I don’t know about you but Memorial Day weekend has completely sneaked up on me this year. I about fell over when I realized it was coming up this weekend. It’s not like we ever make big plans though. We will probably go to my sister’s house for a cookout (Heather, if you’re reading, I just invited us over!) She just got a new pool installed, so the way I see it, she should be designated party thrower. Am I right? 🙂
I’m also feeling a bit behind on my summer shopping although I did pick up a few things for the Style Challenges Summer 2018 Capsule Wardrobe last week. My shorts collection needs a bit of an update so of course I had to have a few new cute tops to pair with them!
Today’s outfit is made up of trendy items from my recent shopping trip that are also on the summer shopping list. I can’t remember the last time I got this excited over summer trends! There are SO many good ones out there – like scalloped and pom pom trims, ruffle details, gingham, bright colors, kimonos and tropical patterns.
This top had me at pom poms and I just love the color of these scalloped shorts. These two trends play really well together. Solid colors and minimal accessories keep it from getting too busy.
If you struggle with summer style or just need to update your staples, I’d love to help you build a functional, on-trend capsule wardrobe with the Style Challenges Summer 2018 Capsule Wardrobe. At just $39 it’s an affordable way to have a personal stylist tell you exactly what to buy and wear every day. I promise you’ll feel stylish and more confident in your clothes!
If you’re not familiar with how this all works yet, I’m happy to fill you in.
1. Capsule Wardrobe Shopping List – Upon sign up you get a shopping list of classic basics and on-trend items for the season. Most women shop their closets first and check off any items they already have on the list. This summer’s shopping list has 29 pieces, including shoes and accessories.
If you don’t like the colors or styles used in the sample outfits, no problem! You also get a downloadable guide with color coordination rules and suggested substitutions.You get to choose the colors for your own palette (we even include warm and cool color palette examples!)
2. Daily Outfits – Once your pieces are in place, you get a daily outfit combination delivered right to your inbox so you know exactly what to wear every day. You can wear them exactly as they are or substitute pieces in the combos to make them your own. You also get a handy printable outfit guide and one page calendar of outfits to hang in your closet.
3. Community Support + Bonuses – The best part by far is our private Facebook community of style sisters on the journey of rediscovering style together. From getting instant opinions while you’re in the fitting room to fit advice, sale alerts and making real life friendships, our group is one of the most active and kindest places on the internet!
Plus each challenge comes packed with extra bonuses! Summer 2018 comes with a handy wedding guest outfit guide.
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I Feel Pretty
It’s the day of the week at GYPO where we celebrate what makes every one of us feel pretty. Whether it’s a new outfit, hairstyle, or makeup, the I Feel Pretty link up is about anything and everything that makes your life prettier. Even if you’re not a blogger, you can still play along. Just tell me what made you feel pretty this week in the comments.
For many of us, summer is the hardest season for hair. From humidity to chlorine (and sweat!) it’s hard to keep your hair looking it’s best or let’s face it, sometimes even presentable.
Summer is the perfect time to experiment with a new style or color. From simple to drastic there are some great trends going on with hair this summer.
Hair Style Trends
1. Bangs
Bangs are back in a BIG way! Think soft, thick and textured – and they are not limited to any certain hair type. If you’re not sure about completely committing to the fringe, opt for having your bangs cut a little longer and not as thick. You can always go shorter and thicker later if you decide you like them. You can keep them in front, part them down the middle or sweep them off to the side but they are still long enough that they can easily be pinned up when you want them out of the way.
In all its forms the bob is here to stay and perfect for keeping your neck cool this summer. Wear it sleek and straight or messy with textured edges. Browse through Pinterest and find the bob style that calls to you and go for it!
If your summer change comes in the form of hair color, there are some great trends from all over color to different highlighting techniques.
1. Rose Gold Hair
Rose gold is everywhere and now you can even add it to your hair. Whether you’re a blonde or brunette, this color can be added and provide some amazing results. Rose gold is beautiful as an all over hair color or use it as a highlight color!
This is a great way to add a natural yet multidimensional effect to your hair. Your colorist would use multiple tones and apply them in a way that they will “melt” together. The light picks up these different tones and the outcome is seamlessly beautiful!
How many of us look at our kids and think, “man I just want my hair to look like that.” Now there’s a way to achieve the look the younger versions of us naturally have during the summer. Babylights is a hair coloring technique that is similar to balayage and ombre, but more delicate. Highlights are created using a very fine hair color technique to mimic the subtle, dimensional hair color seen on children’s hair. This creates a soft, natural, sunkissed look.
Change up your blonde this summer by going with some softer shades. Try a blonde that is more beige or even margarine looking. That may sound weird but going softer on your blonde will help you achieve that all natural look. Think buttery and not brassy.
