♡ March Madness Day 8: My Go-To Spring Outfits ♡

Spring is right around the corner which could only mean this post had to be made. I did this last year for Fall 2013 and now it's time for Spring 2014! Let's get started!

I'd wear this outfit to just run some errands or anything like that. It's very casual and comfy. 
Beanie- Nordstrom
Jeans- Boohoo
Shirt- American Eagle
Boots- New Look

This is an outfit I'd wear to a more formal day time event, like going out to lunch or anything like that. I usually wear a fun printed dress along with nude shoes and a nude bag.
Dress- Boohoo
Shoes- Aeropostale
Bag- Liz Clairborne

I don't care what season it is, I refuse to give up black. This is another outfit I'd wear on a daily basis mainly to hang out with friends or anything like that.
Sweater- River Island
Necklace- Aldo
Skirt- Top Shop
Flats- Mod Cloth

This is the outfit I wear 70% of the time. It's very casual and comfy, in other words it's right up my alley.
Cardigan- H&M
Shirt- H&M
Jeans- H&M
Shoes- Converse
Hat- River Island

Last but not least, my formal any time of day look. I usually have a tough time making the transition from winter colors to spring colors so I just splash some pastels onto my clothes.

Bangles- New Look

Clutch- Nordstrom

Dress- Glamorous

Necklace- Warehouse UK

Pumps- Forever 21

I know, I know my style is pretty boring but whatever! Hope you guys enjoyed this post!

♡ March Madness Day 7: What To Pack For Spring Break: Fashion ♡

Spring break is coming up for most of you and I figured it was time for me to make a post helping you guys by telling you what to pack. I suck at packing but I've gotten better with time... ok maybe not... But anyways, this is a list aside from the essentials like toothbrush, shampoo, hair brush, etc.... Anyways, let's get started!

-The first and most obvious thing you should take with you especially if you're going to a warm place is your swimsuit. I read on Seventeen that you should take two swimsuits, one to use while the other dries and I totally agree. The one in the picture is from Nelly.
-You should also take your sunglasses because a) they protect your eyes from the sun and b) they look good. 'Nuff said. The one in the picture are from H&M.
-The best kind of bag to take on vacation is a tote bag because they're big and can store all your things so you won't have to run back to your hotel room every five minutes. The one in the picture is from New Look.
-Even if you're going to a warm place make sure to bring a sweater because warm places tend to get windy at night! Sweater pictured is from New Look.
-Bring a towel so you won't have to steal some from your hotel! Pictured one is from Forever 21.
-Shorts, do I even need to explain? These ones are from Boohoo.
-Bring some flippy floppies for the beach/pool! Ones in the picture are Havaianas.
-Bring a tank or an oversized shirt to wear to and from the beach! Pictured one is from Victoria's Secret.
-You probably won't have much time to do your hair, so bring a beanie, hair bow or something of that sort. Beanie is from Pac Sun.
-You might want to do something nice or go out, in that case bring something cute like a nice dress or something. Dress is from Boohoo.
-Also for that going out look bring some flats, they're light and easy to pack. Especially if they're foldable. Flats are from Charlotte Russe.

Where are you going for spring break?

♡ March Madness Day 3: Oscars Fashion Recap Part I ♡

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As most of you know, the Oscars happened this weekend. Some people enjoy watching it because of the red carpet, to see all the gorgeous dresses, the fancy jewelry and the astonishing makeup. Some like watching it because of movies, out of curiosity to see what movie won what award, what actor/actress won what award. Anyways, whether it's for fashion purposes or cinema purposes or just out of curiosity everyone likes to have a peek at what's going on. 

Since this is mostly a fashion blog, I'm going to be recapping a few looks that caught my eye. I'm going to be starting off with everyone's favorite sweetheart Emma Watson. Although Emma wasn't nominated for any awards, she still made an appearance. Of course, she looked amazing as you can see in the pictures below.

