Beauty Blitz

So, every day on my blog you see me with generally one of two hair styles and no makeup. This is an accurate representation, to be sure, but it hides from you the fact that I'm actually quite obsessed with experimenting with hair and makeup products. I can spend hours in an Ulta and end up justifying buying way too much. In fact, there's an Ulta about twenty feet from my second job...and I need to be careful not to blow my paychecks there.

In any case, most of my experimentation comes from inspiration. Last night we went out for Christine's birthday (yay 20!), and I decided to try out some makeup that I saw on Project Runway (I caught up on about three episodes on Friday night).



For those of you who watch, you probably remember that this is Seth Aaron's former model. The makeup artist gave her an extreme smoky eye that extended all the way up to her eyebrows. I thought that was pretty sick. Erin took pictures of me attempting it.





The end result.

I decided to give my look a little more dimension by layering the smoky color over a funky purple. I used L'Oreal High Intensity Pigments Bright Shadow Duo in Reckless, using the brighter shade, and layered Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Gunmetal Over it. Instead of using eyeliner I lined my bottom lashes with the same bright purple, and then used Cover Girl Lash Blast Luxe mascara. I was pretty pleased with it.

In case you were wondering, the messy pony is on purpose, I used a liberal amount of Sexy Hair's Soya Want Full Hair, hairspray, teased it, and pulled it back.



Baker's sequined leggings. F21 white tank. Calvin Klein black tank. Hot Kiss Booties.

Kept the outfit simple and let my makeup do the talking. Though I got several comments about the leggings. Someone called them "Lady Gaga pants" (YES!), a friend of mine said she couldn't stop staring at my butt (awkward), and a random frat brother gave me the shiniest pants of the night award. Win.



Me and friend J.R. being cute. Hope your Saturday night was fun too!

Let's Play Dress Up

This summer I have two family weddings to attend, which are exactly a week apart. While these are gloriously happy occasions and I adore attending weddings and watching the bride and groom gaze at each other on the altar like there's no one else in the world (whatever, I'm a sucker for romance), this means that I also need two dresses. This is a yay! and an ugh moment, because while I love dresses and they're actually the easiest thing for me to shop for fit wise, I'm kind of picky about them.

I currently have a gorgeous beaded vintage dress from the 60s that I want to wear to one of them, but it depends on the time of day and the venue, and may not end up being appropriate for either. Needing dresses has been on my mind for MONTHS and after losing out on a gorgeous grey chiffon Elizabeth and James number on ebay, I felt I needed to take a more proactive approach. To Shopbop!

I've literally become obsessed with Shopbop within the past few days. I've been there before, but something finally struck me about the really comprehensive way their site is set up and the tons of designers they have in stock. Like Alice + Olivia.

What I want in a summer cocktail dress is something that's simple but not boring, with details that give it a youthful freshness without it being too girly for me to pull off. Alice + Olivia delivers, and I shake my fist at my budget crying "If only...If Onllyyyyyyyy!"





I'm particularly taken by the draping of the second dress, which is just as beautiful on the back.



But with a price tag of 368 USD, my search continues. Anyone know anywhere I can get a dress to my liking for...less than half that price?

A Clog I Could Get Behind?

Or rather, put on my feet?


image via Shopbop

Shopbop's doing this thing where they tell you what the must have shoes for the season are so you will buy them off their site. As I was clicking through their slides, I saw these, a pair of Elizabeth and James beauties that they are calling "updated clogs."

Now, you know my aversion to clogs. It's been discussed. But yet, I kind of, feel drawn to these. Is it the Cole Haan like woven leather? Is it the ingenious way they made the platform less clunky? I don't know! But I love them. My god, what is happening to me!? Maybe I'll just refer to them as platformed slingbacks. That's not necessarily inaccurate.

By the way folks, this is In Class, En Vogue's 100th post! I'm super excited and I plan to keep sticking around, so if you like what you see help me out. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell them there's a fairly amusing new fashion blogger out there that they should check out. And if you're a fan, remember that you can follow me here on blogspot or on bloglovin and make your blog reading life a lot easier. For those of you who don't use bloglovin yet, get there, because it organizes all the blogs you read so you're not forgetting their urls or trying to find them on other blogs like you did originally! I read every comment on here and I love hearing from you, so don't be shy!

Ciao lovers, and here is me raising my mug of green tea to 100 more!

Flat out Fabulous

So while we're sort of on the shoe topic since yesterday (you haven't drooled over the Jeffrey Campbell Exams yet? FOR SHAME!) let's continue it. While I love a good heel, in the summer I engage in many activities that just don't warrant them. The thing is, I live in a town where we spend a lot of our summer days playing volleyball and badminton in each other's backyards, going to county fairs, chilling at the lake...etc. Heels = totally impractical. So I'm looking for some lovely flat options. This is what I dig thus far:

photo via Kurt Geiger

Love the bright colors of these jelly French Connection gladiators!



photo via edge of urge

Something about the neutral leather paired with the super bright yarn really does it for me. I feel like these are shoes I haven't seen before.


photo via Nine West

These Nine West Sandals are the girliest gladiators I've ever seen, and I love them.


photo via Roxy

Cynthia Rowley's collaboration with Roxy seems a little over priced in my opinion, but I do love these.


via Sole Struck

These Campers have a wedge, but a small one, and there's something really chic about their minimalism.


via Ruche

These blow the no heel rule out of the water, but it looks like a totally walkable heel, and I just want to wear them with every item in my summer wardrobe and feel like the chicest hippie ever.

