Archive for September 2010

Manic Monday – Visual Inspiration

27 Sep inspiration, personal 1 comment

Hey lovelies,

Sometimes you just need to slow down.

It’s nice to be able to take a day for yourself and find a moment to rejuvenate your spirit. After a long weekend, I welcomed the fat raindrops that splattered against my windowpane and the allure of staying in during a rainy day. I felt relaxed, spiritually centered and safe. I swear if I had a fireplace to curl up in front of, I would. Honestly, I’ve pretty much done nothing more than drink lots of  honey vanilla camomile tea, fiddle around on the guitar composing super simple melodies, listen to music and flip through magazines collecting visual inspiration. Here’s to more rainy days!

Manic Monday – This is Your Life

20 Sep inspiration, muse 3 comments

The following image is the truth. I firmly believe that in order to be truly happy you have to do what you love, you have to be authentic to yourself. Life is short and you have to relish in each moment. I’m not telling you to print this out and post it in a prominent place in your house – but it couldn’t hurt, right?

GIF Party

17 Sep GIF party, humor me No comment

Well, lovelies it’s time for another GIF Party. For those of you that don’t know, it’s where moving images come together in one post to… party like rock stars.

This GIF Party is dedicated to the end of summer. You may or may not have noticed that I was absent around these here stylealchemy parts for the majority of summer. I would love to say it was because I was island hopping to Ibiza and what not but really I was drained of inspiration. Most people love the summer and usually I do too but this one goes down in the history books under womp womp.


For some reason, I just couldn’t muster up the energy to write.

So, I took a step back to re-evaluate the situation.

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Style Muse :: Winter Cape

14 Sep crushin, fashion No comment

Ahh, sometimes you can’t fight it. You see something that doesn’t seem like it should work but you love it anyway.

If you looked at all the elements of this cape individually they make no sense but together… together it becomes super CAPE.

Photo Source: Vogue Nippon October 2010

Never in a million years, would I have thought that fur tails would look this hot. This is not something that I’m drawn to in real life. I’ve seen people rock the raccoon tail and sometimes it works but most of the time – correction – 98.5% of the time it fails miserably.

In fact, I’m usually really skeeved out by fur with the head, legs and/or tail still attached.

So, in what world could I have imagined that multiple fur pellets with dyed red tips would cause me to fall into fashion lust? Not this one.

It’s hard to tell whether the cape is black or blue but I’m leaning towards a midnight navy hue, which makes me like it even more.

Let’s not even get started on the popped collar with the huge jeweled necklace on display. Or the exquisite earrings. All together, I have to admit it is ridiculously over the top- but – I love it. lots.

This is a cape you wear when you want the world to know that you are boss. That you are a bad. ass. chick. who could care less what others think of her.

Manic Monday – Lipstick on the Mirror

13 Sep articles, crushin No comment

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Every woman needs a bag of tricks, tools that you use when you need a little pick-me-up. I found that having a great shade of power lipstick works wonders.

Is it just me or is they something incredibly powerful about putting on lipstick? I’m not talking about lipgloss or shine but full on color-intensified, creamy lipstick.

For most women, we tend to wear lipstick when we are getting seriously dolled up, usually reserving it for special occasions. I remember watching my mother applying her lipstick to go out during the day, just to you know go to the grocery store. I used to feel a little intimated by wearing bright lipstick while the sun was out in full force, mostly because I didn’t feel like I had the time or the energy to continuously touch it up.

Lately, I’ve found that when I haven’t been in the best of moods that I’ll pull out my favorite tube of lipstick and the application instantly makes me feel sexier and powerful. Without a doubt, every single time, I always end up in a better mood. It’s as if I turned my sexy dial up from girlish to full on woman. A sex kitten in motion. In fact, I feel like whistling all day.

What are your thoughts on lipstick? Do you wear it? If yes, do you wear it everyday or save it for special occasions?