#cindytakesover: 2015

BERRY GOOD

10:26 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! How’s everyone doing today? I got to stay home from my internship because they’re renovating so instead of sleeping in I spent the afternoon at my new favorite place… VITALITY BOWL! I’ve fell in love with açaí bowls and there just so happens to be a VB 5 minutes from my house hehe. It’s made from superfoods and fruits so it’s super yummy and to top it off, it’s beautiful to look at! I think I go there maybe 2-3 times a week oops.

Speaking of açaí bowls, aside from introducing everyone to it, I’ve lost 15 pounds since August! I know it doesn’t look like it, and I don’t know why it doesn’t look like it, but I’ve switched my eating habits completely and have been watching EVERYTHING I eat. I know it can be hard (which it is, trust me, a bag of chips that my sister left on the table is staring at me right now) and with school taking up 85% of the week, I haven’t gone to the gym in like 3 months lol. Even so, getting rid of soda and juice forever and only drinking water and unsweetened tea has significantly dropped my calorie intake. And instead of eating rice 3 times a day which I usually do, I limited myself to only once a day by eating other starches instead (which doesn’t really help but some things have less starch than others). Anywho, step by step, right?

OUTFIT DETAILS

Necklace, Shirt & Pants || Old Navy

Sandals || Forever 21

Bag || Pimkie

Lipstick || Marc Jacobs

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

BACK TO SCHOOL

6:59 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! How is everyone doing? Is it safe to assume that you have all started school (if you are attending school)? I started mid-August so it’s been a good few weeks for me. I’m starting to realize I may have taken up too much than I can handle… On the other hand, I feel like I’m finally starting to network with professionals through interning with Dress for Success. I don’t know if I told you all but they’re letting me stay more than the 3 month maximum! I’m hoping to give back to the community and staying with the nonprofit for at least a year!

Anyway, onto the outfit: when it comes to school, I usually pick out what I’m going to wear by scanning my room. The sweater was hanging in my closet so I grabbed that, then I saw these jeans in a pile in my dresser so I threw those on, and I didn’t know where my boots were so instead of scanning through the millions of pairs of shoes I haven’t touched I slipped these sandals on since they were already on the ground. So to translate, this is my non-planned-super-lazy outfit. It’s still cute though and I always get compliments on white jeans for some reason so I was happy with it!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Sweater || H&M

Necklace/Backpack/Shoes || Forever 21

Jeans || Old Navy

Lipstick || MAC

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

YES MADEMOISELLE

12:37 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! How is everyone doing today? I’m having one of those days where I don’t really know what to write on here… Still getting use to this whole blogging thing! I don’t know how fashion bloggers go into so much detail in their outfits (I mean probably because I can’t afford anything they wear let’s be honest) and/or what readers want to read about! So if you have any suggestions let me know in the comments!

I’m so excited for fall to officially start! Fall colors are my favorite and the weather is the best – not too cold and not too hot! Since we’re transitioning into it right now I decided to celebrate by bringing out my favorite color to wear other than black which is maroon! Or any shade of dark reds, I’m not too picky! Most of my sweaters are either grey, navy, maroon or olive green (which are the best colors on me!) so I’m looking into more brown shades as well as whites. I wonder what store would carry the perfect sweaters hmm…

Speaking of fall, most of you may not know that I studied abroad in Paris last year (feel free to go back in the archive on this blog – posts from both my study abroad trips are on there) which was when I fell in love with ZARA and their graphic tees/scarves. I have a bundle of them in my closet but it’s not cold enough to wear them now so I can’t wait for the weather to drop so I can wear them again! J

OUTFIT DETAILS

Necklace || Old Navy

Top || ZARA

Cardigan/Shoes || Forever 21

Pants || Old Navy

Lipstick || MAC

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

NEW YORK MADE ME DO IT

3:43 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! Even though I came back from NYC a few weeks ago I’m still unpacking… I didn’t even pack that much this time! I think I just always get into denial that I had to leave such a fabulous city L Now that school has started again my priorities have shifted from interning and working to strictly just studying! To be honest I never thought 20 year old me would have said that; 12 year old me would be so proud haha.

Anyway, the team (as in my student government) and I flew a red-eye to jersey for a National Student Leadership and Diversity Conference. We learned so much and I was overjoyed with the information I got to absorb about how to be a better leader, how to be more involved in school life and what words I can use/stop using to increase professionalism. I’m currently making a presentation about it so I can present it to the rest of the student government!

Aside from the conference, we toured many hot spots in NYC including SOHO (including BITE BEAUTY LIP LAB where we made our own lipstick omg!), downtown, central park, 5^th ave, times square, etc. It was really exhausting walking around everywhere in the 100 degree weather, however it’ll be a trip I’ll never forget!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Sunglasses || Urban Outfitters

Necklace || Jest Jewels

Top/flats || Forever 21

Jeans || Old Navy

Purse || ALDO

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

BUNS FOR DAYS

5:38 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! Today was a very interesting day… I had an 8 AM shift but my alarm thought it was Monday so it was set for 9:30 AM and I pretty much woke up by instinct at around 7:45. That pretty much gave me 15 minutes to get ready and drive to work!! Luckily I live 10 minutes from Anthropologie and I actually organized my closet two days ago so I literally threw this on and sped towards the store – with 1 minute to spare!! Although that gave me -4.128 minutes to do my hair lol. For some reason, I was looking at miley cyrus’s feed on Instagram before I left the house (yes, even though I had 20 seconds to clock in I was still on Instagram) I saw her mini buns and decided to give it a shot!

