Rhythm of A Life: how I style

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Hello! This outfit is one of my most reached for, so I thought it was about time that it got a moment in the spotlight. I'm pretty good about not rewearing things the same way, but I keep reaching for this combination. I featured the polka dot skirt in my What I Wore: July 4th post, but I wanted to share it again in a different way. This was the first step into print mixing that I took, and I've got some tips that I think makes mixing prints a bit easier down below. Hope you enjoy!

I get a ton of wear out of this skirt because of it's length. My school and job both have dress codes that it fits into perfectly. I couldn't more highly recommend picking up a skirt this length if you work in retail like I do. I have to pick up a lot of trash off the floor, and I am constantly rearranging merchandise. It's the perfect length because you are never worried that you are going to flash anybody, but you don't feel overly covered up. It is also a really great piece that can work in different seasons.

The H&M shirt is super comfortable and one of my favorite things to throw on because it goes with pretty much everything. I was also really excited to pair a red lip and a red shoe with this look. I used my go-to red lipstick which is the Rimmel Kate Moss Lipstick in 01 that I talked about here, and the shoes are my trusty sunglass-printed Taylor Swift Keds (if you want to see those up close and personal, you can do that here).

Let's talk about why I love it all together. I've always been a little bit afraid of mixing prints. People say it is something you should do, but I wasn't sure until I came across this combination in my wardrobe. If you are wanting to start mixing prints, an outfit like this is a good way to get going.

Here's why I think it works.

Stripes and polka dots always go together. Both are such classic prints that they work well with practically anything including each other.
The patterns are different sizes. The stripes are smaller and overall less noticeable. Where as the white polka dots function as the attention-grabbing aspect of the skirt. When mixing prints, you always want them to be different sizes to keep the outfit from being overwhelming.
It's all in the family. The top and bottom are both navy and white. Sticking to the same color family is a great way to ensure that your prints will work together.

I hope this gave you a bit of inspiration to look at your closet a bit differently. Finding new ways to mix pieces together is really one of my favorite things to do.

So, how do you mix prints?

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Hello! Back in December, I told you all about what I wore to my winter formal (If you haven't seen that, check it out here). Recently, I realized I never talked about my spring formal. I know I was looking for ideas on how to style myself as we had a theme. The people who planned it choose to make it Great Gatsby themed which I absolutely loved. That meant lots of sequins and lots of makeup. Personally, I took my inspiration from The Great Gatsby movie that came out recently, and I went for a lot of black and gold. Even though, it's been 4 months since I went to that. I thought I would share what I wore to it anyways in case you've got any '20s themed parties coming up! I'll tell you where it is all from and the makeup look I choose below with the tutorial I followed.

Let's start with the most important part: the dress. I picked that up from my local Dillard's clearance store. If you have one of those in your area, they are a great place to find a formal dress like this one. There were a ton available, and they were all really marked down. My dress was originally $150 and was marked down to $26. All my jewelry is from Charlotte Russe including the head piece which I was also wearing when I updated you on my ombre hair. I choose that one because it has the little daisies on it. I thought that was super appropriate as a main character's name is Daisy, and it is my social club's flower. My shoes are Kenneth Cole Reaction.

I did the most research about what makeup look I was going to go for because I didn't even know where to start. I found out some interesting information that I thought I would share with you. The 1920s was the first decade in which it was socially acceptable for all women to wear makeup (before it had just been the actresses). Because it was a new thing for them, they wore A LOT of it. They would actually buy their foundation a shade too light to look paler, draw on their eyebrows to be really thin, and shape their lips differently. While I didn't do any of that, I still had a lot more makeup on than I am used to. They also did eyeshadow differently than we do. We tend to concentrate the darkest colors on the outside of our eye and the lightest on the inside. It makes our eyes look more open and awake. They choose to place the lightest color right in the center of their lids and went for a hazy, heavily blended smoky look through the socket of their eye. We also normally choose between focusing on the eyes or lips, and they did both most of the time. I'll include some pictures of what my makeup looked like and the tutorial I followed below. I used my NYX Nude on Nude palette for my eyes with a bit of a Wet N Wild shadow for the center of the lid shade. My lipstick in my trusty Rimmel Kate Moss in the shade 01 which I talked about in detail here.