My mission to get you all up on your coat game continues. Today, I am taking your through a small winter wonderland of white and cream!
White and cream coats brings out the fancy and frilly in every woman. The bright white or soft cream color of a coat can create a level of sophistication to even the most casual of outfits. Although they are a nuetral color, they can bring all eyes on you and instantly noticed as soon as you enter a room just like bright, bold color coats! You should defitnitely add one to your closet! Need some options?!
In the past, I have not been the biggest fan of animal print and believe that they should only be consumed and worn in small doses. Even in small doses, leopard print could still irk me. However, finally there is an animal print that has stolen a piece of my heart and room in closet; giraffe print! Something about this print is so cute, but not overly exhausting on a outfit like some animal prints.
Giraffe print shoes and handbags are my favorite obsession. The print is bold in design, but soft in color due to the contast of brown and tan. A bought a pair of giraffe print pumps this weekend and I love them. They look chic and stylish pair with brown and black slacks and a cream top. You should try it! Also, giraffe print jewelry is a big plus!
Just like with your precious tresses and face, when the weather and air starts to get colder you have to readjust that beauty regimen that got you through the summer. Believe it or not, colder weather is harsher on your nails than warmer weather. That chilly air not only cools you down, but has the potentials to break your nails and dry out your hands and those oh-so delicate and nourish needing cuticles. Also, it doesn't help that people tend to wash their hands more in the winter to avoid germs and getting sick. Water + Cold Weather= DRY, CRACKED, HANDS! Not a good look from any angle.
The first and most important product you should have for your hands is a supreme hand cream. In the summer, it is suggested that your hand cream is light, but packed with the efficient vitamins to keep your hands and nails soft. However, in the winter, your hand cream should be slightly heavier to counteract that dry skin that cool air lays in your hands.
Here are two of my favorite hand creams that are prefect for you and prepping your hands for winter. I have been using them both for over a week, because I have been experiencing some ridiculously cold Memphis mornings and my hands have been taking a beating even with gloves!
If you want an incredible hand cream with an equally incredible price, then Curel Targeted Therapy Fast-Absorbing Hand and Cuticle Cream is the one for you. Curel has a great and afforbable line of hand care products (Hello, nail polish removers), so leave it to them to also carry a a great hand cream. Its loaded with soy milk, vitamin E, and my new favorite oil; Manoi! Manoi softens everything from hair to skin and it is a definite need in any skin oil collection. Curel's hand cream slaps the dryness off yor hands instantly and absorbs fabolously into your skin with no residue! Score. Plus, it helps soften your cuticles, which makes it that much easy to tend and gently push them back out of sight!
Lush is one of make fab fav beauty lines with some of the most luxurious hand and body creams. The one that I slattered on me all summer was the soft and succulent hand cream of Lemony Flutter. I love the scent of lemons, but this winter is all about almond and coconut scents of Lush's Smitten, Heavier than the rest, but absorbs quickly and beautifully!
I hope that helps the next time you glance at your hands and they are so white and dry that it looks like you were playing in flour!
"EveryBODY is Beautiful" Online Fundraising Auction
You might remember my post last month about the super fab wearable art called Spoonfed. Well, Spoonfed art jewelry designer Karin Collins is once again participating in this year's annual National Eating Disorders Association "Every BODY Is Beautiful" Online Fundraising Auction, which runs from November 1st through December 2nd, 2007. There are a number of fantastic and fashionable items up for sale, including jewelry, clothing, tote bags, spa packages, beauty products, autographed collectibles, vacations, music, books, art - and many more great items will be added as the auction progresses! The event is being chaired by music superstar Sara Evans and features many other celebrity contributors! The delightfully diverse auction offerings include a trip to Tokyo for a week, a manicure in Beverly Hills, yoga classes in Seattle, an iPod Nano, an autograph/clothing package from singer Carrie Underwood, a customized guitar signed by Bo Diddley, a Disney Snow White animation cel, a weekend in Malibu, tickets to the Regis & Kelly show, and much much more.... Karin Collins has donated three of her SpoonFed Art spoon pendants to the NEDA fundraising project, including an exclusive NEDA-commissioned one-of-a-kind necklace featuring the NEDA logo. Last year's one-of-a-kind NEDA Logo pendant sold for a whopping $370!
