Being creative and pushing myself to think outside of the box is one of the reasons why I absolutely LOVE Halloween!  Trust me, I was never this into Halloween before. C & I started the Halloween costume matching thing around 2008- not THAT long ago but I'm surprised that we've been keeping up with it since. It makes it that much more FUN and we know we can look forward to this holiday every year. I'm not going to lie, I love hearing the whispers around us when we walk by in our costumes every year...we "secretly" high five each other every time someone gives us a compliment. *high-five for pulling off another year of theee coolest costume*

C & J's Outfit: 

Tanks- Bought for $2.99 each at Charlotte Russe

Skirts- Bought sheets of fabric for $10 each from Jo-Ann Fabric then hand sewn

Stockings- Bought at an accessories store for $4.99 each

Belts- found in C & J's own closets

Boots- both from Urban Outfitters 

P.S. The other bf joined in on the fun this year too, as big bird (hat and boots also DIY!)

(Buy a bag of yellow feathers from any craft store and hot glue them onto any hat- hat also found at craft store. Cookie Monster cookies were cut out from felt, easiest cookies I ever made!)

 

We don't exactly have the coolest costumes because of WHAT we are it's the coolest because we spend less than $20 each every year- there's always a DIY involved with our costumes and although we do pass by people who are dressed as the same "character" we know...in our eyes, ours is better because ours was hand made, cheap-er, and fully thought out from head to toe ;)

It's funny because C & I aren't very "showy" in your face- attention loving people at ALL but when it comes to Halloween...we take pride in our costumes (maybe it's because were disguised as someone/thing else) and that's when our tiny alter ego comes out.

Once every year only in October!

Enjoy our quick steps to this years Cookie Monster & Elmo costumes- we had so much fun with these but I did feel my old self get a bit lazier this year. Usually we have two costumes but this year we were good with one haha

Until next year...HAPPY HALLOWEEEEN!

Love, C & J

Pumpkin Picking

J's Outfit: Tank: Urban Outfitters, Skirt- Forever 21, Shoes- Converse High Tops, Sunglasses- RayBan, Watch- Michael Kors

I'm loving that Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year- it makes the holiday feel so much longer! Having fun with costumes isn't the only reason why I love Halloween, pumpkin carving is also another one of my favorites...pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin drinks, this month is pumpkin everything! I get into the spirit of all holidays and Halloween is the first to start it all off ;)

Right across from Cal Poly Pomona there is a huge pumpkin patch and I went this weekend to pick out my pumpkin! It was really hot this past weekend so it was back to summer outfits- my simple, casual, and comfy items kept me cool and since the pumpkin patch was so huge, my chucks made it perfect for all that walking.

Did you guys see our costume sneak peek this weekend? We'll be posting the DIY on them soon and if you haven't seen the teaser yet, check them out on Instagram- @buylovegivelove 

I love Halloween and I love that it's not even over yet!

Love, J

Girls Night Out!

C's Oufit: Cardigan- Random Boutique, Skirt- Target, Boots- Forever 21

J's Outfit: Coat- Forever 21, Shorts/Leggings - Urban Outfitters, Boots- Zara

C and I were in Little Tokyo last night, there was a FALL FEST event at the Japanese American Museum that had wine tasting and live music! We haven't seen each other in a while (even a few days seems like forever) so we decided to turn it into girls night out! We had dinner, spent some time in Little Tokyo and got desserts afterwards, it's always great to catch up with your BFF and we had a LOT to catch up on especially with the start of Halloween coming up...

I'm so glad it's Friday! Have a FUN and safe weekend- make sure to follow us on Instagram (@buylovegivelove) to find out clues about our DIY costume we'll be wearing tomorrow night!

Black & Orange

J's Outfit: Jacket- Gifted, Top- Forever 21, Jeans- Urban Outfitters, Boots- Zara

Happy almost-Halloween! Orange and black no matter what always screamed Halloween so I made sure to never wear those two colors together but as I got older, experimenting made it Ok and now it's not so bad! Especially with the neon trend going on right now, the neon-ish orange toned down the "ugly" orange and turned it into a cute color.

We can't believe it's Halloween week already, does everyone have their costumes ready? We always do some kind of DIY with our costumes every year so be prepared to see what we have in store this year...I'm excited! Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, it's always more fun for us to do costumes as a group and this year won't be any different...stay tuned ;)

Happy Tuesday + have a great rest of the week!

love, J

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Buylove, Inspired: Nail Art

How AWESOME are these HALLOWEEN inspired nail designs- TOO cool.

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Nail Art/Designs seem to be the next trend- I'm seeing the coolest designs EVERYWHERE and I think it's so fun to look at! There are so many that I want to try and DIY but I realize that it'll be hard to do my right hand so I never end up trying any of them (how COOL are the Halloween nails, I'm obsessing over the skeleton design!). Also, a lot of these nail designs look better on longer nails and I always end up cutting my nails, it's so hard for me to grow them out..I hate the feeling of my nails being too long.  After doing this post though it has inspired me to try to grow them out again...we'll see what happens!

I See Black & White

C's Outfit: Skirt- Target, Top- Forever 21, Shoes- found at a small boutique
J's Outfit: Bottom- American Apparel dress worn as a skirt, Top: Forever 21, Shoes- Steve Madden

Happy October! It's the first day of October- from this point on there's a holiday to celebrate each month...I can't wait it's my favorite part of the year. In celebration of Halloween coming up, we themed our post black and white- the two basic colors that go with EVERYTHING!

Does everyone have costumes in mind for Halloween? It's our FAVORITE holiday so stay tuned, it's going to be a FUN month of blogging for us. Every year we usually DIY our costumes, they're so much better and more fun then spending tons of money on store bought costumes...stay tuned, we haven't figured out what were going to be this year yet but it'll be GOOD like always ;)