8 ways to mismatch in style

If you feel like floral dresses and high heels sometimes then you feel like ripped jeans and combat boots other time, this post is for you. All about how to translate your schizophrenic beautiful self into your style.

Nails

Mix your hardcore nail colors like black and blue with your feminine outfits, and mix your girlie colors with your casual boyish outfits. You just can't look not girlie with pink or french manicure.

Lips

Just like your nails, your hardcore dark colors are toughen up girlie pieces and your girlie or sultry colors are a great way to mismatch with your casual pieces.  

Accessories

Accessorize in the opposite direction of your outfit and you've got yourself an interesting look, it can be something simple like a dainty necklace on a t-shirt or something crazy like a studded belt on an evening gown.

Shoes

This is my favorite way because you can look so stunning in a dress and still be comfortable in a pair of converse or you can wear a lounging outfit and look stylish with a pair of heels.

Fabrics

Wearing feminine pieces in a harsh fabric like a denim bustier or a leather skirt gives your outfit kind of a bad ass chic accent, while wearing a jogger pants in silk or a chiffon sweater elevates a casual piece. Wear Cashmere with leather and denim with chiffon to get the best of both worlds.

Prints

Like fabrics wearing a sexy dress in the tartan print or your leather jacket quilted just brings the best of both worlds. I think wearing prints on prints is tricky and just needs a whole new post.

 Cuts

When I think of stripped skirt I think of a skater skort I used to wear when I was in primary, a nice twist on it would be wearing it in a pencil skirt form. Also your typical blazer or skinny jeans are totally different in boyfriend cut.

Pieces

That's kind of the dah! way to mismatch, it's very unexpected to wear mom jeans on a perfect little cropped top feminine top or wear a slouchy sweater and floral pencil skirt.

Have Fun mismatching in style xx

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My day with L'Oreal and Christope Gaillet

Thanks to Scoop Empire  and L'Oreal, me and two of my close friends attend the IT LOOKS event in Cairo. We met Christophe Gaillet who is L'Oreal ambassador and who was crowned the AIPP (Association Internationale Presse Professionnelle Coiffure) Grand Trophy 2013-2014. We also met Ahmed Who is the educational manager in L'Oreal, who along with Christophe created our new looks.
Here is how our day went ..

The IT LOOKS

All these hair colors

We headed to the L'Oreal academy in Mohandseen where we met the L'Oreal crew and Christophe Gaillet. The Salon part was great, it felt like hair heaven out there and I loved how Hollywoodish it was.

Christophe and Sahar working on one of the models

Christophe working on a model

We watched Christophe teach hair dressers from all over the country how to do the IT LOOKS on
different models.

Getting ready to do my hair

A Miley Moment

Some great ideas for hair coloring used on us was amonia free bleaching powder and not touching the roots with hair, that way it's not damaging to the hair. 

Nancy bleaching her hair

Afrodite bleaching her hair

One exciting thing was my friend Nancy who had version hair and now has the best Bronde hair ever, shame we didn't take a picture though.

Christophe working on Afro's hair

Final Touches

After finishing my hair, one of the hair dressers named Omar tamed my fly aways with a serum that I can still smell 2 days later.

My final look

Christophe and Afrodite

Christophe and I

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Summer Glow!

For the summer I love a sun kissed kind of flushed look, even If I spend all my mornings in the office. I find that after putting on my foundation or BB cream and concealer, I always reach for 3 products to get that summer glow. This works on any eye look and it never fails to make me radiant.

Bronzer

I sculpt my face with Oriflame Terracotta bronzing powder. I use the benefit brush that comes with its blushes to draw my cheek bones, temples and jaw line, then I blend with my Cartice blush brush. The bronzer retails for 80 something EGP. 

Blush

I use my H&M double ended blush & foundation brush to apply my blush to the apples of my cheeks. The blush I am loving the summer, is the silky blush from essence in the shade sweetheart.  The shade is a gorgeous coral tone with some pink undertones. I make sure I use my brush with a light hand because this blush is very pigmented. The blush retails to 38 EGP.  

Highlighter

I use my clean fingers to dab a little bit of highlighter on the areas I like to bring out on my face are above my cheek bones, my cupid's bow and the bridge of my bone. I love the highlighter from the Victoria's secret studio palette, also the Flormar terracotta powder in shade 21 is perfect; and it retails at 40 something EGP.

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Summer 2014 Trends

 Summer is here and as much as I will miss winter, I have been religiously looking up street style photographers and runways for the trends. I really loving the trends this year, because they are very wearable.

White

The all white trend has been on runways, red carpet and street style blogs. It looks expensive and very summery. I feel like white goes with all skin and hair colors.

 You can pull off the all white look without looking washed out. A white embellished dress like this one from Karen Millen doesn't look like you focused on white only. 

 White always seem like a good idea when wearing something sophisticated, but a casual look can look extra chic in white. Tops like these would look great with white shorts.

Speaking of shorts, the white work short can look great paired with a white blouse. White denim is not 1986 anymore, you can also take a girlie look with lace like these shorts from Vero Moda.

