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How to Look Expensive on a Budget | If you're looking for fashion tips and hair and makeup hacks to make you look rich and classy for cheap, this post is for you! We're sharing 18 simple ideas to help you choose the right clothes and fool the world into thinking you spend thousands of dollars on your outfits. We're also sharing our best beauty hacks to make your hair and makeup look chic using affordable drugstore products that don't break the bank! #lookexpensive #howtolookexpensive

How to Look Expensive on a Budget: 18 Tips Every Girl Needs

How to Choose a Wedding Dress for Your Body Type | Shopping for a wedding dress isn’t always glam and glitter. Figuring out the best wedding dress style for your body shape can be overwhelming and defeating. Should you choose an A line dress? Long sleeves or short sleeves? Fit and flare, or a sheath gown? Ruffles and a lace bodice, or something simple? Click over for 32 of our best tips to help you choose the best wedding dress for YOUR body shape! #weddingdresstips #weddingdressshopping

How to Choose a Wedding Dress for Your Body Type: 32 Tips to Consider

How to Look Good in Pictures | Want to know the secret to looking good in photos and taking the best portraits and selfies? From drawing attention to your eyes, to wearing the right makeup and styling your hair correctly, to figuring out the best poses and smile for your face and body shape, these tips will teach you the basics and beyond. While lighting is definitely important for Instagram worthy photos, these simple tips will transform your look! #photogenic #phototips #howtotakeaselfie

How to Look Good in Pictures: 19 Tips to Be More Photogenic

How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe for Beginners | If you want a minimalist wardrobe and need step-by-step instructions to help you get started, this post has it all, including a checklist of capsule wardrobe essentials for every season and occasion! Learn how to curate the best minimalist fashion essentials for work, casual days and special occasions, for summer, fall, spring, and winter - and everything in between! #capsulewardrobe #minimalistwardrobe

How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe: 5 Tips for Beginners

How to Dress to Look Thinner | Want to lose 10 pounds without exercising or dieting? Whether you’re plus size or just want to know how to dress for your body shape, these tips and ideas are for you! We’ll teach you what to wear, the importance of choosing clothes that fit, how to avoid cellulite on your legs, the best neckline, and everything you need to know about skirts, jeans, pants, patterns, and more! #lookthinner #dressthinner #looktaller #fashionhacks #beautyhacks #loseweight #flatbelly

How to Dress to Look Thinner: 23 Slimming Fashion Tips That Work!

Unless you have a perfect, oval face, finding the right glasses for your face shape is no easy task. And since eyeglasses are not a cheap investment – and something many of us can’t live without! – it’s important to know the tricks of the trade when it comes to choosing frames that compliment your round, square, diamond, rectangle, or heart-shaped face. So before you head out for your annual eye exam, check out our best tips to teach you how to choose the perfect glasses for your face shape!

How to choose the right glasses for your face shape: 4 tips that work

Whether you're trying to figure out how to look skinny in clothes, in pictures, in a bathing suit, in a bikini, in a dress, or in jeans, this collection of practical tips will teach you some of the tricks of the trade to make you look slimmer instantly. They say the camera adds 10 lbs, but with these secrets, you'll look and feel your best - even when your friends tag you in photos on Facebook!

7 fashion tips to teach you how to look skinnier

When it comes to fashion, picking and choosing the right accessories can make or break an outfit. Jewelry, sunglasses, and the right hair updo offer a fabulous way to dress up an otherwise boring ensemble, and the right bag matched with a sexy pair of shoes can really make a statement. Check out our busy mom’s guide to summer accessories and make 2016 the year you look and feel your best!

The Busy Mom’s Guide to Summer Accessories

Hourglass? Pear? Apple? Plus size? Curvy? Box shaped? With so many body types and bathing suits to choose from - one piece, athletic, sporty, tankini, bikini - we're dishing all our secrets to help you find the best swimsuit for YOUR body type. We explain what does and does not work, and we've even thrown in some pointers for big busts and for small chests to help you flaunt your body with style and confidence this summer!

Summer Fashion: The Best Swimsuits for Every Body Type

Affordable Workout Clothes: Where to Shop and What to Buy

Whether you're new to skinnies, or just need to freshen up your wardrobe, these tips will not only teach you how to buy the perfect pair of skinny jeans, but they will also introduce you to the ONE pair of skinnies that are perfect for just about every body type. They're stylish, comfortable, can be dressed up or down for every occasion, and are a must-have this season!

