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While she’s better known for her chic style (as showcased on her style blog Miss Jones, for which her husband moonlights as photographer), Kim Jones’ beauty game is totally on-point.

While her signature look is red lipstick and winged eyes, she has many tips to dish out, such as how to really hide dark circles, the drugstore find that masks fly-aways, which makeup product really covers a zit, etc.

Here are a few of her favorite products:

Skincare

“Honestly, I just really love the versatility of Lucas Papaw—it’s actually an ointment for wounds, so it’s a one-stop kind of product for me. I’ll use it on reef cuts or scrapes or I’ll use it under my lipstick. It’s the only lip balm that completely eliminates my dry lips under lipstick. I hoard tubes of it when I visit abroad.

“Aesop is a great brand for hand cream, it’s something I carry around in my handbag daily and the scents are so luxurious. I also use Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm.”

Hair

picture: chiffon bridesmaid dress“Absolutely, the entire Vitress line is full of great products. I am a brand ambassador, but I just genuinely love the product. The travel-size Hair Repair Cuticle Coat is my favorite–I tend to get those annoying frizzy fly-aways, but a couple of drops before I go into a meeting works wonders and it’s just so affordable. Their fragrances are amazing, too.”

Makeup

“I love a good contouring and highlighting, so I’ll use a darker shade of MAC Studio Fix Powder around my hairline, on my temples and under my cheeks. It blends in well and liquid foundation is so easy to use.

“MAC lipsticks are the best for me. They’re honestly my favorite beauty product. MAC’s Matte and Satin collections are my favorites. Strong, vibrant colors work best for me, my favorites being Rebel, Diva, Cyber and Lady Danger. I’ve been using those shades for years and love them so much I’ll plan my outfit around my shade for that day.”

Nails

“Orly Kiss the Bride is the ultimate nude pink for daily wear. Other than that, my nail polish box looked like a pastel rainbow exploded in it. I have so many pastel shades in blues, mints, lavenders and pinks.”

Scents

“I’m loyal to my perfume scents. Once I find one, I tend to stick to it. I rotate between Miss Dior Cherie and Bulgari Rose Essentielle, which, unfortunately, has been discontinued and has led to my scouring airports for one of the last few remaining bottles.

“Candles are everywhere in our house, and we switch them around to breathe life into our spaces. I alternate between Diptyque Baies, Astier De Villatte Broadway and Voluspa Crane Flower.”

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Whether you were there for the music or the dancing, to make new friends or meet old neighbors, or to sample some of the fabulous ethnic cuisine, the International Festival in downtown Worthington was the place to be on Friday night and Saturday.

In its 22nd year, the festival lured the young, and the young at heart, from a spectrum of nationalities to celebrate all heritage and cultures.

Back for the second time in three years was the International Festival Fashion Show, which featured dozens of individuals modeling traditional clothing from Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Vilai Khanya, youth development coordinator for the Nobles County Integration Collaborative, organized the show, which featured traditional outfits from 17 different countries.

“Clothing from different countries is a big thing,” she said. “It’s a part of culture because it helps (people) express themselves through colors, through fabric, who they are, what they believe in and what type of person they are.”

Khanya was surprised to learn that so many people of European descent don’t have traditional clothing items from their home country. That made the search difficult to find items for modeling.

picture: QueenieBridal lace wedding dresses“Only Germany and Austria (nationalities) had clothing,” she said. “I wish there was more. I assumed everyone had clothing from their country like I did.”

In some cases, models had articles of clothing shipped from their home country.

Ngoc Nguyen, 17, of Worthington, modeled a pale pink ao dai dress that came direct from Vietnam.

“My parents asked my cousin to send a dress,” Nguyen shared, adding that she looked at styles online before choosing an ao dai dress. “They sent it to Omaha and my parents picked it up.”

The dress is something Nguyen said she will wear to the temple, but it is also something she could wear for dances.

Austere Apolo may be a native of Burma, but for Friday night’s fashion show, she was adorned in a traditional Eritrean outfit owned by Aida Simon. As Simon explained, the dress would typically be worn to a wedding or to various ceremonies. The pale peach gown was adorned in special shells from Masawa — the Red Sea.

“They are very popular and very unique, and very rare in Eritrea,” Simon said.

Sisters Xiomara Mendoza and Leidy Lazano wore the colors of their homeland of El Salvador — white and blue — as they modeled dresses that would traditionally be worn by El Salvadoran women and girls to attend church or parties.

While Jessica Velasco’s heritage is Mexican, she and her children, daughter Jocelyn, 4, and son, Cristian Kai, 7, modeled clothing brought for the International Festival by Jaidy Kolander’s sister, who is visiting from Colombia. Velasco wore an all-white dress typically worn by Colombian women while dancing to Cumbia, a type of music. Her daughter wore a traditional Colombian little girl’s outfit, while her son was dressed in traditional gaucho attire, complete with a cowboy hat.

“This was just some of the attire from Colombia,” Velasco said. “There are different regions from Colombia, so hopefully next year we can bring in many more of the pieces from each country.”

Sporting Aztec Indian headdresses and brightly colored outfits to show the pride in their Mexican culture were Alondra Leon and Elo Pacas. The outfits were custom-made in Mexico, and were often worn for Aztec Indian weddings, explained Pacas.

Now, he is among a group of about 20 individuals who wear the traditional Aztec outfits — complete with ayoyotes on each ankle — to perform Aztec dances. The ayoyotes are made from hard shells of the ayoyote tree and create a jingling sound while dancing.

Providing the music during the fashion show was 14-year-old Ammanuel Ojha, a native of Ethiopia who moved to Worthington two years ago to live with his father, Omar Ojulu.

Ojha learned to play the drums in the traditional Anuak culture using a stick in one hand and his fingers on the other to create a beat.

Today, Ojha plays the drums during church services and celebrations. In his home country, Ojulu said drums are played for weddings, church services, to celebrate and to send people off to war.

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Do you stuff your wallet with cash or prefer a card instead? Most of us prefer plastic money because it is convenient to carry and can be swiped almost everywhere these days. But if not used diligently, you can get into a mess. Read on to know more.

Missing repayment dates or making a default and the consequent negative effects on the CIBIL report, is not the only concern that has to be taken care of while dealing with credit cards. Other possible causes of credit card trouble include incorrect charges, fraudulent transactions, error in the bill, upgrading the card without consent, etc. Often it is only after we receive the bill that the issue is highlighted. Lengthy discussions and arguments with the lender follow and the issue is often unresolved for a long time.

Pay the erroneous bill or resolve the issue?

Unresolved issues are like problems swept under the carpet. They are still there and it slowly turns into a bigger problem, as time passes. The due amount on the bill keeps increasing every day. The lenders insist that the due amount must be cleared first while the client wants the error to be rectified.

The quick “solution”

As an alternative to paying the entire due amount, clients often start negotiating with the lender. Both the parties agree on a certain amount. The lender is fine with this arrangement because recovery involves cost and time and a settlement works well for them. A “settled status” is marked against the account and clients continue with their life thinking this issue is now resolved. However, that’s not the case.

What does a “settled” status mean?

picture: lace wedding dresses ukBefore we get to answer that question, it is important to know that it is different from a “closed” status. Closed essentially means that the entire loan amount has been paid off. This includes dues and other charges, if any. Whereas, settled means that a negotiate amount has been paid off and the lender has chosen to settle accounts for that amount.

Settled status is a remark on your CIBIL report.

How do future lenders read the “settled status”?

Lenders read into the “settled” status as a negative remark. And this remark is one that sticks around for a minimum period of 7 years. While lenders read CIBIL scores differently, negative remarks have the same impact. It is a reflection of the credit behavior and is taken rather seriously. Perhaps, even a sufficient reason to be denied a loan. Generally, a CIBIL score of 750 works with lenders in the absence of a negative remark. CIBIL score is calculated basis 24 months of credit history but the remark on the report reveals long term behavior. Lenders read remarks such as “settled” status of accounts as red flags which makes them rather reluctant to lend. So basically, a settled status is not going to help your case when you are looking for a loan.

Erase “settled” and “close” the loan. But how?

