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Blogmas Day 8: Snow Day

mana — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:10:39 +0000

I mentioned in yesterdays post that we’ve been sort of snowed in for the past couple days. Well I managed to get outside to take some photos and I’m very excited about them.

I’m wearing a Black Peacoat from Aero, Camel Tie Back Sweater from Loft, Black H&M Skinny Trousers, I knitted my hat myself with Alpaca Baby grande yarn, and of course my Pillar Box Red Original Glossy Short Boots.

My makeup is the usual except on my lips is Benetint.

I was really excited to finally get my Red Hunter Boots out in the snow. I’ve been waiting since I got them in February. I definitely need to some wellie socks because even with the Dr. Scholls Cozy insoles my feet still felt a bit cold.

Howl is also a really big fan of the snow.

He liked digging and rubbing his nose in it.

He was absolutely caked in snow by the time I got him to come inside. Which he didn’t want to do. He wanted to stay outside all day long. I kinda did too, the snow was perfect for snowman building and snowball fights which we had plenty of.

I’m so excited that we’re getting snow this year and I’m hoping for many more snow days, just as perfect as this one.

Blogmas Day 3: Christmas Tag

mana — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:22:57 +0000

I kinda didn’t know what I wanted to write about today so I just googled Christmas tag and went with the questions from the first search return.

1. Whats Your Favorite Holiday Movie?
The Grinch, but the animated one not the Jim Carey Movie

2. What Are Your Favorite Christmas Colors?
Red and Gold, it’s actually the only time I really like Gold.

3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJs Or Dress Up For Christmas?
We open presents in our Pajama’s then get dressed for Dinner

4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be?
My son

5. Do You Open Your Presents Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?
Both, we visit our family on Christmas Eve but open our presents to each other on Christmas Morning

6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?
Yes, I’m actually going to be building one very soon

7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break?
I don’t have a Christmas Break, I’m to old for that.

8. Any Christmas Wishes?
The selfish answer? All things Kate Spade, or Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish

9. Favorite Christmas Smell?
Cinnamon, or Cranberry

10. Favorite Christmas Meal Or Treat?
Peppermint Bark or Cocoa and Cookies

Since this tag was a bit short, here’s an adorable picture of Howl in his sweater trying to figure out if he likes this whole Christmas thing or not.

Blogmas 2013: Stylish Sundays

mana — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:14:53 +0000

I’m so excited to be doing Blogmas again this year. Since this the first day falls on Sunday, the first one is an outfit post. I don’t know if I’m going to continue only posting outfit’s on Sunday’s or if blogging everyday is going to change that.

This is what I wore to decorate my Tree with my family. I was inspired by a recent outfit that Love Meagan wore.

Dress: Unknown Shirt: The Limited Leggings: Hue Belt: Kate Spade Earrings: Kate Spade

On My Face: Nars Sheer Glow, Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer, Nars Deep Throat Blush, Lancome Eyeshadows, YSL Babydoll Mascara, Urban Decay Eyeliner, Lancome Lipgloss in Atomic Bomb

I thought this outfit was going to come out weird but I actually really loved it, honestly if I hadn’t seen LoveMeagan’s post recently then I never would have tried layering this blouse under this dress.

Howl is wearing a Disney Fleece Hoodie, with snowflakes and Mickey Heads on it. He really love the Christmas tree though. He’s a big fan of chewing it and all the ornaments. It’ll be interesting to see how putting the presents under it goes this year. My shoes are from Old Navy,

Thanksgiving Break

mana — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:00:07 +0000

Since it’s the day before Thanksgiving, I’m just posting to annouce that for the next few days, I’ll be taking a break. I plan to spend these next few days rereading the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, shopping and eating my weight in leftovers.

Isn’t this just an absolutely gorgeous copy? My husband gave it to me a few years ago for my birthday. He got it from Barnes and Noble.

I promise I’ll be back on Sunday, to kick off Blogmas which I am very excited about doing again this year.

Gilly Hicks Wishlist

mana — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:58:46 +0000

Or I Just Want To Be Cozy

It’s been absolutely forever since I’ve done one of these posts. And even longer since I’ve visited the Gilly Hicks Website. Until recently I’ve just been doing all my shopping at H&M or Sephora. Since my I fell into the GAP recently, I’ve been snapped out of that behavior. I was looking at all my favorite sites and I didn’t find much, except at Gilly Hicks.

I fell in absolute love with some cozy things and decided that I just had to tell you guys about them. I’m being super careful with my money right now so hopefully they’ll have a promo code very soon.

First the Daytime Cozy Things

The first thing I’m lusting after is the GH Sport Full-Zip Jacket. I know that most people want the LuLu Lemon one, but I what I love about this one is it has a hood. My ears get cold and I don’t want to wear earmuffs to walk the dog. And while I adore my Superdry beanie, it doesn’t stay on my head that well. I also really like the Navy and Pink combo this has going on. Hot pink is my favorite color and so dark it’s almost black Navy is another color I’m in love with.

Then of course I want these Banded Boyfriend Sweatpants. I love the Boyfriend Sweatpants from V.S. Pink and I adore the GH Sweatpants I bought last year, so I know these will be amazing. Once again, I adore that Dark Navy. I see many Fall afternoons being spent curled up on the couch wearing these, reading on my Nook, or iPad.

I had to add in a Tee to go with the Sweatpants, because sometimes my brain is completely numb and all I can think is “Be Cozy.” I picked Grey for this post, but I also really like it in the Pink, Navy and Green colors.

