Bling It On! With Hpnotiq: Show Your Glammest Look To Win The Handbag Of Your Choice!

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Erin

Bling It On! With Hpnotiq: Show Your Glammest Look To Win The Handbag Of Your Choice!

By: Erin

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for Hpnotiq, all thoughts and opinions remain my own. If you know me, then you know I love anything with some BLING on it (have you seen my business card for my blog?) Bling it On and #GlamLouder!

Love glam things as much as I do? You might remember from a few weeks ago, my first post for Glam Louder, on Glam Nails! Well from now until July 28^th 2013, Hpnotiq wants you to show them how you GLAM LOUDER to win fab prizes! During the remaining challenge you can submit photos of the glammest head to toe look you can find. Entries can be pictures you snap yourself or images you find online. Here are a few of my own recent glam looks. How do YOU like to GLAM it up? 😉

A fun day spent with my good friend Wendy, Glamming it up with Allen Taylor Photogprahy. 🙂

Glam louder hair for my birthday as I was going to Club 33 at the happiest place on earth, Disneyland, for a very special birthday dinner! Thanks to Richie Roman for the fab hair! 🙂

Come & Get it at the Orange County Fair!

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Erin

Come & Get it at the Orange County Fair!

By Erin

*Disclosure: I was given media passes to come and enjoy the fair for purposes of this post. All thoughts and opinions remain my own. I have been a huge fan of this fair all my life, growing up here in Southern California! *

It’s that time again! The OC Fair is back in it’s full glory for another fun filled summer month of food, fun, entertainment, exhibits, rides, animals and more now through August 11th, 2013. Orange County is ringing the dinner bell and inviting fairgoers from all around to “Come & Get It.”

Sand sculptor in the making with the “Come and Get It!” slogan for this years fair.

This favorite tradition of many folks in Southern California, including myself are sure to enjoy this theme of “Come & Get It.” You will be able to get your fill of giant turkey legs, fried foods from Chicken Charlies, Texas sized donuts that are maple glazed with bacon on top, funnel cakes, roasted corn, cotton candy, ice cream and tons of other tasty options on a stick, from the BBQ or deep-fried favorites. Take a look at some of the delectable offerings here! 🙂 YUM!

A fair favorite, you have to have a turkey leg while at the fair! Especially when it is covered with bacon! Oh my, so GOOD!

A New Look for Horsing Around In LA Thanks to Allen Taylor Photography!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Erin

A New Look for Horsing Around In LA Thanks to Allen Taylor Photography!

By: Erin

Disclosure: I was chosen as a makeover model for Allen Taylor Photography in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions remain my own, and I highly recommend Allen Taylor Photography!

Working with kids and with horses I don’t usually wear much make-up and usually just end up putting my hair up in a pony tail to get my hair off my face in the warm classrooms (since they don’t all have AC in them, can you believe that??) or when I’m at the barn with the horses, so that my hair isn’t in my way. So I’m pretty much a no-frills girl on a daily basis.

Being at the barn a lot around the horses and just spending a lot of time with animals in general, combined with the fact that I work in all sorts of different classrooms in the schools, I never know if there will be AC or if I will be roasting and sweating all day. Given this, I don’t bother getting all prettied up and spend hours doing my hair and make-up. If I’m just going to be sweating it off and having my hair stick to the back of my neck, I’d rather not and just be comfortable!

However, lord knows I could use an updated photo of myself for my blog and it is fun to get all dolled up for special occasions! LOL

For special occasions I usually just end up getting my hair and make-up done by my wonderful hair guy Richie Roman, since I’m not very talented in that department since I don’t do it on a regular basis. I am way too much of a perfectionist, it would take me days for me to be happy with the way it turns out!

When I found out that my friend Wendy was seeking a couple of volunteers for makeover models to photograph, I jumped at the chance. I thought this would be great fun to do this for Allen Taylor Photography, and to get some more professional looking pictures, instead of the down and dirty ones from the barn for my blog (see below)! 😉

So here are a few “Before” photos: Nothing fancy, just plain and simple.