How cute is this?  From Vibe Vixen:  http://www.vibevixen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vibe-vixen-marilyn-collection7.jpg

I am so excited for a new way to explore our girl crush, Marilyn Monroe!  I just found out that Macy’s has a new Marilyn Monroe clothes line!  Think about it…we can go to Macy’s, be inspired by the clothes and create our personal version of our girl Marilyn.  I found these pictures of the collection at Vibe Vixen: The New Style of Sexy.  Check out this fab site:  http://www.vibevixen.com/ Have fun!  I know I’m going to…Love, Goddess

 This comes in a gorgeous peony as well as black or white.  LOVE.

http://www.vibevixen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vibe-vixen-marilyn-collection1.jpg

Sweet, flirty and sexy…

http://www.vibevixen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/vibe-vixen-marilyn-collection9.jpg

For more on Marilyn:  Marilyn Monroe Ahead of Her Time  http://bitchlifestyle.com/2012/08/marilyn-monroe-ahead-of-her-time/

Frustrated with your relationships?  I have a simple do anywhere tool that will help you turn from Drama Queen to Sassy Bitch!  http://bitchlifestyle.com/2012/07/your-re-awakening/

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Picture can be found at Shutterstock.com:  http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-59045674/stock-photo-beautiful-red-wedding-bouquet-on-the-car.html

Spring Clean your car!  Make your mode of transportation comfortable-a sanctuary full of things to keep you safe, secure and feeling luscious!

1. Vacuum and wipe the exterior down.  Spritz a yummy scent or add a few of those perfume samples from magazines to freshen the air.
2. Thoroughly clean the outside.  Get rid of any grease on your hub caps and shine up the wheels.
3. Add some cute comfortable pillows.  Pink?  Zebra print?  Bucket seats can be uncomfortable.
4. Rotate out music you’ve had in the car forever.
5. Google emergency kits for your car and make one or update the one you have. http://beprepared.com/article.asp?ai=28
6. Add your fave beauty supplies, personal supplies and yummy snacks.
7. Add things that you know make you feel beautiful – at the ready when life hits you hard.  Your fave book, magazine, scarf, perfume, glitter, lotions.
8. For more ideas and items to add for your car Safety Girl:  http://www.safetygirl.com/emergencykits.html

Have fun turning your car into your moving Palace!  Love, Goddess

Related Reading:

1. Dita Von Teese:  A Study in Naughty Glamour http://bitchlifestyle.com/2011/08/dita-von-teese-a-study-in-naughty-glamour/
2. Beauty Rituals Empower You  http://bitchlifestyle.com/2009/06/beauty-rituals-empower-you/
3. Everyday Glamour  http://bitchlifestyle.com/2009/08/everyday-glamour/

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Yeah…so fitting for our luscious lips.  Nothing but pure red rubies or pink diamonds!  Or…a the perfect Chanel lipstick or new lipgloss.  Treat your beautiful lips like jewels today.  Just for fun.  You can copy this look or download as wallpaper from:  http://www.zedge.net/wallpaper/1538400/

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Glamorous picture of Audrey Hepburn from the blog V State:  http://vstateclothing.com/may-6th-v-state-ladies-night/

The word  “glamour” originates from the ancient term necromancy-the harnessing of supernatural force.  Yeah…hot!  And at your fingertips.  Any woman can turn her glamour on.  Whenever she wants to.

“Enjoy the fact that you’re a woman and men will enjoy it too.”  Marilyn Monroe.

I love that quote!  So today at Bitch University I’m going to give you glamorous tips from some of the most magnetic women that ever lived.  Why do this?  Because it keeps away The Drama Queen Brat.  The Drama Queen Brat craves attention.  When she doesn’t get it she may start to do obnoxious things.  Like text a guy 40 times a day or moan about all she doesn’t have and drain the energy of all those around her.  By giving attention to things that make you feel beautiful and playful, she is getting attention.  A part of you wants attention and by enjoying being a woman and playing with glamour, you get attention in a constructive, fun way!   Do one a day.  Or two.  As many as you want.  Add a touch of glamour a day and see how it makes you feel.  This is taking power away from your Brat.   This will help harness that supernatural force deep inside you.  The Strong, Sexy, Confident Bitch.

