Website Wednesday

Because I know I'm not doing anything this week that will result in a Friday Favorites post, I've decided to be semi-clever and have Website Wednesday. Here are the [Youtube] websites I am SUPER into this week.

1. LeanBodyLifestyle



This site has some SUPER tasty, SUPER easy food ideas for the clean eater that gets bored with clean eating. I 100% recommend trying a good half of his recipes. I personally like to combine his "pizza" recipes for a quick lunch when I have a craving for pizza. Which happens to be like once a week. I also can't wait to try the "Low-Carb Protein Cinnamon Rolls" recipe. I'm pretty skeptical about that one, we will have to wait and see.

2. ThoseGirlsAreWild




Sometimes it is nice to watch videos where a person has an opinion and this is their informing you. Most of their videos are comedy based (and hilarious), but through it all you get an overriding sense that these videos are very personality infused. I think these women are very aware of who they are and what they believe in and they make videos to talk about their...life.  There is this genuineness about it all that makes it infinitely interesting to me. And the videos give me a serious case of the giggles frequently.

3. BeiMaejor



I think this man is infinitely talented. (Infinitely is apparently the word of the day) Watch the "Bei Maejor Makes A Beat Out of Christmas" to see what I mean. His talent just seems so spanned, he has a musical ear and it shows through his singing, his beats, his lyrical compositions. I feel he's a nice break from what main stream society is peddling. Don't get me wrong, his commercial debut of "Trouble" is decidedly commercial and I am a HUGE fan of Drake so I undoubtedly appreciate the commercial, but listening to music coming from a different angle is always pleasant.

Well, have a wonderful Website Wednesday! Hope you enjoy some of these sites. Salud!

Best! Week! Ever! (Part 1)

Do you ever have those weeks that are SUPER SPECTACULAR? Everything is going right and everything seems to be going from good to better to great ALL WEEK. I'm having one of those weeks. I have them everyone once in a while, a few times a year, and I LOVE them every time they come around. I am on cloud nine. So, I am going to detail my week for you thus far (and since I'm an augur, I'll include the rest of the week as well.)

• Monday: I received my first acceptance to a Graduate school. Indeed, the Director called me personally. <- That was, in my opinion, the bossiest part.
• Tuesday: I got the okay from my work to dye my hair multiple unnatural colors!!! You DID read my Multicolored Hair post, no?
• Wednesday: Got my nails done. Now the tips have a pretty pink glitter to them. I've decided that I can for sure do this on my own and decided to purchase an acrylic nail kit for my birthday...3 months in the future. Lol!
• Monday-Friday: I worked out all week, every day, according to my new exercise regime AND I cleaned up my eating for the week.
• Sunday: Mikey is coming to visit and I get to spend all day with him in San Fran. THEN I get to experience Sunday Funday with Binx. Hopefully adding Mikey to that mix as well. I'm pre-excited for this.

I hope you lovelies have an exceptional week as well! I'll fill this in more as the week continues; of course I'm assuming more goodness is headed my way! Salud!

Multicolored Hair

I am obsessed! Post Rihanna-fire-engine-red-hair, women have fallen HARD for ridiculously colored tresses. And up until now I have been very take-it-or-leave-it about it. Ombre hair wasn't even on my radar, I only caught onto colored tips because of Lauren Conrad's peach tips (still think that was novel) and I was never into a whole head dyed crazy colors because it was such a tricky look to pull off and 85% of those who tried failed. Unbeknownst to them, of course. However, I came across Stephanie Bettinger's photo on Instagram when she tried out multicolored streaks and I was instantly sucked in!


Look at her! Her hair is FIRE. Complete and utter FIRE! I can't get enough. These women with 3 or more colored streaks are making me so jealous.
Katy Perry rocked it! LC [supposedly] rocked it! These other random girls rocked it!
     

I want to rock it too! I honestly think it is a combination of my genuinely liking the controlled wildness and the result of my recently reading J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series and the character Phury who has, you guessed it, multicolored hair. My life is always being influenced by the fictional literature I read. Nevertheless, I am 100% going to have to ask my work how bad it is if I add pink, grey & blue/purple streaks to my hair. I know I am not 16, save for at heart, but this as a summertime hairstyle is SO appealing. I have months to make this happen. We will see. Salud!

Romp It Up, Part Deux!

Yesterday's post about denim overalls gave me food for thought and lead me to the conclusion that a much safer alternative to denim overalls would be: denim romper. I actually thought of this as I was creating the denim overalls post, but wanted two separate posts in the end. Anyway, Free People has the cutest denim romper.
 

It is also an astronomical amount for a romper. Baby Phat has a pretty cute one as well, below. (Side note- I didn't know Baby Phat was still in business!?)
 
 Further, ASOS, quite possibly my new favorite online store, has some out-and-out overall shorts. They are all over this trend.  I think these are my favorite because they stay true to the denim overalls concept, which is what has me intrigued. And, to top it off, they have it in a different color!
 
 
Free People: http://bit.ly/wjJ0fy
Baby Phat: http://bit.ly/xlLKhb
Asos: http://bit.ly/yM3Gvv
Asos (Colored): http://bit.ly/zywIqZ

Also, I just found this gem! Asos is truly on top of their game. Check it out: Colored Overalls!
 
Too cute, yea?!? Salud!
Asos: http://bit.ly/wffes6

Romp It Up!

The other day I was online window shopping at my second favorite store, Urban Outfitters, when I came across this throwback gem:

 

  

No, your eyes do not deceive you. You are 100% looking at denim overalls. I am undecided about how I feel about the reemergence of denim overalls. My manager wore a pair the other day and I thought it was novel and rocking...on her. It seemed very fitting for her personality. For the masses, myself included? Debatable. That being said, if I were truly truly interested I would 100% promote exploring options that included the following: a unique back detail, as those above do, and a tapered leg, versus the straight leg above. Asos has a pair I favor that do both things I mentioned, pictured below, but they literally have two sizes. Little details like that are going to be key to make this comeback work instead of looking like you are going to rake out pig stalls, or worse, displaying 6th grade nostalgia. Salud!

