Pink New Balance on ya feet + sunnies

Hey y’all!! Happy Monday! Stopping in quick today to share the perfect pink tennis shoes with y’all!!

I’m super crazy busy trying to prep for leaving Wednesday morning but I know I have to get these up fast because some stores are already selling out!

This is the old school style new balance from like circa 2016! I remember having this style in high school, In like a Maroon color! Of course when I saw this color I died and had to add them to my cart! They also have them in a mint color and a tan! I love them all!!

Um how much are these tan ones remind you of your high school years all my late 80s/early 90s babies?!

HERE is the link you can click on to get any of these colors!! If you have your eye on them I’d dive in because I can tell they won’t be around long!

I’m also CLEARLY loving this whole pink sunglasses thing! Ryan got these for me off of amazon so I will link them below and add some other options!

Amazon | $13

Urban outfitters | $16

Urban Outfitters | $16

I don’t know where all my readers are located but today in Nola has turned out beautiful! Throwing on my pink sunnies & heading to run some errands!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

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The perfect stripe cami dress

Hey yall! Hopping on today to share this adorable cami dress I found with you guys!! It’s so versatile & under $30! Scroll down to see why I love it and the different ways you can style it!

This dress is perfect for the winter/spring transition as it can be worn alone or with something light on top! I’m also loving it because it’s the perfect date night or girls night outfit! I can tell you I will style this again with a jean jacket and maybe some white Keds! It’s casual but can definitely be dressed up!

I also want to talk about for a second how much I am loving the whole cardigan trend going on. I have to say I love big cardigans/longline cardigans paired with a tight dress or even a pair of jeans/jean shorts with a cami underneath. Letting one side slide off your shoulder gives it a sexy feel and shows off your shoulder, a part of the arms girls aren’t super insecure about!  I think this look is good and covers you in all the right places basically lol! I’ll totally feel comfortable wearing a tight dress with a cardigan to dinner anyday pahaha!

I chose to pair it with a light cardigan on this particular day because it was freezing haha!! I felt like between the long line cardigan and the stripes that I wanted to do a very simple shoe, one strap heel for the win!

Have I ever expressed my love for one strap heels? They are my GO TO! I feel like they are simple & sexy! Since they have a very thin ankle strap I feel like they are perfect for making you leg look extended! And I think they are the perfect shoe because they can be casual,with a pair of jeans and a sweater or dressy, with a cocktail dress or even super dressy with a gown! I think everyone should have a good pair of these in both nude and black because they are THE PERFECT VERSATILE SHOE!

Sharing the deets below each photo so y’all can shop the product!! Y’all know the drill!!!

Forever 21 | $28

Forever 21 | $38

Forever 21 | $35

Forever 21 | $14

My exact cardigan is sold out but I linked all these similar options for you guys! Also adding a few one strap options in the slider below!

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Happy Thursday guys! One more day till the weekend!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

📸 : Nina Celie

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Pom Pom Shoes + Beanies

Is this hot weather bumming anyone else out? I’m not ready for this haha! I hate being cold butttt it went from like chilly to straight up 80 degrees in like a week! What the heck!!!

We leave next week for keystone Colorado so I’m over here cold weather outfit planning in the heat!

I am OBSESSED with these Pom Pom shoes! Or really any Pom Pom shoe! These are actually from Target and they have a bunch of other colors as well, plus they are on sale for $13 … yes, you read that right!!! These can definitely be worn into doing and summer if you ask me!

click HERE to snag them

When I saw this velvety Pom Pom beanie I freaked and knew I needed it, because duh! They match! I also am obsessed with this pink teddy jacket but they are all sold out! I’m linking some other options below!

LuLus | $19

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Hope everyone has a fabulous Thursday night & that they get their Sam Edelman copy-cat Pom Pom shoes for $13! Pahaha!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

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Tobi picks

Hey guys!! Who’s happy it’s Friday?! Y’all are better off than me because I have one more day to go! The dreaded Saturday at work! Been doing it for years and I’m never not bitter about it!

Today I’m sharing this so cute and comfy sweater dress from Tobi with you guys & also sharing some of my top Tobi picks for the end of winter! Nows time to stock up on cute winter sweaters because lots of places are marking them down!

Scroll below to see all my Tobi picks (some of these are totally in my cart) P.S. they are having a big sale that ends tomorrow!

