All posts by Laytee Samida

I’m Obsessed!

(l-r) Diedre in Natural Multi Pony and Grey Multi Pony, Estefania in Natural/Dark Brown Piny

In case you didn’t know, whenever I decided to dabble in animal print when it comes to my clothes, I like it in small, simple doses. A simple zebra print scarf or my fav, a pair of simple leopard print ballet flats. So, timeless.

So, imagine my surprise when I instantly started drooling over these animal print heels from Nine West. Not only are they heel, but cuts and shreds and extra details that I don’t look for in an animal print shoe. Still, I’m obsessed with these heels! I want them to so bad!

Diedre is available in 5 colors and the Estefania is also available in camouflage print, which is totally not for moi!

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Knock It Off…YSL Laceup Bootie

I was browsing around the denim edition of Nylon and was so once again day dreaming about fall. Not to mention that it feels like lovely outside. You know that feeling of cool mornings and warm afternoons that teases you toward the end of summer? Yeah, that’s what it feels like outside. So, let the abundance of fall footwear commence!

I saw these YSL Hortense booties and added it to my list of things that I need to find a knockoff of…IMMEDIATELY, because that $895 pricetag had a girl breathing heavy in a paperbag and pointing feverously at my monitor.

So, keep your eyes out, girls, for a knockoff of this shoe! Thanks!

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Jones New York Empowering Your Confidence campaign

For over 30 years Jones has strived to help women achieve their goals.  This season, Jones New York reveals their fall campaign entitled “Empowering Your Confidence.”  Shot by esteemed photographer, Annie Leibovitz, and styled by Lori Goldstein, the JNY fall campaign highlights accessible luxury for the modern, professional woman.  Jessica Stam, Hilary Rhoda and Du Juan, are just some of the faces that helped to bring these striking shots to life against the iconic backdrop of Grand Central Station.

The “Empowering Your Confidence” campaign is influenced by “A Woman’s Nation” (http://www.awomansnation.com/), a crucial part of the Shriver Report that highlights the growth and influence of women in the home, at work and all around the world.  Jones is celebrating female empowerment, not only through fashion, but by also offering advice, tips and inspirational quotes via “The Little Black Book”, a digital collection of accomplished female professionals such as Bobbi Brown, Ariana Huffington, Ellen Gustafson, and Ivanka Trump sharing their collective wisdoms with women everywhere.

To find out more about the Empowering Your Confidence campaign, visit Jones New York’s website here!

P.S. I want those bags they are carrying!

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The perfect 1-2 for a ‘Completely Bare’ chin

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been slowly figuring out a lot of things that my skin loves and needs to look the best it can. Now that I’ve found a skin care regimen that, for the most part, helps my combo/acne skin stay clear, the next thing I needed to do was find out how to clear a few “bumps” in the road that even the strongest regimen couldn’t cross, until now!

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Awhile a back, I reviewed Completely Bare’s Completely Smooth for Body and I love it! In my review, I mentioned that I wanted to try the Completely Smooth for Face. So, Completely Bare was fabulous enough to send it to me to review.

When I got the Completely Smooth for Face, they had also included Bikini Bump Blaster, which was an unexpected surprise.

Why beat around the bush…I get facial hair on my chin. Let me rephrase that, I get stubborn and continuously thick facial hair on my chin that despite weekly waxing, still grows back and just has thick. Ugh, it pisses me off just typing about them!

Anyway, I needed to try and find, not a good, but an awesome hair epilator for my face, but also something to help ingrown hairs.

Although the bikini blaster is for ingrown hairs in the bikini area and thought it would work just as well on my face, I still wanted to try the razor bump pads, which are aimed more for men who get razor pumps. So, I ordered with my own moolah the razor bump blaster pads. They combined with the completely smooth for face seem to be the 1-2 combination I need to keep my chin smooth.

Now, just like with the completely bare for body, don’t expect for your hair to just stop growing for a long time. They do however, slow down the growing process and the hair grows back thinner and not so obvious.

I will say this, I didn’t notice a difference in the texture and formula between the fCompletely Smooth for face and body lotions. The obvious difference is the size of the bottles with the one for body being a little taller.

Also, I after trying both ingrown hair pads for both the bikini area and razor, I also didn’t notice that much of a difference except that the Bikini Blaster had no scent while the Razor Bump Blaster seemed to have a “manly” scent that I kinda liked!

To sum it up, Completely Bare is continuing to get me hooked to their products and if you try them you just might get a hooked, too!

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Keeping up with the Kardashians…STYLE!

So, I’m super stoked that one of my favorite reality addictions is coming back….Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I had the chance to get a copy of the season premiere that deals with Khloe not allowing Scott on her property despite the fact Kourtney and their too adorable to speak son live with Khloe. Also, Kim bought her first house and it’s beyond amazing with its clean and crisp nuetral color scheme and her cleaning addiction. Loved it. However, let’s face it, I tend to care more about the style infused in this show!

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Despite an entertaining story lines from an entertaining family, I love watching to see what they are wearing. It’s an addiction. Although they each have their own individual styles, they have a lot in common when it comes to their fashion choices. Here are some of the things they share when it comes to their wardrobe choices!

So, here are three things that I noticed that they frequently wear in casual/everyday life and for events.

CASUAL

  1. Big Sunglasses – Round, aviators, wayfarers. It doesn’t matter the shape or style of sunnies when it comes to these ladies. As long as they are large and cover practically their entire eye area, then they are winners in their books!
  2. Roomy Designer Bags – Seriously, who can blame them for having the loot and luxury to tote around big Balenciaga, Chanel, and Louis bags?!
  3. Solids – I’m not sure if I’m the only one that notices this, but the Kardashian chicas rarely wear bright colors and prints and I’ve seen enough candids of them to know this.

EVENTS

  1. Fitted – They LOVE fitted dresses! When you have the curves, why not show them off.
  2. Knee Length Dresses – Although they tend tofavor fitted dresses, they try and keep it more classy than overtly sexy by keeping the dresses around knee level. Perfect.
  3. Neutral Colors – The dress might be tight and barely at the knee, but the neutral colors they pick can make the whole look classic and polished.

Love ’em or hate ’em, you have to admit that these chicks have awesome style while walking on the sidewalk or the red carpet. However, I think they might owe a lot of their style and similarities to their mutual stylist, Monica Rose.

To get more glimpses of their style, tune in on E! this Sunday for the season five premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, followed by the series premiere of the Kim Kardashian produced The Spin Crowd. FYI, I saw the premiere episode of this one, too, and it looks like winner!

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