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for white sands national park in
november this is the video for you uh
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we went on a cross-country road trip for
thanksgiving
and the entire week and so we were
planning on what to wear for white sands
national park because that's where we
were stopping in new mexico it was a
little bit tricky during that time
because they weren't sure if it was
gonna snow
or if it was gonna be you know weather
where we don't have to wear any jackets
and the weather was actually really nice
it was sunny and in the i want to say it
was in the 50s right in the mornings it
started out in the low 50s and then by
the time it was
like in the afternoon by noon it was
probably in the high 60s so it was high
60s for white sands is like perfect
weather i thought it was actually
originally going to be a little bit a
little bit colder so we did
we did dress in layers which is great um
and that's like i think the key for
white sands is that you need to dress in
layers because the mornings start out
cold and then the afternoons it gets
pretty hot because you're kind of
walking in the sand so you're exerting a
lot of energy so eventually you get hot
and then of course when the sun starts
to set then it starts getting cold again
so our activities included uh sand
sledding and a little bit of hiking so
we actually oh and also uh sunset photos
so those are the three things we were
going to do for our day in white sands
national park in the morning when we
went snow sledding i decided to wear my
favorite outfit
for especially for on road trips this
cashmere set from anatomy and they're
like a jogger style so they're super
comfy
high-waisted and this is the turtleneck
that goes with it and they have this in
other colors but i really wanted this
nice
oatmeal type of color to go with the
sand for taking pictures i thought it
would be like a really nice like a
slight color contrast i did wear this
set but because i'm i'm always so cold i
wanted to wear something underneath this
so usually what i wear when i go
somewhere cold is uniqlo's heat tech
gear so under the pants i wore a base
layer and it's very thin so it's almost
like you're wearing nothing but it
really does help retain the heat so i
always wear this underpants when i go to
somewhere cold and i even wear this
under jeans that are stretchy and it's
and i can close them and i can button
the jeans just fine and on the top i
wear this usually actually i usually
wear this unique little heat tech top
under all my sweaters so i wore the
these two underneath and it was perfect
so the one thing i was worried about was
how fine the sand was going to be and
how much it was going to get into my
boots and so i brought boots that came
above my ankle
i wore these sorel boots that are easy
to put on and off there is a zipper on
the side
and i was a little bit worried that a
lot of sand would get in these boots but
actually barely any fan got in and we
were running it up and down the hills
and it was fine so when at the end of
the day when i emptied the boot not a
whole lot came out so i was a little bit
surprised about that i really thought
more sand would get into them but these
really worked out great and then shortly
after we went hiking i will say i got a
little bit too warm
so it probably wasn't necessary to wear
the heat tech underneath um during the
day because when the sun came out we
were hiking i was starting to get a
little bit hot
so
you know if i wanted to i could i could
remove this and just have the black top
and that would have probably been
perfect i want to note one thing that
although this was super comfy and i love
the look of it for sledding these pants
didn't work out that well only because
it's so um soft and it would slide i
kept sliding off the sled so it's hard
to keep my butt on the sled when i was
going down like i would go forward into
the sand
um so yeah probably not the best choice
for sweating but as far as like the hike
during the day these were great they
were fine so i wore the opposite color
of candy and went all black i mean
completely all black and so i wore this
anatomy top it's a ribbed turtleneck
it's very thin and it has this really
cool detail on the side it's a mesh
panel and it's very form-fitting so it's
stretchy too yeah but stretchy and it
gives you this really sleek look and for
pants you can go either way i wore
uh these express leggings i've had these
forever
and i don't even know if express even
has these anymore but express does have
some cool leggings like this where it
has pockets on the side if you don't
want to wear leggings you can also wear
black jeans with this and it would look
totally fine
these are stretchy too right yeah these
are stretchy too i usually get actually
all my jeans right now are paige i love
paige jeans because they are like this
stretchy jean fabric
it's pretty form-fitting and it's very
comfortable black black black all black
plus
i also wore my uniqlo
ultra slim puff jacket all in the
morning and during the day actually
during the day in the afternoon i took
this off but in the morning i did wear
my ultra slim jacket and it was
definitely warm enough
now by the time
we started sledding we were going up and
down the hill and going up a sand hill
it's no joke you are using so much of
your energy i was starting to run out of
breath i was starting to sweat so
obviously i got rid of my jacket and i'm
actually really glad that i wore like
this thin turtleneck because if i wore
anything warmer i probably would have
been dying and i wouldn't have won a
sled anymore
it just takes up so much of your energy
going up that sand hill actually during
the day we started seeing some people in
shorts and short sleeves because that is
how warm it gets you know once the sun
comes out and it was full-blown sun with
no clouds around it was really bright
and if you're going up and down the hill
multiple times you're going to start
sweating also i would like to note as
far as like some accessories to wear
we always wear our bandolier
i wore this one yeah so specifically
this is the haley case where we have
a slot in the back to put our credit
cards or id cards anything you know
valuable that you need to keep with you
and this is the bowie strap what this
does is it has an adjustable strap so
yeah it's a thick nylon strap that's
very adjustable and it does come with a
pouch crystal just removed her pouch so
i kept mine on
yeah so candy has a pouch where you can
put you know some extra things in or you
can put a carabiner attach a carabiner
to it and have your keys there
so you just attach it
and
and it's across body so you just put it
over your shoulder
and just carry everything on you like
this so this is always something that we
have on all of our travels
another thing you must have at white
sands is sunglasses
because it gets really bright because
everything is so white so this is
reflecting it's just like if it goes
sliding in snow like
the sun reflects off the white sand so
it's like super bright yeah i actually
wore a hat