It’s inevitable, grey is coming, it’s just a matter of when. If you’re not ready to fully embrace your silver strands opting for blonde ash is a great alternative. It just a touch deeper that grey and looks great on many different skin tones.
Rich brown color is timeless but if you are feeling a change this summer some beautiful caramel or honey brown may be just the change you are looking for.
It’s Your Turn: Comment below with your favorite summer cut and color. Are you feeling daring? Or just want a subtle change?
I FEEL PRETTY
It’s the day of the week at GYPO where we celebrate what makes us feel pretty. Whether it’s a new outfit, hairstyle, or makeup, the I Feel Pretty link up is about anything and everything that makes your life prettier. Even if you’re not a blogger, you can still play along. Just tell me what made you feel pretty this week in the comments.
Hey pretties! It’s been SO long since I’ve done a favorites post like this, but I get a lot of requests for them. It’s not that I don’t want to do them, it’s just my follow through isn’t the best. Honestly I can’t tell you how many times I start a draft on one and never finish it!
I didn’t have an outfit post ready for today because Craig pulled off the ultimate Mother’s Day surprise for me. We’re going away for a long weekend as a WHOLE family. It’s been over two years since we’ve been able to have a vacation with all three kids. Devon, our college senior, usually takes summer classes and his spring break hasn’t lined up with the girls. His last final is today so we’re getting away as a family! I’ve been running around like a crazy lady getting ready this week and haven’t had time for outfit photos.
So without further ado, here are ten things that I’m doing, using, wearing and loving lately.
1. My Goats
Besides Craig, our kids and our dogs, few things bring me more joy than our pygmy goats! Meet Theodore and Eleanor (Theo and Ellie for short), our goat siblings that fell into my lap a few months ago. I’ve always dreamed of owning goats and these two came into my life by happy accident. It was love at first sight. They are #totesmagoats.
Theo looking all cute and innocent. Never mind the fact that he just head butted me.
Aww, my babies! Oh yeah, and Craig too. 🙂
2. Running Outdoors
See that? It’s my first outdoor run of my adult life, I kid you not! I haven’t run outside since the horrible mile and a half we did every spring in high school when all I wanted to do was puke after. It never made sense to me why they made us do that after being coach potatoes all winter. What it did accomplish was making me a lifetime hater of running.
Thanks to OrangeTheory Fitness some of that has changed (not all of it). I’ve been improving my pace on the treadmill for the past year but never dreamed of running outside. Last week I had to miss one of my workouts so I strapped on my sneakers and took to the streets. I promised myself I’d take it easy and quit when I needed to but to my total surprise, kept going for 2.55 miles.
Granted, snails, a tortoise and some power walkers passed me by, but I did it!
Which brings me to my new favorite running shoes that I bought a few weeks back, these Nike Epic React Flyknit. My over 40 knees and ankles need extra cushioning and support and these are like strapping pillows on my feet. I have them in gray but want ALL the colors, especially this light cream color.
Aubrey joined me at OrangeTheory this past year and it’s been such an incredible bonding experience for us. There are definitely many advantages to her spending her first year of college at home and this is one of them.
Not gonna lie, our cute outfits from Fabletics make workouts slightly more fun, but only slightly. 🙂
4. Kimonos
If you’ve seen me in actual real life lately, I’m wearing one of two things – my PJ’s (which I’ve been staying in until about 1 pm each day) or one of these kimonos. I have a slight obsession with them. Mainly because I’m lazy when it comes to putting together outfits and these instantly transform my daily jeans and tee uniform.
I’ve gotten three compliments on my blush lately, which has never happened before! I figured it must be worth noting and sharing. It’s Your Happy Look Pore Minimizing Blush in Clover Pink from Julep. It has a just right subtle amount of shimmer.
6. Summer Candles
Besides fall candle season and Christmas candle season, summer candle season is my absolute favorite! Here are the two that are taking me away to paradise lately.
Craig and I got our patio cleaned up and ready for summer a couple of weeks ago. It was time for a total refresh of our patio furniture pillows (they needed it desperately). So I went with this summer’s trendy tropical palm tree print, with some flamingos thrown in for good measure.
I found most of these pillows at Ross except the solid green ones which are from HomeGoods.
Skye and Bailey couldn’t stand the fact that we were working in the backyard without their “help”, so they pouted at the kitchen window all day.
9. Espadrille Sandals
I’ve been on the lookout for a pair of flat espadrille sandals but haven’t quite found “the one” yet. Here are a few contenders.
It’s Your Turn: What are you loving lately? Share it with me in the comments!
