Flashback Friday - How to Style a Baby-doll Dress

 

 

Salut mes beautes intelligentes!

 

These are from the time I spent a weekend in Philly over the summer, and for some reason, I just never got around posting them up. Anyways, my apologies for them coming late! I know it's already Fall, however, for those nerdly beautifuls in warmer regions and in honour of #FlashBackFridays, here's some inspiration on how to style babydoll dresses :)

 

 

 

I kept it quite simple in anticipation of a long day exploring with my sis. Leave a comment below letting me know what you think! :)

Baby-doll Dress - American Apparel

Yellow Satchel - Accessorize

Brown Oxfords - Payless

Rose-gold Watch - Icing

Necklace - Express

Sunglasses - Aldo

Stay Smart, Stay Beautiful,

-Onivie

 

A Chocolatey Nightcap

Salut mes beautés intelligentes!

Last night I attempted making my new favorite chocolate smoothie (special thanks to the smoothie stand at work for inspiring this recipe)! I wasn't hungry enough for an actual dinner, and honestly, I just had cravings! I love that it was so filling and delicious, and I figured I'd share the recipe on here :D


Level: Easy
Yield: Two Glasses 
Total Time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

9 Dates

2 Overripe Bananas

1 tablespoon of Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 cup of Almond Milk

And lastly, ICE CUBES!

PROCEDURE

Step 1:

Take out your blender.

Step 2:

Cut the dates open and remove seeds. Add the dates to your blender.

Step 3:

Cut your bananas into small pieces and add them to the blender.

Step 4:

Add in your almond milk, and then the cocoa powder.

Step 5:

Add in your ice cubes, and blend blend blend!

Bon Appetit,

-Onivie

Goodbye NYC :(

"One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years." - Tom Wolfe

The quote above perfectly describes my emotions towards New York City at the moment, part of me feels like I "belong" here. When I just got here it was completely overwhelming, too busy, crowded and made me feel disconnected. Now, I can't believe that my stay here is over! The other day, I helped a few people that needed help navigating through the city and felt incredibly proud of myself, haha! Especially because that was me four weeks ago. :)

I wore this outfit to start off my last weekend here. We (my friends and I) planned on visiting the National History Museum, but ended up just catching up, reminiscing, shopping, and riding through Central Park. It was such lovely day! I plan on going to Coney Island today, I'll try to take more pictures! 

Oh, and I wore this dress in another blogpost! Incase you're interested in other (more summery) ways you could wear it! :D (see here)

Printed Gather Dress - Zara

Grey Cardigan - American Apparel

Black Sun-glasses - Aldo

Yellow Satchel - Accessorize 

Brown Flats - Payless

Hoop Earrings - H & M

Stay Smart; Stay Beautiful,

-Onivie