Spring is now really upon us and since it is such a transitional season from winter to summer, with ups and downs reagarding weather and temperatures, it can be quite tricky to pick outfits and especially for everyday!
This will be the first of a series of posts, with my prefferences on fashion, beauty and hair looks for spring!
For me, spring is the season of cardigans, pop-of-colours purses and for everyday converse chuck taylors, ballet flats and espadrilles! Oh and tan ankle boots!
Now, personally I don't wear skirts much and especially not in everyday, I prefer to show leg on special occasions such as night outs! I love jeans, and pastel coloured trousers! As for tops, that really depends on the weather.. I love shirts, but at times I wear just a plain tanktop with a cardigan on top, or spring blouses!
So, being one of these very lucky people, I got sick right after New Year's and had to stay in bed for two days but today I was feeling much better so I decided to go out and dress up. While looking random stuff on Polyvore this is what I ended up doing. Making sets of clothes I unfortunately don't own. But I 'm in love with that skirt. And the boots. And the coat. And yeah, the top...
You could obviously swap the top for something a bit more dressy like a dark red sheer button shirt. Like this. The rest is perfect except for the cross bag. I could have gone with a clutch but I wanted something more casual to tone it down. Oh well...
With 2014 coming up everybody makes resolutions they usually don't keep for more that 2 months. And I don't blame them, life catches up with you and you forget to take care of yourself. I 've been a victim of this situation for many a year. But upon the 20th year of my life, I decided to make this year count in more ways than one. Personal aspirations are put forward, but since this is a fashion & beauty blog, I 'm gonna talk to you about my related goals. To begin with, I guess I should state I am on the verge of obecity, which is something I 'm determined to change this year. I ve been on diets and I ve lost weight, but then I let loose and gained it all back. This year I 'm gonna rock those beaches with bikinis I feel comfortable in and in general I m gonna be a lot more careful. I m seing a professional and I joined the gym.
This information was necccessary because it affects my style. I want to start dressing more womanly and not like a school girl any more. I 'm conastantly with my Converse shoes, jeans and tops, which is a nice laid back look, but sometimes I just want a bit more. Especially for dressier occasions I want to be able to wear something that I really like and turn a few heads! (female vanity)
Once I feel more comfortable in my own skin, I'm planning on wearing more skirts and dresses, buy some high boots and a leather jacket and follow many of the trends I haven't been able to so far.
In addition I want to adopt a different make up style! I 'm all about the eyes when it comes to make up, with soft or strong smokey eyes and eyeliner, whereas I 've never really been a lipstick person cause I don't particularly like my lip shape and out of fear of going bald. But since for the past two winters it's been all about strong lips, I decided to buy a few bold lipsticks and work with them to see how I could make them work on me! Other times as a lip stain, other times really full on with lip liner and so on. With such lipsticks I want to try out the pin-up look, with somple winged eyeliner and no shadow and a strong lip!
To many people it would seem that this post is so selfinvolved and silly but it actually is a plan I got for myself this year and a promise I 'm making to stay on top of it! When I feel comfortable enough I will make sure to take a photo for everyone to see the progress.
*Oh yeah, this year I'd like to take more photos to remember all the good times of 2014!
XOXO
