SUMMER COLOR

Veering sharply away from the subtle coloring of the past, this year’s look focuses less on highlights and more on rich, solid colors that compliment your face shape and coloring.

Rich, strong hues in various shades of red – strawberry blond, auburn and rich chocolates – are predicted to be the hot new look this summer.

SUMMER ’09 – CUTS FROM THE CAT WALK

Styles, lengths and cuts were once again all over the place at the Spring-Summer ’09 fashion events, incuding buns, rolls, bobs and a continuation of last summer’s natural and feminine look. You can’t always predict hot fashions by what the models are wearing, but a few standouts are going to be seen off the runway. In general, styles are becoming more stylised with the messy look giving way to the super neat precision cut.

Bob
Back again this summer, the cut for the bob is strong graphic outlines incorporating. curves and sharp lines. Go for asymmetry – try one side longer or raise the back and lower the front. Mix lengths gradually, add volume with layers or stick to one length cuts. This is a cut that you can tailor to your face and lifestyle — a look for the individual. Soften it with wisps or a bit of back combing.

Suggestion for a bob look while still keeping your lovely length is the timeless roll. Just roll your hair from the bottom with the ends on the inside of the roll. Bring the roll to the nape of your neck (where your back meets your neck) and pin it in place. Very sophisticated and very cool… and still long and glamorous when you pull out the pins.

Fringe
Still very hot for summer ’09, fringe cuts were tops on many of the runway’s top models. Fringe can add elegance or make a bold statement. Look for variations with fringe cuts to bring out your personality and facial structure. Soft and wispy fringes, casual choppy edges and strong bold lines will all be hot. You’ll find fringe cuts that go full length, others flowing mid length or brought forward into the eye. It’s all about having fun, being sexy and being yourself

Layers
The cut that complements all the others in high fashion circles this season is lengths of layers with casual textures. The natural look is easy to create with layers of unstyled, free moving hair. Not a lot of curl but plenty of slightly tousled waves added to the volume and texture make this a fun way to style your hair.

Crop
For summer ’09 the focus continues to be on natural looking movement and volume. Crops are holding their own this season with short unregimented lengths adding textures and bounce to this cut. Forget the solid crop and go for broken edges and textures that use the natural flow of your own hair as the guide.

KA‘ANAPALI – MAUI’S FUN COAST

Ka‘anapali is fit and trim, manicured from its lu`au lawns to its golf tees. The hotels possess gourmet dining rooms, lagoons with swans and flamingoes, art treasures in improbable places, vast landscapes and waterscapes with mega-pools, cascades and thrill slides. The toys in the once-royal playground are catamarans, outrigger canoes, boogie boards and surfboards, aqua bikes, snorkel and dive gear, rafts, windsurfers and sailboats.

In ancient times, Ka‘anapali was a royal retreat for the rulers of Maui. They liked the perfect three-mile stretch of white sand beach, gentle waves, warm sunny days, and the broad swatch of green land that swept up to the rainbow-haunted West Maui Mountains. Maui’s “royals” surfed, raced their outrigger canoes, feasted at lu`aus that lasted for weeks, and where the Ka‘anapali Golf Courses now blanket the land, they played ulu maika, a form of lawn bowling using heavy lava rock balls.

Ka‘anapali’s two championship golf courses are open to all. One is the creation of the eminent Robert Trent Jones, Sr., the other designed by Arthur Jack Snyder. The way the courses are laid out, both duffers and pros get a good game. The only problem is whales. If they’re jumping offshore in their fantastic gymnastics, nobody seems to make par. The magnificent vistas of sea and mountains are distracting enough to be considered outright hazards on the links.

Ka‘anapali has four “A’s” in its name and three of them stand for “Action. The other “A?” It stands for “A Surprisingly Great Deal” because Ka‘anapali hotels and condominiums offer a wide spectrum of accommodations, packages and rates.

