September Wish-list

In the spirit of fall i have of course been so temped to splurge on fall things. I love fall things, the scarves, the boots, the dark colours. It makes me super happy seeing the leaves because it just means that winter is coming, and i love winter. I know thats a weird season to be your favourite. I put together a list of a few things i have been dying for this fall. Of course things that i can't afford, but some things that if i have some spare cash, that is where it will be going to !

First is this backpack. Recently i have become a huge huge fan of the Herschel Brand of bags. When i was preparing for the start of University i went out and purchased a backpack of this brand ( which was displayed in my backpack essentials post here). Ever since then i have loved the style and design of these bags. They are so simple ! With no crazy amounts of secret compartments and pockets i will never again lose something within my bag. When i saw this design of the bag i fell in love. It's so cute ! And so me. So hopefully one day this baby will be mine. I also own a duffel bag in this brand, but i'll be showing this off when i do my gym essentials post, which will be coming in the future.

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Next are these boots. Sadly i am an owner of only one pair of boots. I don't know how i managed to survive for this many years with only one pair but in that i decided that it is about time to branch out of my babies and get new ones. I want to start building my boot collection because where i live they are a very valuable asset to have. In Canada you live in boots for over half of the year, and sometimes we even wear them in summer ( I know crazy canadians). These ones are knee high boots which i adore ! They can add such a change to the style of an outfit, while making it super comfortable and warm. These boots are something i am for sure purchasing, next paycheck ;)

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This season i am really into comfort clothing. These pants really do it for me too. They are high waisted which makes the slouchy style much more wearable because you can pair it with a really cute crop top, showing that little bit of skin while still being super comfortable. If these pants weren't the hefty price of $40 i would purchase them in every colour. I managed to find a simular design of pants in the sale rack of forever 21. I styled the pants i found in my back to school fashion post ! Which you can see here. 

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Contrary to what i previously thought of my style, and my hatred for distressed pieces i have found that i have been opening up to the idea of distressed sweaters. When the winter comes it would be a nice pick up to have a sweater that is different from all your others. Once again here in Canada when winter comes it really comes. Dealing with way below freezing weather for half of the year can be a drain on your style. Yet being able to wear a cute yet comfy sweater would be perfect.

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Being a new university student i have now quickly learnt the value of pants that are comfortable yet stylist. Simular to the other pants listed above these can be made super cute, or super casual. It's really up to you. And honestly i like the leopard print, yet another thing that i have been getting into that has been super surprising !

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Lastly is this vest from LULU lemon. My favourite place ever ! Vests are very useful once the weather starts getting cold, because then i wouldn't have to pull out my winter coat before it was absolutely necessary. I probably will end up purchasing something similar to this, that is a lot less expensive. But this is my wish list ! And if i could get this one, oh i would do it in a heartbeat.

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What is your top item you want to get this fall ?

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Back to School - Outfit Ideas

So for the third entry on my back to school series i'm going to go over some of my favourite outfits this season. I really like to experiment with clothes, and i have been told i have a weird style, oh well :P I am very into expressing who you are through clothing. I dress for comfort in all honestly, but when i can find clothing that is both fashionable and comfortable it makes me so happy ! I was so happy seeing all these outfits put together and i think they will be a go to for me for the fall.

My first outfit is super laid back. I took a pair of slouchy chiffon pants from forever 21 and pulled them up so they were high waisted ! Not sure if they were originally high waisted but usually i can make it work since i am super short. Recently i have been super into the slouchy pants, i feel like if you pair them with the right top and shoes you can still make them look put together.

My shirt is a big slouchy sweater, also from forever 21, i liked the simple stripes on the sleeves, it made a boring old sweater a little more interesting. To made it cropped, and to make it seem like i wasn't wearing pyjama's i tied one of the sides in a knot and voila ! I love the little sliver of stomach showing, it's one of my favourite parts of my body and i like to showcase it 

Outfit isn't as nice from this angle, but i found this photo amusing! My bestie helped me take these photos, so their are many funny ones ( Which i will be including )

The second outfit i think is one of my favourites. I like the simplicity of it, it's laid back and casual yet it has a put together feel. On the bottom i am wearing the sexy boyfriend jean from the GAP, i have never shopped at the gap before but when i saw these jeans i fell in love. They are the boyfriend style, but doesn't make you look like a cardboard box. On the top i am wearing a basic grey loose fitting shirt. I tucked it into my jeans because in all honestly i wanted to feature my jeans in this outfit.