To find out more about the National Eating Disorder Association and get in on the fun of an online auction for a worthy cause, then visit this site. Also, please read this incredible and inspiring article/profile about Spoonfed's designer Karin Collins featured on Yahoo! Great!
In this session of Coated Up 2007, I am going to show some examples of a coat trend that I did not see coming: Metallic! After years of gushing and grabbing for anything metallic gold, I have actually started to turn away from anything that resembles an overdose of gold lame' or put me in the running for Solid Gold dancer of the year. However, overdoses of metallic gold and silver are storming closets and stores everywhere including in my beloved outerwear department! The Baby Phat bomber to the right is actually pretty fly to me. One suggestion, if I may; if you are thinking about embarking on the mission of buying and wearing a metallic coat, stick with black or white clothing. I don't believe our eyes can take a gold metallic coat paired with bright red pants. Do you? Take it easy, will ya!
Its not just the cute factor of the patent vinyl polka dots that I picked these make-up cases by Murval as the latest edition of my 'Fab Find' collection. Along from the fact that you get all three cases for under $30, they are also vegan-friendly, roomy, and ultra-glam in retro fashion! Fab, indeed!
I heard this song the other day and it took me back to elementary school and my secret boyfriend, Marcus. Shh, don't tell my daddy! After seeing this video, I want a gold locket now! I wonder what happened to my Black Hills gold one? Memories are flooding in like crazy!
I'm not sure if its the rain or dear mother nature finally got all my e-mails, but the cold weather is slowly trickling into Memphis and have left me with nothing but a scavenger hunt of all things warmth related. While at The Fusion Boutique, I stumbled across these versatile and chucky, yet chic oversized sweaters. The grey one would look perfect with a fitted balck turtleneck, black leggings and shiny black booties! The purple one is the perfect topping for a white tee and jeans look! Anyway, the possibilities and price are too much to not want these sweaters! Plus, its a one size fits all! Fab for all!
As More Designers Target Kids, Label-Consciousness Grows; The Snarky 'Nice Clothes'
Vanessa O'Connell (Wall Street Journal)-Aryana McPike, a sixth-grader from Springfield, Ill., has a closet full of designer clothes from Dolce & Gabbana, Juicy Couture, True Religion and Seven For All Mankind. But her wardrobe, carefully selected by a fashion-conscious mother, hasn't won her friends at school.
Kids in her class recently instructed her that she was wearing the wrong brands. She should wear Apple Bottoms jeans by the rapper Nelly, they told her, and designer sneakers, such as Air Force 1 by Nike. She came home complaining to her mother that "all the girls want to know if I will ever come to school without being so dressed up."
Sixth-grader Aryana McPike with her mother, Ava, whose idea of fashion differs from that of Aryana's classmates.
Teen and adolescent girls have long used fashion as a social weapon. In 1944, Eleanor Estes wrote "The Hundred Dresses," a book about a Polish girl who is made fun of for wearing the same shabby dress to school each day. The film "Mean Girls" in 2004 focused on fashion-conscious cliques among high-school teens. But today, guidance counselors and psychologists say, fashion bullying is reaching a new level of intensity as more designers launch collections targeted at kids. * Click link below to continue*
This summer, my cousin Claire, who lives in London, came to visit me all the way here in Tennessee...how nice of her! Anyway, along with her intelligence and goofy personality, she brought along her skincare regimen that mostly included products from a line I had never heard of called REN. Being the beauty junkie myself, I snuck and tried some of her face wash and mask. Seriously, it was like falling head over heels at first rinse! It became my secret indulgence at night after she fell asleep and I was hooked for five days straight. Like most summer flings, I quickly forgot all about it and went back too my Clinique and Neutrogena after they flew back to the other side of the pond!
This weekend, I was virtually wandering around an overseas' beauty store hoping to scoop some unheard of overseas beauty products to test drive, and guess who was waving at me from the organic section with the other skincare products...REN! Yes, there were those simple designed yet powerful bottles that I shared a few GREAT nights with over the summer and all those memories of lovely scents and smooth skin came rushing back to me! I had to find me some REN and get into good graces with my skin, again. Luckily, I didn't have to convert my dollars into pounds either, because I found some at my local Sephora, as will my fellow Americans!
