Ashley's Bio

Hey guys!

I realize that I do have a short about me tab right on the top of my page, but here I have decided to get a little more in depth about who I am and what I love, that being fashion.

I was born in Miami, Florida and lived there until I was in 6th grade. From there, my family and I moved to Fort Lauderdale so that we could be closer to my sister's university. Much of my ideas about fashion and style come from my mom and sister. When I was younger, my mom did not allow  me to just sit in my pajamas all day, she would make sure that no more than an hour after I got up that I was fresh, clean, and dressed for company, as we usually had family or friends come to visit randomly and she wanted us to have our best foot forward. Now, it doesn't take me hours to get ready, I am pretty low maintenance as it only takes me (after showering and teeth brushing) about 5-20 minutes to put on make-up (if you read one of my prior blogs, you know that I don't even know how to use a lot of make up), but even if it's just something as little as going to the store to pick up some milk, I take a few minutes to put together a sundress and cardigan or cute shorts and an awesome pair of sandals because you never know who you are going to see.

My style sense came from my sister. I own a few pieces that are really bright and loud, but for the most part, my clothes are earthy, darker colors, with calm patterns. That way it is easier to create a variety of different looks with limited amounts of clothes. If you can't afford to have the world's biggest closet, you biggest friend is to stick to earthy color, solids, and calm patterns because when you re-wear them and style them in different way, it is easier to make it look like an entirely different piece of clothes. Like on one blog I wrote, I could easily re-wear all of those pieces of clothes in different ways because they easily go with a ton of other things. Nothing there is too busy and too crazy to wear multiple times a month. Having a closet like this, is also a huuuge budget saver!

As you know, I am all about the deals. I love finding cute clothes for low prices and some of my favorite places to shop are Sandy's, Plato's, and thrift stores in general. Not much feels better than to put together an amazing outfit from head to toe, and it costs you no more than $15.

On top of clothes, I love accessories and playing around with nail polish. Little do some people know, that sometimes it is the smallest things like a cute belt, earrings, or purse that can put an outfit together. I hope one day to be a on-air correspondent on E! where I get to talk about fashion, style and people's fashion all day. It literally would be a dream come true, so if you know Giuliana Rancic, let her know I say "Hey!"

Dazzling up your nails

Since the end of the year is coming and that means it is holiday time, the only thing that comes to my mind is sparkles! I don't know about you, but my Christmas and New Year's is full of glitter, sparkles and flash!

Therefore, I have decided to get a little glitzy with my nail polish, but in a subtle way so that I don't look like too gaudy. I like to celebrate holidays, not be the holiday.

I used Sally Hanson- Extreme Wear "Strobe Light". I started off with a very light coat all over my nail, and let it dry for about 5 minutes, than I did a thick coat, but just over the last 3rd of my nail to give it a cool, gradient effect. Of course, I topped it off with a clear coat. Now my nails have a hint of glamor and glitter!

I will probably do this look again for New Year's but with a gold polish. Can't wait ;)

One nail, two nail, three nail, red nails

Not only is fashion and style about picking out the clothes you love, but it is about keeping up with appearances on all other parts of your bod, and in this case, I am talking about nails!

For guys, really all most of you do is clip them and that is totally fine.

However, for the ladies out there, most of you probably like to give your nails a little color every now and then.

Now, I feel like my hands look really manly if I don't have them a little bit longer, so I usually grow them out to be just past the length of my finger, I file them down so they are more square then round and I always make sure that they are clean because one of my biggest fears in life is to look down at my hands and see dirt under my nails.

The color that I choose today was a "Ruby Red" by Sinful Colors. One of the things that I love about this line is how easily it comes off and how it does not stain my nails at all.

I generally like to put a base coat on my nail first, followed by one to two coats of whatever color I choose and than a a clear coat on top to give it nice shine.

I allow there to be a 5-10 minute wait in between each coat to let the polish dry properly so that I don't get those pesky bed marks on my nails by the next morning (you all know what I am talking about!).

****Tip****
A tip that my friend taught me to keep the nail polish from getting all over  your hands and to make your nail look slimmer is to not paint the nail all the way down to the sides of your nail. It give the illusion of a thinner nail!

What colors do you like?