Our Hawaiian Honeymoon, p1

Aloha lovelies, is the thing to say on a bright and beautiful hawaiian day!

So as you all probably are aware, Lar and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon and oh my goodness was it amazing! This was my first time ever visiting the islands and they were beyond gorgeous.

Seriously everything about our trip was just beautiful and that's why I knew I needed to share it all with you as best I could. Our honeymoon started out at "the happiest place on earth," Disneyland! Of course I couldn't miss a trip to the parks while in California. I would highly recommend taking a travel break though if you ever do plan to visit Hawaii. The flights can be so long. For us coming from the east coast it was 5hrs to Cali, but then another 5hrs from there to the islands. So splitting the trip was definitely a smart plan and I'm so glad Larry set it up that way!

Disneyland and California Adventure were great ways to start out our getaway. I'm such a Disney fanatic that getting to have those moments wearing the "just married" buttons and ears meant so much to me.

Next stop on our trip was, Oahu!

We stayed at Aulani a Disney resort during our 6 nights on Oahu, and wow oh wow was it amazing! The entire resort was just so beautiful. We got lucky and stayed on the top floor (16th) and they gave us one of the sweetest views I think you could get. Our room looked out to the center of the pool/courtyard, but not only could we see this amazing view, but we could also look out to the ocean! It was absolutely breath taking.

We experienced fine dining, our first luau, traveled along the North Shore... where we even got to see a live surf competition, and discovered one of the locals favorite treats - shave ice! There's so much more and pretty sure you'll want to see our experiences for yourselves.

Our Oahu Travel vlog is linked here:

There's more to share from the second portion of our honeymoon, so stay tuned for that next week.

Trust there were even more adventures we partook in on Maui!

xo's

L

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Diva Villain Looks

Let's talk Diva shall we...

Cruella was one of the first looks I put together, and I was so happy how she turned out. She was the one who kicked it all off and set the tone of what I was ultimately going for.

It's all about the fur darling, oh and spots! I found the Dalmatian top at Zara's along with the leather skort. The fur jacket was a find from Shein. It's actually blush pink, but for character integrity I changed it to cream in the photos. Def a statement piece for the winter for sure. The booties were from Amazon believe it or not, and they're quite comfortable. Lastly, my "long cigarette" is a piece of paper colored and rolled up into one of my green plastic straws I had at home, lol. Hey when you need that little extra to really make it work, you figure it out in a pinch.

The Little Mermaid was always one of my favorites so Ursula was an obvious choice to portray. For the fit I found this at Zara... like a lot of these looks. They just are winning me over lately. This black jumper tho is one of my fave finds recently. So so cute and can be worn with so many different pieces. The necklace I actually made with craft supplies from michael's. I think this shoot is one that turned out way better than we thought it was going to. Sometimes during these shoots you have to remember if stuff isn't working , don't beat yourself up. Have fun and laugh it off. If it's necessary you can always try a redo another day. Most the time tho you will have great things and you're just too in your head at the moment.

Ok now not quite an actual "villain" per say, but Megara is most definitely one of the most sassy disney characters out there, and I'm so freaking here for it! I found this fit at Zara... go figure and I just had to include her in my little challenge. She did have to do Hades' dirty work so she kinda fits the bill. This lilac color tho is amazing! Absolutely obsessed. The backpack is Loungefly, and is adorable with baby Herc & Peg on there. I had to shoot solo on this one and like how I mentioned you most likely will have something within what you took... this was one outhouse days. I was trying to beat the rain, wanted her to be perfect, had no clue my surrounding, and on my own... so had a few obstacles to deal with, but in the end she turned out amazing (to me).

I hope you enjoyed a little more details behind these Diva's looks. I put so much time and effort into making these all as perfect as I could I feel like I gotta continue to share more about them. So many of you loved seeing them on my IG, and I thank you for that love! Incase you missed the posts, you can check them out HERE. Also, here are the modeled lookbooks and behind the scenes if you're interested in viewing :)

xo's

Laura

Lady Tremaine Fit

Sharing a little Villain inspo in this finally week leading up to Halloween!

If you lovelies follow my on Instagram then you already know I have created a photo challenge for us all to participate in for funsies. It's the #xoxoVillainStyle challenge, and it's not to late to play and post some of your own villain inspirations. Head to my post HERE for the details!

I thought it would be nice for those of you who are subscribed to my blog though to share the details and inspo about each fit! Some have been harder than others, but all in all it has been so fun doing.

LADY TREMAINE

Her look was one on the simpler side. I found this burgundy dress on Shein, and knew it would work for her. The high neck and sleeves made it! This dress also could have worked for Mother Gothel, but I was feeling the wicked Stepmother instead.

I already had the "glass slipper" at home. Those are actually a designer look a like I found off of amazon. They're quite nice on for a Louboutin look under $50! The cream booties are new from Nordies, and they have other colors. Lovelies, they are soooo comfortable! Like I may need another color in them, that's how much I love this lace up style. So victorian and y'all know I'm here for that inspo. Lastly, the necklace I made with supplies from Michael's. She wears a teal pendant necklace and this totally completed the look.

I pulled half my hair back to give the idea of her bouffantness updo and that was that.

You can shop the look below and I'll have my discount codes listed too. See the IG post HERE. Stay tuned for lots more this week.

xoxo

L

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