If I Was Going to Prom...

Hello there!

So I am a senior in high school and it's prom season however I cannot go to mine because I already have plans for that night that I'm not willing to cancel. However I do have this huge plan in my head of what I would be doing if I went to prom and decided to share my plan on here! I hope you enjoy...

To start off with the most important part... I absolutely love this dress, I always have. I have no idea where it's sold but I've seen it on Pinterest before and it was always my dream dress, pink and gold are my favorite colors and this dress embodies the pink spirit with perfect rose gold accents, this is like a fairytale dress to me. 

I've always admired these huge waves as I have annoyingly frizzy curly hair. I've never been able to accomplish such beautiful things in my hair but if I had the occasion to do so I would go to a salon and have this hairstyle done professionally. For the strapless dress I picked out, I think a completely down hairstyle would go perfectly

I would just pair it with simple rose gold hoops to match the dress' accents and plain black wedges as not to contrast with any other part of the outfit. 

For makeup I think I would go pretty light and just do rosy, light pink colors and definitely use some of the darker colors in the Naked 3 palette to accentuate such a beautiful color.

Anyways, that's my short spiel about prom, it is a little sad that I didn't get to go but some things are more important than high school dances...

I really hope you enjoyed reading and comment below: Did you go to your prom? What was is like?

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

Review: Biore Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser

Hello there!

I received a sample of charcoal cleanser from Biore in a copy of Seventeen magazine and it has been sitting under my sink for ages, I finally got around to trying it and really enjoyed it.

It was hard to capture this practically clear cleanser in the picture but it does have a grey twinge to it with dark particles in it. I noticed a definite smoothness to the cleanser and to my face after washing it off. I was skeptical of the charcoal but my skin felt really clean and even now, with my skin all nice and dry, it feels ridiculously smooth. 

I ran out of Proactiv last week and my skin's started breaking out already so I cannot simply switch to this wash but I'm considering buying a full size of it and use it along with my Proactiv to get this amazing smooth feeling all of the time. I would highly recommend it, I think it would work nicely for almost any skin type and most would enjoy it.

Anyways, I loved finding such a nice new product and hope you enjoyed reading my review!

What's your favorite facial cleanser? Tell me in the comments below

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

OOTD- Is It Even Spring?

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So I live in Southern California, supposedly a year round sunny place but recently it has been cloudy and cold and depressing and I'm really not convinced that it's Spring. But I get to wear my sweaters so at least I have that... The other night I went out to dinner with family and here's what I wore

Sweater: American Eagle no longer available

Jeans: American Eagle High Rise Skinny Jeans $35

Shoes: TOMS Natural Crochet $60

Scarf: Forever 21 Black Infiniti no longer available

I love this sweater so much, it's really loose and can be used for an off the shoulder look. The heathered look look makes it a perfect match for black, white, and silver accessories or even a pop of color like red which I've done before. When wearing something as loose as this sweater I greatly prefer skinny jeans, though these are a little big on me, the high rise makes the sweater look even better. I thought this outfit was a little plain so I added the lace Toms to add a texture to the outfit and think it ended up nicely put together. 

I almost never leave my hair down with an infinity scarf because I feel like it crowds out my neck, I did a high ponytail but I think a messy bun would have looked even better with the looseness of the top half of the outfit. I didn't want to wear a necklace with the big-ish scarf but opted for some small simple silver snowflake (say that 5 times fast) earrings which I always love wearing when I put my hair up. :)

Anyways, that's my 'why is it so cold, this is Spring in Southern California' outfit for the night. What's Spring/Fall like in your area? Tell me in the comments below!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

Weekly Goals

Hello there!

I saw several lovely posts last Monday with weekly goals and wishes, I'm fairly sure this is a collaborative post but I thought it was such a good idea, I wanted to do my own. I love making goals, I always feel far more productive so here's my week's goals!

Get back to Morning Runs

I usually run every morning before school however a couple of super tiring weekends and I've lost my morning routines. I love going on morning runs, it's the perfect way to wake up and keeps me healthy and fit so next week I want to go running at least 4 mornings. 

Practice Guitar Everyday

I try to do this but I always ending up missing a few days out of my week but I want to make it a habit to practice every single day. It's the only way to get better, right? I want to be the best me I can be and I really want to improve my guitar playing so this is important.

Life Planning Session

I'm going to graduate high school soon, which is a pretty big deal. I'm not going to university next year but I'm going to attempt to follow my dreams, and to do that I'm going to have to work really hard. So I need to spend a few hours with a notebook figuring out all of the things I need to do in this crazy plan which leads to my next goal...

Make a Vision Board

I've been wanting to make one for awhile, just something to remind me everyday that I want to be someone great, who followed their dreams, and to better myself as much as possible. Mine will be filled with lots of quotes and pictures of my life dreams/goals like guitars and notebooks.

Anyways those are some of the things I'm really hoping to accomplish this week, because if not this week then when?

What are your goals for the week? Tell me in the comments below!

