Lauren Conrad for Kohl's

I checked out Lauren Conrad's clothing line at Kohls.com and these are my top picks. I have yet to check them out in person but soon enough. Enjoy!

From Left to Right
Tops: Drop-waist chiffon camisole / Floral ruffle tank / Floral ruffle chiffon camisole
Dresses: Pleated mock-layer dress / stripe mock-layer dress / Floral dress
Bottoms: Striped shorts / Polka-dot chiffon shorts / cuffed chino shorts
Shoes: Platform high heels / Ballet flats / Fringe sandals

Giveaway winner!!!!

   

    I just want to give thanks to all of those that participated in my very first giveaway. This meant so much to me and I absolutely had so much fun with it. Since you all were such great team players I've decided to give everyone that participated a small gift as well.

   

But now for the winner please join me in congratulating 

Nadine!!!!

Congratulations Nadine!!! Thank you again for entering.

Everyone please email me @ mysenseofstyle@gmail.com

your contact info: 1st name & address

I might host another giveaway for Christmas so keep an eye out for that. 

THANKS AGAIN AND ENJOY!

Snake skin.

    Snake skin is also very much in for the summer. It kinda goes along with the tribal trend. This is something cute to wear out at night for dinner or the club. Enjoy!

Shirt: Walter Sequin-embellished silk tank top - Theoutnet.com
Shorts: 2 1/2" Studio stretch cuffed shorts - Express.com
Shoes: Carlos by Carlos Santana Burley Sandal - DSW.com
Clutch: Urban Expressions penelope clutch - baghaus.com
Jewelry: 40 piece Bangle set / Urban Drop earrings / Oval bead ring (cream/gold) - forever21.com

What do ladies think?

Date night outfit!

   Last night my husband and I finally had our date night thanks to my sister-in-law Becca that offered us free movie tickets to see Friends with Benefits. I wanted to do something really different with my hair and I came across a picture of Hedi Klum and Gwen Stefani with these really cute knots in their hair. I wanted to try and recreate this using my super cute neon bobby pins I got on sale at J Crew for 4th of July weekend. I decided to wear my favorite dress from h&m and I styled it with a jean jacket from the Gap my tribal sandals I got from DSW.com and gold jewelry.

Dress: H&M
Neon bobby pins: JCrew 
Jean Jacket: Gap
Sandals: DSW
Jewelry: Flea market/ thrifted

    After wearing the outfit for a while, I don't why, but I felt it didn't go well with the hairstyle so I decided to change. I grab my hot pink Banana Republic sweater (which I LOVE) and Banana Republic belt. I changed my shows to these really cute black leather ballet looking flats by Blowfish I got at Dillard's. I finished the look by shortening the necklace and adding a cuff (my cuff is a necklace I wrapped around my wrist and turned it into a cuff) for a more polished and put together look. My make up is very simple, shimmery pink eyeshadow with black mascara, bronzer on my cheeks and light pink lip gloss.

Dress: H&M
Neon bobby pins: JCrew
Sweater: Banana Republic
Belt: Banana Republic
Shoes: Dillard's
Jewelry: Flea market/ thrifted

 

Photography by Joel

What do you think about the hairstyle?
Which outfit do you think the hairstyle goes best?

Giveaway!!

I'm doing my 1st giveaway!!! I'm extremely excited, I hope you all like it and join in the fun. I put together these really cute summer items that some you can definitely carry on into the fall!! 

Its a value of almost $100 absolutely free!!!

1. Neutrogena wet skin recommended one of the best sunscreen to try out for the summer by 

Allure magazine.  

2. Jergens natural glow daily moisturizing lotion.

3. Too faced peach leopard brightening & perfecting bronzer. ( I use my bronzer as a blush)

4. L'oreal 823 bronzes eyeshadow palette. The gold and the bronze color are perfect for the right now. The cream and brown color are perfect for this fall.
5. Sephora water proof eye makeup remover.

6. Sephora by O.P.I - this long-lasting, chip-resistant polish is free of DBT, toluene and formaldehyde and comes in this trend setting pink color.

7. Smashbox bronzer. 

8. Tarte lights, camera, splashes! waterproof mascara black. 

9. Sephora Nano eye pencil in midnight black.

10. Evolution of smooth 100% natural 95% organic lip balm in summer fruit, comes highly recommended by Ninyabella. 

11. Hot Topic neon yellow nail polish. One of my favorite for Summer, Fall and Winter.  Also a favorite for singer Katie Perry and actress AnnaLynne McCord.

Rules: 

You must show as a follower on my blog**

You must leave a comment telling me one of your fashion or beauty tip/trick.
You must be 18 and up.
One comment allowed per entry.

