Summer Love

Hey there my lovely’s!

Summer, In my opinion, is the best time of the year. You get to hang out with your friends, wear cute outfits, go to the beach, ride bike, have bonfires, and of course if you’re single it’s the perfect time to have a little summer fling! My favorite summer activity is spending time at the lake, whether its tanning, boating, or swimming I enjoy every second of it. I feel like summer is the time that you get to be whoever you want to be, you get to discover who you are and what you love about yourself. You get to wear whatever you want and look cute! Since I live in Minnesota our winters are freezing and my winter wardrobe mostly consist of jeans, boots and chunky sweaters!  Not that you can’t make that cute but I'd rather wear a pretty sun dress with wedges than jeans, Uggs, and a Northface. I definitely adore summer and all the fashion choices that come with it. I feel that so far this summer we have had way more cute trends compared to past summers. I love high-low anything, maxi dresses, high wasted shorts, chiffon blouses, bright colored jeans and tops, jean vests with studs and of course any statement jewelry.  I really like the fact that’s it totally acceptable to mix all the summer trends together and still look totally cute! For example, I love the look of a high low chiffon top, with some studded high waisted shorts. I think an outfit like that gives a great balance of feminine and edgy without over doing any of the pieces and they blend very well together!  I also love paring up colored denim with statement jewelry! It’s so easy to dress up or down and still be comfortable. I definitely love the idea that you don’t have to sacrifice cuteness for comfortability, especially in the summer! This morning I was really tired and after my workout I had to get dressed quickly and make it to work. So I ended up wearing some minty blue skinnies, with a simple stripped top a statement necklace and some flats!  It was super easy to put together and it’s super comfy! Not to mention it was very inexpensive and makes a cute summer outfit.  Another summer trend that I love and has actually been around for a while now are maxi dresses but this summer they seem cuter then ever! I’m especially loving the chiffon maxi dresses and skirts that are see-through, pleated, and have the little slip under them. I think they are the perfect mix of sexy and sophisticated.  I haven’t purchased one yet but I am definitely going to get on that. Also, I think it’s important to purchase all your summer must haves without breaking the bank just because something may be huge this summer doesn’t mean that it will be next summer! For a lot of my summer pieces I go to forever 21 , H&M, and Urban Outfitters. You don’t have to break the bank. It doesn’t matter to me if I only get to wear my colored jeans or high waisted shorts for only one summer because I only ended up paying around $20.00 for them!  So if you’re looking for trends that you know might not stay around for too long I definitely recommend shopping at those stores.

What are you summer must haves? Are there any trends that you are especially loving this summer?! I would love to know about them, and how you like wearing them. I could always use ideas on how to style pieces and make my wardrobe go a long way! I hope you guys are enjoying your summer so far

XOXO

Yesturday's Outfit of the Day

Yes This picture is from Instagram!

Summer Trends by kikitarin featuring mint pants

Warehouse shift dress
£55 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Mango maxi dress
£30 - mango.com

Rare London body con dress
£42 - rarelondon.com

Haute Hippie empire dress
£399 - farfetch.com

Sleeveless dress
£49 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Oasis sleeveless dress
$145 - oasis-stores.com

Oversized top
$68 - nastygal.com

V neck top
$59 - macys.com

Wal G blouse
£27 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Sophie Theallet crinkle shirt
$535 - stylebop.com

