Celebrity Inspired Look: Blake Lively

 

I'm so excited with this post because it's my very first celebrity inspired look. A couple of weeks ago I was browsing through Hot Miami Styles  like I always do, I love their site it's my go to site for dresses pretty much because most their dresses fit me well length wise. I might of talked about this in another post, but I always have a hard time finding dresses that fit me. Most dresses that are "supposed" to fit me at mid thigh fit me way above mid thigh and its not that I'm a supper tall girl I'm 5' 6" which I think is an average height right?!?! but I do have these awesome long legs! and that's why most dresses fit me like long tops or tunics.

  Ok so back on topic!.... I came across this black and beige strapless dress and it immediately reminded me of the dress that Blake Lively wore to the red carpet premier of Savages last year. She wore a Zuhair Murad gown I believe it was from his spring 2012 couture collection and jewelry from Lorraine Schwartz. This dress from Hot Miami Styles is very similar the big difference is the price of course and its a more wearable knee leght dress. This is a great dress for a romantic dinner,a night out with the girls or even a business dinner you can just put on a blazer the possibilities are endless! I absolutely love it! the dress is fully lined, its stretchy, its has a side invisible zipper,padded cups. The stripes on this dress are perfect the accentuate what you need to and it shapes your body. Be sure to check out Hot Miami Styles for more trendy clothes, swim wear and accessories....and I'll leave you with my Blake Lively Inspired look. Enjoy!

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    Estoy muy emocionada con este post, porque es mi primer look inspirado por una celebridad. Hace un par de semanas estaba navegando por Hot Miami Styles como siempre lo hago, me encanta su sitio es uno mi sitio favorito para comprar vestidos porque la mayoría de sus vestidos se adaptan bien al cuerpo y me quedan perfecto de lo largo. hable de esto en otro post, pero siempre tengo problemas para encontrar vestidos que me queden bien de lo largo La mayoría de los vestidos que se "supone" que me queden en la mitad del muslo me queda muy por encima de la mitad del muslo y no es que yo soy una super chica alta yo mido 5 '6 ", que creo que es una estatura media verdad?!?! Pero si tengo tengo unas piernas largas formidables y por eso la mayoría de los vestidos me quedan como tops largos o túnicas.

Ok De vuelta al asunto! .... Me encontré con este vestido strapless negro y beige, y de inmediato me recordó el vestido que Blake Lively usó en la alfombra roja de la premier de la pelicula Savages el año pasado. Llevaba un vestido de Zuhair Murad Creo que fue de la colección primavera de 2012 de alta costura y joyas de Lorraine Schwartz. Este vestido de Hot Miami Styles es muy similar la gran diferencia es el precio, por supuesto, y es un vestido hasta la rodilla. Este vestido lo puedes usar para una cena romántica, una noche de fiesta con las chicas o incluso una cena de negocios puedes simplemente ponerte un Blazer y listo, las posibilidades son infinitas! Me encanta el vestido! es totalmente forrado, es elástico, tiene un cierre oculto, copas acolchadas. Las rayas en este vestido son ideales el para acentuar y da forma al cuerpo. Asegúrese de visitar Hot Miami Styles para la ropa más trendy, trajes de baño y accesorios .... y los dejo con mi look inspirado por Blake Lively. Espero y les guste!

 



 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nail Stuff!

   A few months ago....well to be exact on New Years Eve I received a package from Mont Bleu I open it very excited  and saw all the goodies they had send me, then I put it away and went on my way to receive the new year. A couple of days after I tried looking for the package but I guess I put it away so well I did find it myself! But finally I found it  a couple weeks ago and wanted to share what they send me as well as a couple of pictures of  nail art. Also you can check out my other post where I talk more about Mont Bleu and do a nail tutorial HERE! Thank You Mont Bleu! and don't forget to check them out HERE!

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   Hace unos meses .... bueno, para ser exactos en la víspera de Año Nuevo, recibí un paquete de Mont Bleu lo abri muy emocionada y vi todo lo bueno que me enviaron, entonces lo guardé y seguí mi camino para recibir el nuevo año. Un par de días después, traté de buscar el paquete, pero supongo que lo guardé tan bien que ni yo lo encontre! Pero por fin lo encontré hace unas semanas atras y quería compartir lo que me enviaron, así como un par de fotos de arte de mis uñas. También puedes echar un vistazo a mi otro post donde hablo más sobre Mont Bleu y hago un tutorial de uñas AQUÍ! Gracias Mont Bleu! y no te olvides de visitarlos AQUÍ!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Splurge Vs. Steal:Jeffrey Campbell Starry Nite Platform

     Jeffrey Campbell Starry Nite Platform                         Star accent heel-less platform
            Find them Here from Nasty Gal                                Find them Here from GoJane




Splurge Vs. Steal is back this year!!! Last year I fell in love with these heel-less Starry Nite Platforms from Jeffrey Campbell, I'm not a big fan of some heel-less but these don't look as bad and or look like they will be painful to walk in. A couple of days ago I found these great affordable alternative to the Jeffrey Campbell Starry Nite of course the are a few differences but the biggest one is the price!
The GoJane peep toe heel-less platforms are made from faux leather, the platform is 1.5 inches and 5.5 inches high. The Jeffrey Campbell platforms found on Nasty Gal are black suede with a ankle strap the platform is 2 inches high and the height is 6.5 inches. The two notable differences are that the GoJane platforms are peep toe and don't have a ankle strap, of course the the huge difference is also the price! If you purchase the heel-less platform from GoJane you will be saving yourself $140!!! But if you can splurge you can you can go with the Jeffrey Campbell Platforms from Nasty Gal wich I love because they are closed toe and have the ankle strap. A quick tip, if you are small in height don't wear ankle strap heels they will cut off your length and make you look even smaller, instead wear open toe heels with no ankle straps to give the illusion of longer legs.

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Lujo vs. offerta está de vuelta este año! El año pasado me enamoré de estas plataformas -Starry Nite de Jeffrey Campbell, no soy una gran fan de algunos sin talón/tacon , pero estos no se ven tan mal y ni parece que serán dolorosos para caminar, un par de días atras me encontré con estos que es una excelente alternativa económica y muy parecida a los de Jeffrey Campbell Starry Nite por supuesto que hay diferencias, pero la más grande es el precio! Los de Gojane están hechas de cuero y la plataforma es de 1.5 pulgadas y 5.5 pulgadas de alto. Las plataformas de Jeffrey Campbell que se encuentran en Nasty Gal son de gamuza negra con una correa de tobillo, la plataforma es de 2 pulgadas de alto y la altura es de 6.5 pulgadas. Las dos diferencias notables son que las plataformas de Gojane son de punta abierta y no tienen una correa de tobillo, por supuesto, la gran diferencia es también el precio! Si compras las plataformas sin talón/tacon de Gojane estarás ahorrando $140!! Pero si se puede gastar te puedes ir con las Plataformas de Jeffrey Campbell de Nasty Gal cual me encanta porque están cerrados y tienen la correa de tobillo. Un consejo si eres de estatura baja no uses zapatos de tacón con correa de tobillo porque te cortara la estatura y te va hacer ver aún más pequeña, usa mejor zapatos de tacón de punta abierta sin correas del tobillo para dar la ilusión de piernas más largas.






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2012 Latin Grammy's: Best Dressed

The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held this past Thursday night November 15  in the Mandalay bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of course I was glued as soon as the green carpet started to see what all the celebrities were wearing and not to mention the music performers! some of my favorite were ofcourse Pitbull who open and closed the awards along with Sensato, Prince Royce and Joan Sebastian, Jesse & Joy and so many more.....but back to the green carpet here are just a few of my favorites of the night. Most of the female celebrities were wearing neutral colors,red, black or metallic gowns and a hand full were rocking the bold lip color, red, deep reds and maroons witch I am loving for his fall/winter season! 
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La 13 ª edición de los premios Grammy Latinos se celebraron el pasado jueves por la noche 15 de noviembre en el Mandalay Bay en Las Vegas, Nevada. Por supuesto que estaba pegada en cuanto la alfombra verde empezó, para ver lo que todas las celebridades llevaban puesto y sin mencionar los intérpretes musicales! algunos de mis favoritos son por supuesto Pitbull que abrio y cerro los galardones junto con Sensato, Prince Royce y Joan Sebastian, Jesse & Joy y muchos más ..... Pero volvamos a la alfombra verde aquí son sólo algunas de mis favoritas de la noche. La mayoría de las celebridades femeninas llevaban puesto colores neutros, vestidos de rojo, negro o metálico y muchas llevan el color de los labios rojos profundos y marrones que estoy encanta para esta temporada otoño / invierno!