To liven up the outfit a little i added some super cool shoes. Let me let you into my life a little bit here, i am IN LOVE with sneaker heels. I want to start a collection, i want red ones and green ones and camo ones, oh the camo ones. Honestly they are my favourite thing right now and i think i am going to be going and buying some more. Because i am bad, and i love them. Besides that, these specific ones i purchased at Ardennes's for $19.84. They are on sale so go get them now !

The third outfit i think is the craziest out of the bunch. I've never owned a pair of printed leggings but when i saw these i immediately fell in love. They are shark leggings, yes leggings with the pattern of sharks printed on them. This outfit i enjoy a lot because you have a pop piece, whether it is a pair of galaxy leggings or a super crazy shirt. Just pair your pop pieces with basics and you are set to go ! I love looks like this, and i love seeing people show their personality through their pop pieces.

The leggings were purchased at forever 21, the shirt at old navy, and the scarf at Aldo. In case you were wondering

I'll let you into a little secret here. I am a crazy fish lady. I love fish, i have two tanks in my room, i even have a job working with fish ! They are the greatest things, hence me expressing my personality through fish leggings. If you ever find a pair of leggings with the print of an aquarium on them please send me the link and i would love you forever.

And another silly photo

My next outfit is one of the most fancy ones out of the bunch yet still casual. I like transitioning summer pieces into fall hence the use of the maxi skirt here. This skirt in particular was bought at Stitches ! There are always hidden gems in that store. I paired it with a crop top from forever 21, this is a special one though. It is long sleeve, with peek-a-boo shoulders and it's a turtle neck, WHAT ! I loved this piece the minute i saw it yet wasn't sure if i was going to be able to pull it off. So i said what the heck and bought it anyways

I love this outfit for school because though it looks pretty fancy it is still supper comfortable. I love the freedom that maxi skirts provide, because some days i really just don't want to wear pants, and those days are maxi skirt days.

Just playing around on the tractor :P

This second last outfit i find is very, gangster. Again i am showing that little sliver of tummy, and sporting the flowy pants ( though these ones are navy vs the other ones that were blue)

Both of these pieces were purchased from forever 21. I love the small writing on the sweater crop top, and if you layer a pair of leggings underneath the pants this outfit would still be suitable for winter. Oh how i love multi season clothes.

Lastly i have this little put together. I have on a pair of Haram pants from American Apparel. Which is actually one of my favourite pairs of pants, they get so many compliments because a lot of people don't have the guts to wear pants like this where as i just don't care ! I paired it with a crop top from Brandy Melvile ! And i think it came together nicely. Simple, yet nice.

That brings us to the end of my back to school fashion ! Tell me in the comments which outfit is your favourite :)

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Back to School - Simple and Light Makeup Look

Considering that school is only a week away for those of us here in Canada i have decided to do a spree of back to school posts. Honestly i'm so super excited about this because i absolutely love school, i know it's crazy but i find it such an awesome thing to do !

In the spirit of everything school i think a super important thing to do is to not over do it on the makeup,  i have made this mistake way to many times feeling super cute and dolled up when i walk out of the house but the second i got to school i felt super odd looking and gross.

Who knows maybe it's just me

Throughout my years of high school i've discovered a look that i find will go without fail. It doesn't take long to complete, and doesn't have necessary products. Because i know how hard it is to buy makeup with all of the other expenses and lack of money in the young adult life. So i'll quit with the rambling and get to it.

Starting super fresh and right out of the shower ! In my usual routine when getting ready makeup comes first ( if i decide to wear it !) i usually keep my hair up in a wrap to keep everything out of my face, and to make sure it doesn't dry in crazy shapes before i am able to blow dry it.

The first step is moisturizing ! Any oil free moisturizer will do honestly, i can't even tell you the brand of the one i use since my mother gave it to me but if it works then awesome ! It is really hard to have makeup look nice on dry skin, that's when you start getting to the cake face comments. Even if you are not wearing that much it will make you look like you are if your face is super dry. Also a mistake i have made in the past ( oh young Makayla how much you had to learn ).