An all white can be booth girlie and casual with a skater white skirt like this one from Vero Moda. This cross tight white skirt from H&M looks like designer and of course paired with minimal sandals it will look like million dollars.

White converse is a classic and can be incorporated with many pieces. I would prefer wearing nude shoes with white, but this summer the all white look is really big.

I would also wear a nude bag with an all white outfit, but I have been seeing a lot of white bags with all white outfits and I am really liking it.

Sheer

The Kardashian / Jenner family made this possible with bringing back mesh fabric and sheer outfits. Of course we can't over do it like the reality TV stars, but sheer can still be pulled off in a classy way. 

Most of the sheer pieces are in black or white, but you can incorporate color with sheer. This Only Jeans top is a great example of a sheer color casual piece.

All sheer dresses like this all lace dress from H&M or sheer in cheeky places like this mesh dress from TopShop need something under it. A bralet or an under tank top shows a little less skin.

If you are not into mesh, other sheer fabrics include lace and chiffon can look very sophisticated while still following in the trend. The chiffon skirt from TopShop is a perfect example of a sheer non mesh dress.

Metallic 

Metallic is great trend that was introduced last season. The good thing about metallic pieces that they make such a statement and that's always a good thing. 

If you are not into big metallic statement pieces, a shirt like this one from New Look can be a great way to incorporate the trend without stepping out of your comfort zone.

Metallics aalso can be very girlie with mixed with different fabrics in a pattern like this short from TopShop.The metallic colors can be worn morning when you wear them in casual like shorts. 

If you are looking to try the trend but afraid of commitment a metal accent in your shoes can be a great idea like metallic cuffs in the white heels sandals from Zara. 

A metallic bag doesn't have to look like you stepped out of the 70's. Straw metallic is a thing now like the New Look bag in gold metallic sheen.

Cropped 

& Covered

 The Cropped top was there in the 80's and was huge in the late 90's early 2000's, of course it's making a come back and it's huge.

The amount of options offered on the market are endless. There are bustiers like these ones from H&M and TopShop, girlie like this NewLook one, you have the cut out t-shirts and even dressy.

There is no belly button showing happening anywhere, even through there are cropped tops. The high waist skirt is the conservative twin sister of the cropped top.

If you are looking to show off some legs you can go for a nice pair high waist shorts with your cropped top. A jeans or pants is a good option as well, but I felt like skirts and shorts are more summery.

Athlete

This summer is all about mixing slouchy sporty athlete apparel with classy pieces or casual pieces.

    Layering a muscle tee over your bralet is officially a trend. Mostly I think of a muscle tee with a sports bra, but now you can wear it over your short and you've got yourself an outfit. 

 A pair slouchy athlete pants are seen on minimal heels in most of the street style blogs. A sports pair of pants doesn't have to look so sporty, like these printed ones from River Island and Ted Baker.

For these chilly nights by the beach or the late summer days, you can still be trendy and warm. A romper jacket is in and comes in very summery details and prints. 

That's it for 2014 favorite summer fashion trends, I wish you have a fun trendy summer. xx

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5 fitness myths

I have been in the "diet" atmosphere for 10 years now. Like any female, I have had my ups and downs. What I learned during this time helped me reach a state of mind that I wasn't near when I started. I have heard and followed so many misconception regarding fitness, diet and health that are unbelievable. So many girls are still under the impression that these myths are right, and then we're left wondering "Why isn't this working?" .. here they are

"Weight training will make a woman bulky"

We have enough estrogen in our bodies to grow breasts, have babies and have less hairy bodies than men, there is no way some weights are going to make us bulky. For a woman to be bulky, she needs years of training and a crazy amount of supplements. Weight training will actually tone your body, and the muscles will increase your fat burning rate as well as your metabolism.

"Fat will turn into muscle"

Saying that your fat can turn into muscle, is like saying you can turn into a dog. Unless you cast an evil magic spell on it, it's never going to happen. Under your skin, you have your fat cells and your muscle cells. As shown in this very scientific picture, they are very different things. The way you feed and exercise your body will determine which of them will grow and which will diminish. 

"This food will make you fat"

Fun Fact! A Chocolate bar has the same calories as 3 apples! There is no fat food, there is good food and bad food. Good food doesn't have saturated fats and it helps in feeding your body, bad food doesn't. Also there is something called portion; if you have a cupcake, you won't gain weight. If you have the whole cupcake shop, you might gain weight.

"Carbs are the enemy"

The classic way of starving / dieting of cutting carbs, is depressing and just wrong. The recommended ratios for a healthy diet is 50% Carbs, 30% Protein and 20% fat, you actually need carbs for your body to function. There is something called simple carbs, your body doesn't burn any calories while digesting them; these are the bad carbs you don't want. The good carbs are complicated, your body needs to burn calories to digest them; like brown bread or pasta or rice.

"Crunches will help you lose belly fat"

 While you can train your muscles by spot, arms or thighs or abs; you can't target fat burning. Your body loses fat as whole depending on your body ratios. Your stomach will get smaller as you get used to eating healthier food and smaller portions, that's why your diet is very important.

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