Have a Wonderfully Fulfilling Day!

Mia B <3

Camping Pictures

Hello there!

During spring break I decided to go camping with some friends at this place called San Elijo State Beach. I really really love camping and I had lots of fun. The site was stunningly beautiful and I attempted to capture some of that beauty and decided to share just a few of them today, hope you enjoy!

I tried to get some sunset shots and even though there were clouds in the way, I think they still turned out alright...

This was taken as a panoramic of the sunset

Then walked around the next morning and found some pretty beautiful sites like this flower, which I loved the double tones in, some rocks and shells

And a shot of the last goodbye, with these awesome vintage looking stairs. Didn't want to bore anyone with the hundreds of pictures I took but I hope you enjoyed some of my favorites, I really enjoyed editing them and getting different looks out of the same pictures, professional picture editors astound me :)

Anyways, what's your favorite type of vacation: camping, beach, city... ? Tell me in the comments below!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

(PS: Happy Easter! If you celebrate it, if you don't: happy random Sunday!)

Springtime Haul - Beauty and Accessories

Hello there!

So I went on a rather large shopping trip last weekend and decided to do a haul post because I am insanely excited about all of it. I did the clothes in a post here and now here are all of the beauty-related items and accessories and things :)

Pink

VS recently started selling small versions of their wonderful body mists, I've only ever gotten two. Their scents are just as good as Bath and Body Works, I love them both but I think B&BW has more sales so I tend to take advantage of those. Warm and Cozy was definitely my favorite scent. I couldn't tell you what it smells like but it does remind me of cuddling up in a mound of blankets with hot cocoa.. :)

Sephora

This has been on my wishlist for the absolute longest time, I've heard of so many people saying this is their staple base product and it'll probably be mine especially coming into warmer times (doubles as a sunscreen). I've loved it since I tried a Nordstrom sample, it gives the perfect amount of coverage in next to no time and I can't feel if I'm wearing it at all. 

Target

Mint Candy Apple has to be the most talked about Essie shade and for good reason. It looks so amazing on absolutely everybody and perfectly embodies the Spring pastel spirit. I'm really excited to finally have it and wear it all the time, EXCITEMENT

My old iPad case fell apart, literally ripped to shreds by use and time though it was rather cheap so I bought a new one. This is a far sturdier case and much easier to use than any I've ever had. Only $20 on clearance which for me is exciting

Charming Charlie

And now, what has to be my all time favorite piece of jewelry, literally ever, is this cat watch. ITS A WATCH WITH CAT EARS AND EYES AND NOSE AND MOUTH, HOW COULD ANYONE NOT FALL IN LOVE? I never wear watches but I swear I'm going to wear this so often I won't even notice it's there. It's a cat... watch! This is still blowing my mind.

Claire's

I got these 2 for $8, the charms are pretty small (my camera did not like trying to capture these) but I am a very small-jewelry person. I love necklaces like these because I love the way I can show so much of my personality while adding something to an outfit.

I saw these music earrings (well my mom did) and freaked out, just a little. Music is my favorite thing in the entire world and I have music necklaces, bracelets, and a ring but I could never find earrings and now this completes my collection, I love them so much. There was a sale (of course) so the love ones were free and they're very small but adorable. 

I love to wear earrings, I love the effect they have but I only wear smaller earrings (and smaller jewelry in general) so I wanted to get a whole set of smaller ones and searched for about 20 minutes for a big set, like this one, with "hearts and stars" and came across this one, exactly what I was looking for. Again, they're all pretty tiny but I love them so much. 

Anyways, thats some of the amazing stuff I happened to find over the weekend. I'm really excited to start wearing them a lot, they're all very me, exactly what I was looking for.

Comment below: What's your favorite thing to buy on a shopping trip?

Have an Absolutely Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

OOTD: Floral, Floral Everywhere

Hello there!

So for one of my New Years Resolution I decided to start dressing at least slightly better. So as I usually just go to school here is my attempt at a nice but not too nice outfit, because if I wore skirts all the time then people's expectations would just be high and I couldn't handle that ;)

Sweater: Target Junior's Boyfriend Cardigan  $20

Shirt: Target no longer sold

Pants: American Eagle High-Rise Skinny Jean $35

Shoes: Natural Crochet Women's Classics Toms $59

Just a closer view of the purple and red flowers on the tank top, I love the professional look the buttons give off and the versatility the cardigan gives me throughout the day with the constant weather changes. I've worn this outfit a few times since I first got it, so I'm quite enjoying it.

Comment below: What's your favorite flower? Mine's peonies but roses are really nice too :)

Have an Absolutely Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

Review: Studio Gear CC Cream

Hello there!

Recently Studio Gear sent me some CC cream to test out. I've never used a CC cream before but I have tried just about everything else and I was pleasantly surprised at the results. 

CC creams always have so many amazing healthy skin benefits, I've been wanting to try some forever. Tinted moisturizers are my preferred base of choice and I thought this was fairly similar except for the awesome microbeads in this cream.

