Holidays

What­ever hap­pened to the good ole days when Easter was a time to get a pretty new dress with match­ing gloves and hat?  Times they are a chang­ing!!  Not only is the fash­ion but so is the weather.  Have you noticed how our Spring weather seems to stay­ing cooler, longer.

Easter is a time to brunch with the fam­ily or the girls, din­ner and drinks out, walks in the park or days of shop­ping while on your spring break.  No mat­ter the event, of course a cer­tain fash­ion attire is required.  Well, not really, but I do feel that it is impor­tant to still put an effort into your hol­i­day attire, even though it is not like it was when my par­ents grew up.  For this time of year, when the weather is still unpre­dictable, it is best to be dressed in lay­ers, with bits of posh acces­sories so that you will be pre­pared in case you have to go from brunch with the fam­ily to par­ty­ing afterwards.

Here are some win­ter fash­ion ideas for your Easter break that also hap­pens to be right on trend with this sea­sons fashions.

Printed bro­cade jacket with a very posh hat to fin­ish off your hol­i­day look.  Stay warm and yet, still fashionable.

Love this look, mix­ing hard and soft.  Look­ing Springy while still stay­ing warm in soft layers.

An out­fit easy to tran­si­tion from day to night, leather jacket, fur vest and fash­ion­able beanie hat.  Again, lay­er­ing this time of year is key to any out­fit, it allows for a sud­den change in weather…or venue.  You are pre­pared no mat­ter the occasion.

Christ­mas Eve, Christ­mas Day, New Years Eve…it’s that time of year when you have to start think­ing a bit snazz­ier attire.  You want to look fash­ion­able but you might also want to be com­fort­able.  Here are some great hol­i­day wardrobe ideas for this upcom­ing hol­i­day sea­son!  And we can’t for­get about our hair to com­plete the look, some tips also included to make us look FAB for this time of year!!

For that house hol­i­day party or occa­sion, look fash­ion­able, yet comfy.  Put on a pair of skinny jeans/pants with a wrap or cardi­gan sweater with some fab­u­lous acces­sories to jazz up the out­fit and make it look effort­less yet well put together and fashionable.

Another option for that comfy yet fash­ion­able look, jazz up your bot­toms with pleather leg­gings instead of your reg­u­lar every­day leg­gings.  Again, pair it with a long sweater and some ankle booties and you are ready!!

Want to look a bit more fes­tive, try this amaz­ing Min­nie Mor­timer dress. Casual, yet holiday-appropriate, this red num­ber is a great basic to build on.  You can find this dress at madisonlosangeles.com

This navy blue num­ber gives just the right look and feel for a hol­i­day party. Its A-line cut is whim­si­cal and fes­tive, while its sil­ver belt adds a sparkle, with­out going too over the top.  This dress is avail­able at jcp.com.

No, for that really fancy smancy hol­i­day party or func­tion, try on this fab­u­lous lit­tle num­ber by La Rok.  Black and gold dresses can give any cut a regal appeal. Look classy yet youth­ful with this short dress with quarter-length sleeves.  This dress is avail­able at  saksfifthavenue.com

Now that we have wardrobe taken care of, we can’t for­get about the rest of our­selves, like hair and make-up, this will give you the com­plete glam, hol­i­day look!!

How about a side fish­tail, gives you that effort­less, yet chic look for any semi-casual affair.  And don’t for­get to add a state­ment piece neck­lace to really set-off your hair style!

How about a twisted top knot for that chic-glam look.  Just keep in mind that everyone’s face shape is dif­fer­ent, so you need to make sure the knot isn’t too high on the head — the back of the crown is uni­ver­sally flat­ter­ing.  Pull the top half of your hair back into a pony­tail, mak­ing sure the front doesn’t look too slicked back. It should appear as if the hair was “raked” with your fingers.

Not want­ing to wear you hair up and want that sexy chic look, try this “vampy vol­ume” side-swept hair do.  There is a lot of prep involved with this style, but so worth it for the final result!!

Well, I hope I have given you some ideas to help you get your­self ready for this hol­i­day sea­son to look your absolute most fash­ion­able self!!!  For more infor­ma­tion check out Marie Claire online.

Happy Hol­i­day Shop­ping Everyone!!

All the lit­tle Angel to Apple elves have been very busy get­ting the store and win­dows dec­o­rated for all our hol­i­day shop­pers!!  This is our favorite time of year, the lights, orna­ments, and the snow (fake snow that is).  Lots of sweaters and scarves arriv­ing weekly.  Get a head start on your hol­i­day shop­ping at Angel to Apple or shop online for your convenience.

Here is a sneak at what we’ve been up to!!

Our Christ­mas Tree All Lite Up

Our Stock­ings Hung with Care

New Hats, Gloves, Scarves and Head Wraps!

New Sweaters Arriv­ing Weekly!

Even Wil­low Is In The Hol­i­day Spirit And Ready to fa la la la la!!

Angel to Apple will have extended busi­ness hours this week­end for the Annual Christ­mas Walk Fes­ti­val in the Vil­lage of Lewis­ton.  There will be lots of raf­fles, good­ies, con­tests and much, much more!!

Happy Hol­i­day Shop­ping Everyone!!

You have your cos­tume, your pet is dressed up, but what about your nails?! Here are some Hal­loween nail tuto­ri­als so you can get started!

