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Satisfying your Accessory Sweet Tooth: Arm Candy [How to]
Everywhere you look, i’m sure you have noticed the colossal amount of bracelets, watches, chains and spikes adorning the arms of fashionistas. This gaudy arm fad is affectionally known to us as: ARM CANDY. Every time I go shopping, I am looking for cute, simplistic pieces that I can pile on to my arm candy family.
For those of you just tuning into the trend, I have decided to make this a “how-to” post to make it easier for you to build an arm party of your own by showing you how I construct mine.
First, here are a couple of variation of looks that I have done recently:
The one that we are going to work with in this post is the last photo.
The core of this arm candy ensemble is my Burberry Nova Check Watch : $395. However, any watch will do:
Then, I add my Spiked bracelets: $12.00 for both, which I just purchased from ALDO last week. I always place one above my watch and one below my watch.
Next, is my metal spiked bracelet: $7.99, which I purchased from “Fancy Q” in Arundel Mills mall. It’s starting to fade, but I can’t let it go. I had a gold one also, but Eura stole it. Anyway, I put this one at the very front.
Last, but not least, my braided J.Crew bracelet: $22.00. I always place her somewhere near the front.
Here’s a reminder of the final product:
That’s it! It’s so easy and really fun to see what kinds of combinations you can come up with. Also, if you don’t have a watch, you can use a statement bracelet as your core piece:
In my case, we will take my new chunky chain link bracelet from Express: $24.50
Just add a few of the previous pieces and it could turn out like this:
Or this:
Don’t know where to start, not a problem! Here is a list of great places that can help you start building your arm wardrobe across all price points:
Marc by Marc Jacobs Collection
Express: Buy One Get One 1/2 off Promotion
That’s all for now, have an awesome time building your own Candy Shops.
XoXo, Jada
UPDATE: One of my readers, Sharnell, sent me a photo of her Arm Candy hookup! I’m loving her Betsey Johnson watch!
Shame[less] on Me!: Live for Louboutin
Just like most of my readers, I am a college student and I since I don’t come from an ostentatiously wealthy family, i’m deduced to buying what I want the old fashion way: Hard work and saving.
I have had my eye on quite a few pair of Christian Louboutin shoes for a while now: Daffodile, Lady Daf, Highness and Shameless. After much deliberation, I have finally decided to save up for a pair, more specifically: SHAMELESS $1,075
So, exactly how does a college student save up for a pair of $1,000 shoes? Well…
- I have decided to put aside $200 for the next 5 months so that, by the time I graduate, I can treat myself to something that I worked hard for.
- I have decided not to splurge on ANYTHING in the meantime.
- I will give the money to my mother every month so that I won’t be tempted to spend it.
Viola! I should have my babies in NO time. I’m never really good with things like this, but I think that if I stay determined, that I can make it happen.
Wish me luck!
XoXo, Jada
Bold Dark Lip Phenomenon: Vampire Life (Giveaway hint)
Lately, I have been completely obsessed with the bold lip phenomenon. It was sighted all across the board in Fall 2012 runways shows from designers like:
Gucci:
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| Joan Smalls in Gucci RTW Fall 2012 |
Christian Siriano
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| Christian Siriano RTW Fall 2012 |
And, of course, in TRUE Tisci fashion; Givenchy, my love label:
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| Nastya Kusakina in Givenchy RTW Fall 2012 |
After re-visiting my favorite runway shows, I have decided that my fall aesthetic will consist of “All Black Everything, with a BOLD DARK LIP”.
Taking that into consideration while shopping yesterday, I purchased “Cyber” from M.A.C. Cosmetics. It’s a dark purple satin lipcolor and I fell instantly in love.
I was so excited, that I put away my Ruby Woo momentarily and decided to go with my new found love!
The best part of Cyber is that it goes with every skin color! My cousin was with me and bought the exact same lipstick. She’s a couple of shades darker than me, and it looked amazing! Stay tuned to my blog posts, because I have officially decided to give away a “Ruby Woo” and a “Cyber” lip color from M.A.C. details will be out within a day or two.
That’s all for now…
XoXo, Jada
#OOTD (Outfit of the Day) 9/19/2012:Eura and I
So, FINALLY, Eura and I took a moment to randomly capture our ensembles this past Wednesday. It was a spontaneous photo op that ended up delivering really nice photos. I didn’t have my camera that day so I took all of our photos using an iPhone and it wasn’t until I did, that I realized how amazing the camera is.
Moving on, here are our OOTD photos!
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| Photo by: Eura Knox at the MSU Communication Building parking lot |
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| Photo Taken By: Jada Hudson at MSU Communication building |
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| IG Filtered, but still super awesome. Love the way the sun is gleaming |
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| Finally a photo of Eura! It’s been ages! Check out the pop of Neon |
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| YES! I actually do wear flats! To school anyway |
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| Eura’s choice of footwear |
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| My Arm Candy |
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| Eura’s Arm Candy. J. Crew bracelet and reptile necklace |
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| Nature! Love the background |
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| I LOVE that “Gap” bag!!!! |
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| Pulled hair back to feature studs |
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| Express rider pants! Best part? They are OLIVE! |
My ensemble consisted of a vintage oversized blazer, Express rider pants, a black H&M tank and Aldo “Cyphers” flats. I used to work at Aldo, so now I call all of my shoes by name.
Eura’s laptop is in surgery, so i’m sure he will update the breakdown of his ensemble once he gets it back. Notice that we’re both wearing Olive, purely coincidental.
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| Random! I’m obsessed with Deadmau5 (pronounced: Deadmouse) right now! |
That’s about all for now! Until next time loveys!
XoXo…Jada
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