Down in Eighties Town

Wow, it's been awhile. Sorry guys! ...To make up for this hiatus, I took advantage of spring break by finishing up a post we've all been waiting for-- Esther Lin's photo shoot won from the giveaway! 

One of our goals at Crush is to show others that girls can be beautiful in many ways that may be considered unconventional or unexpected. Thus, we decided to do an eighties (school girl?) theme to bring out a new side to Esther. With the combined effort of Wakana's beauty/hair skills, Rachel's and my styling, and Esther's cute and bubbly complex, we produced a successful shoot. Hopefully you guys will be just as surprised as us! 

On top of the amazing pictures, the team absolutely loved working with Esther! We definitely plan to have more giveaways in the future, so stay updated with us. Following with your Google account would make us more motivated to do more photo shoots like this! We'd also be very happy. :) Alright, enough of this self-promotion... Enjoy the photos!

Urban Outfitters jacket, Forever 21 skirt, Urban Outfitters backpack, thrifted brogues

H&M varsity jacket, Target tights, Forever 21 skirt, Keds sneakers

Levi's shorts, thrifted turtleneck, Dr. Marten's boots, J. Crew belt

Photography: Yaoyao Pei

Styling: Rachel Tu, Yaoyao Pei

Beauty & Hair: Wakana Ishihara, Rachel Tu

Model: Esther Lin

And the winner of the Holiday Giveaway is...

ESTHER LIN! You lucky girl. She will be receiving a free makeover, photo-shoot, and feature on our blog.

We'd also like to thank everyone who participated in this season's giveaway. A big thank you to everyone who supports and reads our blog as well. You can definitely look forward to more giveaways in the future. :)

Holiday Giveaway!

Hey readers. Yep, you read that right. We're going to be having our first giveaway at Crush! Over these past few months of our start-up, we've received both support and enthusiasm about our blog from outside. To thank you guys, we want to give something back, especially in the spirit of the holidays. :) So what is it that we're giving out?
 ..... A FREE MAKEOVER + PHOTO SHOOT + FEATURE ON OUR BLOG!

If you read the above, you'll know there's only two simple steps you have to take! Just comment below on this post your New Year's resolution. Please also include your name & email in the comment. Next, just follow our blog! If you have a Google account anywhere, that should be easy. We also want to say that this giveaway is only for girls in the San Jose / Cupertino surrounding area. The date of the photo shoot will be discussed with the winner of this giveaway, but it will definitely be in the beginning days of 2013. Share this with your friends, good luck, and have a happy holidays!