Evil Eyes

by Refinery29

1. After apply­ing basecoat, paint nails with two coats of Scorn. Allow nails to dry for 3–5 min­utes.
2. Pour out a small amount of Scorch onto tin foil. Dip the large end of a dot­ting tool into the pol­ish and dot the pol­ish onto your nail. Repeat three times on each nail. Allow to dry 3–5 min­utes.
3. Pour a small pud­dle of Seren­ity onto foil. Dip the small end of a dot­ting tool into pol­ish and dot in the very cen­ter of each white cir­cle. Repeat on each nail. Allow to dry 3–5 min­utes.
4. Dip the point of a tooth­pick into Scorn and gen­tly dot a tiny black point into the cen­ter of each eye.
5. After allow­ing to dry, add optional top­coat for a shiny fin­ish, or leave it off to stay matte.

Spi­der Webs

by Amber did it!

Paint your nails pur­ple, or color of your choice, then with a thin striper nail art brush add the webs. If you do not have a nail art brush, just use a toothpick!

Bloody Nails

by Pretty Gossip

This is such a fun one for those of us who are being zom­bies this year!

Claws

by Honeymunchkin.com

On a com­pletely naked nail, I put square pieces of tape start­ing at the mid­dle of the nail bed diag­o­nally across the nail to the mid­dle of the tip, on both sides, on all nails. Then I applied a dark gray pol­ish (black prob­a­bly works just as well, but the dark gray makes the con­trast softer), until it cov­ered com­pletely. Then I care­fully peeled off the tape and applied the nude pol­ish on the bits that were naked, and to top it off I added a thin line of a lighter gray in the mid­dle of the claw, as to try and get some form of light illu­sion. Add top coat and you’re all done!

Candy Corn

by Swatch and Learn

Depend­ing on what color you would like at the base of the nail, start with that color. For the nails above, paint entire nail yel­low. Then take your orange color and only paint 2/3 of your nail just like the pic­ture shows. Allow each layer to dry in between and fin­ish with a stripe of white at the bottom.

Rorschach Inkblot

by Love Maegan

Please visit her site to get the full tuto­r­ial! It’s got lots of pic­tures too!

Rip a piece of painter’s tape about an inch long. Care­fully fold it in half, leav­ing the top apart and cut a small design into your folded edge. Think about a heart… you cut half a hear on a folded piece of paper then open it and you get a per­fectly pro­por­tioned heart. This is the same. After apply­ing a few coats of your white or base pol­ish and allow­ing it to dry, adhere your tape design over your nail and care­fully paint your darker shade over it. Only allow it to set for a few sec­onds, then care­fully pull your tape off. You don’t really want your design to be perfect. To give them a bit more depth, I dot­ted on more pol­ish, try­ing to mimic an inkblot & some sym­me­try on either side.

Stumped on what to wear this Hal­loween? Did you get invited to a last minute Hal­loween party? Rather than going as a cat or a witch, here are some fash­ion­able Hal­loween cos­tume ideas to hope­fully get you inspired.

Modern-day Wednes­day Adams:

Chan­nel your inner goth and be my favorite Adams Fam­ily char­ac­ter all grown up! Dress in black and white (mostly black!) and make sure you keep the makeup pale. Wear your hair in two braids, oth­er­wise peo­ple might not recognize you : )

Karl Lager­feld:

Now who wouldn’t want to be the lead­ing designer for Chanel? This one is great for guys or girls! All you need is a black suit and tie, a white pony­tail and LOTS of rings!

Anna Win­tour:

The edi­tor of Vogue is known for her over-sized sun­glasses and bobbed hair. Wear a fur coat to fin­ish off this look! Don’t for­get to look serious!

Early Madonna:

Madge from the 80’s is prob­a­bly the eas­i­est one to pull off. You may even still have some of these items around your house! Think lace, jelly bracelets, mesh, leather jack­ets and teased hair. Draw on the full eye­brows and sig­na­ture mole too!

Today’s Cruella De Vil:

Wear the most dra­matic black and white out­fit you can get and spike that hair! Bonus points if the shoul­ders are pointy– it gives it that eeriness factor.

Beau­ti­ful Day of the Dead:

This is a very easy look as long as you can han­dle the makeup. Good thing there are plenty of tuto­ri­als out there on it! Make sure to put some flow­ers in your hair and wear a lacy, flowy dress.

Cleopa­tra:

Have you ever been to a toga party? Make good use of a bed sheet and get your biggest gold neck­lace imag­in­able! Don’t for­get to draw on that clas­sic Egypt­ian eye makeup!

Lady Mary Crawley:

Travel back to the roarin’ 20’s and dress like your favorite rich Eng­lish fam­ily from Down­ton Abbey. Wear a long, ele­gant dress, pearl ear­rings and pin your hair up. Be on your best behav­ior if you want to be like Lady Mary!

Audrey Hep­burn:

Clas­sic! Get your LBD, some pearls and do your hair up into a french twist. Need more inspi­ra­tion? Watch Break­fast at Tiffany’s!

Honey Boo Boo:

Ok, ok… so I know this one is not the most fash­ion­able on the list, but it will sure get peo­ple talk­ing! Whether you like her or not, her show is a hit right now and you can’t deny this lit­tle girl has con­fi­dence! Head to a thrift store or con­sign­ment shop and look for your biggest, spark­li­est 80’s prom dress and cake on the makeup!