beauty, fashion + hair

I made a new friend while shooting outfit photos. This majestic little beast waltzed out from a crack in the abandoned building I was shooting up against and trotted straight over to me, meowing up a storm. When I would start to ignore her she’d walk away but as soon as I showed her the slightest bit of attention she’d run right back over. She liked being talked to a lot but was a liiiittle bite-y when it came to being pet. If I took pictures today my outfit details would include “scratches on hand – c/o of feral cat” I’m going to have to say it was worth it though because I was tickled pink to meet such an otherwise friendly feral cat. I wish I could become buddies with every animal I meet this quickly.

Actually as soon as I realized how friendly and social the cat was I called up Mickey, who is pretty awesome at finding homes for animals, to come scoop this guy up. She was there in basically five minutes but immediately pointed out the cat’s tipped ear, meaning she was part of the Trap-Neuter-Return Program. That didn’t stop the cat from hopping in Mickey’s car while the door was open though! Hah!

I’ve got my fingers crossed this fluffy little babe is there next time I go to shoot outfit photos there. I’ll come bearing treats.
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I think this might be my new favorite outfit, at least for now. Ya know, until next week when I have a new favorite. Hah. These are the same jeans from this post, I kind of can’t get enough of them. In high school I owned a ton of different colored jeans but really had no idea how to style them. In fact I probably just wore them exclusively with Nirvana tshirts. Eventually I wrote them off as something that were hard to wear. These are my first colored pair since then and I’m having way too much fun trying them with just about everything in my closet. I really like that the color is still kind of normal, it’s not too outrageous but adds a touch of fun to an outfit. Must get more colorful pants!!

On an unrelated note, I can’t believe Christmas is at the end of this week. Guess who is 100% unprepared. ME. Whoops. Hope you have an awesome day, maybe one you don’t spend stressing about the fact you need to shop for just about everyone still.
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This feels like a very grown up outfit for me. There’s nothing really outrageous, other than my hair. For the most part, this is a pretty chill outfit and surprisingly enough I’m really into it. This sweater is definitely something I would pass right by in the store, never giving it a second look but I actually really love it. It was one of my surprise items in this month’s Golden Tote (more info on Golden Tote here!) As soon as I put it on I was smitten. It just fits really well, is cozy and looks great. I have a feeling it will be in heavy rotation this winter. It’s so great to find items that are simple, and easy to just throw on with anything without much thought. I’d like to fill my closet with those pieces.

I’ve been poking around the tracks a lot lately. I didn’t grow up around train tracks. I actually can’t think of any anywhere near my parent’s house but I always wished there were some close. I like that it’s a little escape from the city to be near the tracks. It’s quiet except for when there is actually a train, there’s usually no one else around, and on top of that, they’re a nice place to take pictures. I certainly wouldn’t mind living a bit closer.
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PS. Ya like that rock by my foot that I used as a marker for the spot that was in focus? Definitely meant to kick it out of frame. Hah!

Even though the end of autumn is here, and it seems like all the leaves have already fallen I managed to find this colorful little corner. It’s funny how long I spent worrying there was nowhere to shoot outfit photos since I lived in the city now and I’m not one to shoot in front of other people. Now that I’m a little bit more comfortable venturing around on my own I’m realizing all these awesome spots I frequent with my pals to shoot photos make killer backgrounds for outfit photos.

Jo Totes just released this camera bag, Somerset. I’m always excited to get my hands on her bags. This one, although lacking the cross body strap which is how I always wear my bags, is incredible!! It’s SO roomy. Better than anything else though, it has a million pockets. I have always been a sucker for pockets. I remember that being a big deal when I picked out trapper keepers and backpacks, if they didn’t have lots of pockets I didn’t want them. Still kind of exactly the same, pockets win me over every time. This is the perfect purse/camera bag combo.
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For this outfit post I teamed up with Golden Tote, a company I’m very excited to tell you about! Golden Tote is basically the ultimate surprise grab bag! They have two different tote sizes, $49 for 2-3 items, or $149 for 5-7 clothing items. Those bags have a retail value of up to $200 and $600, respectively. What happens is you get to choose 1-2 items to go in your tote and then they surprise you with the rest based on a short quiz you fill out on the site.

New styles launch on the first Monday of every month so November’s style just recently went live. It was a tough choice for me to choose what two items I wanted in my bag since there were quite a few items I was pining over. As it turned out I ending up loving everything in my tote.  But if I didn’t, they actually have a trading group on Facebook, so it would have all worked out regardless! In my tote I received the two items shown in the outfit above as well as a dress, and two more sweaters which I’m sure I’ll be showing off in outfit posts in the near future. I’m supremely picky about sweaters and somehow I ended up with three I really like. I’m pretty pumped.

Can’t finish this post off without talking about how much I love these photos! I. AM. OBSESSED. I felt so incredible in this outfit, which I’m going to blame on that jacket. I might have even wore the whole outfit two days in a row. The location just felt perfect for the whole look, definitely one of my favorite little hidden spots in Cleveland. My hair looks amazing with the graffiti. Basically, I feel reeeeal good!
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Hey, surprise! I dyed my hair! I always try to do a post featuring just photos of my hair after every big change before showing it off in an outfit post but since I’m getting it chopped off tomorrow I figured I’d just wait to do that until after. So, “official” hair photos coming soon with dye details and photos that really show off how beautiful it really is!

In other news, how awesome is this sweater!? Last year I got their bigfoot sweater, seen here, and this year I chose aliens! I’ve been hoarding it away until it was cold enough to wear it since it’s a seriously warm sweater! I actually went to the beach without a coat, just the sweater and was comfortable. It’s finally feeling like fall is over in Ohio, which I’m not quite sure how to feel about. Mostly because I want to be on my bike and daaaaang, it’s cold. I never thought I’d be pining for those hot days of summer where it felt like I was biking on the sun, but I kind of am. It’ll be back soon enough though. Guess I’ll just enjoy sweater weather, and crunchy leaves while I can since it’ll be snowing before I know it!
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