The face wash of choice for me and my ance prone skin is REN's Mayblossom and Cypress Facial Wash. Its a VERY gentle wash, which is needed for acne/sensitive skin, that makes your skin fresh and brand new! Like a rebirth every time that you use it! The scent is so light, but so relaxing to your senses and skin. My pores? Oh, they were left squeaky clean and almost invisble! What else could you want from a facial wash?!
Like most face mask, I didn't and won't indulge in this everynight, because they can become very drying to the skin. REN's Enzymatic Facial Mask is like a fast for my skin, because it detoxified my skin like it claimed it would. Hard to believe most skincare product promises, but this one held up! My complexion was left smooth, but with a glow! Loving it!
Now don't get me wrong, REN is a quite pricey, but it's ssssoooo worth the splurge! However, the high price tag is limiting my testing process, but I am eyeing one of their moisturizers! Hmm, maybe it should go on my Christmas list? You can get REN at Sephora or where Claire orders her's from, Beauty Expert.
Regular reader and e-mailer, Stacey, asked me where she could covet her own little mini clinks a la Lindsay Lohan? Well, I you can cop a cute cuff necklace at Patricia Field's awesome online store. I seriously love that store, not a HUGE selection, but what is there is fly and fab!
Anyway, you can find the necklace here and for 18 bucks, it's definitley a stylish steal!
Everyone needs a coat in a bright, vivid color other than black, brown, and/or navy. In most industry circles, it's a fashion felony to not have at least a red coat! Personally, it took me years of courage and gumtion to work up the nerve to buy and wear a red coat without the fear of someone screaming "Kool-Aid" out! All that is behind me, but the desire for more candy colors in my coat closet is growing as should your desire! I'm itching for green one, myself!
Like most brightly colored accessories and clothing, they turn a simple ensemble into an eye-catching and chic outfit. A rule to follow when shopping for a bright color coat is to stick with minimal details and clean lines, which makes a wool peacoat the perfect stepping stone to testing out the color coated water.
A perfect compliment to yesterday's post of fab business card holders and Stained Couture's month long support of Breast Cancer Awareness month. This Lano Swarovski Pave Crystal Card Holder with Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon is chic and supportive. This is the business card holder I ordered, now all I have to do is finish designing my business cards so I'll have something to put in it! Wish me luck!
Don't you just this giveaway! This week's giveaway features the best of set from Alterna Haircare and you should devote part of day everyday until Sunday to enter to win! The prize includes travel size of the Caviar Working Hair Spray, Caviar Voluming Conditioner with Shampoo. Its a definite "Lust-Win" type situation, ladies! Enter via that simple and slender box to your right and good luck!
To find out more, visit Alterna's website for product information and prices.
For all my curvy chicas, Lane Bryant is having a monster of sale, which includes 40% off including their clearance. Crazy! Its time to stock up, because the sale includes everything from summer to fall/winter pieces, Bandolino shoes, and fabulous undergarments and accesories.
Hurry up, ladies, because the sale ends Novemeber 1st! You can't miss it, can you?
Currently, I am in the process of trying to design some business cards that I have meaning to do for more than a minute now. I have a couple of chic, sophisticated, yet fun and fab designs narrowed down, but after I have them in my claw what's next? Well, finding an equally fab business card holder!Presentation counts, ladies! I can't phatom pulling a business card out of a plain, black case, so I had to take on the task of finding some chic and feminine card holders. Here are some gorgeous, girly card holders, chicas!
Strippers, hold on to all those tall boots you have been using to earn that rent money, because over the knee/thigh high boots are SO in right now! As you can see, the thigh high boots craze has reached everyone from 'it' girl singers, to rehabing starlets, to fab mommies in making! Despite how fierce the above fashionista look in them, I am more than a little iffy how these boots would appear on us everyday chicas! I don't know if out eyes are ready to see someone walking in the mall with some boots that reach their thigh! Risque'.