um during the day this is an accessory i
wore actually i was in the morning too
but just the hat was not enough for me
especially when we started hiking so i
wore the hat and sunglasses yeah because
it was super bright i could barely see
it but it's like squinting like this
if i didn't have sunglasses on then as
far as shoes for me
i actually wore these stylish boots
these are from amazon and i really like
the style of these and uh it worked out
in the beginning when i was walking
around in the sand but after a while it
got a little bit heavy for me so i do
wish i had some hiking like just regular
hiking boots um or
what i noticed later and what i did
later was just go barefoot a lot of
people just go barefoot on the sand and
it's so much easier to walk around just
like you know beach thing yeah but it
actually feels really good because it's
really fine um so it felt really good in
between your toes the sand really liked
it yeah and it's actually cool sand too
uh because it's actually gypsum it's
made out of gypsum so it's kind of like
a little bit more compacted and it's
very cool
so
during the day it's perfect in the
morning and at the sunset time it could
get a little bit cold which it did but i
would have rather i'd rather have my
foot bare feet and walking around the
sand easily than having uncomfortable
boots on or not uncomfortable but just
it was way easier to move around in yeah
a little bit of a struggle i guess in
those boots because they're kind of
heavy yeah
yeah the style is great
so if you're sledding i would say
sneakers or just barefoot works out
great or these boots like i wore like
these type of hiking boots worked out
great too yeah and if you're gonna go
hiking a little bit further because we
probably watch maybe like a mile mile
and a half into our hike we didn't go
too far if you're going to go even
further
i will highly recommend wearing hiking
boots not sneakers because one sneakers
you can get sand into your shoes way
way more easier than like hiking boots
and also it supports your ankles more
because you know when you're walking on
sand you're going to slip a lot so it's
going to support your ankles a lot more
so hiking boots are highly highly
recommended if you're going to hike
further at white sands so white sands
national park is also known for their
beautiful sunsets so of course we wanted
to do an outfit change because we wanted
to have a different outfit with a dif
like a style more stylish outfit or more
elegant looking outfit for the night
time or sunset time photos yeah we
weren't going to do serious hiking or
anything so it was fine to you know wear
clothes that weren't like the most
comfortable but you know looked nice in
photos and yeah i mean i think they were
still comfortable yeah they were still
comfortable but not like your typical
hiking clothes exactly yeah so what i
wore was kind of like my same outfit and
during the day i wore all black and
i wore this cashmere wrap this is from
margaret o'leary they make awesome
awesome cashmere clothes and
one of their signature items that they
make are these cashmere wraps and it
feels so good it's very soft it is a 100
cashmere
so these looked
sorry this looked really nice i always
hit candy when i'm doing this because i
don't pay attention it matches her
haircut yeah i love pink or rose rose
gold um it's like my favorite color for
like the past two years
and they also have these matching
texting gloves also 100 cashmere so this
whole uh set here is just it's so
comfortable it really is soft and cozy
and i took some really awesome photos i
think yeah and i also have a beanie to
this too if you want to go all out
matching yeah but these are great to
have you know if you just want a little
bit of extra warmth and want to keep
your fingers exposed to you know use
your devices the perfect solution i
didn't change too much either the only
thing i changed was my pants so i kept
my
top on the same anatomy cashmere
turtleneck top
and i did have
the unique little
heat tech underneath so i had these two
and then i
basically changed my pants into a pair
of white pants and i got these on sale
during the summer express always has
like these huge blowout cells i believe
like these were originally like 80 90 or
something like that but i got it for
like 20
so
this is what i wore and they're like
these long wide leg pants i don't know
if they're on the site right now since i
did buy them a little while ago but
they have really similar type of pants
like all the time so i would you know
check it out if you want to get a white
pair of pants like these and then i also
wore
the hat with it so these this is what i
wore for the first part you know when
the sun was starting to set it was
perfect i wasn't cold that was
comfortable
but as soon as the sun went away it got
pretty cold so i did bring with me a
jacket
and i did use this because they got
pretty cold so
definitely if you're going to do some
sunset photos you know in the beginning
it won't be that cold but once the sun
is gone be prepared for the the
temperatures to drop drastically and
have a coat ready yeah because we
definitely needed the coat when the sun
went away so speaking of coats i did
wear my uniqlo coat as well but i did
want to note too this other coat that i
wore throughout my cross country road
trip
i kept on switching between the
uniqlo and this anatomy puffer jacket
because
this puffer jacket just has like a
little bit more style to it it has like
this quilted back detail and the hoodie
is quilted too or like this i like that
it has two different types of fabrics
yeah it's like this jersey knit fabric
yeah with the quilted um fabric whereas
the other one was just all that same
material yeah whereas yeah this one had
a lot more stylish details to it another
thing i liked about this jacket too was
that you can hide your hoodie if you
want to so you just put it in your
collar
like this and zip it up
it zips up really easily
and so you have like a slick look
instead of having your hoodie out all
the time
whereas the uniqlo you can zip it
off you're hurting it's removable but
this one just actually hides it when
you're removing your hoodie you have to
put your hoodie somewhere after you take
it off but this one you can just hide it
nicely in your collar and another little
detail that they have is a zipper
on the sleeves on the bottom so that was
pretty cool as well but yeah i just
wanted a little bit something different
um
so i would like switch back and forth
between these two jackets so that's
basically what we wore at white sands
national park in november i mean i think
overall we did a pretty good job um the
only thing i think we were missing was
maybe
maybe one more extra layer of thinner
clothes underneath because during the
day it did get a little bit hotter than
i expected but it was still fine i mean
we weren't
sweating or anything like profusely so
yeah we were still comfortable so i
think overall the key to white sands
national park is just to layer in
november because most of the time the
temperatures are in the 60s so we hope
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