Tie Blouse | $30

Colder Shoulder Top | $19

Front Tie Sweater | $31

Lace Up Sweater Dress | $31

Off the Shoulder sweater | $36

Bell Sleeve Sweater | $32

Lace up sweater | $32

Cross Sweater Dress | $33

Stripe Sweater | $56

Lace up arm Sweater | $36

Linking my exact dress pictured below

Lace up Sweater Dress | $36

this dress is a pretty perfect length if you ask me! Not too short, or too long!! VERY soft!!!

Happy Friday shopping!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

Blowout Box Give Away ft H2O

Hey guys! Happy Valentine’s Day!! I’m doing a Blowout Box Instagram give away with H2O so head on over and enter if you have Instagram! If you don’t simply comment on this post & I will include y’all in the drawing! Winner will be announced on 2/14 at 4:00pm!

I also want to take some time today to talk about H2O and a little bit about this product!

I’ve worked at H2O for about 11 years now. However, I practically grew up here! My mom has been a hairstylist at the salon for around 28 years (give or take) at this point! You could say a love for hair just runs through my veins hahaha!

I ALWAYS knew I wanted to do hair and always knew I wanted to work at H2O, (I have a H2O Barbie I made when I was little to prove it) there’s something about the energy here. Things are always busy & the atmosphere is always fun!

What makes the salon even better to be at is the team! Most of my coworkers have been here for years, everyone knows everyone’s clients & it’s really such a family atmosphere. A lot of salons have stories about not helping each other out or this person being mad that this person is in their chair but there’s no competition here because we’re really all very passionate about hair, our clients & each other!

I also might be bias but we can all rock out some freaking hair! I think we all owe that to the fact that when we start with the company, they instill their work ethic & a little bit of the H2O touch to our technique!

Basically, we’re here to create gorgeous hair & here for our clients who are the most important thing at the end of the day! We don’t stop at hair though – We have a full spa, an amazing skin clinic with the best aestheticians, and a blowout bar upstairs!

Our product lines are also amazing! Paul Mitchell is an amazing product line full of affordable options for all hair types. Kerastase is our luxury hair line that I am seriously obsessed with! You get what you pay for and I can honestly say nothing’s the same as Kerastase!! We also sell Shu Uemura which is a taddd fancier then Kerastase & their sister line! Between these 3 lines, we’ve got everyone/every hair issue you could probably think of covered!

Now, a little bit about the product in my give away! Kerastase has a ton of different lines within their line. That’s what I love about them! Everyone’s hair issues are different and so having all these options makes it easy to solve a hair problem! Moisture, shine, breakage, thin, & unruly hair types all have products!

This particular blowout box features the keratine thermique from their discipline line. This product is a smoothing taming milk that protects from heat & fights frizz! This product is obviously perfect for our hot/humid Louisiana summer that’s right around the corner! The blowout box comes with a full-size & travel size thermique and two hair clips! The travel size is great to bring to the beach, my little trick is to put this in my hair after I get out the beach water because it helps smooth it and not look so crazy!

hope this post want too long but wanted to fill you guys in on my home away from home & give a little product knowledge!

Hope everyone have a LOVEEEELY Valentine’s Day and want to say thank you, thank you to my little family of followers! Yall make me feel the love 😘

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

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Banana+Nutella Crescents

Valentine’s Day is for baking when it really comes down to it right?! Especially when it’s only 3 ingredient baking and takes under 15 minutes!

Everyone loves a good crescent roll, but a crescent roll stuffed with Nutella and some banana? Now THATS true love!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• one pack of original Pilsbery crescent rolls

• Nutella

• 1 ripe banana

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Preheat oven to 375

• While oven is heating open crescent rolls and spread them out on parchment paper that you will bake on.

• Using a knife softly spread Nutella down the crescent dough.

• Cut banana slices and place them on Nutella.

• Roll up crescent dough as you normally would & align them on parchment paper.

• Place in oven and cook according to package time. I believe it is around 9-12 minutes (I went for 9).

• REMOVE & EAT!

These are honestly SOOOOO the best when they come out and are warm because everything is all gooey & delicious!

Side note : this is even great for little ones because they are obviously in love with Nutella too! It was a hit with Hayden when I made a few leaving out the banana pieces!

I’m sure you could spice this up with any sort of filling as well! I’ve have some ideas for Nutella & Strawberry’s or even peanut butter with bananas! Let me know if you guys try any different ways!

