10 Instant Butt Boosters

Every girl wants to make her backside look fabulous!

As we move through the end of summer 
and start buying up our wardrobe for fall

here are 10 tips I found in a magazine a while back,
 to give your butt an instant boost.

1. Wear The Right Pants

To accentuate your derrierere wear pants with narrower legs.

They don't have to be skin tight all the way down, just fitted thru the backside. 

Cotton cigarette pants can be super sexy.

2. Avoid Shimmer.

Shiny fabrics draw attention to imperfections, and everybody has them. Avoid taffetas, shiny silks, satins.

3. Know Your Pockets

Large pockets make your tush look bigger, small pockets make it look smaller. But watch out for a small pocket on a big booty - it can make you look even bigger.

The placement and style of the pocket is crucial too. Be aware of how close or how far apart the pockets are and where in relation to the waist they sit. Sometimes a pocket that sits a fraction lower than normal can make the backside look a little higher.

4. Go Indigo!

Dark rinse jeans make the butt look smaller and tighter. If you are going for a white jean, opt for a thick denim. Thicker weaves shape you.

5. Know Your Rise

A low rise is super cute on a small butt, whereas a waistband that sits at the navel flatters a larger booty, making it look round, not wide.

6. See A Tailor

There is a 90% chance that your backside will look better after your pants have been tailored to fit you. Whether its your everyday jeans or your killer black pants, get them tailored!

7. Sharpen Your Pencil Skirt

The same applies to pencil skirts. Have your tailor nip and tuck it to fit your body. A pencil skirt that is too baggy makes your butt look bigger, one thats too tight squishes it and makes it look flat. Ideally your skirt should cup your bottom. Your tailor can nip the center back seam just below the rear, and make it magic.

8. Work Your Heels.

The higher the heel, the closer to heaven. Wearing a higher heel arches your back and curves your butt, giving it a perkier, lifted shape.

(make sure you learn how to walk in heels. Nothing makes any shape of bottom look more glorious than walking beautifully in high heels)

9. Beware of Leggings

In sunlight, thin fabrics can show dimples, even on a slim rear end. Check your back end out in bright light before stepping outside.

10. Camouflage Cellulite

You simply cannot overlook the value of spanx. Even the thinnest actresses wear them on the red carpet to avoid jiggle and to keep everything smooth. 

heavily excerpted from Allure Magazine

Ilimitada ~ Vogue Mexico

Photographer Asa Tallgard draws the eye to the luxurious drape and flow of the fabrics in this color infused shoot for Vogue Mexico.

Ilimitada Vogue Mexico

Shot on location at the beautiful Jade Mountain Resort in Santa Lucia, model Valeria Garcia soaks up the afternoon air, dressed for an evening of glamour.

Ilimitada Vogue Mexicio

Cra Delevingne and Saskia de Brauw Fendi Fall 2013 Campaign

Shot on the rooftops of beautiful Rome, models Cara Develingne and Saskia de Brauw are the faces of the new Fall 2013 Fendi ad campaign.

Cara Develingne Fendi Fall 2013

The images were photographed by the brand's creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, who paired the two girls before in the Chanel  Cruise 2013 campaign.

Behind the scenes, Karl Lagerfeld shoots Cara Develingne for fendi Fall 2013.
image via WWD

"For our 2013-2014 fall/winter season, we sought to celebrate the love between Fendi and Rome with a very feminine campaign evoking a chic and modern Roman holiday," said Lagerfeld.

Roman Skyline

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Fendi Fall 2013

Read more: Fendi Fall 2013 Campaign - Cara Delevingne and Karl Lagerfeld for Fendi

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

I absolutely love Damian Foxe's remarkable wardrobe styling.
In fact the main reason I check out How To Spend It magazine is to see what he has been up to.

Believe The Stripe, How To Spend It

Here with photographer Gustavo Zylbersztajn, he takes to the high seas in a story all about sailor stripes for summer.
It's magnificent.

Believe The Stripe

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Believe The Stripe ~ How To Spend It

Dajana Antic Plays Desperate Housewife For DressTo Kill Magazine

I absolutely love 60's inspired shoots!

Belle Du Jour, Dress To Kill Magazine

In this fabulous editorial for Dress To Kill magazine, model Dajana Antic gets the full sixties treatment from makeup artist and hairstylist Sabrina Rinaldi. In wardrobe styled by Randy Smith, she evokes a desperate yet super glam housewife for photographer Richard Bernardin.

