May 2012
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Missoni x Havaianas
Expecting to launch in June, Havaianas has again teamed up with Missoni to launch their eco-friendly* capsule collection for the summer, the Missoni ♥ Havaianas Collection.
The collection will be available at Missoni boutiques, Bloomies, Nordstroms, and of course havaianas.com.
*The flip flops were made from leftover rubber pieces from the manufacturing process and are mixed create the...
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April 2012
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Monday Morning: L'Oreal Colour Riche Nail Polish
Happy Monday!
Now that spring has descended upon us, my bright nail polish colors have been in full effect (currently Essie’s “Turquoise & Caicos”). I’ve tucked away the deeper reds, the dark grays, and the sultry purples and replaced them with happy, cheerful colors.
I stumbled across the Colour Riche collection from L’Oreal over the weekend and fell...
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Daily Inspiration: Colour Lovers
There’s nothing I find more inspirational than colors. It inspires my work, wardrobe, and the inside of our home. When I feel down, bright corals instantly cheer me up. When it rains, shades of green perk me right up. Browns reminds me of coffee and chocolate. And sometimes, poo.
I needed a little inspiration over the weekend for spring and summer: what to wear, what to buy, and in...
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Monday Morning: Reed Krakoff Handbags
I’ve been on the hunt for my next new bag. As I’ve said here, I’m not really in the market for “mainstream luxury” like a Chanel, Gucci, or what not. Meh. I want a nice, simple, quality bag that will last me through the years. I’m quite bored of the Givenchy Nightingale bag; I’ve had that for 3 years already.
That’s when I stumbled across Reed...
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Monday Morning: Caldrea
I’m late to the party on this one. Two years late. But as they say, better late than never.
If you read my Four Things post last week, I mentioned that I had bought a leaf diffuser on clearance at Target and threw away the packaging before I even looked at the brand.
While browsing the candle aisle at Target yesterday during my Sunday shopping excursion, I took notice of similar...
March 2012
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
Another Friday! I felt like only a day ago that I was sitting on my couch watching The Voice and Smash.
Here are the things that have made me happy since last time.
I walked past this ceramic diffuser on the clearance shelves at Target. “Buy me!”, it screamed. Of course, having an affinity for smelly good stuff, I bought it.
Brandy, Abbie, and my sister-in-law Monica, at...
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Sephora x PANTONE Universe™
Sephora teamed up with Pantone to release a limited edition collection that glamorizes the color of the year, Tangerine Tango, which was released a couple of days ago.
The designer in me is jumping with glee!
The color is beautiful, rich, and screams “summer”! Looking at the palette makes me wish I was sitting on a beach sipping on a mojito.
I think my favorite would be the...
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Obama Campaign Nail Polish
April Fools’!
Not.
It looks like the Obama campaign has teamed up with Richard Blanch of Le Métier De Beauté to create these patriotic red, white, and blue mini polish sets. It’s obvious that by releasing these, the campaign is trying to lull the fashionista voters.
This is a part of their Runway to Win product line and will run $40 for the trio.
I, personally, would rather...
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Covet or Leave It: Sky-High Platforms
I’ve remained quiet the couple of weeks only to break silence to express my abhorrence for these platform shoes! I’m kidding. About the silence, not the shoes.
I’ve spotted these types of platforms awhile back not thinking too much of them. Now they’re popping up like weeds all over the e-commerce websites I adore so much. There are many things that are much worse but...
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Ready, Steady, Gold: H&M Spring 2012
Models Abbey Lee Kershaw and Josephine Skriver, captured by Terry Richardson, sure are making whites and golds look extremely desirable for spring.
I saw a few of these pieces in stores when I was in New York but unfortunately, I didn’t walk out with anything from H&M. Sad face.
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
I can’t believe I’ve been on a hiatus for nearly 3 weeks. Does time fly or what?
In those 3 weeks, I’ve managed to travel to New York, get a raise at work, reorganize both living rooms in our house, make amazing new friends, be on a reality television show, and throw a small BBQ at our house in celebration of our new front landscaping. Color me exhausted.
But don’t fret...
