Talk about being able to shop online for hours. For anyone who is not familiar with these boutiques please take look! You'll find your self browsing for hours!
1. Ruche http://www.shopruche.com/
Just like the site says its a modern boutique with a vintage touch. Im always able to find indie inspired clothes for actually pretty affordable prices! Definitely one of my top places to go when I'm looking for something a little romantic and out of the box. Their helpful lookbooks are the best fixes for style blocks or a quick idea for an outfit!
Mod Retro Vintage and Indie Clothing. ModCloth reminds me of urban outfitters. They even have an apartment section! Their prices are a little higher than I would prefer for just everyday shopping but sometimes its nice to splurge a little every once an a while. I love this site because of their "party dress" section. Its so fun to show up to a cocktail party in an awesome dress that no one has and thats so cute and vintage inspired.
Don't forget to change the currency in the right hand corner to wherever you live, because this is a European based company! I love this site because its more contemporary and you can find well known brands all in one site that you may not be able to find anywhere near you! They have a great selection although a bit pricey.
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE THIS SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER! If you have not tried these shampoo and conditioners please dooo! You will not regret it. You can find them in Target or Ulta. The bigger bottles run for around 8 dollars (these are hard to find!) but their also sold in smaller bottles for less and are great trial sizes! A couple days ago I purchased a big bottle of Organix renewing moroccan argan oil shampoo and a big bottle of the nourishing coconut milk conditioner. If your wondering why I didn't buy the pair of either of the lines, its for two reasons. First i loved the smell of the coconut milk one so I knew I definitely had to get that one and then from my knowledge of hair products I knew anything with moroccan argan oil will make your hair silky and shiny! The smell of the moroccan oil is very strong and smells what I think is "gypsy-esc". During a talk with my hairdresser moroccan oil was brought up and she explained that the only problem she has with it is that she feels like smell belongs on someone who has long dark black exotic hair and wheres a lot of black eyeliner. If this is for you then great! If not, thats alright, lucky for you the mixing of the coconut milk conditioner makes a delicious after smell!
Another reason why I was interested in buying from Organix was because of the organic appeal to the products. Their sulfate free and paraben free! For those of you who don't know what either of those are, sulfate is the salt from sulfuric acid. My question after researching that is why would you ever want to put that in your hair in the first place!! Parabens are a bunch of chemicals that are used as preservations in cosmetic products. I say the less chemicals you use in anything is for the better, go natural! (How ironic for a beauty blog right). Their safe for color treated hair... although I don't have to worry about that because I've never colored my hair! The back of the bottle explains that their eco-friendly and made from recycled resin... what ever that is! :)
After washing and conditioning my hair I noticed that it was hard to comb through, brush through and kind of hard to do anything with. Because of this I was nervous to leave it to dry naturally for the fact of looking crazy! I blew dried my hair and felt it was already so thicker! It was shiny and smelled great so I was pretty happy but still confused of the weird nature of it because so unmanageable. I talked to a few people and they said that this is how your hair reacts to drastically different shampoo the first time you use it. (I had just switched from Umberto from Beverly Hills which is also a shampoo I highly recommend!!) The second time I washed my hair with the Organix I was pleasantly surprised that there was no tangly thick mess like the first day! It was shiny, healthy, soft, and super clean! Seriously guys what more could you ask for! Go grab yourself a bottle... or three!!!
Since I'm writing this on my way to the beautiful beaches of florida i was of course inspired by hot weather and beach essentials. Sure August is all about back to school and preview of fall but hey hey hey its still summer!!! Heres a list of my favorite products and randoms during these hot hot months!
1. David Babaii Bohemian Beach Spray: As mentioned before this is seriously the only product to bring to the pool, beach, lake or wherever you spend your summer days. Spray when your hair is damp and give it some scrunch and you will have perfect beach waves without sparing washing your hair! It leaves your hair smelling like coconut. Although this is hard to find in drugstores but like everything is available online!
2. Essie's Mint Candy Apple nail polish and Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure Coral Fever nail polish: Summer staple nail polish colors! You can never go wrong with the perfect turquoise and coral nails. Seriously, they are bright fun, tropical, and look great with tan skin. Essie's Mint Candy Apple is a little more blue than green and always gets so many compliments. Sally Hansen's Coral Fever comes from her Complete Manicure line and stays on longer than most of polishes. I love to switch between these two colors on either my nails or toes.
3. Bikini Zone Anti-Bumps Shave Gel: My roommate introduced me to this last year and I gave it a shot because lets face it shaving your bikini area is a pain. Bikini Zone Shave gel is a miracle and totally eliminates any bumps, or irritated areas. Strutting around in a bikini 24/7 leads to constant shaving and the last thing you want to worry about it is an embarrassing bikini area. Trust me ill never go back to anything else and its definitely worth a try if you haven't used it already.
4. Dove leave-in smoothing cream: Even though its summer our hair still loves to frizz up. How annoying, I know. After showering just a penny sized amount can smooth out your hair and control frizz. Just remember to comb through with a wide toothed comb to evenly distribute the product so your hair isn't drying with clumps of cream.
5. Mark Get a tint Tinted Moisturizer: Although i have mentioned this multiple times it will always be on a favorite list because well its amazing and cheap! Sure there are other great tinted moisturizers like laura meuricers but at least this one is affordable! Its great to throw on after a day in the sun because it basically evens out and boots your tan and skin tone without being a heavy foundation. Also moisturizing sun soaked skin is so important for prolonging a tan.
6. Olay Quench active hydration with green tea and vitamin complex body lotion: Such a perfect lotion for summer because even though the sun can dry out your skin you also don't want to be weighed down all the time by a thick shea butter. Save that for chapped winter skin! Olay gives the perfect light weight but still rich formula we all want in a lotion but Not to mention this specific one makes you shimmer!!! I've been told that when I wear this lotion my skin sparkles (but not in a cheesy, tacky drag queen way) when hit by light. Nothing is better when pairing that with your summer tan. The smell is light and not overly fragrant.
7. Tarte Cheek Stain: During the summer i don't to be layering products on my skin but rather just using the essentials because its all about being natural and carefree. Sometimes I feel like being in the sun all day takes the healthy flush away from your skin. A cheek tint is perfect to throw in a beach bag to add a little color to your face when hitting the boardwalk or stopping at a restaurant.
8. Australian Gold Spray Gel with Bronzer Sunscreen: Although we know we need sunscreen when going outside it still hurts just a little knowing that your not going to get 100% of those rays. As silly as it is I sometimes find myself fighting between ending up a little less tan that day or suffering a possible burn just to get that deep bronze and not applying sunscreen. Just wait... its possible for both!!! Banana boat has the perfect solution because they made a sunscreen spray that has a bronzing color in it. So within the minutes of application you can already be a little bit darker!
9. P90x Ab Ripper: This is the best way to get those beach abs quickly. It is seriously my go-to ab workout before hitting up the pool or the beach. Below is the video that I follow that has part 1 and part 2 of the ab workout. Trust me you will feel this within the first couple reps.