After i moisturize i apply my foundation! I am lucky because the foundation i am using this summer has primer built into it. If your foundation doesn't just apply a coat of primer before hand. It may seem useless at first but once you experience the lasting power difference it will become part of your everyday routine.

When i apply my foundation i apply it in little dots around the parts of my face that need to be covered !  A mistake that a lot of people make is putting foundation all over the face, really only put it in areas that you need it . Though if you need it all over the face ( like i have in previous occasions ) then do so. No one is judging you here. I spread the foundation evenly over my face using a Kabuki brush. If you don't have one of these your fingers will do the trick please just make sure they are clean ! 

After i feel like the foundation is on their properly, in this photo it looks super light because for one, the flash drowns me out, and for second i have gotten tanner than expected over the summer ( Wo Hoo ! ) i apply bronzer to give me a little more life. I usually suck my cheeks in like a fish and put it in the hollow spots to frame my cheekbones, this is called contouring, and spread it super sparsely around the face. We don't want to be looking like pumpkins ladies the trick is light but effective. After i have applied the bronzer i lightly brush some blush onto the temples of my cheek for a light glow. I am personally not a blush person, i love it but i don't wear a lot of it and when girls do wear it in good amounts i find it to be super noticeable and not super attractive. I always have believed that natural is key. Other than the times i rock red lipstick, which is all the time. I just contradicted myself hey ? I'm sure you understand. I don't want to look fake, but i still want to play around with it..

Then it's on to the eyes

Again something i love to keep basic. I apply a light amount of brown liner on the top and bottom waterlines to frame my eyeballs and then coat the lashes with some mascara ! I don't use waterproof since i like to wash it off in the shower, I'm lazy i know :P 

So that is it for my mini tutorial ! The finished look is displayed here...

A very basic simple makeup look ! Share some of your favourite looks with me, and we can experiment together

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My Ombre Haircare Routine

Around October of this year i decided to take a leap of faith with my hairdresser and go Ombre. Recently this trend has been spreading a lot more than it has been in the past and it makes me think that everyone else who was a newbie to this hairstyle also had not even one clue on how to take care of it. My routine i must say was definitely built off of trial and error, though it worked out in the end quite well !

Miss in the middle rocking the Ombre

I honestly loved my ombre so much, for a couple weeks i walked around acting like i was top shit because i thought my hair looked the best out of everyones. As time went on i still loved it but wasn't so crazy over it anymore, it faded out of the main topic of conversation yet it was still a love of mine. Nearing the end of the last school year my mister started pointing out how many girls " had copied my hair style". He was aware that i wasn't original with this style, but he liked to think so. Oh my mister.

When i first bleached my hair i was very sad, i noticed an immediate decrease in the quality and health of my ends, and realized it needed a lot more work than normal to keep it healthy. These were a few of the things i did to keep my hair looking and feeling healthy

1. Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner - Any brand will work, i used the type once or twice a week to focus on the blonde parts of the hair, though my whole head wasn't blonde i noticed immediate improvement in the areas that were
2. Hair Masks - I swear by these, if you want to keep your hair as healthy as it can possibly get use masks. I personally purchased mine from lush, this is the one i used, and found it worked amazingly. I wasn't feeling so bad styling my hair because i knew i was going to give it a nice treat later in the week. This mask was also once tried on mister, ( which he would never admit happened) but he said that he noticed a difference in his hair, and this is coming from a guy the stuff has to be good !
3. Air Drying- If you are as picky with your hair as i am this is a difficult point, whenever i could i would avoid using any heat at all on my hair, no blowdryer, no flat iron, no curling iron nothing. I hated the thought that every time i styled my hair i was just damaging it more. So hold back on the styling, your hair is beautiful in it's natural state.

Overall i think i took very good care of my hair, when i went into the hair dresser's today to get rid of it ( sad i know ) she told me my hair was in amazing condition. So even the professionals think this works well ! All in all, you don't have to do hours upon hours of work. Just put in one extra conditioning in the week, and your good to go.

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