american beauty

So many movies, so little time. Thankfully, BuzzSugar is here to help you sort through them all! Each week, I'll choose a theme for a Movie Night and feature three must-see movies in keeping with that theme. This week's theme: Golden Globe Best Picture winners.

This year's Golden Globe winner for Best Picture Drama was Babel, a movie that reinforces the idea that emotion has no language. When I started looking back at the Best Drama winners over the past 10 years, I noticed that many of the Globe winners seem to address this universality of emotions, and three of my favorites really stood out. For the best Best Picture, Drama, winners over the past decade, the winners are...

American Beauty
This 2000 Golden Globe winner brings us a tale of the seemingly perfect, suburban Burnham family. Beneath the surface, however, all-American dad Lester (Kevin Spacey) is bored to the point of hopeless depression. While his wife (the incredible Annette Benning) comes rapidly unhinged, Lester begins to obsess over his teenage daughter's friend. Meanwhile, the daughter, Jane (Thora Birch), starts a friendship with the quiet, artsy boy next door who lives with his homophobic father. Not only is the screenplay extremely well-written, but the cinematography is also so gorgeously moving it lends a timelessness to this sad yet compelling portrait of "the good life" in American suburbia.

To see the other two, read more

This week, I am doing accelerated Fab Finding missions to create outfits for certain party girl personalities. Today's was American Beauty inspired by Hollywood sweetheart Reese Witherspoon. Be sure to also check out my post on how to get Reese's makeup look. Check out this outfit I put together with your fab finds! If this is your favorite look, to see all the American Beauty finds, click here.

A big thanks to: rubialala, WhiplashGirlchild, LaLaLaura, and I had to throw in an understudy handbag found by justjaime27 because I love it so much!

The dress:
Found by WhiplashGirlchild is this perfectly perfect Theory 'Ashford - Tailor' Dress. This was a really hard decision - some fantastic dresses were found!

If you missed any of these there is one more fab New Year's look to put together this week. Stay tuned for the next party girl to be announced tomorrow morning!

To learn what a Fab Find is and how to make one, click here. For a more detailed explanation of bookmarks from geeksugar click here.

For the complete American Beauty outfit, read more

Reese Witherspoon is the quintessential American Beauty. She has a bright smile topped with cherry pie lipstick, shiny gorgeous blond hair and clear as sky blue eyes. She is the type of gal women want to befriend and men fall head over heels in love with.

Not only does Reese have beauty, she also has brains, power and two kids! A self proclaimed, over-achiever with a Type A personality, she's a top Hollywood earner and also owns her own production company fittingly called, Type A Productions. Brava, Reese!

Here's a look at the beautiful face of this American Beauty. Despite her recent news of divorce, Reese still looks like a million bucks! In fact, her skin is so flawless that she doesn't even have to wear makeup if she chooses. Now, that's no fun for me. Here's a guide to help achieve her red carpet makeup look.

To find out how to recreate Reese's sweet face, read more

What handbag will the American Beauty be toting around this New Year's? Why this lovely Nordstrom Silk Organza Frame Pouch found by WhiplashGirlchild. I thought this was a good fit since her shoes make a pretty bold statement.

Go Fab Finding and help me put together a drop dead New Year's outfit for this personality. And you have to be quick as I'll be piecing the outfit together today and revealing it at the end of the day! Don't forget to tag your items with American Beauty. Party on!

I wanted to kick off American Beauty's look with this fabulous pair of Hollywould Red Ava Peeptoe Pumps, on sale for $291 (originally $485). This party girl is more proper than our other party girls but her feet are certainly allowed to flirt! Do these red lovelies strike your fancy? Check out my earlier post on jaw dropping red shoes.

Go Fab Finding and help me put together a drop dead New Year's outfit for this personality. And you have to be quick as I'll be piecing the outfit together today and revealing it at the end of the day! Don't forget to tag your items with American Beauty. Party on!

I know what you're thinking: Reese Witherspoon is not exactly a party girl. This may be, but I'm sure the newly single Reese has some fun plans this New Year's and we all love her American Beauty look so she is our third party girl personality this week. Polished, elegant and perfectly coiffed is the way of the American Beauty. Let's put together a fantastic New Year's outfit for Reese that will turn a few heads!

So please go Fab Finding and help me put together a drop dead New Years outfit for this personality. And you have to be quick as I'll be piecing the outfit together today and revealing it at the end of the day! Don't forget to tag your items with American Beauty. Party on!

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