Jeans: Forever 21 / Shoes: Sperry / Top: Old Navy / Scarf: Francesca's / Sunglasses: Amazon
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I might be a little late to the party on this one but I have been absolutely loving high-waisted jeans lately, mostly because I’ve finally found a way for high-waisted things to work with my body type! A lot of times, dressing for your body is almost exactly like putting on make-up. Instead of contouring or highlighting to balance out your facial features, you can use accessories and pieces of clothing to balance out your body! For my friends out there lacking in the bust department, I’ve found that combining high-waisted jeans plus a chunky blanket scarf does the trick 😃 What are your favorite ways to style high-waisted jeans? I’m new to the whole high-waisted game so I definitely need some ideas!
Ipsy Glam Bag: November 2017
Happy November everyone! It’s been a little while since my last blog post - almost a month, woah! Sometimes, life just gets insane and something has to go in order for me to maintain my sanity! Since it’s been a bit, I thought I’d throw it back to my favorite types of blog posts - a review of my subscription boxes! Subscription box posts are close to my heart since they are truly what introduced me to the blogging world. If you’re looking to try a new subscription boxes, blogger reviews are your best friend! Since then, I’ve tried a million and a half subscription boxes and now subscribe to only a handful, although I’m always up for trying new ones if you have any suggestions for me!
The Ipsy Glam Bag is a monthly beauty subscription box that gives you a personalized bag of full-size and sample size beauty and make-up products for $10 a month. All of their products also come in a cute, handy little make-up bag!
Glamour Dolls x Lisa Frank: Bitten & Bronzed Matte Bronzer | Full-Size $4.99
Box Faves: The packaging on this Lisa Frank x Glamour Dolls bronzer was probably the best part of this ipsy! As a kid, I was obsessed with Lisa Frank stationary and I think the company is doing a great job of appealing to 90s kids like me! The bronzer itself was also a nice warm shade which goes perfectly with a lot of the autumnal tones appearing in my outfits lately! I also absolutely loved the emulsion moisturizer from Ling Skincare, although with that price tag, I probably won’t be re-purchasing. I do appreciate, however, that ipsy has put products from both high-end and inexpensive brands into their bags.
Box Flops: Definitely the lip gloss and the scrubbing cream. I don’t have a real use for scrubbing cream and I am a 110% matte lip kind of girl so lip glosses are always a dud for me. Ipsy’s algorithm seems to be getting better and better over time so I reviewed these products saying I don’t like these types of products. Fingers crossed that this helps to further personalize my ipsy bags in the future!
True story: I have never actually purchased a bronzer because I receive so many in my subscription boxes. Bronzer is one of those products that I use pretty sparingly so it’s nice that my ipsy bags keep me stocked up! This month’s ipsy bag was just a middle of the line one for me. While there were a couple of items I absolutely loved, there were also a couple of products that I don’t really have a use for at all. Although the products themselves weren’t bad or anything, I just can’t say that I love every product in the box :( What did you think of your November ipsy box? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Cozy Coffee Date ♥
One of my favorite things about cooler weather is that it gives me the perfect excuse to go to the cutest, coziest little coffee shops and stay inside all day with my favorite chocolatey drink! Although I consider summer my favorite season, if I’m being perfectly honest with myself, I’m probably a much more effective human being in the colder months because I stay inside 24/7 and actually manage to get things done!
I’ve learned to appreciate over time the positive that each season brings. Instead of whining about the cooler weather like I did as a kid, I’ve grown to love how autumn brings so many gorgeous, rich colors and even the cooler weather gives me the opportunity to wear all of my big fluffy blanket scarves - so I really can’t complain! What are your favorite things about autumn?
