Spring and layers

Hello darlings! I am here today with another blog ( YAY!) today it is all about spring and layers. I do not know about where y'all live but where I live the weather has been doing some crazy things. At some points it is nice and warm and other moments it is cold and you need something to keep you warm here it is how to stay stylish and looking amazing in layers for spring! :)

Wet Seal

Forver21

Payless

forever21

forever21

 

Forever21

As you can see for the bottoms I went with shorts and just kept it pretty simple with the dark denim, As for the top I wanted to add some color and pattern into the look. The shirt just screams " SPRING" too me and the colors look awesome! Since this is a layering look I went with a black cardigan that had a 3/4 sleeve too keep you nice and warm on the morning walk outside. For the shoes I thought a simple cork wedge peep toe would be nice and it will also elongate the legs ( Hey we for sure want that!) You all know that I love to nice the pretty and playful with the dark and edgy, I believe by adding the spiked purse you get that wonderful combination and that is why I picked that purse. The spikes are with out a doubt awesome. Since there is a lot going on in the outfit already with color and pattern I went with just a simple black cross ring. I think anyone can pull this look off and by fabulous darling!

As always I hope you are able to draw some inspiration from this outfit and of course I hope you enjoyed reading! Big thanks too everyone that reads, and had kept reading. Leave comments letting me know what you would do or would have done different. Please be sure to share with others and subscribe by email if you wish.

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey

Fashion and season problems

Yesterday a Lady I work with handed me a catalog and as I was looking trough it I noticed that since we are in the fall season a lot of the time the weather in the region I ( or even you) live in do not match up perfectly with the season trends. I have pretty much lived all over the other US. From Organ, Idaho, California, to even down in the deep south like Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas, as well traveled from state to state but that all together is a different story. Where I am living at right now, though it might as well still be summer, yes we are starting to some what of fall chill but but by the after noon we get back up into those 90 degree temps. and the fact that is it also very humid here so all in all the we come to the sad point where, we don't get to enjoy the fall colors, and trends till late November, but as a result for a lot of people here, we have to move out spring and summer outfits, into fall and some of winter.

So now lets go into this summer/fall/southern weather. Right now since we are in fall weather I am trying to get some of the colors going, like right now I am wearing a black blazer ( from TJMaxx), with a white tight blouse ( from old navy), with jeans( from JcPenny) and white peep toe sling backs ( from payless I also got my sunglasses here as well) and my purse is from Fluff. Now with that said even today running around town doing things for my work I was still pretty hot.

what I wore today

When you are living in the delta of the south, hell the south in general it is just hot, you can't going around nice cozy jackets, or as I stated in one of my later BLOGS  that I was talking about the over sized jacket trend, here you just can not wear that here it won't work.  Now to the people here in the town that I live, Jeans, tennie shoes, and a t-shirt, dressing up here is wearing a polo. Honestly speaking to the people where I live I dress as if I am in some big time city,  but I dress casual from a big time city.  Now part of that is that I use to live some what close to these big time cities so dressing as if you are in that type of setting is just fine where I am now the nearest big city is four hours away so the way I dress some what does not work. But being that I am as my dad likes to say a " Fashion Guru" and also I am not willing to let go of my fashion style. Below is an example of what people normally wear.

sorry for the black blur i had a edit out the town I live in haha

 As always thank you to anyone that reads my blog, be sure to subscribe by email, and share leave comments you know the drill ha! I hope you enjoyed reading :) and be sure to check back every Thursday and Friday that is when I post!

Links(s)
Old Navy
TJ Maxx
JcPenny
Payless
Fluff

XoXo

Union leader,
Pey

Homecoming pick apart

The month of scare and dress up is here and yet for the other bloggers that are doing Halloween based blogs I dare to be different, as we come into October many high schools and even Colleges are having their Homecoming game. If you are not from the USA,  Homecoming is when an American football team has a home game and normally they have a homing court with maids, and a Queen and King. In high school all the Students get dressed up and then after go to a dance. As for College they simply have a big party and tailgate leading up that game. Now as we enter our 2012 homing games I welcome the good, the bad and the down right ugly ( I must say this like when we look at our parents old photos and say " Mom! what were thinking the shirt is so awful looking hehe or at least that is what I do)

freshmen

1. I am seriously shaking my head right now. The only thing I even remotely like about this outfit is the shoes. Other then that I am about to tear this outfit apart! My dear what were you thinking? The black part of the outfit ( I am thinking that it is a dress) the knit bat wing thing just does not work the fake leather and spandex part, that is just a no no! Now I do like that shoes I think heel ankle boots are a nice piece to have in your closet they great in the fact that you can wear them any thing,  and dress them up or down. Now with this lovey ladies figure I just would have done something different. like THIS.

