OOTD: Paisley Pop

 

My mother was in town visiting this weekend, which was awesome. I don't realize how much I miss my mom being around until she is here. On Saturday night, we went out to dinner and I thought you might want to see my fancy-shmancy new dress. I have already wore it twice and it is Tuesday.

 

My favorite part is that it is a dress within a dress: there is a navy under dress that has the sheer paisley print over the top. I'm a big fan of the maxi - they just flow into the wind! #geek

 

The teal braided hobo bag I purchased this fall but I liked the teal contrast with the multitude of blues, khakis and reds in the print.

 

Hope you guys had a great weekend. I know I did.

 

Yours xx

 

 

 

Dress: Target / Bag: Teal Hobo Bag / Jacket: 1969 Denim Jacket / Shoes: Similar Found Here

 

Disclaimer: Everything mentioned above was purchased with my own money or were gifts, pictures were taken with my camera (unless otherwise noted/credited) and all opinions are mine and in no way represent anyone or anything other than me, myself and I. This is NOT a sponsored blog post. You're beautiful.

 

OOTD: The Beginning of Summer

It was 6 o'clock on a Thursday. It was dinner time. A friend and I went to Luciano's, an Italian restaurant downtown. It finally feels like summertime around here so I wanted to bring out the maxi dresses and denim jacket. My jacket was an investment piece from the Gap I purchased last year. I wear it about once a week during the summer time. One of the best purchases

I have ever made. The dress I purchased last year at the start of my big girl job, which 3 weeks ago I hit my 1 year anniversary -- super cool, totally adult. And the nude flats, well, they killed my feet so you don't want to know.

 

 

 

 

Laughing trying to dodge the wind and fix my hair. Yeah, typical me.

 

Yours xx

 

 

Makeup MAYhem: Sunday Funday

If you are a college student, this title means an entirely different thing that it is actually about... Sorry for being misleading, y'all.

 

Yesterday, I slept about 14 hours and did the same thing today. My body has gone into full recovery mode and I approve. Cheers, to being done with this sickness! *raises cup of tea*

 

I did a bit of shopping yesterday. (Damn you Sephora.) I did NEED that new lipstick. I wanted a fancy matte red color so I did oodles and oodles of testing on the back of my hand, which out of context of a  Sephora looked a bit odd. I did find a color... well, several, that I really loved.

 

Lip selfie in Sephora Lip Cream stain in 003 Strawberry Kiss

 

Actual selfie in BITE Corvina

 

 

 I went with a Sephora owned lip product: Cream Lip Stain in the color 003 Strawberry Kiss. I never thought I'd buy a Sephora brand makeup with all the choices but I do love the matte red look of it. I also discovered a new lip product brand: BITE. They make all organic lip products; their matte gray packaging was BEGGING me to purchase. I was debating between my purchased lip pencil and the NARS lip pencil. I ended up choosing the BITE one because of the moisturizing effect and lasting color power it had on my hand. I was already getting a red, so I went with a coral pink called Corvina. I'm obsessed.

 

Now a girl has got to wear something cute to do a bit of shopping. I spend my nights pinning outfit ideas and a couple of days ago I stumbled across a pin that I couldn't help but recreate for myself. I recently purchased a pair of boyfriend crop jeans for $6 (They are a bit too big but a wash and dry has changed that!). These jeans paired with my striped Gap shirt, camel flats and Fossil bag was a great outfit to do a bit of shopping.

 

The nail polish... which I have since lost in the depths of my apartment..is Essie's Style Hunter. The lipstick I wore was L'Oreal Paris Collection Privee by JLo. It is an all nude collection with colors tailored to celebrity's choices for nudes. I went with JLo because if you wanna look like anyone, it is obviously JLo.

 

 

Happy Sunday, y'all. Have a great kick off to your week!

Yours xx