It did give very light coverage (only applied on left side in picture), lightening a lot of the redness but not completely erasing it. But to be fair to the cream, I have a lot of it. I really really enjoyed how light this cream was. You can always feel liquid foundation on and sometimes even tinted moisturizer. However I could not feel this on my face at all. I wore it on a lazy day and loved how natural it felt.

I love to use a lot of hydrators and moisturizers and I noticed this felt just as nicely (in the healthy skin department) as most other products do. I know some expensive products that do work a bit better but they're specifically geared towards that without any of the coverage that CC creams have so this is just an easier way to go about life...

You can find these for $34 per 1 ounce here however Studio gear is giving readers 10% off the total cart with the code: bloggercc

Anyways, hope you enjoyed my review, I've heard that reviews are general favorite posts so I'm trying to do more of them ;)

Comment below: What's your favorite type of base product?

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

*Post sponsored by Brandbacker*

OOTD: Pop of Spring Color

Hello there!

I am overjoyed over Spring, or at least the idea of it considering the current Winter-like weather. I love Spring, the weather, the plants, the fashion and colors and today I decided to add a wonderfully bright Spring color to my outfit.

Shirt: Wet Seal Bubblegum V-neck $7

Cardigan: Love Culture Gathered Flyaway Knit $13

Jeans: American Eagle High Rise Skinny Jean $40

Shoes: White Crochet TOMS $60

If you've ever read any of my OOTD's you'll notice that I wear these TOMs almost everyday, the white matches almost everything and the lace adds a beautiful texture to such a solid outfit like the one I'm wearing now. 

I think the cardigan was definitely necessary because of how skinny the whole outfit was, a tight shirt, skinny jeans, and barely there TOMs, even a topknot bun, it's all so up and down. However the loose flyaway cardigan adds an openness without crowding out my pop of bright Spring color in the shirt. 

I've noticed so many bright pinks and corals (along with the normal pastels) this Spring and fell in love with this bubblegum color. I've gotten several more bright shirts lately and I'm really excited to start incorporating them into my outfits.

Anyways, there's my outfit and some of my thoughts on them...

Comment below what's your favorite part of Spring?

Have an Absolutely Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3

Springtime Haul - Clothes

Hello there!

I splurged a bit at the mall today but a shopping spree has been long overdue, I haven't bought much since the bankruptcy that is Christmas. Most of what I bought is very Spring-season related so today I thought I'd do a Springtime haul post because I'm so excited!

Aeropostale

I found this skirt 1/2 off, the smallest size was a Medium so it's a bit big and it's quite longer than the normal skater skirt but I think that'll make it perfect for short fitted crop tops and a cardigan, the perfect staple summer outfit. 

The pastel mint, blue, and lavender in the skirt all pop against the solid black and I didn't know if I'd like such a small, crowded pattern but I really love it. 

Camis are one of my biggest staples, I wouldn't be able to wear any of my sheer or more fitted shirts without them and the color I wear most is without a doubt white. I got plain white round and v-neck ones and a unique lace one. However I only got 3 because of their sale (pretty sure I live on sales these days) and all 3 were only $15 :)

I love the lace, especially under cardigans like...

...this one. I've never had a colored cardigan and have been lusting over this one on the Aero site for the past few weeks so I was really happy to find this in store, especially for only $15. Cardigans might be my favorite piece of clothing because they transform an outfit from morning to afternoon to night and are easy to carry.

It's starting to warm up here and I had absolutely no shorts after losing a bit of weight this past year and needed new ones. So I got two pairs from Aero, a light and dark denim pair because denim is the easiest to wear and match. Both are mid rise because high waisteds never seem to fit me right.

I really needed new tank tops and I completely adore the color coral so I grabbed these two as soon as I saw them. They were both about $10. The right one is cotton but the left is a very sheer fabric so of course I needed something to wear under it...

Victoria's Secret

So I got some bandeaus! VS had a 2 for $32 sale and to start my collection off I wanted to do black and white ones.

The black one is lace but the front has a solid lining underneath, quite a lovely lace

However I was sad that I couldn't find any normal white bandeaus, lace or solid, so I settled for this glittery lacey one which I may end up liking even more, who knows?

Lastly I snagged two more pairs of denim shorts only because I live in such a hot place and end up wearing shorts everyday in summer

 So these were from Kohl's, the Mudd brand and I loved that these were cut-offs which I have none of and the adorable stitching on the pockets,quite short but in 100 degree weather I really don't care but these might be my favorite pair so far...

And I got these from Target, their Mossimo brand, they're shorter than the Aero shorts and low waisted which is my favorite waist fit but I try and vary everything.

Anyways, there's my detailed analysis of everything I bought, I'm really, really, really, really excited because new season and new clothes and new trends and ohmygodIgraduatefromhighschoolsoonwhyamIthinkingaboutthisrightnowIdon'tknow

Comment below what's your favorite Spring color? I'd love to talk!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Mia B <3