Photoshop - blessing or curse?

Let's capture this moment to treasure forever! Click! Oh no...I look terrible :(
Wait...
No problem!
Everyone's best friend is here to save the moment! Let me introduce Miss Photoshop! Every girl's best friend.

Sometimes we capture a moment in the wrong way and photoshop fixes the problem -or one of the many photo enhancing apps to immediately retouch our flaws.

What a great thing! .... Well sort of...

Photoshop is a great thing but like plastic surgery should be used wisely and never overused. One can easily see if a picture is a bit too much photoshopped and there's nothing worse than seeing someone and thinking "Oh my God he/she looks nothing like his/her pictures" usually ending with a "looks much older/uglier/bigger".

As we all grow older is tough to accept age and all that comes with it but honestly no matter what we do, no matter how much photoshop, our age is our age and there's nothing more beautiful than aging gracefully accepting our flaws.
We should all die old and happy and just a little photoshop doesn't hurt anyone :)

Rules for enhancing:
- Do not overdo it
- Make sure face and neck are both enhanced :)
- Make sure face, neck and hands are all enhanced :)
- Barbie skin is for barbie only :)

Here are some examples of too much and just enough photoshop enjoy.

Glam Your Image everyday
Elisabete

Marsala - Pantone Color of 2015

And since we are approaching 2015 in speed light lets have a quick look at Pantone’s color of the new year.

The announced color is Marsala described by Pantone as the color of chocolate or a robust and earthy wine and by many as a reddish-brown hue.

The sophisticated hue works well with many skin types I personally think it looks even better on darker skins. 

Marsala is sultry and subtle and highlights enormously the cheeks.  Works beautifully in lips, nails and shadows.

Lets have a look at some of my favorite Marsala picks for the new year.

#burberryprorsum 

#burberryprorsum 

#stellamccartney

 #polyvore

#Alsonjewelers

#yvessaintlaurent

#Michelle

#toryburch

#alsonjewelers

#iphonecase

#nars

#makeupforever

#deborahlippmann

#urbandecay

#tomford

#bobbybrown

By
Elisabete
#glamyourimage

Glam Your Image and rubber Flip Flops (commonly know as Havaianas)!

I have a love/hate relationship with rubber Flip Flops (havaianas) J

The love:

Two of my dear friends are Havaianas fanatics! They have one in each color to match their outfits!

I would look at them and think “Wow gorgeous face/hair/accessories, nice top, nice pants/shorts/skirt or even nice dress….and going down……Oh NOOOO rubber flip flops!!!!!!” JJ

Being the two of them absolutely gorgeous girls with an incredible sense of style I often questioned them “Why??”, “Why do you wear them all the time”!

Most of the time the answer was “Cause its easier”..”They are just there”..”They match everything”…”I’m lazy!”…”They don’t hurt my feet”..”I cant wear heels”. J

I am talking about two girls whom I know very well and who have gorgeous sandals in their closet J!

I think that rubber flip flops became so famous and globally accepted, people are simply lazy to wear another shoe giving all sorts of excuses including; “It is chic now to wear Havaianas” as I heard a lady saying the other day.

The hate:

As practical and easy going they can be…They are not chic, not elegant; don’t make you look nice in your normal clothes on a trip to the mall or even having lunch at a nice restaurant, even if the color is the same of your t-shirt! J

There is only one thing worse then a rubber flip flop walking in the mall, it’s a clog (commonly know as Crocs)!

Please leave those to your children ONLY!!!! If you do own them and have to wear clogs make sure it is at home while gardening when no one else can see you!!!!! JJ

Rubber Flip flops come in every color, and as much as I like them to go to the pool or beach, that’s it!

Try to limit the use of rubber flip flops to the beach or the pool, or for a pedicure if you are on the go.

Also wearing flip flops everyday makes it harder to put on other shoes specially closed shoes since your feet become wider and used to be on the loose J

There are so many low heels or no heels, flat, comfortable but dressier options to the rubber flip flops that, I with one of my dear friends, and her shoes, did a very fun day at Glam Your Image Havainas VERSUS dressy sandals!

So ladies keep the simple rubber flip flops to the pool or beach and love your feet by choosing dressier options and changing your looks completely!

Remember to Glam Your Image with LOVE every day! <3