Ka‘anapali was Hawai‘i’s first planned resort and has become a model for resorts around the world. The hotels and holiday condominiums offer a variety of experiences from soaring marble lobbies to beachside bungalows. All are planted in the 1200-acre enclave amid lavish gardens along the beach and golf courses, each so private they appear solitary. In the center is the Whalers Village, an open-air, world-class shopping complex housing a whaling museum. The shops, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, activity centers, golf courses and even Lahaina town and are all connected by free transportation. Alternately, the Lahaina-Ka‘anapali and Pacific Railroad, a restored sugarcane train pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs between the resort and Lahaina through sugar plantation fields.

Ka‘anapali is aware of its history and traditions. Every evening at sundown, cliff divers reenact the feat of Maui’s revered King Kahekili, who bravely dove from the cliff at Pu`u Kekaa, or Black Rock, into the churning sea, at a time when the spot was considered to be the jumping off place for the soul to enter the nether world. The tiki torches are lit along the shore as the ancient pahu drums and triton shell horns call the hula dancers and revelers to the beachside lu`aus.

To preserve the unique culture and way of life of Maui, some Ka‘anapali properties have adopted innovative programs whereby employees share their heritage with guests in small ways such as greeting them with genuine aloha, and large ways such as colorful festivals during Aloha Week, Lei Day and Kamehameha Day honoring Hawai‘i’s greatest king.

Even with all its wondrous amenities, Ka‘anapali has retained the reality of gracious royal Hawaiian hospitality and the pace of the action that made it the choice of kings.

Look your best on the most important day of your life, you want to make sure everything is perfect, including your makeup. Remember that while the guests will enjoy the entire occasion, you will be the one that has the spotlight. Therefore, you need to look magnificently beautiful. To accomplish this, you can do just a few things so you look natural and refreshed. Foundation There are many types of foundation available liquid, cream, dual finished compact formulas and tinted moisturizer. Foundation should always match your skin tone exactly. Yellow-based foundations work best on most skin types, because they neutralize any pink or red undertones and result in a clearer complexion. Avoid pink-based foundations, which often end up looking too, well, pink on the skin. – First if your skin is oily, clean it and use an oil free moisturizer. But if it’s too oily avoid the moisturizer and just dab a little eye lotion under your eye. If your skin is dry, moisturize it. – After applying the moisturizer use a foundation, which is an anti-shine product. – If your have any blemishes or spots on your skin use a spot concealer, which will stay longer. Use it under the eyes, around corners of your nose, and wherever you have blemishes. – If your skin is oily apply an oil-free foundation. – After you’ve applied your liquid foundation, use power with a small brush. Eye Makeup Eyes make up is very important to complete the look .For some women the eyes make up lasts for hours and some fades in minutes. – Using a concealed brush, apply concealed all over your lid, from lash line to brow. If your lids are extra oily apply a mortifying product first, then put your concealer on top. Finish it of with a dusting powder. – Since its summer time use neutral tones when it comes to eyeshadows. Stay away from creamy formulas. – As for liners, liquid liner stays longer. – Also you can take a cake liner and mix it with an eyeliner-sealing product. After applying the liner, just put some of the sealer on your liner brush, then re trace the line, which you have made earlier. – Since its your wedding day, and incase tears of joy flow use waterproof mascara to be on the safe side. Blush Since it’s summer blush will be the first thing to go off. So here are some tips that will help your blush stay longer. – Again stay away from creamy formulas, which tends to shine more. Instead, opt for a soft, powdery formula that will look fresh and absorb oil. – For more staying powder, apply cheek stain, then dust a matching powder blush on top of it. Lips You’ll be kissing your new husband, kissing your guests, sipping champagne… how in the world are you supposed to keep your lipstick on all day? Here’ a tip for the color to stay longer. 1. Start off by moisturizing your lips with balm so your pencil will glide along easily. Then take your lip pencil and color in your entire mouth — this will prevent your lipstick from bleeding and supply more holding power. 2.If you’re the type of person who can never keep her lipstick on, use a medium-toned concealed as a base before your lip pencil. 3. Once your pencil’s in place, apply your lipstick, and then blot with a tissue. While the tissue is still pressed to your lips, brush some loose powder on top, then remove the tissue and make up your lips again to seal the deal. 4. The final step is adding a touch of gloss and applying lipstick sealer. Just one coat on your upper and lower lips will hold your color in place all day, or at least most of it.