The “settled” status will continue to reflect as long as the dispute continues. A change in this status can only be bought about by the lender. While a dispute resolution request can be taken up with the credit bureau, one must begin parallel work on erasing the settled status. This essentially means clearing pending charges even when you are not in agreement with the lender over the due amount. Usually, lenders accept these payments and update their records accordingly. After the dues are cleared, one must ensure that the settled status has been changed from “settled” to “closed”. It takes 30-45 days from the date of payment for the changed status to reflect on your records.

A change in the CIBIL report remark from “settled” to “closed” indicates that the issue has been resolved. Now that there is no negative remark on the report, you must focus on maintaining an optimum CIBIL score. Being diligent and disciplined and taking care of these basics will ensure smooth processing of your loan application. Lenders are happy to do their job and lend when they see a clear track record, a good CIBIL score and financial discipline.

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Consider the Fashion Project a welcome addition to Miami’s cultural whirl. Touted as an “experimental space” for exploring the rich milieu of craft, innovation, and meaning surrounding fashion, it certainly seems like a natural fit for a city that hardly needs an excuse to flock to a bold catwalk strut or a fresh unveiling. Moreover, funded by the Whitman family and housed within their Bal Harbour Shops—which already acts as a veritable shrine to both the high-fashion industry and a certain well-turned-out slice of the international beau monde—the Fashion Project appears to have found a more than appropriate home.

Conceived by Cathy Leff, former director of The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, and with rotating shows curated by the London-based Judith Clark, known for her academically minded fashion exhibitions everywhere from England’s Victoria and Albert Museum to France’s Palais de Tokyo, the Fashion Project aims to get locals talking. Part of that discussion is intended to be primed by Clark’s exhibits, which have already drawn on eye-raisingly rare items, from a 1930s Elsa Schiaparelli cape to Hussein Chalayan’s notorious motorized dress from 1999. And part will no doubt arise from the string of fashion notables making their way to the space for lectures and panel discussions. Ocean Drive sat down with Clark to discuss.

Do you recall the initial thinking behind the Fashion Project?

It very much grew out of a conversation with Cathy Leff, who came and spoke with me in London and explained that she wanted to do a project that added a cultural dimension to the Bal Harbour Shops. I haven’t worked exclusively within museums—I’ve done projects for Selfridges [a United Kingdom-based department store]—and I love the crossovers that exist within this field more and more. So Cathy was pushing on an open door.

In hindsight, it seems odd that Miami’s established art museums haven’t already delved deeply into fashion. After all, it’s hard to talk about Miami without also talking about Miamians and their dedication to fashion.

Fashion is often like that! You can’t believe it hasn’t been already said. It’s as though “fashion” is a dirty word, intellectually; it’s really dragging behind in terms of curatorial debate. Which is what I love about staging Fashion Project in Miami, where it has this reputation for being fashion-obsessed… You have a swapping of aesthetics, but there’s still a resistance on the part of the museums at being described as too close to retail. There’s a phobia about it. I don’t happen to share that phobia. I think anything that’s evocative and true to the narrative you want to tell is fine.

picture: princess style wedding dresses“These exhibitions are an invitation to have conversations about fashion beyond ‘how much is it?’”—Judith Clark

It’s a bit of a cliché to talk about the globalization of fashion, but is there a difference in launching Fashion Project Miami compared to, say, a Fashion Project Chicago?

Obviously, within the Bal Harbour Shops, there’s a tradition of exquisite high-end fashion. But when you have so many pieces that are already museumworthy downstairs, what else can be said about it? We can discover what kind of debate there might be around the subject in Miami. Fashion Project is an excuse to open this conversation in a city that is now so much the center of attention.

Some fashion curators have held up designers as gifted artists in their own right, akin to film scholars pushing auteur theory in the 1960s as a way to combat skeptics who refused to look at movies as art. But you’ve dismissed this kind of fashion talk as “the cult of the genius.” Why?

For a moment, that was all people could say, as though there was this scramble to legitimize fashion: Oh, these designers are just as artistic as Warhol! Some may be—and some are, as far as I’m concerned. But it’s as though that distracted from the ability to talk about the dress. Fashion isn’t necessarily art. It exists within different criteria of creation. But the problem there is that within our culture, that diminishes it. It does have another commercial reality. It’s like asking, “Is a car art?” It’s within the realm of applied arts, and it has its own distinct logic.