1. Gwen Stefani loves watching old movies.  She’ll see something she loves-like a leopard print and decide to wear it the next day.  Add a little leopard print to your life.  Scarf, shoes, a hot skirt.
2. Sophia Loren loves pasta.  Savor a bowl no guilt like she does.
3. Love your body like Mae West did.  “I never worry about diets.  The only carrots I’m interested in are the number in a diamond.”
4. Create your own fashion trademark. Something that you love to consistently wear.  Is it smokey eyes?  Flowers always in your home?  The way you wear your hair?  A blingy ring?
5. Laughing at yourself makes you very adorable and charming.
6. Enjoy your voice.  Speak clearly and take your time.  This draws people in.
7. Take the time to groom your eyebrows.  Fill them in and brush them.  They frame your eyes-the mirrors to your soul!
8. Red lipstick has been a quick way to glamour forever!  Cleopatra used red lipstick to lure Caesar.  Find your perfect shade and work it.
9. Brush glitter on your cleavage.
10. Wear only your favorite perfume to bed.
11. Put a huge bouquet of the most glamorous flowers by your bed.
12. Movie star Greer Garson used to rinse her hair in champagne.  She would not rinse it out.  This made her feel incredibly pampered.
13. Try on the absolute sexiest heels you can find.  Manolos, Louboutins.  Admire your legs in the shoes in a mirror.
14. Make your entrance.  Even in the grocery store.  Think up a fun little thing to say in your mind…like a mantra as you enter.  “I’m the sexiest woman on the planet.”  Practice everywhere.
15. Note your posture.  Walk tall and don’t slouch.  Walk with purpose or a with a subtle, sensual shift of your hips.  Slow down.  Enjoy walking.
16. The next time you’re at a restaurant, order the sexiest, naughtiest, glamorous sounding cocktail and savor it.
17. Turn your bedroom into a boudoir.  Google for tips.

Please share your glamour ideas on here and on our Facebook!  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bitch-Lifestyle/205875411841  Get in there and play!  Class dismissed.  Love, Goddess

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Gorgeous picture of actress Sherilyn Fenn from the web blog Sweet Life Saga http://asweetlifesaga.blogspot.com/2011/01/hollywood-glamour-with-real-magnolias.html

Do you feel unforgettable?  Yeah, some days I’m a little iffy there.  Well, let’s play with that a little bit.  Maybe make it a fun experiment over the weekend?  Hmmmm?  One or our favorite things to do growing up was playing dress up.  When we grow up, we get so busy we forget one of our most favorite activities EVER!  So let’s get back to that fun euphoria again.  Here are some ideas to sass you up into “Unforgettable You.”

1. Do you have a signature scent?  If so, what is it?  If not, start exploring.  Go to a perfume counter and spritz some different brands on sample papers.  After letting them rest for a few moments, revisit the scents.  Take your two favorites and spritz on each wrist.  Wait a few more minutes.  Continue until you find something you absolutely adore.  I recently discovered Ralph Lauren “Romance.”  Mmmmmm….
2. Who are you fashion wise?  Lauren Hutton All-American?  Soft and feminine?  Edgy Biker Chic?  Do you want to play with your Inner Seductress or Siren?  Find a way to bring your “Vixen” to your everyday wardrobe?  Look in your closet for ways to do this.  Go shopping and try something on out of your comfort zone:  a style of dress, color, accessory etc.
3. Make-Up:  Play with different colors and looks.  Create your own personal “smokey eye.”  Combine with #2 idea from above.
4. What is your favorite color?  Wear it.
5. Your hair is your crowning glory.  Treat it that way.  Find a Sephora near you and visit the hair section.  I love Sephora because you can try everything!  Experiment with all the brands and then get the perfect hair care for your gorgeous locks.
6. What are your favorite flowers?  Buy them.  Just for you.  Enjoy the scent, color and texture.  Put them by your bed when you go to sleep.  You deserve it!
7. Find a glowing light like above and bask in it like Sherilyn does.  Dress, no dress, as naughty or nice as you like it.

