COSTUME JEWELRY

Have you ever purchased costume jewelry from Forever 21 or any accessory store only for it to lose it's "gold" look after wearing it 3 or 4 times? Or sometimes it turns green? The obvious reason is because it's not real gold. It's usually plated over brass or copper and when it comes in contact with your skin, the acid from your sweat reacts to form salts that are green and you sometimes see that residue on your skin.

I just bought these pieces and I wanted to preserve the look for more than 3 or 4 wears.

A trick that I use is Mod Podge Gloss Clear Acrylic Sealer. I bought this can from Walmart for less than $6.00.

*ALWAYS SPRAY OUTSIDE*

I took a shoe box top and covered it with a plastic bag.

Arrange the jewelry on the plastic bag and make sure they are not touching.

Spray 12-15 inches from the jewelry. Wait 15 minutes and flip over and spray the back.

After the pieces are sprayed, I recommend storing the jewelry in cellophane bags.

Voila, what a beautiful shine!

SUEDE ANKLE BOOTS

Ladies, have you seen the celebrities rocking the suede ankle boots and admired them from afar? Or do you already have a pair and I'm the only one late to this trend. I was a little leary whether or not I could pull off this look.

I found these suede Adele ankle boots online from Asos, but at almost $76. I only wanna dip my toes in the shallow end; not dive into the deep end. There's got to be a cheaper option.

Well. they done messed up now cuz, I picked these up at Forever 21. They were originally priced at $37.80, reduced to $18.99 and the final sale price $9.49. Now that's up my AL-LIZ-ZI-A.

(Translation: alley.) Shout out to Lil Scrappy!

Blouse-Alfred Dunner thrifted;
Pants-Zara thrifted; Belt-Ralph Lauren

Too equestrian looking? I shoulda scaled back a little, huh? See, I told you I was leary. Imma try again with some skinny leg jeans.