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Fashion Forum, Health and Fitness, Lifestyles

Ms. ME – the chick behind ECV

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Who am I?
Today’s not a good day for me to write much to answer that question. Let me keep it very short & visual. You can make up your own mind who I am from what I’ve done.

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clockwise from top left: highlights & style, facial, style, pedicure

Got a degree in business focusing on finance, then worked at an insurance company while retailing personal care products and clearing up my own skin to look like this…

Unfortunately last year some weird, mystery skin ailment started attacking my melanin afflicting me with light spots so…

Why am I here?
I’m here because PR strategist Amber Brown of AB Creative Design & Communications  recommended WordPress over my previous blogging platform for expanding my readership. As usual, she was right!

What topics do you think you’ll write about?
I’ll write about fashion, cosmetics and personal care (obviously based on the cosmetology background pictured), money (business & finance education + personal experience), and various health & fitness items because I can’t get enough of that stuff. And probably music since it was my first and only love & passion. And other arts…

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yes, that’s me as a tot of about 18 months…told you music was my 1st

Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
Anyone interested in what I’m blogging about, anyone blogging about something interesting…

If you blog successfully throughout 2014, what would you hope to have accomplished?
The overarching brand of ECV has to be firmly established. The products currently in the development stage will hit the market and be publicized via the blog and other channels.
And I promise not so many selfies after this post but it was supposed to be about Ms. ME

Cosmetics, Fashion Forum

Weekly Beauty Tip – Week 3: Blush Application

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Ever wonder how to apply your blush so you won’t look like a clown or worse, like some one hit you in the face. Here are some tips to help!

On a Round face:      Place blush from the center of your cheek out along the ridge of your cheekbone, blending upward towards your temples. Dot some on your chin too.

On a Square face:     Use minimal blush placed on the lower apple of your cheek. Don’t sweep it upwards or to side.

On a Narrow face:   Blush goes at the outer point of your cheekbone. Don’t sweep it upwards; keep it horizontal.

Bonus Tip:
In a rush (like I was when I originally posted this blog) and can’t find your blush? Blend a bit of moisturizer with a little lipstick and use it as a cream blush.

Cosmetics, Fashion Forum

The Look: Amber Heard Golden Globes 2014

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Lovely photos.

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For today’s post I wanted to recreate what I thought was the most gorgeous makeup look at the Golden Globes – Amber Heard’s soft, smokey golden look. I think that this type of gold-bronze smokey eye is feminine and romantic, and pairs perfectly with glowing skin and a shimmering peachy-pink lip. I think that this makeup would be great for a night out, a date, or school dance. I personally would wear this look on a normal day as I don’t think it’s too over-the-top.

Let me know your favorite look from the Golden Globes in the comments below!

Face: I added a drop of the Revlon Photoready Skinlights in Pink Light to my Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation for a a lit-from-within look. I then concealed underneath my eyes with Rande James Concealer* in Neutral Medium. To complete my base I powdered through the center of my face with my

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Financial, Health and Fitness

Teen Money Guide – Issue 1

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This will be a recurring series of posts regarding everything I was told or wish someone had told me when I was a teen about money. Of course, teens don’t read unless it’s about vampires, werewolves, alien love affairs or some other fantasy nowadays so eventually these will have to morph into videos.

But anyways…

Save more than 10%

When I was young I heard the whole save ten percent thing. Something about being in the Bible belt; give 10% to God put 10% in your savings account. But if you’re a teen who actually has a job in this still slow economy (ignore the hype about being in a recovery), I advise if you don’t have to take care of yourself with that money because of parents that can’t cover all of your ESSENTIALS due to the current job market, put more than 10% in your savings account. That way by the time you’re legal you’ll already have that rainy day account a lot of Gen Y and some of you Millenials won’t have but will desperately need.  Don’t believe me – look at the poverty rates from the Pew Research Center for teens and younger. Thanks @robferdman for posting!

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Health and Fitness, Internal, Lifestyles

Education System Broken? Here’s why

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[First a disclaimer: this post is a little off-topic from the rest of the blog. However my day job relates to this and I’ve been so frustrated lately I needed to speak on it. The idea has crossed my mind of opening a private school under the overarching business brand ECV so I guess it’s not too off-topic, but that idea isn’t likely to come to fruition…]

There are so many reports in the US about the education system being broken. Every time you turn around someone else is complaining or upset that America has fallen below another country in some education or graduation ranking. Then enter the pundits with their endless speculations and suggestions despite some of them having no internal experience in education outside the 16+ years they spent earning their own education some 2 or 3 decades ago. And with all the endless chatter and constant political interference things rarely get better. Here are just a few reasons why it’s broken from a current insider.  Continue reading Education System Broken? Here’s why →