OOTD: My Pregnancy Style

Being pregnant has truly made me appreciate my body in a completely different way.

Finally, I'm happy to wear tight fitting clothes, different color combinations and aren't scared to bare the bump.  I feel like being pregnant has taught me to love my body and that carrying around some extra weight is a beautiful thing.  It's also done wonders for my skin.  During the first trimester I looked awful, seriously.  I was breaking out all the time, my skin looked pale and I had dark circles under my eyes for the first time in my life.  Since reaching my third trimester, my skin has cleared and I truly feel radiant!

At 27 weeks, I am feeling so great and just can't believe how much I am loving this little man already!

    

HOTD - Breezy Spring Style

This weekend was so nice that I figured it was time to pull out the maxi dresses.

For those that know me well, I practically LIVE in maxi dresses (in the summer) for a few reasons: 1, they hide any "imperfections". 2, all you need is the dress, a jean jacket and a statement necklace to look completely stylish and put together and 3, they are so comfortable.  Because of these reasons alone, I own 7 maxi dresses in different styles, colors and textures.

This was my outfit, hair and makeup du jour on Saturday.  Can I just say that I am especially loving my hair? 

I am so happy that it's getting longer but it takes forever to blow dry because I have incredibly thick hair so I've taken to drying it while scrunching, hairspraying it like crazy and pinning it up in sections.  I added a cute headband and was good to go.

 Now, my makeup.  I kept things simple with pink lips and minimal eye makeup.  The items I used are:
Covergirl Natureluxe Silk Foundation 

Physician's Formula Green Concealer 

Clinique Perfectly Real Compact Makeup 

Illamasqua Powder Blusher in Hussy 

Joe Fresh Fuchsia Lipstick 

Estee Lauder Magnascopic Mascara in Black 

Covergirl Eye Enhancers Bedazzled Biscotti Eye Shadow

That's it!  I tried to keep it simple and am LOVING that my skin can actually show through as being clear and blemish free.  Woohoo.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

OOTD (Yesterday) and My Tanned Limbs

Hi guys!!!  Thanks to Angela who urged me to get off my derriere and take some pics of my recent Sephora glow.  I know this picture doesn't really show my tan (at all) however, the rest of me is brown, I swear.  Since yesterday was my scheduled haircut day, I didn't style my hair before work.  Instead, I took one of my many headbands and threw my hair back.  Came out rather well, I think.

It was fairly overcast yesterday in Vancouver and instead of wearing my usual office attire of greys and blacks, I wanted to incorporate something bright and cheerful.  You can also see my left foot (your right) that my skin is rather pale.  Yes, that's my normal skin tone which means that the rest of me is actually really tanned.  I sprayed a thin layer of the Sephora Tinted Self-Tanning Body Mist that I blogged about HERE and, ladies, it really does work.

Here's a picture of the color taken in natural light.  Again, you can see how pale my feet are compared to my legs.  Did I not spray my feet on purpose you ask?  Umm, no, I actually completely forgot to spray them BUT it really gives a great comparison.

Here's a slight blurry photo of my arm.  Again, for a paste-y girl like me, I am really happy with this base tan.  And to think, I've only used this product three times.

So, you ladies got to see my OOTD and my new-ish bronze limbs.  How's that for a Wednesday treat!!!

OOTD & FOTD: Lovely Blues

It's been raining in Vancouver for, oh, about the past week and a bit so this morning I made the decision to wear a dress. Not just any dress but one of my long maxi dresses (strapless) to make me feel like I was in Mexico or at least somewhere that isn't raining. And....It totally worked!!! Not only did the rain break for a bit but I paired it with my awesome new aviators and got so many compliments.

Here's the dress:

I love this dress because it was inexpensive ($25 Old Navy last year) and is extremely forgiving, if you know what I mean.

Man, this is a crap picture. Either way, you can sort of see the blue I used on my eyes.

This picture is much better. ( I, of course, blame poor lighting...ha) I, as usual, have my shimmer all-over glow going on as well as a light coral lip.

FACE
Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse in Porcelain Ivory
Joe Fresh Duo Concealer in Light
Clinique Perfectly Real Compact Makeup in Shade 102 (N)
Youngblood Brow Artiste in Dark

CHEEKS
Marcelle Graphic Face Pressed Powder in Prismatic Neutrals (All-Over Glow)
Mark Good Glowing Custom Pick Powder Blush in Star Glo
ELF Studio Simmer Palette (Highlight under eyes)

LIPS
ELF Super Glossy Lip Shine in Goddess

EYES
ELF Eyelid Primer
Rimmel London Color Rush Trio Eye Shadow in Maritime
Mark Custom Pick Eye Shadow in Night Owl (amazing color!!!!)
Youngblood Intense Color Eye Pencil in Blackest Black
Maybelline Great Lash Blackest Black Mascara

PS - I told Allan (the BF) that I would give him a shout out for taking the pictures. So, thanks babe!! xo

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone