Thanks for stopping by The Adored Life. I am a college student studying Strategic Communications at the University of Kansas, currently I am a junior. I love my Jayhawks like nothing else and I love my weekends that are spent with my boyfriend, going to Kansas City and studying my butt off for Italian. Or during the basketball season you will find me either at home or at the games screaming and jumping around like a mad woman. My passion in school is for communications but I specifically want to end up within the fashion PR industry.
I'm not going to pretend that I have a ton of fashion sense, I don't wear hipster clothing and have a hard time wearing paisley and stripes together. What I want to learn through blogging is my personal style and specifically how to be more creative with the wardrobe I already own. I love reading blogs which encourage experimentation and playfulness in style and that is my main fashion inspiration.
When I am not studying Italian I can be found obsessively cleaning, writing lists, working out, going to local farmers markets, baking, trying to learn how to cook a steak perfectly and constantly struggling with not managing to hurt myself in whatever I do. I used to do photography so I am often shooting photos and working on my graphic design skills. I am passionate about Special Olympics and people with Downs (my brother has this).
On most Friday nights you can find me taking shots of vodka and dancing on-top of counters till 3 am. *AHEM* No really, I basically am an old woman and am in my running shorts and boyfriends shirt by 9:30 p.m. I don't know where these college kids get the energy they do. Oh yeah...they don't have jobs or have to worry about student loans. I really am a boring, responsible college student. Sorry to disappoint.
Many of you may wonder why I chose this name for my blog and so I just want to explain how I decided on it. Within the past year I have had several major things happen to me, I've moved away from home, gone to a real college and have finally began to really love my life. One day a friend of mine said to me, "Don't you just adore life?!" and I knew that was what the name of the blog was going to be.
Omg. You are adorbs. Like seriously, I wish we were friends IRL. We have so much in common!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! The reason you started blogging is similar to the reason why I started, I've definitely learn't more about my style as well. You're doing good!
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OK -- we are pretty much the same person. I'm Italian (and would love to learn the language), obsessively clean ALL THE TIME and I write lists for literally everything. I even write lists for lists. I feel like we'd be BFFs if we weren't so many states away! ;)
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I want to write a post about how women get disrespected when they have "girly" interests like fashion and makeup and get seen as superficial and all that. How we are made to feel like it's not OK somehow and we need to justify ourselves and show another more appreciated side of who we are when I strongly believe that we don't. I see a double standard. A man can have a passion for sports and no one says anything about it but a woman can't have an interest in makeup without being seen a certain way.
ReplyDeleteI actually got a comment on my blog that wrote, "You girls are stupid spendthrifts, delusional innocents!" on a post where I wrote that I feel having a hobby for makeup is perfectly OK and that I enjoy that it makes me feel beautiful. The main point of my post wasn't that but this is what he was reacting to.
I'm having trouble articulating what I'm really trying to say and the post so far is not being written because of that. I thought you might have some ideas or stories or something to contribute that I could add to this post when I find a way to write it. If so, contact me through my profile. Sorry, I couldn't find your email address to get this message directly to you.
You sound just like me! Is it the typical curly girl persona? I recently realized my hair plays nice if I wash it less, so I'm trying! I typically just rinse and dab in some conditioner, let it soak in then rinse out. Do you do anything different? The only thing I find difficult is finding something to do with my front pieces of hair. I too part my hair on the side and because I was a straightening junkie I have side bangs that don't cooperate with leaving my hair natural. So I pin back, twist, braid...basically anything to keep them from looking like little swords sticking out of my temples :). I think I read somewhere in here that you use bumble and bumble shampoo and conditioner is that right?! I'm obviously a natural born corkscrew head, but new to being okay with it and leaving it natural (with mounds of product of course)! I just don't have the time, senior in college, two jobs a boyfriend and a pillow to meet with for a few hours a night..to look like these beautiful pin up models showing up to my 8:30 am classes..so corkscrew head it is :) and slowly becoming proud of this luscious volume :)
ReplyDeleteYou have one of the best "About me" pages I have ever read. Sounds like PR is the perfect major for you :)
ReplyDeleteahh i just came across your blog! And i am so happy I did love love your style girl
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