Girl About Town

Shirt: The Limited / Shorts: Marilyn Monroe / Shoes: Nine West via TJ Maxx/ Purse: Kate Spade / Bracelet: Express

Yesterday I celebrated 22 years of living in  hot pink hot pants, my precious Kate Spade bag and a new hot pink lip. I purchased these shorts last week while wasting time before getting my hair done and didn't try them on until yesterday morning. Though my first thought when I put them on was, "these are little shorter than I thought they would be," I couldn't resist their color and decided to indulge just this once for my birthday. Once I was dressed, I couldn't help but feel that in some way my outfit was lacking, so I made a trip to the MAC counter for a fun pink lip! 

I've never felt comfortable enough to wear pink lipstick before, so this shopping trip was somewhat of big deal. I tried on several shades of pink, until I finally settled on "Girl About Town." The girl at the counter tried to persuade me into "Pink Pigeon," but I wasn't a fan of the matte finish. She kept trying to entice me into buying it saying, "but this is the new style" and "not many people have this color yet." Despite her persuasions, at 22 I've learned that it's not so much about fitting in as it is being comfortable. I brought "Girl About Town" and confidently sported my pink lips around town as I did some birthday shopping. 

This was the perfect birthday outfit for me in that it was girly, simple and pink. 

Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Top: Macy's / Jeans: Bisou Bisou x JcPenny/ Wedges: Rue21/ Purse: Goodwill/ Bracelet: Rue21/ Necklace: Flea Market 

Cotton candy ice cream is not my favorite.

In fact, this may sound silly, but the only reason I ordered cotton candy ice cream is because it matched my outfit.

Judge me.

 I walked into Baskin Robbins with my mouth set on a strawberry sugar cone and came very close to ordering it, when the purple and light pink swirled cotton candy ice cream caught my eye instead. Much to my surprise, it actually tasted just as good as it looked with my light pink jeans and white tank.

This look came together as the result of me really wanting to wear my new wedges from Rue21 (can you believe they were only $5!? ). White shoes can be a challenge to style, which is why I took the easy way out and simply paired them with my white tank top. I added the pink pants (really I could have worn any colored pant) because, well, pink is my favorite color. It just so happens that I also had on baby pink nail polish, which again made the pink pants a no-brainer. My statement necklace from the flea market in Hawaii was the perfect accessory, accentuating  the pink color of my pants as well as the gold trim around my shoes.

The look was simple, chic and cute-- which is typically what I aim for in my personal style.

What do you think of this look? Would you ever order ice cream based on whether or not it matched your outfit for the day?

A Kardashian Christmas

Red and green may be the colors most commonly associated with Christmas but this holiday season I decided to spread my holiday cheer in pink and leather. I have to admit though, I didn't come up with this combination all on my own...

All winter and summer long I watched as Kim Kardashian flounced around in leather leggings, pants, and skirts with her new boyfriend Kanye West. It almost became her go-to uniform: leather skinnies and pumps. 

As the Kardashians are known to do everything in an extremely extravagant and fabulous manner, I decided to channel my inner Kardashian (once again) for a Kardashian style Christmas outfit. Though Kim probably would have nixed the pink shirt and just worn the jacket by itself, a cleavage baring ensemble wouldn't have been the most appropriate for my family dinner or the cold North Carolina weather.

Pink Top: J. Crew - Orig. $79.99 /  Sale $29.99
Jacket: Stien Mart - Orig. $40/ Sale $25
Jeggings: The Limited-  Orig. $69.95 /Sale $30
Pumps: BCBG- Orig. $89/ Sale $21.35
Purse: Michael Kors: Christmas Gift
Earrings: Vera Wang- Orig. $26/ Sale $3.20

What do you think of the leather trend Kim has been rocking lately? Would you ever give it a whirl? 

-xoxo

Kisses from Kierra 

P.S. -- I got the Michael Kors Bag on my Christmas Wishlist from my parents this Christmas! 

I'm a Barbie Girl

As a little girl, there was nothing I liked more than playing with my Barbies--more specifically playing dress up with my Barbies. Every time I would go to Wal-Mart or any other store that sold Barbie dolls you could rest assured I was coming out with at least one new Barbie Doll or an outfit for my Barbies. At 20 years old, I no longer play with Barbies but that doesn't mean they don't still hold a special place in my heart! 

That said, imagine my excitement when as walking along Fashion Avenue in NYC this past weekend, I stumbled across a Barbie themed display at the famed, Fashion Institute of Technology! As if it was fate, I also happened to be dressed in a Barbie pink blazer that matched perfectly with the display!

Blazer: Thrifted - $5.00
Sequin Top: Express - $40.00
Shorts: Charlotte Russe- $5.00
Sandals: Ivy & Leo- $19.99
Bag: Thrifted- $5.00

Because I had such an early morning flight to New York, I wanted to wear something that was comfortable and would keep me warm on the flight, but still stylish enough for the city. I decided on denim shorts, my sparkly white top and hot pink thrifted blazer. 

Aside from sightseeing, I also did a little shopping. 

This bag I picked up while thrifting also!

Can't wait to share the rest of the pics from my weekend in New York!