So when we talk about fashion, sometimes we’re speaking about art, sometimes we’re speaking about business, and sometimes we’re talking about the sweet spot between those overlapping worlds?

There’s room for all those conversations—that’s part of the Fashion Project. The point is not that, at the end of a year’s exhibitions, everyone goes home happy because we’ve cracked it: Right, here’s the definition of fashion. Quite the opposite. All the problems around fashion are going to be raised, not necessarily answered. These exhibitions are an invitation to have conversations about fashion beyond “How much is it?” and “Does it make me look fat?”

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Wedding destinations

Destination weddings were once preferred by the creme de la creme, or so we thought. But today, many couples prefer to choose picturesque locations, thanks to the pocket-friendly budgets that wedding planners offer. With couples wanting only a select few family members and friends to be part of their big day, destination weddings have become the best option. Some of the popular destinations include Thailand, Greece, Bali, Seychelles, Paris, Miami, Rome and Sri Lanka.

Soraya Homchuen, director of tourism authority of Thailand, says, “There has been a gradual increase in the number of Indian weddings taking place in Thailand. Initially, a lot of couples from north India preferred destination weddings. Of late, more and more south Indian couples also go for it. We get a lot of couples from Chennai and Hyderabad and there has been a 10% increase from those coming from south India. Thailand also attracts couples looking for a luxury wedding, and for those who want weddings within a certain budget. Places like Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Krabi are preferred locations.”

With almost 200 Indian weddings happening in Thailand on a yearly basis, Soraya says that there are several Indian florists, caterers and even wedding planners, who help couples plan the perfect wedding there. She says, “Thailand has a lot of Indian residents. Though there are wedding planners from India who travel to Thailand, we have a lot of resident wedding planners as well. One doesn’t have to feel like they are in the dark about having a traditional Indian wedding. We have also had 100 to 500 guests travelling from India for weddings. But mostly, we have seen a smaller crowd as couples prefer it to be that way,” says Soraya.

Get your makeup right

picture: cheap bridesmaids dressesThere is a long list of things that the bride and groom have to decide on. Makeup artist Cory Walia suggests that the couple put down an exhaustive list of things to do before they start off. “Based on the weather conditions of the venue of the wedding, the makeup has to be decided. Brides want makeup for different events. However, it is important keep in mind the occasion (for instance, sangeet or party) and the climate in mind. If she’s looking at having a pool party, it needs to be waterproof. Every look has to be decided in advance to avoid any confusion at the last minute. Since it will be in a different place altogether, it is important to stay focused on your D-Day,” says Cory.

Elaborating on the trends, he says, “When it comes to lip colours, hues of bright pinks, orange, coral and red are preferred. Of late, a lot of brides prefer wine and deep burgundy for their big day. For hairstyles, most of them are Bollywood driven. Though brides ask me for the latest trends, wedding makeup is not about the trend. The whole focus is on the bride. So, it is best to go with what they are comfortable with.”

Wedding films

Apart from candid photography, wedding films are now gaining popularity. Wedding filmmaker Vishal Punjabi says, “A lot of couples prefer wedding films, thanks to media exposure. These days, the entire cost of your wedding is close to the production value of a Karan Johar film,” he laughs, adding, “There is romance, drama and emotion that you find in a wedding. This eventually becomes the story for your film.” With exotic locations lending interesting backdrops, wedding films turn out richer. But they shouldn’t be staged, says Vishal. “We shoot with couples, who open up to us. We don’t follow a script or make them act as everything has to flow naturally. Even when you are watching the film after several years, it will be a memorable one. So, when we speak to the couple they don’t even know where the cameras are.” However, Vishal also points out that wedding films are an expensive affair. “You need good software to make your wedding film look great. For instance, we spend a lot of time editing, making music instead of opting for Bollywood tunes. Since we have the best in each department, it calls for a lot of money. But couples don’t seem to mind.”

