J'adore H&M

H&M has been a fav of mine since they opened up in DC around 2001-2002.  When I moved back to AZ there was no H&M.  I think I prayed to the fashion Gods, to deliver me an H&M since they don't have online stores in the US (Sucky!!!) So, Last year H&M opened here with 2 locations I felt complete! Ha ha. Not only is H&M affordable, it is also super classy and chic.  The offer everything from sports clothes to work to clubbing clothes for next to nothing.  The only thing that made me sad is they stopped carrying size 16 which was great for us plus size girls! Their sizes though do run large.  If you are not a fan on facebook.com they just added this new ad with stuff for the spring which is super cute! The hounds tooth cardi will be mine.  If you don't have an H&M near you, I suggest a two times a year road trip to the closest one.  It will be well worth it.  If you check their website they are always opening stores.  So what do you think do you love H&M like me? Cause really most people say its a love it or hate it store!!! have you also checked the children's department? Even if you don't have kids, gifts from there are super cute and super cheap :)

Makeup that I love....

Ok girls, I have makeup forever, and I have taken time and time to find the perfect things that I love.  I wanted to share them with you, and also learn what you love.  I have worked for Lancome and Prescriptive, but I can never stick with one brand no matter what! So here goes.....

Mascara:

DiorShow by Dior...I would say this is the best mascara ever made it does everything for your eyes.

Fiber Wig (sold in sephora)- this is like adding fake eyelashes to your eyes however you have to use i with another mascara

Fresh by benefit (sold in sephora) I would say that this is great to mix with the fiber wig, it is not as clumpy as DiorShow but personally I like the clumpy look.

Blush:

By far NARS orgasm is the best blush ever.  It is great with every skin color.

Eyeshadow:
For a palate Dior
For single shadows Nars would be number one come in next tied would be Makeup Forever and MAC. If you are looking for something that is super strong and is almost like stage makeup then makeup forever has a strong pigment.

Eyeliner:
Personally I use a brush and dip it in my black Dior Eyeshadow.  For a pencil liner I have found Lo real makes a great black one, I use both.  For a smudgy look, Dior has a great one that comes with a smudge brush on the other end.  Also for a thick look, try BAD GIRL (sold at sephora).

Lips:
For long lasting, Nars thin lipstick is great, I also love MAC lipsticks the price is good and they are great colors.  For gloss, I actually love the clear tube of wet and wild hahaha it is actually the same as lipglass by mac!

Foundation:  If you want a strong face cover Makeup Forever is the best, it is expensive but you will be completely covered.  If you wanna spend a little less and get great results MAC studio fix.

Brushes:
By farrrr the best brushes are Bobbi Brown hands down! I have had these brush's for over 9 years I clean them every night and they are still in great condition.  They are pricey, but if you buy them in a set usually they have better deals.  These are something worth investing in.

As for face cream, I personally don't use it, I use water and that has been the best thing for me.  Everyone is different.  So girls what do you use?!

Neimans Sale

Heads up on a good sale at Neimans they have a lot of great purses, shoes are mostly boots but if you are in  the East coast you still have use for them :)

Jeffery and Me!

Ok, first sorry about the horrible picture, but those are my first Jeffery Campbell shoes.

Last May, I went to Nordy's (Nordstrom) with my birthday gift cards from my family.  I walked around, and I saw what looked like God himself had placed them on the display, I freaked out.  I texted my husband "baby, I know you said save the money for the Burberry but I cant I'm sorry".  He didnt waste his time responding he knew I was weak when I went to Nordstrom.  I ran to the sales girl (usually at Nordstrom they run to you but I was so excited) I told her I NEEDED THEM NOW! She said they didnt have my size and they sell like "hot cakes" but she could order them for me.  Few days later I got my shoes.  Thinking in my head "beauty is pain" (the only thing my sister ever taught me) they would hurt like hell.  But when I put them on they didnt, and then I went to the store with them and they didnt hurt and I thought OK what is up HOT shoes that dont hurt!!! So I ordered other shoes by JC (isn't JC also Jesus Christ haha I'm joking I'm not that crazy but they are heavenly shoes) and they were just as comfy.  His shoes are beautiful well made and super comfy, they are a little pricey usually around 120-250 but let me tell you they are worth every penny.  His shoes sell fast and are really hard to find, Nordstrom usually has such a limited supply, I found solestruck.com and lulus.com sells them.  Solestruck offers free shipping which is great they even ship worldwide! Girls if you dont have any JC's start saving cause his spring collection is looking hot, if you do have some comment and tell me do you feel the same way about them as I do?

To all my Business Women

Well, we know buying clothes for work gets annoying cause you dont want to always wear the same thing, but you also dont want to spend your whole paycheck on a suit.  Well I just wanted to let you girls know that Anntaylorloft.com and Anntaylor.com are currently offering 40 percent off of your purchase.  And as always I suggest Target! They have a great line by Mossimo black that have great pants that last forever and wash easy! Just a heads up!

Classy or Trashy?

