Spring is just around the corner, Mafiettes! Weather allowing, it’s time to start thinking about wardrobe innovations to transition smoothly and fashionably into the new season.

According to The Skinny, floral and animal prints will come into play once more during this year’s spring season. Dakota Fanning wore a leopard-print dress for the December Teen Vogue, and a similar version of it is now available at Forever 21 in its resort collection.

From teenvogue.com and forever21.com

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Pucker Up!

Since it is Valentine’s Day and love is in the air, I thought that it would be the perfect day to rock a red lip. Red lips are in girls and it is a gorgeous look paired with a really nude eye and glowing skin.

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It’s my birthday today! And that means I got a freebie from Sephora since I’m a member of their Beauty Insider.  Check out what I got!

Free stuff is good stuff.

The holidays are certainly upon us. With the caroling, eggnog, and presents also comes traffic, crowds and holiday stress. How many of you have woken up after a week of chaos to a big bulging bright red unsightly bump on your face?

From pinklockersociety.org

It has happened to the best of us but instead of staying under the covers until New Years, I am going to teach you how to cover those breakouts and some of the best products out there to beat the pimple wars for good.

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It’s a horrible time of year for us students.  Sure, the holiday break is approaching, but first we have to overcome final exams…dun dun dunnnn! Needless to say, I am one big ball of stress. I’m trying to write a few papers, prepare for exams, and scrape together some $ to get all my Christmas gifts for the fam. Hard to keep it all together!

For anyone else feeling the stress as the semester ends and the holidays approach, here are some stress management tips I’ve developed over the years:

1. Get Organized

I like to use this to do list to write down everything I need to do in the order it needs to be done.  Then I can just look at my list and take it one day at a time. If I don’t write it all down, I think about everything all the time, meaning I can never focus on one thing.

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