Adorable dress :)

The Mr. and I went shopping and I found this stunning dress for only 10 doll hairs! It's black and ivory knit with sweet winter patterns.  I'm wearing it here on Thanksgiving with a red cropped cardigan from forever 21, black leggings from American Eagle, two-tone high boots from Modcloth, pearl earrings covered by hair and sporting red lips with Revlon colorburst matte balm in the color 'standout' my new favorite red lip color!

"I got bangs!"

Name that movie quote anyone? (it's legally blonde...hehe! one of my faves)

 I actually did get me some bangs and I'm pretty happy about it as you can see in the photo above :) I needed a change but I didn't want to go chopping it all off just yet so this is the result! 

long hair + bangs = smiles

** this will be a small enlightenment for you today, your valuable time used to simply enter into my brain when it's on stupid mode and enjoy what lives in there. Here's a little tid bit of the love I have for one of the most ridiculous movies made: Legally Blonde.

Some of my most favorite quotes from Legally Blonde:

• Elle "Whoever said orange is the new pink is seriously disturbed"
• Warner: "You got into Harvard Law? Elle:"What like it's hard?"
• Hairdresser in the salon "OMG the Bend and snap, works every time!"
• "The rules of hair care are simple and finite, any cosmo girl would've known!"
• Elle: "Exersice gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy, happy people don't shoot their husbands! They just don't!"
• Margot: "Yeah, Luckily"
• Margot: "Awe look, there's like a judge and everything! Vote for Elle!"
• Enrique "Don't you estomp your little last season Prada shoes at me honey"

I hope ya have a Perfect Day! ;)

Part Two: 
Outfit of the Day: I wanted to dress comfy today so I pulled on this soft jersey striped skirt from old navy and tucked in a colored layering tank top under my white 'boyfriend' v-neck ($10 a la target) Then I added a belt to keep the skirt up at my waist and I had myself a comfy cute outfit. I love when I actually have the time and care to put in the effort into wearing my favorite tried and true clothes in a way that turns them into put together outfits instead of just throwing them on and heading out the door.

Also I miss dancing so much!  

Girly Stuff

Hello,

So I'm super excited about all my birthday presents! Everyone was so very generous and really blessed me! Thank you to my awesome family!!! I love you guys!  I used a few already and wanted to share some looks and crafts that have come from these thoughtful presents.

something you all should know if you don't already is: I pretty much love pink! I have a pink keyboard...and mouse...yea... and I also wore pink everyday for an entire school year because I'm silly like that. So now that that's out there, lets check out this stuff!

DIY canvas tote:

(using stencils and my new Cricut machine)

Oooo, sparkles!

here's my new bag

and my tools

I used my Cricut machine to cut out the flower and I already had bought a 'Martha Stuart Crafts' stencil pack (on clearance) and I also already had the fabric paint from a previous project. In regards to the paint: "Is that...?" you ask, "Why yes, it is sparkly neon pink fabric paint!!!"

I love the look of raw bland canvas with the bright sparkly pink designs

and I mean "whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed"

lol!

I used the flower as a sort of backward stencil. I really liked the way the canvas was soaking up the paint and the softer look it created when I used the flower in reverse.

As you can see I used the other stencils in the regular way :) 

very fun and simple craft!

Naked 3 Palette, oh mai gosh! Well it's not that new but it's new to me and I love it!

here's me being weird, taking selfies and what not...lol!

This is a beautiful set of eye shadows by Urban Decay! Lots of rosy neutrals pretty shades to play with. 

This was my first go at it, so here's what I did:

1. urban decay eye shadow primer, samples come with the naked palette three along with a nifty double ended brush! 

2. lightest shade in the pallet, called Strange, it's a creamy matte color and I put this in the inner corner and then brushed it all over the rest of my eye lid all the way up to just underneath my brow.

3. I dabbed on my Mabeline New York 24 hour color tattoo creme eye shadow color 'Inked in Pink' (got this at target, it's a soft pink with a metallic shine to it) I put on the lower portion of my eyelid. (it's a creme shadow so it helps powders stick and look really great)

4. I used a fluffy eye shadow brush to put the color 'Limit' into my crease. It's a slighly darker matte pink shadow.

5. I took a smaller detail brush to put the color 'Nooner' into the outer corner of my eye lid and blended it into my crease as well. 

*I was considering stopping there, it was a very nice soft look but of course since it's new I wanted to try some more...hehe...

6. I used my finger to add the color 'Trick' on the center of my lid. It's a rose gold color and with a lot of shimmer, I was nervous about getting glitter all over my face so that's the reason I used my finger :)

7. I tight lined with dark brown eyeliner and used my powder eyeliner by bare minerals on the top outer portion of my lash line.

8. I took my white eyeliner to tight line the bottom rim

Woah this is a lot! Sorry! 

9. I used my favorite eyeliner on the outer third of the bottom lash line . It's an Urban Decay glide on eye pencil called 'underground'. It's a shimmer-y, pink-y brown (i don't know, i just love it) 

10. And then... I put the color 'Nooner' a dark pink matte shade (the same one I used for the outer corner of my eye shadow) underneath my bottom lashes to set my eyeliner and create a soft blended look. 

11. last step, umm... last two steps: curl eyelashes and put on mascara.  

I finished the look with a soft pink lip liner and a lip gloss by bare minerals. 

Pretty, Pink, and Done! Ha!

Thanks for hanging with me and I hope you have a great day!

love, Cait

A Favorite Outfit

 Hey hey! I want to start putting up some of my favorite outfits up on the blog! This is actually not a super recent photo but I love this outfit and since the weather is warming up I will be sporting it again soon! 

here it is head to toe:

beige fabric flower bobby pin from target, Daily Lunch Date top in Giraffe from Modcloth, ivory basic tank top from forever 21(I seriously love these because they have so many shades and they are only 2.50), accessory belt taken off the dress it came with... gold tone and beige leather wrist watch from charming charlie, orange capris Michael Kors from T.J. Maxx, woods and wildflower sandals in brown from Modcloth. 

Why do I love this outfit?
This outfit is one of my faves because it is full of my favorite things! Giraffes are my favorite animal, orange is one of my top fave colors, gold tone is my preferred accessory shade and this beautiful top was gifted to me from my mamma! she's definitely a favorite person in my life! 

Here's another way I styled this top:

dark orange ribbed tank from the Gap, Daily Lunch Date top in Giraffe from Modcloth, jean capris 'artist' from American Eagle, sandals. 

This is my simple version when I'm going for comfort and keeping things low key.