Wardrobe Planning: Spring & Summer

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Now that it's officially 5 days into spring, I think it's about time to start planning my wardrobe for the new season. (I say, as if I haven't been daydreaming about it since the middle of January.) While I'm trying to refine my wardrobe down to capsule size, it's been helpful to, at the same time, refine what it is I think I like: colors, cuts, patterns,etc. I'd always assumed I already knew this, but am now learning to differentiate more between what I like to own and wear, versus what looks like a good idea in a store/fashion blog.

Beyond simple trial and error (soo much trial and error), this evening I did something very enlightening: I took a collection of my favorite outfits I've saved on Pinterest (shown above), then I listed all of the key items in each ensemble - including color, style and type - and put the list through Wordle for a graphic representation. Here's what I got:

Current Routine Evaluation: Skincare

Regime, personal photo

That title sounds so serious! Actually, a lot of the way I've put things so far have been almost ridiculously serious for what are ostensibly superficial topics. Of course my opinion on my beauty products or fashion style is not a serious topic - at least, not to anyone but myself.  But then, it's not really the enjoyment of either my clothes or makeup I'm concerned with. It's not exactly a secret that those things can be enjoyed without much thought put into them. Certainly for me, it's hard to imagine a more tempting impulse purchase a pretty piece of clothing or nicely packaged makeup. (Okay, or tasty looking food.) What I want to address is how my purchasing power is affecting the other entities involved with these products. And, as I wrote out this list, I realized that although I imagine myself as a fairly conscientious consumer, there are a number of things I would have liked to know about these products before I bought them that I wasn't thinking to check for.

Now, before going any further, I will go ahead and admit defeat. I want to only buy things that are 100% beneficial to everyone involved, but that's never going to be possible. I don't have the time, money, or, frankly, control over the world for that.  What I can never fail at is making the effort to improve my spending habits. As long as I am making the effort, I think that's actually quite a lot. Informing oneself about these kinds of products is incredibly difficult for a myriad of reasons. If someone is even attempting to do so, then at the least they've impressed me.

So, here's what I have now:

Goals

Flowers growing in wall, personal photo 

One of my hopes is that by having this blog, it will help me stay accountable to the standards I've set for my purchases.  And, to be perfectly honest, because I love making lists and rules and seeing how well I follow them. Don't I sound like fun at a party?

Anyway, my intention is to buy only items which fit all of the following criteria.

"Hello"

Hydrangea, personal photo

Caer is a moniker taken from the Irish goddess Caer Ibormeith, and chosen for no other reason than I like the way it's written.

The title of this blog comes from the word redamancy, the act of loving in return. My intention with creating it is more or less to discuss my attempts at purchasing fashion and beauty products with more thought and attention towards whether or not they are created in line with what I consider my morals to be. So, basically, I'm gonna talk about clothes and makeup a lot. Of course the world needs another blog like this, don't be ridiculous.