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Emma wore a dress by Vera Wang and a clutch by Anya Hindmarch. There was no question as to if her dress looked good or not. Of course it did. Emma is one of those celebrities who has amazing red carpet style. There was one controversial topic, her hair. Her hair generated a bit of polemic. It received reviews like 'she needs to get a new hair stylist' or 'she needs to comb her hair'. Personally, I think her hair would've looked nicer in a full-on updo but this half up-half down look is totally working for her. As for the tangled comments, I do think her stylist could've eased up a bit on the hair spray. 
As for her makeup, it's simple yet gorgeous. You can never go wrong with a simple red lip, blush and mascara.


Now onto Sally Hawkins, who was nominated for the award of 'best actress in a supporting role' for her role as Ginger on the movie Blue Jasmine. She was wearing a Valentino dress and jewelry by Fred Leighton. 

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Don't get me wrong her dress is stunning, but I do think it looked rather baggy on her. The dress could have fitted her a lot nicer if it wasn't so big on the torso area and the sleeve area. The detailing on this dress is beautiful but that's to be expected from Valentino. Her hair also looked very nice but her bangs were in her face during every interview I watched but that happens. I like how Sally never overdoes her makeup, it's always 'less is more'. 

Since we're on the topic of Blue Jasmine, I thought it would only be fair if we talked about Cate Blanchett, the winner of the 'best actress in a leading role' award. Cate is dressed in an Armani Prive nude gown with Swarovski crystals. Her shoes were Roger Vivier and her jewelry was by Chopard.

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Just Jared said that 'Cate Blanchett is already a winner for her amazing look on the red carpet' and I have to agree. Look at all the detail on her dress, it seems like this dress was made to be worn by her. Was it? I'm not sure. Her hair, make up, jewelry, outfit, everything was just, overall, on point. She won a very well deserved award.

I couldn't resist, I had to add one of my new favorite people to this post. Who? No one other than Lupita Nyong'o. Lupita was definitely the highlight of the night, for me anyways. She won the award for 'best actress in a supporting role'. Apparently, this was her debut on the big screen which is hard to believe considering the fact that she was amazing in 12 Years a Slave, the movie that won 'best picture'. 

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Lupita handpicked the color of her dress because she wanted to portray peace. Her dress is absolutely stunning, which is to be expected since the dress is custom designed by Prada. Her jewelry is by Fred Leighton. Her tiara is supposedly going to be the new trend. I have no comments on her outfit, she looked amazing and there's nothing to criticize.
If you didn't watch the Oscars then I think there's one clip that you definitely need to see. Lupita's acceptance speech, which was absolutely inspiring and beautiful, just like her.

That is it for tonight's Oscars recap. I'll be back tomorrow with some more red carpet looks.
Ps: I'm trying out a new font rather than typing everything Italic. I like it so far, I think I'm gonna stick to it!

♡ March Madness Day 2: Upcoming Spring Trends: Trend Report ♡

Surprise surprise, another post! March Madness is only getting started!
I did this same post last year and a lot of people seemed to enjoy it so I guess this is going to turn into an yearly kind of thing. I've researched on various websites and magazines to see what the trends of spring 2014 will be and I'm going to show y'all and tell you how to incorporate it into your wardrobe for cheap.

Pastels

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Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Rebecca Taylor

Pastels are always trends during spring time, whether it's on clothes, nail polish, lipsticks, it doesn't matter. Pastels are just always in. This trend was seen on many designers such as Jason Wu, Prabal Gurung, Rebecca Taylor, amongst others.
If you're not sure what pastels are here are some pastel colors:

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American Apparel is the queen of pastels so keep that in mind if you're looking for some!
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American Apparel

Wide Leg Pants

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BCBG Max Azria, Trina Turk, Rosie Assoulin