Happy Valentine’s baking y’all!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

Mardi Gras’ The Bomb

Mardi Gras may be the bomb but I am a totally DUD at a parade pahaha! Happy Sunday y’all!! I hope everyone that’s parade-ing has lots of fun! But I’ll be staying inside today anyone who knows me knows I am not a huge Mardi Gras fan!

Doing a quick post to share this bomber jacket/hat with you guys & to also shout out to MIA BOUTIQUE on Metairie road because that’s where they both came from! Angie is ALWAYS there to help make great outfit choices & is ALWAYS the sweetest! She is such a doll!!

You can obviously get both of of those there but I’m sharing some other cute bombers below! They are pretty much all from forever 21! Click the links below them to view!

HERE | $37

HERE | $19

HERE | $19

HERE | $17

HERE | $19

HERE | $32

HERE | $15

HERE | $37

HERE | $42

Such cute choices & I love how bomber jackets can look casual and be paired with lots of different outfit options!

Hope you all have a fabulous Mardi Gras weekend!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

Blush + Furry Fringe

Hey y’all! Keeping this post short and sweet! Sharing this outfit I think you guys would love that’s perfect for date night with your boo or girls night out!

I’m OBSESSED with this sweater! I love the fringe hanging off of it and like I always say, I am forever a fan of white jeans!

The exact sweater picture is pretty much sold out at the moment but I’ll keep an eye out for restocking BUT for now I found some FAB maybe even better 😑 alternatives that are JUST like it!

Forever 21 | $49

Also comes in White & Black! SO CUTE!

Forever 21 | $68

Also comes in black.

Forever 21 | $48

Also comes in cream. WANT.

Forever 21 | $48

Cream also.

Sidenote: when I ordered this I originally ordered a large in the sweater because I could tell by the fit that I wanted it to be very big and hangy on me. They canceled my order and I was stuck with the medium. I’ll go into the way I size in a post very soon but just go with me and size up! It’s not as form fitting in you if it’s loser and with the fringe making you look bigger it’s better for it to be way looser so you can tell it’s that and not you!

This is my exact sweater -> HERE is the link $49 but limited sizes!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae
📸 : Nina Celie

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Bonding With Our Better Halves

Hey guys! With Valentine’s only a few short days away I wanted to share a post all about ways we can spend time with our better halves!

We all know we can get caught up in the hustle and bustle of our busy day to day lives but spending time together doesn’t have to always be a major to do! Making little changes here or there can work some major magic!

Its easy to turn to the normal dinner & a movie scenario but here’s a list of some ways me and Ry spend time together & some ideas I’d even like for us to take on!

• get cookin’

I love getting in the kitchen with Ryan! Whether one of us is running the show or we’re making something together it’s always fun just hanging out it the kitchen with each other! It makes for a good time to get together and chat about your day or anything exciting that’s going on! Plus it’s kinda a good way to accomplish something together, that sounds silly but it’s true!

• play a game

Basically think channeling your inner child! I’m cracking up typing this because I’m thinking, now THIS is something I have to say we are really good at! We obviously play games when Hayds around but we’ll pull a game out just us too as well! It’s fun to have a little friendly competition! We’ll play a board game, pull out a pack of cards or I’ll even try to leave him in the dust on Mario Cart (it’s always the other way around though). Klask is so fun, it’s like a mini air hockey & I love skip-bo!

• break out the bikes

Okay, I LOVE riding bikes in general! Hopping on a bike is a great way to get some outdoor activity in together, and on a pretty day there’s nothing better then getting some sunshine with your best friend! One time me and Ryan road all the way from my house on the bayou to port of call! I will say I wouldn’t recommend a monsoon & bike driving considering I bit the dust on the way home, BUT we had SO much fun & I laughed the whole way home even with my bloody wrist!!

• pick out a show

Um how fun is it to share excitement for the same show coming on every Monday night haha!? This sounds silly but again it’s something small and simple that gets you to unfocus about everything else and hop on the couch together!

• unplug

Talk about or schedule certain times the phone should be off limits. Maybe you’ll both say dinner is a time to stay off the phones. Or maybe for a hour at this time at night or that time. Just an idea! This is something I really try to be conscious of. Although I’m not always the best at it, at least I can acknowledge it’s important!

