5 Ways To Work Classic Blue

Every year, Pantone's Colour Of The Year is chosen, and every year, it shapes entire industries and trends. From fashion to interiors, packaging to food, Pantone's decision can affect nearly anything. It also undeniably has a ripple effect on the beauty industry, where trends and products are shaped around the new 'it' colour. This year's shade, Classic Blue, may seem a little bold to incorporate into your beauty routine, but it can actually be really wearable if you know how to do it. Here's 5 ways to rock Pantone's Classic Blue in your beauty routine.

Pantone chose this year's colour with the current global state in mind. Just like last year, when Living Coral was selected to highlight the importance of our oceans, 2020's chosen hue has a message behind it. With everything from climate change to Brexit, things have been far from stable this year, and 2020 looks set to be just as tumultuous. So Pantone wanted to select a colour that represented calm and reliability. Enter: Classic Blue.

“We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on,” explained Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute.

So how exactly can we incorporate this beautiful shade into our beauty routines? It's not exactly the most subtle of hues, right? Well, here are five ways you can wear Classic Blue you're guaranteed to love, from in your hair to on your nails:

Nail Polish
Possibly the easiest way to wear classic blue without going too out there, a chic mani is a subtle yet effective nod to this year's chosen colour. It's a year-round shade too, meaning you can just as easily get away with it in January as during your summer mani.

Eyeshadow
Blue eyeshadow may sound scary and throw you back to the '90s, but it can look incredible and have an amazing impact, particularly during special occasions. Just be sure to blend it out, and add in a pop of shimmer if the feeling takes you...

Lipstick
Perhaps the boldest way to carry off the trend, a blue lipstick certainly isn't for shrinking violets. But it's the best way to show dedication to the trend, and can really work at special occasions when paired with neutral eyes. It's also a sure fire hit during festival season.

Eyeliner
Another great way to go blue without going all out, a kohl eyeliner looks ace when smudged into the lash line. Pair it with blue mascara for even more of a wow-factor.

Hair dye
Feeling extra brave? Show your commitment to all things classic blue by taking things up a notch with a blue hair dye. Just be sure to do a patch test first to check out the colour prior to taking the plunge!

9 Cute Fall Sweaters That Will Keep You Cozy All Season Long

As the air gets crisper, it's time to begin thinking about knitwear. Whether you're into fitted cardigans or oversized crews, finding the perfect fall sweater will be easy thanks to our list. We've gone a little out of our comfort zones with some of these selects (think balloon sleeves, cashmere, graphic prints, and bright colors), but there are also classic-looking sweaters that can be paired with anything from jeans to skirts. Each of these knits will not only have you looking your best, but will also keep you warm and comfortable regardless of the autumn weather outside. FYI: We recommend picking up two or three so you'll be set for the entire season before it even arrives.

Hooded Cable Knit Button Up
Add a hood to a cozy sweater and it's an instant game changer. Amazon reviewers love that beneath the buttons is a zipper to help trap in the heat.

Batwing Slouch Sweater
Looser sleeves that slouch about make for a unique silhouette. The fabric only cinches at the wrists, giving your overall look a relaxed vibe.

Cropped Cable Knit Sweater
Everyone needs a classic essential cable knit sweater in their wardrobe. This version from & Other Stories is modern and cozy.

Oversized Alpaca Crew
This cashmere sweater is under $100 and has over 800 superb reviews. It is produced with ethical qualities, made from alpaca cashmere, and available in six soft and vibrant colors.

Boho Colorblock Cardigan
Drape this oversized cardigan over a skirt or your favorite jeans to elevate your look.

Mixed Rib Cardigan
This lovely cherry red knit is made of a recycled blend. It is so easy to throw over a turtleneck to add extra warmth.

Striped Sweater
A classic striped knit is essential in anyone's wardrobe. When Alex Mill launched, the brand focused on producing the perfect tee, they have now expanded and exceeded those expectations with a range of styles like this sweater! The button details on the sleeves are cute, too.

Stitch Turtleneck Sweater
The collar on this turtleneck keeps your neck warm without being uncomfortably snug. Plus, it comes in a bunch of great colors for fall.

Open Front Printed Cardigan
Don't be afraid to play with a little print, especially when it doesn't cost you much. You can shop this cardigan in other colors as well.

Rachel Roddy's recipe for fava bean puree with wilted greens

At this time of year in Rome, broad beans act like cheerleaders chanting “S-P-R-I-N-G” from plates and piles in shops. They also come with a warning. This warning usually takes the form of a note stuck to the door of a shop or trattoria saying something along the lines of “Qui si vendono fave fresche” (“Here we sell fresh broad beans”). As warnings go, it’s mild stuff. In fact, for years not only did I have no idea that these notes were warnings, I also thought they were a promotion – a handwritten invitation to come inside and be rewarded with beans waiting to be freed from their velour-lined jackets and eaten with pecorino, braised with artichokes or caught up in a tangle of pasta and cheese.