Belle Du Jour

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill Magazine

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill

Dajana Antic, Dress To Kill

Vitamin C Skin Care

One of the most important things you can do for your skin (after strong, broad spectrum SPF and a killer moisturizer) is to introduce Vitamin C to your regimen.

Vitamin C is one of the very few products that has scientifically been proven to play a significant role in collagen production. It also is an antioxidant that goes after and destroys the free radicals that damage the skin cells and cause premature wrinkling and aging.
No matter which age group you fall into, building collagen and fighting free radicals are crucial steps to keeping your skin looking youthful, and utilizing vitamin C is an essential part of an anti-aging skin care program.

But.

There is a problem with topical vitamin C products.

Vitamin C in skin care products is easily oxidized, killing the antioxidant properties and turning it into an expensive and largely ineffective citrus moisturizer. In order for a vitamin C skin care product to have any success in treating fine lines and wrinkles, and improving the skin, it must have a high concentration of the vitamin and it must be in its active state.
Which brings about another problem. Typically from the moment of manufacture, and assuming the product is held in optimal conditions, it is only effective for approximately 90 days.
So if your expensive bottle of vitamin C infused skin care has spent more than 90 days from the point of manufacture, to transporting it to your department store, to getting to the shelf, to getting to your house, you've wasted your hard earned cash.

But.

I recently found an amazing vitamin C treatment from a new company called EstheCeuticals.

You buy it as a set. There is a serum, which contains hyaluronic acid and Ferulic acid (which recycles the vitamin C and boosts its efficacy)and a separate vial of vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid).
You get to regulate the concentration of vitamin C that your serum gets. A full vial will give you an amazing 20% concentration. The timer doesn't start on your product until you mix the two vials. You then pour the mixture into the empty bottle provided, and you have the perfect vitamin C skin treatment product.
The 1 ounce bottle was cleverly designed to meet not only the average person's needs, but also those of business travelers. For 90 days it can go anywhere you do!

The EstheCeuticals C and F Treatment Serum can be used daily, and is also part of their post laser and post microneedling protocols, designed to do fast repair work to the skin.

Vitamin C skin care needs to be stored out of direct sunlight, preferably in a cool, dark cupboard.

You can order EstheCeuticals C and F Treatment Serum online at the company website www.EstheCeuticals.com

How To Lose 5lbs Fast (Or Look Like You Did)

I'm always looking to either lose 5 lbs or to at least look like I just did.
Especially after spending the summer in Italy.

Anyway, I read this in a magazine ages ago, and as I'm heading out to the gym in a manic effort to kill (at least) 5lbs, it feels relevent....


1. Subdue Your Sweet Tooth

Cutting sugars from your diet is a no-brainer, but also cut sugar-alcohol sweeteners.
Low carb foods such as mints, protein bars, even chewing gum can contain sorbitol, manitol, xylitol (if it ends in 'ol' its a problem). As the 'ols' are not fully absorbed into the blood stream they can ferment in the large intestine, which is a major cause of bloating.
Read labels and see whats really inside the package.
A couple of carb free days filled with lean proteins and high water fresh vegetables can trim the bloat and make you look (and feel) 5lbs thinner.





2. Stand Like A Dancer

My best friend is a dancer. She always looks lean and immaculate (partly because she is lean, and quite frankly, immaculate). Her posture is always perfection too.
So many women stand with rounded shoulders and with their torso out of alignment, which thickens the waist and shortens the trunk. If you square your shoulders, align your hips with them, and then lift your chest you will elongate the torso, making you look longer and leaner. It also draws the abs in, thinning out the waist.
It also takes considerable stress out of your back, so you feel great too.

3. Adjust Your Fit

Your clothes should feel tailored, not painted on.
Avoid clothes that are too fitting (shows every flaw), pants that are too skinny (accentuates hips butt and thighs), too high waisted (stunts the upper body) or cropped (makes you look shorter).
Dresses and skirts in fluid fabrics will make you look leaner, and blazers and tops that hit just below the hip will help elongate your frame.
Rather than becoming a fashion victim, learn the shapes and cuts that work best on your body, and stick to them.
Have your clothes altered to fit your shape. A quick alteration on a killer pair of pants can make all the difference in the world. A nip and a tuck on a blazer or a dress, tailoring it to your body can be endlessly slimming.