Winner winner!!

I am so excited to share that I won a $100 gift card to Francesca's from their Instagram contest. I uploaded screenshots of my wishlist to there. The next day I was so excited to see that I won one of the gift cards!

 I usually don't win contests but I decided to enter this one, and I am so happy I did! I absolutely love all of Francesca's items. I always find something I love there. Can't wait to share what I get with my gift card!

Burgundy and Bardot

 

Brigitte Bardot is one of my hair Goddesses that I look up to. In this outfit post is also a little hair how-to on my take of her iconic voluminous hairstyle. For today's outfit I went with a burgundy H&M sweater, black Target painted jeans, Report boots from Marshall's, and a black bag. For accessories I added my Kate Spade gold bangle, Alex&Ani bangle, and gold Jaeger-LeCoultre watch.

Winter Brights

I love winter time: 1. because I'm on vacation, and 2. because I love bundling up. It has been quite chilly for California weather recently, and I've been pulling out my winter coats. This cream coat is my sister's from Nordstrom. I am in love with the bright orange liner (I totally blend in with the foliage!).

Birthday Blue

At the core of my blog is the sole purpose: one of those purposes is celebrating. With every post I write, I want to celebrate creativity, style, goals achieved, and fun! Birthdays are one of the biggest celebrations in our lives because as humans, we see the day we were born as a big deal of course!

Fall Fashion Formula

With the temperatures dropping, the amount of layers and length I add to my outfits increase as rapidly as the leaves are falling! I wanted to share my most used, and very simple to understand (and implement!) formula for fall:
             Booties + Skinny jeans + Sweater/top +Jacket  + Scarf = My Fall Uniform
I am super behind on outfit posts (but have almost every day's outfit pictures stored on my tablet) but I wanted to share 2 "applications" of my Fall Formula from just a couple of days ago. Also, if you check around my blog, I have added a couple outfit posts from back in August! Another post I am working on at the moment is a post sharing all the clutches my Grandma gave me (she was cleaning up her room). The two in this post are from her. I love the velvet burgundy one with the gold and tortoise shell accents (it also has a gold chain to use as a shoulder strap). The black envelope style clutch is great to add with any outfit.

Another post I am working on is on the watches my Grandma gave me that belonged to my Grandpa. Pictured (this is one of my favorite shots I took with my tripod, most of the other ones are taken by my Dad) is one of the gold watches.

For both looks I wore my new booties from H&M (Divided) and the same Vigoss Studio skinny jeans from Nordstrom (in one I rolled the bottoms, the other I tucked them into my jeans).

New York Trip Diary

I wanted to share each day about my experiences and outfits (I will put links to the store's website if I have time) on my first trip to New York. This is an ongoing  post so I’ll post when I have time as I go. I had wanted to blog every day, but as I am used to California time, am trying to fit as many things into one day as possible, AND want to get at least a couple hours of sleep, I do not believe it is possible. The pictures I am sharing are mostly all taken by me, the ones with me in them are of course taken by other people (mostly my sister Steph).
Update: I decided to just write it all at once as a recap and post it after I was done (and yes, that means almost 3 months after my actual trip!).

View from first flight- bad quality iPhone pic, but GORGEOUS sunset.

I absolutely love plane pictures, seeing everything from above is so breathtaking, especially at night! All the lights look like glittering diamonds!

Fashion ID App

I was recently contacted about reviewing the app Fashion ID. Over the past couple of weeks I have been playing around with it. I only write the truth on here, and I can honestly say that I love this app! It is really fun to post your outfits and interact with all the other users. There are 5 different sections on the app that you pull down from the top arrow list.

Homecoming Sneak Peek... And Homecoming pictures!

 

It's Homecoming weekend at my school! I wanted to give a sneak peek of my homecoming look; basically all of my stuff, just not me wearing them!

I got both my dress and shoes at Saks Fifth Avenue Off Fifth (the outlet store-- a.k.a. a LOT less expensive than Saks Fifth!). I've always worn dark colors to dances (black, navy blue) and this time I decided to go with a brighter color- cream.

Exciting News!!