H M lace tank
£15 - hm.com

Jean shorts
$50 - etsy.com

Levi Strauss & Co checkered shorts
$75 - etsy.com

High waisted shorts
$65 - etsy.com

Burberry pencil skirt
$609 - stylebop.com

Miss Sixty distressed jeans
$156 - asos.com

Long skirt
$34 - furormoda.com

Rag & bone mint pants
$187 - shoplesnouvelles.com

Leather shoes
$56 - topshop.com

Steve Madden leather sandals
$60 - swell.com

Tory Burch flat sandals
$202 - matchesfashion.com

Flat shoes
$90 - topshop.com

Zara heel sandals
$50 - zara.com

MABEL fringe bag
$150 - witchery.com.au

J Crew 18k jewelry
$150 - jcrew.com

Kendra Scott 14k jewelry
$195 - kendrascott.com

Fedora hat
$16 - kohls.com

Wet Seal fedora hat
$11 - wetseal.com

I'm Officially a Glammie

Hey guys!
First off it’s my birthday today and I’m writing this at midnight because I want to be able to enjoy all of day today. So sorry if some of it doesn’t make sense or I seem to be rambling. I’m really sleepy but I wanted to do a quick post because I haven’t posted in a while and I think this is something you all should join, so keep on reading(:
I wanted to share with you guys how excited I am to officially be a Glammie! For those who don’t know what a Glammie is basically it’s a club you join and for ten dollars a month. Each month you get a cute little makeup bag with 4-5 beauty products in it. They try to get as many full size products as possible if not they give you deluxe samples which have more than a couple uses in the sample. I was on the waiting list for a couple months and finally I got invited this month. This month’s theme for the glam bag was Girls Night Out! The Glam bag included a super cute glitter makeup bag, a full sized NYX round lipstick, a deluxe sized philosophy take a deep breath oil-free energizing oxygen gel cream moisturizer, a full sized Marbella permanent eyeliner pen and a huge sample of living proof frizz styling crème. So far I have used the eyeliner pen, the lipstick and the frizz crème and I love them all. I used the eyeliner pen and lipstick Saturday night for birthday dinner with the girls and let me say I was impressed. The eyeliner pen stayed on all night and did not smear or smudge at all and we were dancing all night so I was happy about that. I loved the color of the NYX round lipstick I did have to reapply it like twice throughout the night but I didn’t mind cause the color was beautiful! Before I left the house Saturday I straiten my hair and I used the freeze crème, and even though it was hot and humid and we were dancing my hair stayed perfect and lasted through Monday morning.  I still have to use the moisturizer but I’m sure I won’t be disappointed in it. I was very impressed with my first glam bag and needless to say I can’t wait to get July’s glam bag in the mail. I honestly think that if you like beauty products, you would benefit from this program. I mean not only do you get to try out beauty products but you get to save money on name brand products doing it. So if you’re interested here’s the link and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Needless to say I can’t wait to get July’s glam bag in the mail. I honestly think that if you like beauty products, you would benefit from this program. I mean not only do you get to try out beauty products but you get to save money on name brand products doing it. So if you’re interested here’s the link and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

 XOXO 

The birthday girl

                                   

Birthday Festivities

Hello my lovelys,

First of I want to say thank you so much for everyone who was been reading my posts and following this blog! Its means a lot that you guys take time out of your busy days to read what I have to say! I love the feeling of waking up in the morning and getting your comments or seeing that more people are becoming interested in what I have to talk about. So once again thank you I truly appreciate it!

So as some of you might know this Tuesday Is my birthday and let me tell you I love birthdays! Not only mine but everyone’s you get to eat cake, open presents, but most of all we get celebrate the day that we were brought to earth by our wonderful mothers! I think birthdays are a pretty big deal, I mean if it wasn’t for your birthday, you wouldn’t be here right? Not to mention that I love the  idea of whole day being about me, getting presents and sweets! This year my sister has been so kind to keep on reminding that this year the best thing about June 19 is not my birthday, but the fact that Justin Bieber’s new CD is coming out (thanks a lot nana)! I have been counting down the days since the beginning of the month! Now that it’s getting closer I wish it wasn’t so close. I’m turning 20 and it makes me kind of sad that I will no longer be a teenager. I feel like I’m getting old! Some days I wake up and think ahh I wish I was 8 years old again, when the only thing that mattered was if we could stay up past bedtime. I think this year the ultimate birthday present would be to be able see my family and spend the day with them! Growing up for my birthday we always went out to eat at olive garden and we would always order the black tie moose for dessert yummmm.  We have always had a very close family. Two years ago they moved to Florida and ever since then I miss them more than I ever thought I ever could. My mommy’s birthday is this Sunday which is also father’s day, so it would mean the world to be able to spend that day with both of them and my siblings! I’m sure we will most likely Skype Sunday, that way I can at least get to see them and tell them how much I love them. Luckily i have great friends and my husband's family has adopted me as their own so I will get to spend time with them this weekend! Since I know being with my mom and dad is out of the picture I made a birthday list, which only consists of 2 thing but there kind of spendy, so it evens it out. The first thing I want is a Michael Kors Rose gold Watch! I have been dieing for one of these for like 5 months now. I think I might possibly just be in love with every single one of them. Every time I see one I get butterflies in my belly! (: the second thing I asked for is a much need camera! Since I have this wonderful blog now, I want to be able to take clear and fun pictures for you guys. That way you get a better experience when you visit my blog! My plans for this weekend consist of going out with the girls for dinner and after that go wherever the night takes us! Sunday we will most likely go to church and then after that hangout with the family for father’s day celebrations. Then since my birthday is a on a Tuesday I plan on going to the spa while the hubbers is at work, then we will most likely go out for dinner or whatever he has planned! So it’s not an over the top huge birthday bash, but it works for me. At the end of the day family time is the most important in my eyes! Is there any fun traditions you guys like to do during your birthday?  If so let me know below I would love to hear about them! Also enjoy your weekend and cherish your dad during fathers say, some people arent lucky enough to have there dads with them!

