How To Build An Outfit

Of course I had to come back and show how I'm working on throwing outfits together! Trying to challenge myself to shop my closet more and having a few items tailored to fit my body have me loving my clothes! I'll talk about tailoring in another post.

This Gap dress has been in my closet for well over 3 years and I honestly can't remember the last time I wore it. So I decided to play around with it. After the first two outfits I created I realized that I can literally make 100 outfits using this black dress as a base . . . freaking crazy right! But dressing is so simple. Slap on a belt and a cardigan and bam one outfit, change the cardigan and you have another, add a scarf and there's another. Just simple tweaks can change it. So I'm really trying to focus on that with dressing and stretching the potential of the clothing I have available to me.

Building An Outfit -


I then went further and played around with other pieces in my wardrobe to create a few different looks-


Totally putting more outfits together with this dress as the base until I get bored. Then I'll grab another one of the one hundred and something dresses I have and do the same thing. I can't wait to show yall my skirts! I had 5 of them shortened and taken in at the waist and they look amazing!

Hugs,
LaToya

Little White Dress

Oh Blogger how I dislike this new layout! Sucks I begin a blog post like this, but I can't keep it in. And I must admit learning how to tackle it has made me stay away from posting a little longer. Anywoo . . . I recently did a haul. Guess it's more of a basic's haul (if you consider a pair of leopard shorts a basic, lol). Victoria's Secret, J Crew, Madewell and Banana Republic all have goodies coming to my home! I am so excited and will be reviewing everything on my youtube channel. I love v necks so I got a ton of those just to warn yall! I wanted to see who makes the best v neck shirts so Victoria's Secret and J Crew will be matched up side by side. That's all I want to blab about right now. Here is a pic from my Memorial weekend getaway with my boyfriend.


Loved my little white dress which I added 2 yellow J Crew belts to.

Dress: Express
Belts: J Crew





We had an amazing time! Can't wait till our next vacay!

Thanks for dropping by!

Hugs,
LaToya

15 Outfits

Hey yall! Here are some looks I came up with using my coral (which appear to being a deep pink in the photos, blah, better lighting next time) skinny jeans as a base. You can also see a video on my youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nNn98dx1o

So these were the looks I threw together. More are to follow, just ran out of time. What do you guys think? Have any favorites?

Hugs,
LaToya

Alittle Different

Hello everyone! Can't believe this is my new post in the new year! Here's just a pic of me from last night!

Boy do I look different (in my opinion anyway) from like a year ago. I finally figured out a 'quick' way to do my natural hair that makes me love it every time, I learned how to shape my eyebrows to my liking and fill them in without looking crazy. Don't know what took so long, lol! I also bought a new lipstick from MAC. I think this will become a regular color that I wear. Not too dramatic and goes with pretty much everything. The boyfriend loves it and random people that I asked say it looks good on me. So yeah pretty happy! Think I'll make a before and after/how I made myself over video.

Hope yall are doing great!

Hugs,
LaToya

Loving Fall

I'm such a sucker for the fall! I love this time of year! And although abit chilly it's perfect for hanging outside and snapping pics. Here's some from a little date the boyfriend and I went on last Sunday.

I just threw a tunic from H and M over a dress from The Limited. I've been finding alot of ways to take my pieces from the summer into the fall! Can't wait to show yall how I rock my turtlenecks. And I forgot I owned these boots which are from Michael Kors. they look good to be so old. I might get alot more wear out of them this year.

Hugs,
LaToya

Never Got Around

Here's some old pics I never got around to posting. Outfits I wore to work or on dates with my guy.





Hugs,
LaToya

Review

Hello! So it's been over a month since I chopped all my hair off (also known as the bc, big chop) and I'm doing ok. It took awhile to get used to my hair in it's natural unaltered state and although I'm not 100 percent in love I've accepted it. I just can't wait to gain some serious length! I think I'll be happy then. But I'm already noticing that I have some crazy shrinkage! Oh well.

So I've been using this to cowash (conditioner wash my hair) everyday since I've been working out regularly now (getting back buff yall):

My hair loves this stuff so much!


I haven't gone near these things since my bc:

I let my hair air dry and do as it wants. Why would I want to alter my hair with heat when I just gave up chemicals (aka my relaxer) . . . . nooooo. Cold turkey yall! Plus I don't want to mess up my curls. There is a possibility I'll straighten it in a few months when I'm due for a trim and I've already figured out how to go about protecting hair so no damage occurs.

I pretty much still look the same:

Just because I cut all my hair off and was afraid of looking like a boy doesn't mean I was going to run to MAC (I do love that store though) and get super made up. My makeup is still minimal and my style hasn't really changed. I was wearing lots of color and stuff before so I guess that helps make my haircut look less boyish.

So that's the mini review of what's been going on. The boyfriend's birthday is today , but we're not celebrating till Wednesday and last week we went to an orchard and had a blast! I need to get to posting more pics! Bear with me yall and thanks for sticking around!

Big hugs!
LaToya

Standing Out

After work I headed to Ann Arbor for shopping with a friend. This is what I wore to work and for hanging out -

I paired this dress with leopard flats for a pop of print. The scarf was thrown on and tied into a bow which I loved more than I thought I would.

Together Abril and I received lots of stares, but we're both type's that would rather stand out than blend into a crowd.

Overall I was super happy with my outfit because . . . .
1) I love this dress (and I have it in another color!) It showed my figure and instantly put me into 'lady like' mode yet I still felt alittle sexy!
2) The teal dress looked great against my skin tone and went well with the animal print!

Well off to bed!

Hugs,
LaToya

Haircut!

So my vacay is over and I had a blast with my boyfriend in Saugatuck! Will post pics the next couple days. Think I'll spread them out. And I decided to get a haircut yall!!!!


Might not seem dramatic to some, but to me it is. I've had hair over my ears for the longest and for some reason I was dreaded cutting around them. Shrugging my fear off I went ahead and did it and had the top taken up alittle. The back is still layered and short. She wanted to shave my sides, but there was no way that was happening.

Hugs,
LaToya