Blog Tour!

Hi everyone! We have a blog tour going on. Every day, the Style Clarity Workbook will be featured on blogs around the web.

Be sure and visit each these blogs each day for reviews, and notes on the book! Today is a review from Stacie over at Simply Stacie.

Here are the rest of the stops for the tour:

June 20 - Citizen Rosebud Blog  http://www.thecitizenrosebud.com/
June 21 - She Loves Glam Blog - www.shelovesglam.com
June 22 - Frugal Fashion Addict http://frugalfashionaddict.com/
June 25 - Marian Allen Blog - www.marianallen.com
June 26 -My Child's Bookshelf - www.mychildsbookshelf.com
June 27 - TT's Attic Fashion Blog -  http://www.shopttsattic.com/fashion-blog/
June 28 - Straight From Hel Blog - www.straightfromhel.blogspot.com
June 29  - Mommy Time Out Blog www.angela-mommytimeout.blogspot.com  

The New “IT” Cardigan

Waterfall Cardigan by Style Clarity featuring flip flop shoes

Summer is all about adding volume and playing with shapes in your wardrobe. While the waterfall cardigan has been around for some time, it is popping up in more and more stores around the globe. Here are some tips for wearing the new IT cardigan and reasons IT is such a phenomenally versatile (not to mention comfortable) piece.

WEAR IT with just about anything! It looks great over summer dresses for a casual look or over a simple tee and skinny denim for a day of running errands. It’s also an easy addition to your work wardrobe, whether you’re required to abide by traditional business attire guidelines or can go more casual. A black waterfall cardigan can double as a light blazer when styled correctly. Wear it with your go-to black pencil skirt and a blouse. Throw on a belt and some bling and heels and you’re ready for the office.

PAIR IT with a belt to define your waistline. If you’re petite and have a hard time finding a waterfall cardigan that doesn’t envelope your small frame, blouse out the material on top over the belt. Be sure the belt is cinched at the smallest part of your waist.

What’s your favorite way to wear your waterfall cardi?

Cover Up!

With beach season finally here, we'll be hitting the beach and catching the rays every chance we get. You have your bikini ready to go, but what about a stylish cover up? There's a cover up (and fabulous accessory) for every style. Go glam, go boho, or go classic with a solid color over up. Match with a pair of sandals and a bunch of bangles and you'll be the most fashionable beach babe there.

Stylish Solid Color Bandeau Swimwear 

Halter Dress Cover Up 

Solid Color Cotton Dress

Horizontal Striped Dolman Cover Up 

Bohemian Patterned Maxi Dress

Floral Flip Flops 

Tribal Sandals

Basic Bronze Flip Flops

Kate Spade Bangles 

The Basic Black Pump

Basic Black Pump-3 Ways by style clarity featuring fine gold jewelry

A pair of basic black pumps is just as important as a little black dress when it comes to the basics of any wardrobe. Ever the versatile, all season piece; black pumps can pump you up for an elegant evening out, or pull your look together making you look posh and perfected as you adorn yourself in cute and comfortable or business casual clothes.

The key to a great pair of pumps is to invest in a quality piece designed in a style that will be ever green. For example, a heel slightly longer than a kitten heel but slightly lower than a platform heel is your best bet. This allows them to be easy to wear (and walk in) with any look you are striving for-casual or dressy.

A rounded toe also seems to be a safer bet when it comes to shoe trends. Pointy toed pumps look super chic while they elongate the leg, but a rounded toe is a more of a classic and timeless design that will also complement your look and your legs.

The first look is ideal for a night out with the girls or for a romantic evening dinner with your date. The pumps play the role of adding a bit of elegance and sophistication to this colorful and playful look. It also plays off of the fabulous lace textured summer shorts. How chic!

The second look features the pumps as an all-purpose piece, blending in with the outfit that is perfect for afternoon events such as shopping, errand running, or lunch and can easily transition into an evening event such as a barbecue, fair, or dinner party.

The last look features the black pump in a more dressy and glammed up light. It pulls the little black dress look together, which is elegantly appropriate for a wedding, class reunion, a charity event, or night out at the theater. This is how you can put together three fabulous and very different looks by using only one pair of shoes-the basic black pump!

Creative Ways to Avoid Harmful Rays

It’s hard enough during those hot summer days to keep your skin from feeling greasy. Adding layer-upon-layer of goopy sunblock adds insult to injury.

If you’re planning on spending your summer under the sun but don’t want to compromise your skin’s health, consider some creative ways to cover up.

*Hark back to the 1960s by throwing on a silky scarf over your hair and big sunglasses. But beware: You may have beachgoers mistaking you for a celebrity.

*Luckily for porcelain skinned, fair fashion divas, big sunhats are back in style. These provide adequate sun protection for your face and neck, as well as your shoulders.

*Parasols and cute umbrellas are another effective means of sun protection. Plus they are really fun to twirl!

The truth is, a high SPF sunblock and adequate in-the-shade break time are the best ways to preserve your skin. There are dozens of sunblocks and sunscreens that are not super greasy that you can try in order to avoid that caked-on feeling. Spray-ons and products meant specifically for sensitive skin work best to keep your skin dry and protected.

What are your stylish tricks to protecting your skin from the sun?

Sheath Dress-The Basics

Sheath Dress-3 Ways by Style Clarity featuring valentino handbags

Sheath dresses are chic and sleek. What’s better than that? How about the fact that you are able to wear it and pair with many different articles of clothing and accessories. The key to making one sheath dress a versatile piece is selecting a sheath that is a wearable shape, shade, and fabric. The looks above are designed around a basic A-line cut sheath dress. A-line cut flatters a variety of body types and the length of the dress is appropriate for day or evening use.

It can easily be cinched with a belt or worn lovely and loose. The lace texture and detailing is able to be dressed up, as seen in the last look which is ideal for a wedding. Paired with sparkly accessories like brilliant gold heels, dazzling jewels, and then given a pop of silky color from a clutch, it is instantly evening ready and appropriate. It can also be dressed down or worn business casual, as seen in the first look.

The first look is perfect for a weekend afternoon of leisure-shopping, luncheons, running errands, and enjoying a day trip away. It can be worn business casual-perfect for work and then even transitional into play-cocktail hour out with co-workers or an impromptu dinner with your significant other. You may even dare to turn it into a perfectly acceptable and stylish bathing suit cover up. Slip it on to look sleek as you stroll around the pool and then cover up and head off to a lunch on the boardwalk or at the club after a swim in the ocean.

There are a variety of sheath dresses that will fit in with your lifestyle and flatter your figure, but you can get the most bang for your buck by choosing one sheath that can be worn in a variety of ways!

Wedge Love

As Summer 2012 rolls in, I find myself not wanting to layer up with different pieces of clothing but choosing a lighter top and shorts. My inner fashionista does kick in though wondering how to accessorize without wearing too much during these high temps! This is when-- I turn to my shoes. Wedges are a great way to accessorize and allow your shoes to set the tone for the rest of your outfit.

Every outfit should have something that makes it "POP"-- let your shoes do that this summer. Wedges are fantastic, usually (and shockingly) comfy, and come in so many styles, heights, and colors. Another perk of walking in wedges? These babies make your leg look longer, slender, and more toned! So love on wedges, they're the summer's hotties accessory!