Photoshoot Series: Vail - an Experience (Solaris)

   Change of outfit and a few shots at Blitz boutique, where I used to work and where I was doing my changes of clothing with the girls, we head to the Solaris building, a newer luxurious lodge with hotel amenities in town where it hosts a series of art galleries, the highly rated Japanese restaurant in town the Matsuhisa, beautiful and extravagant boutiques, our favorite coffee shop the Yetis (which is the same vibe and friendliness from the employees as a Trader Joe's here, so you can compare) and an ice skating ring. Rent a residence at the Solaris "for $785-$7,000 per night. The restaurants are usually full—you need to book reservations at Matsuhisa a month in advance—gradually shifting the dining and partying scene from Bridge Street (the area of Vail Village where most of the bars and restaurants are located) to Solaris, a five-minute walk west."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/03/29/solaris-vails-new-hot-spot/#ixzz2VkDv5qfA

photo credit: SkiMag.com

  Blitz has been around in the Village for 7 years and it's owners Barbara and Peter along with their manager Stephanie are one of the greatest people I have ever worked for.
Check out their webpage: http://blitzvail.com/

Blitzvail.com

People LOVE the decorations in the store, their fireplace is welcoming and inviting for the guys to seat by the fire while their women shop!

Blitz Vail

  As we head down the street we hit the Solaris building.

 A gardening company was working on the landscape that day and so I just joined in ;) hehehe

 This lighting structure (have no idea how to call it, hehehe) lights up at night and changes colors throughout the night, just magical!

It also serves as a hang out spot, and people watching. Right by the skating ring you can just sit an watch the ones skating.

  On the north side of the ring sits the locals and the tourists favorite coffee shop. Yetis has a great vibe, healthier and gourmet options. They do art on the coffee and people alwyas have a smile on their faces! Great place to hang out as well.

Yetis

 Their great cupcakes are famous around there.

A special heart latte was made for our shoot ;) Thank you guys!!!

Right outside sits this "delivery bike" which doesn't deliver it is just part of the decor :)

Solaris also has a Cine Bistro, which was a new concept movie theater to me. They serve gourmet food, dinner or snacks and drinks, including pitchers (to last throughout the movie). and a fuller size table, awesome experience. 

outside cine bistro

upper level of the solaris building

Hang out place with a fire place

Golden peak views on the back

Heading back to Blitz!

 All picture credit: Cindy Gonzalez

Outfit #2: Sunglasses Dior (available at Blitz); pink cardi J.Crew, ankle pant H&M, shoes Zara, Zahara bib necklace and all bracelets Stella and Dot.

I hope you are enjoying getting to know a bit of Vail with me as much as we enjoyed doing this!

One more post of the shoot along with the videos coming up to close the week and our Vail experience with a golden key ;)

Beijos,



 

iTube: Green and Pink makeup look!

   As promised this is my makeup video that goes along with yesterday's outfit! As I mentioned on the video you can find cheap alternatives to the Color Design palette from Lancome that I used on the video, in fact I found one at the store yesterday that looks exactly like mine. I haven't tested though but I'm sure if you apply a good eye primer it should help a lot!



   I am really loving the drugstore products I used on most of this makeup and am currently working on favorite videos for you my loves!

   PS: this is the palette that looks identical to my Lancome color design in Jade Fever 500, is the Maybelline Eyestudio in Forest Fury 15!!! 

   Please let me know if this is a more enjoyable type of makeup tutorial for you my friends!

Beijos,

iTube: Spring dress outfit looks!

   Ok Ladies, this style videos are becoming really successful and I'm so happy to be able to share my passion with all of you, and even happier that you're enjoying them and giving me so much feedback, seems like my hard work is finally paying off!!!

   This week I chose a cute little spring dress to style for you, by pulling different color accessories (belt and shoes) we completely changed the look of the dress and I'm sure you can find yourself in at least one of the looks :) I did say on my intro that I had a makeup look to go along with the outfit but unfortunately that wasn't uploaded together (my fault, sorry....) BUT I am working on a separate post for that one video so you can check back tomorrow! Pinky promise ;D

 

 Dress is from H&M's last season but don't you panic, you can find similar styles all over guys, the idea is to accessorize differently so you can make the most of your dress and money ;)

1st Look: Gryphon New York studded belt in a latte color; Forever 21 gold open toe platform heels

2nd Look: Brave wrap black leather belt; Truth or Dare studded black pumps

3rd Look: Target nude patent leather skinny belt and platform pumps (cheappos!!!)

