Lovely Lavender

One of my favorite colors this season is lavender. There is just something about the color that draws me in every time I go shopping. Since I have to dress up for work, this is a go-to outfit that I absolutely love wearing and makes me feel good when I step out of the house. For the colder months, I just throw on a blazer, but now that the weather is getting nicer, this is a great outfit that keeps me cool, but also work appropriate and girlie. I took this just before I grabbed my coffee and headed out the door for yet another exhausting work day.

Sorry I don't have any shoes on in the pic, but I usually just pair this outfit with my Steve Madden nude heels (which are at work), or my black pumps. Unfortunately I can't travel to and from work in heels, so I just travel in a pair of flats and change when I get in.





Outfit Details

Top - Jacob (last year), similar here (on sale). I may actually order this top
Skirt - H&M (last year), similar here
Bag - Michael Kors Hamilton (last years model), similar
Belt - Cheap white skinny patent belt (I think it was from H&M, it came in a pack of 3)
Nails - Maybelline Pink Chiffon

Have a lovely day!

Love always,
Mel

Baby Lips

I've been reading all the hype about Maybelline's Baby Lips Moisturizing Lip Balm. I was at Target and thought, for $3, I'm gonna give it a go. I'm not much of a lipstick person, more of a lip gloss kind of gal, so I was excited to try it out. This lip balm is supposed to protect and moisturize for a full 8 hours, clinically proven to make lips 82% visibly less dry, 94% less rough, 77% more supple, and 77% better looking after just four weeks of use! It also has a SPF20, which sold me pretty much right away.

 I got the shade "Peach Kiss". It has very little color, but more of a light sheen. Take a look.

Me wearing Baby Lips "Peach Kiss"

I must say, the purple packaging was super cute. It's different colors for different shades. As you can see from the swatch on my hand and the pic of me sporting it, it's very subtle, nude and not much to it, but I have to say, it's very moisturizing and I love that the color is very sheer with a hint of shimmer. I absolutely love this lip product. My lips haven't felt this good in a long time and I'm definitely picking up a couple more in different shades.

If you haven't tried this, I recommend tossing this in your cart next time you are at Target, or any drug store. For $3, you can't go wrong.

Love always,
Mel

Pink and Navy... My Favorite!

When I buy a bright colored piece for my wardrobe, I like to make that piece the "statement" piece when I go out, so I usually keep everything else to a minimum so that I don't take away from it. I don't know about you, but my favorite color combo has always been pink and navy. I have always LOVED those two colors together. You will see lots of different ways I wear pink and navy together. Today's weekend outfit is one of them. I like this outfit because it's so simple, but feminine at the same time.

I also bought a new iphone case (mint green/teal) at Marshalls for $7.99. It's simple but so girlie and cute. I decided to go with Mint Candy Apple nail polish by Essie to match my new case.



H&M tank (was on sale for $5) J Crew Chino Shorts (on sale), Roxy Shoes (on sale)

These shorts are soooo comfortable. They were a little long for me, so I just rolled up the bottom and they are perfect! Very breathable too!

These shoes are my go-to everyday. Super comfortable and surprisingly don't make my feet sweat.

What are you favorite color combos?


Love always,
Mel

Kerastase Couture

Freshly washed hair.... (sigh), best feeling ever right! A shampoo I have been absolutey loving lately is the Kerastase Nutitive Bain Satin 1 shampoo. I only wash my hair twice a week, so I don't feel guilty spending my money on a shampoo that I love and will last me a good few months.

This shampoo makes me want to hop in the shower and lather my locks. I only use this twice a week and one thing I've noticed with this shampoo, other than it's gentle, lightweight, and gives such amazing body and smoothness, is it helps my blowout last that much longer before I have to wash it again. I've been able to go for about 4 days in between washes, which is good because I literally wash and style my hair and just leave it! I've also noticed that this shampoo cuts down on my drying time (bonus!), don't ask how, it just does. It also doesn't give you that "film" feeling in your hair either. I thought it was a little drying at first, but after I conditioned and blow dried... BAM! silky hair. One negative comment I do have for this shampoo... totally not fond of the smell, but after I blow dry my hair, the scent goes away so I really don't mind dealing with it for a few minutes.

