Easter Brunch // Daily Outfit + Sponsored eShakti Review

Hello, all! I trust you had a good Easter. Mine was great! Since my mom's sister (who usually hosts Easter) was out of town my family went out to brunch at the hotel at a forest preserve on our way back from church. It was a lovely place, and the food was delicious! They even had a set up where you could get an omelet cooked to order with whatever put in it that you wanted, and a made-to-order waffle set up! It was great! Then afterwards we spent the day visiting family. It was really nice.

I've already done a general review of eShakti, so I won't get into the general awesomeness of eShakti in this post, but several weeks ago I was contacted by them again about doing a review of their spring line. I chose to snap up this beauty, and I'm really happy with it! I love the color + shape of it, and the quality of the material. It's lightweight so it won't be too hot in the summer, but not cheap feeling. I love that. ♥

I did have two problems with it, though. The first one was my fault. I love my other dress from eShakti, but for this one I wanted it about an inch shorter. I'm too scared to use the "higher than knee length" option when ordering from eShakti, since I can always shorten the dress, but I can't add length. So when I ordered this length I had a brilliant idea: put my height in as not quite what it really is, so the dress will be a bit shorter on me when I get it! It's a really good idea, I think, except that I said I was 5' 9" when I should have said I was 5' 7". Gaaah! So I had to take it to the tailor after I got it. Me and my blonde moments!

The second problem I had with it was the shoulder straps. They were really, really big on me. Like, the entire bust of the dress didn't fit right because I needed about an inch taken off each shoulder strap. I thought it might have just been because I'm short waist-ed, but then I remembered that Katherine had the same problem with her first dress from eShakti, which looks like exactly the same style... So I'm not sure what's up with that, but I love the dress, and I can't wait to wear it more this summer - especially after I get my crinoline petticoat! I think it will look super amazing with that! ♥

xo,

Katie Burry

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dress: courtesy of eShakti
shoes: Target

cardigan: my mom's from Target

necklace: present from my parents
ring: 16th birthday gift from my parents

lipstick: MAC in Lickable

Disclosure: the dress featured in this post was provided to me from eShakti for review, and also includes some affiliate links.  All thoughts + opinions remain my own. 

My Ultimate Rockabilly Inspired Summer Style

So lately I've been talking lots about how excited I am for summer to come, so I thought that to keep my spirits up during all this snow the Chicago area has been getting (boo!) I would do a post on my ideal summer style. Spoiler alert! It's very rockabilly influenced!

{from left to right: Picnic Park Skirt, Vintage Style Poplin Dress, Blue Racer Skirt, Havana Dress}

My favorite dress/skirt style for the summer usually involves a very, very full skirt; 1950's silhouette, and lots of color! Patterns are also welcome.

{from left to right: Hot Pink Luichiny Wedge, Jessica Simpson Dany 4 Cream, Yoki Celia 12 Teal Sun Cross T-Strap}

For shoes I usually like something bold, with a heel or wedge. Who says you can only have one "statement" piece??

{from left to right: Zad Extreme Rose Blue Rose Ring, Through the Wire Headband in Red, Ready, Set, Bow! Teal Bow, Shoreside by Side Hat}

For accessories I like to go bold, too. Brightly colored rings, belts, necklaces, ect. Scarves look great with high pony tails (which have the added benefit of keeping my hair away from my face!), and floppy hats just add to the chic-1950's feel while keeping the sun off my face.

What about you? What's your ideal summer style? Link me up with your ideal summer dress/skirt/accessory!

xo,

Katie Burry

Disclosure: While no one asked me to write this post, and I received nothing for writing it, several of the links above are affiliate links. Having said that is not the reason I wrote this post, and I picked out all the dresses because I like them - in fact I've had my eye on several of them for weeks.

Juke Box Blues // Daily Outfit

Maddie and I were supposed to go to a sock hop at our church on Saturday, but unfortunately it was canceled - after I got dressed. The good news is that I got some decent shots for le blog! If it had been less windy, it would have been even better.

I wanted to go full-on rockabilly for the sock hop, so I decided to wear my gorgeous eShakti owl dress, with this crinoline I got from Molly years ago; do my hair in a high pony tail with lots of teasing; and wear my retro car necklace from ModCloth.