Last year harem pants and drop crotch pants made quite the comeback and now it's time to go back to the 70s trend that we all loved oh so much. Wide leg pants. This is a great trend because it totally slims down your legs! Wide leg pants were seen by designers/brands such as BCBG, Trina Turk, Rose Assoulin.
How do you incorporate this into my wardrobe? I'll show you!
H&M

H&M

Brandy Melville

Sheer

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Calvin Klein

Sheer is going to be in! Sheer was seen on so many designers/brands such as Calvin Klein, Reed Krakoff, Theyskens', amongst many more! The good thing about this trend is that it will be fairly easy to add to our wardrobes here's how:
Forever 21

Forever 21

Forever 21

Collarless Coats

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J. Crew, Rachel Zoe, Clover Canyon

Every season there's a new trend collar-wise whether it's peter pan collars, white collars but now it's collarless. 
In your wardrobe:
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Asos

Floral

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Alberta Ferretti

It's not news to any of us, people obsessed with fashion, that floral is a trend this spring. But this year the floral trend is being mixed with the whole graphic trend. Basically the goal is to stand out. The floral trend has been seen on the runway with so many designers such as: Alberta Ferretti, Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Marni, Dries Van Noten, Emporio Armani, Christopher Kane, amongst many more.

It's fairly easy to incorporate floral into your wardrobe. Forever 21 has a whole page dedicated to floral on their website. Here's a few of my favorites: 
Forever 21:

Forever 21:

Urban Outfitters:

Fringe

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Emilio Pucci

No, not hair fringe! Hanging threads fringe! I think every trend report I read, keep in mind I've read plenty, talked about fringe being a trend. Who showed fringe in their designs? Rodarte, Derek Lam, Erdem, Missoni, J.W. Anderson, Calvin Klein, Altuzarra, Proenza Schouler, amongst others. 
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Asos

Graphic/Pop Art

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 Chanel

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Diane von Furstenberg

The question isn't who showed pop art in their designs, it's who DIDN'T show pop art in their designs. This trend was seen on designs by Prada, Céline, Chanel, Valentino, Jil Sander, Christopher Kane, Kenzo and many many more. As you can blending into the crowd isn't exactly the goal this year.

In your wardrobe:

Asos

Forever 21

Metal

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Proenza Schouler

Ladies, it's time to shine... literally! Metal has been seen in designers/brands such as Proenza Schouler, Altuzarra, Saint-Laurent, Lanvin, Haider Ackermann, Rochas, Fendi and others. 
In your wardrobe:
Asos

Asos

Asos

Sources: 

Glamour

Harpers Bazaar

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Elle


Hope you guys enjoyed this post, I'll see you soon with another March Madness soon!

♡ Style Dupe: Ariana Grande ♡

It's been forever since I've done a style dupe post so I thought what better way to kick off the series then by doing a style dupe on Ariana Grande, who has amazing style. If you're not familiar with my style dupe series then I basically just tell you how to incorporate someone's style, in this case Ariana Grande's, into your wardrobe for cheap! If you want me to dupe a specific person then make sure to tell me in the comments!

Here are a few others I've done:
Kylie Jenner
Crystal Reed
Alli Simpson

As always here's a collage so you can get a feel of her style!
Make Up:
-MAC Candy Yum Yum
-Maybelline Falsies
-China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy
-Too Faced Sweethearts Perfect Flush Blush
-Too Faced Bulletproof Brows

-Let's start off with the floral dress, as you can see from the collage she wears a lot of dresses/rompers and a lot of them are floral printed so I made sure to include them. The dress is from Boohoo and the floral romper is from Fashion Union. She does vary the prints but mostly it's spring themed patterns!

-If there is one person who can rock plaid it's Ariana, I've seen many pictures of her wearing plaid skirts and she looks fabulous in all of them. The one in the picture is sold at Nordstrom.

-Skater skirts are an absolute must considering the fact that Ari wears them all the time! She varies the colors it ranges from pink to black to white to blue to purple and so on! The black one is from River Island and the gray one is by Maurices. Aeropostale is also selling some really cute skirts in Bethany's clothing line! 

