As many of you warned me in the beginning, the hardest part of my entire study abroad journey was definitely leaving London. However, now that my requisite moping days are done, there are many reasons I’m excited to be home! Therefore, for my absolute last and final Study Abroad Style Diary post, I wanted to [...]

Curvy girls win in Marie Claire France! We can’t quite figure out the answer to this question: what the heck is up with Ke$ha’s gold finger? Theories on this one? We loved the video teaser for MAC Venemous Villans. Can you guess who the villains will be? Sex & The City stylist Patricia Field [...]

The phrase “model-off-duty” gets thrown around a lot in the fashion world. It refers to the casually-thrown-together look that most models adopt when they’re not walking the runway in 6 inch heels or posing for a Vogue editorial spread. With comfy basics like leggings and knit tops making up the majority of “model-off-duty” outfits, it’s no [...]

Photo Credits: 1 – Andrea via Blonde Bedhead, 2 – Twenty8Twelve Spring 2010 Lookbook, 3 – Elora When summer comes around, most girls put away their favorite pair of boots and start shopping for colorful gladiators and open-toed flats. This summer, however, is different: Boots aren’t going away. To switch things up a bit, bloggers, designers, [...]

Summer can be a frustrating season for makeup wearers because it often requires a different approach to applying cosmetics. With hot summer weather, it can sometimes be difficult to keep your makeup from sweating right off your face. Nobody wants to see sweat streaks ruining their eye makeup or foundation! One method that can be used to [...]

Summer can be a frustrating season for makeup wearers because it often requires a different approach to applying cosmetics. With hot summer weather, it can sometimes be difficult to keep your makeup from sweating right off your face. Nobody wants to see sweat streaks ruining their eye makeup or foundation! One method that can be used to [...]

As college girls, we’re always looking for tips and tricks that are affordable and time-saving. Between classes, extra curricular activities and our social lives, it’s hard to find the time to always primp and prep ourselves to look fabulous, and things can fall out of place from time to time, especially during a day that [...]

I have a confession to make: I wear my hair up. A lot. This is partly because I have a compulsion to play with it, partly because there’s so much of it, but mostly because I want it out of my face. Over the years, I’ve probably amassed thousands of bobby pins and hairties, yet [...]

As I mentioned in my last post about international Vogue editors, sometime employees of magazines are more interesting style-stars than celebs, as they look fabulous on somewhat limited budgets… kind of like us college girls, right? So instead of doing just Vogue this time, I thought I’d expand this series to more fashion-related magazines and their [...]

Whether you’re just starting college or are a recent graduate, chances are you’ll need a few professional pieces in your closet sometime soon. But if you’d like to do the corporate thing in a more modern way, those same old mall brands aren’t going to cut it. Alex & Eli is a brand focused on the [...]

Celebrities wearing the J Brand Houlihan cargo pant- Ciara, Hilary Duff, Rihanna, and Khloe Kardashian Odom. Photo Credits: 1, 2, 3, 4. A company known for its great-fitting jeans has created the latest fad in cargo pants. Thanks in part to the military style trend, fashionistas from Hollywood to NYC  have been sporting the ultra-popular J Brand Houlihan [...]

Photo Credit Summer is officially here, and for a lot of us this means more time by the pool, getting a (hopefully faux) tan and maybe even transitioning between climates. The summer season presents different challenges for your skin and hair, so it’s important to take lifestyle and weather changes into account when putting together your [...]