Stitch Fix Review

It's been quiet over here for a while. Now that school and work have started, I seem to have little or no time for blogging. But I got really excited to share about this Stitch Fix personal stylist service I stumbled upon. Now I will begin by saying it is a bit pricey. But I have a theory on how to make it less so...and I am counting on my husband not reading the blog. :)

So what is Stitch Fix? It is a service for women who don't have time to shop! OK, maybe it's a service for women who can't get enough of shopping. Either way, you fill out a style profile and they send you 5 items that are tailored to your style and taste. You pay $20, a fee that will be credited toward anything you purchase, and you can choose to have the service once a month or every two months etc. You also can receive a 25% discount if you decide to buy all 5 items.

So here are my thoughts after receiving my first Stitch Fix.

Pros: I LOVED everything they sent! They nailed my style. The styles in the box went together to create 3 complete outfits I could wear to work or for casual. Great quality items. The dress was lined and the fabrics/stitching on each item was good quality. Almost everything fit perfectly! It's free shipping both ways and they send you a card with outfit ideas for each item!


Cons: Expensive. If I bought the entire box it would have been $220 (and that's with the 25% discount). Now if that came once every two months and I was always able to create three outfits each time, I think that might be OK. We will have to see though....I think I'll try one more month and see! (famous last words)

I received:
1 dress
1 striped top
1 patchwork top
1 pair of jeans (jeans were too tight in the legs for me, if I was a teen it would probably work)
2 bracelets

In the end I'm keeping the striped top only. I think it will be a favorite. If you sign up (for lack of sounding like a pyramid scheme) make sure you sign up through me or someone else, through a Facebook invite or something so I/they and (you I believe) can get a credit toward a purchase!

Happy shopping!

Photography.....Hobby or Passion?

  The blog has been quiet for days as I try to determine how to balance what I have been doing with what I want to do. I may be premature in saying this...as I have become very passionate about many things and dropped them like a rock six months later...but I don't think I have ever enjoyed something so much as the camera I received for my birthday. I am no expert photographer...barely an amateur at that. But what I lack in skill I think I make up for in desire. I can't go anywhere without my camera. So all this to say I am finding I have a strong desire share my photography right now as opposed to style related topics. So if you will, forgive me while I indulge myself.

Your Closet in Pictures

  

  I have a list of dinners on a piece of paper in my kitchen. These are for times I need to go grocery shopping but am drawing a blank on meal options. Maybe I'm alone in this but I really do stand there and think, "Is there anything besides pot roast?" 

  This happens with dressing as well. We have all said, "I have nothing to wear." And what that really means is, "I can't think of anything to wear". So I decided to make an outfit list. A nice list of outfits that are tried and true and make me feel good wearing them. The problem with that is it's no fun to look down a list and see, "Black t-shirt, pink jeans, gold statement necklace". I don't have pink jeans BTW....maybe I should? 

  So anyway, my friend was showing me a store she follows on Instagram and they had these lovely little outfits laid out similar to what you see on Pintrest. I was inspired. I thought, everyone has a smart phone these days, why not snap pictures of your top ten go-to outfit favorites. Then you could flip through that and always have something to fall back on when you can't think of anything.

  So here we go. I have made seven outfits from a few favorite tops and bottoms. I am in the thick of having to remember how to dress myself for going back to work this semester so I really think this will help! 

This segues into some of my next topics such as 'Closet Cleanup' and 'Wardrobe Staples'. Stay tuned to be awakened by the power of the wooden hanger!

ipsy Party!!

   OK so if you have never heard of ipsy you are not alone. I wasn't sure what it was until my sister informed me and now that natural phenomenon has occurred where I see it everywhere. What is it you ask? Well, you pay $10 a month (cancel at any time) and they send you full size samples of 4-5 products in a cute little makeup bag. The products aren't totally random, you fill out a profile of your skin type and needs before you sign up so they can taylor the products to your tastes....but in the end there is a certain amount of "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit".

   So what my sister, Alex, and I decided to do was to share an account and do an ipsy "party" each month. Because we don't know what we are getting we randomly delegate someone to start and take out one product. If they like it, they can keep it, if not they can pass and the turn goes to the next to take that or go for something else. In the end we were definitely just making trades but it was loads of fun trying on all the samples and rating them etc.

  So I encourage you to sign up and if you have someone in mind who you would like to share it with, it's twice the fun! Or bring two sets of samples and have more to pick from.

Below I have listed the products we received in this months bag.

1. Jo'rel Parker Classico perfume

2. Mongongo Vanilla Coconut Creme by Jersey Sore Sun

3. Amazonian Clay Waterproof Bronze by Tarte

4. Lipstick by Bellapierre in P.I.N.K

5. Swizzlestick Eyeliner by Eyetini in Blue Hawaiian

6. Makeup bag by ipsy

Follow the link here to sign up! 

Happy ipsy partying!