-Now onto the shoes, she's always posting pictures of her shoes and most of them are from Chanel and as we all know Chanel is a little expensive and by a little I mean a lot so I found a few dupes. Originally, her floral combat boots are Doc Martens but I couldn't find a picture of it so I'm just showing you this one sold at Nasty Gal but here's the link to the Doc Martens. Moving on to flats, she wears very colorful flats and it's absolutely adorable, the one shown is sold at Macy's. But you can also find really cute flats at Charlotte Russe! Now onto heels, pointy toed heels are her trademark, she usually wears white ones but I couldn't find them in white so the blue ones are from Lord and Taylor. The nude pumps are by Chinese Laundry! The Deja Vu pumps by Steve Madden are also gorgeous but they're pricier than the Chinese Laundry ones but here's a picture of the Deja Vu pumps! Steve Madden shoes have amazing quality by the way!

-I've seen a lot of pictures of her wearing shirts with peter pan collars which for some reason tend to be expensive but if you're still interested Top Shop sells a lot of them! But if you want a cheaper option then get a peter pan collar necklace which you can use with any outfit. The one in the picture is by Forever 21!

-She posts a lot of pictures wearing high knee socks and a lot of pictures of cats so I combined those two and found some knee high socks with cats! They're from Urban Outfitters!

-Since we're talking about cats look at that adorable cat sweater from Mod Cloth!

-Usually when she wears a high waisted skirt she pairs it with a bustier, if the skirt doesn't have a pattern she uses a patterned bustiers and vice versa. The floral one is by Rare London and the white one is by H&M.

-Now onto her hair, she usually pins back the front of her hair using a bow. Bows can be found at a lot of places Icing, Forever 21 and American Apparel, for example. After pinning her hair back, it looks like she curls the tips of her hair using a curling wand with a small barrel, smaller than a 3/4. The one in the picture is a Remington Pearl Wand, which might be a bit thick.

Hope you guys enjoyed this style dupe, stay tuned for more! Make sure to leave suggestions in the comments on who I should dupe next!

♡ Valentine's Day Outfit Ideas ♡

Whether you're going out with your boyfriend for a fancy dinner or hanging out with your girl friends and celebrating Single Awareness Day I'm going to show you a few outfits so you can look good doing whatever it is you want!


This first outfit is pretty dressy so I'd suggest wearing this if you're going out to dinner with your boyfriend or something fancier like that. I'm trying to go with a pink/red theme for most outfits since those are the colors for Valentine's day! The tights are optional but if you live somewhere cold then they're a warm yet fashionable choice! The blazer is also optional. If you're not a big fan of heels then you can wear this outfit with flats or something along those lines!

Dress- Dorothy Perkins
Bib Necklace- Icing
Messenger Bag- Zara
Crochet Pumps- New Look
Blazer- New Look
Tights- Mod Cloth


This outfit is great if you're doing something that requires moving around a lot like bowling or something like that. This outfit is pretty simple so you can spice it up using make up since there's not many accessories to be worn with it. 

Sweater- Chiara Fashion
Jeans- H&M
Boots- New Look

This outfit is great if you're just going to the movies or just hanging out at your boyfriend's house or something along those lines. It's casual but it's still stylish!

Jeans- Select
Tank- Victoria's Secret
Cardigan- Warehouse
Bracelets- Forever 21
Flats- Aldo


If you're going to be hanging out with your friends then here's a cute spring outfit for you to wear! Once again, if it's cold where you live then throw on some tights and a warm sweater! Protect yourself from the cold! If you're not a fan of heels, flats would look amazing with this outfit!

Cuff Bracelet- River Island
Sweater- Top Shop
Necklace- Aeropostale
Skirt- H&M
Pumps- Charlotte Russe



Hope y'all enjoy these outfits! Have fun on Valentine's Day! xoxo