Bag it up!

Okay, since I have been talking about large bags all week, I will stick with the trend. Earlier in my Every Girl’s Must Have post, I described the items I would carry in my “hypothetical purse.” However, if you looked in my purse right now, you would only see chaos. There’s like five pounds of change in the bottom, receipts and papers, a program from the musical Hairspray (which was amazing!), camera, camera battery charger, lotion, and the contents from my wallet spilled all over. Plus my sunglasses, contact solution, contact case, jewelry, and some make-up. Oh, and don’t forget my laptop battery charger that I might need since I am typing this at work….

Ever since I started at Purdue, I have to transfer stuff from my backpack to my purse ALL the time. It is so annoying and that is how my purse gets so messy, because I am always in a hurry, so I just throw stuff in there. However, lately I have been carrying only my wallet, cell phone, and keys. Still, most of the time this is an inconvenience. I had a suggestion to organize everything in your purse by finding cute bags. I used to do this, but never stuck with it. I could put all of my “essentials,” like wallet, cell phone, lip gloss, and keys in a cute bag, which could make transferring things from backpack to purse a lot faster and easier. I love this idea because not only would it make it a lot easier to find stuff, it would keep my purse a lot neater!!!

Goin Big

Ok so obviously theres this trend thats been around for a while. Not sure where it came from or why, but i really wish it hadn't come. Girls everywhere ae blowing things up, WAY UP, and out of proportion. And no, unfortunately not using pyrotechnics. Accessories have been increased in size to an alarming level. Those who possess the Y chromosome are wearing bigger sunglasses, hats and belts, and are toting the biggest bags i've seen!

Honestly, i dont see a reason to be wearing and carying such large items. Sure a lot of people are doing it, but they shouldn't, and the trend has been around far too long. My main complaint against such monstrous articles....they look rediculous.
Tric-clopses dont exhist and thus, cant utilize such large sunglasses, steer away from wearing the "fashion" sombreros in disguise, pants weren't built to accomodate such large belts (pretty sure they were modified just for the trend) and i know no girl that has the need of being able to fit several human heads into her bag! But most importantly they throw everything out of proportion.

Its all about proportions. Wearing and carying the large accessories creates the illusion that the girl possesing them is smaller. I will admit though that wearing big belts and sunglasses or carying a big bag can be pulled off by some girs. Depends on the circumstances and what else is being worn. What happened to being tall and slender?! Well me complaining about it isn't going to help but hopefully the girls now know what a normal guy thinks. All i can advise though is to stick with things that fit well with your body size and shape. Use your instinct on what YOU look good in, i trust you will make good decisions if you do so.

GUILTY ON 2 CHARGES

Is Bigger Always Better?

So like I said before in my blog post Every Girl’s Must Have, I love big bags stuffed full of anything and everything!!! Yet, usually I don’t carry them…especially since I have started Purdue. I carry a backpack, thinking that it would be better for my back than a huge bag hung on one shoulder. This is true, yet it still isn’t very good for my back. Your backpack shouldn’t weigh more than 15% of your weight and never over 25 pounds. Out of curiosity I weighed mine and it typically would weigh 15 pounds. Fifteen percent of my weight is 18 pounds, so I am right at the borderline. My back still hurts, though.

If you are carrying a heavy purse, you are more prone to having neck, shoulder, and back pain since there is so much more weight on one side of your body. I know that when I carry a purse, it is always on the same shoulder. It feels so weird if I try to wear it on the other one!! When you carry a heavy bag, you tend to hold that shoulder higher, which can lead back, or neck problems.

So back and neck pain are in right now, the consequences of carrying large, trendy bags. This means that massages are in, too! Even the New York Times have mentioned these problems. Robin Erlich, director of the Eastside Massage Therapy Center in New York City, has noticed that “We’re busier than ever before right now and big bags are the reason.”

But if you can’t afford going to get a massage to ease your pain, try to carry a smaller bag, or at least lighten the weight of your large one. But if you can’t do that, you should try to carry a purse with a long strap so that you can distribute the weight more evenly by wearing it across your chest. Instead of carrying your large tote to class with all your books in it, try a backpack with the one-shoulder strap design. These are the best at distributing the weight evenly.

The next time you decide to lug around your entire room with you think twice about what it might be doing to your posture, neck, and back. Big bags are in for a couple of seasons, but you might have to deal with back problems for the rest of your life.

A Girl's Must Have

We all see it… You know, you’re walking and you see a walking bag in front of you… Oh, wait, there’s the girl…

Yeah, the girls with the super oversized bags on their shoulders…they might as well get inside, too. Now I have to admit, being a girl and all, that I don’t have a small purse by any means. It’s pretty heavy, too. And I LOVE having big bags! Now all the guys are like, “What is the point of having SUCH a BIG bag???”

All the girls know how frustrating it is to spend 10 minutes digging through the bottomless pit and not finding your favorite lip gloss that you need right this very instant. That is why it is ESSENTIAL to have a huge bag. This might not make any sense whatsoever, but basically you have to be prepared for anything that might come up. Even if it means you have to spend 10 minutes looking for it, at least you know you it’s in there…somewhere….

So in my hypothetical “purse” there would be a bag and pockets for each item so that I don’t spend all day looking for a bobby pin. There are the essentials: wallet, lip gloss, cell phone, and keys. Without these items, I go crazy!! I hate it most when I forget to grab my lip gloss!! Add in cute bags filled with make-up, band-aids, dental floss, contact solution, eye drops, and a contact case. Then my case with my glasses would have to make its way in, too. Then there would be the sunglasses (in a case, too) and umbrella. I would have an extra hair tie and bobby pins plus some hairspray, deodorant, lotion, hand sanitizer, and perfume, too. Then I can’t forget the nifty oily skin blotters, gum, small snack, and a Tide-To-Go pen. What about the days you might need a nail file, Kleenex, or some ibuprofen??

