+2's

Ever since they came out, they have been a topic of discussion.  That is breast implants, or as Mr. Nik Richie calls them +2's (cause they add 2 points to your 1-10 score).  Surprisingly, they have been around since 1895, but I'm sure not used for what they are used for today. Today we find women doing them left and right and at the young age of 16 (sometimes even younger).  I'm not against implants, or plastic surgery, I just think that the people should know what they are up against, why they really are getting them, and is it something that they can or cannot live without.  Lets take Heidi Montag as an example, that girl did not need that much surgery and now she realizes that she looks like a walking monster and hates it.  I found these two quoted studies on wikipedia I thought they would be interesting to ad in.  " A 2007 Swedish and US longitudinal study found that women who get cosmetic breast implants are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide as other women. No notable increase was seen in the first 10 years after surgery, but 10 to 19 years after, risk was 4.5 times higher, and six times higher after 20 years, compared with the expected suicide rate."  "The same study found that women with breast implants also had a tripled risk of death from alcohol and drug use. Seven studies have been made connecting breast implants to a higher rate of suicide."

If a girl is doing this for more attention from a man or any man, she should re-evaluate getting them and see a doctor.  If you are getting them cause you feel like what you do not have is making you look at yourself in a negative way and you feel comfy getting them then get them.  Girls who get them for the attention of men just make me crazy, you should find other ways to make someone like you. Would you risk your life under the knife for these? Are there cases that they are needed? What do you think of girls who do it for bikini season and to pick up men? What are all my readers opinion on this subject? 

Bad influence my little darling.

Ok, so I finally got around to Sephora and making my exchange (I picked up the wrong nail polish).  I got my beautiful brown called BAD INFLUENCE! This brown is great for the spring with all the navy, reds, yellows, coming into play in your wardrobe.  This brown is not so deep, so it is def. a color I'm bringing into the spring time.
When I was in Sephora, I asked if they had any of the sold out "little darling" lipstick.  The color is very light but beautiful! Since they didn't have any I gave up and ordered via Amazon.com.  This color is so beautiful and very tasteful.  It will also look great with dark smoky eyes or navy eyes! Remember you can make smoky eyes with any color its not only black.

IF you live in the Phoenix Area

I suggest that you come to my Yard/Garage sale this weekend.  I have tons of my friends stuff that is all from Europe brands like Zara, River Island, Burberry and tons of other stuff all sizes.  If you want to come post a comment and I will give you my address!!!!

Urbansssss!!!

Is having a huge and I mean huge sale, cuteeee stuff under 10 dollars.  check it out, see if you like anything.  I have shopped at Urbans since I was 13 wow!!!

Urbanoutfitters.com

LuLu's

Hey everyone, I don't know if you know this site, but they carry a lot of JC's and also have really cute other shoes and dresses for good prices.  I suggest you check it out if you get a chance.  If you are in the west coast you will realize spring is coming!!! If you are stuck back east for the next 3-4 months catch those 70 percent off sales on winter clothes and get that beautiful sweater you have been eyeing!!! So the website is

Lulus.com

Summer shoeissue

So, I'm in love with two pairs of shoes for the spring/summer.  I usually pick one good pair of high shoes for the spring/summer, since I'm mostly in flats, chasing around my daughter.  These are my top two shoes that I'm in love with.  The navy ones are Tory Burch and the other wooden heels are Jeffery Campbell.  My husband says both are ugly (since he hates heels) so I thought I would ask my girls what they thought and which ones would you wear? See the Poll on the side to tell me which one you prefer!!!

LBD VS. LND

So, my new color is navy, and personally I'm sick of girls in little black dresses' and reading articles about the "new" little black dress. Audrey Hepburn did a great job bringing in a beautiful and classic black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's, this dress has been altered and changed as many times as possible.  I believe it is time for a change, to a navy dress.  The color is still dark so you will still be hiding those unwanted places, but at the same time you will not look like every other girl at the event or club you are in.  When people say LBD you think of it for every possible event, you go out and get a long one a short one and a medium length one, now lets try navy.  Pair  up your work LND with red pointy toe pumps or flats for a more casual office look.  Going to the club? Try your LND with tan platforms or wedges.  Have a formal event to go to? Pair the LND with gold shoes.  Girls have fun with navy, don't be afraid to mix it with fun colors.  A look that didn't become too popular but I personally loved was a scarf around the ankle with some fun shoes and your LND in the spring!!!!