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I FEEL PRETTY
It’s the day of the week at GYPO where we celebrate what makes us feel pretty. Whether it’s a new outfit, hairstyle, or makeup, the I Feel Pretty link up is about anything and everything that makes your life prettier. Even if you’re not a blogger, you can still play along. Just tell me what made you feel pretty this week in the comments.
In this week’s SAHMonday post I promised to show you two tiny tweaks you can make to a simple white tee and jeans outfit to instantly make it date night worthy.
These block heel sandals were a bargain find last year that I’ve worn the heck out of. The color goes with everything and the heel is just high enough to make my outfits feel dressier without being uncomfortable. They’re the perfect everyday heel.
I’ve worn my moto jacket more this spring than I did all last fall and winter. My exact jacket is sold out but here’s a similar version. It’s a nice departure from my typical cardigan and feels a bit more polished and put together. If it’s too warm for the moto jacket, you could also try a pretty kimono like this. Kimonos are my favorite way to add light layering and interest to an outfit when the temps warm up.
I felt like this outfit needed a piece of statement jewelry so added in this two-tone pendant necklace. I love jewelry that combines silver and gold like this filigree detail.
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I FEEL PRETTY
It’s the day of the week at GYPO where we celebrate what makes us feel pretty. Whether it’s a new outfit, hairstyle, or makeup, the I Feel Pretty link up is about anything and everything that makes your life prettier. Even if you’re not a blogger, you can still play along. Just tell me what made you feel pretty this week in the comments.
If you follow me on Instagram, you may already know that I spent some time in NYC two weeks ago for a conference. I posted this pic about my need for some alone time after two days of networking.
Have you ever gone out to dinner alone? I always feel awkward doing it but honestly, this is part of my self care when I’m feeling like I need to recharge my battery. It’s one of the things those who aren’t natural introverts may have a hard time understanding.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m actually really friendly and love meeting new people. I’m able to network pretty well but it also takes a lot out of me, so I have to go back into my shell for a little while.
I took it one step further and also went to see Phantom of the Opera…alone. Which honestly, I’ve always kind of wanted to do. The music moved me to tears and it was nice to sit there blubbering in total anonymity.
So there you go, that’s how this introvert handles conferences!
Deciding what to wear proved to be a bigger issue. I don’t dress up much so I kind of resent having to buy dressy clothes for one time events. Usually the decision comes down to this…what can I wear with my favorite leopard heels?
After shopping for over a week, I finally stumbled across this teal dress on sale. It couldn’t have been more perfect! For sizing, I’m wearing a 2 regular in this dress and am 5’4″ and 125 lbs.
Tortoise and teal are a great combo! The tortoise clover cuff tied together nicely with the earrings.
These trusty leopard heels have been serving me well at conferences and special events for the past three years. Unfortunately my exact pair is sold out, but this pair is similar.
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It’s Your Turn: Are you a fellow introvert? If so, what are your tips for handling networking and conferences?
I FEEL PRETTY
It’s the day of the week at GYPO where we celebrate what makes us feel pretty. Whether it’s a new outfit, hairstyle, or makeup, the I Feel Pretty link up is about anything and everything that makes your life prettier. Even if you’re not a blogger, you can still play along. Just tell me what made you feel pretty this week in the comments.
Do you struggle to put outfits together? Are you stuck in a yoga pants rut? Not sure if you can make the latest trends work for you? You’re in the right place!
I’m Alison, a mom of three and recovering yoga pants addict on a mission to make getting dressed and feeling pretty the easiest thing you do all day! Learn more about my story HERE.
I am so glad I was part of the Fall 2019 Style Challenge. It gave me confidence and so many great outfitt ideas. The ladies in the group were very supportive and I will defintetly be doing another challenge in the future.
Betty Weyandt December 20, 2019
I’ve been participating in the GYPO Style Challenges for three years now and I’ve loved it. I’ve always loved clothes, but I didn’t know how to put outfits together. My closet is now full of mix-and-match outfits, I have learned how to dress myself, and there is no more stress in figuring out to wear. The private FB group is full of wonderful ladies that build each other up. It’s so fun and is seriously the best group on FB.
Kirstin Rasmussen November 20, 2019
Get Your Pretty On has changed my life, seriously. I have always chased what is trendy but found from season to season, that things go out of style and I was wasting money on items that I would only end up wearing a few times. GYPO has enabled me to simplify my closet, helps me make smarter purchasing decisions, and I feel so put together and confident using the outfit formulas that are provided. This program is a GAME CHANGER. I've been following GYPO for a few years now and my only regret is not jumping on board sooner.
Michelle Kline November 20, 2019
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GYPO challenges have been one of the best things I have done! It had taught me so much more than just creating a closet of clothes that I love but also to have confidence in myself, how to pick and choose colors that work for me instead of against, and had given a wonderful community of Pretties who are so special.
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