the fresh perspective...

Flowers in your hair

With weddings, grads and a butt load of summer functions coming up, flowers are a natural way to change it up!  You can pin one in on the side, or fashion a nifty crown.  Any floral accent will translate to so much more.

For crowns, you'll need thin long stemmed wild flowers that are pliable and easy to twist up.  Bits of twigs and berries are a nice touch as well.  The type of event will dictate the type of flower to use to help accentuate your look.  You may not wear a flower crown as a guest to a wedding, but maybe at a gathering at the lake...  A cluster of roses may work nice in an up do for grad, but not as well to a baby shower...

The type of hair you have will also help you make a decision as to what plant you would place in your hair.  As simple as it is, it's that simple!  Light haired ladies need light weight flowers. Thick haired gals can wear any type because thicker hair can support a thicker or sturdier flower (as well as lighter types).   As you guessed, I would advise you to chat with your stylist about some fun things you could do with your hair this upcoming summer season.  Check out oak & lily sometime and see what they might recommend.  Give it a try, that's the fresh perspective...

Renée's Aesthetic

CROPPED TOPS

I must admit, I have a huge guilty pleasure for high-waisted bottoms and cropped tops.  Although I fear our society takes it to a whole new level, which can be not-so-flattering.  Let's embrace our bodies, have some fun but keep some class while we're at it.  Here are a few of my faves...

-né xo

Wordless Wednesday

Spring has sprung! We LOVE it!!

the fresh perspective...

You're Beautiful

The beauty industry is indeed one of the many reasons we women have issues with ourselves.  As a key player in the beauty business, I believe that we need to find a real way to better our lives as women.  We need to find a real way to try to make a size 10 just as sexy as a size 4.  We need to find a real way to make being 5'1" just as sexy as 5'10".  We need to find a real way to make pale skin as sexy as tanned skin.

We need to appreciate more than the "norm" for beauty because we are all normal even though we are all different.  Even though I know I may not be typically beautiful, I know that I am attractive and sexy in my own off-way.  I know that I am confident.  Maybe posting my weekly outfits or hairstyles may seem a little self-indulgent but it's the least I can do.  Maybe selfies and duck faces aren't for you.  Maybe your real way of aiding the self-confidence of females is delivered in another way that's more comfortable to you. Like I mentioned before, I am a key player in the beauty industry and have no problem being an example.

This is the real way I can make a difference.  I can be an example and use my knowledge and expertise to really give perspective.  I know that I've been a little nervous to say that I could be an example, but don't you think all of us gals could be examples for each other?  Don't you think you may have something to teach?

A client of ours showed us a video on beauty and Renée touched on it on Thursday.  I just want to say that it really made me think.  Then I started inspecting my thoughts on beauty and my own physical looks.  For all my flaws and perks, there's no one else I'd rather be.  Let's try to help each other see that there really is beauty in all things.  That's the fresh perspective...

Wordless Wednesday

Head scarves we like...

Renée's Aesthetic

TRIANGLES

a nail art trend

There's no way in denying that triangles have been a huge trend in nail art. A simple shape, that can be adapted to any size of nail. I get a lot of clients who think they have ugly nails and are scared to try anything new and draw attention to them. My best suggestion: get that thought out of your heads! NO ONE has perfect nails. We all have to put in effort into keeping them well manicured for the shape they're in, so as long as you can do that...you can have nail art. That being said, triangles are a great place to start.

Here's some inspiration...

Remember ladies and gents, you DO NOT have to have perfectly shaped or length of nails. Nail art can work (dependent on what sort of design) on short, long, square, rounded, pointed nails and all that in-between.

- né xo