Back for good?

Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I last posted! I know that I am famous for proclaiming my new found dedication to blogging and then not posting for months but I am really going to try to stay up on this more. I am about to start college so of course I could become completely overwhelmed and then be unable to post for a while but I am actually hoping that blogging will help me deal with all the big changes that are about to come. I am leaving this Saturday so it's coming up quick!

I just wanted to check in. I'm planning on, when I have time, going back through some of my old posts and weeding out the photos that have expired so that if you peruse my past posts they are not quite the eyesore they are now.

I can't wait to begin anew and I am so excited to be back!

Au Revoir!

"One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody." - Mother Teresa.

Exercise

I have started this post about twenty times over and simply cannot put words onto (metaphorical) paper. Therefore I decided to pick something rather arbitrary to discuss just so I could get another post up, in the hopes that a brilliant idea for a post will strike me in the near future. I am going to begin posting (semi) regular updates on my exercise routine for two reasons. One, I'm hoping that by reporting onto my blog I will hold myself accountable for exercising every day and two, maybe give people some helpful tips. This is not a weight-loss blog, though. I am not certified in anyway, nor am I trying to lose weight and therefore my food and exercise choices are aimed at toning and promoting a healthy body. I, thankfully, have been blessed with a fast metabolism that has kept me nice and skinny, however my eating habits are very poor and I realize that my fast metabolism will not last forever, nor will it protect me from permanent damage done to my body through the eating of colossal amounts of unhealthy food. This endeavor is being taken upon for the pure goal of being healthier.

I am writing this post at 8:00 in the morning and therefore haven't worked out yet. My basic goal is to run a mile a day, which I have successfully been doing for about two or three weeks now. Eating wise, I'm mainly focused on moderation and incorporating more fruits and vegetables into my diet. So we will see how I do.

I'm actually in school right now so I'll try to post more later!

French word of the day: Exercer which is French for exercise.

Au Revoir!

"Health is the greatest gift." - Buddha.

Icing and Iron Man

Hi guys! So I ended up not baking cupcakes on Thursday (hence no pictures) but next time I'm baking I will upload some. Yesterday I went and saw The Avengers, which was absolutely AMAZING, and ended up not getting home until 2 AM and, therefore, didn't get up until 2 PM today. It's been a pretty lazy day, so nothing really to report, but I though I would share with you guys some pictures that I took a couple weeks ago of some rose cupcakes that I had made for a friend's birthday. The photo quality is not great and I was using store bought icing so it was not very stiff, which made the roses flatten out a little, but they still resemble roses (I hope). Side note: These are not roses like you would make on an icing nail. These are done on the cupcake and are a quick alternative to actual iced roses.

In case you were wondering how to do this:

I used tip 1M. Starting in the middle, with the icing tip perpendicular to the cupcake, you squeeze the bag and move in a counter-clockwise motion, slowly moving out to the edge of the cupcake. After you've gone around the cupcake two or three times, and you are running out of space on the cupcake, you want to let up on the pressure and drag off the icing until you have no more icing coming out of the bag and the rose is ended in a little natural looking tail (I try to kind of wrap the tail underneath the previous circle of icing so you don't have this awkward thing hanging off your cupcake). Next time I'm baking I'll do a video of this so it's clearer, I know that written instructions on this sort of thing can be hard to follow. As I said before, I used store bought icing. While this is a great time and effort saver, the icing is not as thick as homemade icing and therefore does not hold designs as well. I added some powdered sugar to the icing and then refrigerated it for a good twenty minutes before using it and that helped thicken it some. It didn't change the taste much but it did make it fluffier (almost like whip cream). I couldn't decide if I liked it better with the added powdered sugar or not, but I definitely don't think it tasted bad. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have time to bake and can post a video!

French word of the day: Petit gâteau which is French for cupcake (or literally, little cake).

Au Revoir!

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." -Mark Twain.

A Come Back

Hi everyone! I know it's been a few months since I last posted and I think I've found the reason why. I was driving myself insane, and I'm fairly sure you as well, with my mile long posts. I realized that posting was going to take an hour or more, so I eventually just stopped doing it. I'm hoping that by writing shorter posts but posting every day, I can commit myself wholly to this blog. This is something that I really love doing; it's very therapeutic (when I'm not screaming at my computer for not cooperating), and I love connecting with people over common interests. I'm currently attempting to add more detail to my blog and if anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them! Also as a side note I will be incorporating sign-off quotes that are not necessarily fashion related since there are a limited amount of those.

French word of the day: Perspicace which is the french word for perspicacious.

Au Revoir!

"I believe in pink." - Audrey Hepburn.

Pre-Fall 2012

Hi everyone! I've just gotten back from spending Christmas with my grandparents (which was fantastic!) and due to one, wanting to spend time with everyone and two, their Internet being the slowest thing on the planet, I haven't posted in a couple weeks.

I wanted to post about the Pre-Fall 2012 collections today. There are still lines that aren't yet up on style.com for me to review but here is what I currently have.

Alice + Olivia

This line was very Parisian chic. I loved the fabrics and the beauty and ease with which these ensembles seemed to be put together. As an added bonus all these pieces appear very wearable.

Burberry Prorsum

This line was sexy and sophisticated. I loved the bags and the bow belts especially.

Zac Posen

This line was fantastic! The architectural aspect of the show was awe-inspiring.

Temperley London

I really like the fabrics and the silhouettes of this line. All of the pieces look very wearable, plus the headbands are beautiful.

Rachel Zoe

This line had great structural suits but was softened by floaty silk and satin dresses. I want every one of these pieces in my own closet. I really loved the bags and the mountain-high shoes.

Oscar de la Renta

This line had really beautiful fabrics and great draping.

Monique Lhuillier

There are times when you find pieces that just wow you. As an aspiring designer I think that that search for the perfect piece is what drives many to become designers in the first place. And in this line i think she  found it.

Naeem Khan

There were some gorgeous red carpet-esq gowns in this line and I really enjoyed the polka-dots and the beading.

Jason Wu

I loved all the lace details. This was a very well put together line and I particularly liked the and coats and bags.

Emporio Armani

This pieces were sexy yet business like. They were the kind of pieces that borderline on basics but are too luxe to be considered thus.

Dsquared²

The line was nice but I was most impressed by this fantastic little black dress.

Donna Karen

I love that bows seem to be coming back in. This line was both elegant and sexy and had a sort o f careless flair to it.

Chanel

This line was absolutely fantastic! The colors and the jackets, the bags and the accessories! The quantity of quality was astounding.

Reem Acra
 I really liked the structure of the skirts and the inlets of lace.

Badgley Mischalka

This lines was chic and luxurious. The small details are what really made this line.

Hervé Léger by Max Azria

I was impressed by the way that these intense, banded dresses with their heavy duty heels and binding leather straps were still so beautifully feminine. I thought it was very artful and sculptural.

Cushnie et Ochs

There were a lot of hard pieces, but they were all softened by lace and pleats.

Nina Ricci

This line was very romantic and floaty. It was almost sad, it had an air of the damaged woman, but it was very beautiful.

Peter Som

This dress really caught my eye. I loved the color and the structure of the bodice.

I will continue posting as more of the shows come in!

French word of the day: La Pommes which is French for apple.

Au Revoir!

"Fashion is about eventually becoming naked." - Vivienne Westwood.