Now for the camera, iPod, PDA, and calculator. Plus my planner, pens, pencils, highlighters, mini stapler, tape, paper clips, and binder clips. Might as well throw in the 3-hole punch, too. Might need a book for boring bus rides or breaks between classes, too.

Okay so I really don’t carry all of these things with me…..but with big bags in this season it could be possible…..

Bat those Gorgeous Eyes!

I have been surfing net tonight trying to decide what to write about but also just to see what is new with fashion and looking for some fun new things to do with my fashion. As I was surfing I found this really cute website Makeup Minute and I was reading about her this blog about fake eye lashes. Here is the link to the post.

I have never actually tried fake eye lashes, I'm not really sure why but it could be partly because I have fairly long eye lashes anyway. As I was reading this post about the eye lashes I decided to see what MaryKay had for mascara because mine is about to run out soon so I was looking to see what was new and what some of the products have to offer.

I found this great marscara that seems to be almost perfect its called-MK Signature® Ultimate Mascara™ (Picture found above)

MaryKay says,
"This extremely volumizing, super-thickening, exclusive formula creates the look of big, bold, separated lashes that last all day. It delivers on so many benefits, it’s been called "the only mascara your customers will ever need." However, some customers will be looking for a mascara formula that targets a specific need, including lash-lengthening and waterproof."

I have not tried this Mascara yet but it seems to be great and has pretty much everything I am looking for. Granted I mostly want the lash-lengthening but the waterproof is also great for those days at the pool or maybe those infamous PMS days... :(

I am probably going to order it sometime soon so I will let you know how it goes. Stay tuned!

Out of the blue!

So lately I've been noticing that a majority of the celebrities are wearing blue. Also, I was reading my "People Magazine" and it happens to be that cobalt, or blue, is a must have for fall. I recently went on the People Magazine

website, and up shows these three celebrities-Hayden Panettiere, Cameron Diaz, and Kelly Ripa- in gorgeous, blue dresses. "People Magazine" spotted these three celebrities wearing these dresses from great designers: Hayden is wearing a Cynthia Rowley tunic, Cameron is wearing Diane Von Furstenberg, and Kelly is wearing Catherine Malendrino. Of course, these girls pull it off very well! I find these dresses quite interesting because I would NEVER have thought of wearing bright blue dresses that stand out. After seeing my possibilities with blue dresses, I deffinately went out in search of these dresses to see how I'd work out in them. And let me tell you, I loooved the color, and I know that you will too!!

Now I know that some of us can't afford these extravagen dresses, and that is why I am here to let you all know where you can find great finds for these dresses. Well, I recenlty went to Chicago and I saw some blue, fabulous, dresses at stores such as Forever 21, and Arden B. I tried them on, and I absolutely loved this blue halter dress that had silver and black accents. While I was wearing the dress, I thought that they would look absolutely gorgeous with silver stilletos. So of course, being me, I got the dress...and for a great price too...$22! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find it online but I found a ton of other great dresses on the site. I also found other dresses from Arden B. While I was on the Arden B site, I noticed that their new thing is blue-which explains the title of this post, thanks! I browsed through the site, and I found a ton of cute dresses for reasonable prices as well. I'm kind of disappointed I wasn't able to go in the store while I was in Chicago, but hey, I can always go on another day. Here is an example of a dress I found from Arden B. that I think might inspire you:

This dress is from Arden B., and I thought that this dress sort of looked like the one Hayden was wearing. This would go great with silver heels or even silver flats! If you want to play this look low key, you can never go wrong with black shoes!

Now I know I've been talking about dresses a lot lately, but it just seems to follow me everywhere. Everywhere I look I see dresses. But no worries, I found this cute top at Forever 2. This would look really cute with either dark skinny jeans or black skinny jeans and heels or flats. This would also look cute with black leggings with either heels or flats as well.

Well, I hope that you have just as much success as I did finding this color. Enjoy!!

New Ring!!!

I have added a new ring to my collection! Just yesterday I stopped by the jewelry stand near Class of ’50, to pick up my newest addition. I had seen it the day before and had immediately fallen in love! They told me it was called a Victorian wedding ring (I know I’m not married!!! Or planning on it anytime soon). It looks like two hands clasping until you take it off. Then when you gently pull apart the hands, there is a heart inside.

The ring was so interesting that I decided to do a little more research on it. Not just to tell you guys about it, but to actually know the background behind the ring that I am wearing. But I could not find a ring even close to it that was called a Victorian anything!

Finally I found a similar ring called a “Fede” or Faith” ring, which was very popular in Europe during the Middle Ages. It has two hands clasping, which symbolizes the “pledging of love.” Then as my search continued, I found that the Claddagh ring is part of the Fede ring family. It has two hands clasping a heart that is topped by a crown. These originated in Ireland and symbolized love, friendship, and loyalty. Then, finally I found the Gimmel ring, which is in the Claddagh ring family, and is the ring that I am currently wearing. During the Middle Ages, the ring would be separated at the engagement of a couple. The man and woman would break away their parts, and then give the heart piece to a witness. Then at the wedding ceremony, the three portions of the ring were reunited and symbolized the union of two lives.

