Hair Tutorial: Easy Braided Low Bun Updo

Since Valentine's day is coming, here's an easy hair up do you can do within minutes. Well, only if you already know how to french braid your own hair. But if not, then there's plenty of time to practice! Or you can also just grab your hair into a low pony tail and then braid. This look is just so feminine and cute, and did I mention it's easy?



Back side



Watch the video:






It's finally Friday! Been waiting for this weekend since well... Monday! Well, I have plenty of cleaning and organizing to catch up to. I swear the cleaning never ends once you move out to your own place. I'm going to try and squeeze in some time to just relax and unwind. Hopefully, we'll also be able to do dineLA tonight or Sunday. I've been wanting to go.

I'll see if I can get a home decor post. I haven't been really decorating lately though, but I'll show you what I have done so far.

So what are your plans for this weekend??

Lookbook: My Favorite Things

This post gets two outfits of the day since I had forgotten to post yesterday's outfit since I had fallen fast asleep right after my workout class. But I'm really glad that many of you do appreciate my outfit posts. It really motivates me to put together better outfits at work.

Yesterday's Outfit

Cream 3/4 laced sleeve, H&M

Plaid jacket, BCBG

Brown shorts

Ruffled brown sling back, no namer (buy similar here)

Pearl-clustered necklace, Forever 21 (buy similar here)

Today's Outfit

Taupe crew neck 3/4 sleeves, H&M

Abstract printed skirt, Forever 21 (buy similar here)

Black tights, Forever 21

Oxford heels, H&M (buy similar here)

Shell buckle belt, Urban Outfitters

I know my outfits are not too weather appropriate for a January weather, but I'm just relishing this awesome weather right now. But I really love this skirt. Every time I wear it, I always get compliments about it.  And the necklace is just so pretty that it dresses up any outfit. Oh, and by the way, I got the strappy sandals for $10 in at Santee Alley in Downtown LA. What a steal! Too bad it nearly caused a broken back when I almost slipped with these heels on. The things we do for fashion.

Out of the Beauty Box (O2B2) Tour Review

So here it is finally, it's probably the most awaited post since I tweeted so much about it on Twitter and I have posted a teaser about it on my personal Facebook.

As you may already know, I attended a makeup class this past Sunday which is the Out of the Beauty Box (or O2B2) Tour which was instructed by the two greatest YouTube Gurus, Koren of EnkoreMakeup and Elessa of Pursebuzz.

When I found out about this class through Koren's video, I immediately jump right on it and signed up for the class. I've been wanting to take makeup classes for the longest time, but with my full-time work schedule it was just not doable for me because of conflicting schedule. Makeup classes are usually on the weekdays and requires a full-time commitment, not to mention it can get very expensive. So I was really elated to find out that the O2B2 Tour is actually happening.



O2B2 handbook and makeup kit

Read what else I have to say and to view more pictures after the jump!

Lookbook: Pencil Me In

Everyone is probably really jealous of us right now. Second week in a row of awesome weather. So I decided to wear a skirt today.

grey off-the-shoulder studded jersey dress, Forever21 (buy similar here)
black pencil skirt, Charlotte Russe (buy simlar here and here)
black cable knitted short-sleeve cardigan, H&M (buy similar here, here, and here)
black belt, Betsey Johnson (buy similar here)
black pointy-toed pumps, BCBG girl (buy similar here)
dangling ball earrings, Forever 21 (buy similar here)


No outfit of the day yesterday since I stayed at home the whole day. Cleaning and organizing my life in teeny box. I couldn't stand having too many papers laying around so I had to do something about it.

So for this outfit, I tucked in my off the shoulder dress in my pencil skirt. I could wear the dress on its own, but it wouldn't really be appropriate for work. And since it was too warm for anything long sleeves, I decided to wear my short sleeved cardigan.

As you can tell the Betsey Johnson belt made another appearance. I really love this belt since I can resize it to whatever length I want. It's the perfect belt for petite girls. I can wear it on my hips or my waist and it'll stay. More belts should be created like this. I'll have a review of the belt later on.

I'm currently trying to edit my O2B2 video right now, and I'm hoping to get it published for tomorrow's post. You definitely want to stay tuned for that because it's seriously makeup galore!

Lookbook: A Day with the Oxfords

I hope everyone had an awesome weekend. I decided to take a day-off today to take care of somethings at home and possibly get some scheduled post going as well. So today's outfit of the day was actually worn yesterday when I finally attended my very first makeup class which was the O2B2 Tour (Out of the Beauty Box) which was taught by Koren (EnkoreMakeup) and Elessa (PurseBuzz). But that deserves it's own post, so more details to follow.




I've had these oxford shoes since September of last year. I bought them on a whim without really any outfits in mind. For the longest time, I never knew what to do with them. Someone also pointed out that they looked like bowling shoes and I didn't realize it until then. So in the closet they stayed.

But lately, I've been reaching out for these shoes. They're really comfortable and they actually grew on me. They're cute in a really weird way.










Cream boat neck top and black shorts, H&M; belt, Betsey Johnson; earrings, Urban Outfitters; lighting necklace, flea market; oxford shoes, Forever 21


Here's my outfit of the day video:




On a different note, I really need to get a tripod so I can take better pictures of my outfit. Or have my boyfriend take my pictures.


FTC: The items featured on this post were purchased with my own funds.