Levi’s Wedgie Icon jeans | Made in China with American Cone Denim
Everlane cashmere crewneck sweater (gift from Everlane) | size small
Everlane Petra tote | several years old
Golden Goose superstar sneakers | secondhand via TheRealReal
So, here you go: new hair color. I went in to my stylist and showed her a picture of a nice blonde, but with brown undertones, more of a champagne blonde, or even “bronde”, and she said okay – we can get there. But my hair doesn’t lift easily, so she told me it might be a multiple visit process. I don’t know, I’m pretty happy with it as is, though, so I’m not sure I need to go “blonder.” I love it!! I’m glad I went for it, and I think the color we ended up with suits my skintone very well.
And as I mentioned on instagram yesterday, I wore makeup yesterday. I hardly ever wear “makeup” – usually I just use this Josh Rosebrook tinted SPF and call it a day. If I’m going to hang out with friends, or get out of the suburbs LOL, I’ll add some mascara, maybe, but that’s about it.
Yesterday, I wore blush, and eyeshadow as liner and mascara, all Kjaer Weiss. I’ll write more about my thoughts on makeup next week, but overall, I think I’ll try to wear this “look” more often. It’s easy, and I love the way just a few things make my eyes pop a bit, something I know I need with glasses.
Reading:
Andrea posted a preview of some SS17 looks from Only Child (a Grechen’s Closet partner!) and I can’t wait to see more.
Man repeller’s guide to mirror selfies is really funny, and clearly, I need to clean my mirror 😉 Are mirror selfies a thing again?? we’re going full circle? back to where fashion blogging started? I am, I just didn’t realize anyone else was…
Shopping:
Granny panties : These are totally your grandma’s panties, and they are AMAZING. I got a pair of these a while ago, on sale at Rodale’s and wear them when I wear dresses/skirts. I need a second pair for spring/summer. They’re perfectly high-rise and fit nicely, not too snug, not too loose, and they stay put. Best of all, they’re organic cotton and $10 now, on sale (sorry!! they’re sold out on sale). I’d pay full price though, in a heartbeat. So worth it. I wear a medium.
No shopping for me this week, I did enough last week!! But I should receive my Elizabeth Suzann sample sale order (the Clyde jumpsuit!) today, and my Everlane order (ponte cropped pants) this weekend.
Speaking of Elizabeth Suzann; I emailed them just to check on the status of my order, since it had been 4 weeks, and got a wonderful email response from a real-person, and then a very nice response to my response.
And then I was listening to this James Altucher podcast with Daymond John yesterday in which Daymond kept repeating that to be an entrepreneur, to work for yourself, to start something new, first, you must be in love. You have to do it for love first, and hopefully the money will follow. I’d been preaching this to bloggers for years, until I gave up several years ago, because I really felt like the “new wave” of fashion/lifestyle bloggers started doing it for the MONEY, primarily. They may also enjoy it, but I think many saw an opportunity to jump on the blogging bandwagon, and if they had a certain look, they saw that they could turn that into $$$.
But enough of that. I’ve tried to pay attention to this idea of “love” and passion for what we do whenever I’m shopping or interacting with anyone, online or off. And nowhere do I feel it more strongly than Elizabeth Suzann. She has so much love for the people she works with and for the people who buy her pieces, you can feel it and see it in everything regarding her brand. She is so honest and open about everything, and operates with integrity.
In business, and in life, there really is no substitute for love. If you love people, and you love what you do, you will always be successful.
Successful means different things to different people, of course, but success to me is having a community of people who have passion for independent design, responsible shopping, and respect for each other. Clearly it’s not selling as much as possible via SLOWRE, or making more money here, on this blog, or I would operate differently.
It’s funny because when I added a live chat feature on the site, I got lots of questions about fit/styling/etc., and I started noticing that none of my chats ended up in sales, because I was being completely honest with my fit advice.
Oh well. What else can I do? It’s more important to me that my customer, my reader, be happy and satisfied with an interaction than anything else. I give that, and appreciate it when I receive it even more.
Happy Friday!! Go Falcons 😉 (no, I really don’t care, and sort of hate football, but can show a teeny bit of love to my “hometown” team…)
Love this hair color on you!!!
I love your hair!
Wow! Amazing color on you. I don’t usually love blonde dye jobs but this is great. Kudos to your stylist. 🙂
haha! thank you, she’s wonderful. i was there for 3 hours!!! she’s very precise, but also artistic 😉
Thanks for linking me friend! xo
PS I want to see a try-on of that jumpsuit when you get it!!!
