Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Photo by My Honey-pie, from our trip to Encinitas

Currently en route back to NYC for a weekend of lounging around in the shade with my sweetie pie, and I just wanted to let you know that I hope you have a safe and restful few days off!

Stay tuned for couple of special warm-weekend goodies, and I'll see you back here on Tuesday!

XOXO - Jessie

Hair & Beauty: Olive Oil is your Friend

 Original image via Shape.com

One of the many things I'm passionate about in life is holistic health, and lately I've been looking for more ways to incorporate natural and organic ingredients into my life, beyond just by paying attention to my dietary choices.  Any time I can successfully bring in a plant-based or naturally occurring substance as a stand-in for something synthetic, it's a win for me, but when that substitute is more effective than what it replaced, I figured it probably merits sharing here with you!

Which brings me to my next item of business... 

Friends - I'd like you to meet my new gal: Olive Oil.  

You might as well give her a hug, because I have a feeling you're about to become besties.  See below for some of the ways she lends a perfectly manicured and effortlessly moisturized hand to many of my daily beauty routines!

Concrete Catwalk: Light Layers

This season, I'm springing for shorts and light layers... See why and find the rest of the outfit photos, after the jump!

How to Style: Holiday Heels

After posting a tweet the other day about my latest online purchase (these PLV green snakeprint platforms!), I received a few messages from inquisitive friends/readers wondering how I was planning to style the new sassy shoes for the upcoming season.  After writing a brief written response, I decided that perhaps showing the answer would be more effective.  It was so much fun putting together the little collection above, that I think I may be on to a new Style & Pepper feature!

See above for how I'll make my "holiday heels" work for the summer, and email me (jessie at styleandpepper.com) with your own style challenges for a chance to be featured here on the blog!

Shop the Look:

PLV Platform Heels - $143, Floral Chiffon Dress - $28, Floppy Straw Hat - $24,

Braided Belt - $38, Trina Turk x Banana Republic Tote - $120, Tarte Lipstain in Frisky - $24

Event: Tortoise & Blonde Pop-up Shop

1. Collins in True Tortoise  2. Delancey in Matte Blue Tortoise (a close second!)

3. Rivington in Fade to Brown  4. Delancey in Matte Rosewood (the winners!)

A few weeks ago, the kind folks at Tortoise & Blonde were kind enough to invite me to their Spring Pop-up Shop, and they let me pick out a brand new pair of stylish specs!  Most people don't know that I wear glasses because I rarely have them on in outfit photos (exceptions here and here!), but I really can't see very well without them.

It took me forever to decide on my favorites (so many great ones to choose from), but I finally went with the Delancey in Matte Rosewood.  My favorite part is that even though the outside of the frames have a muted wood-grain effect, the inside edges are a warm rosy color and it almost seems to give my skin a pinkish glow when I have them on - like instant blush!

 A pic of the Delancey's in action from the Style & Pepper Instagram feed!

I have to admit that this new pair brings my eye wear obsession collection to a frighteningly new high, but this girl's gotta be able to see in style - right?  Most of my other specs are vintage and this is the first new pair I've added in years, but now I feel like the flood gates have opened and can't resist adding a few others to my wishlist, as well. 

Do you wear glasses?  (If so, are they real?)  Please tell me I'm not the only one who likes to have more than one option to match my sartorial mood...  ;)