boo narcs

so apparently the leighton meester video's no longer online... anywhere.

boo to the narcs who pulled it down.

JUST LET IT BE!!!!!!!!!!!

welll.... til it comes back, here's just the musak:

girl crushes

my current girl crushes are diane kruger and leighton meester.

both have insane of-the-moment fashion senses... and diane happens to be date pacey, i mean joshua jackson, who playyyyed the infamous pacey on dawson's creek... which, now that i'm thinking about it, is like the opposite of gossips girl, while at the same time being the EXACTLY THE SAME AS GOSSIP GIRL. hmmmm so i guess that answers my question regarding if i'll ever grow out of watching high school dramas... nevah evahhh.

here they are at the met. YUM on both accounts. they just look so sharp... kinda awks, but still unequivocally sharp.

n-e-wayzzz i love diane, but it is leighton's new music video that i'm drooling over this morning.

as she says in the songgg

je t'adore. je t'adore.

i'd rate it NSFW (not safe for work) even though there's nothing explicitly NSFW.

i love it because her outfits (costumes in this case?) are so gorgeous. her lips and accompanying lipsticks are delectable. she's just unapologetically sexy and the song is perfectly dancey and ROBIN THICKE?!?!? ahhhh i love him. and not just because he looks SO much like his dad. HA!

playing. all day. on repeat. happy monday!!

smell ya later

SMYLA: stop dousing yourself in too much perfume. yeesh. a little goes a long way.

i've been interviewing my toukus off this week and i've barely worn any. you never know who your smell may be offending (ummm and this totes goes for general LIFE as well... once i had to have the SUPER FUN conversation with this consultant i was working with about ways to keep from reeking of BO. ugghhhhhh.) anyway, you really shouldn't wear much if any perfume to interviews, fyi.

however, i do advocate having a signature scent.

jessica simpson came out with her second scent this summer... fancy love.

i think this is one of the stupidest names for a perfume ever... but i think my friend nikki said it best...

anyway, i haven't smelled it yet, but i think when choosing a new scent you must be extremely diligent about your research. if you're going to be wearing it every day with every outfit (MUCH LIKE A HANDBAG, NON???!?!?!?!!!) it needs to be great.

go to sephora. smelllll itttt uppppppp.

go to nice department stores. they often know sooo much and will know if you like one scent, what else you'll like... and hopefully be able to turn you onto a scent that no one else is wearing!!

smell ya later.

i heart handbags

ok so i'm a snob.

this is not a newsflash to those who know me. so i like nice things, suuueeee meeeeeee.

while i'm not a snob about everything when it comes to fashion (hellllooo forever 21), there are some things about which i just cannot NOT be a snob... and one of those things is bags.

here's the thing about purses, handbags, whatever: you wear one with EVERY outfit, so it should be (has to be) THAT much better than anything else in your closet!

you can literally be wearing your PAJAMAS to the grocery store to be buying a jar of peanut butter and a bag of M&M's (don't ask) but if you are carrying a classic louis vuitton, say no more! you will never be mistaken for a homeless person, just a very lazy person who is clearly so fabulous you can't even be bothered with real pants... hmmmm this has become an exaggerated example.

so here's one of the many things i have learned about bags:

your handbag's shape should be the opposite of your shape

now WWWHHHAAAATTTT does that mean??

it means, that if you're round(-ish shaped, i mean) then your handbag should be VERY STRUCTURED. if you're very slim and angular, your handbag should be BIG, SOFT and SLOUCHY.

examples of a wonderbar structured bag by kate spade for round people:

and now a beautiful badgley mischka hobo bag i found at saks for all you pointy people:

now, as far as size goes, your bag must 1. be practical for your life.

yes, that's right! i'm for ONCE advocating practicality.

whhhyyyy though? because MULTIPLE MULTIPLE handbags are a no no. you should never plan to carry more than two bags unless you're coming home from the grocery store!! if you do, that means you don't own the right bags for your life... an excuse to go shopping??? OOKKKAAYYY!!!!

anyway, 2. the size of your bag should be similar to your size!! if you're extra-large, and you're carrying an teensy tiny purse, GUESS WHAT?? you're making yourself look EVEN BIGGER!!! and visa versa, if you're a tiny li'l bit carrying a ginormous bag, you're going to look even more like a pre-teen just WAITING to hit that growth spurt.

more to come because i can't help but heart handbags....

this is how we do it

let's just say....

it was a GREAT halloween.

what, your dad wasn't a floating genie, you weren't a troll doll, your brother wasn't luigi and your mom wasn't a jester from the front and a princess from the back???

YOUR family sounds WEIRD.

makeup & hair x 3

OK.

WOW.

trying to get a job is a LOT more time consuming than having a job!! (ok, maybe, sometimes... depending on the job)

i mean, i've gone on at least one interview or meeting for the past three days- and i don't know what's more exhausting, the actual chit chat and selling myself... or ALL THE GETTING READY!

geeze! i've had to have perfect (yet not over the top) makeup and prim and proper hair three days in a ROW!

now, i don't know about y'all, but when i'm acccctually working, there are a couple days during the week i could care LESS about my hair and makeup.

so this constant cycle of getting ready to a T has truly tuckered me out!! annnnd i have two interviews tomorrow... heeerrreeee we go again!!!

i don't have any tips or tricks right at the moment, but i hope everyone's working on their halloween costumes!!!



good choice katie. won't be as good as my parents' costumes... but very relevant nonetheless.

i can't wait to make a post with pics from this epic halloween with the fam in ATL!!!

lock it up you li'l bit

ummmm WHY ohhhh dear god WHHHYYYYY would Miley Cyrus' little sister, Noah, be allowed out in public, nay ATTEND AN EVENT, dressed like a child witch-hooker???!?!?

i think Billy Ray Cyrus (her FATHER) missed an important life lesson moment, when he could explain the saying

nobody's going to buy the cow if they can get the milk for free.

ummmm YEAH.

and not to mention anyone who wants to buy this "cow" would end up BEHIND BARS.

ewwwwwwwwwww. gross.

[[[shudddder]]]. ok, moving on! SMYLA takeaway? sometimes it's wwaaaayyyyy better to cover up a little to up the sexy intrigue rather than just showing it all off.

DUH, right??!!? it's an old lesson, but nonetheless a MOST important one!

and why is it that the people showing WAY TOO MUCH off are often the ones who REALLY need to lock it up the most!??! jeepers creepers!

p.s. i think it's simply fabulous that there's real kids fashion out there now, so if a child has a true interest in it, they can express themselves by throwing on a tiny fedora or a great pair of li'l boots! ummm Kingston Stefani-Rossdale anyone?!?!?!

ahhhh isn't he just precious and totally SUPAHFLYYY??!!! loves!