Winter is a wonderful season because I can reinvent a dress by simply throwing a sweater over it! However, I don’t own any over sized sweaters. Most of mine are form fitting, so they look ridiculous if I try to layer them over anything. So, for the sake of fashion, my boyfriend allowed me to borrow his sweater :) 

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend, beauties! More pictures after the jump. As always…

Shopping Information:

Dress: Heritage 1981
Sweater: Black Brown 1826 (Boyfriend’s)
Purse: Louis Vuitton (from my grandmother)
Wedge Booties: MRKT at DSW 
Glasses: B.U.M. prescription glasses 

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As if it hasn’t been made obvious by my previous posts, I am definitely a girly girl with a taste for all heart shaped and pink. One would think that this includes my make up. However, I was going through my collection and realized that I mainly have shades of only silver, brown and blue. Some under used palettes of mine have a purple here and there, but no pink! Well, that obviously needed to change.

I decided to take a plunge and purchase a completely out of my price range five color palette by Dior. It was a moment of weakness, but these feminine colors for $59 called out to me and I couldn’t resist. 

As described by Sephora, the palette includes: 

- Creamy, blendable base
- Versatile iridescent eyeshadow
- Satiny contouring shade
- Shimmering highlighter
- Sultry, intensely matte eyeliner
- 2 double-ended applicators

The colors are definitely blendable and beautiful, to say the least. Here are some swatches, both wet and dry. Each swatch was applied to my forearm with my finger, not a brush or q-tip.

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While I was home in California, I spent a lot of time with my 9 year old sister. She doesn’t care much for getting her hair done, but was very intrigued when I told her about my split ends. She had no idea what I was talking about.

I figured I would give her an example not from my hair, but from hers. She has very thin, extremely long hair, therefore she must have split ends, right? Wrong. I combed through it, down to the ends only to see that I was wrong: zero split ends. What?! I feel like I take much better care of my hair than she does. Why do I have so many and she has none?

I think about it and break down my hair routine: On a daily basis I blow dry. On a weekly basis I curl, maybe do an up-do, braid, etc. And only on a yearly basis do I get a cut (with trims here and there). So perhaps my ridiculous amount of split ends actually makes sense. No matter how many compliments I get on my hair, at the end of the day this girl has some serious split ends.

Enter Pantene’s Split End Repair. It binds all current split ends and, with continued use, can rid of split ends all together. Sound to good to be true? Only time will tell. I’ve been using this every other day for the past 3 months, and so far I’m liking what I see. When I comb through my hair, I notice a great amount of former split ends that have indeed been bound together as the product promises. 

The pomade-like consistency is best applied, in my opinion, to wet hair a couple minutes after towel drying. Whenever I apply on my dry hair in between washes, I find that it feels too sticky, adding weight down to my normally bouncy mane. Additionally, the price is pretty wonderful. Only $6 for a product that definitely has lasting power? Yes, please.

I’m always a fan of a quality product at a bargain price that does exactly what it promises it will do. And the Split End Repair is the definition of just that: it works, it’s cheap, and I love it.

Oh, Pantene, you make me swoon with delight. Now if you could only bring back my beloved Ice Shine.

We Heart Beauty’s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars — CERTIFIED BEAUTIFUL!

That’s all for today, beauties! Have a wonderful rest of the day, and as always…

Shopping Information: Pantene’s split End Repair, $5.99 at Walgreens.com

It’s my very first outfit post! I’m super nervous about doing this, but my favorite blogs feature personal style, so I wanted to give it a try as well. Hope you enjoy!

Right now the weather is so windy, dark and depressing that my outfits need to keep me nice and cozy. My current favorite pieces are so comfortable, especially the sweater. It’s the softest item in my closet!

& I am in love with these suede wedge boots. The bottom has traction (unlike a lot of other wedge boots I was looking at), making sure I’m always ready for a walk. They’re so comfortable but at the same time give me the height I desperately need (I’m only 4’10!).

So, there you have it beauties! My first outfit post. I hope you like it! Please feel free to leave some love & let me know what you think. Hope everyone has an amazing weekend! And as always…

Shopping Information:

Sweater: Kensie at Dillard’s
Infinity Scarf: Calvin Klein at Lord & Taylor
Purse: Cole Haan (sold out)
Wedge Boots: MRKT at DSW (I got mine on sale for much less than the online price)