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showing off the dress under her skirt

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Skirt: Forever21. Black Dress/Neon Belt: Forever21.

Bracelets: Screwords. Watch: Michael Kors. 

Earrings: Forever21 (similar). 

Heels: Jessica Simpson (similar) 

Sneakers: H&M/Highlighter/DIY (not similar but Claire will die over them)  

Sunglasses: Target (similar). Heart Ring: Homemade/Gift

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 Here is Claire's take on the dress-layering that has been featured on the site pretty often. It's amazing what you can do with a LBD. Claire proves that if it's short enough (which, let's be real, all of her dresses are), you can throw a skirt over it to give it a much different look. This purple skirt is also a wardrobe staple as it can be worn as the pop of color for an outfit - or as a neutral. Purple is a hot trend for this fall/winter so if you've been on the fence about the plum hue in the past - say fuck it and give it a shot. 

She's also modeled the look with both sneakers and wedges - showing both a casual and more night/going out look. 

The sneakers were black & white when Claire bought them from H&M and then she took a highlighter to them like crazy only Claire can. And there is the beauty in disco high-tops. 

This is definitely an outfit that, come the cooler months ahead - can be paired with black opaque tights and boots. 

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Will you be trying out purple or layers this fall? 

Claire's Hair

On Claire - Forever21 Dress. Target Sunglasses. Lulus Shoes & Belt.

Manic Panic in Cotton Candy Pink

 Manic Panic in Electric Amethyst
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Claire cheated on her favorite color mint this past Monday and decided to dye the ends of her hair pink and purple. And yes, she does want you to think that it's like a unicorn or My Little Pony. Better yet,  a hybrid of both.

Having tried "hair chalking" with some of my old pastels and loving it, she decided she wanted something a bit more permanent - and bright! 

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Directions: 

Claire started with clean*, dry hair. 

She separated her hair into 1/2-1" pieces just as she would to curl them. 

She opened both tubs of Manic Panic and stuck her fingers right in the pink (hahaha) and went for her hair around 2-3" up from the bottom, which was darker and needed a bit more dye and time. 

Please note: Claire already ombre-dyed her hair so her ends are a bit bleached out, and this is ideal.  

She massaged the dye in each of her curls. She wiped off her fingers with a paper towel and went right into the purple without waiting. 

She massaged the purple dye under the pink all the way down to the ends of her hair. 

She kept blending them until it made sort of an ombre effect. 

This is an imperfect process that ends up looking so perfect. 

She used her hair dryer to blast the dyed parts, as heat intensifies the color. 

She did this for approx. 5 minutes and then left the dye in for another 30 minutes.

Then she took a shower, finally. 

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What do you think of Claire's hair? What color would you dye your hair? 

*clean is such a subjective term, isn't it?