This week, the Beauty & Style Spotlight Team goes beyond its usual scope to cover a couple of lifestyle subjects. On the beauty front, Lola reveals her recent favorite beauty products and Barbie recommends essentials for a summer beauty kit. Marsha and I both chose topics on styling black and white. Allison is offering help with Father’s Day gift ideas. And to top it all off, Nancy confides what it was like to spend a week in the hospital getting screened for a possible lung transplant. So be sure to make enough time to check out these helpful, fascinating and important beauty, style and lifestyle topics!
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Beauty & Style Spotlight Team, Link Love
Beauty Kit, Beauty Products, Black, Body Products, Color Style Tip, Face Products, Gift Ideas, Hair Products, Health and Wellness, Style Tips, Summer, Weekly Blog Roundup
A basic black turtleneck is a timeless classic that is forever chic, powerful and edgy depending on how you wear it. This is a basic piece that can go with almost anything. That’s why I have come up with almost 100 ways to wear it. I hope these ideas help you to power up your look and inspire you to get more variety and enjoyment from this piece. If you take advantage of the outfit combinations below, you could possibly bring the cost per wear down to just about nothing!
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Outfit Combinations, Ways to Wear It
Black, Black Turtlenecks, Class, Style, Turtlenecks
From my Style Tips Series (HERE,) I have a new one to share with you today. It’s an easy way to dress up a black tee. I often stretch a good original outfit idea myself to get more ways to use it. It works! So go on ahead and feel free to use this tip with other black clothing as well. Try other black tops, such as: a long-sleeve or short-sleeve solid black t-shirt, a graphic black tee, a tank top, a blouse or shirt, a sweater or a dress. Age doesn’t matter. So why don’t we take a look at how to do this?
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Style Tips
Accessories, Black, Easy Style, Jewelry, Necklaces, Style Tips, T-Shirts
When you go out for the evening, it’s a commonly held premise that black always fits into any occasion. So if you don’t know what the dress code is or you just can’t find anything in your closet that seems to be working out, just wear black!
A black dress is always appropriate and an all-black outfit works, too. You can find more about how to dress up your little black dress HERE.
Age doesn’t matter because black always looks chic. As part of my Fall/Winter Evening Series, this subject fills in the gaps as a fail-safe category. There are at least 50 ideas here to help you out and most likely I’ll be adding more in the future. So you’ll never have to wonder what to wear on your nights out!
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Evening, Fall/Winter Evening Series
Black, Black Dress, Evening Wear, Fall & Winter Evening Series, Festive Style, Style
I have a black dress (or nine?!) that doesn’t get enough wear simply because black seems to be more dressy in my mind. But practically, I know it can be dressed down. So I decided to explore the many ways to do that. I’m sharing with you what I came up with. I have around 30 ideas below for how to dress down a black dress!
A black dress is basic and functional. Age doesn’t matter because a black dress fits all ages, sizes, seasons and occasions.
It can be layered or bundled for warmth in fall and winter. In spring and summer, casual accessories are the key to a laid-back look. The following ideas for how to dress down a black dress start with warm-weather outfits and gradually transition to cold-weather outfits towards the end.
How to Dress Down a Black Dress
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Outfit Combinations, Ways to Wear It
Black, Black Dress, Casual Style, Outfit Ideas
