Product Review: Paul Mitchell

I bought the Paul Mitchell Super Sculpt Quick-drying styling glaze and it has quickly become my favorite hair product for all styles. When I wake up in the morning after letting it air-dry the night before my hair is usually curly with a decent amount of frizz. All I do before I leave for class is put a nickel size amount of this in my hand and spread it lightly through my hair. It smooths down any wild hairs without leaving my hair crunchy or sticky. Last weekend I straightened my hair in the first time in a while and when I was done I used the styling glaze. Right away, it looked shinier and smoother. Then, when I got home after 3 hours out with my friends, it was still looking great! Usually my hair will start to curl while I'm out, especially my ends. When I got home Saturday night my hair still looked great and hadn't curled. I was so pleased! I also really like this product because it is fairly unscented. It pretty much just smells like a nice, neutral soap and doesn't conflict with other smells, like my perfume. I got this from the Walgreens on campus and I think it was around $12 which isn't bad because it is so useful and will last a long time. I highly recommend it for all hair types especially frizzy hair like mine!

Nasty Gal Spring 2013 Collection

The Nasty Gal Spring 2013 Collection came out today and it's all so cute! I don't think all of the pieces are out yet so hopefully there's more to come! The style is very 90s scuba diver chic if that makes sense at all haha. Their collections tend to be a little bit pricier than the other clothes on their website so if you plan to purchase anything get ready to shell out some extra dough. I have one dress that is Mink Pink x Nasty Gal and it is great quality so I expect the same from these items. I would say this collection is a little bit less wearable for day to day purposes than their last but still super cute and easy to incorporate into your wardrobe. Here are some of my favorite pieces:

Worlds Collide Dress

Brave New World Tank and Chaos Theory Leggings of the same prints and colors

Close Encounters Skirt

Close Encounters Dress with the same design. I love these cutouts at the back. Lately the cutouts I've seen are getting mundane but these are so unique! I love how her shoulder blades just peek through.

Lastly, I love this outfit especially the top which isn't on the website yet. This is the Odyssey Skirt which also comes in a peachy color.

All the names for these pieces sound kind of space themed but they still remind me of scuba divers. The crop top in the last photo looks like a wetsuit to me and I think that is what they were going for. I have read interviews with Sophia Amoruso, the owner and creater of Nasty Gal, where she describes her interest in working with neoprene (which I think all of these pieces are made out of) which is also what they use to make wetsuits. Anyway, those are my favorites of the collection so far! Let me know which pieces you like the best below :)

Gone for Lunch

It's my first outfit post! Whoo! Ok so I thought I would start with something simple... last weekend I went to lunch with one of my roommates and this is what I wore! We were just getting BBQ so it wasn't fancy; we even walked there haha the life of a college kid without a car. Actually I love walking and it was such a nice sunny day so it worked out. But anyways I wore a Lucky Brand shirt which has long sleeves but i rolled them up. From far away it looks like it has a floral print but up close its actually all different shapes like lions and fruit and reindeer. It has a tie at the bottom on the left side so you can make it loose or tighter so it looks a little bit puffy and I prefer to tie it. The belt is also Lucky Brand and its a pretty cognac color with a brass buckle and embossed flowers. The jeans are Mavi and the shoes I'm wearing in this picture are navy Jeffrey Campbell Venice Wedges that I got from NastyGal but I didn't wear them to lunch because it was still wet out and they're suede. So here are some pictures! Sorry for the awkward mirror picture I'll try to figure out something else a little more "professional" haha

LOOKBOOK update

Lately I've kind of slacked on checking lookbok.nu everyday so when I went to check today I had 217 new posts on my homepage. Oopsy! As long as I was catching up on them I figured I would share with you my favorites from the bunch. 

I figured I would start with this look because lately I've been obsessed with all black outfits. Black has always been my favorite color to wear but when I was a kid I thought people would think I was emo if I wore all black haha well now unfortunately I couldn't give two shits if people think I'm emo and I love the simplicity of an all black outfit. The moto jacket and ankle booties that Victoria T. wears here pull the look together and keep it chic.

In the second outfit every piece of clothing hits one of 5 trends of the moment.
1. her hair has a simple yet cute wave to it
2. galaxy print. and she incorporates it into her outfit in a SHEER JACKET. whut. i might have to go buy me one of these!
3. a simple white tee with a black graphic is always in style
4. black leggings, especially ones like these with a mesh paneling are so versatile yet still unique
5. these are Jeffrey Campbell look-a-likes yet are still a staple in any edgy girl's wardrobe. its safe to say I'm obsessed and JC is my hero. end of story.