Houndstooth will NEVER go out of still style, you hear me? Never. It's so chic and classy and you can never go wrong with it in your closet. One piece of clothing that loves houndstooth are coats and jackets. For us fashionistas, houndstooth and outwear go together like hydrogen and oxygen, you can't live without them! This season, houndstooth is looking so fab in the form of a cropped, swing, and short jackets and coats. Trendy, yet sophisticated. Current, yet classic. Perfection!
My nails are in celebratory mode, because I am finally through putting them through a whirlwind of nail polish, non-acetone nail polish remover, and cotton balls. After all that strain, I have tucked them in with a nice dose of cucumber cuticle oil to relax them and the promise of one polish-free week! The reason that I have been putting them through so much is because I have been trying to pick my favorites of the must-have nail colors for fall and I have narrowed then down to my fav 4!
When I first heard that yellow was one of 'it' colors in nail polish this season, I instantly discounted that color would ever be seen on my nails. When it comes to nail color, I have always followed one self-imposed rule "Never wear polish on your nails the color of fungus" (i.e. green, blues, and yellow). Therefore, I was not super estactic about trying it out, but I felt that I owed it to my beauty junkie/ trend following self to test out the yellow. Although it definitely isn't an everyday color, it is a nice color to rock on weekend! I even got some compliments, but even the cutest of compliments can make me wear it often. It was is a nice alternative to my weekend hot pink!
Purple is DEFINITELY the 'it' color in every area of fashion and beauty and I am loving it! I wore this purple polish for a week straight and was gorgeous! It made me feel younger as I was flipping and flickering my fingers about to gather all the 'ooh's and 'aahh's that I felt that I deserved and got! This was a good one!
Anything silver is usually instantly scratched off my list, but polishes of gunmetal/chrome colors are too fierce to fight! Plus, since they aren't that bold or bright, they can easily be transistioned from day to evening and weekdays to weekends. They just scream sultry, confident vixen!
The black polish of last year is old news, because its all about the navy polish and my favorite is O.P.I's Russian Navy from their Russina Collection! Its a must-have on every fashionistas' list, including yours truly! I already have three bottles of navy polishes and looking to scoop more! Navy made a brief appearance last fall/winter in the form of extremely limited Chanel vernis polish, but as soon as it sold out everywhere so did the navy trend. However, navy is back and better and its my favorite nail trend this season!
There are so many stores that makes it easier and less exspensive for you to maintain your style and stay up on the rampage of current trends. I am a HUGE fan of those sites! However, one thing that I don't mind dropping a few extra dollars on are designer handbags, but there are a few requirements that I prefer to find slathered on that bag! Simple. Chic. Well-made. Ageless.
Prada continously makes some of the most elegant and chic bags on the planet! Take a gander at the above Prada bag...gorgeous, right?! It just oozes "everyday elegance". The perfect office/girls night out/ errand running bag! This bag could carry you from your fun-filled 20s to your sizzling 60s! So, if you ever want to enjoy a stylish splurge and take a stroll down luxury lane, stop and splurge on a well-made, versatile, and long lasting bag! The Prada above looks nice!
I was wondering that question, because I receive 200+ readers around noon. Highest ever, but I didn't die I was just knee high in sending giveaway prizes out (they are on the way Tania, Joy, Precious, and Cecelia) and receiving a few for giveaways in the VERY near future. Plus, I was answering some mail and securing some business. However, despite all that, I am not not dead, but everything is straighht and shiny just like my hair thanks to an incredble hair product that my friend and fellow beauty product junkie friend sent me!
Cool weather brings staight hair to my life, because wet/damp hair and cold morning weather is not the brightest or healtiest idea. So, yesterday I reached under my sink and pulled out mi amiga, CHI flat iron, and waved adios to my mane of curls and kinks, but before that washed and conditioned my hair and applied Drop Dead Straightening Baume by Philip B. to my damp hair. For a chica with thick, semi-course, curly hair, this stuff is a godsend! It de-frizzes, smooths, softens, and straightens; all the good stuff!
Not only does it do all that, it also shortens drying, which is a mega bonus for us always-on-the-run girls! It does all without that demonic hair product ingredient silicone, which is hinders more than it shines your hair! This magnificent "baume" is a little pricey, but oh so worth it! Go get some straight tresses that also has more bounce to the ounce, chicas!