Galilea Montijo ( Actress and TV Host) was wearing a Marchesa gown one of my favorite designers

 

As soon as the green carpet coverage started I was wowed by Galileas dress and I knew this was going to be by far my top favorite. who ever her stylist was did an AMAZING job, from the dress to the hair which she was wearing a braided up do, very minimal accessories, the makeup, she looked great I love the whole Greek Goddess look, she looked very elegant and feminine with out showing too much skin. 

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 Galilea Montijo (actriz y presentadora de televisión) llevaba un vestido de Marchesa uno de mis diseñadores favoritos


Tan pronto como la cobertura de la alfombra verde empezó me impresione con el vestido de Galilea y sabía no iba haber otro que me gustara mas este fue mi favorito de la noche. Quien sea su estilista hizo un trabajo increíble, desde el vestido, el pelo que llevaba un trenzado recojido, accesorios muy mínimos el maquillaje, ella se veía genial me encanto el look entero de diosa griega, se veía muy elegante y femenina sin mostrar demasiada piel.

 

I kinda borrowed this image from her instagram just to show how beautiful the gold detailing is  from across the top part of the bodice and the sleeve cuff, I wish I could of found a picture of the back of her hair. By the way that is Alejandro Sanz (Singer-Songwriter)

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tome prestada esta imagen de su Instagram sólo para mostrar la belleza del detalle de toda la parte superior del cuerpo y el brazalete de la manga, me gustaría poder encontrar una imagen de la parte posterior de su pelo. Por cierto que el que esta al lado es Alejandro Sanz (Cantautor) 

Zuria Vega (Actress)

She was wearing a design by Monique Lhuillier (FIDM Alimni)

I believe this is from her Spring 2011 collection is a pinkish nude flared tulle hem, Her hair was in loose curls and simple makeup with a pop of red lip stick. 

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Zuria Vega (Actriz)

Llevaba un diseño de Monique Lhuillier (FIDM Alimni)

Creo que esto es de su colección Primavera 2011 es un dobladillo rosado desnudo tul acampanado, Su pelo estaba en rizos sueltos y maquillaje sencillo con un toque de lápiz labial rojo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ana Brenda Contreras (Singer and Actress)

She was wearing a design also from Monique Lhuillier (FIDM Alimni) she looked like an old Hollywood actress, very retro and once again simple make up and a bold lip.

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Ana Brenda Contreras (cantante y actriz)

Llevaba un diseño también de Monique Lhuillier (FIDM Alimni) que se parecía a una antigua actriz de Hollywood, muy retro y una vez más maquillaje sencillo y un labio audaz. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nelly Furtado (Singer) was in an embroided nude color gown very retro and old Hollywood look

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Nelly Furtado (Singer) se encontraba en un vestido bordado de color nude, muy retro y antiguo Hollywood una vez más

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lucero (Singer and Actress) wearing a metallic gown by Nicolas Felizola, she was one of the many wearing the very popular metallic trend and carried very well with minimal accesories. The back of the dress was gorgeous. 

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Lucero (cantante y actriz) con un vestido metálico de Nicolas Felizola, ella era una de las muchas usando la tendencia muy popular metalizada y la llevó muy bien con accesorios mínimos. La parte posterior del vestido era precioso.

 

 

 

 

 

Ana Patricia Gonzales (Former Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010, entertainment correspondent)

 also wore the metalic trend with a plunging neckline and a bold marron lip.

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 Ana Patricia Gonzales (Ex Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010, corresponsal de entretenimiento)

También llevaba la tendencia metálica con un escote y un labio marron

 

 

Alejandra Espinoza (former Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007,model, TV presenter)

wore a one sleeve sage green  gown with metallic details. Her hair was in a slick pony tail, very elegant and chic.

 

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Alejandra Espinoza (ex Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007, modelo, presentadora de televisión)

Llevaba un vestido de una manga verde salvia con detalles metálicos. Tenía el pelo en una cola de caballo pulido, muy elegante y chic.

 

 

 

Lili Estefan (TV Host) wearing an orange red gown by Tom Ford, very simple,clean straight lines, elegant plungin neckline, sexy and not bulgar at all!

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Lili Estefan (Host TV) que llevaba un vestido rojo anaranjado por Tom Ford, muy sencillo, líneas rectas limpias, elegante escote profundo, sexy sin ser bulgar!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Splurge Vs.Steal: Wedge Sneakers

Finally the best of both worlds! wedge sneakers witch by the way are very comfy. Wedge sneakers have come in big this fall, a lot of celebrities are wearing them from designers such as Marc Jacobs, Isabel Marant, Giuseppe Zanotti but not every one can afford the designer prices so I found a very similar pair of wedge sneakers on GoJane.com that look a lot like Isabel Marant's Bekket Sneakers but bit more affordable, they also have a whole selection of sneaker Here  so go checked them out!

   Isabel Marant Bekket Sneakers                                        GoJane.com Suede Wedge Sneakers
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DIY: Denim Lace Shorts

How many of you have Jeans that out of style or they fit like high waters? I found a couple of pairs myself while cleaning out my closet, I was about to throw them in my donation pile when I remember I saw a pin of some denim shorts with lace on Pinterest, so I got my inspiration from that picture and  I quickly took a trip to the Fashion District Downtown LA to find some lace appliques. You don't necessarily need to go out and buy lace appliques you can use lace fabric or an applique from and old garment. This was a very fast and easy DIY anyone can do it! I wanted to revamp these old Guess Foxy Flare Jeans  but you don't need to cut up your jeans, if you have a pair of denim short you want to up date you can use those. Hope everyone finds this post helpful!

            What you will need:

Denim Shorts or turn an old pair of jeans in to shorts

Lace applique

Scissors

Pins

Pencil

Seam ripper

Needle and thread/or sewing machine

First you have to decide if you want your shorts shorter and how much of the side seam you want to cut off. I suggest putting on the shorts and measure how high up and how wide you want the opening on the sides to be and mark it, do this on both sides. Once you have your markings make a triangle shape on the side seam. I rounded out the edges just to give it a more cleaner look.

 Side seam view....

 Once you decide how much your want to cut off go on ahead and cut. once you cut off the excess you can now start distressing the edges of your shorts. You can use a seam ripper like I did it makes it easy and you have more control on how much and how far you want to distress the edges. You can also use sand paper and a X-acto knife but I find it easier to use a seam ripper.

 Distressing the edges is time consuming, but well worth it. Of course this step  is optional.

after distressing the edges you are now ready to pin your appliques in place and sew . You can sew on the lace by hand, using a blind stitch or you can do what I did sew along the edge of where you stop distressing. 

and finally the final product....

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Five Year Goals

So today’s post is a little different, it’s not fashion or beauty related it’s a bit more personal…..something just to get to know the person behind the DIY’s and fashion post, more about the girl who obsessed and addicted to shoes!...lol …. so since I am a very random person  and the other day I thought to myself OK I am 25(no one actually believes me I am 25 they always think I am way younger!..Story of my life!) Not married no kids, I finished school, started a career, I have done the whole early 20’s thing, I got board of it now what’s next??? So I wrote down what I would like to accomplish in the next five years and then decided to share some of my goals here to since this blog is part of my goals and life. So the following will be some of my five year goals and after five years I will come back and follow up! Hope everyone enjoys the post and why not leave a comment write some of your 5 years goals or write a post and link me to it!

So first I have to start off with going back in time!! I graduated High School 7 years ago at that time I kind of knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to study Fashion Design, but it was a little expensive for me since I had no money and no job, luckily a few months later I was offered a ok paying job, but I the job was only for about 3 months. 3 months that became almost 4 years of my young life!!!! So after working for 1 year I decided to give fashion school a try, and it was the best decision I have ever made. Fashion school wasn’t easy I saw a lot girls and guys drop out in our 3^rd quarter, there were a lot of sleepless nights non stop sewing and drafting and being around fabric, pins and needles, studying, weekly projects, plus I still had work to worry about. If I wasn’t in school I was at work sometimes really late I think once I was at work from 8am to 8pm and the next day I had class and had to finish a project eat something in between shower and sleep for a couple of hours. To top it off somewhere halfway in my first year or beginning of 2^nd year of school I was in a relationship! I had made a promise to myself when I started school of not to date until I was done with school…. yeah me and my big mouth! But I don’t regret it that relationship kind of help me figure who I was and what I wanted. Then a few months before graduation I quit my job…best decision I have ever made! I don’t know why I didn’t leave sooner?!? My health and life got way better, I wasn’t happy anymore, I wasn’t going to grow there ever, I was not going to kiss anyone ass and I wasn’t going to put my personal life in jeopardy. No one should ever stay in a place where you’re not happy.….so yeah that’s what I've been doing in the last 7 years…well obviously there’s way more things that happen in my life like births, deaths, good and bad times, times where I made bad decisions and followed by consequences and so on…..