• get a common interest or hobby

Have one together, or make it a point to be interested in the others hobby! It’s important to have your own hobby as well but being supportive of your significant others or having a common one is a great way to bond & spend time together! Pick a room in the house to redo or a certain goal to reach together!

• hop in bed

Ahh this isn’t going where ya thinkin’ (although that’s important and all too). This is simply what it says. Every night me and Ryan go to bed together! Even if I’m not totally ready for bed, I love to be able to lay with him for a little while and chat before we go to sleep! This was never a priority to me but in the time we have been together it’s just something I have made a thing and I think it plays a important roll in ending our day together! Now once he rolls over I normally get on my phone, do what I’m doing now (blog) or catch up on my emails! I’m not saying there’s never a night I don’t stay in the den and watch a movie or something but I could probably count that on one hand!

• do a chore

Okay, what makes doing a chore better? Obviously doing it with someone else 😂 duh! Maybe I’m a weirdo but I really don’t mind standing in the laundry room with Ry folding some clothes! Or even straightening out something here or there! I think this is always a good thing because your accomplishing something together!

Now obviously I’m just sharing some of my ideas – I am in no way the queen of loveeee, but I do genuinely attribute some of the nature of my relationship to these little habits we have/make!

I’m linking some of our favorite games & things you can use to make your Valentine’s Day special/use to spend time together below in my shop the post slider!

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I also wanted to share the cute sweater I have on from TOBI it’s so comfy! I’m linking it HERE for you guys!

If any of you guys have any different ideas or special ways you get your time in together or just fun out of the box things you do with your significant other you have to share with me!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

Secret Store Share

Hey Now, this may not be a secret but it was to me until I went to Boston a few years ago! So if y’all already knew about it tell me and I’ll know I’ve been living under a rock pahaha!

It’s called UNIQLO and they have tons of cute clothing all for a super reasonable price! I’ve gotten jackets from here for years when we visit Boston because they have puffer vests and jackets for like $49 – $69 that’s pretty good!! Me and Ryan also always stock up on ski goodies because they have these clothes that are made for keeping the heat in & keeping you warm!! These shirts are like freaking $10 so this store is basically the bomb.com!

The first time I had visited it in Boston about 4 years ago it was just a pop up shop, they basically had set up tons of racks in one of Boston’s most popular shopping destinations and were testing it out! Now they have a two story store there! I also found one in Disney would pahaha! Leave it to me to make time to shop!!!

Anyway, back to the clothes because I’m sure y’all aren’t interested in a history on the store! This zip up is SO CUTE! I love the color and really wanted about 10 different colors but I went with something I knew would match! It’s super warm as well!

I’m sharing this with you guys but am also tagging a few other things I’ve gotten from them! Their puffer jackets/vests are VERY light weight & warm! They can roll up into this super tiny bag they give you which makes them great for packing! I don’t know about y’all but when it’s time for a cold trip it’s like I need two suitcases, one for clothes and one dedicated to jackets and boots!!!

I’m liking all these below so you guys can check them out!!

Fleece | $9

Okay, this is my exact fleece! It’s on sale for $9 and they have VERY limited colors and sizes, if you want this JUMP on it! Also linking a similar option below!

Fleece | $29

Puffer Jacket | $69

I love this jacket, I have two colors & wear them all the time when we are in Colorado or Boston! The white is a good pick because it can match with anything you throw on!

Vest | $49

I have this vest in both this color & pink! They aren’t offering this EXACT vest in light pink anymore but, they still have a pink without the collar! Linking below!

Vest | $39

Those all all the goodies I have! I love them and really think they are a good pick if you heading somewhere cold soon! I also wanted to share some of my other picks that I DONT have but surely wish I did! I’m trying not to cave but I have no self control so who knows, I might own these soon! #someonegetmeanintervention

Down Parka | $69

I didn’t know they made ones with hoods until my friend apple told me! LOVE that it has a hood because snow hair is not fun + I love this rosey color! Drooling over this one!

Vest | $49

Vest | $49

Love both of these colors! They are different & I think they’d be fun to add a little pop of color!!

Everything runs pretty true to size. The only reason I size up sometimes is because I plan to have LOTS of layers underneath. I absolutely hate being cold. I’d rather have to remove layers then be freezing!

My leggings are lululemon & I linking them HERE because I knew you guys would ask!

Hope y’all have a fabulous Tuesday!!

XoXo, Chelsey Rae

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