Speaking of eShakti, they're offering 20% off for all Beautifully Pure readers with the promo-code "BETFLLYPRE" If you haven't tried eShakti yet, I highly recommend you take this opportunity to try it out! Their dresses are so beautiful and really great quality, too. I'm a loyal customer for life, for sure! ♥

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dress: c/o eShakti

crinoline: from Molly

cardigan: Maurice's

belt: vintage

necklace: ModCloth

scarf: vintage
shoes: BlowFish Shoes

Wish List Wednesday: Summer Dresses

1. Shawl Collar Poplin Shirtdress by Eshakti
2. Flower the Leader Dress from ModCloth
3. Adelaide Dress by Eshakti
4. Too Much Fun Dress in Airplanes by Emily and Fin
5. 50'S High tea Dress - Navy Bow Stripe by Trollied Dolly
6. Ready to Meet Dress in Dots by Emily and Fin

Winter has been grinding on my nerves lately, and I'm longing for summer! I'm tired of worrying about coordinating my dress, cardigan, tights, and shoes, and can't wait till the day when I just throw on a dress + shoes and maybe a light jacket or sweater! So I've been doing the only sensible thing I can do: looking online at all the lovely dresses I'd love to have for the coming months!

Anything you're craving for the warm months this year? Link me up! I'd love to see it!

Disclosure: While no one asked me to write this post, and I received nothing for writing it, several of the links above are affiliate links. Having said that is not the reason I wrote this post, and I picked out all the dresses because I like them - in fact I've had my eye on several of them for weeks.

Owlsom Dress // Daily Outfit

I loved this dress from eShakti so much I just had to wear it twice in a week! This outfit is what I wore to work. I pinned the dress up because I can't stand wearing knee length dresses with tights - it's a major peeve of mine. Also, look how cute my new hair cut looks when worn curly! I seriously love it.

One of my favorite parts of this dress is the owls on the skirt. If you've read my blog for more than two seconds you'll know that Owl City is my favorite band ever, and since I love having clothes that very obviously reflect my personality this dress was a perfect fit! I'm still trying to decide if I want to wear it to the concert, though... Usually I like to wear clothes that are more "cool" - as Lauren put it - but a dress with owls on it just might be too much to pass up..

xo,

Katie

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dress: c/o Eshakti
shoes: Forever 21

tights: c/o We Love Colors

belt: Windsor

hair bow: gift from Emily

blazer: H&M

necklace: fleamarket

purse: Jo Totes

Betsy Johnson sunglasses: via Little Black Bag

lipstick: Kat Von D Painted Love in Underage Red

Wah Wah Watusi // Daily Outfit + Eshakti Review

Being the tallish gal that I am makes it difficult to find dresses that are actually, you know - long enough! So when Lauren posted Eshakti, I knew I wanted to try it! Of course, wanting to and doing are two different things, and I just never got around to it. So of course I jumped at the chance when Jane from Eshakti contacted me about doing a review.

Selection

There were so many lovely dresses that at first I wasn't sure how in the world I was going to pick just one, but in the end I realized that I kept coming back to this same, swingy, 1950's inspired frock with the embroidered owls on the skirt. Very Owl City, amirite?

Sizing

I went with Eshakti's standard sizing because I'm terribly picky about the fitting of my dresses, and I chose a knee length because there is nothing worse than ordering a dress you think will be long enough, only to find out that it is - in all actuality - too short. So I figured I'd better be on the safe side. The dress is actually a little longer than I expected (I probably could have chosen the "above knee length option since they take your height with the order - duh!), and when I first tried it on I was actually worried that I would be uncomfortable in it since I usually wear shorter dresses, but I ended up loving it! I felt like such a doo wop babe all day.

Quality

And the dress itself is really good quality. The fabric is really nice - you can tell it's good quality, but it's thin enough that it won't be too hot in the summer - and even with picking a custom dress and ordering it the day before Christmas eve, I still received it within two weeks (with Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Years Eve and Day I wasn't expecting it to come for several more days).

Odds and Ends

I think that's everything I wanted to to cover - oh, except that it has a lovely cut out in the back. It's really nice and not too low that I'd be uncomfortable with it, but I didn't get a photo of it because my bra strap showed and I'm not sure what to do about that so I just wore a black tank top under it. If any of you have any suggestions as to how to hide the unsightly band I'd love to hear them, because I'd love to wear it without a tank in the summer - it's just so pretty! ♥

Have any of you tried Eshakti before? What did you think of it?

P.S. Can you believe I'm wearing a dress without tights in the middle of January!? We had a sudden "heat" wave on Friday and it was nearly 50 degrees!

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dress: c/o Eshakti
shoes: Urbanog

belt: Thrifted

jacket: Top Shop

necklace: Stitch Fix

purse: Jo Totes

lipstick: Kat Von D Painted Love in Underage Red

title: Wah Wah Watusi by The Orlons

Disclosure: the dress featured in this post was provided to me from Eshakti for review. All thoughts + opinions are my own.