Moving away from Daytime Cozy we have Nighttime Cozy.

I love stripes, I love button downs, I love pajama’s as previously evidenced by my Chirstmas Eve Blogmas post and pretty much all the Pajama’s my husband has ever given me. So of course I am completely in love with these Menswear Pajama Top and Bottoms. I really want these, and if I don’t manage to buy them myself before, then they will pop up on my Birthday Wishlist (It’s 2 and a half months away). These just look perfect, I want to wear them all fall long. I want them in all the colors, but mostly this stripey pattern.

Then finally we have this phone case which doesn’t fall into Day or Night Cozy, but it would be a cozy for my phone, so it fits. The phone case I have now is one from Sephora and I really don’t love it. It’s functional and says Sephora on it, that’s about it. But this one is bright green with a Koala wearing glasses and if you don’t think that’s completely adorable, well then I’m sorry, but I’m obsessed.

Yes, I know, I know, I shop at Sephora WAY to much if I have a Sephora phone case. I can’t help it.

Gilly Hicks Wish List by fashionandhappythings featuring a vneck tee

Signal Boost: AimeeLou62 is having a Giveaway

mana — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:12:00 +0000

Dear Readers,
I just wanted to let you know that AimeeLou62, who is a lovely blogger I found during Blogmas, is having a Giveaway on her blog that you can enter here. All you have to do is follow her blog with google friend connect, and comment what you would like to see on her blog. But you’d better hurry, because it ends March 4th.

Now I know a lot more people read my blog than have clicked the follow button, and I don’t mind, but I’m telling you, you won’t regret it if you subscribe to her. She does a lot of reviews and lifestyle type posts which I love.

Just consider this a bit of a signal boost, and go enter her giveaway!

Bonus blogmas: Christmas Day

mana — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:52:00 +0000

I know Blogmas was meant to end on Christmas Eve, but since the posts for the past 2 days have been so short, I decided to throw in a bonus post.

I’m typing this out from my new iPad, which I’m super excited about. My husband got it for me so I could FaceTime with a close friend who unfortunately lives super far away (T and I miss you too much O!). Which I did as soon as she alerted me that she was up and about this morning. It was so good to see her, I can’t even tell you how much. Seriously this is the best Christmas present ever. Followed closely with the gift I got from O which is the complete years 1-7 Harry Potter DVDs, and my parents got me a Harry Potter tee shirt which I totally plan to wear with leggings while watching the movies. Lame I know but I adore the movies, the books, and the merchandise.

I’ll probably do a what I got for Christmas post soon, but I won’t promise it before the new year. I’m definitely going to be taking a few days off, and just hang out playing games and watching movies. Of course now that I said that, I’ll probably be back with a lengthy post soon.

Today was pretty perfect. since we did both family parties yesterday, we stayed in our christmas pjs all day (mine are of course Victoria’s Secret), had chili for dinner, and now were going to watch some Christmas specials. I hope you are all having a happy Christmas and that you spent these past few days with the people you love.

Blogmas Day 24: Happy Christmas

mana — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:01:00 +0000

This post is just barely making it up but it counts because it’s still christmas eve for 3 more hours in California.

I’m wearing my Christmas Eve PJ’s. and am heading off to bed! Goodnight, I hope Santa brings you wonderful things

Blogmas Day 23: It’s Christmas Eve Eve

mana — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:38:00 +0000

You know you’ve reached Christmas overload when you’re family is fine with you blaring Call Me Maybe just because it’s not Christmas Music.

Personally I’m very excited for Christmas. We have 2 parties to go to, with a wardrobe change in between and then a relaxed Christmas Day at home. I’m not sure when tomorrow’s post will go up, but there will be one.

I finished my wrapping last night, and I only have a couple pies to make, so I’m going to spend the day being lazy and watching Christmas movies with my family.

Blogmas Day 22: Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Waterproof Concealer.

mana — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000

For Blogmas Day 22 I decided to to a review on the concealer I’m currently using. For those of you that haven’t read my skin story here, I had really bad acne. That caused lots of hyper pigmentation, which can be very hard to cover up. My skin is much better now thanks to my current skin care routine most of which is from the Liz Earle Range. My scarring even seems to be going away, slowly but it’s still disappearing.

Since it’s still not completely gone, and when you factor in the random blemish that everyone gets, I still need a concealer. So when I ran out of my Chanel one, I decided to try something new since that one was oxidizing on my face. I think it was reacting with my Urban Decay setting spray, but as nice as the Chanel concealer was, I can’t use powder, so the setting spray is all I have to set my makeup. So I went to Sephora and found the one guy that works there and asked him for his help.

Side note: I prefer the guys that work at Sephora because they always seem more helpful.

He recommended the Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Waterproof Concealer, so I bought it. After being color matched and seeing it’s coverage that is.

I’ve used it for a little over a month now and I adore it. I’ve hardly used any of the product, but a little bit goes a long way.

I’ve taken some before and after shots of freckles on my arm to show you it’s coverage. I know it doesn’t match on my arm but it does exactly on my face.

Before:

You can see two freckles next to each other, and then

After:

One of them has disappeared!

This concealer doesn’t bother my skin either. It actually seems to help clear it up any blemishes I have, which I’ve heard is a benefit of Amazonian Clay.

I think the proof is in the pictures though so I’m going to leave it at that. I definitely recommend this concealer though if you’re in the market for a new one.