XOXO 

kiki

I Work Out!(:

Happy Monday, hope all of you had a fabulous weekend! I spent my weekend with family enjoying bonfires and cookouts!

So since we got married my husband and I have put on extra weight that we definitely don’t need. I gained 38 pounds since high school (2 years ago) and let’s say I’m less than thrilled about it. Most of my family on my mother’s side has thyroid problems and eight months ago I found out that so do I.  Ever since then I have used it as an excuse to be fat and just gave up on trying to lose weight! On top of it since we are still young we have chosen not to have kids yet and because of it I’m home alone most of the day. Since there is nothing to do I find myself sleeping in until noon or even one on the days I don’t work! My days of consist of waking up around 545 to make my husband’s lunch, going back to bed after that, waking up at around noon, watching some TV, making myself breakfast around 1, taking a shower, cleaning, cooking dinner, waiting for my husband to get home and then whatever we want to do after that (usually sitting on the couch and watching TV, online shopping and reading blogs). We both don’t participate in any physical activity besides going from room to room in our apartment. About a month ago we both just got sick of being fat and none of our clothes fitting us. So we decided to start doing something about it! First we started out with trying to eat healthier. We added more fresh fruit to our diet, all natural products, trying to eat less starch, less carbs, no longer having pop in our kitchen and eating healthy snacks. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot but for us that was a big step, we love our snacks, pasta and I was always use to making homemade dessert every night!  We also started working out together and trying to motivate each other. One of my husband coworkers started doing the insanity workout and so far it has really worked for him! So we decided to try it too! Today will be our first day of doing it! Pretty sure I will most likely fall to the ground and die; hopefully my big butt will bounce be right back up and motivate me to keep going! I know that I won’t be able to do it every day, so I have decided to do it every other day and then go for a mile walk/run on the days that I don’t!  My goal being that around the third week my body will somewhat be used to it and have more stamina. That way I can start doing it more often and get my body in shape. I know that I will need more that 60 days to have the body that I am looking for so I will just have to keep trying. I don’t want to be a size two, to be honest I don’t even want to be a size eight! I have a really curvy body, with huge hips and a ginormous butt! So I know that around a size nine/ ten will be good for me, right now I’m a size 14. My plan is to have a healthy and fit body I don’t want to be tiny, I want to be healthy and go back to feeling good in my own skin! I hate the feeling of going to try something on that u really like and it being too tight. Since I love clothes I want to be able to fit in all the stuff I want!  I want to be able to go out and feel great about myself and not think people are talking about my weight! That being said I hope I can stick to my plan and start seeing a healthy version of me soon!  If any of you have any yummy healthy recipes, ideas or even ways that you have shed some pounds comment below, I would love to read and try them out! Let me know plus I would love to hear some motivational words! 

You know me always trying to find a reason to shop! So to celebrate our new start to working out, I had to go out and buy some cute new sneakers!(: 

I love a great Sale!

