hello october my first favorite fall trend this year is a plaid blazer! the cool thing about plaid blazers is that you can either dress them up or down. maybe throw on a black dress and some booties and tights, or even some black jeans and you can really dress it up. i just love plaid this season! it’s so versatile. now that the weather has cooled down in michigan, i can finally start dressing in some of my favorite fall trends! i am so in love with sweaters, hats, blanket scarves, berry colored lipstick – the list is endless, really. this week i’m bringing you PLAID! this print is everywhere this season and i’m in love. i’ve always been a huge fan of blazers/military style/boy-ish jackets. i just think they make an outfit look super stylish and trendy. the one i’m wearing below is from TARGET! can you believe it? probably because target always has the best. they’re killing it with their fall clothes and accessories. i wanted to buy everything! the jeans i styled the blazer with are also from target. i really liked the “masculine” look of the blazer/jacket, so i wanted to wear a relaxed pair of “boyfriend” jeans as well. and to keep this even more casual, i threw on my vans. coming this fall i am officially in full on fall mode! this weekend the air was crisp and the leaves were falling. it felt so much more like fall than it did when it was 95 out last weekend. it was def sweater weather and i couldn’t have been happier! as i sit here typing all of this, i have my fall candle lit, im sippin on apple cider, and i have my warm fuzzy socks on. literally the coziest of cozy! i’ll be posting a few more of my favorite trends over the next few weeks, so stay tuned. don’t forget you can subscribe to my blog on the side bar or down below to be notified every single time a new post is up. i typically post every sunday night, but sometimes that changes. you can also follow me on instagram to stay up to date! i am so excited to start my fall posts this year!     xo,     courtney raf

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hello sunday this week i was going to do a fall lookbook for my post BUT it was a super hot week -like 98 degrees (not the band) out the entire weekend. there was no way i was about to shoot outfits that included hats, scarves and sweaters when it’s that hot out. it was actually miserable. SO instead, i am bringing you what i do to take care of my platinum/white hair. i’ve written a few blog posts regarding my hair before as i get so many questions – these include how to go one week without washing your hair, how to prepare your hair to go platinum, and the process of going from brown hair to platinum/white. if you missed any of those, click on the links to check them out! getting platinum blonde hair can be a very damaging process, especially if you have naturally darker hair. even more important though, is making sure you keep your hair healthy once you get it to the shade you want. bleached hair is super fragile and if not taken care of properly, can easily break off or be damaged. below are the products i’ve been using that have made my platinum hair super healthy and manageable. my hair here are just a few snap shots of the color of my hair currently to give you an idea! shampoo so for shampoo, i can’t say i’ve tried THAT many. i quickly found one that keeps my hair white, removes brass, and also keeps it hydrated. i use brass off by matrix. it’s the BEST! seriously – i will never us another shampoo on my hair. it does it’s job! if you’re trying to keep those cool tones, it gets rid of any yellow or orange instantly. it also keeps my hair healthy and hydrated. i don’t feel like it’s about to break off when i’m done. as i’ve stated before though, i only wash my hair once a week. and i think that’s really important when you’ve bleached your hair too! letting the natural oils from your scalp nourish your hair. this shampoo is also VERY affordable and you can find it at ulta. a few shampoo’s that didn’t work for me were shimmer lights (very popular for cool toned blondes) and unite blonda shampoo. i tried shimmer lights multiple times because i wanted it to work out so bad,…

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