Remember when the beautiful Kate Moss came out with the CK ad's topless and the world dropped its jaws!!! Well, way over 10 years later we have "models" and actress's trying to embrace   the nude photography, or partially covered photos.  Kate Moss opened a door to photography, and seeing things in different perspectives with her CK ad.  I have seen many pictures, that are in well taste, but in the past few years, it seems that women are becoming more tasteless to sell whatever they have to make a few bucks! Here is a photo of an actress from Gossip girl, not full frontal naked but showing what her mama gave her, when I saw this I just thought how trashy it looked, for such a beautiful girl this is not the artistic range that a young actress should be aiming for.  Personally, I think unless you are a high fashion model or a well known actress doing shoots like the "Kate Moss" (as I call it) just looks bad for the most part.  Girls what do you think?

For all the Mommys out there!!!

So tonight my daughter decided she is done with diapers (I found her wondering around with no pants and heading towards her potty) I never wanted to push her to do it, but I always showed her were it is and how mommy does it.  Every child, parent, book says something different as to how to handle this situation.  For example my ex husband took my daughters diaper off and said pee on yourself thats your problem she was 2 and after one day was trained.  I saw this as kind of harsh, yeah it worked but like I said every child is different.  A few months back before my younger daughter turned 2 she used the toilet 2 times, but she didn't seem ready for this.  I don't think parents should feel pressured by this, I have seen children who are 4-5 who are still using diapers not even training pants.  I admit that is a little bit old, but pressure only makes a child more nervous, you want this experience to be something fun and exciting or else your child could end up holding in their urine and etc. causing infections.  Another thing that I have made clear to my daughter is to not be naked around the house, she has to at least have underwear on, you never know if they fall and hurt themselves plus its just unsanitary! I do have a potty for her, but after reading many reviews I found a great potty by fischer price that has toilet paper on the side and a real sounding flush, I though this might be a little more exciting for her.  Along with the Prudence potty training video and book. Its going to be a journey, but in the end I dont have to carry diapers in wipes in my purse :D so I have a lot more room!!!! Let the training begin!!!!

Mothers, tell me how you trained your child, or how you plan too?

Attention FASHIONISTAS

Cusp, by Neiman Marcus that carries brands such as Alice + Olivia, Tory Burch, House of Harlow and other funky fun brands is having a big sale!!! I checked out the website to make sure it wasn't just a bunch of junk, and they had a lot of cute stuff for the day and night time! Sizes however are limited which is kinda sucky! So it you get a chance check them out.  Also this week Aldo is having a big shoe sale with extra 30% off they not only have winter shoes but have put in a few of their cute new summer shoes.  If you are a first time Aldo shoe buyer, I tend to wear one size bigger in their shoes, and try to read the reviews some shoes are not as comfy as we all wished!  Take a moment to check out the Marc Jacobs spring handbag collection tell me what you think? I think super cute, but with a big BUT they look like a lot of other handbags I have seen this year just with a few things changed (strap length and small stuff like that).  Happy Shopping!!!!

Foreign Film Love Affair

Move over Hollywood, cause personally I'm sick of you! I have always enjoyed foreign films, but lately I cant stop watching them, and mostly Bollywood!!! My mom got me a membership to Netflix.com so I can watch them online.  Sadly most stores don't care a lot of foreign films.  I started my love affair with Spanish films, mostly ones that star Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu mama tambien) I highly recommend this movie, and anything he stars in, but at the same time you have to keep an open mind for a lot of the roles he plays.  Bollywood has taken my heart though away from the Latin films, and I cannot stop watching them, they are at least 2 hrs long (if not they are not a good Indian film, from what I have noticed.) Most Indian movies have the same plot but somehow they get you there for 2 1/2 hrs and you get caught up in the movies.  I dont know about all of my readers, but American Films just are not cutting it for me anymore, they are not what they used to be.  People seem so into graphics fashion and effects that they forget the story line.  I also feel that most of the good actors and actress's are taking less roles or none at all.
Some movies to get you started

1) Y tu Mama tambien

2) the crime and passion of father amore

3) Johada Akbar

4) Dehli 6

5) We are Family

Anything that stars

Abhishek Bachchan, 

Shahrukh Khan or Gael Garcia Bernal will be a great movie.   

My winter/spring purse

So girls, I got my Chanel bow sunglasses and I adore them to death.  So I had to ad a purse that was adorable too.  I looked and looked and I found a Coach purse that I feel in love with.  I really got sick of paying so much money to advertise for Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and decided to stick to a simple leather purse that was big enough for my Ipad makeup among other stuff (mostly diapers for my daughter and things of that need).  The purse didn't set me back as much as previous years and seasons, so I had extra money to invest into small clutches  and crossbody bags.  I really love Coach, but I really hate having the C C C 's all over or even G G G or LV LV LV.  What will you carry for the winter/spring, and are you already looking for your summer purse? or is it just me!!!! I don't know what color I'm going for in summer, but I'm thinking bright!

(coach Kristin bag large hobo)

Ps....the purse looks a lot better in person it is really big!!!! Tell me what you think!

(sorry only picture I could find but simple easy to carry Juicy Couture) 

(White house black market picture does not do it justice it is adorable)!!!!