Meet the newest addition to my purse, mark's Self-Sanctuary Honey Jasmine Dry Oil Mist. The newest member of my daily purse has been receiving compliments every place I go! The combination of honey and jasmine creates a soft and sweet aroma that makes you feel relaxed and uber feminine!
Dry oil? Sounds like an oxymoron, but its not in this case. Almost instantly after your spray this on your skin, it disappears into your skin with nothing left except lightly scented soft skin!! Beauty Bonus Alert: It leaves a subtle glow on your skin! Very fab and there is also a lotion! I'm trying that next.
That's what I yelled out last night as I was preparing to go out to celebrate my friend's promotion, The only "cute" jacket that I that was not too casual was too heavy for a cool fall evening. I ended up just throwing on a black blazer, but I still wasn't just overly confident of my personal cute scale! Therefore, I have found a couple of cute jackets that are perfect for this time of year with all the warn days and cool evenings, not too heavy, but with enough material to keep you comfortable and stylish!
At last week's 2007 Black Girls Rock, singer Tweet wore this chic sequin tunice dress and I received a few inquiries about where to find it. Found it!! Cute dress, but her hair and those boots are for anther day, another post!
Your days are numbered for...warm weather, chicas! Here in Memphis, the sizzling heat of the summer is starting to disappear in the distance. Until the other night, I forgot what it felt like to have to carry a jacket to fight the chill of the night! Fortunately, the daytime is still nice and warm and that means I have been rotating all my sandals, while I can and scooping out more haute hot sandals on sale. These BCBG MAX AZRIA sandals are incredible and perfect! Gold. Distressed. T-Strap. Cork platform. Fab!
Ecco Domani, the stylish Italian wines, has launched an exclusive designer wine tote collection. Finally, what us legal liquor ladies have been dreaming about! Yeah, right, but it is a pretty cool and chic idea!
The bags are a perfect gift and need for the holidays. That black bag at the top is so haute, you could probably pull it off as a cute evening bag. Plus, if you are one of those people who occasionally give wine as a gift or offering to a hostess, then presenting in a cute and stylish way defitnitely beats the pulling the bottle out your purse option. Well, you have a chance to win all four bags via this week's giveaway via Coutorture. All you have to do is enter via that little box to your right and keep your fingers crossed and wine ready!
Leave it to Marc Jacobs to come up with a too cute to dispute charm bracelet that not only looks gorgeous, but also helps bring more awareness to breast cancer. The bracelet consists of two bangles with pink ribbon, wishbone, heart, and balls charm.
This Charity Charm bracelet by Marc Jacobs can be found exclusively at Shopbop.com with 50% of the sales being donated to the Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization.
TONIGHT is the premiere of E!'s new reality show "Keeping Up with The Kardashian", which premieres at 10:30 pm/9:30 pm central. Check it out to see what happens when two large families coincide together in the Hollywood!
Well, for luch today I had a nice helping of style option pie with one of my lunchtimeYahoo messenging chicas and loyal readers, Nicole. Nicole was pondering buying some gold flats, but gold shoes and bags seem "too gaudy and Kimora", her words not mine, for her taste. My words and optionsare actually something I have been searching for to couteract my addiction to gold flats; bronze flats. They have just the right amount of golden hues, but not too overbearing and seem more suitable for the darker hues of fall/winter. So, you know the routine, I sniffed out a few bronze flats for myself, Nicole, and anyone else out there looking for another option other than gold!
Some of you already are aware of my high geek level. I LOVE books as much as I love a tube of Dior Show mascara. In fact, I think I have spent more hours wondering around Walden's Books than the Clinique counter. One genre of books that I really love to overdose on are ones pertaining to history, but I'm talking about victorian era. All the proper and intricate dialogue and petticoats and ruffle filled dresses have always been a personal fav of mine, hence my post yesterday about ruffle blouses!
Since I have been overdosing on the regal victorian era, I am kinda stoked to see Elizabeth: The Golden Age that hits theaters TODAY. Its the continuation of 1998's Elizabeththat I saw in high school for extra credit, but I enjoyed it!! I left the theater feeling like a was an urban queen in a mall of peasants. Yeah, mi madre knocked me off my pedastal ASAP!
