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Secrets to perfect eyebrows by Kandee Johnson!

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Having difficulties shaping your eyebrows? Not anymore!!! Meet Chic and Bubbly's favorite make-up artist: Kandee Johnson! She is full of LOVE and POSITIVE ENERGY, and her tutorials are just as amazing as she is! From make-up tutorials (halloween looks, celebrity styles, every-day looks) to how to's (how to shape your eyebrows, how to distress and cut up jeans), you can find a lot of different tutorials on her YouTube channel and blog. In this following video, Kandee teaches how to properly tweeze and trim your eyebrows into the perfect shape and angles, for your face. Chic and Bubbly swears by this tutorial! Hope you like it, too! She also recently updated her eyebrows tutorial and here is the new video: and her blog on: " How To Tweeze, Trim & Shape Eyebrows (for girls & guys!) " Thank you Kandee!!! Kandee Johnson's... make-up blog: http://www.kandeethemakeupartist.blogspot.com/ and youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/kandeejohnson

Chic and Bubbly's top 10 cocktail rings!

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Sometimes a big fatty cocktail ring is all you need to spice up a simple plain outfit. During US Prohibition between 1920 and 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor was made illegal, large dramatic stone rings were very popular. Women wore these rings at the speakeasies to show off not only that one was drinking illegally, but also that one was doing with style, and thus the name cocktail rings. Here are Chic and Bubbly’s top 10 cocktail rings:  Ariella Collection Clover Cat's Eye Ring, $78, Nordstrom.com.   Kate Spade New York "Crystal Orbit" Ring, $160, Nordstrom.com.     Kate Spade New York "Tuxedo Pearls" Ring, $93.75, Bloomingdales.com.  Juicy Couture "Love Story" Boxed Adjustable Cocktail Ring, $68, Nordstrom.com. Citrine and Green Amethyst Ring, $1,173, Bloomingdales.com.  Amethyst and Diamond Ring, $1,065, Bloomingdales.com. Doris Panos Diamond Guard Rings, $1,340 to $3,040, NeimanMarcus.com. Ariella Co...

From stilettos to prizewinner show cows!

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Thanks to Food and Wine magazine, here’s an interesting fact about the President of Manolo Blahnik , George Malkemus: Did you know that George Malkemus, President of Manolo Blahnik and his partner Anthony Yurgaitis purchased a horse farm in 1999 across from their Litchfield, Connecticut home and established Arethusa Farm ? Their original plan was to turn the horse farm into a dairy farm and bottling milk for sale to the local community. However, they had to come up with new ideas and plans as the new barns were built, and old ones remodeled. Fortunately, they were introduced to “show cows” and asked Ernie Kueffner , who is a successful breeder of Holsteins and Jerseys, to join them in building Arethusa Farm. In 2004, they had two wins at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin: (Prizewinners Melanie and Veronica (brown). Photo © Cybil Fisher.) What is Chic & Bubbly’s winner? It's a pair of beautifully designed tweed boucle d'Orsay by Manolo Blahnik. (Tweed boucle d...

Rosa Arctica by Kiehl’s

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There is a new trend in beauty products called “Resurrection Flower,” or “Regeneration Flower,” which is a special flower that protects, hydrates and rejuvenates skin. Kiehl’s new face cream, Rosa Arctica, has this “it” ingredient which ignites the skin’s ability to begin repair and trigger the return to youthful-looking skin. (Rosa Arctica face cream, Kiehl's, $60.) For more information, visit: kiehls.com .