With all the recent election news I can't wait for the Holidays to be here so I can just try to forget about it all. Plan on catching me drowning my sorrows and opinions in copious amounts of red wine while trying to score some Chanel shoes for half price, or maybe a flight to Thailand for like, a lifetime. Seriously- I don't care if you're a Trump fan or Hilary fan, let's just NOT talk about it here. #SAFEPLACE !

Ok, let's get down to business, and talk sales. If you're anything like me you're waiting to buy pretty much anything until now through the next week or so when it will all be on sale. Gobble, gobble! Let's eat stuffing guys, and then... it's the most wonderful (shopping) time of the year! #HellyeahAmerica

A lot of big retailers have caught wind that millennials, myself included, and also other assortments of sane people, are just not into waking up at 3 am to go shopping on Black Friday. That being said, there's a lot of sales starting online at Midnight on Thanksgiving (or even earlier.) Of course, for you die-hards there's door busters and such at the stores too... may the force be with you should you decide to go this route. If you need me I'll be here in my PJS where I don't have to come in contact with human beings and can continue eating pie for the next decade.

Below check out some of my favorite deals for all your post-Thanksgiving coma shopping needs. I'm planning on getting all of my Christmas presents early this year ;)

Click the pink links below to take you straight to shop each sale. Can't wait to hear about all the great things you find for a steal the next few days. I'll for sure share some of mine- probably on Insta stories.

Have fun!!!!!

xx, Genevieve

GIFTs:

Daniel Wellington:  Watches for Him + Her. Free Shipping + 15% off with code THESTYLESAUCE 

Target: Score yourself a new T.V., home goods, or gifts for the whole fam here. They have online door busters so keep checking back from now until Monday. 

Anthropologie: 30% off entire store including candles, home décor, and apparel. 

For the home:

Amazon Home:  15% off home goods including home organization, gifts, and Holiday decorations (like cute little twinkly lights). I'm an Amazon Prime member - hello free shipping, I love you. 

Target: Too much to even caption, but you know you can get basically anything on sale. Check it out.

Joss + Main: Up to 70 % off rugs, bedroom stuff, and rustic furniture . 

CB2: 15% off entire store + other perks. Crate and Barrel's younger sister is one of my favorite places to get home décor. 

West Elm:  Use code SAVENOW at checkout or shop in-stores: Spend $100+ and get 15% off, spend $500+ and get 20% off, spend $1000+ and get 25% off, spend $3000+ and get 30% off. Also save up to 70% off markdowns through Thanksgiving weekend (ends Sunday November 27, 2016). I love West Elm for furniture like this chair I want for my living room.

For you (or a lucky friend):

Saks 5th Ave: Up to 40% off on their designer sale. I see a new Chloé bag in your future!

Revolve: Up to 65% all your favorite street ready designers. 

Azalea SF: 25% off everything with code #BLACKFRIDAY 11/22-11/27 , 25% off 11/28-11/29 with code #CYBERMONDAY . This includes this dress I recently wore in my last post, and a bunch of other great designer clothes and accessories. They also have really awesome gifts for almost anyone! 

Nordstrom: Great deals on Hunter boots (25% off), and an extra 20% off already reduced sale items here. 

ASOS: 20% off with code GOGOGO , 30% off with code THANKFUL30 through 11/29 . I'm almost 100% sure you'll be able to find the perfect LSD (little sparkly dress) for New Year's Eve here.

Urban Outfitters: Buy one, get one 50% off on ALL apparel. Now through 11/25 . 

All Saints: 30% off EVERYTHING with code CYBER. Who doesn't need a new leather jacket? Heart eyes. 

Topshop: Up to 50% off select styles.

Beauty Steals:

Sephora: Stock up on some of the best deals on your beauty faves. 20% off sitewide on Black Friday only!

Glossier: If you're a big fan of the cult- following beauty line Glossier, everything is 25% off site wide for Black Friday. Their serums are great! 

DryBar: 20% off their products! I loveeee their hot toddy and detox dry shampoo. 

Today is our birthday!!!