The notes are far from mild for some. Favism is an ancient hereditary disorder that affects people of Mediterranean descent. It’s rare but dangerous, and involves an allergic-like reaction to broad beans. “One of our customers can’t even walk past our door when fava are in season,” a local trattoria owner told me, flicking beans out of their pods directly into a pan like some sort of vegetable Tiddlywinks. I spent the next few days worrying about this customer, noting all the streets they couldn’t walk down (most of them). While the dangerous compound is largely deactivated by cooking, with all the cheerleaders around at this time of year, it would be best to avoid certain streets.

For those of us who aren’t avoiding broad beans, as the month progresses, both the pods and their beans get bigger, the sugar turning to starch and transforming tender, early-spring beans floury and almost white. As in beans, so in life. They also start to dry, which is no bad thing. As this happens, cooking methods must change. No more swift, steamy braises; the opaque coats need pulling off, and the bigger beans should be cooked more slowly, braised in tomato sauce or made into a puree. This is known in Rome as purèe di fave, in Puglia as simply fave (e cicoria), and in Sicily as maccu.

Just like the pork last week, maccu or puree di fave is a recipe that sums up the neat brilliance of Italian cooking: three economical ingredients transformed into a clever dish. There are as many recipes for maccu as cooks. I prefer maccu soft – closer to a thick soup than a hummus. That said, the cooked puree set cold makes an excellent spread for bread or a dip for crisp vegetables.

Although this is delicious made with end-of-season fresh beans, I think maccu is even better made with fully dried broad beans, fave secche, which seem like cannellini crossed with chestnuts, chickpeas and something ever so slightly bitter, but tempered by the potato.

For the greens on top, dark, saw-edged cicoria or chicory is traditional. If you can’t get hold of cicoria, spinach, escarole or even radicchio would work well. Either way, pile the leaves on top of the soft puree, the cheerleaders getting older with the right amount of bitterness.

Maccu di fave e cicoria (broad bean puree with greens)

Prep 15 min
Soak 2 hr
Cook 1 hr
Serves 4

250g dried broad beans or 400g fresh but starchy broad beans, outer coats removed
2 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced into rounds
Salt
800g greens (chicory, escarole, spinach or radicchio)
1 pinch red chilli flakes
Olive oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled and squashed

If you’re using dried beans and have the time, soak them in cold water for a few hours (if you don’t have time, don’t worry, they will just take longer to cook).

Put the beans in a large pan, cover with a layer of potato, then pour over a litre of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 25 minutes to an hour, stirring every now and then. By the end of cooking you should have a soft cream. For something even smoother, blend with an immersion blender. Season with salt.

If you are using cicoria, trim, then plunge into boiling water for four minutes, and drain. In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive and the garlic. Add the cicoria and a pinch of red chilli flakes, and stir until the greens glisten.

If you’re using escarole, spinach or radicchio, break into leaves. In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive with the garlic. Add the leaves and a pinch of red chilli flakes, and stir until the leaves collapse and glisten. Serve the puree in bowls, topped with the greens and a drizzle of olive oil.

Why some members of Congress are wearing yellow roses today

Gold is one of three colors of the American suffrage movement — along with white and purple, which helped give it instant visual recognition.

Today, some members of the U.S. Congress are wearing yellow roses to mark 100 years since the House of Representatives voted to pass women's suffrage. The right for women to vote became law in 1920.

The gold color represents light and life. It is "the torch that guides our purpose, pure and unswerving," reads "The Suffragist" regarding the gold color. The book was published in 1913.

The color purple was chosen for loyalty and steadfastness. The white was selected as an emblem of purity.

National organizations and state and local groups will be hosting Women's Suffrage Centennial events in 2020 to mark 100 years since the women's right to vote became law. Go here to read more about the 2020 Women's Vote Centennial Initiative.

A few last blooming flowers to admire deep in the heart of Texas

You know the saying "when in Rome, do as the Romans do”? No one said anything about Texas, but since I'm here, I will admire the flowers still blooming and hope when I get back to Iowa there might be a few pansies or mums to carry us into November.

Pansies here planted in the fall may bloom deep into December and January or even later, but come hot weather they take a break, just as they do in Iowa. Yet, they are a rugged plant often taking the first frost without a whimper.

They are annual, but obviously with a strong desire to be perennial, as often they pop up again as one of the first flowers of spring. If you have a patch, looking pretty pitiful right now,throw a few leaves on them and just see if they make it through the winter.

Knockout roses, here in my daughter Becky's Texas backyard, are living up to their name, still producing new buds and blooms and growing taller. I suspect they will be around to hang Christmas lights upon.

Even a first-year planting may grow to the full 3-feet-wide to 3-4 feet high in Iowa ‘s zones 4 and 5. They need little care once they have come back from the Japanese beetle midsummer attack, though a little winter protection of leaves or mulch won't hurt.

If the winter has been wicked, you may need to trim them as low as three inches to get rid of the the die back, but ordinarily a spring pruning to about 15 inches and some rose food will be all they need.

New colors have been added since Knockouts burst onto the rose market and chances are good more research is being done to add to the line.

Another plant still blooming here is Lantana. Not so popular for its spreading, invasive habits, it has a beautiful pink flower with a yellow and white top. Monarch butterflies love it and along with the milkweed it helps renew the population.