Great for daytime:
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/julie-dillon-ruffle-front-hammered-charmeuse-shift-dress/3135994?origin=category&resultback=200
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/lucky-brand-eva-dress/3147554?origin=category&resultback=2920

Dinner party, event or cocktail:
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/js-boutique-ruched-satin-sheath-dress/3134970?origin=category&resultback=5800

http://www.dia-boutique.com/women/clothing/georges-chakra-blue-cocktail-dress.html

A night out on the town:
http://www.shopbop.com/long-sleeve-dress-ruffle-bow/vp/v=1/845524441889123.htm?folderID=2534374302063518&fm=other-shopbysize-viewall

http://www.shopbop.com/jacquard-short-tunic-halston-heritage/vp/v=1/845524441885685.htm?folderID=2534374302063518&fm=other-shopbysize-viewall

Low price:
http://www.lastcall.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod830381&srccode=cii_10043468&cpncode=21-96033818-2&ecid=LCCIShopzillaFeed&003=5839112&010=T36NH

Hoarders!!! Are you one?

My husband put all the boxes in front of me, that filled up my living room.  He told me nicely "Natalie, nothing will come into this house (new) unless this stuff is put away nicely and most of it should be sold or donated (which I really didn't think a homeless person would care about a denim Louis Vuitton circa 2007 I rather sell it and donate the money)." I broke down in tears!!! But that's the sweater I wore when I was 17 and I had a hot body and that's the pants that I wore when I saw Ricky Martin in concert etc etc.  I thought to myself am I a hoarder?  I always thought I was a deal finder and a collector.
Well, I examined myself (I took a few Psych classes) I remembered when I was 18 that I moved from my moms house to my dads, and that my sister went through my room and threw everything away.  Which I believed started my nightmares that I have once a week about packing and not being able to fit everything in on time.  Then when I was 20 I moved to Arizona, after a few years I went back to D.C. and I left my mom to pack up my townhouse, and she gave away a lot of my stuff and stored the rest in her garage.  After that in 2005 back in AZ my house flooded and I had to stay in a hotel at that time my home was broken into and all my Jewelry, laptops and purses were stolen.  In the mean time the person I was renting the house from decided to sell the house to the lenders without telling me, so everything inside was thrown away! Every time I moved or something happened I felt like I lost apart of me.  So I kept keeping everything.
After my exam of myself, I realized I was a hoarder and there was just too much stuff and no need for them.  They were sitting in boxes, and 90% of them were clothes and I would say 60% has tags on them.       So I went through my stuff, and I found a lot of stuff to sell and donate, but I did find stuff that I really don't want to part with.  Such as the sweater I had on my first date with my husband.  Ticket stubs and other small things like that I decided to do things with.  If you are a hoarder here are some suggestions as what I think I will be doing.
* Go through everything and ask yourself "IS THIS REALLY IMPORTANT, WILL I NEED IT IN 5 YEARS?"
*After going through everything, decide what you want to sell (garage sale) what you wanna put on eBay (cause you really cant sell it for 50 cents it would just break your heart) and what you will donate.
*Agree with yourself that after 2 garage sales that whatever is left will be donated.
*Remind yourself in this process that you can have money for something really great!!!!
*Take things such as that sweater I wore on my first date, first kiss shirt, pieces of your daughters first outfit she wore out and have them made into a quilt, so you will always have them, but they wont be cluttering up your life.
*Take your ticket stubs, Receipts from the dinner you went to on your first valentines and scrapbook them.  Make them just as important as you feel they are and put them all in a book.
*Things like the 5 inch platforms that you loved and vowed to wear till death but you really have no need for them, take a really cool picture of them put it in black and white and frame it, do that with other fun clothing items and decorate your way up your stairs in these pictures, you will always have the memory of the clothes that's the important thing.

*Make a time capsule, even if you don't put it under the ground, get a shoe box and put things in there that you really wanna remember like a Barbie or doll that you know is childish but you love.

I really hope that this will help some of you girls out there, also when you go shopping ask yourself do you really need this even if it is 2 dollars.  Those 2 dollars ad up, and trust me they ad up to something that could be really great in my case those 2 dollars here and there could of bought me a damn Ferrari haha.

Really....What is classy?

There is no exact definition of classy, each person would say something different.  If you asked Perez Hilton he would say Lady Gaga and if you asked Karl (Chanel) he would say Kate Moss.  We cannot bore ourselves with worrying how classy we are but rather, if you feel confident (and your not exposing 99 percent of your skin) then most likely you are passing the classy rule.  Something that I find that is not classy is being to plain.  This picture shows a girl in a simple wrap dress, and yeah its classy, but its nothing exciting, it is almost $400, and I just have yet to find something exciting about it.  Classy does not always mean a price tag.  I mean honestly can you walk around with your price tag hanging out? No.  Then we have the label whores, (which I admit I do have a Gucci or 2 with GG's on them).  You can wear labels, but over doing it is just like you are trying to show us how much you spent, and honestly we really don't care.  I rather someone have on a cute outfit from Target then a $2,000 Gucci one that they are just a giant GG in.  Who do you think is classy? What do you think your classiest outfit is?

Guess who's back for the Spring/Summer 2011!!!!!

