Things I do in bed

Well, I apologize in advance for any slow response times to comments and the inability to read around at everyone's blog posts! We had such an amazing turnout yesterday for Manic Monday, and it's just getting started! I feel bad when I can't enjoy everyone's posts who took the time to linkup and participate. At least not right this second! I shall catch up this weekend!

After having a travel free month for work in July, I have two pretty long trips scheduled this week and next week for August already. And since travel outfits aren't necessarily blogworthy, you'll be getting a couple of outfits I've worn over the last couple of weeks, but held on posting since I knew I'd need some filler outfits while I was on the road. This is one of them, which you may remember from Instagram:

via Instagram

I'm not even joking when I say I came up with this outfit lying in bed debating on whether or not I wanted to go to work. I had been fighting migraines all week and was not feeling the best that morning. I did what any girl does first thing in the morning and grabbed my phone to see what the latest was on Instagram. You know, in case I missed something while I was sleeping. Well, luckily I ended up seeing this post which led me to order this vest (seen here) at 6 in the morning, while lying in bed. Seems silly, but by 9am that same vest was backordered, so thank God for Instagram, amiright?

Anyhoo - I'm getting off topic here! After being gently persuaded to take the plunge and buy that vest, I was checking out Emily Gemma's other posts and came across her outfit here. And that outfit was the motivation for me to get out of bed and get dressed.

Polish: Chanel "Atmosphere" | Bag: Kate Spade (option) | Top: from Marshall's (option, option) | Bracelet: Gifted, Gorjiana | Jeans: Express (option) | Wedges: Jimmy Choo (budget option here and here)

Looking back at these photos, I can't help but be thankful for my curling wand. It has just done wonders for my hair, and I love the way it looks. Not only that, but I feel like these curls last a long longer, too. Remember my tea party look here? That was second day hair. I didn't re-curl it at all.

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I had to do a side by side comparison for you guys. The photos on the left were done with a traditional curling iron. The photos on the right were done with my curling wand. Definitely two different types of looks, but the wand just gives my hair more depth and texture. Yes, a little more time consuming, but certainly worth the results in my opinion. If you missed my video tutorial on how I use my wand - you can catch that here! How do you think your hair looks best? And am I the only one who looks at Instagram before I fall asleep and as soon as I get up?!

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