How to Achieve the Perfect Red Lip

Who doesn’t love a red lip? You know I do! A red lip can perfect any look, instant glam! No matter your skin tone you can pull this off. But only if it’s done the right way! Follow these steps and the look is yours!

First you need to exfoliate your lips so you are starting with a smooth canvas. You can mix a bit of sugar with honey and rub that along your lips or just use a soft, dry toothbrush.

Dry lips won’t hold color as long as smooth, moisturized lips will. Apply a bit of lip balm and use a tissue to dab off any extra.

Use a lip liner to outline your lips, this will keep the color from running. You can get a red liner to match. If not, you could also use some concealer and dab that around your lips.

Finally it is time to apply your lipstick! I always use a lip brush when I am doing a red lip, this gives me total control. Start at the center of your lip and blend outward.

Lastly, you can apply a gloss on top. Of course skip the step if you are going for a matte look. 

Perfectly Glossed Kisses,

Sutton

What We're Wearing

I am sick, I haven't gotten out of bed for days, no one is taking care of me. I could continue complaining, woe is me. I can't breathe through my nose at all and breathing through my mouth all night is making my lips so chapped. Every time I wake up to send Daddy or Astor a text whining about how sick I am I put on a layer of Maybelline's Baby Soft Lips. At least my lips stay hydrated while the rest of me suffers.

Perfectly Glossed Kisses,

Sutton


I wear my Margiela flame tee way too much, I'll admit it. It's the perfect size where I can just wear it with leggings, and it's instantly a cool look. To switch it up a bit this time, I layered on a plaid flannel and camouflage jacket for a print clash. I'm obsessed with my new vintage camo jacket I scored on eBay. And this Alexander Wang silver bag just acquired via sample sale for $60(!) is the final pop.

 Handbags and Hugs,

Astor

Get to Know Bib+Tuck

When all you think about is shopping, when there is no greater thrill to you than finding something you're in love with for a ridiculously low price, you do a LOT of website vetting. I troll the vast and glorious interwebs daily - seriously, daily - for new and exciting sites I can shop. Most of the time, I return from the hunt kinda disappointed. There are a lot of cool sites out there, but I already have my favorites, so it takes something legitimately wow-inducing to break into the circle. And that's why I'm so psyched about Bib+Tuck. It didn't just break into the circle, it crashed in and went right to the middle and was all "look at me!" But not in an obnoxious way, in an "I'm going to save you" kind of way.

  (Bib+Tuck founders, Sari Azout & Sari Bibliowicz)

You see, Bib+Tuck is way different. I will bet my Christopher Kane aqua gel clutch you haven't seen anything like it. (Please don't like make a site like it just so I have to give you my prized possession. I'm sure you can find one on eBay.) It's shopping but it's a game and a social community. Users "bib," which means basically put their items up for "sale." And they "tuck," which means grab those items like nobody's business. And the currency is bucks. You earn bucks and buy bucks - you don't just use money. That's where the game part comes in. You accumulate a bucks balance on Bib+Tuck, it's like getting more and more points in the game of being awesome. You get 15 just for joining, you get 3 for following Bib+Tuck on Twitter, 3 more for tweeting at them, etc. You get bucks for bibbing your first item. And then when you find something you want (approximately once every ten seconds, according to my studies), you can pay for it with your bucks. I mean, some of those bucks involve no financial support from you. It's AMAZING.

And because we love each other and like to shop together, be sure to take advantage of the cool community vibe on Bib+Tuck. Follow your favorite users to keep tabs on what they're bibbing, tucking, loving, all that jazz. This is how you'll be able to score covetable things as soon as they hit the site. And you'll make friends, too, duh - friends like Kimberly Ovitz and Yigal Azrouel!  You can find your style soulmates.

So you join, you bond with partners in shopping, you earn points, you use them to shop. SO FUN, right? It doesn't even feel like you're shopping, it's so different from your run-of-the-mill e-commerce sites. There's more to it, since you can be social and play the game AND score stuff.

One of Bib + Tuck's two founders, Sari Bibliowicz says that she and the other founder, Sari Azout (Sari squared!), met in pre-school and then found each other again in college in New York (destiny!). Sari B. was working at Gilt Groupe and Sari A. was trading stocks when they had the idea for the site. She explained that she, Sari, and their friends were always borrowing each other's clothes and lending each other clothes - they even had things they wanted to swap out for good, giving them over for something that caught their eye in a friend's closet. That's when the idea hit - everyone does that swapping and loves it, so what if they could do it online, with way more people than the girlfriends that live nearby? Sari and Sari started tinkering with the idea and building the site, and it's thanks to a Vogue editor who wrote about Bib + Tuck in the very early stages that the girls fully launched it - so thanks, Miss Editor! The site has only been live since August (with its official launch in November) but it's already taking online shopping by storm with tons of followers that include some fashion heavy-hitters. And with the site's unique spin, who could be surprised?

As far as what you can find on Bib + Tuck, here are some of Sutton's and my favorite items:

 

Blanket Blazer, 23 Bucks

WeSC Edif Varsity Jacket, 30 Bucks

 

Kenzo Pants, 385 Bucks

 

Creepers, 100 Bucks

Yigal Azrouel Dress, 400 Bucks

Handbags and Hugs,

Astor

DIY Body Treatments

(Image via WillowsLodge.com)

You now know the hair treatments and skin masks that I do at home, using only ingredients from the kitchen. Time to move onto the neck down and see the body treatments I use as well!

Hand & Foot Exfoliant

Ingredients:

4-6 ripe Strawberries

1 tsp of Coarse Salt (you may use sea salt or kosher salt)

2 tbsp Olive Oil

Mash up the strawberries, and then add in the rest of the ingredients. Mix them all together. Now scrub all over hands and feet. Rinse off and enjoy your soft skin. The natural fruit acid in strawberries is a gentle exfoliant. You can add the leftovers to a sealed container in the fridge and it will last a week.  

Softening Foot Mask

Ingredients:

2 cucumbers

2 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp olive oil

Mash all the ingredients. (This will be faster and easier if you use a blender.) Split the mixture in half and pour each half into a plastic bag. Wrap the bags over each foot. Massage them into your skin and relax for ten minutes. 

Body Moisturizing Mask

Ingredients:

2 avocados mashed

3 table spoons sea salt

1/4 cup honey

2 whole lemons (rinds and juice)

1/4 cup coconut or olive oil (but you should have already bought coconut oil after I told you how amazing it is! 

Apply to skin and let sit for ten to fifteen minutes. (Don't let anyone walk into your bathroom while you do this, could be super awkward). Now hop in the shower, scrub and rinse. If you have extra you can put it in a container in the fridge and do this again in two or three days.  

Tropical Body Scrub

Ingredients:

3-4 large grapefruits

4 to 5 tablespoons of coconut or olive oil

1/2 cup sea salt

Cut the grapefruits in half and squeeze out all the juice into a bowl. Now take the grapefruits and rub them on extra dry areas like knees, elbows and feet. Back to the bowl of juice, mix in the oil and salt. Use that before you get into the shower as a full body scrub. 

Caffeine Body Scrub

Ingredients:

1 cup coffee grounds

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup salt

1/8 cup olive or coconut oil

Many believe coffee can help reduce cellulite and varicose veins. True? Maybe. But either way this scrub won't make them worse and will definitely leave you smooth and soft! 

Perfectly Glossed Kisses,

Sutton