A Week in Colour

Affordable and gorgeous is our favourite combination which is why these super-pretty nail colours from M&S have caught our eye. At £2.50 each you could buy the entire collection of five shades and wear one for every day of the working week...
For pale peach lovers there's Soft Orange for Monday; to brighten up your Tuesday choose Lemon; Duck Egg is a baby shimmery blue for an edgy mani on Wednesday; opt for sparkly navy Lagoon for after-work drinks on Thursday and Bright Aqua is a beautiful turquoise that'll look seriously cool on short, squoval nails in time for the weekend. And with the addition of being fast drying, chip resistant and leaving a high shine finish, life's rosy. Did I mention they were only £2.50?

 

Men's 2011 Hair Trends: Styles, Cuts, Colors

All fashion trends are cyclical, and in recent years have gradually modernised the looks of the 20th Century and planted them firmly in the 21st. Such a modernisation of past styles is especially true of men's hair trends in 2011: it's out with the new, and in with the old. Or at least an old hair style with a new twist.

2011 sees men's hair styles fall into two distinct categories: school boy and rocker. But while the rocker look is certainly a 20th Century creation, the resulting hair style finds its roots (if you'll pardon the pun) distinctly in 19th Century Britain. And so it is in 2010; while the odd 2010 runway collection featured something akin to a grunge revival, the majority of us will live out 2010 with a refined, classically inspired hair cut

How to Choose Colors to Flatter Your Skin Tone

How to Choose Colors to Flatter Your Skin Tone

An important part of choosing the right colors for your wardrobe is to pick the ones that flatter your skin tone. Below are tips on what colors to choose and which ones to stay away from.

Instructions

Determine Your Skin Tone

1. Decide which season most accurately describes your complexion. People - and skin tones - can be divided into "seasons," depending on their skin tone.
   
   
2. "Winter" complexions have blue or pink undertones. Skin can be pale white, yellowish-olive, or dark. Winter people are generally brunettes, with deeply colored eyes. Many Asians and African Americans fall into this category.
   
   
3. "Summer" complexions, like winter complexions, have blue or pink undertones. Skin is pale and pink. Summers are often natural blondes or brunettes with pale eyes.
   
   
4. "Autumn": Autumn complexions have golden undertones. Many redheads and brunettes with golden brown eyes fall into this category.
   
   
5. "Spring": Spring complexions have golden undertones and are usually creamy white or peach. Spring people generally have straw-colored or strawberry red hair, freckles, rosy cheeks, and blue or green eyes.
   

   Choose Clothes to Flatter Your Skin Tone

6.  "Winter": Winters should wear colors that are sharp, stark and clear. White, black, navy blue, red and shocking pink all go well with winter complexions. For lighter colors, wear icy tones rather than pastels. Avoid subdued tones like beige, orange and gold.
    
7. "Summer": Summers should choose pastels and soft neutrals with rose and blue undertones. Lavender, plum, rose-brown and soft blue suit summers well while black and orange do not.
   
   
8. "Autumn": Autumns should select colors with golden undertones, like camel, beige, orange, gold and dark brown. Avoid colors with blue tones, like navy.
   
   
9. "Spring": Springs can wear warm colors like camel, peach, golden yellow and golden brown. Avoid dark, dull colors.