal stripes - not very flattering on anyone other than slender girls) would look great on you!

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD638215

The classy floral oriental prints are simply stunning and the flowy material brings out your beautiful big body perfectly while hiding any flaws!

7. Hourglass figures
Finally we have our hourglass figures - the luckiest of all of us! Hourglass figures can wear just about anything, but to complement and make the most out of your God-given beautiful shape, try shorter, sleeker dresses (not too tight though - you don’t want to try too hard!) which shows off your curves.

Taken from: http://www.promgirl.com/shop/dresses/viewitem-PD689319

This sexy bejeweled number will guarantee heads turning throughout the night!

That’s all from me for now - 3 hours spent on this post! Hope it helps you one way or another, and tell all your friends fretting over prom to come visit KATALOGGED for some inspiration!

Till then, stay amazing you fashionistas! ;)

A beautiful quote by the beautiful Audrey Hepburn.

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:15:26 -0400

A beautiful quote by the beautiful Audrey Hepburn.

My very first post!

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:07:00 -0400

Hello, world!

I’ve finally decided to set up this tumblr after much consideration. Will be posting lots as soon as I get some other things settled!

This webpage is gonna be dedicated to katalogging all things beautiful :)

Look forward to fashion (fashion forward, forward fashion, ha ha geddit? okay that was quite a bad joke) ideas, inspiration from fashionistas and fashion icons, makeup tricks, photos of amazing outfits, videos of fashion or makeup gurus et al!

With much love, peace, hope, and joy,
Kat <3