instagram diaries

  Finally done with finals! After my test I went hiking with my sister at our

local spot and..

  .. we then relaxed at the Blue Lagoon in the sun, the weather was unbelievable

that day!

  A new favorite! My mom gave me this and it seriously smells so good that I

kind of want to eat it.

  A throwback from last May! I love love love this post featuring this gorgeous

Zara fringed dress, the pictures were taken at Loyola Marymount University

in LA.

 Went shopping for a birthday gift for my dad at GK Reykjavík and saw this

amazing Alexander McQueen dress! I have been thinking about it ever since..

  Wish that every single day was this beautiful!

 |Working as a stylist backstage at a fashion show! How gorgeous are those

Zara shoes?! Clothes are by Free Bird.

  Love getting beautiful things in the mail! I was craving a pair of white and 

coral lace triangle bras and got these off eBay for $5 each, they are amazing..

 What makes my job really hard! I want everything..

Hi everyone.. I am alive after going MIA for the weekend both here and on Instagram! This week

was my last week before starting at my summer job so I wanted to take some time to just have fun

and relax a little bit. I also worked at a fashion show here in my hometown and so much fun doing

that. As you can also see I got some cute stuff in the mail like the lace bras that are a favorite of mine

at the moment. I bought one in black at Urban Outfitters last year and I love it so I wanted to get more

colors. I ended up ordering some from eBay since they were cheaper and I actually think that they are

much better than the one from Urban. I got it in a coral and white color, perfect for the summer. 

For the whole year I have not been working so I have had a lot of free time to work on the blog

and do shoots but now for the summer I am juggling both the blog and my new job so it will be

a bit more difficult but I will of course do my very best. I guess it's good practice for the fall when

I start at university and that will take a lot of my free time! But I have some fun summer outfits

planned for you, will do a shoot at the end of the week and I am super excited!

P.S. You can follow me on Instagram under @alexsandrab.

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pleat back

ASOS pleat back jumper  (buy here)   |     OASAP skirt     |     VJ STYLE bag (here)     |     ZARA heels     |     CHOIES necklace (here)

So, here we have the last outfit that we shot at this location (see the others here and here..). I have to

say that this one is my favorite, even though the white dress is so gorgeous but this outfit is so much

my style and feels so comfortable at the same time! I am using a lot of new items in this posts (jumper,

the bag, the necklace..) and I love the styling all together. It's pretty basic but the statement necklace 

adds that extra touch that it needs. I instantly fell in love with this jumper while browsing Asos, when

I saw the pleat back there was no turning back! You have seen the bag before here, it's a favorite.

I really hope you liked the posts we shot here at this location! We had such a fun time shooting there

and it's so nice to have a great place to shoot inside when the weather does not allow us to shoot the

pictures outside. But our goal this summer is to shoot some amazing pictures in all sorts of locations

here in Iceland, I really want to capture the gorgeous nature and city life in the upcoming outfits!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thank you for reading.

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new in: statement piece

VELVET rhinestoned chaine necklace 

Look what waited for me on my nightstand in a cute little pink box when I came home yesterday! You

must know already that I have a slightly huge obsession with statement necklaces. I usually wear super

simple outfits so a statement necklace is a nice touch to add to make sure that the outfit does not become

boring. I found this one on a particularly slow evening while hanging at my boyfriends studio (it makes

time to do some online browsing, oops..) and when I first laid my eyes on it I knew it had to be mine.

Now, two days later I have the most perfect outfit planned for this and I can't wait to show it to you!

I found it on an Icelandic store called Velvet and it has been a favorite of mine for a while now. You

could say that it is my new go to place for jewelry and accessories since we don't have Forever 21 or

H&M here in Iceland. I also got these super cute infinity rings the other day and have been wearing

them ever since, I just love simple and dainty jewelry!

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little white eyelet dress

 DAHLIA eyelet dress (buy it here)     |     ALDO shoes

White dresses continue to be a summer favorite of mine this year. You may remember my obsession

with them last year (see posts here and here) and it seems I am nowhere near getting bored of them. 

I actually now have over 10 white dresses and this eyelet one from Dahlia is the newest addition to

the little family. I was so excited to receive it and it did not fail me when I tried it on, it fit me like a

glove. Plus, how gorgeous is the buckle detailed back?!

I wish I could wear this dress outside right now but it's just too cold to go barelegged so I decided to

shoot this dress inside and there was no location more perfect than this gorgeous concert hall called

Harpan in Reykjavík. I know that this dress will be a stable piece of my summer wardrobe, since it

is an easy piece to dress up or down! What is your favorite summer trend?

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striped + quilted

 ASOS striped tee (buy it here)     |     FOREVER21 leather skirt     |     ZARA sandals (here)    |     66° NORTH jacket

If you follow me on Instagram (@alexsandrab..) you may have seen that I did a little shoot with my
photographer (and sister..) at Harpan, a concert hall in Reykjavík. I am so excited to show you the
results from the shoot but first I wanted to share with you the outfit that I wore that day. You may
also have noticed on Instagram that I just got a new jacket the other day and I am finally getting the
chance to show you an outfit featuring it. I have literally been wearing it like crazy since I got it.
I love love love that it is quilted and oh, it's just so comfy and goes with so many things. Since we
did a little shopping before the shoot I wanted to stay comfortable so I wore my leather skirt with 
my new striped t-shirt from ASOS (buy it here). It's seriously the most comfortable t-shirt ever!

