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Easy (And Weatherproof) Braided Updo

You know those milkmaid-type hairdos you always see celebrities wearing on red carpets with ball gowns, and the look is both odd and oddly cute? I always liked the fancy outfit/slightly disheveled braids dichotomy, but it also always seemed…kind of like a pain.

But with the humid weather on its way, a braided updo is quite the little problem-solver, and so I cobbled together this look, with low side braids that are sweet and casual without being too twee - it's a 'do that's both simple and completely weatherproof, and that works for everything from a wedding (maybe not your own, though) to a day at the beach.

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Makeup & Beauty

Huffington Post: Right-This-Minute Beauty Favorites

Thanks so much to the Huffington Post for today's feature!

Click here for some right-this-minute beauty favorites (including the African Marula Oil that I've been applying every single night and LOVING despite the fact that Kendrick thinks it's incredibly weird, a cheap drugstore pencil that's an instant eye-brightener, and the lipstick that you may have noticed I've been wearing every single day).

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In The Evening (Dress)…

Nighttime (meaning cocktail- or black-tie-requiring) events at nearly seven months' pregnant can be tricky.

I try to avoid picking up big-ticket maternity items, since I don't see the point of spending a ton of money on a piece that will  only be wearable for a couple of months…but formalwear presents a bit of a conundrum. When I was about this pregnant with Indy three summers ago, we went to a wedding and I didn't really plan in advance, figuring that I'd just yank some black dress with a bunch of stretch in it out of my closet and be done, but when I went to try on those stretchy black dresses: nope. Not even close. (I ended up wearing a high-waisted maxi that I had bought at a discount store in Canada with the intent of wearing it to my baby shower.)

Recalling this incident, I actually thought ahead for the Yale SOM spring formal and sifted through my closet in search of potential candidates a good week ahead of time…and was pretty excited to discover that two of my all-time favorite evening pieces - my neon BCBG dress (which I also own in pink, because I love it that much) and my retro-looking swing coat, both which are on my Favorites List mostly because they are super-floaty and comfortable whether pregnant or not - are both cut in a way that totally accommodates my new shape.


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