What's Hot: Peplums

This month, there a couple of crazy popular fashion trends that you've probably noticed everywhere! Here are some examples of how your favorite celebs wore one of them.

Peplums, or flaps of pleated/ruffled fabric, have been seen everywhere from blouses to skirts to pants to dresses this month. 

Below, Blake Lively wears a simple cream tank tucked into a black peplum pencil skirt. 

Emma Roberts rocks a potentially dangerous Valentine's Day color scheme with a fitted, long sleeved red top and pink peplum pencil skirt (not to mention her red hair!) 

Twilight star Ashley Greene wears a navy peplum tank blouse with a matching navy skirt and black clutch.

Emma Watson rocks a simple black mini pencil skirt with a fuzzy white peplum blouse complete with a black belt tied in a bow and a leopard-print clutch. 

Listen Up: June 21

Here's a new segment we've decided to begin at Fashion Crazy: Listen Up!

With each post, we at Fashion Crazy will select a few songs that we think you, the readers, should listen to. They may not all be chart-toppers, but they definitely deserve some recognition!

Angels on the Moon - Thriving Ivory

Candles - Hey Monday

Rockstar - A Great Big World

Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift (ft. Ed Sheeran)

What do you think? Feel free to post suggestions for future songs in the comments.

Listen up!

Tropical Island Nails

Happy summer, everyone! Since today's the summer solstice (and the first real day of summer!), we decided to show you all an especially summer-y manicure. Tropical vacation, anyone?

Before you try the tropical island manicure, make sure you can do gradient nails like the ones pictured above.

To do them, choose two colors, and paint all of your nails in the lighter of the two shades. Then, mix a bit of the two colors together, and dab the paint onto the sponge. Dab the sponge on your nails to blend the shades together. When you're satisfied with the result, finish with a top coat.

Once you've mastered the gradient nails, try it with several different tropical/sunset colors. After you apply the clear coat and allow it to dry completely, use black polish (or even a black sharpie!) to draw on dolphins, starfish, palm trees, or other tropical silhouettes. Finish with another clear coat, and your tropical island nails are completed!


(Today's manicure comes from the Nailasaurus and Greenbox Art and Culture. Make sure to check out their other designs!)

Kids Choice Awards 2013

All your favorite stars showed up on the purple carpet for this year's Kids Choice Awards. Check out some of the standout looks below!

Disney Channel's Stefanie Scott wore an adorable peach-colored patterned tank dress with a pleated skirt, and accessorized with a simple bracelet, long dangly earrings, a gold purse, and retro chartreuse-and-navy colored heels to add a pop of color. 

Selena Gomez was the perfect combination of cute and casual for the purple carpet event! She wore cream colored shorts and a stylish powder blue sleeveless top, and accessorized with silver jewelry and heels and a pale peach clutch - not to mention her adorable, cute/casual part up part down hairstyle! We love it, Selena!

As usual, Lucy Hale looked fantastic, showing up in a sleeveless, collar-topped, pleated and puffy white dress, and accessorized with a black belt and black heels. And did you notice that her pop-of-color magenta clutch purse perfectly matches her lip gloss?

Sam and Cat star Jennette McCurdy turned heads in a simple, navy, keyhole-cutout minidress, pink accent heels, and a funky salmon clutch. Her simple hair, makeup, and accessories really bring this look together!

The beautiful Victoria Justice, of course, can make any outfit look amazing, and this one was no exception. She wore a new fashion trend - tribal print - with style, and accented with salmon/orange thick strapped heels. Her wavy, carefree hairstyle looked fabulous as well.

Jessie star Peyton List wowed in a black crop top and black-and-white, knee length circle skirt. Although we like the outfit as a whole, we think that Peyton should have traded in the pointy-heeled pink shoes, black scrunchie, and thick silver bracelet for something else. The accessories made the outfit too old for her.

Former High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale wore a very shiny, silvery strapless mini-dress with an embellished sheer neck. She paired it with cute matching silver heels and a boxy pink clutch. Although the colors looked fabulous on Ashley, we thought that the dress had a little bit too much going on. A simpler dress in this color would have looked great!

We just have one question for Shake It Up star Zendaya Coleman - what on earth were you thinking when you put on this outfit? Seriously? Under what circumstances is a tie-dyed, circle skirt dress under a purple, bedazzled peter-pan collared pullover cardigan, paired with gladiator heels and those 80's era sunglasses ever acceptable for a red (or in this case, purple) carpet event!? Sorry, Zendaya, but everything, and we really mean everything, about this outfit is just horrible. 

What were your favorite looks from the event? Let us know in the comments!

Artist of the Week: Demi Lovato

Over the past few years, Demi Lovato has transformed from being the lovable Sonny Monroe on Disney Channel to being one of the industry's top mega-stars. Here's how she got there:

Demi began her acting career at age seven, when she appeared on an episode of Barney and Friends. Soon after, Demi became a Disney Star, starring in hits such as As The Bell Rings, Camp Rock (with the Jonas Brothers), and Sonny With a Chance.

However, aside from being a talented actress, Demi Lovato also has an fantastic voice.

Her debut album Don't Forget was released in 2008, and after co-starring in Princess Protection Program with her bestie Selena Gomez, she released her second studio album Here We Go Again just the next year.

However, in 2011, Demi took a break from acting and singing to work out a few problems in her life. Later that year, Demi released her third studio album Unbroken. Here are some of our favorite songs from the album, "Give Your Heart a Break" and the emotional ballad "Skyscraper."

In 2012, Demi returned to the television when she was hired to be a judge on the X-Factor, and recently, her new album, DEMI, came out, featuring her new hit single, Heart Attack. You should definitely check them both out! 

Demi's come a long way since her days of Barney and Camp Rock, but we know she still has a long and successful career in front of her! We can't wait to see what else she has in store!

Watermelon Nails

Today's manicure idea is cute, summery, and delicious... watermelon nails!

First, apply two coats of a hot pink or red polish, then do French tips on all your nails in a lime green to emerald green shade of polish. When these coats are dry, grab a black nail pen or even a Sharpie to draw on the seeds. Cover everything with a final coat of clear polish, and you're good to go!

(Today's nail design comes from JoJo's Secret Fashion Diary at http://jojosecretfashiondiary.blog
spot.com/2012/05/top-tuesday-summer-nail-design.html. Be sure to check out her other ideas!)

And We're Back!

Hey everyone! Can't believe it's been six months since our last post! Unfortunately we were locked out of our site for all that time, but now we're back and ready for summer! Thanks for keeping up with us!