Lighting Strikes

July 29th, 2010 mdono615

At last night’s SF style & beauty blogger meetup, I was chatting with the gals of Shop It To Me about photography and it inspired me to mix it up a bit and do some shots in the evening (and by evening I mean like 11:30 p.m. because I’m crazy). I wanted to play with lighting and shadows and had probably too much fun messing with my camera settings. I used to be super into my SLR camera and being in a darkroom, but sadly those days were years back. Perhaps I need to get back into it soon. We shall see!

These aren’t the best shots, but it was fun to have my stress-induced insomnia be put to work!

P.S. – Have you entered the Beso giveaway? You could win $100 to spend on anything you want!!! I want to enter, but can’t so do it for me, ok?! :)

Joie blouse (similar style here), True Religion skinny jeans (also seen here), Steve Madden Trinite pumps (buy here), Michael Kors watch, David Yurman Three Pearl ring

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Win a $100 Beso Shopping Spree

July 29th, 2010 mdono615

In San Francisco, we tend not to have Summer weather until the Fall, so when we do get days that shower us with sunshine and warmer weathers in July, we become spoiled. If you’re like me, you dash to your closet to pull out that summer weather-wear you’ve had purchased for weeks and are dying to let see the daylight.

The warm weather also has me searching for new summer finds on Beso.com which is just about one of the most fashionable search sites out there. Beso streamlines your shopping searches and lets you narrow by designer, price, garment type, stores, etc. It pretty much ensures you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. Or, if you’re like me, you’ll find what you’re looking for and half a dozen other items you most likely don’t need, but suddenly must have!

As I did a while back, I went and pulled some of my newest summer essentials to share and while ideally, I’d have all of these hanging in my closet right now, one lucky WIT & Whimsy reader will win $100 courtesy of Beso to grab some of their favorite summer essentials.

Joie African Scratch Perrier dress

Diane von Furstenberg Opal wedges

Cynthia Steffe Lola tank

Linea Pelle Alex braided hobo bag

Paige Premium Denim Verdugo Denim leggings

Enter to win a $100 gift certificate from Beso and WIT & Whimsy:

  1. Search for your favorite summer essential on Beso
  2. Paste a Beso link to your favorite in the comments below (must be a beso link to qualify)

Be sure to follow Beso and WIT & Whimsy on Twitter, too. You can also check out the best of upcoming Fall 2010 trends, on Beso’s blog from my guest post.

Note: One entry per person. All entries must be made prior to Sunday, August 1st at 12:01 a.m. PST. One winner will be selected at random and announced the week of August 2nd. Please note this giveaway is for U.S. residents only.

Happy  summer shopping!

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San Francisco Style & Beauty Blogger Meetup

July 29th, 2010 mdono615

So last night, WIT & Whimsy hosted the first (of hopefully many!) San Francisco Style & Beauty blogger meetups and it was so much fun! I loved meeting the ladies behind so many of the blogs I love to read and meeting bloggers I hadn’t yet discovered but now know as a result of the event.

I’m so grateful to Benefit Cosmetics and Shop It To Me both of whom attended and gave out goodies to attendees (including the newest of the Benefit Crescent Row fragrances, of which I loved Eva!.) If you don’t know both of these companies, you absolutely must. They’re like an addiction for product junkies & shopaholics alike.

Hopefully there will be another meetup in the near future, but for now I’ll leave you with the very few shots I got (I forgot to take pictures till nearly the end cause I was having too much fun chatting with everyone!)

Thanks to everyone who came out for it! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did & I’ll see you all soon!

xoxo,

meghan

 

Katie, of AOL Styleist, Lucky and others (and soon to be contributor to NBC!), Christina of Profreshstyle, Laura of On the Racks, Yuri of Lookbook.nu and moi

Me, Siv from J.Crewaholics (love her red lipstick!) and Mira , SF Beauty Examiner (great color dress)

Kim of J’adore Couture, Fay of FayFrisco and Natalie of Like Fresh Laundry

Moi and Kat from Polyvore (who I adore and love for showing me this amazing blogging tool)

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Take the T

July 27th, 2010 mdono615

I haven’t bought a pair of T-strap heels in as long as I can remember, but these were too good to pass up at Banana Republic for $40-some odd dollars the other day. With San Francisco’s foggy summer in full swing, when the temperature does go up a little, I leap at wearing summer items.

Banana Republic top, shoes and pendant necklace, Toy Watch and Seven for All Mankind Roxanne jeans

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Paper Bag It Up

July 26th, 2010 aragni09

So even though the “summer” weather in SF isn’t really cooperating, I can’t help but share my latest love when it comes to skirts – the paper bag waist skirt. As you saw, I wore it to brunch recently. When I bought that skirt at Banana Republic I had to physically remove myself from the store because I wanted to buy it in every color.

So because of my new found love, I thought I’d share some of my favorites…hopefully some of you lovely ladies elsewhere can wear them while I’m still wearing tights in the SF fog!

Elizabeth and James Paper Bag skirt $185 at ShopBop

J.Crew Herringbone bell skirt $79.00

Banana Republic Paper Bag Skirt $59.50

Urban Outfitters Cooperative Twill Paperbag Skirt $48

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