Long weekends are perfect for lazy days. Lazy days however doesn’t mean you have too look lazy. One of my favorite looks for a laid back look with minimal effort but maximum style is beach waves in the hair and a simple sun dress. To get beach waves I start with a volumizing shampoo, because…
Category: Spring
Week O’Nautical – Fleet Week Chic
It’s Fleet Week in NYC. Fleet Week is the military tradition when the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard’s active ships from overseas come into port. The crews are welcome to tour the city and sites. Even the public gets a tour of the ships, military demonstrations and or air shows. Starting in 1935, this military tradition…
Week O’Nautical – Guard Orange
Week O’Nautical sails on with the Coast Guard’s signature orange being today’s focus. I mean, with a bright color like that, how can it not go noticed… at sea or in a nautical influenced outfit! The inspiration all started with one perfect necklace, the mark. Sail Away Duo Charm Necklace ($20 at my eBoutique). How perfectly…
Week O’Nautical – Wear To Work
As much as I would love to be on a yacht today, I have to be at work… in my cube… doing all things completely not associated with sailing the seas and basking in the sun. Since I can’t be yachting, I might as well wear something nautical to work. Lucky for me nautical trends…
Week O’Nautical – White Linen
My favorite nautical looks are anchored in crisp white and contrasting navy. As we countdown to the unofficial start of summer, wearing all white seems more than fitting! As the image of white sails and navy blue waters sail through my head, white linen is the perfect fabric to exemplify nautical influences in today’s Week O’Nautical…
Week O’Nautical Kickoff 2014 – Nautical Mani Monday
The countdown to the long holiday weekend has begun! In the world of alicia I countdown by wearing red, white, and/or blue with my favorite, nautical influence aka Week O’Nautical! Lets get this party started with mani Monday! Left to right: Avon Smooth Beginings Base Coat, Essie Camera, mark. Tinseltown and mark. Blue Bella. Free-handing nail art doesn’t always look 100%…
Wear and Share Wednesday – mark. Strappy Pretty Demi Wedges
It’s officially sandal season! Nothing like slipping on a nice pair of strappy sandals to instantly make it feel like its time for summer and maybe a pedi! Which is why for Wear and Share Wednesday, Jackie from Living After Midnite and I picked the neutral, shimmering, mark. Strappy Pretty Demi Wedges ($42) to base two different outfits…
Your Summer Vacation Must-Haves
I absolutely LOVE that summer is JUST around the corner. Which also means its time to start planning your summer vacation! If you’ve been following my posts for the last 2 weeks you’ll notice I’ve been highlighting pieces from the mark. Instant Vacation Saint Barts collection (last seen here), so let’s pretend I’m planning a real…
Word Of Alicia Review: mark. Instant Vacation Saint Barts Soleil Fragrance
Scent is such a personal thing. For me a certain scent can bring back major memories, instantly make me happy or at the other end of the spectrum gross me out or give me a headache. Needless to say ordering a new scent online is almost a pointless activity. Unless you know what to look for….
Instant Vacation Saint Barts — Ocean Hues
The ultimate vacation for me involves sun, sand and ocean! Since I’m not on a vacation I’ll just have to take what I can get with enjoying sunny spring days and sand and ocean hues in my outfits. The mark. Instant Vacation Saint Barts capsule collection has just the right pieces to make vacation worthy outfit…
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