Lantana is in the verbena family, and is a great container plant for its dripping, trailing ability. It comes in blue, pink, red, white, and my favorite, a deep purple.

Though we are at the end of our gardening season in the Midwest, this last chance to see some bright, blooming plants has been a bonus before I have to feed my habit with only the spring catalogs.

Health and BeautyTop trends for wedding flowers

It's not just about the dress anymore, deciding which flowers you're going to have and how you're going to display them count too. Read on for ultimate wedding #flowerspiration and pick up the November issue of Hello! Fashion Monthly to read even more.

Trailing ribbons on bridesmaids

Adding some gorgeous trailing ribbon to your bridesmaids' bouquets is a wonderful way to not only add an extra dash of colour, but also to create movement.

Long, layered, colour-coordinated ribbons look great in photographs as the bridesmaids move or the wind catches the trails. You could choose a selection of different types of ribbon - satin, gross-grain, sequinned, organza - of different widths and in varying shades to add detail and real drama to a bouquet.

Wearable flowers: hair crowns and circlets and hair bands

A floral bridal crown, hair circlet or hair band is a fantastic way to add a little more romance to a wedding dress. Using a selection of flowers to match the bride's bouquet, or a simple selection of jasmine tendrils and rose buds, hair flowers ensure that a bride looks her best from head-to-toe.

Think seasonal with your choice of flowers, and don't be afraid to bring in something unusual - like golden ears of corn or barley for a late summer or early autumn wedding, or a small gold leafed succulent for texture and interest.

Simple hair circlets are hugely popular for younger bridesmaids and flower girls too. Selections of flowers to match the bride, tiny rose buds in pastel colours, or delicate circlets of gypsophilia turn any little girl in to a princess. Hair flowers can be a great alternative for younger flower girls, who might get a little restless carrying around a bouquet for several hours.

Cascading Flowers

For truly opulent and scrummy bouquets or arrangements, cascading and tumbling flowers are a huge trend this season. Bridal bouquets of garden roses, trailing jasmine and honeysuckle look fabulous with any dress - and bring with them amazing scents.

Table displays, centrepieces and statement urns can be transformed by including trailing flowers and foliage. Scented roses and jasmine, delicate pastel snowberries, fiery Crocosmia, and silvery Populus Eucalyptus can make an arrangement utterly sumptuous and decadent.

Using a combination of garden roses, spray roses and traditional bridal roses can create gorgeous arrangements that spill from bouquets, vases or urns. Combined with trailing foliage this is a popular way to take wedding flowers to a whole new level. Walls of cascading flowers are very on trend at the moment, and on a smaller scale, how about flowers hanging from the back of the bride and groom's chairs?

Floral chandeliers or flower balls

Hanging flowers add a wow factor to any space. They can be expensive, but definitely worth it for the impact that they bring. Use bigger flowers such as hydrangeas, to add volume.

For high ceilinged venues like barns or halls a large flower ball or two suspended above proceedings can be a real talking point for all your guests, and help create a really unified look to the space - matching with, and complementing table centres, centrepieces and bouquets.

Don't be afraid to introduce unusual blooms or foliage - trailing flowers like clematis, jasmine and honeysuckle give a lovely romantic look, or delphiniums, gladioli, or amarnthus create an interesting and dramatic arrangement.

Ask the experts those all-important questions

Lasting, natural-looking beauty is more achievable than you might think…

Juggling a demanding career, busy family and hectic social life can leave its mark –  yet some A-listers manage to look better in their forties than they did in their twenties.

Well, many of those in the know are seemingly defying the laws of nature with a little help from Juvéderm's range of facial fillers, plus the expertise and advice of leading professional aesthetic practitioners.

That's why we surveyed our readers to the five most common questions you want answered…

How do fillers work? 
Facial fillers are made from hyaluronic acid gel which, when injected beneath the skin, helps to replace lost volume and fill lines. They can also be used to shape and contour your face, and the patented technology of Juvéderm fillers means that they blend with the tissues beneath your skin to achieve natural-looking results.

What makes an A-list practitioner?
It's important to find a qualified medical aesthetic practitioner to perform the treatment. These professionals don't just use technical skill and medical expertise to give you the most beautiful possible version of your face – your practitioner needs to be an artist, too.

'The artistry is a very important part of the job,' says expert surgeon and global beauty lecturer Dr Jonquille Chantrey. 'It's vital to fully understand a patient's wishes and to be sympathetic to their individual character. From a technical perspective, that is where an artist's skill is needed, to restore and enhance their natural beauty.'

Will my face look 'frozen' afterwards?
No. Juvéderm facial fillers are designed to keep you looking like yourself – whether you're smiling, laughing or frowning. Your practitioner will likely look at your face while it's still and moving to provide a bespoke treatment plan.

How soon can I return to my routine?
Some swelling or redness may be experienced directly after the treatment, but most patients return to their normal day-to-day activities within hours, depending on the product used and treatment received. Your practitioner will be able to advise on any specific concerns you may have.

How do I find out what my options are?
If you've been wondering about facial fillers, the only way to know if they are right for you is to have a conversation with an expert.