Fringe Benefits

Fringe Dress: Nightcap Clothing 'Tribal Fringe Tunic' (here)

Jewelry: Vanessa Mooney

A fringe benefit of living in LA is having the ability to go on a gorgeous morning hike up in the mountains and then go soak up some sunshine at the beach later that day. Lately, I'm finding it especially difficult for me not to spend every free moment of my time outdoors because the weather has just been so perfect! 

Now how are you spending your summer-like weather in SoCal? 

Bleach Day

White Dress: For Love & Lemons 'Lulu Maxi Dress' (here for $172)

Necklace: Jenny Bird (here)

Bracelets: Vanessa Mooney 'Fight the Power Studded Bangle' here for $125 

and 'Fight the Power Criss Cross Bangle' here for $120

This dress. It's just simply gorgeous as all other For Love & Lemons dresses are. It's been sadly hanging in my closet for quite some time now just waiting for me to find the right occasion to wear it. I finally decided that I'd wear it on my birthday because there's nothing like throwing on something that makes me feel beautiful to help forget that I've turned another year older. 

Even though my birthday last weekend was full of hiccups, the little bit that did go as planned was amazing. And I owe it all to my amazing family, boyfriend, and friends (especially those that traveled from as far north as Santa Barbara and as far south as San Diego). If that doesn't make a person feel special, I don't know what does! Thank you to all of my beautiful friends that love me enough to go to such great lengths just to watch me spend most of the night sick lol. I love you all! xoxo

Late Summer Flare

Crochet Crop Top: MinkPink 'Cotton Fields' (on sale here from $62 to $37)

Flared Pants: Others Follow

Heeled Sandals: Jeffrey Campbell 'Encase' (on sale here from $160 to $49)

Necklace: Vanessa Mooney

Hat: Vintage

Summer may technically be over, but I tend to stretch my summer wardrobe for another month or so til SoCal temps drop lower than 80 degrees. 

One of my favorite summer items that I've been wearing quite often for the past couple months are flared pants! They're perfect for the scorching hot temps because of how thin and lightweight they are! Plus, they always come in fun colors and prints. Below are a few simple tips I always use when styling printed pants! Hope you find them helpful! 

TIPS:

1) Pair your printed bottoms with a solid colored top. Typically, I'd choose a top in a color that's also found in the bottom. This will help bring your look together and make it cohesive.

2) Choose a fitted top if your bottoms are looser and flowy. And choose a looser top for the more fitted bottoms. This will help balance out your whole look.

3) I would suggest wearing printed bottoms with some sort of heel to elongate your legs. The busy prints can make your legs appear shorter so throw on some heels to finish off the look.

All American

Plaid Top: Rails Clothing (similar here)

Dotted Denim Shorts: One Teaspoon (here)

Laser Cut Booties: Jeffrey Campbell 'Produce' (here)

Cardigan: Maggie Ward (Saks Fifth Avenue)

Coral Necklace: Vintage

Bracelets: Vanessa Mooney

Lunch: Omaha pork burger with bacon!  

Snacks!

The gorgeous view from the backyard.

After being on the road and sleeping in 4 different cities during the past 15 days, I've been dying to crawl into my own bed...and maybe even pass out for 2 days straight to recuperate. Who knew vacation was going to be so exhausting?! lol

Even though I was exhausted from my trip to Portland, I couldn't wait to head down to San Diego with my friends and visit my sister! I was home for a total of 26 hours, which was just long enough to unpack and repack my bags. After 4+ hours of LA traffic, we finally made it and celebrated America's birthday in the most All American way! We drank some booze, ate some burgers & hotdogs, and played on the boat all day! Eddie and I really couldn't have asked for a better 4th of July with better people!!!

Life's A Beach

It's hard to believe that it's been a whole year since my first blog post!! Here's to one whole year of Head to Heels and many more to come! Thank you all for joining me and following along. Love you all!!! xoxo

 

Sweater: Olive & Oak (Nordstrom)

Bodysuit: Nightcap "Dreamcatcher Bodysuit" (here)

Turquoise Cuff: Vanessa Mooney "Roxanne Cuff Bracelet" (here)

Bangle Bracelets: Vanessa Mooney "Fight the Power" Collection on sale (here and here)