Aside from the stellar cast of Cate Blanchett and Clive Owens, the filmmakers assembled a team of film artisans to re-create and re-imagine the glittering court of Elizabeth I, including: costume designer Alexandra Byrne whose inspiration came from the work of Spanish fashion designer and one of my personal favs Balenciaga, who had interpreted various historical paintings in his 1950s couture, including some Elizabethan pieces; and makeup and hair designer Jenny Shircore who evolved Elizabeth’s look, maturing her a middle-aged woman to eternally divine. As you can see above, they did an impeccable job of transfroming the actors to that era. Flawless make-up and gorgeous gowns always steals my interest. Hmmm, you think chalky, pale make-up will ever make a comeback? Let's hope not, I can't get with the ghost look!
To see trailers and to gawk and intake more of the wardrobe that are like pieces of art and scenes in their own right and to learn more about the story of Elizabeth sans books, then visit Elizabeth: The Golden Era site.
Oh, as for the GIVEAWAY, wouldn't it be super sweet and very deserving of respect to receive a box full of goodies that includes a movie poster, t-shirt, hat, lapel pin, female shirt, and a copy of Elizabeth to get you up to speed! Yeah, and then you can be part of my fashionista history buff squad and discuss it while gussied up, but that's up to you!
Anyway, all you have to do is email me your name and address to GIVEAWAYS@stainedcouture.com with the word "Elizabeth" in the subject line! I'm going to send it out pesonally and include a little surprise courteousy of yours truly. Hush, its a surprise, but super regal! Enter all weekend and I will let the winners know Monday. Gotta love free stuff, chicas!!
Continuing Breast Cancer Awareness month, Estee Lauder has released a bevy of beauty products that will go toward helping them collect $500 million for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
This cute, little compact of inner and outer beauty is filled with a transperency bronzer that is perfect for any complexion. The soft-matte bronzer literally brushes off any shine that might have formed on your gorgeous visage with all its oil-controlling goodness. Aside from the dazzling gold and pink crystal compact, the set also includes a golden travel brush for those oh so fun quick touch-ups!
Truthfully, I am one of the geekiest girls every! For the past month I have been really stuck on studying and investigating anything from the victorian era of Elizabeth I and all the other historically strong women of that era. However, my inner fashionista couldn't resist letting the extreme regality of the clothing to take over my independent studying! Therefore, I have been on my ruffle grind looking for some of the most regal clothing that could easily been seen draped on women from that era. Fortunately, one of these season's trends is embracing the femininity in your clothes! Yes, that does include ruffles! Score one for the history buffs and/or geeky fashionistas!
Here are few examples of tops that are oozing with enough regal femininity to get your feathered feathers ruffled. Tired of the variations of the word"ruffles", yet? ruffles.
Recently, the Olsen twins were seen at London's Heathrow airport wearing the same Christian Louboutin Ariella studded boots. Although I am not a 'stud embellished' girl, these are some pretty sick boots! However, at $1,150, I'll just have to look out for the Steve Madden knock-offs!
After wanting and waiting for a baby for so long, Ms. Berry has definitely been enjoying and embracing her pregnancy. In between her cravings for hot and spicy food and attending the premieres of her new movie "Things We Lost in the Fire", she has been preparing for her little bundle of more than likely gorgeous joy by hititng some of the best baby boutiques in and near Hollywood.
One boutique that she and her guy/baby father hit was West Hollywood's Petit Tresor. The happy family in the making picked up some too cute to not buy baby essentials including a couple of too-fab-to-be-diaper-bags, a couple of soft blankets, and adorable toys for the little tike!
If the beauty if the baby can grab your attention, definitely the baby accessories will.
Some of the best dresses every made are those dresses that flatter almost every shape and size and this Butter by Nadia convertible wrap dress is definitely one fo those dresses and a great addition to any closet. Depending on your fashion delimma du jour, your can pair it with a cute little shrug and some chic tall boots to make it a casual look OR you can glam it up with a glitzy clutch and equally glitzy and strappy heels for a night of showstopping on the town! The "universally flattering" dress comes in red, green, and the always versatile and forgiving black! Its a dress with many looks, for many occasions, and many memories. Oh, I forgot one of the best parts, its hand washable! Gotta love that jersey material!