How To Buy The Perfect Pair of Skinny Jeans

Whether you're looking for casual outfits for weekends, want to know what to wear for a night out with the girls, or need inspiration for date night outfits to impress your main squeeze, this collection of skinny jeans outfits is for you. With the right top, shoes, and accessories, you can dress your skinny jeans up or down depending on the occasion - the possibilities really are endless!

Skinny Jeans for Women: 5 Looks We Love

Ankle boots are incredibly versatile and can carry you through every season when worn properly. Whether you’re a late adopter of this fashion trend, or just want some fresh ideas on which ankle boots to wear with jeans, with leggings, with a dress, with skirts, with pants, or with socks, this collection of 25 ankle boots under $50 is for you!

For the Love of Boots: 25 Ankle Boots under $50

Scarves offer a fun yet inexpensive way to dress up your favorite outfits. From the standard loop and pull-through, to a sexy off-the-shoulder wrap and a chic belted poncho, these tutorials will teach you how to tie a blanket scarf 12 different ways. Who knew a rectangular piece of fabric could make you look so fashionable and stylish?!

How to Wear a Blanket Scarf: 12 Looks We Love

Ankle boots are a girl's best friend. Seriously. They're incredibly versatile, and when worn correctly, they can carry you through every single season. So whether you're a late adopter of this fashion trend, or just want some fresh ideas on how to wear ankle boots with jeans, with leggings, with a dress, with skirts, with pants, or with socks, his collection of tips will teach you how to wear ankle boots with more outfits than you know what to do with.

Fashion 101: 5 Tips to Teach You How to Wear Ankle Boots

It’s all in the details when it comes to spring 2016 trends and accessories. Minimalism is out for the moment, and has been replaced with graphic bags, statement earrings, and bohemian silk scarves. I have to admit I’m kind of relieved - bold accessories can totally make an outfit. And while I love simple jewelry, it’s about time that more daring accessories came back into our lives. Check out the best accessories of the season!

Spring 2016 Trends: The Best Accessories of the Season

While an ode to the 70s has been continually making waves in fashion, it shows no signs of slowing down. Suede pieces dominated the runways of designers like Jonathan Saunders and Rebecca Minkoff, fringe held its reign at Derek Lam and Prabal Gurung, and the lace and off-the-shoulder numbers prove that this year's spring fashion looks are going to be rather flirty. Check out 5 spring 2016 fashion trends we can't wait to wear, and how to incorporate them into your daily wardrobe!

5 Spring 2016 Fashion Trends We Love

Dressing to impress can be tricky during the winter months, and when the temperatures plummet below the freezing mark, it can seem downright impossible. But with a little creativity - yes, you can wear skirts in the winter! - and some extra cozy, chic pieces, you can bring your style a-game to the office in even the harshest of climates. Here are 5 stylish winter work outfit ideas to teach you how!

5 Stylish Winter Work Outfit Ideas to Keep You Warm

If you opt for the mountain over the beach, you know the importance of stylish ski gear that provides extra warmth. A flannel vest is the perfect layering piece for under your jacket, while colourful (ultra-warm) ski pants will have you looking cool while slaloming down the hills. As for the après-ski fireside hang, don’t forget a big, comfy sweater and thermal leggings to keep you cozy. Our beginners guide to ski fashion has all of this and more to keep you stylish throughout the season!

A Beginners Guide to Ski Fashion

Loungewear fashion is officially a thing. Given that the trend encourages us to wear cozy trousers and silk pajama sets outside our homes, its popularity is no surprise, and this fashion trend isn't slowing down. With the right accessories and pairing pieces, loungewear can be extremely chic while also allowing you to be at your most comfortable on even the most jam-packed, stressful day. Take a look at 5 of our favorite ultra chic loungewear fashion looks for winter!

5 Chic Loungewear Fashion Looks For Winter

Cold weather accessories are a must-have to stay warm while surviving the cold, harsh winter, and if you pick them correctly, they can also add a pop of style to your seasonable ensemble. Look your best with these fabulous winter fashion accessories that will keep you cozy and fashionable all season long!

How to Rock Winter Fashion: 5 Cold Weather Accessories To Keep You Warm