2. I have three words for this dress....Show Girl and Vegas plus 60's mod. I honestly do not like anything about this dress not even those shoes and I am shoe lover! Well for starts the color is awful and not something I would pick simply because of her skin tone, it totally washes her out. The shoes as well get washed out by the dress. Now I do understand that she wants the main focus to be on the dress, I would have done a totally different dress and shoes to not only bring out her skin tone but her hair color. I personally would have picked this DRESS. It brings out her skin tone and hair and also the cut and style of the dress and also creates a more curve to her body shape, we don't want to be stick straight. Now these are the SHOES I might pick to go with the dress they add a pop or color and they have a nice amount of sparkle :)

Sophomore

1.  her dress makes me want to I have no idea what it makes me want to do but I sure don't like it! now her shoes I do like once again you have a staple piece and the color was a good choice but. The cut of the dress almost seems to swallow her and just once again the pattern I do not like. THIS is what I would have picked and kept the same shoes of course. Something about the dress I picked has a flare to it and a some what playful look, the dress seen above that she picked hides her body an, when you have no curves you want to work with what you have not hide it but doing stuff that seems baggy and loose.

2. Peplum :) if you noticed in my LAST blog I talked about the peplum skirt and how it is a making a come back from the 1950's with a new fun short take on it. The lady above I have nothing bad to say I personally would wear this my self, you have a nice pattern with the shoes, an besides leopard print is just as the color black it never goes out of style, it is just one of those staple things you sort of need in your closet. I keep saying you want to show your curves not hide them this young lady did just that. I give five stars!

Juniors 

1. Back to ranting about the no no's of these girls fashion. Pattern, Cut, shoes, the placement of the belt..NO! the pattern and cut as well as the length of the dress does this young lady no justice whats so ever. For her body type I would have done a baby doll dress like THIS DRESS The placement of the belt should have been much higher because then you have a nice flow if it is in fact placed higher. Now as far as shoes so once again I am just shaking my head, because for this young ladies legs she wants to create the long leg look, and with those heels and also the length of the dress it just is not happening I would have done THESE shoes, when creating the look of long legs you don't want ankle straps simply because it cuts on the leg, with the shoes I picked the white color with give her skin tone a darker look as well make her legs appear longer which both of those we want.

2. Rocking the 60's mod, I don't have a problem with but once again with this young lady also appearing to be shorter, we want create the long leg look, now I do like the color of the dress although I personally wouldn't have chosen that dress seen above I would have gone with this DRESS it has the same rich red color ( red I know it is brighter more of a strawberry color) but the flow of the dress is nice and also it helps with the look we are after. The shoe I have no problem with but they are more spring summer look to them I would have gone with a plain black shoe as seen HERE being that her dress is bright and colorful we want the attention to be there, but still wanting to get the long leg look.

Seniors

1.  Being that all three of these ladies are seniors I was the most upset with these three. They should know better! tisk tisk...This red number is just not working for me, and the shoes just do not go with outfit I seriously have no idea what she was thinking. This young lady should have gone for something like THIS being that this dress has the same features as a high low dress you and it also doesn't have the awful placing of the belt as seen in the red dress. Now These shoes I am worried because they do not go with this dress whats so ever! Something like THIS would have go nicely with the dress I picked above.

2. Once again I am saying no, you have young lady that is short and with that being you want make your self appear to be taller and have the long leg look going. This dress that she has picked just does not help her in any way. THIS dress would look beautiful on her, the cut is nice and would work with her body shape and the way sweet heart neck line is perfect. Now the shoes that she is wearing I do like they remind me of Rockabilly and I think are a good choice.


3. I HATE this outfit, I can not stress that enough. The color she picked on both shoes and dress I find awful as stated above with all the other girls this dress does no justice for the young lady. THIS powder puff blue color, would look nice on her no only would it compliment her hair but also her skin tone, as far as shoes go I would have done these PRETTY little lace shoes, I believe they add a nice texture to the dress and color fits perfect with the powder puff blue.


That is my rant and rave for today stay tuned for more ha, from reviews to advice now to tearing these girls dressed apart. Please feel free to leaving your comment on these girls dresses and even the things that I picked, I would love to hear what you have to say, or even what you would like to see. And of course please subscribe by email if you would like and share with your friends. Big thanks to anyone that reads it means a lot to me!

XoXo

Union leader,
Pey

Cover Girl Makeup review

Cover girl is one of the timeless classics that every girl seems to start out with and builds off of. It is like a good foundation to getting better with makeup and learning  how the products work.  I have been using cover girl products since I was about 12 or 13  and now I happen to be 17 so I believe my thoughts on this product are true and I can honestly tell you how they work for me.

