closeups.

closeups of my home apartment. 
  

1. My night stand: candles and my favorite picture from NYC.

2. My bed: one of the few pillows on my bed. This one is from ZGallery. 

3. My cookbooks: I love learning about different ways to prepare food. Seriously! #nerd.

4. My art: Vintage Chanel posters. I saved up $ for a year to buy these suckers. I love 'em. 

5. My Pillows. Such a girl thing, but they add a lot to a little place! 

6. My favorite: Flowers & candles, the 2 things that make me a happy gal. 

7. My jewelry: I keep the "usuals" in vintage ashtrays from the flea market. 

8. My bookcase: My small collection of books and "everything you don't want to see" are in those baskets.

9. My side table: a mirror tray with candles.

10. My desk: the original "pinterest" with my favorite photos and inspiration.   

easy garland.

xxo

fyeye: today i am wearing this polish

hehe halloween.

Yes!! My favorite holiday is quickly approaching and I'm getting ohhh so excited. 

Yesterday I avoided all my laundry and studying and went full force with the decorations. It's officially beginning to look a lot like FALL/a first grade classroom around my place. All I want to do is curl up, watch a movie, and bake.

Sadly, I have midterms and a whole lotta other things preventing me from cloudy day bliss. I'll just enjoy my cheesy decor between practices and study breaks.  

{pumpkin spice candles, seriously friends...the best!} 

{window stickes, since the time I took these pictures, even more have been added} 

{Happy Halloween} 

{flower power in fall colors!} 

{the beginnings of a collaboration of fall recipies} 

{my new little friend}

how do you celebrate Halloween? 

character.

Side story: When I was young my parents dragged me through museums (this and cotillion were part of the attempt to "make Emily proper" plan...) Anyways, the only thing I ever noticed was the moulding, not the art, THE MOULDING! 

And to this day, nothing has changed. I still notice design and architecture anywhere and everywhere I go. I LOVE IT! 

There is so much character around where I live. Seriously, a building's character makes me sooo happy. I just had to share some (definitely not all) of the pretty things I see on my walk to practice. 

Sometimes it's nice to just slowwwww down and notice what's around ya. 

:) 

bathroom essentials

Just in case you're a snooper, I'll save you the trouble of looking in my medicine cabinet and just show you myself...

I love a good chapstick, lip gloss, lipstick, or lip stain (yes boys, they are all different.) I swear I apply lip balm 10x a day, even before I swim. Maybe a nervous habit? Anyways, here are some of my favorites, I don't really have one I like more than the other, it's mostly what I feel like at the moment. 

My makeup bags are now part of my decor. I never put them away because I'm constantly traveling, so there really isn't a point.

Andd there is nothing like good makeup brushes and a good candle....just FYI. 

Just incase I want to go swimming in my shower, I have an abundance of suits ready to go. 

It's my bathroom, of course there are quotes. 

Confession, I'm a bit of a product junkie. I'm seriously a makeup consultant's dream customer. I'm always searching for that perfect product. Here is what I'm currently using this week. I try to use products that are as natural as possible (stereotypical Berkeley kid.)

 SPF is a must. And my swear by oils: Argan oil as a face serum, Moroccan oil for my hair. 

And just as a ps: there is nothing better than walking around the house in a pair of (rare) matching socks.