Snowed In Style!

Lets be real, weather like this pretty much equals home or work and the occasional time spent outside shoveling or doing something fun like sledding.  For those of us fortunate enough to live a climate like the Northeastern part of the US where the snow in the winter is equivalent to that of a mini blizzard know that we have to have a plan of attack ready when it comes to what to wear out. or in for that matter.  As comfy as PJ's are, you know your going to feel so much more productive when your a bit dressed up, even if it is super casual.  And i have just the thing to get those ideas going :)

Winter Wonderland:

Winter Wonderland by vivabellar3 featuring stone jewelry

Snowed in:

Snowed In... by vivabellar3 featuring boat neck tops

I hope these looks provide some inspiration for these chilly days! As for the make-up, stay neutral: The Naked Palette by Urban Decay would be perfect for the eyes, just use one color like Naked all over the lid and use Virgin as a highlight for the brow bone and tear duct area.  Keep the skin natural, and use a cream blush for a tinge of color, Wet n' Wild has a couple of nice colors if your on a budget.  If not Bobbi Brown makes some gorgeous cream blushes that will last you for ages.  On the lips keep it simple with a lip stain, there are about a million drug store variants that will work well for this, CoverGirl makes some really lovely ones.  Polish it off with mascara and your all ready to brave the winter elements! 

Keep warm and cozy :)

Love, 

Bella

ps: your smile really is the best accessory!

many many many apologies for the un-announced dissapearence. but yes, back in business :)

So as you can tell if you read this blog at all, i took a bit of a LONG break.  A few months i think. But it was nothing serious, I was just dealing with a lot and was feeling stressed out and the regular excuses and what have you.  I'm back now, preparing for a plethora of events and along with all of those things I want to stay committed to this blog.  It's seriously such a wonderful outlet and I really love it. So I think I might have to expand a bit on the range of topics I'd like to cover, obviously I love makeup and fashion so those will stay in the list, but I'd like to incorporate other things: fitness, skincare, and home decor/shopping tips/things of that nature.  Bear with me guys, I'm going through a lot of changes at the moment and I'm hoping that the blog will stay with me through them all and maybe even keep me sane.  As you can tell the background has been changed to more of a girl-ish feel.  I'm feeling a bit girly today.  I had a crazy day at work with a ton of issues. Anyone who works in retail, you feel my pain.  So I'm writing right now as part of my wind down time.  I'm reading now too, I have't had time to read anything all year so it's so nice to just sit down with a book and engulf myself with knowledge.  The current novella which is actual more of an awesome manual is Bobbi Brown's (the world renowned makeup artist and cosmetics company owner) Makeup Manual.  And if there is anyone else out there with me who wants to learn more about cosmetics or just makeup application in general, I highly suggest you read this book, just pick it up from your local library.  It is full of information on every single topic related to makeup and skincare you can think of, its great.  LOL mini rant later....I think thats going to be it for today.  I wrote down a whole list of ideas in my phone today that I wanted to blog about so I'm hoping I get to checking some stuff off that list soon.

heres to staying in touch with the blogging world.

wish me luck

love

bella

p.s.: i really adore blake lively.

photocredit: mario testino for vogue