Author: Iskra Banović

I'm Iskra Banović, editor of BluFashion and a fashion and beauty writer with over 11 years of experience covering style, trends, and everyday beauty. From runway inspiration to practical styling advice, I love making fashion feel approachable, useful, and a little more fun. I believe great style isn't about following every trend. It's about finding what works for you.

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Review: Veet Hair Removal Cream Is Saving My Legs From Razor Burn

Veet Natural Inspirations Hair Removal Cream has saved me from a summer of painful razor burn. I’ve got exciting news from Canada, y’all: it’s finally hot here! (Well, it’s hot in Toronto. I can’t speak for all of Canada. We’re a big ass country, after all.) Anyway, the temperatures are finally climbing in my little part of the world, and that means it’s time to pull out the cropped jeans and dresses that have been gathering dust in my closet since last May. Oh, and it’s also time to pay some attention to the forest that has sprouted on my legs since…

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You Have To See These Incredibly Realistic Tattooed Eyebrows

These tattooed eyebrows are so realistic looking, that you’ll swear you’re being trolled. Yesterday Reddit user snowbum1231 posted several photos of her recently tattooed eyebrows, and when I saw the photos, I audibly gasped. Everything I ever thought to be true about tattooed eyebrows was wrong, guys. I mean, these look incredible–and so, so realistic. Check out snowbum1231′s eyebrows before the procedure: Here’s what they looked like shortly after the tattooing (remember, they’re still in the early stages of healing): And the finished results: According to snowbum1231, what makes her eyebrows look so realistic is the scarification process involved in the tattooing: “It’s…

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13 Mistakes We Have All Made With Our Eyebrows

Everyone has overplucked, overdrawn, and overdone it with the waxing on their eyebrows. These are the mistakes we have ALL made. Some beauty instincts come naturally. Generally speaking, even though you may need some practice, it’s pretty clear that nail polish goes on your nails, lipstick goes on your lips, and self-tanner should be applied evenly so’s not to look like every part of you went to the Bahamas besides your feet. Eyebrows are more difficult. It’s hard to tell what shape, arch, angle, and length work best for you. Filling in your brows is confusing; making them even is endlessly frustrating, and dyeing…

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The Best Ways To Fix Uneven, Patchy Eyebrows With Holes

The best inexpensive eyebrow pencils tested and reviewed for you if you want to make your eyebrows look fuller or fix a hole. Now I love you guys and would test almost anything for your sake, but I had to draw the line at actually pulling a chunk out of my own eyebrow in the name of journalism. However, I do use a brow pencil on the regs, just to fill in the spots that are a bit less lush, and I’m sure many of you do as well. So I checked out four of the top inexpensive pencils at Ulta to…

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Tell Us How You Feel About This New Nude Eyebrow Trend

Are nude eyebrows a passing fad or here to stay? More importantly, how do you feel about them? Everybody knows that it takes a few months (or even years) for the things we see in high fashion magazines to trickle down to the mainstream, so it kind of makes sense that we Normals are latching on to the idea of thick, full brows at the exact same time as runway models are starting to ditch theirs entirely. If you flip through this month’s Vogue, you’ll notice that nude, scarce, and bleached eyebrows are everywhere. If you follow some of the more daring celebrities on Instagram,…

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Before and After Photos Of Professionally Tinted Brows

We always want what we don’t have, isn’t that the way it goes? Some people allegedly hate having thick eyebrows that rival brow-queen Cara Delevingne, which is weird to me because all I’ve ever wanted in life are BBBs (big, beautiful brows, duh) to call my own. In their natural state, my brows look like something Miley and Katy have to visit a salon to have – white blonde, and from a distance appear to not exist at all. They’re ghost brows. Unfortunately, there aren’t too many browless celebrity idols to look up to. While my friends could point to the classics like Brooke Shields and Jennifer Connelly, as well…

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NARS Wants You To Pay $35 For Sad '90s Temporary Tattoos

Some beauty products are worth the high cost. Others, like these sad $35 temporary tattoos from NARS, are basically an insult to customers. As an avid makeup lover, I am willing to pay a lot for high-quality or unique beauty items. As a human being with even the slightest bit of logic, I will never be willing to pay 35 dollars–that’s thirty-five bags of Pirate’s Booty–for these temporary tattoos from NARS. Since the introduction of Flash Tattoos last summer, there have been countless copycats and spinoffs. Now, NARS is getting in on the action by coming up with a way to cash in on the trend, but…

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bad tan lines collage

If you’re interested in walking around looking like a human candy cane, might I suggest one of these x bathing suits? Ready or not, it’s official swimsuit season. For some, that means donning the cutest pin-up styles or channeling their inner cool-girl via FKA Twigs-inspired cutout suits, and for others, it means hiding in the shade to prevent the inevitable summer sunburn. But no matter what your preference, they all have one thing in common: If you stay out long enough, you’re guaranteed some kind of tan line. Just how aggressive the tan line is? That’s up to you to decide. Or, you know,…

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Best Ways To Cure Even The Worst Sunburn

Here are the 7 best ways to cure even the worst sunburn, because Memorial Day Weekend fun always has a price. Happy Memorial Day Weekend hangover day, everyone! What did you all do? Probably went to the beach? Had some fun in the sun? For those of you who have been keeping up with me here on The Gloss, you know that I went to Electric Daisy Carnival, and it was basically the best day of my life and I can’t decide whether or not the fact that I’m not exaggerating is sad or not. Whatever, that’s not the point right now. What IS…

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Get FKA Twigs' Look With These Cut-Out Bathing Suits

The fastest way to look cool is to steal FKA Twigs’ style, so here are 8 cut-out bathing suits just like hers. FKA Twigs is so cool, I want to copy everything she does. I especially want to copy the spectacular slashed swimsuit she wore onstage last night in Manchester at the Parklife festival because its shredded fabric makes her look like a sexy version of The Incredible Hulk. I want to wear it everywhere, even though I do not look good in white and know it would generate really weird tan lines. FKA Twigs’ suit is the Lexxi swimsuit by Agent Provocateur, which is stunning and…

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How to Choose a Meaningful Tattoo

When it comes to choosing a tattoo, we all want something meaningful to us. This should make selecting a design easy, but when you’re on the spot and committing to something, it can be harder than you think. The problem is, it’s permanent. While this is part of the charm of getting a tattoo, it also means you need to make a decision that you will be happy with for years to come. That’s why we’ve created this article. We’ll help you brainstorm ideas and come up with a design you’ll be pleased to have inked on your skin…

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Why Gardening Offers Calm When Feeling Low

Few activities offer as much comfort as gardening when you are feeling low and depressed. In fact, there is now a rapidly growing body of evidence that shows that gardening can be very beneficial to our overall mental health. This is a very important consideration keeping in mind the fact that so many people take potent antidepressants just to get through the day. As a matter of fact, it has been estimated that around one in every four persons is depressed and needs a “pick-me-up” to feel good. However, it doesn’t have to be this way at all. Gardening can be…

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