Spa Boutique's 1 Year Anniversary Celebration

 On December 8th, Spa boutique on west 4th celebrated their one year anniversary so my friend Masumi and I headed over there for wine, cupcakes and some pampering.

We sat and spoke with a professional esthetician from Dermalogica about our skin. My skin is a little dry and of course one of my worries was aging so he put together a skin care "prescription" of their products that would best benefit my skin. We then took off our makeup (eep!) and with careful instruction from our esthetician, gave ourselves Dermalogica facials.

This couldn't have come at a better time for me. This past year my skin has really started changing and I've been a little lost as to what I should use. After learning all about my skin and these products, I ended up picking up a few Dermalogica goodies. I loved that if I wasn't happy with the product I could bring it back. Investing in skin care products can be scary so a money back guarantee eased my worries.

After our facials we got our makeup done and browsed the skin care collection at Spa Boutique. I picked up some gifts for everyone in my life with bad skin. Haha no I'm obviously kidding (or am I?) but I did buy some gifts while I was there.

It was lovely to meet Natasha and Crystal, and to chat with Sophia and Rick.
I was a little worried about taking too many photos because the store was filled with makeup-less women who probably didn't want to be captured on film. Luckily, Rick was able to take fantastic photos and wrote up a great post on the anniversary so he made up for my camera shy-ness.

Thank you Sophia and Spa Boutique for such a fun evening!

(no) signature style

{Wearing: H&M Coat, J Brand Jeans, Aldo Shoes, Vintage Clutch}

Photos by Cara

Whenever I've been asked to define my style I have a really difficult time. One day I could be dressed like an old man and the next in red heels and a red lip... I don't really feel like I have a "signature style". Or maybe I do and I just can't see it? I love a good blazer or vintage brooch but they are just thrown into the mix, are they a part of my signature style? Some bloggers are solely vintage, others are all about dresses with tights and others are trendy man repellers. I just like to dress the way I feel that day and each day I feel differently.

I'm going to open this up to you ladies (and perhaps gentlemen). Do I even want a signature style or is it better to mix it up? Do you prefer when bloggers have a style that's easily to define so you know what you're going to get when you click on their site? Do you find it easy to define your signature style? Do you think a signature style is important? What are your thoughts?

Wrinkle Avoidance

{Wearing: Old Navy Coat, UO Dress, BeautyMark Tights, UO Shoes, Vintage Brooches}

Photos by Alicia

Let's just get it over with and talk about what all of you are thinking, that my dress is horribly wrinkled. I have worn this dress before and know that as soon as I put it on and sit down it's going to be a wrinkled mess so I can't even play dumb. I just like it. It's a pretty color and comfortable so I just have to avoid mirrors all day while wearing it so I don't have to face the reality of my wrinkles. I also use this mirror avoidance technique on bad hair days, during the appearance of any breakouts, and on days where I forget to put mascara on one eye and leave my make up at home by mistake (it happened). Of course taking photos of myself makes that whole avoidance thing a little more difficult. So how about we all get on the same avoidance page and pretend that my dress isn't wrinkled at all... deal? Brilliant.