3/22/2013

Spring Inspired: Bunny Nails

Spring is officially here! And what better way to celebrate than to paint bunnies on your nails? (okay, I'm sure there are better ways, but c'mon. . . bunnies so just so cute)

Here's what you'll need:
. A Base coat and topcoat
. Multiple polishes - white, yellow, purple, blue, or pink, 
and a dark color for dotting the eyes
. A nail dotting tool
. A somewhat steady hand
. Patience
 


 Step 1. Paint your nails with a base coat to make sure the polish last longer

 Step 2. Paint your nails a "base" color - I chose 'Do you Lilac it' by O.P.I, but you can use any color you want - I painted mine with two coats and let them dry completely.

 Step 3. Paint half of your nail with white polish and use the side of the brush to paint the bunny ears. 

Wait for the polish to dry completely

 Step 4. Using a dotting tool (or toothpicks), take a dark color to dot eyes, then take a yellow color to dot the nose.


Step 5. Use a topcoat and make sure your nails dry completely. 

And voila!

Here are the colors I used:
White Tips - Orly
Mellow Yellow - Sally Hansen (nose)
Do you Lilac it - O.P.I (base color)
First Class Ticket - China Glaze (eyes)

Hope y'all liked this tutorial! Comment below telling me what your favorite designs are for Spring! <3

P.S. You can paint bunnies on all your nails but I ran out of patience pretty quickly, so I just chose an accent nail.

Check it:

3/17/2013

Happy St. Patty's






Can't be pinched since I'm "wearing" green!
Lace top - H&M
Jacket - B.Wear (Buy it here)
Skirt - theory (Buy it here)
Heels - Steve Madden
Bag - Longchamp Le Pliage (Buy it here)

Happy St. Patty's day! Hope y'all are having a fabulous day!

I decided to go against the flow today and not wear green 'cause I just didn't feel like it. I did, however, wear green eyeshadow, so technically you can't pinch me ;) What about you? Are you going against the flow or are you going all out for St. Patty's? Comment below!

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P.S. I'm now off to find some Lucky Charms. Wanna join me?

3/09/2013

Spring Forward ~ Wishlist for Spring

It's that time of the year again when clothes start getting more colorful and it gets brighter outside, and everyone (I mostly mean myself) become much happier because Winter is almost behind us. So I thought I would create a list of some clothes/shoes/accessories I am wishing for in honor of Spring and all its goodness.

Clothes

ModCloth.com: $49.99

Modcloth.com: $87.99


ModCloth.com: $74.99

 
ModCloth.com: $42.99
Shabbyapple.com: $58.00 (Top)

Shoes 

Toms.com: $69

ToryBurch.com: $235
Nordstrom.com (Sam Edelman): $64.95
Vans.com: $55

Accessories

Nordstrom.com (Michael Kors): $198.00

Amazon.com: $13.99
Nordstrom.com (L. Erickson) : $24.00

What are some of the things on your Spring 2013 wishlist? Let me know in the comments below!

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P.S.! Don't forget to change your clocks an hour ahead tonight (I'm so going to be drinking tons of espresso tomorrow)!

2/24/2013

Shades of Red and Black







Skirt - Mossimo
Blouse - Old Navy
Blazer - Mossimo
Shoes - Anne Klein
Bag - Longchamp Le Pliage
Watch - Fossil

I am so done with this Winter thing . . . I'm thinking I need to move somewhere where it is warm year-round, and preferably where there is a beach in close proximity to my house. But no, I still have about a month left of this crazy cold then warm weather because the weather where I live has irrational mood swings. I am so happy about this day, though, because it has been raining like crazy for the past few days and today it is gorgeous.

Anyway, I'm loving this outfit because it's perfect for ridiculous weather like this, and I love wearing red and black together because red is such a great pop of color against dark colors. I tend to wear a ton of black during Winter, so switching it up whenever I can is needed.

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2/10/2013

How to Deal with Being Single on Valentines Day

If you don't want to find yourself on the couch crying over "The Notebook" or "He's Just Not that Into You" and wondering why you don't have a Ryan Gosling in your life then follow some of the tips I've created for this Valentines and watch the video below.

1. Get some of your friends together and go eat dinner or watch a movie (or both).

2. Stay home, paint your nails, buy some chocolate for yourself and watch a marathon of How I Met your Mother and remember that someday you'll find your own Ted Moseby.

3. Go bowling. Why? 'Cause it's fun, that's why.

4. Don't wallow in your pity because Valentines day is lame and is not worth being sad over. 





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1/08/2013

Warby Parker At Home Try on Review

As promised in my last post, here is my video review of the company Warby Parker (go check it out! it's awesome!). I really recommend trying this company out because what other online company will actually allow you try their glasses on before you have to make a decision? And if you have bought glasses before you know that they aren't cheap, so being able to actually try them on and see which ones you like the best is a major plus.

And as mentioned in the video, if you buy a pair of glasses you're essentially buying two because the second pair goes to a person in need and how cool is that?


I also mentioned in the video that I will be doing a final review when I finally receive the glasses with the prescription in them, so make sure you are looking out for that in the next few weeks!

I hope y'all are having an amazing week so far!

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1/06/2013

New Year, More Polka Dots







Dress - Old Navy
Tights - Target
Shoes - Steve Madden
Jacket - Jack by BB Dakota
Bag - Merona err Kate Space knock-off (buy it here)

I love this bag so much because 1. I love polka dots and 2. I love Kate Spade and this looks like one of the bags in her collection but way cheaper so go check it out because I have a feeling they won't last very long in stores.

Also, did you notice my glasses? They're from the company Warby Parker and I love them, so check their website out (I'll also have a video up about it within the next few days). The style I have is called 'Bensen' and the color is in Whiskey Tortoise.

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