Not only is the ring itself a symbol, the way you wear it is important, too. Mainly the rules apply to the Claddagh ring, because you can see the heart when it is on your finger. If the ring is worn on your right ring finger, with the heart pointing away from you, it means that your heart is unoccupied. If the heart is facing in, then it means that you have a special commitment to someone. If the ring is worn on your left ring finger, with the heart facing outwards, it means that you are engaged. If it is facing inwards, then you are married.

I love the fact that there is a story behind this ring and it symbolizes three important things that are needed in a relationship: friendship, loyalty, and love. Yeah, everyone wants a huge diamond on their finger, but I think that it would be so cool to have one of these rings at my wedding, and to join them together into one. Here are some more beliefs for contemporary wedding rings:

· - -The circle shape of the ring represents eternity.

· - -The diamond is also said to bring loyalty and fidelity.

· - -There is said to be good luck for the marriage if the diamond is accented with precious birthstones.

So basically I found out that my ring is an Irish wedding ring and symbolizes love and friendship. No one needs to know that I bought it for myself!!! ;)

Lime-Light Fashion

I'm not one who really cares about what celebrities are doing with their lives. Brittney Spears' career is ending?, Angelina Jolie adopted how many babies? Jennifer Aniston is dating who? Honestly none of it concerns me. But most noticable about celebrities is what they wear. People are just so intrigued by what the lime-lighters are wearing to their special events. Not so much that it's a big deal, but it seems to be a reliable source of up-and-coming fashion trends, current trends, and a way to see what people with bottomless bank accounts choose to wear.

Of course with so many peering eyes on celebrity fashion, gossip surfaces quickly, and is very abundant. There are so many blogs out there that focus on the negative sides of celebrity fashion, but i prefer to focus on the positives, like this blog
http://www.couturecandy.com/celebs/index.htm

Two celebrities that i feel have their heads on straight and know how to dress themselves are:

Jake Gyllenhaal
















Jake has the ability to give the impression of being casual and fun while being in a suit and serious. Donnie Darko is an awesome movie by the way, check it out.

Jessica Alba









Hmm...well she just has this cute, pretty, nice girl thing about her, but at the same time can be very sexy. Jessica just seems cool, fun, and exciting. Plus she is smokin' HOT just my opinion....................and every other guy's opinion.

I think the coolest thing people can do with fashion is to look snazzy, fancy, sleek, and cool, but still maintain a fun and exciting persona. I've got an idea...and i'm sure it's been done, but wear a nice suit, but with just some funky converse or other tennis shoes. Actually i think Johnny Knoxville does this all the time!?

Display YOUR Personality

Everyone has a way of depicting their personality through their style and fashion. It may be through their style of dress, hair color, shoes, make-up, or accessories. It may be one single thing or a mixture of things. It might be the same over a course of years, or change like the weather. Whatever it may be, it is what makes YOU stand out from the crowd.

Now at first you may have no idea what visibly makes you different from everyone else. I thought this too, until I finally figured out what my personal touch is. Every time I wear them, I feel unique. I guess it may sound funny that just wearing a simple, little thing can make me feel different. But it does. It is my own personal touch to each outfit, especially my work uniform (which isn’t so glamorous). When all the girls are wearing the same thing as me, it is hard to feel like myself.

So what is my personal touch? I decided that my jewelry makes me unique. Not all of my jewelry, mainly my rings. I don’t have the typical diamond ring or class ring. Instead I have a spoon ring and a pinkie ring that are my all time favorites. Every time I wear them, I feel they set me apart from everybody else. Is this just because I have never seen rings similar to mine in any stores? Or that every time I wear them, someone comments on my spoon ring? I don’t think so. I think that those rings mean a lot to me because they are my mom’s. Each time I wear them, I know that there is more behind them than just the look.

I have been sitting here pondering on what to write on so I decided that I would just write more about lipstick as in my last post.http://http://3girlsaguy.blogspot.com/2007/09/luscious-red-lips.html. So I have found a few lipstick tips for all of you! How exciting right! I am pretty excited to tell you!

Ok so first of all I was looking on the MaryKay website (for consultants) Or you can also go to My MaryKay website. http://http://www.marykay.com/awise80/default.aspx to find this product as shown in the picture on the left. This is TimeWise® Age-Fighting Lip Primer. MaryKay sells this product it works great for you lips! I haven't tried it yet but have heard from many MaryKay customers that it works great! I was wearing some lipstick the other day and it was late in the afternoon so I had been wearing it for awhile and I looking in the mirror and I had this really gross looking line of lipstick. The lipstick had just kind of wore off but then I still had this line of it. It just looked really sick! So then I put more on but that was only going to make it worse later. Anyway, I have been trying to find something to help this problem and I have decided that this Lip Primer will help!

Now girls I know that it says TimeWise Age-Fighting, and your thinking dude I'm only 20! I dont need age-fighting make-up yet! And you are right you dont right now but this Lip Primer from MaryKay not only helps with the age-fighting but it does make those gross lines go away too! And not only that but TimeWise Age-Fighting Lip Primer also will make your lipstick last longer!

You just simply apply to your lips BEFORE your lipstick or lip gloss, which ever you prefer. This will help with those lip lines, make softer lips, AND make your lipstick last longer! How much better can this get!

My favorite part about the Lip Primer is that it will make your lips soft. I always feel like my lips are getting dried out when I wear lipstick. Especially if I don’t keep applying more. I don't know if you girls have this problem or not but I feel that I always need to have something on my lips, I'm not talking about lipstick, per say, but chap stick, lip gloss, anything to make them feel moist. Because no boy wants to kiss a girl with gross dried out lips right?! Oh and then I get in this habit of having chap stick or lip gloss in my pocket all the time and if I don't have it with me I feel so lost! But then there is the problem of the chap stick going through the washer, which I do on a regular basis! Haha!

