Private View: Testino

November 19, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

So as I mentioned before, my roommates and I were lucky enough to receive invitations to the opening of Mario Testino’s Shanghai show, “Private View” at the beginning of this month. The name was apt. This is probably the fashion-iest event that we’ve been to so far. And I don’t know why I was surprised […]

Secrets

November 19, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Courtesy Melissa Forde’s Instagram. I am envious of people who can put it all out there on the internet, on their blogs, on social media. I always have to keep something back. For myself.

Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

November 17, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Jenni and I went to the aquarium! I love everything to do with aquatic life ever since college when I took a Tropical Marine Biology class (that included two weeks in the Bahamas snorkeling) and I did my senior thesis with an icthyologist and had to take care of zebrafish for a year and […]

Beauty Updates

November 16, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

Soooo when your teacher comments on the state of your manicure and says a shocked, “I have never seen you like this before!”, you know there’s a problem. True story. I got a little lazy the past few weeks cause of my funk. But I’ve started to reform. I found time to get my nails […]

Four Weeks Left

November 16, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

Today marks four more weeks left in Shanghai. And I appreciate that being here is a huge opportunity and blessing blah blah blah. But really yall I ready to go back to what I know. The last few weeks haven’t been easy for me because of the confluence of losing my bracelet, not having the […]