Style Finds A Way

Ok, peeps. I’m taking you all the way back to 1993 to the original Jurassic Park movie. I know, it seems like an unlikely movie for fashion inspiration but bear with me.

There is a scene in the movie where the scientists are looking at a nest of recently hatched dinosaur eggs. They are puzzled because all of the dinosaurs were supposed to be female. Just then, Jeff Goldblum’s character utters the famous line, “Life finds away.”

Well, it’s this very scene that got me thinking about my own fashion dilemmas. You see, these days I’ve got two things working against me fashion-wise. One, a rapidly growing bump (baby #2 is due in July!) and two, very little no money to shop. But the truly great thing about style, not trends or fads, is that it doesn’t hinge on a perfect figure or a full wallet. Instead, it’s about confidence and owning what you do have. Impeccable hair, makeup and nails can’t hurt either. In thinking about this the last few weeks, I’ve come up with a few guidelines, tried and true:

1. It takes time to style your hair. Do it anyway. If your hair is messy, you look messy.
2. Keep your eyebrows looking neat and groomed. They frame your face.
3. You look more put together with makeup, but keep it natural.
4. Wear earrings.
5. A stylish, tailored coat and scarf hide a multitude of fashion sins. And in this weather, you may never need to take it off.

So, whether your predicament is lack of funds, a changing figure or anything in between, remember, style finds a way.

Haircut Hankering

So lately I've been wanting to cut my hair. I'd like to think I could do it on a whim, but that's not me at all. I've thought it out very well without even realizing it. Here goes...

I'm going to be thirty years old in a few years so I thought to myself, 'I don't want to cut my hair when I turn thirty!' that'll just make me feel like it was a thirty-year-old thing to do, reminding me that I'm older. I figure if I do it now I'll have done something fun and exciting before I turn thirty and I won't associate cutting my hair with getting older. Also, I can have it grown out by the time I am thirty if I find that short hair makes me feel older.

That's not the only thing I've thought out...

I also have the in-between stages all planned out. This gives me less anxiety when I think about possibly not liking it or liking it, but deciding to grow it out.

So here is the cut I like...

And here are the between stages that I thought might be cute...

Whether or not I will actually get the nerve to do it has yet to be determined!