Steppin’ Out Saturday 11.19.11 Early Thanksgiving

November 20, 2011 7 Comments
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Our good friend Sarah hosted Early Thanksgiving, with her roommate, yesterday.  She provided the bird, the ham, and some serious side dishes (despite her oven breaking on Friday! eek!).  Everyone else brought tons more food.  The selection? Amahzing:

The bottom right picture shows my contribution: my dad’s recipe for savory ginger mashed sweet potatoes.  They are my essential piece for the holidays.

Oh right, clothes:

 sweater dress, scarf, leggings, and shoes:
all from Target (I know, right?!)
owl ring: ?? seller @ Eastern Market, DC
button earrings: oh sweet joy
up-cycled tshirt bracelet: cotton lane
new highlights: you can’t be me (ha ha!)
Do you celebrate early Thanksgiving? (Twice the fun & yumminess?)
Did you tell your stylist “a little more red” and end up with fire engine RED highlights? (which actually ended up rocking your world once you realized how cool it was?!)

Filed Under: awesomeness, besties, eat your heart out, hair, Steppin' Out

Steppin’ Out Saturday 8.20.11

August 21, 2011 6 Comments
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This Steppin’ Out post is again brought to you by my hair and my most awesome stylist.
It seems I happen to schedule most my hair appointments on Saturdays.

Now that highlights are a “regular” part of my hair, I decided auburn low-lights should too be welcomed in my locks.  And feathers.  And why not add a random red streak on the underside (not to be confused with ombre).

My girl Veronica celebrated her upcoming wedding with a non-shower bridal brunch.  I finally had a chance to wear my new, fun dress & accessories from Forever 21 (with my new, fun hairs).

Also? Bottomless mimosas are good in theory.  Hence taking the pictures inside this time.

Tomorrow, it’s back to school for me!  Cheers to a great 2011-2012 school year!
Filed Under: hair, Steppin' Out

(Wedding Recap) Getting Me Ready

August 19, 2011 7 Comments

Many ladies shared with me that they didn’t sleep the night before their wedding.  I wasn’t going to let their horrible night’s sleep get me! I totally took a Valium and slept like a baby. (<–take this advice)  My bestie (& bridesmaid) Meagan and I shared a junior suite the night before the big day.  Thank God for her, because she totally kept me sane.

That morning, when I woke up, I saw something on TV about a huge triathlon going on in DC.  It didn’t phase me as a problem until our hair/makeup girls were 30 minutes late.  Cue a little anxiety.  However we changed plans about a week prior to have them arrive earlier.  So basically they were late to arrive early.  We were fine with time.

My bridesmaids arrived at our honeymoon suite with the makings for great mimosas.  They even had the little aluminum bottles (like mini coke cans) of champagne we had when first trying on wedding dresses!

champagne-death-grip

While I put my final post up as a single lady & my girls finalized their hair plans, I chatted with my mom, niece, brother-in-law, dad, and anyone else who took my mind off the fact my marriage was around the corner.

my niece, my salad, and me

This is me freaking out.
At one point I had to put on headphones and removed myself from the reality surrounding me.  
(I was listening to KT Tunstall, for those of you curious)

Mah hairs
By the way, don’t eat a salad before your wedding.  I nibbled on it like a bunny, then scarfed down half of my niece’s cheeseburger.  
Finally, the finished me!
THIS is one of my favorite pictures!
Veil me!
Grabbed “my things” and ready to go!
(note what’s important to me here…)

{all photos courtesy of the wonderful Studio Juno }
Filed Under: hair, recap, the big day, veil, wedding

Steppin’ Out Saturday 5.28.11

May 29, 2011 3 Comments
Awesome Hair Edition!



I raved about my hair stylist before, but yesterday he blew it out of the park.

He used some new magic wand to curl mah hairs, and the results are beyond beautiful.

I envy curly hair.  For a day, David made my dreams come true!
(sidenote: today my hair is still curly after sleeping on it, but now more relaxed and continued awesomeness)
 So fun & fresh.  Great for a late spring/early summer rooftop party (which we went to that evening!)
Everyone complemented my hairs.  
I should have brought more than 1 of David’s business cards.
I’m thinking our “day after” (more like week after) wedding shots will need to feature these curly locks!
I love how my highlights really pop.
Fabulous.

Wedding Countdown: 21 days!

Filed Under: BlogBook, hair, Steppin' Out

Highlights!

May 11, 2011 3 Comments

About a week ago I let one of my favorite people do whatever they wanted to my hair.  See I fully trust my hair stylist, like no-holds-bar fully trust.  David at Salon Rouge suggested I consider highlights for my wedding, to jazz things up and make my ‘do pop in photos.  And I did what any trusting, yet slightly-scared-of-change client would do: waited a week before I needed it done & called up to find he was booked solid.  But never fear! David is so awesome he came in an hour early to squeeze me in.  Love. him.

So blah blah blah once my hair looked like this (on a Friday, after a long week and after an even longer day at work):

(Let’s not notice how homely I look)

(We can notice how farking long my hair got.  uh-maz-ing)
And after David worked his magic? Well let’s just say I have a new up-keep expense to add to my list of beauty expenditures.
:
Bam.
And just for good measure, let’s throw in one from my hair and makeup trial
Look at those highlights pop! (right? maybe?)
(and when did I get to be so narcissistic?!)
Filed Under: awesomeness, BlogBook, hair

Hair & Makeup Trial

May 9, 2011 3 Comments

What could be better than someone playing with your hair, doing your makeup and making you look gorgeous?!

I had the honor of meeting with Brie Cafferty for such an experience.  She will be doing my hair and makeup for the big day.  After a few email exchanges (well more like me emailing her tons, stuffing her inbox with pictures of celebrity hair, and then scaring her with my spray tan news) she had an idea of what I wanted.