Hey guys just wanted to do a quick post about a great sale going on at Express right now!  If you spend   30.00 you get 15.00 off you purchase and if you want a even better sale when you spend 75.00 you get 30.00 off your purchase! Make sure you type in the promo code 1499 that is on their Facebook page. I mean honestly come on how great is that! They have amazing deals on the site and a ton of cute stuff! I got a pair of Shorts in true white, a Super cute skirt and a sequin tank  in pale grey! Can’t wait to get them, I’m so pumped!!(:

Well have a wonderful day and hope you enjoy the sale as much as I did!(:

XOXO Kiki

My current WANT list!(:

Blog obbsessions! by kikitarin featuring rachel leigh jewelry

SNOB long dress
€140 - welikefashion.com

Zipper dress
£45 - bankfashion.co.uk

Mango peach blouse
£28 - johnlewis.com

Vero Moda polyester shirt
£32 - fashionunion.com

The Addison Story scoop neck tank
$118 - amrag.com

Short shorts
€85 - welikefashion.com

Fat Face short shorts
£25 - fatface.com

Marc Jacobs short shorts
$734 - mytheresa.com

Citizens of Humanity super skinny jeans
£210 - farfetch.com

Vince Camuto gladiator sandals
$98 - vincecamuto.com

Kate Spade high heel shoes
$162 - katespade.com

Dune flat shoes
£135 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Clutch handbag
£18 - bankfashion.co.uk

Chloé leather handbag
€1.315 - nathalieschuterman.com

MICHAEL Michael Kors chronograph watch
$295 - nordstrom.com

Rachel leigh jewelry
$95 - endless.com

ALDO metal jewelry
$12 - aldoshoes.com

Kate spade bangle
$128 - katespade.com

Tom Ford black sunglasses
£195 - seasonsclothing.co.uk

Making A Small Wardrobe Go a LONG Way

Lately I have come to find that as much as I adore technology (such as Facebook, Instagram, Blogs and online shopping) it has made it a bit harder for our fellow fashionistas to wear an outfit more than a couple of times! My friends always seem to be taking pictures and putting them on our social networking sites and because of it I feel that I can’t wear an outfit as many times as I used to. My fear being, I don’t want anyone to think I wear the same clothes all the time! One day I was just staring at my closet and trying to think of which outfits I used the most in my pictures so I could donate them, instead of wearing them yet again in another picture. While I was taking things out of my closet a light bulb went off in my head. Now when I feel like wearing a certain top or dress more than once or even twice in a month, I have learned an amazing strategy to do so. We all love to look fabulous & the power of accessories in a outfit is a huge part of that, especially when you’re trying to take a small wardrobe a long way. For example take your favorite pair of skinnies and a basic top. For a day at school or errands you can pair those two pieces with some flats, a cross body bag, and some stud diamond earrings and you have a simple and comfortable look. Then let’s say you want to go out that same night. Using that same top and pair of skinnies throw on some cute heels, a blazer, a statement necklace, simple earrings, and clutch and voilà you have two completely different looks! Before I learned this I would look into my closet for what felt like forever then give up and say I” I have nothing to wear”. My husband would get so frustrated with me that sometimes he would even try to pick out outfits for me. Even though it took me a while to figure this accessories trick I’m thankful because it has completely changed the way I see my wardrobe and even shed new light on things I never wore in my closet before. No matter how many pairs of jeans or tops you own when you do simple things like adding & changing up your accessories you can make any wardrobe go a long way!

Also I would love to hear ways that you guys make your closet go a long way or even tricks you use when getting dressed.  If you have a certain topic you would like me to post about comment below! I would love to hear your ideas!(: Sorry for the pictures they are not the best quality. My camera has been acting up and I had to use my iPod. Hopefully soon I will have a new camera!

XOXO KIKI

The Top and Bke Payton Skinny Jeans (Very Similar)! I Wore both in each outfit!

My add ons for this going out ensemble... a Forever 21 Blazer,  Wedges  (which are Currently on Sale),  Express earrings (Similar) & a Chanel inspired handbag!

My add ons for my running errands outfit ...a Bke Cross body bag (extremely similar different color), Studded  earrings,  Silver Sandlas &   some friendship bracelets