All I can think of when I see these shoes is the 80s movie Flashdance. Here is a little something about me when it comes to shoes, when I first see a pair I have a brain rush of possible outfit possibilities. Depending on if I can pull off any of the outfits that come to my mind, I scoop them. However, with these shoes I hit a couple of road bumps. I can picture pairing the shoes with some skinny jeans, but after that I am clueless! Therefore, these shoes are perfect for 'Yay or Nay'! So, yay or nay?
One of the best things to ever happen to me after starting mi nino Stained Couture is applying and be accepted into the then budding community of Coutorture. Over the past year and half, Coutorture has turned into a community full of some of the most fashionably informative bloggers, over 230 to be more concise! Coutorture harbors some of the best blogs that frequently inform its readers about everything from clothing, accessoried, make-up, perfumes, and streetwear.
NowCoutorture is about to get bigger and better thanks to it being acquired by the Sugar Inc.. Just in case you have not been introduced to the Sugar network, Sugar Inc. is an online media network focused on creating some of the most relevent and forward information for trendsetting and passionate woman,
I love the Sugar Network, especially BellaSugar and FabSugar. However, all their communites are incredible. To find out more, read the following official press release:
Okay, its not pink, but all the proceeds from this Limited Edition Juicy Couture tee that screams "Viva La Cure" on it, goes to the Entertainment Industry Foundation Women's Cancer Research Fund which helps to advance scientific research for breast cancer and other women cancer.
The tee can is exclusively sold at Saks Fifth Avenue, so get on the good foot and get one!
Another company that is helping to support the cure for Breast Cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness month is Fig Leaves. Fig Leaves is know for offering some of the most gorgeous undergarments and lingerie, but this month they are going to be using some of their profits for such a worthy cause.
During October, Fig leaves will be donating between 10 and 30 percent of their sales of a special selction to Living Beyond Breast Cancer, which is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to helping women affected by breast cancer.
Go here to view, shop, and support such a worthy cause!
This season, when it comes to choosing fabrics, satin is your best option. Satin is everywhere and all over, but one place I am so hopping on the satin covered bandwagon are satin shoes. LOVIN' THEM! They can be sexy, yet elegant. Youthful, yet classic. Basically, they are perfect for any age or lifestyle! I want a pair!
For the past week, I have been waking up with some MAJOR cuts on my forehead. I seriously thought something was "wrong" with me, but my little sister of all people made me realize that I have been accidently scratching myself in my sleep. Wow, am I 26 years old or 26 months old?! The next question: What to do to heal my skin in a healthy way while still being able to maintain my make-up addiction? Enter, Philosophy Save Me Night Treatments.
Over the past three nights, I have been applying this magical little solution to my face and over night my skin has been healing and glowing like crazy. Save Me is infused with enough Vitamin C, peptides, retinol, and antioxidants to smack almost any flaw off your face. I will admit that I didn't have to drop any money on this myself, but knowing what I now know it is definitely worth the $60. I wish I had this last week when I was sick as a dog and it showed all over my face! Medicine for the face. Lovely!
I don't know why, but I have been feeling so 'retro' when it comes to looking for accessories. So, when I spotted these Wilmington sunglasses at FlyJane, I was all about them. Plus, for under 20 bucks, you can't get any better! The chestnut pair have my psuedo online name stamped all over them!
Seriously, you can not have too many tops this season, no matter what size. Fashion to Figure, a fashion and frugal stop for plus size fashion, has an array of trendy top for the curviest of chicas. Muy bien!
Get free shipping on orders $60 or more with the coupon code---FREESHIP60. However, put some pep in your step, because the code ends October 15th! So, go grab some FTF fab!
Now that The Fashionista Diaries is winding down to the end of the season, a new addiction has entered just in time and it has brought along enough style and drama to make me keep coming back for more.
Gossip Girl follows the lives of young upper eastsiders residing and socializing all through New York and sprinkled with that juicy, drama drenching plot I just love!! Each episode is narrated through an anynomous blogger, Gossip Girl. I really can't wait to see hoe this shows plays out. I hope it doesn't take a turn for the worse a la The O.C.