Anyway, as I was saying wearing lipstick sometimes makes my lips feel dried out so this lip primer will help with that problem. And then maybe since I won't be so worried about my lips being dried out maybe I can get rid of this chap stick addiction that I have.

I also promised you that I would give you some lipstick tips and so far I have only given you one. So here are 3 easy steps to applying lip color.
1.Apply TimeWise® Age-Fighting Lip Primer 2.To help lipstick wear, make a matte base by lining lips with lip liner along the natural lip line and filling in lips with lip liner pencil. Then apply lipstick.3.You can also blend two or more lipstick shades and lip glosses to get a different color or just to create your own lip color.

The 3 step is just a suggestion but I think it is a great one! Say that you wear the same color everyday and you like it but....you feel that you should change things up a bit but don’t want it to be too dramatic. Well just blend your favorite with another color! Or if you can't decide try to and see how you like it! Just try different things until you find what you like or don't like! This can be scary at time to just try things.
*Remember you can always wash it off if you don't like it!!!

You can always take the make-up off if you feel that it isn't your color. Just don't be afraid to try new colors!

Also if you are wanting to buy this product you can go to my website http://www.marykay.com/awise80/default.aspx and order it online OR just leave me a comment and I will get you all set up with an order.

Have a great day everyone! Peace Out!

Sparkling Dresses!

So I recently just bought my "People: Style Watch" magazine and almost everywhere I look I see dresses. Now, these dresses aren't just ordinary dresses, they're dresses with really cute jeweled or sequenced neckline. When I saw these, I thought to myself, "Wow, these dresses are adorable!". Since I absolutely loooooove dresses, I'm really glad that these embellished dresses are cute and great for any occasion. For all of you fashion savy girls who love dresses just as much as I do, I think you'll love these too!

It's not just in my "People" magazine that I see embellished neck line dresses, I also saw them in my "Teen Vogue" magazine. It was great because they showed me a great way to wear these dresses. I agree with "Teen Vogue" and "People" when they say not to wear them with too much jewelry. Wearing these dresses with jewelry makes you seem too cluttlered and all over the place. It is just simply too much wearing heave jewelry when there are already jewels or sequence on the dress, even if it's just on the neckline. I prefer to wear these dresses with simple earings and maybe one thing bangle or a charm bracelet. Now for shoes, I prefer to wear these dresses with either mettalic shoes, or cute pointed stilletos. I prefer not to wear anything too cluttery because I want to show my dress to everyone, not my jewelry, and the dress will surely pop out if I just accessorize it with simple jewelry and simple shoes. This way, it would go great to wear to a party, or out to dinner. If you wanna dress it down a little bit, I prefer to wear it with flats or with cute tie up flat sandals.

I actually just went shopping and I happened to run into a cute dress just like the one I saw in the magazine at Forever 21. It's a cute little chiffon black dress with ruffles on the bottome. The top is embellished with little, black jewels and a black ribbon hanging on the side. Of course, I got it and I recently just wore it on my friends birthday. I accessorized this dress with silver heels to show off a little color; two, plain, thin, silver bangles; and a tiny silver clutch to match. I think that this shows a good example of keeping it simple so the dress can pop out. I know you can do that, too!

I also recently just found online an example of some cute dresses that I thought were just great! I think that you'll like them a lot! In face, I like them so much, I might just buy them for myself!

This dress is from Bebe. I think this dress is great because I just love how the jewels match the color of the dress, yet it still sticks out. This would look great with silver or black heels. Very cute!!

That cute, blue dress up top is from Forever 21. I love that dress because it strays away from black and gives it more color. Also, it just so happens that my "Elle" magazine says that blue is very "in" right now. So I think it's great that we can stray away from black dresses and move to color, especially since my closet consists of mostly black. Ha!

Some of my favorite stores where you can find great dresses like these are Forever 21, Bebe, Macy's, and Arden B.

The sources I also used for this would be my "Elle" magazine, "People Style Watch", and "Teen Vogue''. So pick these up if you need more advice or just want to see how the models and celebrities are doing it!

I hope you like these dresses just as much as I do. I know you'll look great in it!! Till next time!

Chloe'

Luscious Red Lips

How many of you wear lipstick a lot? I use to wear it all the time but for some reason I got out of the habit. Just today I was doing my make-up for the day and decided to put on some lipstick. I realized it dramatically changed my look! It just made the whole look come together! It was great! So that’s what I wanted to write about today was lipstick.

But as always we want to be up on all the new and latest colors so I was doing some research to see what the newest lip color is. Well of course it's really a classic and always seems to come back into style, which would be the famous Red lipstick!

As I was looking for the newest colors I came across this blog http://http://lipstickpowdernpaint.blogspot.com/2007/09/emmy-winning-lips.html where it talks about the Emmy's and how popular the red lipstick was!

Red lipstick is so much fun! If you aren't use to wearing lipstick you might want to start with a more natural color before you jump right into the red. But...if you want to make a statement, start with the red and go from there. At first for me it was a little bit out of my comfort zone to wear the red lipstick but it was really fun and made me feel really pretty! I am just all about having fun so if that’s how you are too then go with the red lipstick and just have fun with it!

~MaryKay

My Fashion Filosophy...and Styleology

Today I'm going to introduce you guys to a philosophy that I have been rigorously and painstackingly fine tunning for the past hmmm...about a week. Well, that's partly true. My perception of what is appealing has been developing my entire life and is continually updated. It is just recently that I began to ponder... Why? Why do people's ideas of what looks good differ so drastically. I've thought about it pretty hard and this is what I came up with... Although most guys and girls are similar (within their sex) in their definitions of whats "hot" and "not", the reason there are slight differences in perceptions is due to upbringing.

