A skirt! It has been a while since I have done an outfit with a skirt. This one is probably my most favorite skirt ever because of its awesome color. I love shades of orange, especially paired with neutral colors.
And also, our cottage has the cutest blue dutch door leading into the kitchen from the mudroom…
Head-scarf: Gift from Aunt Cathy / Sweater, shirt, skirt, and pants: J Crew / Belt: State Line Tack / Watch: Target / Oxfords: Zappos.com
Holymoly I am 1/3 the way through this challenge, people! It’s outfit number ten today. And check me out in a summer hat and crop pants, standing in the snow!!
So unpractical. But I plan on staying in the warmth of my own home today, so I can get away with it. And if I do end up venturing out into the world, I will swap the oxfords for boots, for sure.
This sweater goes with everything and it’s really comfy in multiple seasons. Same goes for the pants, but as you might be able to tell, I have worn them a couple times now and they’re getting a little stretched out in the knee region. Time to wash them again {but they’re wool and require hand-washing so I like to get several wears out of them each time.}
I love my dog, plain and simple. He’s sitting on my lap right now as I write this, trying to sneak sips of my coffee! He thinks he is being super stealthy about it but I can read his little food-crazed mind.
Hat: J Crew / Sweater: Anthropologie / T-shirt: J Crew / Pants: J Crew / Oxfords: Zappos.com
It’s March, which means my skin hasn’t seen the sun for about four months…and you can tell. Winter is really rough on our skin- especially a winter full of hockey games {the chin-strap on my hockey helmet is no doubt a happy haven for bacteria which causes pimples…}, followed by really hot showers {very, very relaxing but very, very drying for my skin.} It’s really no surprise that my face has been acting up with a combination of dry skin and pimples.
This is the most difficult combo to deal with because what treats the dry skin usually aggravates the pimples, and what dries out the pimples dries out the rest of my face even more! Needles to say, I am ready for summer, for sunshine, and for my skin to get back to normal!
But here we are in March, and we’re a few months away from summer still. So, I turn to yogurt and honey. Two delicious things to eat, and two wonderful things to put on your face! The yogurt balances your skin, calms and reduces redness, and makes your skin soft. The honey moisturizes.
A big key here is to use quality, organic yogurt and honey. The stuff with added sugar and preservatives should be avoided. I buy the most natural kind of yogurt I can find. Some people make their own yogurt, which I plan on doing sometime soon as well.
This honey was made by a close family friend who raises bees. We usually enjoy it on toast and in tea, but it works great for this purpose too.
It only takes a small amount of both ingredients to make enough for a couple people to enjoy this facial mask. You can store the mixture in the refrigerator for a few days if you cover it with something.
Keep mixing until the honey is incorporated into the yogurt. If your honey came right out of the refigerator, this step could take several minutes.
It can be slightly drippy, so do this over your sink. Just keep applying it until there is a good coating all over your face. It feels so cool and soothing on your skin. Leave the mask on for 10 minutes or so, and then splash it off with cool or warm water.
You might not even need a moisturizer afterward, but in my case I did apply a light lotion to lock in the moisture from the honey. If you have oilier skin, you can add a squeeze of lemon juice into the mask mixture. Lemon juice lightens dark spots and absorbs oil. I dab it directly on dark spots left by old pimples, and it works really well to fade them.
So easy!! And you will see and feel the difference immediately after washing the mask off. Tighter, smoother, calmer, happier skin. I hope this little pick-me-up facial helps get you through until summer!
We’ve been cleaning and fixing up our cottage, which is dirty work, so I haven’t had an opportunity to clean myself up and do an outfit post for a while. It felt good to shower the dry-wall dust off yesterday and snap these shots. Here’s the long-awaited number nine! It was snowing lightly, which made for some pretty pictures…
I have already worn all these items in other outfits, so they probably look familiar to you. I actually had to ask myself, wait, have I already worn this outfit?? I felt a tad self-conscious when I ran to town to do errands, wondering if people think I wear the same thing over and over and never do my laundry…but I am sure no one is concerned with my outfits. Besides you guys {but only because I force you to be by blogging about them all the time!}
Anyway, this outfit was- like all my outfits- about comfort and warmth first and style second. The wool pants are really warm, and I layered two long-sleeve shirts for extra heat-retention. To me, this outfit says, “Yeah I clean up nice but if you’ll excuse me I need to get back to my farm chores now,” which is exactly what I was thinking, but didn’t necessarily intend my outfit to reflect that. Funny!
The chambray shirt I wore on top is a summer shirt, but works for winter when it is layered with something else. Making my clothes work for me in multiple seasons is a great thing that I realized by doing this challenge. Until next time, happy remixing to all the other 30 for 30 Challengers out there! P.S. What am I doing with my hand in this next photo?? Geeeeez I throw like a girl.
Scarf: Target / Both shirts: The Gap / Belt: J Crew / Pants: Nordstrom / Boots: J Crew
My name is Tonia. I live on a rural homestead in Northern Wisconsin with my husband and dog and write about living life with my hands in the dirt.
