VISIT TO MAKENA BEACH

Hi everyone! Hope you had an awesome long weekend and a great MLK Day. Heres to another Hawaii post for ya. Now, let’s pick up where we left off. After four days at my work conference in Waikiki, I was more than ready to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and head to the infamous North Shore all my friends were ranting and raving about back here in NC. Without hesitation, our first free day, we dropped our bags off at our Airbnb, and hit the road to see what the North Shore had to offer. After intentionally getting lost for an hour, scoping out the surfers, vegans and pineapple dealers and hippies, we stumbled across Makena Beach. It was quiet, private, and had little to no people, FYI, my favorite type of beach. Charles and I just sunbathed, checked in with family, put our feet in the water, explored the wooded areas, walked the shoreline, took a few pics for the blog and just relaxed and enjoyed the quiet. I love the vibe of the North Shore, the locals are so friendly and welcoming and the pineapples are the freshest sweetest pineapples I. EVER. HAD. Speaking of pineapples, I’ll be sharing more about my visit to the Dole plantation later in the month. What an experience that was!

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Keep scrolling for outfit deets…

Sunglasses | Jumpsuit | Shoes

Most of this trip, I kept my looks loose, easy breezy and of course fun and colorful. I guess that’s what the island life is all about, bathing suits and loose clothing. Did I mention this is my kind of vibe? I’m rocking my Oui Fresh Daisy Sunglasses in Sriracha, Jelly Shoes Lip Gloss and I’ve linked the rest of my look above. The jumpsuit was bought on sale from Target, but I’ve linked a similar look for shopping. Of course, no Hawaiian look would be complete with the flower in the hair. The lovely flower was purchased from a fun tourist shop in Waikiki, but it was clearly made for a day at Makena Beach, right?  Looking forward to sharing more Hawaii post at a later date. Hope you have a great rest of the week.


OUI FRESH BEAUTY FINDS

It’s been an amazing first week back on the mainland. I have so many amazing Hawaii post to share with you. Because I have a wealth of content on the way, I’ll be posting two times a week (Mondays and Wednesdays) for the next few weeks so that memory doesn’t become complete mush from all my Hawaii adventures. Monday’s I’ll have my #OOTD post and mid-week I’ll share about Hawaii. Does that sound like a deal? Awesome, so glad you’re all on board, because I have so much to tell you!

If you keep up with my IG and Facebook page, you’ll notice, I dedicate 1 weekly post to one of my favorite collaborations with Oui Fresh. They are seriously an amazing beauty brand that I’ve been rolling with for almost half a year now. I get this pretty freaking awesome beauty box 1-2 times a month with all these amazing goodies in it from hair conditioner to shampoo, to deodorant to essential oils, you name it, I got it. I haven’t really dedicated any time to talking about the products and how much I love them, so I thought I’d share a bit about the lip glosses this week and circle back around in the coming weeks and feature some of the other amazing beauty box finds I have in my possession.

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Keep scrolling and check out this colorful look on the way down. My outfits just keep getting weirder and weirder and I love it.

Shirt | Dress | Boots | Hat

So Oui Fresh has great selection of lip glosses on deck. You can search them all here. What I love most is that their all great colors that match with just about anything, made with all natural ingredients and they are super moisturizing! I’m not ashamed to say I’m running out the Sabrina lip gloss featured in this post. It’s by far my fav shade and I basically wear it everyday. I have a couple more go to’s like the lava lamp and Buffy, you may have seen me sporting them on IG in some past post. Anyway, when you get some time, swing by the Oui Fresh website and check out their beauty boxes and don’t forget to subscribe to get them every month. I swear, it’s totally worth a look. Oh, before I go, link to my look is above the sweater is from a few years back and the hat is thrifted so I just linked some similar items for your shopping pleasure. By the way, if you’re wanting an explanation for this outfit mash-up just know that I was feeling a little 90’s grudge, but still kept it extra colorful.

See you all back here on Wednesday with a Hawaii post.

Sincerely,

Deidra Marie


NEXT STOP, NORTH SHORE

And here a few shots of my Northshore beach exploration, plus the lippy I’m loving from Ouifresh lately. I officially want to live in the Northshore, but am sad to have to go back to the reality of icy cold unpredictable weather in North Carolina. I guess it is what it is. Enjoy these shot lovelies.

Till next time.

Deidra Marie