People's idea of what is fashionable and what looks good is primarily decided by their perception of what is stylish. This may be a quite confusing so I'll explain. First, here are some definitions...FASHION-a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc. And STYLE-a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character. The explanation- fashion is just what people as a whole are wearing, but style is all about what INDIVIDUALS think is cool. So a car example: Of all the exotic sport cars out there, I think the Aston Martin Vantage is the best looking (especially in white)...the reason I think this, while person B likes the Ferrari F430 (in red) is due to our differences in sense of style. I prefer sleek, smooth, simplicity, eccentrated by the elegant,pure, cut and clean look of the color white. While person B may steer more towards the flashy, sporty appearance of the red Ferrari.

In my view, a person's style comes out mostly in their choice of accessories, such as jewelry of any kind, earrings (i'm a guy, dont know how to spell that word) sunglasses, shoes, purses etc. Unfortunately style is being used to accessorize, or put a personal twist on fashion. It would be much better if fashion didn't exist at all, and people just wore clothes that they thought looked cool, thus making a person's sense of style much easier to see, and their personality easier to assess from a glance.

In an Ideal world, personality would effectively be displayed through what people choose to wear. A social and fashion norm would not exist and everyone would embrace, love and show off their individuality and unique sense of style. It is my personal goal, to observe what people are wearing, figure out what their personality is like, and then analyze how their clothing (down to certain articles of wear) reflects this personality. I aim to explain how a person is successfully displaying their personality through what they wear, and also inform on what may be confusing the message sent about their personality through thier clothing. Hopefully i can help some people out, but mostly I'm going to be developing my own science, trying to figure out how an individual's sense of style, creeps out through their fashion wear, and eludes to their personality. I call it STYLEOLOGY.

I know this is off topic but….have you ever gone outside on a sunny day and sneezed each time you walk outside? Well I do it all the time!!! I was watching the Saturday Early Show…or something like that and they said that it is called photic sneezing and happens when you are exposed to bright lights, especially sunlight! I thought this was so interesting because I always wondered why I sneezed every time I walked outside on a sunny day and if any of you guys do the same thing…..

So I have been pretty much following a theme this week…you guessed it: FLATS!!!! Maybe this is what I’ll do each week. Have some sort of theme and post about it all week…or maybe not. But I promise this is my last post about flats for awhile.

As you can tell, I have an obsession. I feel like it has grown over the past week since I post so many blogs about it! My other obsession is having my shoes match my shirt. I know, I know it sounds like every other fashion savvy person. But have you really taken the time to do this? I do it allll the time. Like when I wear brown flip flops with a brown shirt or my pink and white flats with a pink shirt. Pretty typical, right? Well I also love having matching accessories. Gold accessories and gold shoes with jeans and a green shirt…I promise it goes(at least the green shirt I have does). But what about when I have to wear my yellow and white striped tank top with my yellow and white striped flats? Or my red, white, and blue flats with a red tank top, white shirt, and blue jean skirt? This is what I’m talking about. My obsession. But I can’t stop. Every time I wear yellow(which is all the time now) I have to wear my yellow and white striped flats. It is probably getting old but I love it!

My new favorite color is yellow!!! (Also a new obsession). I almost picked up yellow nail polish the other day too, but I didn’t. I am absolutely in love with my yellow flats, as you know, but I need to be daring and not always match them with my shirt. The other day I was wearing a printed shirt that actually didn’t have yellow on it, with my yellow sweatshirt, and you guessed it, the yellow and white striped flats. At one point during the day I was wearing the flats without the sweatshirt, which meant there was no yellow to match the shoes. It kind of bothered me(haha) but I still think that the outfit was cute. By not always matching the shoes with the outfit completely, I think it makes your shoes pop even more. Especially if they are cute printed flats.

Bright accessories are definitely in right now. This includes yellow!!! You can follow this trend by wearing bright flats, or carrying a large, bold bag. I personally want an oversized yellow bag. But maybe I should wait until my yellow fetish is over. And I know we all could use some rain boots around campus!!! You can find these at Target. But I’m heading to the mall….finally!!!! And I’ll be back soon with something other than flats!!! But I’m sure I will say something about them sooner or later. I think next week will be bags…..

No Blisters!!!

So I just had to make a quick update...I wore the flats that usually kill my feet, but guess what?!?! I don't have any blisters!!! Okay so my feet didn't feel fabulous but it was definitely better than before.

Happy Feet...no not the movie

So today I finally made my trip to Wally World (Wal-mart for those of you who don't know). I picked up a book to read because I used to love to read and decided I need to get back into it. I also picked up some gel cushions for my shoes. They are called KIWI Smiling Feet and I think they are going to help a lot! They were out of the heel liners so I got these mini cushions(pack of 4 for $3.97). This worked out perfectly because I put one in the heel of each shoe and then one over the big toe area, where it rubs sometimes. I could definitely tell a difference, but I have yet to wear them for an extended period of time. Hopefully now my feet won't kill every time I wear those flats.


Personally I thought that $4 was a pretty good deal to make my shoes more comfortable. They are clear so you can't see them and thin so they don't take up too much room. When I was buying them I had my doubts because they were so thin that I thought they would not do anything! But if I like these, I think I'm going to pick up some more..probably to put in the bottom of my stilettos!

Side Ponytails are back!

Remember back in like elementry school when everyone put there hair in the side ponytail?! I do and I feel like its really coming back! Although I'm not sure about putting it up right on top of my head. Personally, I like when its low and very sleek looking. I know that I talked about the side part inDont have time for your hair?! but this time putting your hair in just a ponytail. I seem to do this with my hair when I have about two mintues to put my hair up.

