Obsession: Books

 Like I have said before, I have been obsessed with reading! So I thought that if you guys had some free time this summer, check out my summer reads! And who know! Maybe you will fall in love with these books! :)

1. The A-List

This book series is probably the closest thing to Gossip Girl in reading terms other then that actual Gossip Girl books. But I really enjoy about the books is how its set in Los Angeles. They talk about the places I go to and the places I have been to! My recommendation is that if you love gossip girl, you must read this series. I am currently on the 3rd book of the series, and I'm still hooked!

2. The Daughters

This series is defiantly one of my favorites. It's all about these three girls that all have very powerful parents ( from models to CEO's ). IT's set in New York and it talks about the different problems they have. Plus the woman who wrote is Regis Philbin's daughter! 

3. To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill A Mocking Bird in general is a classic. Everyone MUST read this book. I was able to read this novel during the past school year, and I didn't have enough time to really enjoy the book. So then over the summer I re-read the book and I really realized how much I enjoy it!

4.  The Lying Game Series

Some of you may remember this book as a TV Series on ABC Family a while ago. Once I heard about the show, my friend had told me the book was even better then show, so I ended up reading the series!

And I fell in love!

The books are so mysterious and weird that they really make you think! If you like Pretty Little Liars and that stuff, they you should like the Lying Game!

Hope you guys enjoy the recommendations!

-Xoxo

Sophia B.

Obsession: Blogs

 Since I have more and more free time during the summer, I am able to read about more blogs and discover more people!  My go to way to read blogposts is a app called BlogLovin. Check the app out! It's really helpful when you want to have a list of all of the posts you want to read.

Anyway, Here is my list of my favorite bloggers!

Click on the logos to go to their websites!

-Xoxo

Sophia

Collaboration From Day to Night : Blue Lace Peplum Top

 Hey Guy's! So todays post is something a little bit different, and that is a collaboration post! Today I am collaborating with Carolina Prepster! We decided to do a day to night look, while I use my Lace Peplum Top and she uses a dress! This was a super fun post, and a cool way to think of new ideas of transforming outfits!

Carolina Prepster Link:

http://carolinaprepster.blogspot.com/

Day Look:

{What I'm Wearing}

Shirt: Forever 21

Shorts: Target

Shoes: Target

Earrings: Kate Spade

Bag: Coach

Night Look:

{What I'm Wearing}

Shirt: Forever 21

Pants: Hollister

Shoes: Target

Earrings: Kate Spade

Necklace: Etsy

Happy National Dance Day!

Hey guys! Some of you may know that I am a dancer! And today is a really important day for me and my friends, because its the National Dance Day! If you guys didn't know, but I have been dancing for about 8 years but its about to be 9 in september! I love dancing and spending my time in the studio! My favorite type of dance is probably Jazz, but Ballet is my close second! :)

Here are some pictures that me took the

other day at the LACMA!

What type of dance do you like to do?

or

What sport d you guys play?

-Xoxo

Sophia

A day at the: LACMA and the Grove

Just yesterday I spent the day that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( LACMA ) with some of my friends! This place used to be my favorite place to go when I was little! And it still is! They have such beautiful artwork from Andy Warhol to art on Latin america and Frida Kahlo! I had a great day! Later we went to the Grove to have lunch and we did a little bit of shopping! J Crew was having a great sale so I just had to stop buy and pick up a couple of things!

So here is the outfit I sported for the day along with some pictures I took!

{What am I wearing }

Shirt: H&M

Shorts: J Crew

Shoes: Target

Necklace: Etsy

Purse: Coach

Flower Power

- { Where's it from? } -

Top: Urban Outfitters

Shorts: H&M

Shoes: Target

Necklace: Etsy

Guess who's on Twitter?!

After a few months of blogging, I finally gave in! I got a twitter!

Go follow me on twitter 

@curlsandpearl

Obsession: Stationary

 Lately I have been getting into writing letters! Recently I wrote a letter to Dorothy from PrepInYourStep! I also have been writing to my friend in my old state! I really like going back to writing by hand instead of texting! So since I have been writing  so much lately, I have been getting a lot of stationary box sets! And I just wanted to share some of my favorite sets that I use! :)

Do you guys like to write?

-Xoxo

Sophia

My Summer Morning and Night Routine

     Good Morning! Here is one of my requested routine for the morning and night! Usually I find these on youtube more because they are much easier to film then to write, but I found this actually really fun to write! It makes me thing out the routine I have set up for my self for years, that is just second nature for me! So here it is! Under the photo of my routine, I will explain all of the products I use and the stuff that I usually do.

 - Wake Up -

lol pretty self explanatory :)

- Check Social Media -

If I do not go onto my phone and check my social media, I end up going back to sleep and sleeping for another 2 hours. So for me, I have to have the brightness of my phone help me stay awake.

- Read 5 Pages -

If you read my summer bucket list, you would know that one of my goals is to read more books. And actually my goal is going well! I have so far read 3 books! :)

- Wash Face / Brush Teeth -

This is pretty much a standerd thing. But if anyone would like to know, I use the Clean & Clear Morning Burst Cleanser and the matching Gel Moisturizer!