In my hair inspiration post I debated between hair up and hair down.  Hot, sweaty, nasty June in DC basically decided that one for me.  Brie only needed to hear (and subsequently click on 50 links I sent her) my idea and she took off, creating exactly what I envisioned for the big day. 

As for makeup, she gauged my take on natural vs. plastered, asked if I was scared of makeup (totally not), and went from there.  We decided on a dark wine/violet lip color, too. swoon!
I felt so pretty, and it was perfect for that night’s bachelorette festivities!

(without flash)

 (with flash)


Aside from looking & feeling so beautiful, the best part of having my hair and makeup done before my bachelorette party was taking it for a test run! 

 Even with the 20-some-odd bobbypins holding everything in place, some stray hairs escaped.  So a few details will be changed, but overall it was great!  Just add one white dress and veil!

Peeeee ESsssss: if you didn’t already, be sure to check out yesterday’s Steppin’ Out Saturday post for pictures of me all dressed, glammed, and ready for a night on the town with mah girls!

Filed Under: BlogBook, details, hair, the big day

Steppin’ Out Saturday 3.19.11

March 20, 2011 5 Comments


After DIYva Designs delivered our wedding invitations (SUPER WOOT!), I stepped out for a hair cut! My stylist wanted to try out some new wave curlers and made me his guinea pig.  After looking like a vintage doll with sprigs of hair sticking out in every direction, we decided collectively to blow it straight.  Thankfully, the finished results show in the pictures:

Then later that night we headed out for drinks to
celebrate a friend’s birthday!
(and to see the SUPER moon!)
Bracelet: Slightly Askew
Earrings & necklace: Uptown Avenue
(obviously, I support handmade)
Hope you had a great weekend!!!
Filed Under: hair, Steppin' Out

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

March 17, 2011 12 Comments

I started thinking about my wedding hair… either up or down?  I think I want an up-do since DC in June is not exactly when you let your hair loose.  I also recall how much you can actually work up a sweat on the dance floor, another plus for “up.”

But down? Hair down is so gorgeous and sensual.  It’s relaxed and natural.

I started looking around The Knot, saving pictures that caught my eye.  I quickly realized what I like best and which direction I’m leaning towards.


Hair Down Inspiration

I love the soft, wavy curls (that my hair would never hold for more than an hour, even with a pound of gel and a bottle of hairspray).

Hair Half Up/Down Inspiration
 This has potential, although I still worry about how my hair would hold.
Hair Up Inspiration
Well, will you look at that.  They all look the same, or vary slightly from each other.
Hrm, I think I can tell exactly which way I’m leaning.
What about you? How did you wear your hair, or envision wearing it?
{all photos taken from The Knot}
Lastly, I’m “hair” today (har har har) but I’ll be gone tomorrow.
I’m participating in a Bloggers Day of Silence for Japan.
My blog will be silent as in no posts in honor and respect for 
what has happened in Japan.
More information can be found here. 
Filed Under: BlogBook, hair, helping others, wedding

7 Months away!

November 19, 2010 6 Comments

Here’s what we’ve been up to this month:
-Not one, but two catering tastings and a cake tasting!
-a phone planning session with premiere wedding consultant, Steve Kemble (in which I finally pick my color scheme)
-chose a day-of wedding planner
-rented a photo booth as our favors!
-thought we won a photography package, but then lost it — update: the previous photog we were working with before the fail went down, is back in the picture.  We will be paying full price, but love her and her work. Plus? We trust her 110%.

We’re working on:
-choosing a caterer (We set a personal deadline of Thanksgiving)
-bridesmaids dresses (no really, for real this time)
-florist arrangements (meeting on the 29th!)
-our engagement party (a bit delayed, but still a party!)
-joining our finances (we got life insurance, we’re legit)
-my hair and makeup (I have someone’s card – this is a step)
-my figure (keeping the weight off)

We’re kinda-sorta thinking about:
-invitations
-meeting with the rabbi soon

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Filed Under: BlogBook, bridesmaids dresses, cake, caterer, diet, favors, hair, officiant, photography

The evolution of my hair

July 8, 2010 10 Comments

I have thin, limp, blonde hair.  It takes more than an ounce of product and at least 20 minutes of serious blowdrying to get it to “shape up.”  I long for bouncy, curly hair, but understand that it comes with baggage, too.  My awesome stylist of 5 years, David, offered to do my hair for the wedding, but I have to follow his rules.  David is the best, flamboyant, hair-stylist I ever stumbled upon.  Never would I dream of cheating on him.  I honestly trust this guy with my hair’s life, and will do whatever he says (within reason).  Here are his prerequisites for my wedding-hair:
1)  grow it out (fine, ok.  Mike loves long hair anyways)
2)  grow out the bangs (ugh, ok, if I must…I’ve had them for 3 years anyways)
3)  highlights (only about a month prior to the big day, therefor no upkeep – I can do that)

That’s not so bad!  But to give you an idea of where I’ve come from here’s a photo history.

The Evolution of My Hair:

July ’06
-shoulder length
-long straight hair

April ’07
-broken foot
-short bob

 July ’08
-shoulder(ish) length hair
-longer bangs (b/c I was too lazy to get them trimmed before our trip to London/Barcelona)

April ’09
-shoulder length
-shorter bangs

Dec ’09
-slightly longer?
-bangs
-I’m sensing a trend
-perhaps it’s time for change?

March ’10
-longer?
-I insisted on my last bang trim before our engagement photo shoot

Wow, is it time for a new hair style, or WHAT?!
The things you learn about yourself through blogging, I swear!

Are you in need of a hair-change?
What’s your hair trend?

Filed Under: BlogBook, hair, wedding ideas

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