I remember when I was a little girl, my mother would occasionally get all glammed up for a night out with her girlfriends. As much as I dreaded being left with my two mischievous brothers (they’d team up and plot against me), I loved nothing more than to study my mother as she carefully applied her makeup and donned my grandmother’s antique jewels. I’d gently slip my toes into her high heels and clomp around her bedroom dreaming of the day when those heels would slip perfectly onto my feet. My mother would finish her routine with two spritzes of her favorite perfume, one for me and one for her. Every now and then, I swear that I can still smell just a hint of that sweet floral scent.
My grandmother was quite the fashionista in her day, donning heels and a dress to run errands at the store and having a standing weekly appointment at the hair salon. She was a true trailblazer and to me the very epitome of glam which she carried through even into her eighties. She instilled the belief into my mother that ladies should always put their best fashion foot forward who then passed that wisdom onto me. So, when the opportunity presented itself to have a glamorous night out with my girlfriends at a local charity event, I took my grandmother’s advice and followed in my mother’s footsteps and transformed myself from exhausted mom of two to an elegant (and sparkly) fashionista.
Get My Look: Charming Charlie Purse, Dress The Population Dress, Express Earrings
