CocoChic

summer style

Summer Style Contest Entry: CocoChic's Patio

The CasaSugar Summer Style Contest continues, and I've got handfuls of wonderful submissions from you readers, revealing what your Summer style at home is.

The CasaSugar Summer Style Contest continues, and I've got handfuls of wonderful submissions from you readers, revealing what your Summer style at home is. Of her Summer style, TeamSugar member CocoChic said that her apartment is very modern and her patio is gray stucco with a gray-painted cement floor, so her focus was "to bring the patio lots of color and make it feel warmer." She called upon her catch-as-catch-can attitude to do so, using an old bath towel as a rug, covering her Ikea table with a fringed vintage wrap, and setting a bouquet of hot-pink hydrangeas in an orange basket as tabletop décor. I'm getting a serious Selina Lake vibe from this table setting; it's very Bazaar Style. I love how CocoChic has managed to pull together a very sophisticated, yet colorful and Summery table setting, at no cost; that carefree attitude is what Summer is all about.

Have you entered the contest yet? It's simple: just send a photo illustrating your Summer style at home to my TeamSugar inbox or post it to the Su Casa group for a chance to win one of two $500 gift cards to Crate & Barrel.

Halloween

CocoChic Tries Out Two Halloween Looks

Last week, I showed you some Halloween looks from MAC.

Last week, I showed you some Halloween looks from MAC. Well, TeamSugar member CocoChic has been one busy lady—she managed to do not one, but two of these looks. When I first saw these pictures, I thought she'd gone to the MAC counter to get them done. But nope, she did it herself. She called it a "feeble attempt," but I beg to differ! Check out the original diagrams and CocoChic's real-world interpretations here. (And if you have some Halloween makeup or hair of your own, message me and I might share it with readers!)

For CocoChic's details on how she created these looks, read more

Makeup

My Makeup Routine: CocoChic

Over in the Beauty Product Junkies group on TeamSugar, the members have been posting step-by-step breakdowns of their daily makeup routines, complete with before and after photos.

Over in the Beauty Product Junkies group on TeamSugar, the members have been posting step-by-step breakdowns of their daily makeup routines, complete with before and after photos. What brave souls!

I absolutely love this idea, so I've asked several users if I can post their routines here. I also invite you to join the group and post your own routines. Who knows? You might just end up featured on BellaSugar too!

Today's makeup routine comes from CocoChic, who shared her tips for a simple but polished daytime look. (Her nighttime look, she admits, would be much more complicated.) To see her step-by-step routine, read more