Example: My fashion tip/trick are safety pins I use them to hold up a strapless shirt/dress to my bra so it stays in place. Your tip/trick could be anything!!! 

**Update: Ive been informed some followers are having issues posting a comment so as long as you are showing up as a follower you can email me your tip/trick and I will count it as your entry, this is if and only if you are not able to post the comment**

 Mysenseofstyle@gmail.com

If you don't have a blogger account, its never too late to get one. If your obsessed with blogging like I am, Blogger's dashboard helps you keep track of all your blogs.

This giveaway ends 7/25/11 at midnight.

Next Tuesday I will announce the winner. I will pick the top 5 best tip/trick and fairly raffle those names to pick a winner. Please keep an eye out when I announce the winner I will be needing contact info. In advance thank you for entering.

P.S  Anyone that likes my giveaway and wants to re-blog and share it with other please feel free.

Xoxo 

Maria

Little Black Dress

    Saturday night my husband and I attend our friends daughters quince/sweet sixteen birthday party and this is what I wore. I decided to borrow a dress instead of buying since I'm the process of loosing weight. I borrowed this gorgeous LBD from my friend Madeline. I loved the pockets and the pleats in the front to help disguise any imperfections post baby. We ended up having to take the kids so I did an up-do for comfort. I wanted to try out a new look for my make up so I found this cool angled smokey eye look in Allure magazine and e.l.f lip stain called "heartbreaker" for my lips. I wore leopard print shoe by Antonio Melani that I got at Dillard's with "peachy" by Revlon on my toes. I accessorized with gold jewelry since gold is in for the summer. The ring I got at f21 and the necklace/earring set at my local flea market. I fell in love with the necklace because its so different you can twist, turn, fold and mold it into any shape! Enjoy.
 

Photography by Joel

Xoxo
Maria

DIY Floppy chain hat

    I came across a floppy chain hat on Bebe.com and I thought the hat was not worth the price and I figured I could just make my own and share it with you. Enjoy!

what you will need: a floppy hat ( I got mine at family dollar for $3)

                                 a gold chain ( I got mine on sale at Joanns fabric store for $1)

                                 a pair of wire pliers

                                 a needle and black thread

You can visit familydollar.com and joann.com to find a store near you.

I wrapped the chain around the hat to find placement of were I wanted the chain to lay. I then opened up one of the links with the plier hooked it to the end link to close the circle of the chain. To finish I sewed the chain onto the floppy hat on four separate but even spots so the chain stays in place.

Photography by Joel

Cute Summer sneakers!

   If your not into flats, wedges or flip flops sneakers are also a cute way to show off some color on your feet. I found lots of different styles. Some with and with out laces. I would definitely recommend if you get any with out laces to add some but in a bright color like: fuchsia, neon yellow, lime green, orange, any fun color to make the sneaker pop! Enjoy.

Xoxo
Maria

A look into the 40's

   Saturday night my husband and I went out to celebrate our friend Maria's birthday. She decided it was going to be themed 1940's. I wore a high collard teal-green blouse with bishop sleeves from Forever 21, a black pencil skirt from Express, Very Wang for Kohls slingback, a thrifted/vintage clutch, a feathered head piece I got at my local flea market and very simple jewelry; pearl earrings with pearl bracelets. My eye make up I kept very soft with a the classic liquid eye liner, but I used a gel instead and applied it with an eye angle brush. Since my make up was very soft I wanted my lips to pop so I used the color Euphoria from Covergirl. For my hair I followed simple instructions from Elegantly amused you tube video and it came out perfect. Enjoy!

 The famous stand, courtesy of Ninyabella.

 photography by Joel

Shoe nail polish guide.

    Being that it's summer and summer is all bout bright colors I came up with a cute way of showing off some of those colors on your feet! From wedges to flats or peep toe to flip flops. Enjoy!!

 

Xoxo

Maria

 

The IT shoe!

    I've come across this shoe so often that I can definitely say this is the summer IT shoe! It's such a fierce shoe that you could probably carry it through the fall and maybe even winter. I first came across this shoe on Dulecandy's blog. Then I came across it on a new blog I started following called The Jessica Harlow Blog. On Jessica's blog she actually has a coupon code (Jessica20) that you can use on karmaloop.com and save 20% of your purchase. And finally I came across it on my friends Eva's facebook page she was rockin it so well, that's when I said this is the IT shoe for the summer.
    If your not comfortable purchasing online I also saw the shoe at Nordstrom, you could try it out at the store and then order them online to save the 20%. Enjoy!

Dulce is wearing the Paparazzi Pink.

Jessica is wearing the Nude leather.

Xoxo
Maria