February 2012
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
What a week! It feels like it’s been dragging on, which tends to happen when you have your eyes set for Friday. Why Friday? Our new couch gets delivered today for the den area! We moved our Room & Board couch up to the formal living room, where it’s better suited.
This room is nowhere close to done, but the excitement is due in part to the fact that it’s been sitting...
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Valentine's Day Nails
I try my best not to make this into a nail polish blog but being that nails are my #1 obsession, it becomes quite difficult not to indulge myself in everything nail-related.
Anyway, that’s besides the point.
Check out these Sally Hansen Salon Effects for Valentine’s Day. I am not a fan of Valentine’s Day. Not even a little bit. But how cute are these? My favorite are the...
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TOMs Ballet Flats Are Out!
TOM announced a little later in the year last year that they would be releasing a series of ballet flats as a part of their growing collection.
I love flats and was really looking forward to it, not knowing they were $79. When I received the email at midnight last night, I hopped on and was a little taken back by the steep price. Why so expensive?
Well, I splurged anyway since I am a TOMs...
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Essie 'A Spring To Invest In' Collection
Essie’s first collection for 2012 will be releasing sometime this month. These colors just reinforce my trend spotting predictions for S/S 2012.
The six colors are made up of 3 feminine and romantic colors and the rest are bright and bold. I absolutely love the pastels and am looking forward to seeing them in full force this summer.
The colors from left to right: Navigate Her, A...
January 2012
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Rachel Roy's Debut Shoe Collection
Rachel Roy finally makes a foray into the shoe business, which according to her has been 7 years in the making. I’m a fan of Rachel Roy’s clothing line and some of these pumps look promising. I am absolutely, hands down infatuated with court pumps right now!
Her collection ranges from a little under $200 to around $600 and spans the entire range between flats and boots and...
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Monday Morning: Metallic Nails
I’m starting to really dig the metallic nails. I’m not talking the glittery gold and silver nail polishes, but the intensely smooth surface of Minx metallic wraps. They truly are lovely and is a departure from polishes that I’m used to wearing.
I know the trend is a little old by now—ancient, even—and that I’m late to the game, but I’ve been noticing it a lot...
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Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm
I’m just going to put it out there. My addiction to chapstick and lipstick comes in second after my addiction to nail polish.
I love sheer and minimal and I love Burt’s Bees. Bam! A twofer. You know, two-for-one. It contains a bunch of beneficial ingredients: sunflower oil, coconut oil, beeswax and vitamin E to name a few. Plus, you can find it at just about any drugstore.
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Style Tips: Anatomy of a Suit
My first Style Tips post happens to be my first post for men! Neat. I promise, for all the dude readers (if I even have any), that I’ll try to post for guys more often. ‘Try’ is the keyword here.
A man in a suit is quite different than a man in a suit that fits. I prefer the ladder. Think James Bond, Donald Draper, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling. Now, imagine them...
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Monday Morning: Happy Chinese New Years!
Let’s face it. Dragons just don’t look good on anything—clothes, pants, shoes, tattoos, hats—so there is no way on earth I’m going to be putting dragons on my blog. No thank you.
However..
The Year of the Dragon is considered the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac with the belief that a child boron during this year is smarter and more prosperous. So, friends, go forth and...
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Style Icon: Miranda Kerr
I’ve said this previously and it was something that really resonated with me afterwards so I’m just going to repeat myself.
How you dress yourself casually is where your real sense of style shines the brightest.
With that said.. forget Miranda Kerr on the runway, red carpet or making public appearances. I think she is much more amazing when she’s caught running to the...
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
Happy Friday everyone!
I have been in the most chipper mood since I received amazing news yesterday. I can’t spill the deets, but it has made me one happy girl jumping for joy and feeling ridiculously lucky.
I picked up these nice aromatherapy candles at Target a couple of days ago that smell amazing. Peaceful, which is Lavender and Eucalyptus. Happiness, which is Sparkling Yuzu and...
