Summer Swim
Summer is approaching! Obsessed with these water photos!
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project 2015 // wk. 025 // avenue
Hello. project 2015 continues and we have reached wk. 025. project 2015 showcases a different photo filter/style weekly. This week I experimented with the app Aviary. Aviary just joined the Adobe family apparently. I chose the Avenue filter for this week. I loved the lomography quality and it’s just the perfect summer filter. Seattle Summer officially starts next week, but weather-wise it started a month ago! Here is a glimpse of my week…
the fashion rainbow
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makeup monday // caitlyn
Caitlyn
Last week Caitlyn made her debut as she graced the cover of Vanity Fair. Annie Leibovitz’s portrait of a woman named Caitlyn Jenner – was all the talk last week and buzzed all over social media. She looked absolutely stunning! After the cover was released, everyone wanted to know, “Who did her hair?” – “What nail polish is she wearing?”. I have all the answers for you.
Hair. For her it was all about Oribe. Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray and Signature Blowout Heat Styling Spray for volume and shine.
Face. Tom Ford Foundation and Kevin Aucoin’s Sculpting Powder but not for contour but to enhance her eyes. For her cheeks, they used Serge Luten’s Blusher for that peachy glow!
Nails. For her nails, it was all about Deborah Lippmann’s Nail Lacquer in Lady is a Tramp!
project 2015 // wk. 024 // mythic
Hello. project 2015 continues and we have reached wk. 024. project 2015 showcases a different photo filter/style weekly. This week I experimented with the app Retrica . This app has wonderful filters and the options are limitless. I chose Mythic for this week’s photo look. I love the highs and lows it creates with the photos to make some areas pop and some areas fade in saturation. Makes for more drama. The only thing is that it stamps every photo with their logo. Not so cool! Here is a glimpse of my week…
#instalove <3
{@stace_a_lace}
hello. My #instalove for this week is Citilegs by {@stace_a_lace}. Photographer Stacey Baker takes wonderful urban photos of legs. It’s nice to see that legs come in all shapes and sizes. I love the variety she gives and the pops of color. With all these outrageously wonderful color and pattern combinations, you wonder what the other half looks like. You must visit her instagram- such variety of LEGS! #citilegs
June Pearl
For June. The lustrous and lovely Pearl…
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oh, marilyn
Marilyn Monroe {June 1, 1926 – April 5, 1962}
Marilyn Monroe would have been 89 this year. Over the weekend I watched the Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. I enjoyed it and found it very interesting. I had no idea that Marilyn died at age 36. So young! She definitely coined the term sex symbol. She had many loves in her life – her first husband James, the famous baseball player Joe DiMaggio, and Arthur Miller. There were so many facts that I didn’t know about Marilyn Monroe. I thought I would share them with you…
1. She has her famous hourglass figure. She was a size 12, but the measurement system has changed within the decades and now it would be equivalent to a size 8.
2. She was not into the bling. She actually didn’t like diamonds. She was famous for singing the song, “Diamonds are a Girl’s best Friend”. She only wore her nice pearls, all costume jewelry and the ring that Joe DiMaggio gave her.
3. Marilyn Monroe had quite a heavy fuzz beard on her a chin, but she refused to remove it. It turned out to be quite useful in her acting career as it meant that the film studios didn’t have to resort to any special effects to get that soft glow to her face that was all the rage back then.
4. She was on the cover of the first Playboy ever. She only earned $50 for her nude photos.
5. She almost chose the screen name of Jean Adair before settling on Marilyn Monroe.
6. Monroe made Joe DiMaggio promise to leave flowers on her grave every week if she died before him. He kept his promise and had half-dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt for 20 years. It is claimed that Joe DiMaggio’s last words were: “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn
7. Monroe was Truman Capote’s first choice for Audrey Hepburn’s role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
makeup monday // weekend beauty buys
Hello and happy Makeup Monday! Over the weekend I purchased a few beauty items and wanted to share my beauty purchases with you. Most of them were drugstore buys and I love all of them. Lip color is always my weakness. I always leave with a fun new lip color. I can’t help myself.
My five beauty purchases of the weekend…
1. Elf Essential Expert liquid eyeliner. I loved this eyeliner. I can’t believe it was only $2! Unbelievable. It glides on so easily and keeps that thin line without smudging. You have so much control with this liner to create that precise definition.
2. Elf Studio retractable Kabuki brush. A girl loves her brushes. This was a total need and not a want. I didn’t want to carry my beauty blender in my clutch. I wanted something more travel like for when I’m on the go. This retractable Kabuki brush was so perfect. It’s great for a quick face touch up.
3. Milani Eyeshadow. Brown Foil 03. I bought this dark brown color for my brows. I usually go dark brown for my brows instead of black because I feel dark black brows on me look too harsh. The brown gives a softer look. Thought I would change it up from my usual Anastasia brow routine. I found the eye shadow to be good pigment and I love the gold packaging. So chic! I will do a tutorial in the future on my brow process/routine.
4. Loreal Lipcolor. Pink Flamingo #180. Like I said, I have a weakness for lip color and I buy lipstick from anywhere I go. I feel I need all colors. I really love Pink Flamingo. It’s not super intense, which I normally do. It give a nice bright pink, but softer for the day. I also like the fact that the design of the tube is gold too. It looks lovely in the purse.
5. Ben Nye Banana Powder Dome. I will use Ben Nye Banana Powder for ever. It is THE luxury powder. I just recently blogged about how amazing this powder is. Two reasons for the purchase. One I was almost out of my Ben Nye powder and freaking out and Two I wanted to buy the dome container instead. The only bad thing I have to say about Ben Nye powder is that when you get the larger container, the process gets a little messy and you waste a lot of the powder. I like the dome for more control.