Snakeskin Vans

Hey guys!  So recently school has started for me & I am completely piled up with work & activities, absolutely loving it though! A few weeks ago I went on a little bit of a Vans craze and picked up two pairs of slips on's.  First off they are comfortable as anything, number two, when I am in a rush there's no need to lace/tie anything (shout-out to my wonderful Dr. Martens, I still love em') and third, slip on's are a huge trend for this fall.  

I figured these snakeskin one's would be able to pair up with a pair of boyfriend jeans, denim shorts, or sleek harem pants.  They practically go with anything & I am obsessed!  Also bought a classic checker board pair which I haven't taken off.

Hope everyone's school year is starting on GREAT terms and there may possibly be an outfit post going up eventually in the near future.  Comment below on what you'd like to see.

Love you all.

-M

Just Do It

Just a quick disclaimer, this is not my photo, I just edited it to invert the colors.  

Anyways this serves as my inspiration for today & the rest of my life.  I think that way to many people wait around too long to chase after their dreams & frankly many give up on dreaming altogether.  So here is to dreaming & being stupid & living life as it should be lived!

Bare Minimal

Guys!  This is my second post today!  I am on a roll.  Okay, so basically the other day I was thinking to myself that the first thing I wanted to do was put an outfit of the day on my blog, but then I figured if this is the first time that anyone is going to see me, it should be with no makeup on.  These are all pictures of me...with no makeup.  I am not going to lie, not wearing makeup makes me feel really uncomfortable and putting pictures of me onto the internet with no makeup on makes me even more uncomfortable.  But, I figured if someone is to see you, they should see you as a bare, basic human being first.  Then they can see all of the beauty after.

Hope you're all having a lovely day xoxo.

Acai Bowl

Yes, I have jumped onto the health bandwagon of acai bowls.  They are so delicious.  Eating them for breakfast is the equivalent of eating dessert.  I've run  out of fruit in my house so I used berries that I froze a few months ago.  That's also the reason why there's no fruit on top, but I do have sunflower seeds, almonds, & shredded coconut.  I'm trying to get really fit because I want to feel healthier & have more energy...so here's to new beginnings everyone!  If anyone has any yummy healthy recipes or favorite types of snacks feel free to comment.

The Year of Hibernation

I feel as if every single blog post I start by apologizing for not posting more often.  Let's face it, I am so inconsistent.  But, for the past month or so I have sort of gone into hibernation mode & just focused on myself & what I want to do in life.  I'm going to college next year so my brain is this jumbled mess that has absolutely no idea what it wants to do.  I am scared.  I am scared of growing up, changing, moving away, & life itself.  Life scares the living daylights out of me, but it's also utterly & completely beautiful.  

I made a playlist for you guys.  It's of my favorite album ever.  This is rare because I never & I mean NEVER listen to entire albums without disliking at least one song or getting bored.  Youth Lagoon's album called "The Year of Hibernation" (hence the title of this blog post) is my perfect get away from the earth album.  So go ahead, take a listen.  Run away for a bit & then come back to the insanity of this wonderful place.

Click below to have a listen.

http://tape.ly/youth-lagoon

Foundation Routine

Hi darlings! I thought that since I FINALLY found my near perfect foundation, that I would share my daily routine.  I came across the Nars Sheer Glow Foundation in Sephora after hearing Sammy from BeautyCrush rave about it and it is a godsend.  The color I picked was Fiji & this foundation blends into skin like no other.  It took me around a whole month to get this shade though because every Sephora within a twenty-five mile radius of where I live was completely sold out!  The other products included are e.l.f. Translucent High Definition Powder (note: it's pretty messy to apply so I recommend only using this at home which isn't a problem, it stays on all day), Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in Sand Sable, and Green Smashbox Primer.  This Green Smashbox Primer is excellent. My cheeks are naturally deep pink or red because it is the way I blush.  On some people it looks pretty, but my cheeks look so unnatural half the time.  Green concealer counteracts the redness before I apply my foundation.  Some don't believe primer is a necessity, but it makes my skin much smoother and workable than if I didn't have any at all. Lastly I posted three of the brushes I use to apply these products.  They are quite old, two being from EcoTools, and one being from the Sonia Kashuk collection at Target.  I am thinking about investing in new ones, but these are still doing fine, so we will see how long they last.  

