Beauty's Fashion Zone

Sunday, September 14, 2014

My Coral Midi Skirt

Hi friends, I hope we all had a great weekend. We're having very beautiful weather today although it was cold the last couple of days. I decided to wear my coral color midi skirt that I purchased last summer today. I have been loving the color "coral" lately and white is always my first color to pair coral with. It was also my first time today of wearing this pink and black statement necklace I purchased recently from Walmart for 10 dollars. I got to know of this super affordable necklace from other blogs and I decided to check them out when I went in there for my kids' school supplies. They were of such high quality and there were so many beautiful colors and designs that I left the store with a couple. I'll do a post on my jewelry haul next time.

Shirt: J.C. Penny
Skirt: Talbots (old) similar here.
Shoes: Louboutins
Purse: Prada Milano
Necklace: Walmart here
Bracelet: Loft

Thanks so much for stopping by; I wish everyone all the best in the new week.

Beauty Ojo

Thursday, September 11, 2014

My Closet Update

Pointed toe Pumps

Hi everyone; so, I'm still enjoying my mini vacation; spending time with my lovely family and making sure the kids are settled in nicely for the new school year. My Labor day holiday was quiet; I spent the day indoors watching movies with the family then dashed out of the house in the evening to get last minute supplies for the kids but I did not leave myself out...:-). I took advantage of all the savings and discounts I could find online and in-store and stocked up on my favorite things; shoes.
I would say that I gave my closet a "Shoe Makeover." Or let's just say I got bitten by the pointed toe shoes bug.

Prior to now, I only owned mostly round toe or almond toe pumps and never really cared for pointed toe shoes that much; except for a few pairs I purchased either because they were on sale and too good to pass or I liked the color or design so much that I could not resist. Also, I feel like my feet are wide and my toes so huge that pointed toe pumps were somewhat uncomfortable. Well, that was my feeling years and months back. Fast forward to today and I have gradually replaced every round toe shoe in my closet with a pointed toe pair.

There has been a lot of hype about pointed toe shoes or court shoes (as some people call them) of recent and all those platform shoes that were trending a few seasons ago are now backstage or deep down in the closet. I have read blogs where there were ongoing debates about pointed toe shoes versus platform shoes. Some ladies are of the opinion that pointed toe shoes are classy and chic and should be the only shoes that trendy or classy women should wear. In my opinion, "it is the woman that makes the shoe classic and chic. When you are confident in whatever you wear; whether it is pointed toe shoes or round toe shoes, you will be classy and chic." Platform or pointed toe shoes are trends that come and go and as we all know, fashion trends keep recycling over the years. You might be thinking; "why did I bother updating my shoe closet then?"

And my answer is this; "I love having fun with fashion." And that is the premise behind this little blog of mine; to document every trend I'm willing to experiment with. So, I just had to do a shoe closet makeover and as for my toes and feet being too wide, well, they just have to adjust for now..:-). However, I'll still wear my round toe pumps whenever I want because no one is going to sue me if I do...:-).

Well, in order to find a happy medium and make everyone happy, hubby included, I did not purchase any expensive item or make any major splurge and it's been a gradual process for months. 80% of my shoes are from Victorias secret anyway and their shoes are pretty affordable with a couple of louboutins thrown in here and there. I also bought some pairs on sale at Charlotte Russe recently after I discovered that they sell quality items too. There are other pointed toe shoes I have owned for years that are not shown here but I would certainly be wearing them all now.

Now, I really like this calf prints pair here from VS and I loved the splurge here that was on my Summer List and this pair here but I couldn't bring myself to splurge. You know, it's all about finding a happy medium and making everyone happy.
I trust everyone is happy and well?

Thanks so much for stopping by

Beauty Ojo

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Selfie and Second Quarter Summary

My First Blog Selfie...

Hi, friends, can you believe it is the end of August?..:-). Now we are unto the final quarter of the year. **Woot! Woot!!** I thank God for everything so far and I thank him for the days and months yet to come. It is time for my second quarter blog summary; a feature I introduced to the blog a few months ago. In my summary, I'll give behind the scene gist of my life as a blogger if there is anything new to share and I'll also give a summary of blog outfit and posts.

Nothing much happened in the last few months; my baby is eight months old and growing stronger and healthier each day. My second kid and first daughter starts kindergarten in a few days and I'm really excited about that. I took a mini vacation from work and would be home the whole of next week to spend time with the kids on their first week of school. Another new thing right now is me practicing how to take selfies...:-). You see, I think I'm always the last one to embrace any trend of any kind. I signed up for instagram a couple of months ago but quickly lost interest in it and have not uploaded any pics since. As for selfies though, I think I would do them once in a while.

I took these selfie pics in my bathroom and started out with a make-up free face as seen in the pic below then I put on some make-up. I'm wearing a distressed graphic muscle tee I purchased from forever21 a few months ago and blogged about here and here. This sleeveless tee is all sold out now but they've been replaced by the cap sleeve version. I love graphic tees a lot and I like how you can use them to make a statement or share a view. I love God and I'm passionate about my Christianity and I always look for every opportunity to talk about him. So, this tee is right up my alley.

Muscle Graphic tee: here
Pants: here

My wardrobe is getting versatile by the day and I've included lots of pieces and accessories to it over the last couple of months and I put careful thought to how I put my outfits together now compared to before. You can click on the numbers below to check on each posting as I have numbered them clockwise.

What about you, do you like graphic tees or selfies?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

Thanks so much for stopping by

Beauty Ojo

Friday, August 29, 2014

Polka Dots..

Having Fun with Polka Dots...

Hi Friends, I hope we are all doing great. I'm having an amazing week so far and looking forward to the weekend which fortunately and unfortunately is the end of summer...:-). It's fortunate because I'm looking forward to fall which is my favorite time of the year and I'm also looking forward to all the holidays coming up; thanksgiving, Christmas, New year. And it is unfortunate because winter is just around the corner; all that cold and the snow! **uugghh** I make myself feel better by thinking of all those cute, cozy and warm jackets, hot cocoa...

Polka dot prints has been on my mind lately and in order to celebrate the last days of summer, I put together some outfits on Polyvore; and black and white polka dots being my favorite, I incorporated it into all the styles.

Philippians 4: 8-9

8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Bible Verse extracted from biblehub.com