Then…as a final touch, when you’ve made yourself unforgettable…say it.  Smile, feel the warmth tingling in your body and purr, “I Am Unforgettable!”

Resources, Ideas and Tips for your “Inner Unforgettable.”

Glamour: A History

Glamour: Making it Modern

30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Know by the Time She’s 30

Olay-Make Your Skin Glow!

Love, Goddess

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The Fabulous Dita Von Teese from Poppies  http://forum.poppies.org/index.php?showtopic=15178

Dita Von Teese…the whole glamour package.  She has developed her glamour, her sensuality and passion for burlesque into an art form.  From Dita’s Official Web Site:  http://www.dita.net/

“She is the biggest name in burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee. She is a modern day fashion icon who tops best-dressed lists all over the world. She is credited for bringing back the glamour and allure of Old Hollywood stars. Self-created. Distinctive. Iconic. Often imitated, never duplicated. She is Dita Von Teese.”

Dita creates every aspect of her famous burlesque shows.  Music, costumes, sets, lights.  Below is a picture from her famous “Cocktail Glass Show,” which was performed on the television show CSI  http://www.tv.com/shows/csi-crime-scene-investigation/viewer/?flag=1&i=45&gri=19&grti=101

She is the best selling author of two books:  Dita: Stripteese  and  Burlesque and the Art of the Teese .  Dita is a self-styled fashion icon that has topped international best dressed lists and walked in high profile fashion-shows. Dita will bring some of her signature fashion style to the masses with a new fragrance, lingerie collection, and dress  collection this fall.  All will be available on her web site, beauties!

She is a passionate advocate for the fight against HIV and AIDS.  Dita was a MAC Viva Glam Spokesperson from 2006-2008 and in 2009 she participated in the H&M/Fashion Against Aids campaign. She has also performed and appeared at several events for Amfar and was honored with their Award of Courage in 2008.

So your home work is this.  Visit her web site, find your own unique glamour and become the Belle in your very own Self Created Ball.  Like Dita has.

Love, Goddess

More research on Dita and her glamorous, seductive and slightly naughty ways:

Fetish Goddess: Dita

Advanced Style

Vintage Dita

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Glamour Week Day Three:  Make your eyes sparkle…literally!

Find glitter eyeliners and enhance your eyes.  (Hint:  Ulta has NYX)  They come in a rainbow of the most luscious colors.  Create a day and night look.  The final touch…along the eyeliner line, sweep a precise line of glitter in the color of your choice.  This will add a dazzling touch to your eyes.  Whomever you encounter will be drawn in.  Guaranteed to get you compliments!  And since eyes are the mirrors to our hot, sassy little souls, it’s the perfect thing to make sparkle!

Oh the homework I have you do…(sassy smile)  Have fun!  Love, Goddess

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Have you ever longed to be someone else? 

When I was a little girl I longed to be a glamorous movie star.  A lot of us probably did.  When I got older, I loved soap operas and imagined the excitement of being a heroine or bad girl.  Never a dull moment and these women always looked fantastic.  As I matured, I started to admire strong women.  Like the ones we’ve discussed here.  http://bitchlifestyle.com/2010/09/carole-lombard-fiesty-and-fabulous/

Now?  I find a fault with all the women I wished to become in the past.  Things in their lives I would not dig.

1.  Cleopatra:  Someone always trying to kill her, then suicide by an asp.  Yuck.

2.  Movie stars:  Always being under a microscope, gossip, no privacy.  Yuck.

Which means I’d rather be me.  Most of the time.  (insert sassy smile here)  That’s confidence.  That wonderful state of being that’s sometimes hard keep in our day to day lives.  But there is a cool thing about wanting to be someone famous.  There’s something in them that you connect with.  Here are five of my favorites and what I connected to:

1.  Cleopatra:  I was facinated by her ability to lead…the confidence she possessed.

2   Judge Judy:  Speaking in a clear, bottom line way. 

3.  Carole Lombard:  The life of the party, warm, witty, glamorous.

4.  Elle Woods:  Disciplined, warm, loving, always looking fabulous. Her personal initiative.  She never judges.

I discovered what I loved so much in these women—were in me.  Waiting to come out and play.  Kinda cool, huh?  So who do you admire and why?  Is that a part of you that wants to come out deep in your soul?  What ways can you help her come out?  Copying a style?  Taking a leadership class?  Practicing speaking directly?  That’s a lot to think about.  Maybe just pick one woman and see what really turns you on about her and explore.