Friends forever!

All my life, I have stayed away from having direct friends.  I don't even know why, its not that I'm a loaner or a loser it is just the way I wanted it to be.  As I became older, I found a few good friends, and I love them to death.  The sad thing is that my best friend is moving to Saudi Arabia forever! I keep telling her I'm going to tie her up and keep her here, but I know that I cannot do that.  Since my husband is from Saudi I can always go there and visit her, but having her thousands of miles away is a big diff from having her 20 miles away.  She is also the Godmother to my youngest daughter and friends with my older daughter.  So how do I let my best friend go? I do not want to go back to being the hermit that I have been for all these years, she really let me shine and let me be who I was and helped me to be a strong women.  She also has the best style! I always was trying to steal her purses and sunglasses.  Anyone have any idea's how to deal with this situation?

Your body, Your art.

I made the mistake in 2005 of getting the "tramp stamp" in Arabic saying "I love you" and now, I regret it and just wish I could rip it off of me.  I try to ignore it but sometimes I catch it and I just say "whyyyyy".  I have had piercings, but I always only kept one in at a time to not look like a nut, and I always kept them small classy and simple.  Currently I have a small diamond Monroe and that horrid tramp stamp.  But my questions is why do these girls get arm sleeves of tattoos and all over their bodies? Look at Kat Von D who has a beautiful face, but her body is filled with these "works of art".  I say keep the art on canvas, and if you must be classy about it.  No Tijuana drunken night tattoos.  I wish they had a deal going on for lasering off tramp stamps I would be first in line.  What do you girls think about tattoos? I mean I'm all for freedom of doing what you want but it just really breaks my heart when I see a girl covered in tattoo's, that they will be regretting in 10 years (if not less).

Is this really necessary????

Ok, a lot of my readers are mothers, or aunts, uncles older sisters etc.  Even future mothers, I just want to know is it really necessary to have a burberry stroller and your children in Gucci clothes? As adorable as these clothes and stroller are they really worth it for your growing baby or child?

I can tell you that I wanted the Juicy or Burberry stroller so bad and I was about to go and buy it, the Juicy was $495 (somewhere around that) and when I looked at it online I realized there was no place for cups, snacks or even bags in the under carriage! So it was basically a done up $15.00 umbrella stroller, same goes for the Burberry! I ended up with a Graco and although it is not super stylish it is so easy to carry around my bags and have my Starbucks in the cup holder.  As for clothes, egh, my first daughter got spoiled by family with Burberry, and my little one has a lot of Juicy, but I would not personally go out and buy them for my girls, not that they are not worth it, but I know they really could care less! I don't want to have to worry about them spilling grape juice on a $200.00 shirt, plus the fact that they grow out of things within 1 month! If you do decide to invest in Burberry and Juicy or Gucci, I say check the outlets first they have great deals.  Also my favorite EBay, you have a lot of parents who just put their children in a dress one time .  All in all, your children would rather be comfy in stretch pants and you will be happy in a stroller that you don't have to hold onto a sippy cup a purse and a million other things at once! As for family when you are looking for a gift for that expecting mother, think of her also, most likely she rather have 100 dollars worth of onezies and pj's for the baby then anything else!

Assistance needed in aisle 7

Ok first sorry no photo but I'm writing from the iPad. My daughter is jogging the laptop. Girls am I the only one that has a two year old more tech savey then me? Anyways back to what I need assistance on....so I finally got around to picking my bedding and furniture since June my husband and I have just used some ghetto furniture that we found cheap in hopes of finding something we loved. Finally I have found a beautiful lighter blue blanket and brown sheets. The colors are great together, we decided on white furniture well it's a bit off white, but mostly cause I change room colors twice a year. My question and help is how do I decorate the walls?? I love leopard and it would go great with the colors but leopard can look tacky if done wrong. My thought would be maybe a leopard picture frame, and a pillow in the middle of the bed. But at the same time I'm like be tacky and wall paper one wall leopard (please don't let me do that)....or should I just leave the colors and throw out the leopard all together. Thanks girls waiting for your suggestions.....

Ballerina Mommy...

As we all know (if you read my blog) I'm a mother of two girls.  Well that makes me hard to be able to run around in my 5 inch Jeffery Campbell's! I also feel funny wearing hot shoes and pushing a stroller.  Does not mean I will lose my fashion and become a dumpy frumpy mom, but I will find other ways to stay cute.  I think this past week alone I have bought 6 pairs of ballet flats.  I love them, they are super comfy, super cute, and you dont look like a nike wearing mom with ugly jeans and denim shirts! All these women think because you become a mom you should lose your style but thats not true, you should just save the high heels for non family events and invest in ballet flats that you can race around in.  Another suggestion is to not invest a lot in one pair, but rather get 2-3 pairs under 40 dollars rather than 1.  I found a lot of cute ones at forever 21.  Also, make sure to get ones that do not scrunch in the back, those are painful! I got Tory Burch ones a few Christmas's ago, and those are the most painful shoes ever even worse then 10 inch stripper shoes! Being a mommy is not easy, so give your feet a rest, but a stylish rest!!!