Hope you are all doing well and having a wonderful day!

Lazy Sunday

I feel as if the weekend for me always consists of work, my studies, and laying around the house wallowing about life.

Clarissa Sandals

A few weeks ago I finally got my hands on the Dr. Martens Clarissa Sandals.  I purchased them in regular black leather finish & have fallen completely in love with them!  I think I've actually worn them every single day since I got them.  With my Dr. Martens boots - it took about two weeks to fully break them in, but these sandals only took about a week.  Apologies for them being a bit dirty...my Docs usually go through everything.  These are perfect sandals by far because they can be styled with anything & by that I mean EVERYTHING!  I wish they would make them in white!  I love everything white at the moment, but I have this humongous fear of dirtying or staining it all.  My final exams for school are in about a week so I am making an attempt to put up a post every week this summer, which unfortunately for me is only two months.  On a positive note, I will style these and probably get enough guts to put up a look book for you guys.  Comment below if you would like to see one!

All a Blur

   Usually my blog posts are purely pictures, but today I feel like doing a completely written one.  My life has been insanely busy & I haven't taken that many pictures...I've just been feeling really uninspired lately. And I want to think of new ideas, something that people & I myself would want to see, but when I look around the world seems to be filled with nothing.
   I envy other people, I loathe myself, I am unhappy with the way everything is, I am confused about what to do with my life, I've never had a boyfriend, my weekends are spent mostly at my house or work or with my parents, I get so much anxiety of talking to people (a great thing to have indeed...I mean the world is FILLED with people that I should talk to), I see interesting people but never talk to them because I'd rather them not know me at all than know me & not like me.  This ladies & gentlemen is why I have gotten no where in life..even though I want to...tremendously.
   Why is it that we never feel like we're good enough for anything?  We're not good enough to get that job, we're not cool enough to pull off that outfit, we're not worthy enough to date that guy.  Human beings...I swear we downplay ourselves so much.  I never believe I' m good enough for anything so I never tried anything, but now I regret it all so much.  I regret not getting to know so many people.  I was afraid of opinions and faults and letting my flaws creep out.  I was terrified of the consequences of tiny things like what what would happen if I made a "bad decision," not a life threatening one...but more of what kind of toppings should I get on my pizza.  I will literally have a half hour debate with myself on what to eat.  I don't know if anyone else does this, but when I order food in a restaurant or something I'll rack through my mind questions the waiter will ask me & what I'll say before they even come to take my order.   The anxiety is out of hand.
   I have general daily anxiety, I care way too much about what people think, & apparently I am suppose to know exactly what I want to do when I grow up because if I don't make the "right" decision (whatever that may be) it will be the end of the world.  My mind is a jumble...a labyrinth I can't sort through.  I keep telling myself I will put it all together, but I have no motivation to right now...no means of inspiration.

Phosphorescent

Hi everyone!  Apologies on being absent for a whole entire month.  My schoolwork has been getting the best of me & I've recently been getting into film photography which left me with little to put on my blog.  This shopping trip is from quite a bit ago, but some of the pieces I saw were so beautiful that I had to share.  Especially the mint color dress from Free People...I recommend it for prom if anyone is searching around.  It's unique, but still very much elegant & alluring.  

Recently I have been feeling quite down & receded from the rest of the world because of the fact there's so much pressure to make the "right" decisions in life...whatever that may be.  I feel like I could always be doing more, but then I revert to telling myself that some things will never happen to me.  My brain is such a jumbled mess.  I need to clear it pronto!  Honestly all I want is to enjoy life it & to feel alive whilst I'm living. I want to feel emotions of all kinds, but that would require me to put myself out into the world.  I am scared; I am such a shy person & to do that would be out of the ordinary for me, but it came to my realization the other day that I have a voice & I have potential & so do all of you.  So here is to enjoying our lives - by traveling (shout out to Louis Cole, your vlogs inspire me!), talking to everyone we're curious about, & letting go of all those tedious things!