Emerald Green-Color of the Year-How to wear it!

Hello my beautiful beauty bloggers! I've been starting to do some research on the beauty trends of 2013. I'm really excited to find new trends and ideas to share with you all to try. I'm pleased to announce that Emerald Green has been declared by Pantone as the COLOR OF 2013!!!

Inspired by one of the prettiest gems!

 I have decided to dedicate an entire blog to emerald green because there are so many ways to wear it in the coming year that are so pretty! 

NAILS

To start off, below I have found some great green nail polishes to try as this is a GORGEOUS color to put on the nails! They aren't all exact matches of emerald, some have more green in them than blue or vice versa but they are all super pretty! (FYI:You should be able to find all these brands and colors of nail polish at an Ulta store near you)

 OPI- "Cuckoo for this Color"

Essie- "Going Incognito"

  

 Essie-"Trophy Wife"

 Butter London- "Stag Do Nail"

Zoya-"Retro Green" (matte polish)

 

EYELINER

A great way to wear emerald green is on your eyes! Another trend being seen on runways is green eyeliner on the waterline of your eyelid. Check out the stunning looks below for some inspiration!

 My suggestion of products to achieve a quick, easy look like this is to line the inside of your waterline  with an emerald or aqua eyeliner pencil. For an additional little more pop of green, add a little bit of a line right under the bottom lashes.

My favorite eyeliner, HANDS DOWN to achieve this is:
 Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil in Peacock. Check it out!

This is a fun way to add a pop of color to your eyes without it being so bright and over dramatic. I personally can't wait to buy this pencil to try this look out myself.

QUICK Tips on how to wear this look:

• Wear it alone on the water line with lots of mascara for a day look. 
• Wear it with a gold shimmery lid for a party or a date. 
• Wear it with you eyelid lined in black to be bolder. 

Two other similar products to try if you don't like the look above but want to incorporate green liner into your eye makeup, are a deep green liquid liner (which works best on the top lids and isn't meant for the lash line) or a glitter liner if you only want a touch of green.

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner- "Forest Green"

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Liner- "Stagedive"

Olympic Swimmers NAIL IT!

Growing up I was an athlete at heart from the get go. I like to tell people that I was like my Dad's little boy in some sense's because I loved playing any sport he signed me up for. Basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, judo..you name it..I've probably played at some point.

Well now that I'm older and in the "working world" I no longer have time to be apart of team sports anymore and I gotta say, I really do miss my days of being a Captain of my soccer team in high school. I had so much fun and was so fit.

I have been watching the Olympics this summer and my favorite sports to watch are always gymnastics and swimming. This is a good thing because they play those at night on TV and so when I have time I sit down and tune it. One of the first nights I noticed that the USA Women's swim team was kicking butt and at the end of one of their relays the one lady pulled out her cap and I immediately noticed her nails.

WAIT A MINUTE...WHAT IS THIS I SEE?

I was so excited to see that nail art had made it's way to the London Olympic games! These girls have painted their nails anything and everything to do with the Olympic rings and their county colors. I couldn't be more excited.


I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Women's gymnastics. I feel like I'm there with them. I have gotten choked up, screamed with them and rooted them on. All while sitting in my living room alone with my goldfish crackers. But I love these FAB 5! They are so cute. I love their liatards as well.

Not only are they rocking the horse, the balance beam and the bars but look at how awesome they look!

Several summer Olympics ago I never would have noticed these things but the older I've gotten, the more into beauty and fashion I've gotten as well. Watching this years Olympics not only makes me so so so proud to be living in the USA but really excited that our women are rocking these awesome looks!

GO USA!