Urban Outfitters: http://urbout.co/zwqFID

ASOS: http://bit.ly/Avnyj2

Proud New Owner/ Friday Favorites

I know I wrote earlier in the week about my love of shopping, so I wanted to continue the theme of...loving to shop. These are my current Friday Favorites based on clothing I have recently indulged in.

1. Tri-Blend Fleece Hoodie

Did I mention it is men's? It is kind of my thing currently. I stole the idea from one of my co-workers. But this hoodie is the TRUTH. Especially in this Tiger's Blood color. Ok, the color is actually called Red Rose, but Tiger's Blood is 50 times cooler, no? Besides being super vibrant this wonderful sweater is fleece lined so you stay warm and snuggly all the time. I can't stop wearing it with my nude wedges and dark blue super skinny jeans.
http://gap.us/z0nKxE

2. Hollister Super Skinny

I actually own two pairs, but these dark ones are the BEES KNEES! I honestly wear them the majority of the days of the week and weekend. I asked the worker what the difference between these and the skinny's were, she said the super skinny's were...super skinny. What she failed to mention was that the composition is different. The supper skinnies are MUCH closer to a jegging than a denim jean which, in turn, means the jean molds to your body and really moves with you which, in turn, makes them super comfortable to wear. I am a huge fan of Hollister jeans in general, but these super skinnies are a real life love connection.
http://bit.ly/yIPWWf

3. Stag Necklace

I bought this from Forever21, it only has one eye and I think that adds character. Honestly, it's like wearing a hunting trophy on your neck. Every chance I get, I try to bust this thing out. I will probably forever lover Forever21 because of their novelty jewelry. This being a MAJOR case in point. My cupcake earrings being another!

Bien Viernes!

I Want, I Want, I Want! (Gap Edition)

It is that time again where I like to bust out the clothing items that I can't wait to try on. Honestly, Spring is not looking like a big season for me, at least Gap-wise. And since I don't like shopping clothes anywhere else, it probably won't be a big clothing season for me for a little while. Maybe long enough to squeeze in a tattoo? Cross those fingers! Anyway, now that I have digressed, here are a few things that I have picked out that are to my liking for Spring 2012.

1. V-neck Pocket Tee (Gap)
  
Yellow Shooting Star. The color I should get. White. The color I will most likely get. Nasty green Kale. The color I will consider because I find it so repulsive. I like this shirt a lot, all the more so because of that non-functional pocket. Also, these shirts are 100% cotton!! Double upside!!! But the Gap is also purportedly coming out with an even slouchier shirt that REALLY appeals to my dirty Ke$ha sense of style.  (The Gap has really interesting color names for their clothing, as evidenced above. We, as workers, always get a kick out of it.)
http://gap.us/y96zV7

2. Easy Pocket T
 
Let us talk about how SLOUCHY these tees are! They are so baggy and flowy and casual and have "F*** it, I'm a model-on-her-day-off-beautiful" written ALL over them. These shirts are the epitome of why I am going on a 3 year white t-shirt fetish. Now, let us discuss these names. Blue Opal, I can't tell this one apart from Milk, but I assume it is a variation of very pale blue. I'll let you know when I see it in person. Milk. The classic white, which, let's be real, EVERY closet needs.
Now, rain parade. These shirts...100% Rayon. :( I don't know if you've ever had a chat with Rayon, but if you haven't, next time ask it "Hey Rayon, what is your favorite thing to do?" I kid you not, Rayon will reply "Shrink." Cross my heart! I have 3 rayon shirts from last summer, they are now ALL "shrunken rayon". I cannot, for the life of me, remember to not throw a rayon shirt in the dryer. Because it's a T-SHRIT! 3/4 of the point of buying t-shirts is because they are such a low maintenance item. Rayon is NOT low maintenance! *sigh*
http://gap.us/Ad9Al3

3.Topstitched Oversized Pocket Tee

Last...fall? Gap had a Chambray shirt that I LOVED! Loved, loved, loved. Yet, I was on the fence about it because the XS was a little too snug, but the S was a little to loose. I should have sucked it up and got the S. It is an item that I just CANNOT get off my mind. This is why I have HIGH hopes that this new, similar Chambray shirt will make me a wee bit happier...and help me move past the old one. :)
http://gap.us/Au8zDf

4. The Perfect Oxford

I think this shirt is TO DIE FOR in white. It is going to be a staple ALL Spring and ALL Summer, for MULTIPLE seasons. On top of that, it is SUPER versatile! You can dress it up for work or dress it down on weekends. It goes well with pants, it goes great with skirts. I can't get enough of it.
http://gap.us/ABiwRb

These next few items I hesitate to say I want, but I am very interested in how they fit/look in person.
5. Broken-in Straight Khaki
 
Blue Sky. Blue Galaxy. Verveine. These three colors...unique, unique pant colors. I'm not a khaki person, but these give me baseline hope because they're straight fit. Very intriguing all around.
http://gap.us/wP5MGm

6. Slub-knit Drop Shoulder Sweater

This sweater. In my head, I really want it in brown mystique mauve because it screams casual and versatility and Saturday-easy-comfort. But in reality I KNOW I can't wear neutrals unless I want to look like the living dead and based on similar sweaters of the past, I would be willing to bet this is going to be huge and oversized. And probably boxy to-boot.
http://gap.us/zbJeXK

Needless to say, I cannot wait to try all of this on. And purchase half of it! :) Salud!