   Hope you have enjoyed the video! Please subscribe: youtube.com/stylediaries79



Beijos,

LookBook + AccessoriZe: Last week's picks and all :)

   Last week was a busy week, especially with hubby being out of town it made me unfold myself in three and work even harder!

   Between three kiddos to take to school, make lunches, baths, homework, go to work, cook dinner, do laundry and all the little pick up's around the house I still managed to pick out cute outfits (a girl has to make time for her favorite things, right?!) and so this is how my week went...

   Tuesday's look: **side note: gotta love when your co-worker loves to shop as much as you do or more! I was craving (literally like a pregnant lady craves!) a pair of leather pants but couldn't drop $500-1000.00 bones for it, so my sweet (and shop expertise!)  manager Stephanie found these Robert Rodrigues silver leather pants on Haute Look one morning, texted me immediately (as they were a fraction of their initial price) and placed them in her cart as she was ready to check out...turns out the pants are awesome but a size too small, well I spray talc on my "bird legs" every time I wear them and am currently working on stretching them out! hahahaha

H&M white silk blouse; Robert Rodrigues silver leather pant; I.N.C international for Macy's fuchsia heels; Target, Stella and Dot and Juice Couture bracelets

The jacket is a vintage rabbit fur I have had it for over 9 years - such a treasure!

Wednesday's Look:  this look was a total hit on my instagram! Casual but put together just the way I like it :)

Zara boyfriend pants; Target white tee; Theory tux lapel blazer; Nine West pumps; Stella and Dot bracelets; as for the make I added some false lashes to be my WOW factor!

The coolest piece of this outfit is the bikini cover up or canga (as my fellow Brazilians call it) that I love to use as a soft and light scarf...the material is so lightweight that it can double as a spring scarf!!!

   Run to that bikini drawer my dear! You'll be surprised to find so many goodies ;)

Thursday Look:  I must confess I was less than inspired here my friends but hey I didn't feel like putting all my crap on that day and sometimes we feel like that, even people like me who are true clothes and outfit lovers every now and then experience a "Fashionista Block"....totally made up expression!
    Still worth a pic :)

Stella and Dot an Ralph Lauren bracelets

I truly love my Missoni for taget cardigan with gold and earth tones mixed in together; BCBG gold top (I'm totally abusing the guy); JBrand blue skinnies and Ann Taylor peep toe oxfords; earring is from Target and what's becoming my staple a side pony!!!

Friday Look:  Ufa! Finally woke up a bit more inspired as hubby brought back a few pieces of clothing I left behind in Indy such as my beloved Zac Posen for Target red leather jacket. Yay!

Full speed into spring. Diesel light color denim; Zac Posen for target leather jacket; H&M floral blouse; Truth or Dare for Macy's studded pumps, Francesca Romana cuff (with Rio de Janeiro's sugar loaf moutainand the Christ design) , Stella and Dot bracelets and Target earrings

I walked in with my studded Also boots and wore them after a while as my feet were begging for a break!

Please don't mind the weird angle! I wanted to show the eye makeup :)

Had a bit of extra time and went for a new cat eye look! I actually used gel eye liner to line the inner lines of my eyes too and it turned out cool!

Have a fabulous weekend ladies and gents! Thank you soooooo very much for keeping up with me <3

Beijos,


 

iTube: The Spring Smoky Eye Look!

   Well hello ladies! I'm finally having a bit of time (having breakfast and cooking dinner at the same time I'm writing this post!!! Feeling like such a multi tasker ;) and I'm posting my latest video on the blog. I really really love this look for spring and summer and hope you will enjoy as well. Also wanted to touch base and let you know I'm working on getting a better camera for my videos, I  know they lack visual quality and that's a bit of a turn off, so hopefully you'll stick around to check out my improvements soon :)

These are all the goodies used on this look! They are really my must-haves for spring, if you need to substitute some items I would get the Physicians Formula bronzer/illuminator instead of the Dior, you can also use the BB cream that works for you ;)

    Another piece of news is that we're finally getting closer to move back home. I really miss our home, friends and family in Indy and we're super looking forward to the day of.

