Easy Summer Updo

One of my very favorite things about having long hair is that I can tie it in a knot. While this does not always look chic, it is always easy and effective. This style technique looks best when you’re bronzed and your hair is wet. Bronzed skin being the key to it’s appeal…

Start with damp hair. Apply Bumble’s Straight to damp hair to give it that extra wet look, then add gel for hold. Create a side part or brush your hair straight back. Then, using just your fingers, pull the hair back into a ponytail and twist into a chignon. Secure with bobby-pins.

Modified from Refinery29

The Glamour

Oh I love this editorial. So glamorous. I would wear every single item in here – right down to the nail polish. Photos by Olivia Graham.

Loveliness for the Weekend

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A most enviable shoe closet

So many hats

A very chic pair

Beautiful girls: Natalia Vodianova, Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, and Chloë Moretz Photographed for the May issue of Vogue by Bruce Weber

Have a lovely weekend. Click pictures for sourcing.

Selena G.

I love Selena Gomez. I thinks she looks like a chipmunk/china doll hybrid in the cutest way possible. I’ve never heard her sing but I think she’s cherubic. Anyone else?

via The Vogue Diaries

Tousle Me Softly

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Love tousled hair, but find it difficult to achieve unless I’ve just been in the ocean. Check out {this is glamorous} for instructions…

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Photos by Simon Emmett, Model: Lindsay Lullman via Fashionising via {this is glamorous}

My Outfit + Go-To Hair

Dress: Vintage, Sweater: BCBG, Pumps: Jessica Simpson, Sunglasses: Forever 21, Earrings: White’s Jewelry

Lately I have been totally into the high bun. It has always intimidated me a bit because I don’t like to rat my hair. But once I figured out how to do it, I can’t stop! It’s so easy and it can prolong a hair wash for 2-3 days! It also turns any outfit from humdrum to posh. The best tutorial I’ve found is from Beth Jones (here). Do you like these outfit posts or are they annoying?


Photos by mom, Carolyn Long :)

Bridal Inspiration {Editorial}

To honor the royal wedding, a lovely editorial by Vogue UK.

Photographer: Mario Testino, Stylist: Lucinda Chambers
Models: Arizona Muse, Krisi Pyrhonen, Madelene De La Motte, Irina Berezina, Karmen Pedaru,  Fei Fei Sun
via DJA