One month ago while in Bath the latest UK lockdown was announced. Instead of getting bummed Mark and I decided to truly enjoy our weekend away to the romantic and ancient city of Bath. I have a recap of our weekend coming up soon but until then I wanted to share what I wore for our day of exploring. Mark was kind enough to take these shots in front of the Royal Crescent, a row of 30 Georgian-style terraced houses laid out in a crescent which dates back to the 1760's. This is not quite as glam as some of my other looks but for a rainy day with a lot of walking, a typical Kelly outfit. You have seen this jacket a few times and I even did a recap last fall called Really Love My … Barbour Jacket - it really is such a great versatile piece. It is not ...
My Thoughts on the Philips Lumea Prestige
Let me start off with, Dad, if you decided to be nice and open today’s Sparkles & Shoes email (though you probably did not because you pick which ones based on the title) you can stop reading now, trust me, this is not going to be the post for you. And now that we’ve covered that off, here we go: I am going to start by taking you back two years to Black Friday 2018 when I was extremely sad that I was not home with my family for Thanksgiving and having gone on a business trip to Germany the previous day (Turkey Day) I did a lot of unnecessary shopping from my office. One of these impulse purchases from amazon was the Philips Lumea Prestige IPL Cordless Hair Removal Device. I just double checked it was the one I got and I am certain because when I got the product page ...
My Tips for Visiting Pompeii
By the end of the month i will be in another country and I am so excited to start traveling again. Until then I want to share the next iteration of our Italy road trip adventure. Similar to the Vatican recap post instead of a bunch of pretty picture lacking context today I’m my tips for having the best visit to Pompeii, the ancient buried city. I have now been three times - once with my family, once with school, and once with my fiancé. Ironically two of the three times it rained but that goes to show I have a good sense of it in multiple climates. I shared the last rainy visit back in 2013 but I wanted to change it up a bit and share my experience not from an academic perspective but from the view of a tourists wanting to see the best of Pompeii. For ...
An Winter Color Palette
Cabin Hues You all know I have been in a lockdown mood of regorganzing the flat but I have stopped short of painting. That is for a few reasons, mainly because we rent the flat and would have to then paint it back to white before we leave and we have nowhere to move furniture or stay while in the process. However, that is not say you can not get inspired. In fact, many of you might because while this pin is more than four years old it still brings hundreds of you to Sparkles and Shoes per month. What surprises me is those snapshots scream Summer and I would expect Winter color palette ideas to be trending this time of year. In August 2016 I published a post called Inspiring Ocean Color Palettes featuring the gorgeous designs of Jessica Colaluca, the power house ...