I love the hair!!! Cut & colorcare great on you. I think I might be “bronde”!!! #epiphany
I ordered a T -top (long sleeved so I can roll them up) in the olive green shade from Jamie and the Jones when they had a sale last week. I’m so excited for it to come. My husband chose the color for me based on their swatch kit, but it’s truly what I wanted anyway.
I’ll be cheering for Atlanta even tho they beat my Packers (pummeled them, really). Viral hashtag: #NOTOMBRADY #NOBELICHICK 😉
I love your hair, Grechen! It looks very natural and like you’ve always had it. Gorgeous! If you don’t like football, Super Bowl Sunday is an excellent time to visit stores or restaurants that are usually too crowded. One of my favorite things to do!
I love the new hair on you! I feel like it makes your bone structure pop (maybe less shadows around the face than dark hair). I wear very little makeup as well (bbcream, rouge, define/brush brows & moisturizing red lip color is my 5 minute routine (Burt’s Bees lipstick is awesome, not drying at all & don’t have to be meticulous in application). When you do any color change (hair or clothing), make up definitely needs a slight adjustment too. I also love the cut, it will look great sleek or mussed up.
My underwear drawer is ~50% high waisted. I wear high-waisted under dresses and also under high-waisted pants/skirts. Makes a huge difference. Shapewear is impossible in hot humid weather but a good high-waisted panty can make a huge difference. I like hanky panky’s godiva or retro style (high waisted thong), I feel like it pulls up my booty too.
Dear Grechen-
This is a beautiful cut and color on you. I love it and I think you should have MamaV pick out some lip colors for you – Tania’s advice/comment is spot on .
I took a gf from work shopping on Wednesday to a small local shop in Forest Hills that was having a sale on Eileen Fisher and came home with a silk tunic/dress that struck the joy bell- not EF though, you saw it on Instagram yesterday. 🙂
I also bought 3 items on sale from EF at Neiman Marcus, a sleeveless button down chambray dress, a white mandarin collar dress and a sleeveless silk v neck hi/low top in bone. I’m going to Turks& Caicos for a wedding in MArch so I wanted some new pieces to take to mix with other well loved ones. HAve you seen her layering dresses from resort ’17 ? I have my eye on a couple.
Enjoy the fresh hair, the weekend and your purchases! xo
Love it!!!! The concentration of light tones around your face really brightens you up. Plus you look really happy 🙂
Can’t stand football, but would definitely root for the Falcons. ( I do enjoy the commercials though and usually catch up on them the following day.) We’ll often try to go to a restaurant that’s tough to get into otherwise (as long as it doesn’t have TVs!) but I’m working on Sunday and actually have to haul it into the office. So I’ll probably head straight for bed after I get home, not even knowing who’s winning.
Aw, Gena, thanks for recommending me! I think Tania’s comment is spot-on, too….especially about bone structure being accented. Not to mention, your eyes, Grechen!
I’d recommend a nude-ish, but with some color (An overused phrase, but “My lips but better”) shade by Kosas Cosmetics. It’s healthy, non-toxic color, that feels weightless on your lips and lasts amazingly long. I just found that The Dreslyn carries it! I’d try either Stardust or Rosewater. They’d both be gorgeous with your new do! And I wouldn’t change a thing about the rest of your makeup (Well, you know me: I love makeup, so I’d add more blush..haha).
Forgot the link: https://www.thedreslyn.com/kosas.html
You look marvelous, and the first thing that struck me was that you look great in those clothes. (The hair and makeup are really flattering too!)
Ok – late to the party – and I love the new hair colour (and cut) too! You look beautiful, Grechen!
WOW Grechen you stun with that new color!!! I have always thought you looked very youthful (probably because you also very carefully watch what you eat and how you exercise), but your new color literally dropped your visual age from 28 to 21 now. Not that it’s important to look young, but you kicked that “youthful and modern” thing you do up another couple of notches! Not to mention just beautiful! What a sight for sore eyes and so cheering after a bleak week of work!
You look gorgeous! I love your color, cut and outfit!
Hi Grechen! Could you tell me what the underwear you link to is? It’s sold out at Rodale’s now, so the link just leads to a generic sold-out page. But I’m loving the granny panties lately and have been looking for good organic cotton ones!
thanks so much 🙂
absolutely !! sorry about that, i’ll edit the post, but they are these high-waisted briefs in organic cotton by only hearts: http://www.onlyhearts.com/organic-cotton-high-waist-brief/
thank you so much!