Yesterday I woke up late for work and I really didn't have time to put my hair up in my cute lil up-do. There was no 10 mins to spare! So...instead I pulled my hair over to the side but it didn't really look that good because I had this really ugly wave thingy going on. I kept the side ponytail idea but I braided my hair on the side. It took seriously 30 seconds and it looked really cute! Although I am usually pretty quick at braiding hair anyway.




This is not the actually picture of yesterday. But this is another time that I put my hair up this style.

If you have shorter bangs and they seem to fall out of the braid and you want them to swoop back easiers it also works if you put a head band on or just use a bobby pin to hold them back. To get this sleek look its great if you spray some hair spary on top of your hair to keep those stupid little fly-aways down. You know what I am talking about girls!

Just as a side note of side ponytails. In high school we would actually have days where all the girls would wear there hair on the side just for kicks and giggles! And many would put it hard core on the top of the head. But I never really thought that it looked that great. I think that low side ponytails are really coming back and they look so cute. I hope that you will go back to the elementry school days of side ponytails. Because I sure do and its so much fun!

I really just love to do my hair different and try to keep things fresh and new but of course I hate taking the time to make it look really good. But there are so many cute styles that are quick and easy! Since we live in this crazy busy world I will try to find quick new fun hairstyles for you girls. And if anyone has any suggestions on a new and different style let me know! I would love to hear about what you do with your hair! Have a wonderful day!

MaryKay~

Dess Up Your Skinnies!

So I've ALWAYS had an obsession with jeans. I think I have more jeans than anything else in my closet as we speak. It is actually kind of starting to get pretty rediculous. But lately, I've become especially obsessed with skinny jeans. I've been just about devoted to skinny jeans ever since they first came out two years ago. I also just love the fact that they come out with so many different types such as long, short ones that are cut off at the ankles, colored ones, and super tight ones. Although, I'm not much of a fan for the colored ones, so the only skinny jeans close to color that I have are black. The possibilites are just endless and I think it is absolutely great that they make your legs look longer and leaner.



"What do I wear them with?", you ask. Well this is where I can help you. Lately I've been seeing so many people wearing them with a top that is just very unflattering. I see them in person and even in the magazines by some of the celebrities. REDICULOUS. Now first let's remember that no one wants saggy skinnies....no, no, no. So make sure that when you go out to buy yourself a pair, they snug well to your legs. Next, I say we balance the slim of the leg with a cute, flowy top. Now by flowy top, I don't mean super baggy, almost look like your drowning in your shirt, kinda top. I mean a cute, well-fit top. For example, if you look to your left, this top, from Anthropologie what I think a perfect example of a cute top that would look FABULOUS with any skinny jeans. I would prefer wearing this top with dark skinnies, or black skinnies and a really cute pear of black heels or even flats. To find tops to dress up your skinnies with, I prefer to check out Anthropologie, Forever 21, and Nordstrom. Those are just some of my favorites.

Now, if you choose to dress-down, I would prefer to dress down your skinnies with a cute loose hoodie like the "Boyfriend Hoodie" that Victoria's Secret sells. Or you can dress it down with a cute baby doll tank from Abercrombie & Fitch, which i know they have tooons of. You can also dress it down with layered wife-beater tanks and throw in a cute little blazer. Now for shoes, I reccomend flip flops or cute casual flats.


Now if you're looking for a good pear of skinny jeans, I reccomend for you to try out 7 For all Mankind, True Religion Jeans, and Abercrombie & Fitch. Those are my absolute favorites. But right now, I'm deffinately feeling the Abercrombie skinnies. The super dark wash, matches with EVERYTHING I have, and they can deffinately do the same for you.

Now that I shared with you my secret to wearing skinny jeans, I hope you try it out and I hope your outcome turns out as great as you want!!

Chloe'

New fun Nail style!

Ok so I have been sitting here trying to think of what to write for my post. As I sit here surfing the net I am typing and my thumb started to hurt. You see today was just one of those days where everything seems to be going wrong! It started out that I forgot my ID (which I needed for work) and then I am trying to run home to grab my ID well my keys are also attached to my ID!! Oh crap and my roomate definitly locked the door!! AH! What a bad deal! It all worked out but in the time that I was running around trying to get into my apartment I somehow hit my nail (acrlic nail) so hard on the door and kind of bent it back with my real nail. Its nothing serious but it defintly hurts really bad. I love my nails but man did that hurt!!

Anyway, on with my post I was surfing for fun new designs for my nails because it is almost time for my nails to be filled again. I found this fun new idea that I wanted to share with you.

I found this on http://alexandracandler.com/?cat=12">

At first I was like yuck thats ugly! But as I read what she had wrote about these nail and I kept looking at the picture it started to grow on me! I am not sure if I will acutually get my nails done this way mostly just because I'm not really a black nail polish kinda girl but I did want to share this fun new idea with you. I think that it could be really fun and its definitly a different look thats for sure!

Dont have time for your hair?!

Ok so I hate it when I just wear my hair up in a ponytail all the time but I still want it outta my face. Girls you know what I am talking about! Its so easy to just put up our hair in a ponytail and leave it! But its so orginal. We gotta spice it up a bit ladies! But.....who has time to make there hair look really cute n' fancy just for a normal day of school or work?! With my crazy class schedual and work and lord knows everything else, I definitly don't have time extra time to mess with my hair!

