Outfit Inspo: Bring On The Warmth

Bring On The Warmth by elbonner featuring beach wall art

Had a decently warm day today, though it felt like it was way too windy for my tastes. It seems as though the weather has turned the corner and is getting to where it should be instead of 34 and raining all the time. In celebration of breaking into the low 70's, I made a little outfit to celebrate. Really simple, with some fun embellishments that scream "simply summer". I'm just hoping it gets a lot warmer by my birthday! Have a good weekend, everyone!

T-Shirt: Rag & Bone
Shorts: One Teaspoon
Earrings: Free People
Necklace: Free People
Perfume: Saffron James
Nail Polish: Essie
Sunscreen: Shiseido
Lip Balm: Clinique
Clutch: Samudra
Shoes: Vans

Ultimate Gift: The Lash Stash

If the oppourtunity ever rolls around to purchase the Sephora Last Stash gift box again, I would seize the moment and buy like five of them. I got this as a gift this Christmas and I won't have to buy mascara for years. 

There are all the best selling mascaras in this little rose-gold box. I have been trying a new one out each day and I will probably do a post on how each one fared in my experiment.

 There are two full size mascaras: Sephora's Outrageous Volume and Tarte's Light Camera Flashes. There's also a set of Sephora false eyelashes which are a fun edition for when you're feeling fancy!

 The set came with a bunch of minis too including: Too Faced: Better Than Sex, YSL: Babydoll, Benefit They're Real, Makeup Forever Smoky Lash, Lancome Hypnose Drama, Clinique High Impact, Blinc mascara, and Buxom Lash.

I'm so grateful for this awesome gift. It really takes the guess-work out of having to pick another mascara that could just turn out to be an expensive mistake. I'm going to have a lot of fun playing around with these!

Hope you all who celebrate Christmas had a great holiday and will party down into the new year. Happy New Year's Eve!!

Surrendering To Fall: OK, I give up

Fall Things by elbonner featuring fall placemats

After a weekend at a beach house, I have come to the tough realization that plagues my life every year: SUMMER IS OVER. I am still holding out for a few more days I can eek out another sun-filled beach trip, but let's face it, the leaves are falling and everyone is drinking/eating pumpkin spice everything. When the weather cools, I don my usual outfit: t-shirt, sweater, army jacket, boots, and scarves. They are a good go-to because they seem to never go out of style and ooze coolness like the filling of a jelly donut (also a fall favorite). Fall is a time to appreciate hot coffee again, get some reading done, and moisturize compulsively. 

Now before everyone jumps on me for wearing hipster fox sweaters, I've been wearing fox-themed clothing items since I was a first grader, although my fox-wear was decidedly less cool than what is available today and a lot more like this:

To complete this look, pair with black stretch pants, fanny pack, and a crimped side-pony.

I hate putting on more layers, but I'm convinced fall was created to make me appreciate the warmth more. You might as well make the best of the cooler weather by wearing some cute stuff before everyone's enthusiasm for life is destroyed by winter, because really, fuck winter.

Fox Sweater- Markus Lupfer
Skinny Jeans- Rag & Bone
Army Jacket- Madewell
Combat Boots- Nasty Gal
Sunglasses- Raen
Scarf- Lucky Brand
CrossBody Bag- Target
Almost Lipstick "Black Honey"- Clinique
Shea Butter Hand Cream- L'Occitane En Provence

Spring Lip Color Extravaganza!

WARNING: This post contains a lot of photos of me making stupid faces in my bathroom. If you are offended by my face, then please steer clear of this post! I am getting more and more into lip colors the older I get/the less I care. I've recently gotten into the oranges/tangerines/corals that have become so popular as-of-late and I've bought a whole bunch in all sorts of different finishes. This post took lots of tissues and resulted in some seriously dry lips, so a new post for you and a extreme lip conditioner treatment for me!

Clinique Almost Lipstick: Black Honey. My new favorite. It's so natural, "black honey" really is the only combination of nouns and adjectives suitable to describe it.

Clinique Chubby Stick in Oversized Orange. Love that this is like a crayon you can just draw on your face with. Very sheer, but great for a touch of color.

NYX Butter Gloss in Cherry Cheese Cake: Sheer-ish coral that is super moisturizing. A bit sticky, but worth it. Crossed-eyes not included!

Sephora Pantone Collection in Tangerine Tango: BRIGHT tangerine orange color. Great for a fun night out or just reminding people that you like color.

MAC Lipstick in Saint Germain: This is a hard color to pull off, but it's so much fun when you so. A strawberry milk pink that is great for hipster dance parties or hanging in at that place in Tokyo where all the girls dress like creepy dolls! (nail color: Fiji by Essie)

MAC Lipstick in Vegas Volt: More of an orange-hot pink hybrid, this neon coral color is awesome. If I had more appropriate places to wear it I'd be through a million of these by now.

MAC Lipstick in Morange: A more matte version of the Sephora Pantone lipgloss, this is a really fun color that works with every skin tone. 

Ellis Faas Creamy Lips in L102: Hellooo extra from The Craft! This color is the BUSINESS. Ugh, I love it so much, but I feel like I would be seen a vampire slut if I wore it during the day. A deep plum wine color that is super hot and the applicator is shaped like a giant bullet. That should be enough to sell you!

Tarte Glamazon Pure Performance 12-Hour Lipstick in Fierce: My lips have a weird way of making every red lip stick I've ever tried turn pink. That is why I always stick to oranges. This is the first true red to stay red on my lips ever! It stays on well, maybe not 12 hours well, but I really like it.

Well I hope staring at my face for a prolonged period of time didn't scare you off forever. How am I supposed to share my love of lip color with you without smearing it on my face and making you look at it?! Well, I hope you all have a good weekend and put some color on your face!