Now for my goals for the next five years!!! Ok so right now at the moment what’s most important is my career, professionally I would like to manage a business of course in the fashion/beauty industry it’s what I love, I would love to own my own business but I think that would fall in my 10 year goals because there is a lot to do before that like pay off my student loans! Thankfully that’s the only debt I have and then I can get a place of my own  and finally have a whole bedroom  be a closet and office/work space…lol Another big one is work out more or just be more active, I don’t want to try to lose weight…I am happy with my weight but I just want to be more tone and fit oh that reminds me of a quote which I have to write it down somewhere and put it where I can always see it and remind me and help me get motivated… the quote says… “Skinny girls look good in clothes…Fit girls look good naked”…. I want to be able to run again and not get tired easily maybe even run a marathon or a half marathon, I think I should give yoga another try too but my entire goal is to feel good health wise.  I would also like for this blog to grow and evolve into something bigger , I am not sure what direction my blog will take but I am sure its heading in the DIY/Fashion direction, since I am a crafty person and I love sewing, building things and basically I just love to make anything. I want to do more outfit post because it's something I really haven’t done on here and I have a lot of ideas I have to share! I just have to find someone to take the pictures…lol but basically what I want to do with this blog is just show my creative side and show people that sometimes you just need basic things to look and feel great, inspire people in some way, my way, there are a lot of people who are already beautiful in the inside and why not help them bring all that beauty in the inside out. Sometimes it just takes a cute pair of shoes, a dress or some lipstick to make someone feel that they can conquer the world!  Something I’ve always wanted to do is travel, I would love to visit Dubai, Japan, Egypt…well If I could I would travel the whole world!!! But who knows hopefully someday?!?! But a big dream I have and I know will do it someday is to travel all over Europe and just take in all the scenery and the cool street fashion and can’t forget the Haute Couture and shopping!!! So in the next few years I plan to start traveling.  I am also a music junkie yeah maybe sometimes I don’t the name of the songs that get stuck in my head and keep singing all day but I would like to go to a couple of music festivals  like Austin City Limits, Coachella, Lollapalooza..ect.. Crossing my fingers I get to go next year to one! I always wanted to go on a hot air balloon ride; I think I can do that next year  for my birthday. There is countless of things I want to do and I am working hard to achieve them and yes most of them are career related, I want to continue learning as much as I can and I don’t  want to ever stop learning and I don’t think I will ever stop. I know I said that my career is what’s most important to me right now and it is but hopefully somewhere in the next five years I’ll find someone to share my life with my best friend, the man who is going to ask my dad for my hand before proposing to me (yeah I know that sounds old fashion, but the man that will love me will do it), getting married, kids the house and all that. Aahhh I can’t wait to have kids they are going to be some stylish babies! I want  a lot of kids but  let’s  be responsible two or three would be great, but who knows first I need  to find the father of my future babies…lol  now that is going to be a challenge!….. I have always neglected  this part of my life…dating, I have done a couple of times not much, I don’t  think I am picky I just know what I want from a man, I know I have a lot to offer a man and it’s not that I haven’t found what I want it's just that maybe some men think I have so much going on and I know what I want and where I want to go, I guess that scares some of  them off, But I know I will eventually find that person or maybe he will find me who knows it maybe tomorrow in a year or in five years, maybe I already know him maybe he is still a complete stranger, he may be just across the street or across the world who knows  life is filled with unexpected surprises.  All I know is that whoever he is has to maybe not love but understand that fashion is part of me and my life and I will never leave it, it’s part of the package!  So there are just a couple of goals I have, I’ll be back in five years to see what I have accomplished.

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