Category: Style

by Allison

Winter riding clothes for women

        Winter riding clothes by petitelefant featuring skinny leg jeans Denim Supply by Ralph Lauren denim button down shirt £64 – houseoffraser.co.uk Drykorn blazer €199 – conleys.de Rag & bone skinny leg jeans $176 – barneys.com Rupert Sanderson high heel booties $945 – rupertsanderson.com 3 1 Phillip Lim clutch bag $425 – barneys.com MICHAEL Michael Kors gold jewelry $250 – nordstrom.com Jules Smith rose gold jewelry £85 – flannelsfashion.com Roberta Chiarella post earrings $68 – maxandchloe.com MTWTFSS Weekday blue shawl €10 – weekday.com H&M metal aviator sunglasses £4.99 – hm.com

by Allison

Make-up tips for photography

makeup tips for photography

I’m teaching a design camp at Altitude Summit in Salt Lake City this weekend about make-up tips for photography.  You know, for all your big photo shoots.  So I thought I’d share the bulk of my presentation here with you, because I’m a giver.  {but mostly because I need cliff notes while I’m presenting} Regular makeup doesn’t do the job when you’re being photographed, especially if the photographer is using any kind of flash.  It’s really easy for the colors…
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by Allison

What’s in your purse series week 76

what's in your purse series chloe purse

This week’s What’s In Your Purse Series purse is courtesy of me, moi, yours truly, me and mine. I started the purse series in June of 2010 by sharing photos of the contents of my purse, and you guys have been amazing to dump your purses and share the contents along the way for seventy-six weeks.  That’s a ton of purses. I still have a handful of purses in my arsenal {thank you!} but I thought I’d share what’s in…
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by Allison

Dye your hair at home

dye your hair at home

My hair started going grey a handful of a years ago. Actually, I lie.  I found my first grey hair the night of the Christmas dance my senior year in high school.  There I was primping in the bathroom waiting for my date to show up, when I found a silver hair on my wee baby 17-year-old head. I’m afraid its only been downhill from there.  I’ve spent the intervening years plucking a handful of grey hairs at a time…
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What’s in your purse series week 75

what's in your purse series

This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series is from Alma, my trustee graphic designer. If you love this series and want more of it, submit your purse. Take two photos of your purse {NICE, CLEAR, NOT-BLURRY ONES} one of the outside, one of the inside, along with a listing of the contents to: allison AT petitelefant DOT com In Alma’s {edited} words her purse is full of: “crap, crap, crap” I love it.

by Allison

DIY home made hair mask

DIY home made hair mask

Would you like to know what? I’ll tell you what. Winter is hard on your hair, like really really hard on it.  All that running to and fro in the cold air really makes a girl’s hair feel sad and dry. But I’ve got your back always, always.  I’ve put together a little DIY home made hair mask to spruce up your limp tresses.  Remember V05 hot oil?  This is kind of like that, only free and totally natural and…
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by Allison

What’s in your purse series week 74

what's in your purse series 74

The what’s in your purse series is back!  It took a little break over the holidays when: a) my blog crashed, b) my email crashed with 30,000 emails disappearing in a blink, c) the holidays happened, and d) I was tired. But here we are with What’s in Your Purse Series Week 74!  Can you believe it?  74 weeks of purses.  BANANAS. If you love this series and want more of it, submit your purse. Take two photos of your…
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by Allison

What I wore Wednesday black on black

what I wore wednesday black and black

What I wore Wednesday black on black I got dressed a few times over the holidays; maybe three times.  Or four.  Stop judging me.  Masterpiece Theater doesn’t care if you get out of your pajamas to enjoy a Downton Abbey marathon.  I mean, really. On Wednesday though  I really did get dressed to go to dinner and a movie with some dear friends, and I figured greasy hair and pajama bottoms might embarrass them in public. I’m a giver is…
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by Allison

What I wore Wednesday fur jacket edition

what I wore wednesday fur jacket

Today is What I Wore Wednesday Fur Jacket Edition. This is what it looks like when you hand your 12-year-old a camera at 5:02 pm after the sun has set and command her to snap some not blurry pictures, when you’re one foot out the door on your way out the door to snatch up groceries lest you all starve, oh and it’s 20 degrees out. But you had to see what I was wearing yesterday.  It’s my favorite new…
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