NO MORE WORRIES! I have a great updo for those crazy days when you just want to look really cute but have a small amount of time. It usually takes me about 10 minutes to do this which is not quite as quick as a ponytail but still pretty quick for how cute it looks! And all that you need are bobby pins! I use around 15 to 20 pins. (Depending on how thick your hair is)

First part your hair down the middle, take a small section on one side and twist it toward the back of the head. (corn row style) Do this all the way around to your ears. (As shown in picture below) Now take two fingers full of hair, twisting it up making the ends stick up behind the head. (But don’t make your hair stick up too much, might look kinda crazy then!) Pining up the rest of your hair that is down with this same process. Just go crazy with the bobby pins and don’t worry about it looking perfect! Its not really suppose to look perfect.

Here is a picture of this cute little do.






Also if your not really feeling the corn row type twists around the top of your head you could just pull half of your hair back w/ a small ponytail and then just pin it up as described above. And sometimes I will even put a headband on to pull it all together.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Possible Blister Preventer?

So as I mentioned in my previous blog(My Broke @$$), ballet flats are my new favorite thing! The only problem is that I usually end up getting blisters!! That’s why my sling back flats are my favorite…because they are the most comfortable!! So the blisters are probably from not having the right size. Yet, I fall in love with a pair and either one size is too big or the other is too small and there is no size in between!

So every once in awhile I look at those little comfort things you put in your shoes….and always wonder if they really work. So next time I go to Wal-mart I think I’m going to get some for my heels… I’ll let you know how it goes.

JUST a GUY-thats me!

Hey, whats up? Rhetorical question....I know whats up.

Thats right, I know whats going on, or atleast what I care to know is going on. Such as, Halo 3 will be available in 16 days, 20 hours, 2 minutes, and 30 seconds from this exact moment. And counting. I also know for a FACT that i like women...SHOCKER! a male writer in a fashion blog whos sexual orientation is...straight, straight as an arrow. What else is going on you may be asking yourself...well thats a tough one, the news on Halo 3 drowns out most other thoughts in my non-complicated male mind. But what little useful information I can provide includes this, the world of fashion is perpetually changing.
Fashion is no where near stagnant, well, female fashion atleast, male fashion seems to hover around a norm, not steering too far to one exreme or the other. But fashion as a whole is much like a living, breathing organism, constantly changing and adapting to its environment to fit in, or possibly make a statement.
My presence in this blog, being the only male, is to simply provide my input. To observe and address fashion trends that are sweeping across the nation, and turning women into drones who just go with the flow...the fashion flow that is. Quick question...what deductive reasoning goes through a girls head when she decides what to wear, or not to, and how much of an impact do current trends have on this process. Well if I had to guess I would think that girls dress to impress, impress the opposite sex of course, what else could it be..."oh i just want to look nice and pretty today." Okay but for who? why? certainly not yourself. Hopefully you can like yourself no matter what you're wearing or what the occassion. Unfortunately girls like to critique what the other girls are wearing, but honestly, I, being a male, am not conerned with what the other girls think. And thus, why should you, being a girl (most likely), concern yourself with the opinion of other girls. If you are dressing to impress me, the typical male, what i think about what you are wearing should be the only thing that matters. Not to be conceited or anything.
But enough about what I think, what about me as a person. Well we've covered the fact that i am a typical, straight male. I like women, cars, video games, women, and of course new technology. Something new...well lets see. I am originally from San Diego, California. I was born and raised there, until the middle of seventh grade, when i moved to Carmel, Indiana. I now live in a residence hall (with no air conditioning) at Purdue University! I am not one of those typical male butt-heads though...pardon my french, dont worry i cant speak french fluently. I'm not tall by any definition of the term, and not a jock. I dont love football, or basketball, or baseball. I dont watch or play it. I have played soccer my entire life and never played on a school team. I love to wakeboard, inner-tube, go boating, swim, work out, paintball, Longboarding (its a long skateboard with bigger wheels, built for speed, not tricks), snowmobile, rough camping, not luxury camping, surf when i get the chance, and just kick it with the buds. The list goes on...
But about my fashion sense. Well despite living in Indiana for the past 5-6 years i have kept my layed back/skater California style, but i've also adopted some midwest trends such as wearing polos and collared shirts, occassionally. I try to go for the sleek, clean and cut look. Not too much going on, no fantabulous colors, or "bling-bling". And for the most part I would say my clothes accurately portrays my personality, layed back, relaxed, chill, fun loving, but with a hint of seriousness.
Anyway, enjoy the blog and feel free to ask any questions!

My Broke @$$

Hey it’s Jasmine! So I would say that I’m your typical college girl…love fashion, but broke as heck!!! Shoes are my favorite thing…I probably have more shoes than clothes to wear with them! I guess that’s how I ended up becoming the “accessory girl.” I think that you can make or break an outfit with accessories, but of course the only accessories I splurge on are shoes! I wish that I could afford lots of accessories because they are so cute, but remember…I’m in college. I work two jobs and stay far away from the mall so I can’t spend my money. Although I think I’m heading there in a few hours….

Flats are my new favorite thing!!! I bought like five pairs without even considering what I would wear with them…just because I thought they were cute!!! (This one was a pair I bought at Kohl's for like $18 and now they're $5!!!!) So I was wearing a black pair the other day and one of my guy friends commented on them!! Haha, come on Dumbfun, where’s your input?? I remember walking down the hall in high school and everyone would always comment how cute my flats were…let’s remember that this was only last spring…

So I was waiting to talk to my advisor today and found a Newsweek article about Steve Madden getting out of jail. It said that he has become a better person since being in jail. Well I’m glad that a celebrity has finally changed after being locked up. It also related the price increase on shoes to his absence. Well I think that prices have always been high, and still are. Yet, he’s shoes are still really cute. I would buy them, but I don’t know if I’m that willing to splurge on cute shoes! (I’ve probably done it before, but shh don’t tell!)

