Wardrobe Wednesday: Easter Style

We were talking the other day about how, way back when, everyone used to dress up for Easter Sunday, gloves, hats, dresses - the lot.

Nowadays, everything's gone so casual - and personally I think it's a shame.

So for today's Wardrobe Wednesday, I present Easter Style.

The Hat:

 Yellow Garden Party Hat $32 by RetroThreadz.etsy.com

The Dress:

 Lemon Chiffon 50s Dress $80 by AutrefoisVintage.etsy.com

The Coat:

 Chartreuse 60s Coat $65 by missfarfalla.etsy.com

The Shoes:

 1960s Yellow pumps $35 by TwirlVintageCo.etsy.com

The Gloves:

 Vintage Yellow Gloves $10 by BountifulGoods.etsy.com

The Purse:

Sweet Rose Bud Embroidered Bag $22 by HauteCountryVintage.etsy.com

Tuesday Trends: Get Your Garden on!

I LOVE planting stuff. Love it. There is something just extremely satisfying about playing in the dirt. Check out my baby tomatoes - I only planted the seeds on Saturday:

And of course, one does not need to sacrifice style....

Vintage Straw Sun Hat $26.50 by JannyFay.etsy.com

Vintage Eyelet Crop Top $7.50 by whatcirca.etsy.com

Vintage ruffle bloomers $32 by artifactory.etsy.com

Gumball ball gardening gloves $20 by meohmygloves.etsy.com

Water proof duck shoes $40 archive5collection.etsy.com

Makeup Monday! Why I love Benefit...

Have you ever found a brand of makeup that literally does everything you want it to do? For me, it's Benefit cosmetics.

Unless I'm doing photo shoots, my makeup is very minimal - I like the no make up makeup look - and so for that reason I don't even use that much. The reason Benefit rocks out so much is they have mini sets at reasonable prices when you think about how long they're going to last. My lastest love is this pallete:

It's $36 - but contains EVERYTHING I need on a daily basis - al I add is mascara and BeneTint:

Both these together come to 56 - but it's everything I need for a good 6 months. Bargain. You can click the images to go directly to the Benefit site to read more about them - but if you use Sephora you can usually get good deals on shipping and many free goodies :)

A very quick update

Myself and Holly - hautecountryvintage.etsy.com - have been featured in Etsy's bog today :)

You can read our story here:

http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/etsy-love-stories-best-friends-who-have-never-met-7323/