Edit: Ella One

Edited as requested in the Helping Hands group here: www.flickr.com/groups/helping_hands_photo_editing_and_pho...

 

Editing done in PSE8, here are the steps I took in editing....hope I don't forget any!

Rotate counter clockwise slightly

Image > Resize > Scale to bring the eyes to the upper third and remove the white on the lower right

Control J to duplicate layer, then used clone tool set to lighten at low opacity to lighten the dark areas on her upper arm

Clone tool set to normal to remove the stray white fabric on the lower left

Clone tool set to darken at low opacity to remove small white spot to the upper right of her lip

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels - brought the midtones up quite a bit until I liked the look of her skin

Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter - added warming filter

Flatten Image

Ran Mini Fusion action by MCP, adjusted layers to taste

Ran CoffeeShop Perfect Portraits action but only used the skin softening layer, reduced opacity

Done