A Trip To: London, England

A few weeks ago I left for my very first trip outside the United States without my parents! I was very terrified but it was amazing. I went to London for an honors class I took over the summer. A few of my friends also took the class and so did my sister!

Big Ben with my sister!

London Eye!

A beautiful view from the London Eye

Another view from the London Eye

Shakespeare Globe theater: we toured it and saw A Midsummer Night's Dream there

Buckingham Palace! We didn't see the Queen but we did see a rehearsal of The Major General's Review of Trooping the Colour that will be performed for the Queen's birthday.

A picture from the rehearsal 

We also saw the Crown Jewels! They were absolutely beautiful and larger than I thought they would be. We weren't allowed to take pictures so here is the outside of the building they are kept in.

 

Tower bridge!

The second floor of the Tower Bridge has glass floor, ceiling, and sides!

St. Paul's Cathedral!

Westminster Abbey!

 

Harrods is a huge department store in London so of course I had to pay a visit!

Piccadilly Circus: London's Times Square!

Saw the murder mystery play Mousetrap that has been playing for 64 years and counting. I highly recommend going and seeing it! I loved it!

Albert memorial!

Beautiful view from Greenwich Village!

Stood on the Prime Meridian!

Kensington Palace!

We were walking around Piccadilly looking for somewhere to eat and looked up and saw Fifth Harmony on a double decker bus! So cool! 

If you get the chance to travel DO IT!! I only went to London for 10 days and I want to go back so bad! I will post more pictures here soon :)

Classicaly Ann

I love it when my mom cleans out her closet...because I get her old clothes! This dress used to belong to her but not any more. I absolutely love the color and the crochet detail around the bodice area. I have been wanting to wear this for a while now. I was waiting for the weather to corporate but mainly I was waiting for the confidence to wear it. It's not that I'm not confident (that's another story for another day) but this is not the "typical college outfit." I wish students here dressed up more and cared more about their appearance. Now don't get me wrong, I do have those days where I wear sweatpants (I wouldn't have been caught dead in them in high school) but not every day. My favorite part of my day is picking out what I will wear. If I have on a great outfit, it will be a great day. That's a good motto to live by! 

My Outfit: Dress-Ann Taylor Loft; Shoes-Converse

Purple Paisley

Apparently I like to dress like a librarian. Something about this outfit reminds me of a librarian.

Speaking of librarian, I have been starting to read books lately. Shocker right! I never liked reading as a kid, but I have found a few books recently that I enjoy and I really want to start reading. The book I am currently reading is Live Original by Sadie Robertson. It has been teaching me a lot about faith and how to improve in certain areas of my life. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone!

For my outfit, I paired a turtleneck tank top with a high-waisted skirt. I love this skirt because it fits perfectly and has buttons all down the center. My oversized sweater compliments the colors in the tank top very nicely. I recently purchased these mint green sandals from Old Navy and they are really comfortable except the back which rubbed my ankle the whole day.

My Outfit: Tank top-Thrifted; Skirt-Dottie Couture; Sweater-Aeropostale; Sandals-Old Navy

Casually Laughing

As mentioned in a previous post, I love the show Supergirl! I wore this outfit recently and my sister commented and said it looks like something Kara Danvers would wear (Supergirl's secret identity). Her style is very preppy and sophisticated. I don't know if she would wear this outfit exactly, but I love it. 

My Outfit: Shirt-TJ Maxx; Sweater-Thrifted; Jeans-Gap; Shoes-Converse

Copy That: Sabrina Carpenter "Eyes Wide Open" music video makeup

"I keep my eyes wide open/Bless this ground unbroken/I'm about to make my way/Heaven help me keep my faith/My eyes wide open"

"This dream burns inside of me/And I can't just let it go" 

Sabrina Carpenter has a unique and old style sounding voice. She mentions this in a few of her songs including "Eyes Wide Open." I love the meaning of this song:to not forget where you came from but to always move forward. Above are my favorite lyrics from the song.

To watch the video click here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4VJyfCcOJc 

When I watched the music video I fell in love  with her outfit and her makeup. I wanted to recreate her makeup and thus created my new series COPY THAT where I show you how to copy celebrity outfits and makeup!

Step 1

My favorite makeup palettes are "The Nudes" palettes from Maybelline. For this makeup recreation, I used the eye shadow stared above from the Rock Nudes palette. The eye shadow is a sparkly gold color with a silver undertone. 

 Step 2:

The next step is to use the stared eye shadow from the Nudes palette. It has more of a gold color so I dabbed it on top of the other eye shadow. 

Step 3: 

Sabrina was seen in the video wearing a winged eye liner. To add more sparkle to the look, I chose to wear a Glitter eye liner from NYC. 

 

Step 5: 

To complete the look, fill in your eyebrow!

It's perfect for a night out on the town or a concert. Hope you all enjoyed and try out the look!

Superheros

I LOVE SUPERHEROS! 

I have recently been collecting superhero t-shirts. 

My first one is the Flash. My sister gave this to me for my birthday and she also got me hooked on the show! I love all of the characters on the show, especially Barry Allen. Grant Gustin was on Glee, enough said. 

 Also I grew up watching Disney Channel, like every other kid, and I remember watching movies with Danielle Panabaker especially Read it and Weep. 

I really enjoy the story line of The Flash with all the love triangles and all of the different meta-human surprises, Cisco's funny jokes, and how all the Superhero shows seem to links to one another. 

For The Flash t-shirt, I paired it with a button down jean skirt and black booties. I kept the outfit simple to let the t-shirt stand out. 

 

My second t-shirt is Supergirl!! 

I watch this show with my sister and my dad. We all love the show. I knew of Melissa Benoist from Glee, I'm thinking all of Glee's characters will have their own Superhero show eventually :). I obviously look at the clothes when I watch the show and one dress in particular I loved was the green dress Kara wore to one of Catco's events.  

For my Supergirl t-shirt, I paired it with an army green jacket that has eyelet details on the side panels. Boyfriend jeans and converse help pull together this causal and comfortable look.

 

My third shirt is the Avengers. I love these movies and I love how all of their stories connect, this theme is starting to have a pattern. My favorite superhero from the Avengers is Captain America. I love his costume and I love the decade he originally came from. I also like Black Widow because Scarlett Johansson can do no wrong. 

I tied the end of the t-shirt into a knot to give it some shape. Then I paired it with black jeans and white converse. This is a simple and classic outfit I would probably wear to watch the movie in!