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7 5-Minute Makeup Routine Tutorials To Simplify Your Mornings | If you have a habit of pressing snooze one too many times in the mornings, these step by step makeup videos are for you! Perfect for school, work, and for tired moms over 40 (me!), these simple makeup looks combine natural and glam in the most perfect way. From under eye concealer tips, to eyebrow makeup hacks, to must-know dewy foundation application techniques, learn how to look and feel your best in 5 minutes or less!

7 5-Minute Makeup Routine Tutorials To Simplify Your Mornings

How to Look Attractive | If you want to know how to look your best on the daily - even when you're feeling your worst - this post will teach you how to instantly elevate your game. With tons of simple ways to look and feel put together, we're sharing our best tips, hacks, tricks, and things to do to love who you are, both inside and out! Learn how to look good without makeup, with glasses on, when you're running late, and so much more!

How to Look Attractive: 12 Tips to Make You Feel Your Best

How to Grow Longer Eyelashes | If you want to know how to make your lashes thicker and more voluminous without falsies or extensions, this post is for you! You'll learn how to naturally grow your lashes, along with natural DIY growth remedies made using ingredients you already have at home, like vaseline and coconut oil. Not into home remedies? No worries! We've also linked to the best store-bought eyelash serums to elevate your lashes and make your eyes pop!

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How To Look Older Than You Are | While most of us want to know how to look younger, there are tons of great makeup application techniques, hairstyle looks, and fashion tips for tweens and gals in their early 20s who want to look older than they really are. If you have a baby face and want to know how to look older naturally with makeup, with hair, and with clothes, this post has all the beauty secrets and lifestyle hacks you need to know!

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16 Ways to Look Younger Naturally | If you want to knock 10 years off your look, this post is for you! We're sharing everything from makeup application tips, to skincare essentials, to haircuts and hairstyles, to outfits and fashion hacks, to nutrition and exercise ideas to help you look younger both with makeup and without! Whether you're in your 30s or 40s, or your looking for tips you can use after 50 years of age, this post will teach you important dos and don'ts for a youthful appearance!

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8 Easy Step-By-Step Halloween Makeup Tutorials | Trick or treat?! Perfect for beginners, this collection of Halloween makeup videos will teach you how to create the perfect DIY Halloween costume! Whether you want something creepy and scary, simple and cute, or creative and beautiful, we've got tons of ideas to inspire you, including your favorite Disney characters! We've also included Halloween makeup ideas for kids, teens, and tweens.

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7 Rosacea Remedies that Work | If you want to know how to get rid of rosacea, this post will help! We're sharing the symptoms and causes of rosacea, the best DIY natural remedies and skincare products for rosacea, and beauty tips and step by step makeup tutorials to teach you how to hide rosacea. If you have rosacea on your nose, cheeks, neck, or all over your face, these tips and ideas will teach you how to treat it, how to prevent it from getting worse, and how to cover it up!

How to Get Rid of Rosacea: 7 Rosacea Remedies That Work

5 Step-by-Step Editorial Makeup Looks To Try | Bold meets beautiful with these fashion forward editorial makeup trends! If you love creative makeup styles, these step by step makeup tutorials are for you. You'll learn new makeup application techniques, including how to apply floating eyeliner, neon eyeshadow, and all over gloss for a dewy makeup look. And let's not forget about adding pops of glitter! Get ready to rock blue, pink, red, green, and yellow makeup with a hint of gold and silver!

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Makeup for Fair Skin and Freckles | If you're looking for tips on how to apply makeup for freckled skin, we've got you covered! With 14 application tips, products, videos, and step by step tutorials, we're sharing the best ideas for blondes and red heads with light skin tones. From the best foundation recos to enhance or hide freckles, to eye makeup ideas for fair skinned gals with green or blue eyes, to makeup tips to hide redness and blotchiness, don't miss these simple tricks and hacks!