Stay tuned after the weekend for the results of the shoot.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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P.S. I will announce the winner of the giveaway on Facebook 
tonight! So you still have some time to enter here.

instagram diary

 One of my favorite things to do is visit Ikea! I love that store and I always find 

something cute to take home with me. On my most recent trip I picked up these

cute glasses for the summer as well as some other goodies (hint: the vase and

white hydrangea in the background).

Working on the three part style posts featuring the peach jacket. I had so much

fun shooting these and planning the outfits, see the first one here, the second 

one here and the last one (which is also my favorite) here.

 I am not lying when I say that I am a shopaholic. Here are some pieces that I

ordered from ASOS and Forever 21 as well as some Zara and H&M goodies 

from my mom. 

Among the goodies was this gorgeous green printed bikini that I blogged about

here. I can't wait until the sun comes out so I can use them.

 I love small and dainty jewelry so this arrow necklace from ASOS immediately

caught my eye when browsing online. I knew I had to get it and I do not regret

it. You can get your's here.

It's that time of year again, finals! I graduated over a year ago but I took one

class this semester to get ready for college this fall.

 New jacket for the summer from 66° North. I have two parkas from them (this

one in black and this one in shiny red) and I love them both but they are way

to heavy for the summer so this one is perfect and I love that it's quilted.

You can buy it here!

Me + my photographer (and sister..) at a outfit shoot at a gorgeous location!

You will see the results in the next post this Friday.

 Beautiful summer pieces at Zara! I have such a hard time going to that store 

since I want every single item in that store! I fell in love with this dress..

 .. and it may have followed me home! I decided not to get it at

first but then I went to grab some dinner and could not get it

out of my mind so I ran just before the store closed! It is so

pretty and I can't wait to wear it with some heels and slicked

back hair this summer.

I also got this gorgeous one piece nightwear! I love these things and I am a 

sucker for cute PJ's. Even though these are not that comfy to sleep in it was

just too cute to leave without. I love the print and the lace details. I got it

at Lindex and got a new belt there as well, don't know why I never go

there more often, they have really cute stuff.

Love starting my mornings off with a nice breakfast. This is my favorite at the

moment, banana pancakes with coconut flakes and fresh fruit. The pancakes

are so easy to make, you just mash one banana and add one egg and mix. Then

you put it on a medium heated pan until they get that golden color. 

I guess you can say that my Instagram feed this week was filled with a lot of new goodies. First of all,

my parents came home from Glasgow with a whole bunch of new clothes and shoes for me. Second,

I found the jacket that I have been craving for some weeks and I just had to get that (on sale, score!)

and last but not least, I went shopping with my sister! We are both serious shopaholics so when we

go together, it can be dangerous! But, I love all the new pieces I got and can't wait to start planning

outfits and shooting some for you this summer. 

I also wanted to remind you that the giveaway closes on Friday! You can see more info about

it here but the only thing you need to do to enter is to like me on Facebook and comment on 

the post how you would style the bag, pretty simple right?!

xxx

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peach jacket III

VIVILLI jacket (here on sale)     |     MANGO shirt     |     OASAP skirt     |     ZARA heels     |     H&M sunnies

  So here we have the third and last styling of the peach jacket (see the first post here and the second 

one here). This styling is my favorite of the tree and you know what they say, always save the best

for last!  I have had the idea of this outfit in my mind for so long and I have no idea why I haven't

shot this outfit before. I love the simplicity here as well as the light colors and the whole look is so

feminine and classy. I paired the jacket with a white basic Mango shirt (it's one of my best purchases

ever..), a black basic skater skirt that you have seen me in way too many times, black strappy Zara

heels, a black clutch and some fun pastel sunnies! 

I hope you enjoyed these styling posts and let me know if you want me to do them more often! Since

I am a student I can't spend as much as I would like on clothes and shoes so it's very important to buy

pieces that you can use often in different stylings. It is also so much fun playing around with different

stylings because often, you get something amazing out of it and it's a great way to express yourself!

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peach jacket II

 

  VIVILLI jacket     |     SUGARLIPS dress (here)    |     ZARA heels     |     VJ STYLE clutch (here)

Here is the second styling of the gorgeous peach jacket! In the first post I styled it with jeans, t-shirt and

sneakers for a casual day look but for this look, I wanted to go more dressier. I got this dress a couple of

weeks ago in the mail from the lovely people over at Sugarlips and as soon as I got it I wanted to go out

and shoot it right away! The only problem that was stopping me was the cold weather and snow so the

dress waited patiently in the closet for a warm sunny day. 

How gorgeous is the print and the mix of colors! It's the perfect dress for the summer and I can see me

wearing it at the beach on a hot day running around in the ocean! Sadly, there is only one beach here

in Iceland and the ocean is pretty cold. But I know what I will pack first if I go on vacation soon!

Stay tuned for the last styling, which is also my favorite!

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P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway! Enter here.

in with the new..

 VJ STYLE pants + bag

There is no better way to start the weekend than getting some packages! I got two on Friday, one from 

Ahai and then another one from VJ Style. I was super excited for the one from VJ Style since their items

are always very nice and I was so excited for those amazing wine pants. Can imagine pairing them with

a white basic tee, black sandals and throw on a white blazer over for a nice summer day! I also ordered

this amazing large shopper bag and I love love love the texture of it. It's also super spacious so it is the

perfect bag for people that always tend to carry a lot of unnecessary things in their bags (just like me..).

You can buy the pants here and the bag here.

P.S. Stay tuned for the second style post, will be up on Friday 
and I just got some more new goodies from the UK! Will be
doing some fun outfits and new in post in the next days.

xxx

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