Product Review: Motions Foaming Wrap Lotion

I thought I would do a little product review of something I have just found and completely fallen in love with.

Motions Foaming Wrap Lotion is for wet sets and I found mine in the ethnic section of Walmart. I assume it can probably be found in most drug stores as well. I heard various things about it on the vintage blogosphere and wanted to try it for myself.

As some of you know from watching my rag curl tutorial I usually just use a leave in conditioner to set my hair since it's so thick and curly, however I will be using this from now on. I used it for a pin curl set last night and when I took my curls out they were amazingly strong, like it took me forever to brush it out. It left my hair feeling healthy and shinier than before, and my curl has held like nothing else all through the day and I anticipate it staying strong through the next day or two. I imagine this would work great for those of you with thinner or finer hair as well.

Well, that's my little spiel about this product, I hope it might help some of you!

xo,

 Em

Victory Rolls

So I caught a little bug while I was at home and am now laid out on the couch doing fun work to my portfolio for teaching instead of being at school. While I'm laid out I thought I'd share with you how I did my hair one day over fall break.

I just put my hair up in hot rollers and did some smaller victory rolls. This was such an easy do I think I may start doing it more often.

shirt tyler's

lipstick mac ruby woo 

I hope you all are having a lovely week!

xo,

 Em 

Sister Day

Saturday my sister Sarah and I went on an estate sale hunt. We planned to get to one super early, and then ended up just going to a few others to just look and whatnot.

We didn't realize until we were out that we were dressed oddly similarly. Whoops.

We found some great stuff. Sarah found some beautiful scarves and I came away with a lovely fur hat and a little turban hat. I also got Tyler a beautiful camel colored vest and Sarah found several items of clothing.

It was a lovely day we ate crepes for breakfast and talked about girlish things while driving around the beautiful Franklin area. It was fantastic, a day I'll cling to as I finish up the semester.

I hope you all have been having a lovely weekend!

xo,

 Em

P.S. Thank you for all the sweet comments on my first video! I can't wait to do more.

Hair Tutorial: Rag Curls

Ok, so here's my first hair tutorial. I'm sorry the video quality is so poor, I just did it on my mac book. I really want to try to keep doing tutorial's, but I want to make sure I get an actual camera next time. Also, I get a little confused with which is my right and left because the video was opposite on the screen, haha so I kind of stumble along at some points.

I hope that this is helpful for anybody who wants to do a super simple vintage hair style. 

xo,

 Em

Wedding Hair

I've recently really gotten into Pinterest and that has sparked me looking at a lot of inspirational photos of different things. Here are some lovely hair images that have got me thinking for my wedding day.

Oh my goodness, recently I have been completely inspired by Lauren Bacall. I adore her hair, and I think this style would be amazing for the wedding. I don't know the original source, but if anybody does let me know.

This is just too dreamy. Everything about it, but I especially adore the hair. Here is the original source and Miriam's beautiful blog.

How beautiful! I haven't decided if I'm going to wear my hair up or down yet, but this is totally a lovely option for an up do.

Ok, ok another Lauren Bacall, but her hair is just too amazing!

So that's what's inspiring me at the moment.

xo,

 Em

Navy

Tomorrow is my my last day of school and then fall break! Thank goodness. I'm looking forward to having a few days to sleep in and relax. Thinking of a nice break here's my causal outfit for teaching today.

I love the color navy and I feel like I've been inspired to wear it lately since my nails are a half moon manicure with navy. I also feel like I've been wearing my bakelite bangles constantly, I'll have to expand my collection soon.

pants vintage/hip zipper

shirt tyler's

sweater american eagle

belt j crew

shoes steve madden

bakelite bangles vintage/wonders on woodland

lipstick mac ruby woo

xo,

 Em

October

It's finally feeling like fall around here in Tennessee, at least a little bit. It was chilly enough for me to need tights this morning when I left for school. October is by far my favorite month, and I'm so excited to enjoy as much of it as I can.

This sweater is from my mom's vintage collection, and it's so wonderfully warm and cozy. Not to mention the beading which is so beautiful.

dress vintage/adelaide's homesewn

sweater vintage/my mom's

tights target

shoes jessica simpson 

I got my hair trimmed up finally. It's a nice blunt cut, which makes it so much easier to set. Since it is a bit shorter it's not quite so comfy sleeping on rag curls though . Maybe I'll experiment with soft rollers. 

xo,

 Em