Makeup for Fair Skin and Freckles: 14 Tips and Tutorials

How to Look Better on Zoom and FaceTime | If you're looking for tips and tricks to make you look camera ready on video calls on even your most disheveled days, we've got you covered! From makeup tips and hairstyles to make your face look slimmer, to clothes that compliment your best features and outfits that flatter, to figuring out what colors make your best features pop instead of washing you out, to knowing the best poses and camera angles, these ideas work!

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7 Feathered Eyebrows Tips and Tutorials | If you want to know how to get feathered eyebrows, you're in luck! While microblading and microfeathering can yield beautiful results, you don't need to tattoo your brows to make them look fluffy and full. We're sharing 7 eyebrow hacks for a natural look you'll love. From the best eyebrow and makeup products, to easy application techniques, to step-by-step tutorials, learn how to adopt this trend as your own and keep your eyebrows on fleek!

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5 Step by Step Natural Eye Shadow Looks | If you're looking for a simple makeup look you can wear on the daily and prefer something a little more subtle and natural, these 'no makeup makeup' tips, products, videos, and tutorials are for you! Learn the best eyeshadow palettes and shades, how to apply eyeshadow to make it look more natural, and more! Perfect for blue, green, and brown eyes, blondes and brunettes, dark and light skin! #naturaleyeshadowlooks #naturaleyeshadow #daytimemakeup

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Makeup Tips for Dark Skin | From selecting the right foundation and contouring products, to learning how to apply bold eyeshadows and filling in your eyebrows, to concealing under eye circles and acne scars, we’re sharing it all - makeup dos and don’ts, step by step tutorials, and the best makeup for dark skin. Whether you prefer a natural glow or a bold look, this post is a great resource for black women and dark-skinned gals! #makeupforblackwomen #makeupfordarkskin

