Make-Up

For make-up, I needed a little help from my friends, because giving me a blush brush is like handing me a loaded gun. My pseudonym is Mimi Bobeck (sarcasm, I promise!). Thanks to my favorite online style guide, Beauty Blitz, I was able to get some insight with the Make-Up!
Per Beauty Blitz’s piece, Alice + Olivia’s stylized mod-60’s cat eyes and blue shadow (my kind of eyes!) would have been my clear cut winner, but when Vera Wang’s model took to the runway, it was clear that fresh and clean took the cake as the make-up winner. Vera’s models had a natural, almost dewy look. To say glaze would be harsh, so an ultra feminine glacé shone on the girls’ faces producing a luminescent glow.

Betsey did it again with her runway show at NY MBFW where flashes were not only seen from the photographers’ camera bulbs, but the baubles on the models as well! Lightning bolt dangly earrings were worn by Betsey Johnson’s models and around their neck were mantles of chic greatness, statement piece necklaces in shiny, metallic silver. Atop a few of the models heads were spiked, bejeweled and dazzling caps tilted to the side of their heads. So chic! The lightning bolt earrings are so glam rock I have Ziggy Stardust playing in my head, which is totally a great thing!
Mixing these trends with your formal wear is really easy! Take at a couple of samples that I pulled from our collection of stunning gowns below! Dresses shown: Glam Girl Pink Dress by Hannah S. and a stunning Strapless Mermaid Evening Gown by Atria.
Career Women Makes Bad Mothers And Wives, Really?
Some time ago I wrote an article called Housewife vs Career Women Can We Have it All?. This article have brought a lot of traffic to my blog, which I was surprised about, because I didn’t thought there were so manywomen asking themselves what is better if being housewife or a Career Woman. As I explain in my previous article some of us dreamed of having a career and being successful professionally talking. Some people portrait career woman as this bitchy ladies that they would castrate guys if they would have the opportunity; or they are also portrait as dominant women that treats the husbands like doormats and neglect children. While there are women like that that has more to do with the core of the person that if the woman is professionally active or not. I have seen very good mothers that have careers and horrifying mothers that are housewife.Keeping High-Performing Moms In The Workplace
In a recent Fortune article on how to keep high-performing women in the workplace when they want to start a family, author Georgia Collins provides some excellent tips on what companies can do to retain their star female employees.
Collins stresses the following tips for those who manage working moms:
- Allow flexibility (for everyone)
- Don’t manage and measure performance based on “face time” at work. “Manage (and measure) performance by results”
- Provide challenges and new roles to keep these women engaged. Remember, people who feel challenged are happier in their jobs
- Provide positive reinforcement. Letting people know when their contributions make a difference helps keep them motivated
- Recognize that most families now include two working parents and embrace “policies that support families, rather than just working moms” and thus benefit everyone
I have always been a big proponent of measuring and managing employee performance based on results, not on the number of hours they spend at work, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this on Ms. Collins’ list of tips. This process of basing performance on results instead of face time at work is not a new concept. However, until we all work together to change how companies and managers measure performance to put the emphasis on results, working mothers will continue to be challenged in the amount of face time versus other employees.
I also support Ms. Collins’ request for companies to embrace “policies that support families, rather than just working moms.” Supportive and loving families now come in many different forms. Isn’t it about time for companies to move toward policies that accommodate working fathers and partners?
What are your thoughts? What have you or your company done to retain high-performing working moms? Share your ideas in the “Comments” section below.
