Best dressed at Met Gala

Best Dressed at Met Gala 2016

by Ifra Mahmood, staff reporter

When the Manus x Machina exhibit opened at this year's Met Ball, it featured work by Vuitton, Chanel, and Dior. These are some of the best dressed looks selected by vogue. These are looks that exhibit the theme of Fashion in an Age of Technology ​in many different forms.

1) Kate Bosworth: in Dolce & Gabbana 2) Blake Lively: in Burberry 3) Emily Ratajkowski: in Prabal Gurung 4) Alexa Chung: in Thakoon 5) Jourdan Dunn: in Balmain 6) Kate Upton: in Topshop

7) Ciara: in H&M 8) Kim Kardashian, Kylie & Kendall Jenner: in Balmain 9) Karlie Kloss: in custom Brandon Maxwell and Repossi jewels 10) Kate Hudson: in Atelier Versace and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes 11) Lady Gaga: in Versace

12) Florence Welch: in Gucci 13) Gigi Hadid & Zayn Malik: in Tommy Hilfiger & Versace

14) Nina Dobrev: in Marchesa 15) Claire Danes: in Zac Posen 16) Karolina Kurkova: in Marchesa 17) Joan Smalls: in Balmain

How to get lavender hair

1. Prep your hair. I put on coconut oil throughout my entire head, put it in a plastic bag, and waited 3 hours so it can sink into my hair. This provides a barrier between your hair and the bleach, but it doesn't affect the performance of the bleach. DO NOT SHAMPOO IT OUT! LEAVE IT IN AS YOU APPLY BLEACH TO YOUR HAIR.

2. Bleach your hair. Please PLEASE take the time to apply the bleach evenly to your hair, because it'll make applying the hair dye so much easier. Also, make sure the hair is a light yellow color (similar to the color of the inside of a banana peel). Make sure there are NO orange tones in your hair. I sectioned off my hair into four parts and then applied the L'Oreal blue bleach with the Clairol 30 volume (white bottle) developer.
    

3. TONE your hair.  I used the Wella T18 toner all over my hair with a small bottle of Clairol 20 volume developer.



4. I used Manic Panic Ultraviolet hair dye mixed with a ton of dollar tree conditioner. I left this in for 3 hours. DO NOT SHAMPOO YOUR HAIR! Just rinse the color out as much as you can and condition it again.

 (with flash)

5. This is the end result! When it fades out, there's still some darker blonde spots, but I don't really mind. It adds dimension and all my friends said it looked nice. Good luck!

Holika Holika Pro: Beauty Enamel Volip Tint OR01 Citrine Peach

Spring is here, and bright and colorful colors are in! I'm really digging the color peach right now, so after watching a video reviewing the volip tints, I saw a gorgeous peach color and immediately bought it on Ebay.

Price: *****
-I thought it was a pretty decent price for a lip tint. It's like the price of a regular drugstore lipstick.

Packaging: *****
-It comes with a dough foot applicator that holds a good amount of product. The exterior packaging itself is very sleep. It has a black top and a shiny bottom that varies in color depending on what shade you buy.

Application: *****
-It glides on so smoothly across the lips. The color is distributed evenly across the lips and it can be built up.

Texture:*****
-It's like a tint gloss. It's very shiny, but it's not sticky when you press your lips together. But, it's not too slippery to the point where it'll slip and slide off the lips. It stays on very nicely and won't bleed out

Staying power: ****
-Since it doesn't dry down, and stays at a glossy state, it does affect the staying power. If you eat or drink, this will come off. In my personal experience, if the weather was a bit windy, I found that it dried out and made my lips feel crusty.

Color: *****
-It's a very pretty peachy orange color. It's not too overwhelming, but it's a subtle color that still shows on your lips and tints it.

Overall: ****
-The color's nice, and the texture of the lip tint glides on smoothly. Unlike other lip tints, it doesn't dry out your lips as much, and has more hydrating properties to it. I would recommend this 10/10!

Prom Hairstyles

by Ifra Mahmood, staff reporter

While prom is right around the corner and dresses are finally chosen the next step is to decide on your hairstyle. Here are a few hairstyles that can be a perfect fit with many different prom dresses!

Make up ideas for Prom

Makeup ideas for Prom

by Maddy Heinsen, staff reporter

As Prom season approaches, senior girls are deciding on dresses, hairstyles, shoes, dates, jewelry and makeup for prom. Now, that most senior girls have chosen their dresses, decisions regarding makeup are beginning to surface.  

Here are some ideas for pink dresses. To accentuate the color of the dress, matching the eyeshadow will allow for a more unified look. By doing so, the eyeshadow and the dress reflect off each other while adding desired definition.

Here are some makeup ideas for pink dresses:

Here are some makeup ideas for black dresses:

Red Dresses are very common for prom. For a simple look, here’s a makeup style that won’t take eye’s off your dress.

For green dresses:

Nail Polish Colors for the Spring

Nail Polish Colors for the Spring

by Ifra Mahmood, staff reporter

1. Revlon: Cherries in the Snow #270
2. Revlon: Chili #430
3. Essie: Lapiz of Luxury
4. Revlon: Enchanted #220
5. Revlon: Minted #85
6. Revlon: Tropical Temptation #914

Rimmel Provacalips Play with Fire

I've been looking for a liquid lipstick that wouldn't make my mouth feel like sandpaper after removing it. I found the Rimmel Provacalips  and wanted a really nice red color, and went with "Play with Fire" because it was a deeper red. To my surprise, this beat some higher end liquid lipsticks like the Clio Lipnicure and the Lime Crime Velventines.

Color: *****
It's a nice deep red depending on how you build much of the color you build it up to. When you build it to full opacity, it's the beautiful deep red color that I love so much. The other end is the lock in lip gloss and it's a transparent color

Texture: ****
The liquid lipstick side is pretty liquidy. I didn't expect that at all. When you pull it out of the tube, it takes out way too much and when you scrape it on the side of the tube to get rid of the excess, you can see the actual product slowly dribbling down. As for the lipgloss side, it's quite the contrary. It's more thick in texture and you can feel the thickness when putting it on your lips.
Note: The liquid lipstick side does have a stickiness to it, so I found that patting it down with a translucent powder, letting it sit for a bit, and then brushing it off works nicely.


Note: The lip gloss side does have a stronger floral smell whereas the liquid lipstick side doesn't.

Effectiveness?: *****
This has lasted through an oily Chinese meal and oily pizza. When I wore the velventine in Salem out for pizza, it came right off as I finished my pizza. The lipgloss side is amazing if you want a more moisturized and shinier lip. Note: The lip gloss doesn't ruin the effect of the liquid lipstick. It does lock the color in!

Price: *****
For the price, it sure packs a punch. I bought it for roughly $9.00.

Overall: *****
I definitely recommend this to those who are looking for a true liquid lipstick that'll last throughout the day. It doesn't budge and without the lipgloss, it's kiss proof!