Purse Pop

Zara Jean Jacket & Bag | H&M Sweater & Earrings | Urban Outfitters Jeans | Marc Fischer Sandals | Essie's 'Lilacism' Nails 

Every time post skin-singe, like I did the first day in Miami, a serious case of the chills sets in after that beloved sun sets. Therefore, I was pretty much the only person at the Delano hotel at drinks last week with a sweater AND a jean jacket....yet still freezing (if you know me at all, you'll know this is a rarity). I picked up this Zara purse a couple weeks ago, which I'm kind of obsessed with, and threw it on for an extra pop of color to the otherwise muted tones in this outfit for a night out on the town.

DIY Valentine's Manicure

In honor of today's holiday, I figured a nail DIY was in order. I first tried out this one from Refinery 29 but could not get it to look even remotely decent and thought the contrast of red and white hearts would get noticed at work. I've noted a couple times my love for all of the metallics out in stores right now so I decided to channel that into a DIY foil mini-heart manicure.

Materials: pencil, small piece of foil, cuticle scissors, Essie's 'Marshmallow' and topcoat nail polish

Draw small hearts by hand on the least shiny side of the foil

Using cuticle scissors, cut out miniature hearts from foil and place 'dull' side down

Use the pencil or some other small pointed object to position the heart on freshly painted white nails and finish by adding a layer of top coat

Shameless plug: Did you vote for me in J. Brand's 'Style Showdown' contest yesterday? Did you know you can do it again (and again and again) today? Please remember to let me know if you voted so I know which Shanelé follower is in the running for the $300 gift card in the event that I do win. Thank you, thank you!

Polkadot Peplum

H&M Peplum Top | Zara Pants (similar here) | DIY Leather belt | Nine West Pumps | Essie's 'Absolutely Shore' nails | MAC Pink Nouveau lips

Unfortunately Sunday's Super Bowl celebratory festivities forced me to stay out much to late, which is to blame for the lack of post yesterday. If I had to give it a grade, I'd say the weekend started out at about an F- (work Friday & Saturday nights) but that all took a drastic shift for the better when a work trip brought one of my gal pals from birth to the City Sunday. We brunched, shopped and then hit up a bunch of different Super Bowl parties. Flash forward to this week. One of the best weeks of the year (read: FASHION WEEK!). I made the unanimous decision at my desk Saturday night that I would take off work Wednesday to attend the Independent Fashion Bloggers Conference with the lovely Amy A. of ParkerEtc. Pumped.

Also, I was late to the ball last week but joined the hundreds of other lovely ladies taking part in Refinery29's Next Big Style Blogger Contest. Feel free to vote for me by clicking the little heart in the top left corner of my photo (you have to scroll down quite a bit or can just 'ctrl' + 'f' and search for 'Sheena') as much as you want from now through March 26th! As always, thank you for your support! xo.

DIY Marble Manicure

The weather this weekend only allowed for an hour of sun time before the clouds moved in Saturday and stayed through a rainy Sunday. All this time indoors lead me to do a couple things I've been wanting to do for a while like start a Facebook page (which you can 'Like' here) and this DIY marble manicure I saw on Refinery 29. Unfortunately I was only able to wear it for a couple days before heading back to The Cube because I would imagine pink/yellow/green swirled nails infringe upon the business casual dress code...unless you work for Lisa Frank, that is.  If nothing else, it makes for a fun rainy day activity. 

Good luck!

Shanelé

Materials:
- Cup of warm water (it will get ruined so I recommend plastic)
- Toothpick
- White nail polish like Essie's 'Marshmallow'
- Three other colors of nail polish of your choosing.
   I used Essie's 'Mint Candy Apple,' American Apparel's 'Butter' and OPI's 'I'm India Mood'
- Scotch tape

Step 1: Tape off fingers {one strip around the base of nail and one over the finger as pictured} and paint them white to provide a base for the colors to stick.

Step 2: Start dropping alternating droplets of nail polish in the middle of the water. It is important that the water is warm so the colors can spread. I also found that it helps to start with your most vibrant polish, in this case the pink, so it's easier to see the first circle. 

Step 3: For cleaner lines like in the first photo, leave the nail polish as pictured above. For a more 'tie-dyed' look, like in the last photo, use toothpick to make a large * in the middle of polish 'bullseye'. This gets tricky because you have to move quickly before the polish starts drying/clumping (hence no photo of this stage).

Step 4: Put the top of the nail directly in the center of the nail polish bullseye and push all the way down to the bottom of the cup. Let sit for ~1 second and pull out of water. Once dry, remove scotch tape. Your hands will be a little messy but you can use nail polish remover or soap & water to remove excess polish. Some nails may take a couple tries to get the desired look but that's part of the fun!