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‘DON’T BELIEVE EVERY WORRIED THOUGHT YOU HAVE. ‘DON’T BELIEVE EVERY WORRIED THOUGHT YOU HAVE. WORRIED THOUGHTS ARE NOTORIOUSLY INACCURATE.’ —Renee Jain . Here’s your Thursday reminder that fear is a liar. Worrying won’t change the future, but it will suck the joy out of today if you let it. Stop letting your worried thoughts control you, let go, and (as Sandra Bullock would say), ‘go find your joy.’ 💙
‘A NEGATIVE MIND WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A POSITIVE ‘A NEGATIVE MIND WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A POSITIVE LIFE.’ —Unknown . As I was flipping through a magazine a few years ago, I read a study that has been a real game-changer for me. . It went a little something like this: . A research group studied feelings of tiredness in 2 groups of people. Both groups got the same amount of sleep and exerted the same amount of energy throughout the study, but the Test Group was led to believe they were more well-rested than they really were. . The result? . [Nearly] everyone in the Test Group reported lower levels of fatigue and higher levels of alertness compared to the Control Group, which led the researchers to believe our PERCEPTION of how tired we are plays a huge role in how we actually feel on a daily basis. . I admit I was skeptical, but I’ve always found that when I stop focusing on the negative and concentrate on the positive instead, I can almost always talk myself out of feeling tired, moody, irritable, impatient, or whatever other negative emotion that’s plaguing me. . I really believe there is something in the notion that we can change the way we feel simply by changing our perception, and that is more important now than ever. . So the next time you wake up feeling exhausted and cranky, try changing your mindset. Put the negativity down, choose happiness, and see where it takes you. . I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
‘DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS.’ —Tanisha Herrin . ‘DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS.’ —Tanisha Herrin . I started drafting a post with tips for staying positive when you’re struggling with motivation this morning, but I couldn’t bring myself to finish the post because I have been the exact opposite of positive and motivated the last few days. . Ontario announced a 3rd stay-at-home order this week, and my sweet girl was a puddle of tears when I picked her up on Tuesday. Teachers were given a 10-minute warning to tell students to pack up their belongings, and while I held my daughter in the school yard as she cried, my heart broke for her. . This has been hard on all of us, but it’s been especially difficult for kids. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have school, extracurricular activities, playdates, sleepovers, family trips, and holiday celebrations taken away as a child. I feel like all I’ve done over the last year is dish out one disappointment after another, and with no end in sight, it’s hard not to feel the weight of it all. . If you know me IRL, you know I’m all about finding light in times of darkness. I believe every situation is design to teach us something, and try not to stay stuck in the suck for too long, but this week was different. . I felt really sad, and for the first time in a long time I realized that what I needed more than anything was to just feel all the feels. So I emailed my daughter’s teacher to let her know we were taking the night off from homework, shut my computer down, left the laundry in the dryer, ate peanut butter out of the jar (highly recommend btw), and polished off a bottle of wine with my husband, and it felt so good. . We all woke up with renewed positivity on Wednesday, yesterday I wrote out a list of goals I want to tackle over the next 4 weeks, and today I feel more motivated and excited than I have in a long time. I feel blessed, grateful, and ready to handle this lockdown like a boss. . So instead of writing down all of those tips I planned on sharing with you today, I wanted to remind you that sitting in discomfort and allowing yourself to feel sad isn’t always a bad thing. Just make sure you don’t get stuck there for too long. 😘
‘FILTERS ARE GREAT, BUT GREAT SKIN CARE IS BETTE ‘FILTERS ARE GREAT, BUT GREAT SKIN CARE IS BETTER.’ —Unknown .⠀ #ad . Do your hands crack in the cold weather? .⠀ Mine do. ⠀ .⠀ And this year has been particularly bad. Between my regular cooking and cleaning routine, buying and renovating a new home, and all of the required pandemic-related hand washing and sanitizing, my hands physically hurt at the end of each day. I’ve lost count of how many cracks I’ve dealt with so far this season, and right now I have a doozy on my right thumb that makes simple tasks like buttoning buttons, texting, and typing feel impossible and painful. .⠀ I once read that beautiful skin takes a commitment and not a miracle, and this couldn’t be more true. I have battled with my skin for as long as I can remember, and I know exactly what I need to do to prevent - and treat - dry, cracked hands. But when life gets busy, I simply get lazy, and it doesn’t take long for it show on my skin. .⠀ The good news is that it typically only takes me a few days to get things back under control thanks to my friends at @yoronaturals 🙌🏻 . Their Organic Manuka Skin Soothing Cream does wonders when it comes to healing cracked hands, and their Remedy Wear gloves are my secret to overnight healing! Instead of strategically covering every crack with cream and a bandaid, I just apply a generous amount of Manuka Cream to my hands and pop on a set of gloves before crawling into bed. Works like a dream! . (And YES, the gloves stay put alllllll night long!) . If pandemic protocols are leaving your hands dry and cracked, click the link in my bio and use code GWEN for 10% off my favorite YoRo Natural products!
