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A quick outfit of the day from last week- Coral Pants & Navy:
new coral pants from Kohl’s // basic navy tshirt // diy navy scarf
tan Riveira sandals from Payless // Nine & Co. crossbody purse from Kohl’s
as well as cute daffodils – Spring has sprung!
A lot of this outfit is from last spring so most of the items are not available for purchase still… but the pants are and they’re even more discounted than they were in my last post!
So let’s just start off by saying there are some excellent things in this bag but I don’t buy a lot of pink eyeshadows and I have a natural pink to my cheeks so I opt for bronzer over blush. That said, I’m going to judge based on ingredients moreso than color this go round.
In my bag:
In the glamroom but NOT my bag:
BUT it’s NOT in my bag!! This was the item I wanted the MOST. More about this in a minute.Overall I’m good with the bag. It was love it or hate it but I found out about some new to me brands and this bag also showed me that SOME of the Big Sexy Hair products could be good and acceptable ingredients-wise (though some of their products are also not going to touch my head.)
Now here’s where I’m REALLY annoyed – Sexy Hair’s Powder Play: It’s that whole “other people got it but I didn’t” thing. The product I wanted to TRY the most, I didn’t get. I tried using the sexy hair store locator on their website but I couldn’t get it to select the state from my iphone!!!!! I wanted it enough that I decided to hit all of the drugstores on the way home from the mail (business mailbox) because I knew I had seen the product lines those places.
WORSE:
I tried Rite Aide, I tried CVS, I tried Walgreens, I tried Target, I tried Meijer. I’m not kidding.
I could not find the Sexy Hair “Powder Play” any of these places. So … back home I check online and the one place I forgot was Ulta. So I’ll try there soon. If I don’t find it there, I’ll buy it on amazon.com (Ipsy’s $5 off of $25 purchase of the product from the ulta site isn’t a “deal” when you have to pay shipping… plus spend more money.)
Almost forgot. A discount code to GenBeauty in LA. The fact that it’s in LA I won’t be attending but the coupon code can be used by multiple people so I thought I would post it:
And the unboxing video (this time I remembered the tripod! But my angles are a little off):
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So back in 2011 I noted that denim / chambray shirts were catching my attention. Mostly paired with bright colors like coral and yellow OR with white pants / jeans. The coral jeans and yellow jeans have been something that have stuck in my mind as something I have wanted to buy for awhile now.
SO, today there was some shopping at Kohl’s… let’s start with the pants since they ARE what I’ve been talking about.
I have no idea how they got “sateen” or “capris” out of this. Ok, so maybe my lower half sometimes works better with petite sizes but these look more like they would qualify as “ankle jeans” than “capris” even if my legs were longer. The fabric is more like jeans material but the stitching is different and they don’t look like jeans. They’re very soft and not shiny. I purchased them for $26.40 today. I’ll get to something related to the price at the end of this post.
Tops shown from left to right are: ELLE™ Lace Peplum Top, Dana Buchman Solid Pleated Top, and my own top from TJ Maxx. I did not buy the shirts though I definitely want one peplum top before this trend is over.
Click on the following image to be taken to the pants on the Kohl’s site:
I could not for the life of me get this color to photograph well in the dressing room. I swear it’s more coral than pink … but it’s on the pinkier side of coral. These are jeans and you can tell in the photo that they are a more normal length (hence about an inch too long on me.) I’m debating whether I should hem them or just leave them as is because with shoes they won’t drag the ground. Otherwise the fit is excellent for me.
For $18, these are a steal. I couldn’t find the display with these so I lucked out that I spotted a pair wadded up and stuffed in with the Levi’s in my perfect size but you can still find them online, click the below image. They also have a couple of other colors but I think this is the best of the bunch:
So I’m looking for a turquoise dress to wear as a bridesmaid in a wedding this summer. The AB Studio Pleated Fit & Flare dress was something I had picked out online to try on and found at the local store. You can really see in these two photos what happens to the color in the dressing room lighting and why I could not get the correct color on the jeans above.
I liked the dress but it just didn’t seem like something I should wear as a bridesmaid. It just seemed a little young and not quite dressy enough. Yes, we are on our own for bridesmaids dresses. The only bridesmaid who has said what she’s wearing has said black. I have my black dress but I feel like I need to take a more colorful dress. Yes, you’re seeing a lot of turquoise but in this case it’s one of the wedding colors. So the final verdict was a pass on this dress. Just wasn’t quite right for the occasion.
Online it says this dress is $42 but in my local store, the scanner brought it up as $36. click on the below image for the link to Kohl’s:
This dress I tried on because I’ve been eying it for months now. I don’t think it’s right for a bridesmaids dress. Just too busy a pattern for the photographs. I do however love the fit and colors. Super comfy, hides certain flaws while accentuating curves in a flattering way.
I kinda want to buy it to wear to Keeneland. Keeneland is a race track for horse races. You have to have gone to get it completely. You don’t have to dress up but the majority do… people skip work, get dressed up and go to drink and bet on horses. And people watch – that’s half the fun. It’s not quite as dressy as Derby but some people do go ahead and take it to that level. April is spring meet time at Keeneland.
I just don’t wear dresses enough to warrant the $71.25 of this dress though – not right now at least. Click on the below photo to go to the dress on Kohls.com
I almost didn’t buy any of this, even the pants. The teal dress I knew was on sale but those little electronic displays over the yellow pants didn’t have any discounts. I thought the yellow pants were going to be $48 instead of $26.40. BUT you know those little price check kiosks? YES, you should USE THEM! Look for the price check kiosks at Kohl’s – they are your FRIEND.
Seriously.
I’m very much a jeans girl. The darker, the better (but not black, black shows cat hair too much.) Deep deep navy, no distressing. HOWEVER when I’ve been wearing the same jeans for awhile they do in fact become somewhat faded which is the case with what I had on today. These are actually the lightest blue blue jeans that I own.
What I wore in these photos (this is really all over the place):
I’ve been meaning to share more outfits of the day like this but just haven’t gotten around to it. I do however wear jeans a lot and I do re-wear a lot of the same outfits which means that sometimes what I wore just is not that interesting … or I think it wouldn’t be. We’ll see if I can make this more of a habit. Though don’t worry, I will probably not be posting every single day. You can see a pattern in the colors I tend to like photographing though. Lots of turquoise and teals and aqua… I swear I have other color shirts in my closet!
AND I’m sorry, these last couple of days I’ve been feeling rather prolific. I promise I will not keep this double posting nonsense up (I’m going to post something about coral and yellow jeans in a bit.) 🙂
Has anyone tried the Sally Hansen Salon Insta-Gel Strips or the SensatioNail Gel Polish? I saw both starter kits at Walgreens the other day.
I’ve heard good things about gel polishes but this seems to be taking things a little too far for me. While the Sally kit was around $30 or they have these mega kits with ten applications for around $60. Seems like a hefty investment when I thought part of the point of doing your nails at home was to cut your costs. Yes, you do get multiple application out of one kit but still…
What are your thoughts? Has anyone tried these? And do they really last two weeks?
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