As all of you SHOULD know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Even us twenty-something chicas have to start getting mammograms, because the age of women being diagnosed with breast cancer is getting lower and lower.
There are so many ways and things we can do to help support a truly worthy cause. Ford has teamed up wth Kelly Clarkson to present a list of beautiful items that not only help benefit finding a cure for breast cancer, but to do so in fashionable fabulous way!
Warriors in Pink has sold over one million items and the numbers and styles continue to grow. So, help spread about breast cancer awareness with style and knowledge that all proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Go here to learn more about getting some warrior gear of own!
Need to be entertained? Got a computer? If so, then you are set! More and more televiswion shows are available for full viewing online and its one of the best things to happen to a generation of busy bodies who are even too busy to program their DVRs. Now, some networks are broadening the world of internet and television and are introducing shows or webisodes that can ONLY be seen on the internet. One of these webisodes is NBC's online drama Coastal Dreams.
Coastal Dreams is a 24 episode show that takes place in the idyllic coastal town of Pacific Shores that follows the lives of two twenty-something friends, Zoe and Stacey, who hoped to escape the boredom that is their everday lives, but soon realize that their lives are at stake. Sounds interesting. What starts off as a dream vacation of boy watching and fab weather indulging soon turns sour as Zoe finds out about a dark family secret and receives a visit from someone in her past that may end her summer on a fatal note.
Coastal Dreams premieres today on NBC.com and will air new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.
Chunky is the style of choice when it comes to jewelry this season and the one area of you that should definitely tbe aking part in this trend are your fingers in the form of large, statement rings. Big and bright are the requirements for choosing a ring this season. Personally, I have always been a fan of gigantic rings, because they make fingers look thinner. So, I already have a few taking up residence in my jewelry box. However, to help gear some of your ladies into the right and bright lights of statement rings. Here are few fabulous and VERY affordable rings to help get you started.
Hollywould Ellie Convertible High Boot, $895, eLuxury
Every fall, some variation of tall boots are the style to have. However, this year, all lengths of boots, tall to bootie, can get you on the 'it' list. Hollywould has a boot for all, plus it has the punk style twist to halp you stay in trend. It's too harsh of a look for me, but what about you!
WOW, I have receive over 100 entries so far! You all should definitely be trying to get your paws on this! Depending on how many more entries I get, I might try to wrangle another one for entry! However, I have giveaways lined up for the next FOUR weeks, so stay tuned!
Unfortunately, I am going to be a little late with posts, because there was a horrible incident that happened at the U of M last night. As an alum and still resident in the area, I am still part of the Tiger Nation in mourning.
Give me a couple of hours to come back with some style infused posts!
Pucker up, chicas, because you should definitely be on my good side to try and win this week's giveaway of Sephora's Lip Butter Confections. I was more than pleased to smooth each of these soft lip makers on my smackers and they instantly become my new best friends!
These dessert inspired lip moisturizers are stuffed with the incredible ingredients of avocado oil and vitamin E to help ensure that you have nothing but smooth and soft lips. And the scents?! To die for. The set includes lip butters in Triple Layer Cake, Bananas Foster, and my fav, Tiramisu. Yum.
Hurry, because the giveaway ends this Friday at Noon eastern, but you can enter as many times as you want!
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In this session of Coated Up 2007, I am going to show some examples of a coat trend that I did not see coming: Metallic! After years of gushing and grabbing for anything metallic gold, I have actually started to turn away from anything that resembles an overdose of gold lame' or put me in the running for Solid Gold dancer of the year. However, overdoses of metallic gold and silver are storming closets and stores everywhere including in my beloved outerwear department! The 
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Some of the best dresses every made are those dresses that flatter almost every shape and size and this 
Save Me is infused with enough Vitamin C, peptides, retinol, and antioxidants to smack almost any flaw off your face. I will admit that I didn't have to drop any money on this myself, but knowing what I now know it is definitely worth the $60. I wish I had this last week when I was sick as a dog and it showed all over my face! Medicine for the face. Lovely!
