January 18, 2011

Painted Red

January 18, 2011/ Alexandra Evjen

Whenever I see red lips I just stare. Don't you?! The color just draws me in. A great pop of lip color with minimal makeup is GORGE in my book. So, here's some red inspiration for you ladies to go grab those lip stains and lipstick and paint away!

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It felt weird to tell myself I was beautiful. I was at some sort of conference or talk, and the speaker asked everyone to turn to the person next to us, and rather than compliment our neighbor to compliment ourselves out loud. “I am beautiful,” I said, but it just didn’t reign true in my soul at the time and it felt awkwardly boastful. Being someone that has been in front of the camera and a stylist for years, I have learned which poses make my body look flattering, what colors, what light, what filters...But even with all of those things you can still feel ugly. And, sadly, it just distorts what beauty is for other women. So, today, I’m partnering with @dove to show you #realbeauty. This photo as a “No Digital Distortion” mark on it. Meaning that I haven’t been airbrushed or altered in anyway. This is straight out of the camera, melasma, fine lines, fly-aways and all. This is me, and I feel and know I am beautiful because my heart feels beautiful now. #takingbackinstagram #DovePartner #nofilter #nodigitaldistortion PC by @thelaurenstyle

$“I don’t want anyone to pity me,”I said to my aunt nervously as I headed to the my first wedding and saw my entire family since the divorce. “I just want to have fun, dance and celebrate,” I said. But when I saw the bride come down the aisle, my body, mind and heart remembered what it felt like to walk in a wedding dress, recite vows, and hear Mr. and Mrs. for the first time. And simultaneously, I felt more single than ever as I was ushered to the stage when the MC said, “All single ladies to the dance floor,” and saw “Ms. Alexandra” on my seating assignment and wondered if someone was going to ask me to dance during a slow song as the couples rushed the dance floor. I knew both sides in my bones. It was strange. // In three months, I have the honor of officiating my first wedding.😊️🙌🏻 “Are you sure you want a divorced person marrying you?” I asked overjoyed and with a side of shame. “Of course! Who better?!,” my cousin said. And it wasn’t until this weekend I realized and believed why. I have a rare gift to know what it is like before marriage, in marriage and the loss of marriage. I know what it’s like to part before death and to know what happens when those vows are not upheld. And I realized perhaps the greatest defenders, protectors, champions, and lovers of love are those that have lost it. I have the unique perspective that makes me my friends’ families biggest cheerleader of all. So, if you know a divorced person never pity them. Instead, learn from their mistakes and experience, and let them cheer you on. Let them love on you. Let them talk you off the ledge when you think being alone is better. Let them remind you of those vows you once said and the fracture that happens when you don’t honor them. Let them watch your kids for dates or even help with your business so you have time to go one more dates. Let them use their superpowers to defend your love because they have lost theirs. And, maybe take them for a spin on the dance floor once in awhile.$

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