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Covet or Leave It: Retro-Inspired Shades
I wish I had a nose bridge. I constantly dream of wearing sunglasses that don’t have nose pads. Something different than aviators and, well, that’s all. Just aviators. That’s pretty much all I feel comfortable wearing. Otherwise, I’d have sunglasses that rest on my cheeks which makes me feel completely goofy.
Even with the hesitance, I have found myself falling in love...
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Trendspotting: S/S 2012
It’s about that time of the year again where I dream of tropical islands and beach resorts, lightweight clothing and mojitos. Oh spring, where art thou?
Actually, I’m lying. I’m not in New York anymore. Texas has been pretty warm this “winter” and as I am typing this, it is 73° and beaming. Even with warmer weather, there’s just something that feels a bit...
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Christian Louboutin Spring/Summer 2012
Behold, the Christian Louboutin ‘Bis Un Bout’ from the S/S 12 collection. It definitely is a thing of beauty.
I’ve noticed late last year that pointy toed pumps are slowly making it’s way back in to our lives. I rid my closet of all pointy toe pumps back in 2009 or so, but with the popularity of Zara’s ‘Court’ shoe on fashion bloggers around the...
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2012 Golden Globes
I rarely watch the Red Carpet for award shows and follow-up with pictures the day after but since I was already on the couch, I tuned in to the Red Carpet on E!. I got pretty excited to see what the stars would show up in, but felt underwhelmed after the red carpet wrap up.
Here’s the recap:
Lea Michele Sexy and fierce Charlize Theron J’adore Dior. And peach. And sexy legs. Claire...
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Monday Morning: Nixon
I received a Nixon watch a few years back and wore it to it’s inevitable death. It was lightweight, comfortable, unique and gold.
Recently, I purchased the Michael Kors Runway watch. You know… the watch that everyone and their mother has. I love the watch but in retrospect, I probably should have done a little more research before I jumped the gun. I would have rather had...
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
I haven’t been shopping much lately. We’re trying to tighten the strings on our budget in hopes that we’ll be able to furnish the gigantic empty room at the front of our house.
Because of that, I haven’t been compelled to splurge. After all, I’d rather have dope chairs to sit in even if I have to sit in it with an unfashionable, outdated shirt.
Here’s what...
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Bownanas!
I have never been a fan of bows unless it was being used to wrap a gift. Lately, however, I feel myself taking a liking to them on accessories and other things. It’s just enough to add a very cute, flirtatious, and feminine touch to your outfits.
I’m not sure if I’ll ever warm up to the idea of having a bow anywhere on my clothes though. Just sayin’.
Clockwise from...
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Jason Wu for Target
It was announced back in October that the next designer to collab with Target would be none other than Jason Wu. The whole she-bang has been released to the masses and I’m pretty sure this capsule collection will fly off the racks, just as it has with Thakoon, Anna Sui, Alexander McQueen, Missoni and so forth.
This doesn’t match up well to my own personal style, but there are a...
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A New Year's Resolution: Skin Care
I really suck at maintaining a strict regimen, especially before I go to sleep. I take the cheap way out by keeping makeup wipes by my nightstand but I have a feeling that it isn’t good for me or my skin when I wake up in the morning. I’m just too scared to Google “the effects of using makeup removers before you go to bed”. I seriously don’t want to know.
This leads...
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Monday Morning: Etsy
I can’t recall if I wrote a post about Etsy last year (heh..) or not and quite honestly, I don’t really even care. I absolutely love anything handmade by a talented artists and will be willing to support that all day, any day.
Now that the new year has been rung in and we’re all slowly getting back into the swing of things, that also means that we’re all finished...
December 2011
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
Happy holidays to you and yours! Before I hit the road to spend time with family and friends, I thought I’d wrap up with my four things this week.
Gifts under the tree awaiting transportation.
In time for guests and as a present to ourselves, we purchased a new dining table that can now seat four people. You have no idea how exciting this is!
The faux pine garland we have...
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The Casual Conundrum
It is always easy to throw on a dress for an evening out with your girlfriends and be hopeful that you won’t run in to someone who’s wearing the same dress you are.
Suffice to say, dressing up is fairly easy and doesn’t take much to get your style across: a dress you think is cute, an amazing pair of heels and a nice clutch. You’re set.