See…you really can have it all. (warm smile)

Share your favorites and why on our Facebook page!  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bitch-Lifestyle/205875411841

And visit the Amazing Women catagory on this web site for more inspiration.

Love, Goddess

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Stunning…

I didn’t watch the Oscars.   Zero interest.  So the last thing I thought I would be doing today is writing about a dress!  When  I saw this dress on the news this morning, I thought it was perfect feminine glamour.  Love it. 

Is there a dress that blew your mind?  Why?  In the meantime enjoy Demi Moore in her Glamorous Glory!

Love, Goddess

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She’s got it.  For more glamorous puppy pics, visit fashionistapuppies:  http://www.urlesque.com/2010/07/21/fashionista-puppies/

Glamour! I get excited when it’s time to glam myself up for a big night out.  I feel so good after working out, showering, manicuring, coiffing, shimmering and putting on special make up.  I also see it as a ton of work.  So how do I keep this wonderful glamorous feeling with my busy schedule?

I finally figured out a system.  Part of this comes from one of the most beautiful women on the planet…my friend Spell Vixen.  She told me to have “certain looks for certain activities.”  I got it, but it sounded like too much work.  This was my process:  I would wear jeans and lip gloss for rehearsal.  Simple dresses for everyday, work etc.  Yawn.  I’m even boring myself remembering and writing about it!  LOL.  She has patiently tried to teach me for years.  I’m so lucky to have such a patient friend.  I have to say, I was never really enthusiastic about this whole process.  So I tired, but not consistently.

Finally…a few days ago I got it.  This was the second part:  Seeing the fun involved in glamour…and how simply it could be achieved.  I actually thought about my wardrobe and what I was doing that day.  I was going to rehearsal.  I have the cutest Calvin Klein summer dress.  Feminine but sporty at the same time.  Instead of just grabbing my usually shoes (the black ones that went perfectly with it) I really looked at the dress.  It was too casual for the shoes I usually wore with it.  Then I saw my cute Mudd flip flops with the funky fringe on them.  Perfect!  I did the same thing with my other accessories and make up and I felt so much more put together.  And it took only a few moments.

Then I remembered my “Fun Beauty Scrapbook.”  It’s filled with things and ideas I’ve clipped out of magazines over the years.  Loaded with fun ideas I rarely do or have taken the time enjoy.  I opened it yesterday and got really excited.  I had clipped all these beauty swatches on how to achieve the following looks:  “Good Girl” “Seductress” “All American,” etc.  I’ve decided to do them all…finally.  Just play with those versions of looks I love in magazines.  Want to play with me?  Let’s play grown-up dress up together ladies!  Here are some ideas for you to play with…for you.  Discover and enjoy new or rusty facets of wonderful you:

1.  This is a fun link.  It gives you tips, pictures and ideas to channel another part of your luscious self:  http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/0,,20294359,00.html

2.  Take a few items that make you feel “glamorous” and put them in your purse, in your car or a special drawer at work.  These items could include:  a hot red lip gloss, moisturizer in your favorite fragrance, shimmer powder, a special piece of jewelry, shimmer spray…you get the idea.  Put these things everywhere.  Instant glamour at your finger tips!

So in review, here are keys to “Everyday Glamour”

1.  Have different “looks” for different activities.

2. Focus on what fun it is to transform yourself to a complete “look.”  It can be a simple as changing your shoes or lip gloss!

Enjoy playing hot ones!  I would adore hearing any fun “personas” or glamour tips for us to try and share!  Love, Goddess

Want more?  How about stocking your Glamour Arsenal with these classics, tips and reading!

Chanel No 5

How to Look Expensive Without Breaking the Bank

Glamour: A History