So this is first ever blog post as a 30 year old! I officially kissed my 20s goodbye and entered a new decade as of Friday, April 25. Am I supposed to feel different? Do I sound older, wiser and more mature?
To ring in my 30th, I wanted to wear something special to celebrate. I didn't want anything that was short or super young that looked like something I wore in Vegas for my 25th (pretty sure that was an Herve Leger knockoff). After looking around in vain for the perfect dress, I ended up borrowing this
Yigal Azrouel number
from my friend Yasmine last minute for my party at
Up & Down. I loved the bright color and how it was sophisticated yet still sexy.
Before the party kicked off, I got glammed with a
St. Tropez spray tan at
Euphoria and a blowout at
Rodolfo Valentin. I did my own makeup using
Internet starlet/beauty guru Michelle Phan's
Night Life Palette from
em cosmetics, which we got at a YouTube event earlier that week. Admittedly, I'm not always amazing at doing a smoky eye but the instructions and guide were easy to follow and the results lasted all night.
Thank you to
ShadowPR for setting up my party! And what's a birthday without a few surprises? Apparently,
Leonardo DiCaprio was also there that night (thanks for coming out!) and Paper mag and DKNY were doing a party downstairs toasting their cover girl
Rita Ora so we got to meet her briefly.
We also ran into
James Franco the night before at a Tribeca film fest after party, which was exciting considering my roommates and I follow him religiously on Instagram and think he's hilarious.
All in all, it was a great weekend...thank you to everyone for the well-wishes and coming to celebrate! I'm looking forward to seeing what adventures my 30s will bring. Stay tuned!
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