HOLIDAY DRESSES.

c/o eShakti dress

It's that time of year again. Lovely ladies everywhere are looking for that perfect holiday dress. Whether you've got a Christmas party, New Years party, or even just a family get together, a beautiful dress is a must.

When eShakti contacted me to review one of their products, I chose this dress with my work's Christmas party in mind. I had gotten another dress from H&M, but I didn't think it'd be fancy enough, so I returned it. This? I can work with this...

The best thing about eShakti is you can customize. For this dress, I removed the pockets because I didn't want anymore fabric added to my hips. I also customized the length by choosing "above the knee". Technically, I would consider this knee-length. I expected about an inch or two shorter, but it's still pretty as it is. And it's better to be too long than too short, since it's for a work function.

Anyways, I'm totally excited to style this for my work party! The lace overlay is SO delicate and the hemline is gorgeous. I encourage you to stop by eShakti to check out their dresses because today the entire site is 35% off! That's a mega deal.

Happy weekend to everyone!

* This dress was provided by eShakti for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own.

Scarves in spring.

Scarf c/o Louis Jane; Dress from Old Navy; Sandals from Call it Spring

I'm a sucker for a great scarf.
Like in the fall when all you want is something cozy to bundle up in? Yeah, that's me.
But I've never grown my spring scarf collection, which makes me a little sad. I mean, they're the PERFECT accessory to spruce up a minimalist outfit. This plain black maxi? Now spiced up with a gorgeous and feminine scarf.

I was gifted this Painted Lilacs silk chiffon scarf from Louis Jane. Louis Jane's designs connect light and energy to fashion, to bring our everyday outfits to life.  The artistic designs are unique and meant to embrace our soul and spirit. This particular scarf stood out to me the most - the lilacs and colours evoked spring, making it a perfect beginning to my spring scarf collection. The silk chiffon fabric is super light-weight and feels smooth against the skin. It's just a beautiful scarf, and a perfectly feminine addition to my wardrobe.
I am definitely in love.

Looking to grow your scarf collection? Louis Jane is generously offering 20% off your purchase with the code Save20.

"All For You".

Skirt c/o All For You

So do you guys know Melody? She blogs over at Happiness & Love.  We've been following each others' blogs since the beginning of time (seriously, I think she was follower #2 or something) and now she's started her own online shop!

Her store is called All For You, where she offers awesome vintage and pre-loved clothing finds! She updates her shop pretty regularly and is often adding new, fun one-of-a-kind pieces. She graciously sent me one of her pieces I was eyeing up... this awesome Forever 21 yellow skirt. I saw it in her shop and knew it'd be PERFECT for spring.  Well, maybe summer. My legs need to stop blending into the snowy background first...

Melody has offered all of you lovely peeps a 20% discount off your entire purchase with the coupon code EnterKelly.  This code will be valid until next Friday, March 29th. Happy shopping!!

*Note: This skirt was provided to me by All For You for the purposes of a review. All opinions are my own.

Flowers, leaves and a review.

Forever 21 poncho, scarf, button-down; American Eagle printed pants; ALDO oxfords; 

Firmoo glasses

Not sure if you noticed yet, but I have another new pair of glasses. After writing about wanting to update mine forever, I came across Firmoo, an online glasses retailer. They provided me with a pair of glasses to review, and lemme tell ya, I'm in loooooove.

The frames are super comfortable, and my prescription came in perfectly. The transaction was stress-free and easy. They have a virtual try-on system, which means before buying the frames, I could upload a picture of myself to see how they looked. This took out a lot of the anxiety of not being sure if the frame shape was right for me.

But since this is a review, I need to share both the good and the bad. Don't get me wrong, the good definitely outweighs the bad, but there are a few things that I wasn't super thrilled with. Firstly, they don't offer prism lenses. I know a couple other online glasses retailers that don't as well, so it's not uncommon, but I am supposed to have prism lenses (because my eyes are cray-cray). So for people like me, it poses a challenge buying glasses from Firmoo. Also, the quality of the frames isn't great, but I can't really complain much because the ones I chose were literally $8.00. Can't really blame them for that...

All in all, I love my new glasses! For new customers, they've got a First Pair Free program, where you only pay the shipping. Not a bad deal! Even without this program, they still have such low prices that a backup pair of glasses won't break the bank.

*Glasses were provided c/o Firmoo in exchange for a product review. All opinions expressed are strictly my own.

Not many people have seen this...

But today, you get to see Kelly's bed-head. Yes, that's right, this is how I look when I wake up in the morning:

Fabulous, no? 

Anyways, recently I was contacted by someone at Misikko to do a review of the 1.5 inch HANA Professional Flat Iron. I know you guys have probably seen so many of these reviews, so I'm going to try and give you some good, hard facts about this product, and let you know exactly how I felt about it. Remember that this review is 100% my own.

First of all, this is how it came.  Nice packaging, as you can tell. I especially love the heat-resistant mat because I've never had one of those!

I'll show you this picture again to remind you what I look like when I wake up: 

In under 9 minutes (at the hottest setting), I was able to transform that (above) to this (below): 

I was also able to curl my hair with the flat iron: 

The straightener is 1.5 inches and has a controllable heat setting that goes up to 450 degrees. It takes a couple minutes to heat up. I've been using the iron for a couple of weeks now, so I feel ready to review the product for you guys :)

I have never used a CHI Iron (Misikko sells them too!), but for three years, I have been using my extremely dependable and wonderful Metropolis Iron.  So, how do I feel about the HANA flat iron? I would give it a rating of 9/10.  It does its job wonderfully (evidence above). Obviously it straightens my hair.  

Really, the only drawback I noticed was that even on the hottest setting, I still have to go over the same pieces of hair twice to get them straight sometimes. Also it doesn't heat up as fast as my last straightener by it was a 1 inch, so less surface area to heat up.

If you're looking for a great flat iron, I would definitely recommend it!  The HANA Shine Shield Thermal Protectant also does a great job keeping my hair silky and smooth after being straightened.  Misikko also sells other styling products under the Model in a Bottle line, which can be used to set your hair with after it's been straightened.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this straightener to anyone looking for a professional, good quality flat iron. =)