Yes, we are officially 1. Is it weird that it feels like my own personal birthday? I can't believe how much I have poured into this blog- sometimes to the point of total insanity. If I could tell you how much time, energy, money, thought, etc running this thing requires I would, but even I can't start to count it all up. That being said I really love this damn thing and I'm so excited and proud to say we've made it to a year old. It's been an incredible experience to learn so much about blogging, building a website, SEO, product placement, PR, marketing, keyword searches, Pinterest, Instagram, photo filters, and that's just the beginning!  It's all enough to make a girl's head spin off. Looking back on starting this blog I had NO IDEA how hard it was going to be or how much work it required, but I'm 100% glad I have stuck it out and kept it going! It's been such a great learning experience and I've also undeniably had so much fun. If you are thinking about starting a blog whether it be about fashion, food, music, travel, WHATEVER it is you're interested in, DO IT!! I had zero experience, this was my first adventure in blogging, so if I can do it so can you :)

I also couldn't have done it without the help of my two amazing photographers Brian Gove and Michele Andersen so huge thanks to them for sticking it out with me. Thank you for being here for the ride and for always supporting us! 

Anyways--- To commemorate our day of birth I'm counting down 5 of my favorite looks from the past year. It was really fun going through all these posts and remembering all that went into each one. It was actually really difficult to only pick 5-- It's truly been an amazing year and thank YOU for reading my blog right from the beginning (and all the new readers too!) I love all of the feedback I've received and I'm truly grateful. 

xx, Genevieve and The Style Sauce 

 

The Top 5: 2014-2015

#5: Welcome to The Style Sauce

#5's look is from our very first post! Here wearing a Re:Named maxi dress purchased from Princepessa boutique on Abbot Kinney. Full post here.

#4: Black Tie

#4 is the Monique Lhuillier dress I wore for Jenny Bernheim of Margo and Me's engagement party. Such a STUNNING dress! I don't always get such a chance to dress up, and it was truly a night to remember. Many congrats to her and Freddy on their wedding this past weekend. Full post on this dress and their engagement party here. 

#3: Fall for White

#3 is this all white/neutral look. It was exceptionally hot despite being November in LA when I blogged this look. I like breaking the rules-- like white after labor day :) You may have seen this look on OOTD Magazine or as featured by Sam Edelman as a #samsgirl as well. Full post here.

#2: Think Pink

#2-- If there's anything I love it's fashion for good, and it's been a mission of mine since the beginning to try as much as possible to buy clothes that give back and/or are ethically sourced. This post was for Breast Cancer awareness in October. Full post is here.

#1: Festival Fashion

#1 is..... Festival fashion!! No surprise here... Music and fashion go hand in hand for me and it's always a debate which one I love more- which is why I've started incorporating music into ALL my posts! This post has been to date the nearest and dearest to my heart with also the most writing and personal stories incorporated. Relive Festival Fashion (and it's kick ass playlist) in all it's glory here.

That's about it for our birthday post! Tonight we are celebrating turning 1,  AND the opening of a new restaurant in Santa Monica, Red O! Stay tuned to see the gorgeous dress and pictures from the event on the blog and on Instagram in the next week. xo  

Hellllllloooo!!!! After quite a hiatus it feels good to be back with an all new layout and tons of new content on the way. I'm going to start featuring more of my styling work on here under " Styled by Me ". Recently I had the pleasure of styling the beautiful Erika Myrvik with Next Models for a shoot with the uber talented photographer Emily Winiker. I've basically been Instagram stalking Emily, and while she is a photographer out of New York- I was hoping one day we'd get to work together. In her recent trip out to California I was delighted when she contacted me and asked me to style this Nordic looking beauty Erika. The location was an amazing old retro house in Venice.

About the house-- picture The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, meets a Coachella camp ground, meets an old antiques store and that's the location for this shoot. There is all sorts of cool art work and old stuff littered around the yard of this place which makes it a perfect back drop for shoots. There's also an awesome pool we took a few shots with that made for some great lighting. 

For this shoot in particular Emily wanted me to pull lots of 70's casual inspired outfits (which was easy and fun considering EVERYTHING is 70's right now on the runways). I mixed vintage pieces on the model with some newer ones from Free People, Topshop, and Hudson jeans-- you can shop some of the looks in the gallery at the end of this post. We also had a great makeup artist- Lindsey J- who made Erika's skin glow in such a natural and pretty way. I'm really excited about how the images came out and to share them with you! Check them out- xo, The Style Sauce

You can find/follow all the talent who teamed up for this shoot below on Instagram:

Model: Erika Myrvik

Photographer: Emily Winiker

Makeup: Lindsey J Makeup

Stylist (Me): The Style Sauce

Disclaimer: All images below ©Emily Winiker Photography and The Style Sauce, 2015. Absolutely no usage without permission, thank you!

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