‘A woman with a voice is by definition a strong ‘A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.’ –Melinda Gates Wishing all the strong, bold, loud, messy, and amazing women in my life a Happy International Women’s Day! . When we found out we were having a girl, I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to share my love for fashion and beauty with a smaller version of myself, and had such a strong vision of the kind of mom I wanted to be. . I promised myself I would be present, involved, loving, and empathetic, and that my sweet girl would wake up and go to sleep each night knowing there was at least one person in this world who believed in her 1000%. . I thought I had everything mapped out, but failed to realize that being a ‘girl mom’ would require so much more from me. It’s not enough that I listen to her, support her, and encourage her to be assertive and to own her truth. I have to model that behavior, too. . And that’s not easy. . I was raised at a time when women were encouraged to make themselves as small as possible - both literally and figuratively. . No one ever encouraged me to speak up when someone did wrong by me or someone else, and when I did start to find my voice as I got older, I was told I was ‘too much’. . Raising a girl has forced me to challenge everything that was taught to me about being a woman. I want my daughter to grow up believing she can achieve anything and everything she wants in life, and that she never has to make herself small to make others feel more comfortable. She’s bold, brave, assertive, and loud, and she’s doesn’t apologize for ANY of it. . And I hope she never does. . My girl keeps me on my toes, but being her mom has already been the ride of a lifetime. I’m so incredibly proud of her and can’t wait to see the mark she makes on the world. . ‘Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.’ –Unknown
‘HOW YOU DO ANYTHING IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING.’ —Jess Sims . While some people love reading self-help books or listening to inspiring podcasts, quotes, mantras, and song lyrics are my jam. I spend hours upon hours scrolling through my social media feeds each week searching for motivational quotes and sayings, and I copy the ones I love most to the notes app on my phone so I never forget them. . I have a quote and lyric for pretty much every feeling and occasion, and if you follow me on stories, you know that I try to share something motivating and inspiring every morning. . I’ve recently been using short quotes/mantras to help me stay focused. Mantras are typically used in meditation, but they are also a fabulous tool to help you stay grounded. The idea is to pick a word or phrase with meaning to you, and each time your mind starts to wander, you repeat the mantra over and over to bring yourself back to the present moment. . I use mantras to help me stay productive with work, to keep me motivated when I want to push myself during my workouts, to stay present when I’m overwhelmed and trying to do too many things at once, and to stop me from ruminating about the things that make me stressed and anxious. . If you’re looking for inspiring quotes and mantras to help you stay focused, present, and calm, here are some of my favorites! . ‘Be present where your feet are.’ —Unknown . You don’t have to. You get to. —Jess Sims . Easy is bullshit. —Christine D’Ercole . Feel the burn, step closer to the fire. —Emma Lovewell . A setback is an avenue for a comeback. —Alex Toussaint . Hold the vision, trust the process. —Unknown . No challenge, no change. —Robin Arzon . Acknowledge the fear and do it anyway. —Emma Lovewell . Impossible is just an opinion. —Paulo Coelho . Treat your body like it belongs to someone you love. —Hannah Marie Corbin . Fix your ponytail and try again. —Unknown . 👇🏻 What quotes and mantras keep you focused and present when you’re overwhelmed or anxious?
‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ — ‘ALL GREAT CHANGES ARE PRECEDED BY CHAOS.’ —Unknown . f you’ve been following me on stories, you know we moved to a new house a couple of weeks ago. I was going to document the whole thing, but moving during a global pandemic in a city that is completely locked down with a child in virtual school is… 🤪 . This was the biggest move I’ve ever undertaken, and my Type A personality really struggled with how little control I had over everything. Lists and schedules are my jam, but it seemed the harder I tried to keep things on track, the quicker they fell apart. . I eventually decided to just embrace the chaos. I allowed myself to let go and just enjoy the excitement of it all and it ended up being the smoothest, most enjoyable move I’ve ever experienced. We’re still waiting on furniture deliveries and have lots of painting to do, but since no one will be visiting us for months (years?!) on end given the state of the world right now, there is absolutely no pressure. . And that feels great. . If you’re struggling, here are 4 things that helped me find order in the chaos that has been our lives for the last several weeks: . ✔️ EXERCISE. I start every single day with a hard workout to get those feel-good endorphins flowing. It makes me feel accomplished, helps me work through whatever is on my mind, and sets the tone for the rest of my day. . ✔️ ENERGY MANAGEMENT. I do all of my most pressing tasks when my energy is high and my mind is clear, and save all of the monotonous, mindless stuff (think: responding to emails, meal prep, folding laundry) for the evening. . ✔️ NEVER TOUCH SOMETHING TWICE. Once I ‘touch’ a task, I deal with it then and there so it’s taken off of my plate, rather than ’touching’ it multiple times and allowing it to take up extra energy and mental space. This is one of the best productivity tips I’ve ever read and it’s been a life-saver for me lately! . ✔️ DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT. I struggle the most with this, but the last few weeks have been a great exercise in challenging a lot of my Type A tendencies. . 👇🏻 How do YOU stay on track when you feel overwhelmed?
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