Find the full look here.

Monochromatic and bohemian. The shaggy jacket and beanie are very on trend and the layered necklaces finish the outfit nicely. I love this look by Jill W.

This look is great. The leather jacket and maxi skirt are complete opposites in color and texture but the white crop top is simple yet necessary. If she was wearing a bulky or colorful top I don't think this outfit would be as attractive or slimming. And another beanie to finish it off :)

This last look is from one of my favorite bloggers (for the moment haha). Amy Valentine has great, edgy clothes and I love how she styles these leggings with simple black pieces (notice the Jeffrey Campbell spike coltrane shoes?? Amazing!) See the full look here and her entire blog here.

Ok so I lied. I just realized that all the above looks have primarily black pieces of clothing... so I figured I'd throw in this look by "Slim" Shayla D. to add some color. It was just Valentine's day and I love the bright pink dress with the simple heels that match perfectly. Since the color is so bright I really like how she kept it simple and didn't pile on any accessories. So cute! Have a great Valentine's weekend (if that's even a thing?) and comment below on your favorite look of the six!

follow me on tumblr!

I have a couple of tumblrs where I never actually write anything I just reblog pictures. My main page is for fashion pictures and you can find it here. Here are some sample images from my fashion tumblr:

My second is for random pictures I like, either inspirational, fun, or just silly. That one can be found here and seen below:

My last one is dedicated to snowboarding and skiing, which is my guilty pleasure. I'm addicted. That one is here and below!

So check them out and follow them if you like em!

different is good. dare i say it? different is better

I hate when I feel like tapioca pudding. I've never had tapioca pudding but in the books that they used to make us read back in high school the term was always used to describe people that were bland and devoid of unique opinions. For me, this is the worst feeling. Ever. I hate when I'm looking at fashion blogs, or watching TV, or listening to music and everything is just alright, fine, or ok. Nothing jumps out at me as great, but equally, nothing is horrendous or undesireable. Why do people feel they must agree with people instead of expressing their own opinions? We suppress our instincts and opinions so often to please others or be accepted that we no longer have them anymore and therefore become devoid of flavor.

I haven't been feeling this way very often lately, but when I do I try everything I can to get rid of it. Even if it means doing things I hate, I will do anything to get my unique opinions back and break away from the mainstream. I have lots of opinions and I will be sharing them more here on this blog (which I haven't been doing very much lately. sorry). Giving you an inside look into the world through my crazy brain-lens, I will probably deliver to you the most bizarre flavor of pudding, which im sure will sometimes taste like crap. But bear with me as i share with you my strange appeals. Now, all this pudding talk is making me hungry...

if you've ever needed fashion advice, this is it:

I stumbled upon this blog today called Alright Blondie written by a spunky blond bombshell from the UK. Other than the fact that she is gorgeous and I would kill for her wardrobe, she has a great sense of humor and I totally connect with her fashion advice. On this post titled "ON NOT GIVING A F***: why you should wear the things that scare you the most" she gives the fashion advice I give my friends every time we go shopping together. Obviously her delivery is much better than mine and she's hilarious (which I'm not). Here's an excerpt:

"Confidence is key. Always. Thats not a revalation its an age old statement. However as an excerpt of fleet i suggest that, whilst wearing such a garment, the trick is to pretend that you were literally born with it on. See the pictures above. You see.. I truly think that I came out of the womb like this, chain link on bellybutton, flower crown on head. In fact when I condition my hair, I also condition my flowers. You have to literally forget that you have it on. You have to get into character, play dress up, you are Frieda Khalo and don't ever forget it. Pick an identity, stick to it and live on the moral that it was, after all, created for you to wear so it has a fucking right to be there."


This is one of her most humorous paragraphs but she does offer a lot of quality advice. She also mentions a Type A person, one that will condemn you for wearing unique things now, but in a few years when it's all the trend, they'll be wearing it like with as much gusto as the rest. My advice? Don't be this person. You are free to wear what you want and have your own opinions, but let other's have theirs too. Allow people to embrace their own fashion likes and don't condemn them for it! That way, in a few years when you're stealing their style, you can look them in the eye and not feel like shit. And maybe they can tell you where they got that bizarre-yet-adorable bolo tie you thought was so weird not too long ago. This leads me to another post called "DIY X Girl Power"  addressing this topic of mutual fashionista respect. And if you love her writing as much as I do, I found this post equally hilarious. Enjoy!