What We Wore: Colored Skinnies

Happy Friday everyone! We had some fun the other day with our colored skinny jeans- we love to wear them because they brighten up any outfit. Jamie decided to dress her skinnies up by wearing a blazer while I went for a more casual look with my plaid shirt. Since Jamie has been out of town, it's been a little lonely over here at Buylove. Looking at these pictures make me miss her already, especially the one up there where it looks like we're doing the robot (YES WE REALLY WERE) hahaha, too much fun!

Happy Birthday, Jamie!!!

IT'S JAMIE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! Although she's out of town for her actual birthday this year, we celebrated early (last week!) because birthdays are our favorite ;) We played dress up and took some photos with the balloon wishes I made her (see here) and celebrated old school style with a pinata- just what jamie wanted!!!! We had so much fun and it makes me wish everyday was her birthday.

I miss her over here, but am hoping that she has the most AMAZING DAY EVER!! LOVE YOU J!

DIY Friday: Birthday Wishes

It's Jamie's birthday next week but since she'll be out of town on her actual birthday- we've been celebrating early. Our DIY Friday today is very simple but extremely fun and a thoughtful gift you can give someone special for their birthday. All you need are some balloons- I used 26 since Jamie will be turning 26 this year and of course, your wishes! For each balloon I attached a notecard with a wish written on the inside specifically for Jamie. Whatever wishes you come up with for your best friend, make it fun and meaningful for the both of you!

That night, Jamie read all her wishes and let each one go up into the air... hopefully all her wishes come true.

What We Wore: Matching Name Rings!

Being huge "The hills" fans back in college, Jamie & I always loved Lauren Conrad. We especially loved her name ring which became a signature item she wore in a lot of the episodes. I even read in a magazine that she thought of making the ring because at the time the name necklace was so popular and she wanted to do something a little different for all of her girl friends. Once we saw it, we were on the hunt to find out where to get the ring made and decided to get each other the rings as Christmas gifts back in '08. To this day, we both still wear our rings almost on a daily basis- i guess you can say we made it our friendship ring! :)

DIY Friday: Curling your own hair!

It's Friday!! Tonight is one of our good friend's birthday so we felt it would be the perfect time to do a DIY on curling your own hair. For a fun night out, the easiest way to dress up your look is to curl your hair, especially when it's normally straight (like Jamie & mine). You'll see below how easy it is for you to do this- all you need is hairspray, some clips, and a curling iron (the one we used is Hot Tools 1"):

Tip: clip up half of your hair to make it easier to curl the bottom half, also allowing the curls to stay longer! Remember to curl all the way up to the root of your hair.

Tip: After finishing the bottom half of your hair, hairspray the curls first so they stay, then put down the top half. For the top half of your hair, make sure to curl AWAY from your face as you can see in the photo above.

And you're finished! See how easy that was? Of course, it's always easier and more fun to have a friend there so you can help each other get ready. So grab your bff, and make it a "getting ready" pre-party. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

What We Wore: Matching tote bags!

Of course, we had to do a post with our matching tote bags! Jamie and I use our bags almost everyday and we still love them. Currently, we are using our Buywishes line and the timing is perfect because this month is Jamie's birthday month! Our bags represent.. so much.. our dream, our friendship, and what we have accomplished so far. Hopefully 26 is a big year for the both of us.

Jamie, MAKE A WISH!

dont forget, you can purchase these bags at our store :)

DIY Friday: Lo-cal Samoas!

It's Girl Scout cookie season! Jamie & I have already devoured a box EACH of our favorite, samoas. We don't even want to think about how many calories we each took in. Luckily, Self Magazine provided an article on how to make a lo-cal version of samoas so we decided to give it a shot. They turned out delicious, but of course, nothing beats the original.

Ingredients:

Caramel Madness (makes 24)
1/2 cup sweetened coconut
24 reduced-fat nilla wafers
parchment paper
12 chewy caramels
1/4 cup skim milk
1oz dark or semi sweet chocolate chips (3tbsp)
** based on our experience, use less milk!**

 

What We Wore: Reppin' LA!

Ever since the whole LIN-craze started, Jamie and I have agreed to disagree. Jamie hasn't jumped on the bandwagon (YET, haha) but i am LINsane for MY Jeremy ;)

 deep down though we can both agree on one thing... our #1 love is still for our LAKERS!!!!!

 

What We Wore: Heart Tights!

We decided to wear our matching heart tights this past Friday! These tights bring back such great memories for us because we actually bought these tights as gifts for our original Buylove models during our first EVER photoshoot. Wearing it reminds me of how far we've come since that first photoshoot, which is motivating because sometimes I forget how much we've already done.

Thank you Buylove girls, we could have never made it this far without you!! <3