If you have a bit of extra money, you should definitely try this shampoo out. Just wash your hair and let it do it's thing.. and if the Nutritive line isn't for your hair needs, there are others within Kerastase that are amazing too!

Here is a pic of my hair this morning freshly washed with Kerastase Nurtitive Bain Satin 1 shampoo (obviously I used conditioner and styling products, but you get the idea). This should last me the next 4 days until I have to wash it again.

Love always,
Mel

I'M BACK!!!

I'M BACK!!!

Hey everyone!

It's been over a year now since I took a break from writing my blog. Yes.. I know.. I get an "F" in the blogging world and I'm sorry. The break was mainly because I was focusing so much on my new house with my BF (Ryan) that I just didn't have any time to commit to writing, plus I was beyond exhausted and felt like I needed to just breathe and recharge my batteries on life. I have been enjoying reading all my favorite blogs on a daily basis, and I just realized how much I missed writing.

With that said, BF, our puppy (Remy) and our kitty (Avery) are all settled into our fab new place. I must say, I am LOVING this new house way more than our first. To me, this place just feels like home... I will definitely be sharing our decorating as we go, along with all these amazing new make-up and products that I have found that I am loving and NEED to share with all my readers.

Come join me again and follow me through my journey of life.... It may not be a crazy one but hopefully you can relate to what I go through and can help you along the way, just as many bloggers have helped me through mine.




Love always,
Mel 

Weekend Hair

Hey everyone,

Things have been super crazy yet again for me. BF and I are in the process of selling our home. It's a bittersweet kinda thing. I'm sad because it's our first home that we bought together, but also happy because it allows us to get something we will love even more, and make new memories. We are looking to buy new again. There are pros and cons about buying brand new, but then again... we LOVE picking out all our stuff. There are tons of things that we would do differently.

With that said, over the weekends, I just have no time to do anything special with my hair. I have mentioned before about the top knot hairstyle that I have been loving. Well, I managed to sport that look all weekend, but this time I did it a little more messy with pieces sticking out all over the place. I think it turned out rather cute... lol

My hair was beyond dirty. I think I was on 5th day hair or something outrageous like that. I used just a bit of baby powder around the hairline and tied everything up. I put some almond oil on my ends to give it some conditioning and I wore it like this all weekend. I actually got some really nice compliments on it.

How do you wear your hair over the weekends? Do you let it rest at all? Comment below and leave me some tips on your weekend hair!

Love always,
xo
Mel

An effortless and Beautiful Brow by Anastasia Beverly Hills

Hey everyone!

Unfortunately I am not one of those people who were born with perfect eyebrows... or even full eyebrows. I always had sparse and all over the place eye brows that were just BLAH!

I was at Sephora with a gift card that I got awhile ago and came across Anastasia's eye brow duo shadow. The sales lady was showing me how to use it because I couldn't for the life of me, figure out how to use the light and dark colors together... Yes... I had a blonde moment!!! lol

I ended up going with Ash Blonde.

As you can see it isn't very dark. The color is definitely more ashy than it is golden. It's the perfect color for me. My eyebrows naturally are just a tad lighter than the darker color in the picture. So.. with my blonde moment... the sales lady told me to blend the two together to make the perfect match to my brows... DUH MEL!!! haha

Anyhow, what I have been doing, is taking the darker color and putting it more along the outer line of my brows, even extending it just a tad. Since it's powder it looks nice and natural! I then focus the lighter color on the inner brow area, so that it doesn't make my eyes look to closed up. I always blend the two together but the outer gets more darker color, and the inner just gets more lighter of the two.. Plain and simple...

Here is what the finished product looks like.

Plus the packaging of the product is very pretty too. I can always find this first in my make up bag because it's so shiny! I just use an angled MAC brush to apply this and it works perfectly for me. Anastasia does have a brush that goes along with this if you don't have one.

This comes in 3 different color cominations I think, but if you like mine, I'm ash blonde.

Hope you all are having a fab day!

Love always,

xo

Mel