2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Beauty

• Clarisonic Mia Whit received this as a gift this year and feels like she's at a spa everyday. 
• Naked 3 Palette: You can never go wrong with the Naked Palette.
• Shiseido Urban Environment Sunscreen Super lightweight sunscreen that doesn't have the thick sticky consistency of most sunscreens.  Extra brownie points for great oil control!
• Lancôme Cils Booster XL OK, we've never actually tried this before but we've read amazing reviews.
• Living Proof Prime Style Extender Received this as a sample and now cannot live without it.  Hair primer sounds silly, but this stuff is lightweight and keeps hair grease at bay for days.  No more dry shampoo flakes!
• Benefit They're Real Mascara Very buildable on our sparse lashes without looking overly spidery.
• Bare Escentuals Moxie Lipstick in Lead the Way The creamy consistency and deep berry color are spot on.
• Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dragon Girl  The perfect shade of pinkish red.  Looks natural without a glossy finish.  
• MAC Stroke of Midnight Brush Kit Quality Mac brushes and chic white packaging at a great value. 

2-in-1

On Whit: c/o Choies Shift Dress with Cutouts, Forever 21 leather sleeved coat (not sold anymore but email me if you're interested --I'm trying to clear out my closet!), c/o H&M contrast panel boots, c/o Bollare La Mer Collections Sunset Gold Multichain Wrap Watch, Karen Walker Super Duper Strength Sunnies

Snapped these photos quickly as the sun was setting and ended up with what looks like photos taken on separate days.  Edmond convinced me that the first location wasn't great so we took a few steps around the corner where there was different lighting.  I still can't decide which I like better, so here they both are.

12/5 H&M Powell Reopening

Lovely reader Eve showing off her new coat!

Chandamheer and Biggie Griffon chilling.

As promised, here is a quick post from the Powell Street SF H&M event that we attended last Thursday!

We were super excited to get to pre-shop courtesy of H&M for ourselves and our twitter winner Eve (modeling her new coat above).  We all got our hands on some cute stuff!

As far as the remodel, we must say, the gold racks and mirrors are a total upgrade. The new fitting room is pretty swanky. The men's section is also an entire floor now (good news for boyfriends), which means the women's is entirely on the first floor. We are interested in seeing where designer collabs will be hosted now, since Womens does seem slightly more cramped...

Here is a peek of some of the items we selected, which you will see styled on the blog shortly!

Angora Sweater, Crepe Pants, Contrast Panel Boots, Suede Jodhpur Booties (sold out online)

The Camel Coat and the Great Pyramid

On Mal: H&M contrast collar camel coat (outerwear was 50% off!), J. Crew Skinnies (similar here), Cotton On tee, Ebay Necklace, c/o H&M Suede Jodhpur boots, c/o Bollare La Mer Cairo Pyramid Watch

This past Thursday Whit and I had the pleasure of pre-shopping the newly remodeled H&M at Powell Street, and help out our lovely reader Eve pick out a new outfit c/o H&M.  Eve was between two coats, this one and another (equally cute)...and after she went with the other, I decided I had to snatch this one up at 50% off for myself hehe.

We will be posting more about the event soon, so stay tuned to see more of the event/what we chose :).

On another note, how cute is this stud watch from La Mer Collections? I like that it is disguised as a bracelet...popping open the cover feels very secret agent.

I See Gulls

On Whit: c/o Choies White Tshirt Contrast Stripe Trim and Mini Skirt with Zippers, c/o Timex Originals Classic Round Watch (get 20% off with code: SAVE20), Frye wedge booties (old)

Photos by Jenny Fang

Isn't this wall art so darn cute?  I took photos across the street a while back, and this is what completes the whole piece.  It's one of the hidden gems that I've discovered in the Sunset besides Grand View Park.

I spy some of my favorite places in San Francisco: Golden Gate Park and AT&T Park.  And I spy some of my not-so-favorite things about the city: meter maids and seagulls.  Not gonna lie, these seagulls are pretty adorable.  For a good second I thought they were penguins.

*UPDATE*

So..Mal confirmed that the birds above are, in fact, penguins.  My bad.  What are penguins doing in San Francisco?

Join us at the Grand Re-opening of H&M Powell St. (+get a free outfit from head to toe!)

Hi friends!  We will be at H&M Powell St. this Thursday along with some fellow Bay Area Bloggers for its grand re-opening.  The store got a makeover, and we can't wait to preview it with you.  Come early to join in on the fun and the goodies!

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

9:30 AM

H&M, Hennes & Mauritz

Powell Street

150 Powell Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

855.466.7467

The first person in line to tweet @readytwowear and @HMUSA with the hashtag #SFLovesHM will win a style consultation by yours truly and an outfit from head to toe c/o H&M.  We will be selecting the winner by 8:45am, so plan on coming early if you want to enter the contest!  Another reason to come early? The first 200 shoppers in line will get an Access to Fashion gift pass valued anywhere from $10-$300.

By the way, the Powell location is participating in the global garment recycling program.  We personally are all about reducing environmental impact in every way possible because well...we both majored in environmental biology.  You can bring in old clothes of any brand to be recycled, and H&M will give you 15% off your next purchase.  Additionally, if you bring in your donations by noon, you can win a gift card anywhere from $50-$100.  

We hope to see you there!

1 Sheep, 2 Sheep

On Whit: Forever 21 sweater, Uniqlo jeggings, Nike Frees, c/o Juliett&Co necklace, Phillip Lim for Target purse, Ebay sunnies

On Mal: Forever 21 sweater, J. Crew white jeans, c/o Storets sneakers, Ebay necklace and sunnies, Coach clutch

Our most coordinated outfits yet: matching fuzzy sweaters and cat eye sunglasses.  Whit went with all black and Nike frees for a pop of color and Mal went with all white with gold accents and pink accents.

We are just a couple of sheep grazing in Grand View Park!