NAVY BLUE!!!! YAY!!! My grandmothers most hated color (she loved purple), but a color that is fun and classy.  I have a closet filled with navy and I'm so excited to break them out.  The only problem I was having was finding a color to go with them, but a girl on the blog lamasrichie.com mentioned wearing red. I thought that would be perfect.  I also thought that a dash of yellow would be great.  Do you navy with gold or silver? I personally navy with Gold, or just small studs. But if you wanna play up the accessories I would stick with gold, and pearls.

Also, a great color that I'm seeing everywhere is YELLOW!!! Doesn't mean girls that we race out in our yellow track suits.  But having a pair of yellow pants (see pic) or pencil skirt, or even shoes would be cute. These shoes and pants are by Tory Burch, but give it a few weeks before H&M and Forever 21 are having something just like it! I wouldn't put a large investment into yellow, but navy I think is here to stay for a while.

LEIFSDOTTIR WOOL BLACK RIBBON COAT NEW

I just wanted to give you girls a head's up and a chance to get it before it is sold on e-bay, Leifsdottir beautiful jacket.  It was $685 and still has tags on it, my mom bought it for my sister and it just is not fitting her busty size.  it is a size 6 (Leifsdottir is pretty much true to their size). The jacket is amazing and beautiful.  Sadly it past the return time, and my mom also got 20% off, so she wants to sell it for $350.  If you want it please let me know I will hold it for you otherwise it is going on ebay it is a beautiful jacket girls grab it!!!
Post a comment if you want pictures I'm waiting for my mom to send :)

Sorry for the lack of posts girls....

Girls this week has been tough, first my daughter got super sick then I got super sick and now my husband is super sick.  I haven't forgotten you guys! I also have finals this week.  So once I get passed all this I will start with great new posts!

Plus sized gets last years left overs.

So, by now if you read my blog, you know I'm a "plus sized" girl.  So, I was searching forever 21 and torrid in their "plus sized collections" hoping to find something super cute for valentines day.  Sadly, the plus sized department has what the regular sized departments had last year! I know you people who aren't plus size will say "well lose weight and wear what you want", but see I like my body, I embrace my curves and I'm happy the way that I'm.  When will fashion come to terms that not everyone is a size 2, and not everyone that is plus sized wants to wear what was cute LAST YEAR.  I know thankfully how to shop and put things together to look extra cute, but I really wish that I didn't have to go through so much work to get one cute outfit! Some tips for my girls who are not a size 2...
*dont give up, and embrace what you have
*shop around, target, forever 21, torrid, old navy even department stores
*make that boring dress something cute by adding the hottest shoes and purse you can find.
*headbands!!!
*scarves!
*for a basic outfit, grab a black tank, a black cardi skinny jeans flats and put on a scarf and some big hoops.
*for a night out, a small dress can become a long shirt with a pair of leggings or tights and super cute shoes.
*if you really love something and have extra money consider making your new best friend a taylor they can work magic.

Here are some pictures of two plus sized outfits for "this season" that are sooo last year, and one of the regular sized clothes that is super cute.

Awards!

So every year we normal people (non celebs) wait around for the awards show, mostly because we like to see who hit it and who missed it.  With the Oscars coming up I'm really excited to see what everyone will be wearing since the Golden Globes were just blah! (I guess once you've seen Lady Gaga's fashion nobody really can out do her) I personally hate when people under dress for these events, (short dresses, jeans, anything leather) But I do think that one person every year should take one for the team and dress really stupid (like Bjorks swan dress).  As much as I cant stand JLO (Jennifer Lopez) I have to say that her Green Versace dress was by far one of my favorite awards show dresses.  Her dress stood out but in a good way, she had the body and courage to pull off something few could do, and also started a big new trend that year.  So girls, what have been your fav awards show dresses? Who do you think will be the craziest at the Oscars this year? And do you think we can ban Taylor Swift from these events her dresses are just so PROM!!!

Will it ever end?!

If you are a mother you will understand this, if not continue on for your future!! haha.  When I had my first child (she is 8 now) I sat and watched every sponge bob and dora with a happy face.  I thought how Dora was great for teaching her some basic things (which it did) and sponge bob got her to giggle.  Years later, I got pregnant with my now 2 year old.  I promised myself no more sponge bob or dora or anything, just Elmo and learning tv.  Well that changed! My daughter is hooked on them, and they are driving me crazy.  If I dont have it on for her when we are home she is freaking out.  I'm trying to sneak in more educational shows, which she does fall for sometimes.  But I keep thinking to myself how I want a big family, how will I go through this with each child!!!! I will go bat crazy! My older sister let her kids watch the show but would not let them wear anything from the show, she said it is ghetto, and for the most part Dora and Sponge bob outfits are not the cutest thing, but your child smiles when they have them on.  I can't deny my little girl, but any suggestions moms out there on how to get it to like 45 min a day at most!!!! I'm just busy thanking God that the Hannah Montana end is this coming Sunday! (even though my daughter is not allowed to watch the last season cause its for like 20 yr olds ha ha)