See anything you like, shoe fiends?

Take Me to the River

I feel like going for a swim today. Unfortunately, that's neither here nor there.





Random top and blue ring. Frye gladiators. AE bracelets. Charlotte Russe Bracelet. F21 shorts and bird ring.

Kind of low on the outfit creativity today. I tried to figure out something interesting but in the end I just decided to dig out a top that wasn't a plain old t shirt so I could wear my shorts and not feel too lazy. The bracelet with the red bead is my mom's, I think she said it was a graduation present. It's one of my favorites. I thought that layering some bracelets and wearing some rings would make me seem less lazy too.

Went to the thrift store in town because they were having a bag sale, actually got two bags of stuff for, ONE DOLLAR. Not too much magic in those bags but I didn't try much on, I just tossed it in the bag and hoped for the best when I got back to my room. Some of it is pretty sweet though. You'll see.

I wore blue the last two days. Unconscious messages? Or maybe I just like blue.

Jeffrey Campbell "Exam"

photos via Sole Struck

Finally, an Exam that I would NEVER complain about. Can't decide if I love the calf or the
suede more, but basically I wouldn't kick either out of bed.

Here's looking at you Jeffrey Campbell.

(Psssst! I wear a size 8!)

ESTOY ABURRIDA!

My title either means that I am bored or that I am boring as a person, and whichever it is (my six years of Spanish have done nothing for me, obviously) it fits. I am bored out of my mind, due to the fact that there's about a month left of this semester, I'm ill so I can't exercise or fully enjoy the heat (these past two warm days, which are so lovely, make me feel extra sick), and I'm feeling a bit uninspired. Call it college ennui, call it angst, call it SHUT UP YOU ANNOYINGLY VERBOSE 19 YEAR OLD.

In any case, I'm going to try to mix it up a little, because I think that you are as bored with me as I am. No offense taken, I completely understand. So for today, a bit of a walk through of me attempting to get dressed.




F21 Romper! Awesome cool comfortable easy. And blah. What to do....




Scarf...belt...scarf belt? Oh look my torso now looks even more obnoxiously long than it already is. NO.



Maybe if I layer it with something? Like a thin tank top? Oh, wait, this reminds me of how in high school we couldn't wear strapless tops so we wore tank tops underneath them. UM NO.



How about jewelry since everything else failed? This urban necklace plus the tree necklace is my go too for giving some sort of life to what I think is a bit blah. And then, I had an idea, A WONDERFUL AWFUL IDEA! Like the Grinch. Annnnd, final product:





Layered silver necklaces, including the tree one I started with, the one my mom bought me in Phoenix, and a heart one that I got from my godmother years ago (it has a bell inside, it's pretty sweet). I pinned my hair to the side because I thought it looked cool that way, and wore the same frye sandals as yesterday. Hope you approve/were amused, at least a little.

I love

Being ill just makes me want to wear really soft t shirts all day every day and put in little to no effort when I get dressed in the morning. You know who does t shirts really well? Wildfox Couture.

I'm digging



Love the slouchy cut of this one, the bubblegum hue, and basically how it's cutesy but laid back.



For me, thunderbolts = Vince Noir = they always make me want whatever they're printed on.



Well, of course.



This is my personal favorite. Kind of, need it. Even though methinks mother wouldn't approve. Hi mom!


All photos via Wildfox Couture

Alas, my Love, you do me wrong!

Thrifted skirt. Fossil tank top. Jcrew headband. Random necklace. Frye gladiators.

Babies, first allow me to apologize for 1) not telling you that I was leaving (four day weekend) 2) not telling you where I was going (home) 3) Forgetting that the internet in my house is not working (hey Daddy, here's your friendly reminder to fix that before I come back in may LOVEYOUMISSYOUKISSES!) and 4) GETTING ILL AGAIN. I'm really infuriated about this. I blame boyfriend, because when I visited him he had a cold but we just THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND and still prove our affection by slobbering all over each other. Otherwise known as kissing.

My outfit did not look like this for my morning classes, but I revised it to make it better, and also to remove my denim shirt because it is hot and beautiful today. These gladiators are my favorite shoes ever, and I hope I never have to get rid of them.

OH MY GOODNESS MY HAIR IS UP! Crazy. It's hot and I'm ill, that's why it's up.

In any case. I have returned, and I hope you might have actually missed me. Ta.

The Sunshine of Your Love

F21 tunic and leggings. Thrifted belt, bracelet, and ring. Minnetonka Moccasins.

It's pretty out again! Finally! And it's supposed to reach the 80s this weekend, which I'm super psyched about. Can't wait to see my family for a few days and enjoy the lovely weather!

I adore these moccasins, and now I really want the Ankle height fringe boots that Minnetonka also makes, preferably in the same color. These are seriously the most comfortable shoes I own!