Wanted to share some exciting news, I was contacted today on Instagram by Nordstrom about being featured on their website. I am so excited about this, when I got the notification it was so surreal! The picture is of my nails wearing Nordstrom B.P.'s "Sugared Mint". They instructed to # either yes or no, and I said #(heck)yes!! I have no idea when or where my photo will be, but if you see it PLEASE take a screenshot and send it to me!! (diysbymegid@gmail.com)



Thanks for reading!



Stripes and Statements

I love wearing white jeans, there is no better statement than the stark contrast between white, and basically any color. I chose a pair of Old Navy white pants that I rolled into capris with a Gap cross key-hole back tank (remember it from my Shopping (with Super Savings) post?).

I wore my favorite pair of sandals (also in my Shopping post, from Gap) with all gold accessories (Kate Spade bangle, one of my mom's old gold chain and diamond bracelets, an Alex & Ani bbangle, and my MET ring).

My other statement piece was this pink and gold stone necklace from my New York trip necklace haul. I thought that it was a good tie-together piece with the white diamonds going with my white accented shirt, and white pants.

 Little story-- as I was taking these pictures with my tree, so much bark was coming off and getting all over me (it was everywhere when I went inside!!). For one of the pictures, I was leaning on the tree, and because I take it with a self  timer I had to race over to the tree so I could pose before it went off. It was really hot out, and my feet were getting sweaty... long story short, as I was posing, my feet were on the roots of the tree, and I ended up slipping down the tree because my feet slipped in my shoes on top of the roots!!

My style tip/advice of the day is whenever you wear a pattern, make sure to offset it with neutral tones that complement/contrast it, and don't overpower your pattern!

First Day of School

There is one part of going back to school that I love, and that is putting together those first days of school's outfits! For my first day of school, I wore my new H&M DIVIDED geometric romper with my (also new and from H&M) bright pink blazer. Here is my customary shot showing my outfit, accessories, and nails of the day! Accessories: Alex & Ani bangle, Juicy Couture  chain bracelet, random ring, bangle from Macys, and sandals from Nordstorm Rack.





The nail color I am wearing is "Sugared Mint" by Nordstrom B.P. I put a tiny star jewel on my ring finger from a  Forever 21 nail jewel kit my friend got me for my birthday last year.

Yes... I am really that tan from the summer (that's what swim will do to ya!).

I absolutely love the back of this romper. Yes to anyone wondering, I am wearing a bra.... with the Victoria's Secret low-back bra attachment (it makes any low back top wearable so you don't have that awful bra adjustment showing!). I got mine with a multi-wear bra I got there, but  here is one linked from Target that I found for only $5.99!

With every outfit post, I want to share thoughts about how I choose what to wear and put the pieces together. With this combo, because the pattern on the romper was pretty busy, I chose to wear my solid pink blazer over it. On my blazer are silver zippers, so I pulled all silver accessories for this look, including the black patent leather sandals I wore (which had silver jewel embellishments). If I had not worn it with the blazer, I would have worn one of my solid bright colored statement necklaces. With patterns, I like to offset it with a bold color of statement piece to balance the outfit. Hopefully you will find my tips helpful!

 Although I dread going back to the monotony and stress of school, it really is fun to put together outfits for the days to come. To all those who are also going back to school, or work, or just saying a mournful goodbye to summer (as we all are!), I say to you, good luck in the year to come!



Review + Current Obsessions

Here is my very first “Current Obsessions” post.


Right now I am loving: chubby sticks, washi paper tape, and calligraphy. In addition, I decided to do my first product review in this post because I just got a new chubby stick. It is Just Peachy (10) from Neutrogena, their Moisture Smooth color stick.

Shopping (with Super Savings)

Wanted to share my latest steals! They were all really great deals and I am super excited to put some outfits together with my new pieces.

I was so excited when I got an email saying Nordstrom Rack was having a limited-time sale event for Alex and Ani bangles powered by Haute Look. I got both of these for $14.97 a piece. (They are both normally $28.00!) You can find these and other styles on the Alex and Ani website, linked here. They are also sold online at Nordstrom Rack (where there are still some on sale!!) and at Nordstrom (both online and in store).

Absolutely in love with these cheetah print sandals I found at Target, on clearance for $9.98. Linked here is the white version online right now for $16.98. My favorite part of these sandals is the back, it is knotted in the back with gold metal on the straps!