After a crazy 8 hour shift (if you work retail, you understand how much my face hurt from smiling) I came home to a letter from my college which made me smile even more because… (drumroll please…) I GOT ON THE DEAN’S LIST AGAIN!!! This makes it my third time! It’s one of those things I never imagined happening in my life so it’s a pretty huge deal for me J It’s also a huge improvement from a year and a half ago when I was actually on academic probation but that’s another story for another time.

But back on the miley cyrus buns – yay or nay? I still can’t decide!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Sunglasses || Cheap Monday

Top/Pants || Old Navy

Sandals || Target

Lipstick || MAC

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

SUMMER STYLE

12:17 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! I tried to not look sweaty in my pics but it was a bit tough since I was practically MELTING. Also, I didn’t have anything to match the crop top that I bought from F21 (a rare item – usually don’t see anything like this in stores… and on sale too! All for about $11.50, it was crazy) so I threw it over a super cute white dress that I’ve worn before in my OOTD’s and it surprisingly worked out! I actually don’t have too many skirts – actually none at all except for one I made in a sewing class – so this was pretty much my only option. Any recommendations on how to pair up this crop top without my belly peeking? J

I don’t know if I told you guys but I will be going to NYC for a couple of days next week for a conference and I’m super excited but really worried because it’s going to be 10x hotter than it is here and I have no idea what to wear!! Half of the time I have to wear business casual and the other half I want to look super chic while walking the streets of the city! Again, if anyone has any tips feel free to leave a comment! Some of my necessities will be sun hats and long-sleeve blouses but other than that, I haven’t been to many humid places so it’ll be a somewhat new experience for me.

OUTFIT DETAILS

Top || Forever 21

Dress || Old Navy

Shoes || ROSS

Lipstick || YSL

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

KIMONO FLARE

7:58 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! I apologize for not posting the past 10 days – I’m about to tell you why! But before I do, MY NEW OBSESSION WITH THIS KIMONO CARDIGAN IS HUUUUUGE!! I saw it during my shift last week and it was super expensive so I sighed and admired it from afar until I realized that I’d actually wear it a lot (I actually ended up wearing it to the 1D concert – which was so amazing I don’t think I can put it into words tbh) so I ended up using one of my few special employee discounts on it and voila! It’s now my favorite to-go item in my entire closet!

ANYWAY, now onto the reason why I’ve been away from posting OOTDs this past week and a half (if you’re interested) – I’ve been semi promoted to handle PR stuff for my internship and I’ve completely underestimated how much work goes into social media and promoting overall. I’ve been taking pictures here and there, studying how to get viewer’s attention, how to do fashion-blogger-style-ootd-layouts on Instagram and looking at potential partners for our company. It’s a lot of work, props to all the PR’s out there… On the good side, it’s super fun and I get to work with a marketing major so I’m learning a lot! Hopefully I can get back into the groove of posting an ootd every other day though, because I always regret it when my outfit is on point and I didn’t upload it!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Kimono Cardigan || Anthropologie

Tank/Jeans/Sandals || Old Navy

Bag || ALDO

Lipstick || MAC (Toledo Edition)

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

PRETTY IN (PASTEL) PINK

12:57 AM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! Lately I’ve been inspired by the simple and chic style that many fashion bloggers express with their ootd’s – I usually have the need to wear a cardigan over a shirt like this but it was warm enough to convince myself that I didn’t need one! And it’s hard to find a cardigan I like that isn’t heavy knit/woven these days…

My style changes so often and I wish I had just one so that when people see me they would be like “omg I want Cindy’s style” you know? At the same time I get bored when I wear the same thing over and over so the more I donate, the more I try to replace the same amount (I swear I don’t have a problem)!! Maybe one day I’ll try and stick to one style/theme but right now I just want to keep trying out new things! J

OUTFIT DETAILS

Hat || H&M

Lipstick || Dior

Top || Anthropologie

Jeans/Watch || Forever 21

Shoes ||

Bag || Steve Madden (ROSS)

Thanks for reading – Take care and have a wonderful day/night!

[ Love, Cindy ]

FLOWEY FLOWERS

8:59 PM

HELLO/GOOD MORNING/GOOD EVENING! I think I can officially say today has reached the 100 mark – it. was. hot. And I’m not gonna lie, the hotter it is the more lazy I get with my outfits… and when I say lazy I literally mean I put on the flowliest thing I have (in today’s case, the skirt!) Usually I don’t wear skirts or dresses because I’m pretty insecure about my legs but when summer comes I rather show off some skin compared to sweat in pants LOL.

I need to start collecting kimono cardigans again, those were my go-to last summer but I’m tired of the ones I have! Do any of you guys have any recommendations of where I can find affordable yet cute kimonos? I emphasize affordable only because 1) I’m a cheapo and 2) a lot of the kimonos I find are soooooooo cute but always sooooooooo over-priced! May or may not begin sewing again just so I can make my own!