   So real quick on this makeup look, it's really important to have a good skin for this coming season and I was having major break outs, what helped me was to prime my skin with the Neutrogena healthy skin primer, it also has a bit of illuminating properties in it, so you can choose to put anything else on top or simply leave your with just the primer, depending what you're doing and weather you need a full made up face or not!



  
Please let me know if you have any questions, and as always I appreciate any support and if you would please like, share, comment or subscribe to my channel, besides making me a happy (and busy) gal, I'll put more effort and time on my passion for fashion :) 

Beijos,

LookBook: Yellow and Leather, Oxblood and Boyfriend!

   Doesn't make any sense does it?! The title refers to my outfit choices from last week!

   While the sun was definitely shinning bright the temps were still in the mid 30's so my picks are somewhat in the transitioning mood.
 
   While the yellow look is mostly made with items from past seasons I'm sure you can find similar pieces in stores right now and use this as your base inspiration. For instance leather, pleather or any type of coated pant is available in just about every store, so is the floral trend and yellow seems to finally take off, meaning the shelves around the country should be fully stocked :)  

Rachel Roy floral top is from last year's collection, so is the yellow tweed  Zara jacket and the Rachel Roy neon pumps, sorry ladies ;(

The BCBG Max Azria faux leather legging is a bit more recent, sure you'll find one ;) and you should most defnitely invest in one as they're still strong for spring!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   I love to mix styles so much that if I had to name one style for myself I really wouldn't know what to say. That being said I adore the masculine touches in every ensemble, such as a blazer, a boyfriend jean, a button up crisp shirt, a fedora hat and the list goes on an on, but I like to add those along with a romantic and feminine piece, not trying to be a guy, just putting edge to my classic choices. So for this little look I paired my boyfriend jeans with a flowy, feminine and somewhat fitted crepe silk blouse with a bow, a pair of cheetah printed booties, a peplum super fitted nude leather jacket and pearls added polish to a rather casual look.   

 

Zara boyfriend jeans, Karen Kane blouse, Zara nude leather jacket, Aldo cheetah printed booties, Stella and Dot jewelry.

      As for my hair do, I was't having the best hair day so up it goes in a messy bun! 

Actually in the pic I ws wearing my Steve Madden Luxe metallic heels! And I tried leaving a nudy makeup since the look was meant to be a bit more masculine!

    Have a beautiful weekend ladies and gents, stay safe and let's hope for warmer temperatures! Can't wait to get those dresses and sandals out of storage!

Beijos,

 

LookBook +AccessoriZe: Mini lookbook from last week's outfits

   Last week was a busy one but this one is breaking this winter's record. Talk about three sick kids through the weekend carrying it all on till Monday. But you know what, at least I have my dear blog to vent to!!! Hehehe ok, bear with me and I'll show you my last week's choices and hope you can get some ideas for your week outfits ;)

On Monday I chose my Tory Burch yellow cardi and paired with my Olivia Bib Necklace $118 and the Zinnia Bracelet $49 both from Stella and Dot

On Tuesday I reached out for my favorite pair of earrings: Chantilly Lace Chandelier Earring $49, Stella and Dot

Levi's chambray shirt, Tommy Hilfiger polka dot sweater, Converse denim pant, Steve Madden Luxe heels, Gryphon New York studded belt; and Zahara Bib Necklace $248

Juice Couture belt bracelet, Christina link Bracelet $49 and Serpent Bangle $49 both Stella and Dot

As for my Friday I focused on my makeup and sequinish skirt from Forever 21, J.Crew silk blouse, Nine West pumps and Stella and Dot Duchess Bangle $79

    Can't recall what I wore on Thursday but if it didn't make to my instagram it means it was not remarkable enough ;) haha!!!

Have an awesome week,

Beijos,