 - Eat -

As I say again,this is a pretty basic thing. But sometimes I will grab breakfast from the cafe by my house. I adore their breakfast crepes!

- Respond to  email's -

In the morning I either get tons of school emails from my online summer school class or from my blog! 

- Get Dressed -

Sometimes, I get fully dressed because I am going somewhere. But other then that I usually just stay in yoga pants because I don't feel like going in the hot weather. :)

- Clean Up Room -

My room can get messed up from 0 to 30 seconds. Plus it helps me when I study to just have something clean to look at instead of looking at a messy room.

- Start Summer School Homework -

I am taking online summer school for world history. Reason is why is just so I can get the class out of the way. But it does help me keep on track because it forces me to keep a planner during the summer!

- Work on Blog Posts -

I try to make a habit of it of at least working on one blog post a day, either taking pictures of OOTD or of writing a couple of posts so I could get ahead! :)

Now onto my night routine!

- Finish the rest of my homework -

I like to split my homework amount for the day in half, just so then I have some free time to my self!

- Work on Blogposts -

Like I said before, I try to work on blogposts daily. But around this time of day I try to calm my self down and relax! And writing helps me relax! :)

- Take a shower / Wash Face / Brush Teeth -

Another basic thing to do, but during the night time I like to change my face wash and use the Clean & Clean Night Time Cleanser! 

- Read all of the blog post's on BlogLovin -

I try to make this another habit of mine. I like to keep my updated with the blogging world! Plus it helps me get inspiration for upcoming posts.

- Relax/ Read 10 Pages of a book -

This is also another thing that I like to do to relax! Right now I just started reading Mother's Night for my English Honors homework. 

- Sleep -

I try to get my self to sleep around 10:30 ish. I hate staying up super late during the school year, so this helps me to prepare my for school!

So there it is! My Summer Morning and Night Routine!

Whats you Morning and Night Routine?

Xoxo,

Sophia 

Go to outfit for working out!

  Hey guys! This was actually requested blog post! Lately I have been really getting into fitness and becoming more healthy lately! And since it's the summer and I have more free time, I thought it would be a great time to start! Just recently I have started running with one of my friends twice a week. I also have to walk about half a mile to my volunteering building twice a week which is about a half of a mile walk.  As you can tell right now, I do a lot of walking! But I actually don't just walk want run! I actually dance three times a week! During the summer you can usually find me in a ballet or jazz class, sweating up a atom because it becomes so hot inside the room!

 Also I decide to give you guys a preview to what I normally wear for running!

Outfit:

{What I'm Wearing}

Jacket: Nordstroms

Legging: Athletica

Shoes: Nike's

June Favorites

  Hey guys! So I am starting this new thing on my blog where I feature 6 new of my favorite items, 6 of my favorite songs of the moment, and one of my favorite past times that I have loved in the past month! You have probably seen this on youtube videos and such, but I just wanted to do this so I had something to look forward to at the end of each month! :)

Favorite Items:

1. Bluegrass Bows:

 These Bows are currently my go to out fit accessories! They spice up any boring and simple outfit into something fun and eye catching! Both of them are so cute, that I can't decide on which one I love the most! :)

Click here to go to the website for the bows!

2. A-List Book Series:

 During the summer time I love to catch up of my reading since during the school year I don't have a lot of time to. A couple of years ago my cousin gave me this book called " Girls on Film" which is apart of the A-List Series. At the time she said that once I fell in love with gossip girl ( which I did ) that this would be a perfect book series for me! Which it was! The books are so good! It's basically like Gossip Girl but in a Los Angeles setting! Kinda like 90210! Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down! :) You all must read it! 

3. Netflix- Pretty Little Liars:

Ok. So I finally gave in and started watching PLL on Netflix, and I do have to say. I'm in love! I love how mysterious the show can get and how it leaves you at the edge of your seat every time each episode ends! I read a couple of the books back in 7th grade, but then I started getting swamped with homework more and more, so I began to stop watching the show and reading the books! But i'm back and totally in love with it! Who else is addicted? 

                                                 

4. Francescas Shorts:

As it gets more and more hot as summer goes on, more and more summer trends come out. One that I have realized are patterned shorts! these are the perfect way of spicing up any boring outfit into a fun and creative one! I absolutely love this shorts from Francesca's! I got one in all black and one in this print that I am not sure how to explain.... but its cute!

Click here for the link to the shorts!

5. Covergirl Translucent Powder:

For any of the dancers out there, you definitely know that the month of June if known to be the month of dance recitals to showcase what we have learned for the year. And when it comes to dance recitals, it means make up and hair. This past year I was on a competition / preforming team for my dance studio, and I have learned so many make up and hair tips over this year. One of them it translucent powder. This piece of makeup works wonders! Literally! It doesn't only just keep your makeup in place, but my dance teacher taught me how to keep you lipstick in place! Life saver!

Looking for some new tunes?

Here are my picks for the month!

Favorite Past Time:

Honestly, it would have to be my engineering camp in Indiana. Even though I didn't really enjoy the engineering aspect of it, I enjoyed being in a new place and meeting so many different people around the country! :)

What are your monthly favorites?

Xoxo,

Sophia