Jumping on the bandwagon with the printed pants trend! How perfectly do they go with this blazer? Also, cheeky tee. I’m so comfortable and feeling fun in this ensemble!
Sunglasses c/o80sPurple (buy em HERE!)
Tee from a gift shop in Old Orchard, Maine
Material Girl blazer
Tinseltown jeans via TJ Maxx
Calvin Klein flats
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Fun summer look I wore to a sushi lunch. I’m loving the splatter effect with the perfectly on trend neon colors. I kept the theme going with a hot pink bag, pink lips, and neon green nails. Yea, NEON.
Lane Bryant dress via my mother’s closet
Forever 21 belt
Guess bag
Champion tie dye sports bra from Target
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Simple summer look. I’m currently packing to leave for my annual Maine beach vacation, and leaving tomorrow so I’ve got my work ahead of me! I’ve also started writing and working on a few new projects so it’s a lot of days of me sitting in front of my laptop in shorts and a tank top. Like this oldie but goodie H&M tank, Forever 21 shorts, and CG flats from Barami.
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Went to the mall yesterday with my mum and friend Sabrina. Picked up a few little things whilst I was there (Thanks mom!)
Also new: Fresh ink!
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EffortlessCool is TWO years old!
Holy wow, time has gone by! But has it? Two years and I’m not sure how I feel. I feel like I should be farther along; not stuck in this rut between dream jobs. I feel like I should have had more iconic wardrobe pieces, more sponsorships and affiliates, more success with this thing. But I guess maybe it’s perceptive, and I’m just feeling this way because of my recent lull in life.
Looking back, I guess this blog HAS come a long way. Back form my first posts just WRITING about fashion-y things, to becoming more of a personal style blog, and even a once-a-week food blog. I started the NYC Fashion Bloggers group and made so many friends, attended many a fashion show and fashion event…
So, I can’t complain. This blog is my baby, and I don’t know what I’d be doing with my life without it!
With that being said, I figured I’d do something nice for all you followers and readers! A giveaway of my favorite items, just for YOU!
Dior “Waterlily” vernis parfume
Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper
DiorShow mascara
Garnier Moisture Rescue
this Dior nail polish has been on my nails for WEEKS since I bought my first bottle; perfect minty spring green!
The eyeliner has been my favorite for YEARS. The pen like shape makes it easy to hold and the brush makes winged tips so easy and effortless! Just be careful to not make mistakes; this eyeliner is meant to STAY where you put it!
DiorShow mascara perfectly separates my lashes and gives them everything they need.
Garnier Moisture Rescue is something I’ve been swearing by since my friend Ashliegh introduced me sometime two years ago. You put it on before or after your make up and it instantly gets rid of flakes!
All products will come brand new and in their original boxes (I took them out for photography purposes) and I may even include a little something extra!
To Enter This Giveaway:
1. Follow me on BlogLovin’
2. Follow me on Twitter
3. Leave a comment with your email address and twitter handle
Simple as that! Giveaway ends in ONE WEEK (Thursday, March 22nd)!
Good luck to all who enter ❤ And thanks for your support !
I know no one has probably ever thought “wow, I wonder how Sahra does her make up”, considering I barely seem to wear any. But that being said, I have clean skin for a reason, and I still wear some quality products, so here’s my ode to those items that make me more comfortable in my own skin. Let’s start off with a picture of my uneven, make up less, face:
I always start with my Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Stress Control scrub. Then, with a fresh, dry face, I apply my Bare Escentuals matte foundation.
Disclaimer: I’m aware this shade is not correct for my face. I’m currently in between their lightest shade and this. I spent the money on this one and figured I’d just use it up until my summer skin fades back to their palest shade and then I’ll purchase that one. For now, though, this suffices and doesn’t look as bad in person as it does under the macro setting of my camera lens.
Next, I usually put on some eye shadow from my YSL palette before applying my eyeliner. I use Kat Von D tattoo liner in “trooper” and I swear you can’t get a better liner! The pen-like style makes it easy to handle, and it’s COMPLETELY smudge proof. Seriously, go to Sephora, draw a line on your hand, and then try to swipe it off-it won’t work.
The last step for my eyes, I use this Givenchy extension mascara. I love the subtlety of this mascara, and the round tipped brush is perfect for applying evenly. Lastly, I dab on some of my YSL lip gloss (the stay is long, and though it’s a gloss, it’s not overly sticky or shiny), and some Daisy by Marc Jacobs perfume. I have the bottle, the lotion, and the roller ball for this perfume so I’m never without my signature scent!
and Voila! My basic everyday beauty regimen!
I’m also thinking of doing an upcoming post about all my favorite lip gloss’ and sticks, what do you think? Let me know your thoughts on my beauty routine!
Also, don’t forget to enter my Hallie Friedman Jewelry Giveaway!
I love tattoos, I love the feeling, the smell of a nice tattoo parlour, the smell every time you lather on some A&D ointment. I love the minute, almost comforting pain and the soothing sounds of a tattoo gun.
YES I only got one last month. But I almost got another, which I’m still planning to do. Actually, I mean, if you want to talk reality, I have about 10 ideas and designs for future tattoos. Someday I will probably end up looking like this (hopefully after a career and I’ve settled down in life and can be a bad a$$ grandma):
Now, while tattoos and piercings and punk rock is all a fun aspect of my life it’s not everything. If you haven’t caught on by now, the world of FASHION is kind of my entire life. I dedicate my education, my work, my play, my free time; it’s all involved in the fashion world somehow. After Best of Bklyn‘s recent post about how she came to run a fashion blog it really got me thinking. How did my start coming into this world begin? From as far back as I can remember I’ve always been picky about what I wear. In kindergarten all I wore was oversize sweaters (I was TINY) and stirrup leggings. Yea, that look worked like three years ago too. When I was applying to college for fashion my essays began with this story, and how I could throw a hissy fit if anything didn’t FEEL comfortable or match perfectly. In high school I was runner up for best dressed; I made my own clothes just to have something fun. I’d intertwine my love of pin-up-y looks and juvenile prints, for example into a tight Elmo skirt or the animal print off the shoulder dress I posted the other day.
I’ve NEVER been one to stick to the trends too closely or wear anything specifically to fit in.
Anyway, getting back to the point of this post. Fashion is MY LIFE. Tattoos are used primarily to represent things of importance in one’s life. I’ve always loved the idea of a coat hanger or safety pin tattoo, probably since I was about 13. I almost got them last month on a particularly grueling day. Sadly, the tattoo parlour I went to was all booked up for the day.
But, I feel the need to get these tattoos. I’ve been scouring for inspiration on location, size, shape, etc, and figured I’d share with you my findings (images via Google search and Tumblr).
Now, I want both, I believe. My first thought was on the out side of my calves, one on each leg, like the image to the right. My other thought was the underside of my forearms, similar to the one of the two safety pins above, though they’d have to be pretty subtle.
Thoughts? Do any of my readers have tattoos? If so, I wanna see them!
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random post having
very little to do with personal style, but everything to do with fashion ❤
I’m so excited, my new Iron Fist zombie chomper swimsuit came in the mail, just in time for my trip up to Maine! Thanks to the help of Jennifer at Style Addiction I was able to find this suit in the perfect sizes without ever having to try it on; yay for getting over my fear of online shopping!
Find this, and other fun monster faces swimsuits (I like the Evil Dead one a bunch as well!) right here. I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of this swimsuit, as well as my others, this week, so I’ll save the zombie face spam for later.
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