I think that my next splurge is going to be a pair of skinny jeans from Abercrombie. Are these still in style? I should talk to Chloe... I think that they look so cute with flats, but I don’t know if I could pull it off and by the time I get a pair they’re going to be out! So should I go get them or not? I might look at them tonight…

Now that my first post about fashion is in…I’m out to find the “in” fashion. Next time maybe I’ll tell you how much my feet hurt from wearing cute shoes out tonight….

Jasmine

MaryKay anyone?!

Hi everyone! Here is my first post ever! I'm so excited about it! Anyway, I just want you all to know that I am a MaryKay Beauty Consultant so if you want to buy anything just let me know and I can get it for you right away! Or if you want to have a class or even just a color consultation let me know and I can do it for ya!

First, I would like to tell you why I became a MaryKay Beauty Consultant. My sister just had a wedding last weekend which was pretty awesome it went perfect! (Well almost at least) Anyway, my sister had a skin care class for the bridesmaids, I had so much fun that night! The MaryKay Consultant, who is now my MaryKay 'Sister', was so much fun she had a ton of energy and excitement! The one thing that is the most fun about the classes is that you get to put on make-up and try new things. I have always loved make-up and I always will! During the class I was thinking about how much fun it would be to do this! Because she is not only having a blast with all the girls that she consults but she is also getting money out of the whole deal! This is amazing! I thought, this would be so cool if I could be a MaryKay beauty consultant! This is the true reason that I joined MaryKay. If anyone out there is interested I can hook you up!

But I also joined because I love the product! The day after the class I was in a hurry for my 7:30 math class! I had about 5 minutes to get ready! EEK! Well I didn’t have time to up the make-up on that morning but I did have time to grab a MaryKay Facial Wipe. So that’s what I did it took about 5 seconds and my face was clean! Not only was it quick and easy but it made my face so soft! As I was walking to class I brushed a hair away from my face, that’s when I felt how soft my face was! You know how sometimes when you feel something once it just feels so good you want to keep touching it, this is how it was! Haha! This is probably my favorite product so far! Quick, Easy, and works great!

My Stylish Life

HEY GUYS & GIRLS! My name's Chloe. As you all know, I am the go to girl when you need advice on fashion such as what's in, or how to pull off a look.

Now why clothes you ask? Well, for the longest time I have had a passion for fashion. I absolutely love clothes and I just love to find different looks that fit well for everyone. I love testing out colors, especially debating what colors to wear for the season. So it all makes sense, let me give you a little of my fashion background. I currently work at Abercrombie & Fitch as the title of "model". As a "model" not only do I wear the clothes that the store has to offer, but I also walk around the store and greet people, assist the managers in changing the mannequins, and help other people who need help deciding what to buy. When people ask me what to buy for themselves or for another person, I always try and help them put together an outfit. Working at Abercrombie & Fitch helped me open up to different kinds of colors and clothing and how to combine them to make them look good instead of clash. That's just about the experience I had with fashion, but it helped me so much because I had the experience with working with my managers, other coworkers, and let's face it...the mannequin.

Basically, clothes is not just a hobby to me, it's an art, a job...pretty much my everything. I think that with clothes, you can express who you are and even how your mood is on a certain day. Now, I'm not asking all of you guys to feel the same way I do about clothes, but after reading this and while reading my blog, I want all of you to have an understanding on what not only clothes, but what fashion is. I want you all to be able to feel good about yourself, and most importantly, look good. So I hope you have a great time reading this blog and I hope you can maybe give me some of your input too.


Love.

Chloe'

With you, I leave one of my favorites.

Every season, Abercrombie & Fitch comes out with a new theme. This one is layers, and I am all about the layers.

Wh@t the F@shion?

Everywhere you look there is fashion, good fashion -bad fashion, and we are here to tell YOU all about it. Yeah, you see it all the time, but there is so much more to it than just what is in style and what is not (although this is the main theme of our blog). How about to also show that one's personality is definitely portrayed by their own personal fashion? Watch others on the street and you can learn a lot about them based on what they are wearing.
Now you say, "Three girls, a guy, and a fashion blog...okay. Wait!? A guy?!" Yes, a guy and no he isn't gay, he's here to give his opinion on girl and guy fashion. After doing our research via magazines, internet, and other sources we will inform our fashion savvy readers (or unsavvy) about the current accessories, clothing, hair, and make-up trends for girls and guys. Maybe this will target the "middle fashion class" - those who don't overly care but put in some effort. We hope to reach all people within the "fashion spectrum" by making this blog something that everyone can relate to. Hopefully we can put up pictures that we find or take and make our own comments, suggestions, opinions, and add personal stories. As we look at others fashion sense, we may try to make sense of it! We hope our blog has the same personality as our fashion- upbeat, fun, and sassy!!
So as our blog takes shape, Chloe' will give her take on clothing. I'm sure she could rummage in her closet to find enough credible sources. But if not she would love to go shopping! MaryKay will tease up some information on hair styles and make-up. Being a MaryKay consultant will help her on these topics. Jasmine will bring new heights to shoes, bags, and other accessories. As the girls go crazy, Dumbfun will keep us in line, add comic relief, give us a guy's point of view, and bring us back down to the real world. As a group we will also cover the personal stories, fashion blunders, and look at the connection between fashion and personality traits. So keep a look out!!!

Chloe'
MaryKay
Dumbfun
Jasmine