Sari draping gets a twist

When sari draper Dolly Jain started draping saris as a hobby, she played around only with a few styles. Over the years, Dolly learnt as many as 225 styles. “The reason I am in this profession today is because no one really wears a sari often. Years ago, saris were the only outfit that most women wore. However, today young girls don’t prefer wearing one and find it difficult to carry it off. But a sari is a very comfortable garment and a great deal depends on how you drape it. Brides today want it simple and easy. Not many like to wear it on an in-skirt. They wear it on leggings, miniskirts and even on jeans. Trends like wearing a sari with a crop top or a shirt have become popular. Though it can’t be worn for the traditional ceremony, you can play around with these styles when it’s for a sangeet or a wedding party. Some of the latest crazes are combining two saris or adding glam with a dupatta. Waist accessories have also become increasingly popular these days. Even sari pins have been upgraded to sari magnets, so that the saris can be saved from rends caused by the pin. The trick to carry off a sari is simple — wear what suits your body frame. You will automatically feel comfortable,” says Dolly, while adding that there are at least 40 styles reserved for the south Indian sari drape!

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A wedding tradition that we can totally get on board with.

There comes a certain time in a woman’s life when your weekends are either spent sipping an unnatural coloured cocktail through a penis straw while watching an oiled up (and rather short? Always so short) stripper with a cubic zirconia stud in his ear gyrate in front of great-aunt Beryl. Or sitting in someone’s kitchen drinking orange juice and champagne as a bride-to-be opens up an assortment of serving platters.

We’re talking about wedding season and all of the (mostly women only) events that come along with it – the hen parties, the kitchen teas, the bridal showers. Men used to just get the buck’s party and be tasked with showing up on the wedding day. But now, finally, things are evening out with the “bro-dal” shower.

Let’s call it a step forward for equality, because if women have to get excited about lasagne dishes then men should too right? But there might just be something more to the bro-dal shower than simply evening out the score.

Firstly though, what is a bro-dal shower and is it really a thing?

It’s pretty much exactly what you think. Namely that it probably involves plaid shirts, bratwurst sliders and men with expertly combed moustaches. Well, that is if you’re going by the stylings of Buzzfeed who coined the term when they held bro-dal showers for two of their staff members who were about to get hitched. It’s not the first time the trend has been acknowledged, but bro-dal shower definitely sounds better than “man shower,” right?

Anyway, it is very significant to note that the two dos were total Instagram bait. There were beard decorating games and beer and bacon trail mixes in tin buckets for goodness sake. It was like a refined hipster gent’s dream Pinterest had come to life.

This is a giant moonshine cocktail flavoured slap in the face for all the people that say men aren’t interested in all that crafty, whimsical,wedding stuff. They can, and should, be. Weddings aren’t just about the bride.

On that, there were women allowed into the inner sanctum of the bro-dal shower too. This perhaps calls for a re-think on co-ed bucks and hens parties (hucks as they’ve been rather unsavourily dubbed). Because maybe they need to be a more common thing for these key reasons – it’s really not your last night to have fun as a single person (you’re getting married, presumably you haven’t been single for a while and you’re still going to have fun after you get married too), you might have friends of the opposite sex that you’d like to celebrate with, and you know, you don’t have to stick to the rules.

As my boyfriend, a veteran buck’s day attendee tells me,

“I’ve probably been to a dozen or so buck’s parties, and after a while they become pretty formulaic. The most memorable ones have been the ones where we did something a bit out of the ordinary, such as having a proper cricket match, playing bubble soccer or even just playing a round of golf.”

See, forced fun isn’t for everyone and that includes how we’ve been conditioned on what a bridal shower, or a bucks party, or a hen’s do should be like.

If you’re not down for a stripper cruise, you don’t have to have one. If you would rather bake a cake for your gentleman friends and wash it down with a craft brew than chug Fosters down a beer bong then go ahead!

If you love beer bongs, enjoy yourself thoroughly. Do your thing.

When it comes to weddings and its associated celebrations, we should be celebrating individuality, originality and breaking down stereotypes.

In any case, here’s hoping that the bro-dal shower becomes a wedding tradition, along with the rise of dudes crafter-nooning the party favours for them to their heart’s content.

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