Cover Girl oil control liquid foundation

This product I must say at first I was impressed with, but as I hot into the hotter months, I found my self not liking. This foundation goes on light and smooth leaves you with a nice flawless finish but with in about two hours or so my makeup looked caked on and just looked awful. Now during the winter months this product did better for me. I still found my self applying powder to take the shiny away, and my skin tends to brake out when I am using this product. This were two deal breakers for me. Now Before I did start using the Estee Lauder, I bought a second bottle of this which I will be using in the winter months once again to test it and see just how well it looks. I am also not fond on the packaging, but once again one of those things you can live with.

Cover Girl pressed powder oil control

Impressed! I must say I do really like the way this product works, leaves no shine, and flawless look. My makeup doesn't feel heavy or looked caked on with this powder. The packaging is nice but I must say the hinging on it kinda cheap, My first one that I got it actually broke on me * tear* and I was quite upset by that and the fact that the mirror doesnt stay up it own, you have to actually hold it which in some cases can be a pain, but nothing that you can't deal with. I also highly recommend that you a power brush instead of the little powder puff that is provided inside. The powder puff does leave a caked on look where the powder brush leaves a nice smooth clean coverage all over.

Cover Girl Invisible Concealer

I am not that impressed with this product. For me it just didn't set right. It was also clumpy. Not I must say It matched my skin tone nicely and that I really like but it is once again, a start product.  I guess this is good if you just are in a pinch a need to rush out of the house and want to use cover up and not do your whole beauty makeup routine. Which by the way I have actually done that before and it worked well but not something I would wear everyday.  Packing is nice I don't have any complaints about, the want is nice and the tube is nice size.

Link(s)-

Cover Girl

Liquid Foundation

Powder

Concealer


I hope you enjoyed reading my little review on some of Cover Girls products, Be sure to subscribe, and comment, also feel free to tell me what you would like to see posted on here, as always thanks to anyone who reads my blog be sure to share!

XoXo

Union leader,
Pey

 

Healthy Hair

I was once told that a girl's hair is her pride and joy, and to that I agree. For me personally my hair means a lot to me. It is my comfort blanket so to say and actually about a year or two ago I I was getting my hair cut and I got it cut really short and I was crying because it was cut so short I had an emotional attachment to my hair ha ha! But Now my hair is long again and with a recent cut and adding more layers to my hair I find my self wanting to go about keeping it healthier keeping away those awful split ends and having healthy happy hair :)

Here are some tips for happy healthy hair with food, shampoos and conditioners and a few more things that can keep your hair looking its best at all times! Now please take note that if you have fine or thin hair this is not going to make it thick or lush, so please keep this in mind.

I am a pollo-pesco vegetarian. So my diet is a bit restricted but not too much but here are some food that you can eat that are not only good for your body but great for your hair: Essential omega-3 fatty acids are needed to support scalp health some of the foods are Dairy, eggs, poultry, veggies, and fruits , and nuts and seeds just to name a few. You also need food that high in protein, vitamin B-12 and iron.

For more healthy hair tips from food click here: Feeding your hair and your body

Now some of the things that I do to keep my hair some what healthy ( you will see why I say " some what healthy" ) I do not wear my hair ties ( hair elastics, hair bands, etc.) about the only time I do wear it up is in a bun, when washing my face, need it out of face because it is oily, other then that my hair is down and shining in the sun light. Now this I don't do but at some point once those awful gray hairs start to come in I will start to dye my hair. I highly recommend that you do not dye your hair it will damage it great, along with flat ironing it ( I always use a flat iron) Blow drying it ( this I also do) and curling etc. Basically any heating product you use to style your hair is going to do some damage. Please always use heat protecting products this can help with heating damage and keep those split ends under control!


long and strong! plus silky smooth :)

If you clicked the link above it also shows and tells you about deep conditioning. This is a great way to get silky smooth hair and help repair it ( to some extinct) I personally do not do deep conditioning because my hair gets so oily and it is already pretty smooth. I don't want to add to my oily mess ha ha! A lot of the ways you can do this is simply from all natural foods that you get from the store.  here are some links to deep conditioning recipes, see you really are feeding your hair ;)
Culy Locks
hope for the damaged!
 ( please be sure to check the link above it gives two recipes for deep conditioning)

Hair products I use!
 I have use a Number of nice products as well as a whole lot of just pure awful, but none the less here are my top products that I recommend!

Ren Pure
Garnier Fructis
Aussie ( I also get my hair spray from Aussie It works great and has an amazing scent to it!)

As you can see there is many ways to keep or get your hair healthy you just have to work at it. Thank you to everyone that is reading be sure to comment and tell me what you think or what you want to hear about be sure to share as well!

XoXo

Union Leader,
Pey