I haven't done a fun post about style in a while and I feel like I'm hiding all these wonderful new fashion secrets and finds from you guys! Sorry about that. I guess it's time we have a talk.
Although I don't know what the hell I want to talk about on this blog anymore, and #tbt, I sure as hell really haven't felt like writing absolutely anything anymore. I just don't care. I think it's probably cause for once in my life I'm actually dealing and facing all the unimaginable and significant changes in my life. I used writing as an outlet, which is completely normal in most circumstances but its time for a change. My life was always pretty crazy but it took a turn, which is now filled with what doesn't even feel like its usual dramatics anymore but more like my own 'sad beautiful tragic' lifetime movie. A movie a do not want to be the star of. So for once I'm actually keeping things much more private. Very unlike me but I just have to. As of today I'm standing my own ground. Maybe not speaking about my life so openly as I used to will turn out the way to go. Will my life change in the way it's soo freaking crazy? Probably not but that might be for the best. #TBT I really don't know anything different but I would like to not have to receive another phonecall for at least 20-30 yrs. telling me something drastic (as in death) has happened.
**SIDE NOTE: I'm just using those #tbt's to be super obnoxious because I always see them all over twitter and instagram and its drives me crazy haha. Don't worry I'll never use hashtag tbt (truth be told I finally figured out) ever again!
So yeah that's that so from here forward I will try to write more but I can't promise that. When something really really fucked up happens I think you realize that those memories are yours and you don't have to tell them to anyone if you don't wish. So this time around I'm keeping a lot more things inside my heart just for me to know and for me to enjoy and for me to cry about. To make this really simple I could just say I've changed and as much as I'd like my innocence back and my ignorance.....well unfortunately they're dead and gone.
Ahh soo excited now to write about something so fun and everything I love in a category that's so uplifting and just fun. No real importance to it but just to make you and me smile!
Lets start with hair! Majorly rocking the side part that was kicking ass on tons if runways for this Spring. I'm into a messy piecey part instead of just a straight part. Unless I'm doing a ponytail with a part. For that I like to keep it very straight and very dramatically sided. Also doing a lot of loose beach waves and love love love to do the old Hollywood curls with all hair down and to one side like the photo below of Kristen Stewart. Most of the time though I just put my hair up. I don't think there is anything more beautifully sophisticated and womanly that a perfectly sleeked back pony tail or a high top knot/bun. I've mastered my top knot down to where I can probably perfect one in my sleep. Lots of dry shampoo, teasing, and a couple of my favorite large hair pins by Bunheads. Sold at most dance wear stores near you!
Fashion wise, I'm having a lot of fun with combining classic and trendy pieces. Some of my true loves right now include: shorts (lace, leather, satin, sweater, tweed, denim, you name it I most likely own them haha), mini skirts (favorite being my new Haute Hippie Black Bandage skirt. You just can't go wrong with this and it makes my ass just pop in all the right places! And of course my skin tight satin mini with a black exposed zipper down back by Elizabeth & James), circle skirts(those are my must right now), high waisted jeans (favs are by Prairie Underground, a little line out of Seattle), and type of mini dress. I'm all about my curves right now so my wardrobe got a teeny bit slutty haha. Actually in comparison to others I'm gonna take that back and say its still just a little more fun. Lots of legs, butt, and breasts! A few lines that I have found myself repeatedly purchasing from are Free People, Theory, Haute Hippie, and 1 piece from Isabel Marant who is one of my new favorite designers that I definitely cannot afford but splurged on a long sleeve cotton mini dress during the Nordstrom Semi Annual. No regrets! My favorite circle skirt I found at Forever XXI for $15.50. That store is a pain in the ass but when you find little lives like this it makes it all worth it :) Oh and I'm adoring super flared/bell bottoms. High end favorite lines are still basically the same. Love trying to replicate looks from Celine, Givenchy, Rodarte, Lanvin, & Balmain. Replicate is the key word here seeing that I don't have an extra $3,000 for a top!
Shoes and leg wear. Nothing too new that I am in love with. I do love the wedge sneakers currently. Soo fun but they are also just a trend so don't splurge but rather conserve on this look. I splurged on Ash 'Bowie' Black Sneaks. But it was love at 1st sight so no regrets again. I love my lace up little shoe stilettos??? I don't really know how to describe them so I'll post a photo! Other than that I still live in flat boots, very simple and feminine stilettos( the higher the better), and my converse sneakers. Free People over the knee socks are freaking soo fun and amazing......actually ALL of their socks are. I also have these mid calf sheer gray ruffled ones. Soo cool. Ripped black tights, plain black Opaque Tights, Fishnets and Lacy looks, and anything by Jonathan Ashton. Black tights are the key to almost everything. I guess nothings really changed!
I always have an addiction. Last Fall/Winter it was nail polish, this summer it was candles and right now it's sunglasses. I just can't seem to help myself. But I think I've loaded up on enough designer shades to last me a long time and hopefully this addiction ends in a timely fashion because its costing me much more than a bottle of Dior vernis.
Makeup wise I'm still totally into products by Make Up Forever, NARS, YSL, and Laura Mercier. My favorite look right now is practicing a really contoured and highlighted facial structure like Kim K. Rocks out. Obviously I don't have it down pat yet but it's soo fun and just a new look. Great products to do this include palettes by Make Up Forever's Sculpting Kit and Tom Ford's Shade and Illuminate. You can also achieve this is many many various forms where you don't need a bit particularly but just a great matte bronzer and either powers or liquid bases in shades 2 darker and 2 lighter than your natural color then you blend like a crazy person until you look like a thin nosed, high cheek bone, amazingly high brow bone goddess! Haha! Below is my favorite video I've found to teach you how to do this. Also musts are NARS Kabuki Artisan Yachiyo #27 brush.....crazy name, I know! And the NARS Ita Kabuki #28 brush. They're super pricey so try to find them elsewhere such as eBay but make sure that they are Authentic!!! Yes, they do make fake replica high end brushes and I accidentally bought one once. Eww! As for nails....I'm still doing my Matte. Everything I cover with my Chanel LE Mat Top Coat. Really into either a really drastic nude or black. Those two colors are pretty much all I wear at the moment. Wire headbands! Super fun. They have really great ones at your local Free People store. I love it in there if you can't tell. And as for jewelry....umm nothing really stands out that I need to mention on here. Loving these matte neon bangles by Alexis Bittar you can grab at any higher end Department Store. You can always find great costume pieces at BCBG Max Azria, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, and J. Crew.
And that's a wrap! Have fun with the new looks for now and spring. And always rock out your own look. Personal style is how you express yourself to the world and you can do whatever your little heart desires <3 em="">
PEACE & LOVE
S