The challenge comes in the...
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To Infinity and Beyond!
(Title as quoted from Mr. Buzz Lightyear himself)
Behold the snood, a.k.a infinity scarf, a.k.a wraparound scarf.
Snood. Snood. Snood. Who’s genius idea was it to come up with that name? If it hadn’t been for TopShop a couple of years ago, I would have never been able to guess that.
Anywho, when I posted the gift ideas, I listed the infinity scarf (a.k.a snood) as a great...
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Monday Morning: Baublebar.com
If it’s not obvious, I’m neck deep in my “gold jewelry” phase where anything that hangs from my ears, wrists and neck is gold. Eventually, I’ll veer towards silver again but that may be awhile from now (if it ever happens).
Last week, I stumbled across Baublebar.com and it immediately caught my attention, not only for it’s design and the large, beautiful...
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Holiday Gift Ideas
‘Tis the season for gifts, giving and most importantly, wrapping ‘em!
(I absolutely love wrapping gifts. I love it so much to the point where I will be willing to wrap any box in my line of vision, empty or not, and stick a bow on it.)
When it comes to giving gifts, let’s face the truth here… I’m not wealthy so I can only spend a reasonable amount on gifts. With...
November 2011
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Monday Morning: Cyber Monday!
Rather than fighting the massive crowds on Black Friday, I patiently wait for Cyber Monday so I can quietly shop in peace, at home, in front of my computer. It’s painless and I get a chance to wallow in all of my savings. Plus, when the packages arrive at your door it’ll feel like an early Christmas. Double score!
Here are some stores if you’re wanting to buy some new things...
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The Cure for Chilly Legs
I have a confession. I’ve been binging not on food, but on tights.
The weather has drastically dropped in the last few weeks here in Austin. Because of the higher temperatures during the day and the dips at night, I’ve added tights to my arsenal. I’m not a huge fan of them because they seem to dull everything down, but sometimes a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta...
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Raw Crystal Rings
These rings are made up of (from left to right) raw black hematite, quartz, smokey quartz and amethyst crystals and are all gorgeous, unique and make quite the statement. With the price tag of anywhere between $450 and $1,700, I might have to keep dreaming while I stick to my cheap, disposable Forever 21 rings.
By CosaFina Jewelry
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Selena Gomez at the MTV EMAs
I am having major outfit envy here, ya’ll. It’s hard to covet fashion from someone who is only 19 years old, but man..that girl can work it.
I was able to watch the MTV EMAs on Sunday afternoon (luckily, I have a setup where I can hook my laptop up to our television and stream anything I want) and found myself more intrigued with Selena Gomez’s outfit changes.
I’ve...
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Monday Morning: Time for Leggings!
It’s been a little chilly around here lately which means the leggings have come out of hibernation.
Pairing the right top with leggings is never an easy feat for me. I find myself scrutinizing every angle and millimeter of fabric to make sure I don’t have any oopsies that you’d want to avoid with leggings, such as wedgies and camel toes.
There’s a very narrow space...
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Brighten Up Your Keychain
Instead of breaking a nail trying to put on those cute rubber key covers onto my keychain, painting keys with nail polish feels more personalized and less clunky.
I’ve done this before awhile back with my favorite spring nail polishes and after a few months, I’m ready for a color change. With fall (or winter for some) already on our doorstep, I opted to keep light colors to add some...
October 2011
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Friday Roundup: Four Things
It’s Halloween weekend, the weekend I have been waiting for since last weekend!
The pattern of my Halloween costume. Can you guess what/who I am?
I purchased this Babycakes Cakepop Maker to help mass produce cake balls MUCH easier. I want to go ahead and assume that it tastes better too since you don’t have to mix in extra icing to make the balls. It’s going to be a...
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Everlane.com
You can never have too many shopping websites in your arsenal. I pull out a few websites every now and then to see what kind of deals and steals it has in store for me.
And now, I can add another one to the long list: Everlane.com.
This one is particularly interesting (and exciting) because it’s slinging goods for under $100 at designer quality.