Thursday, February 28, 2013

Currently Loving: Dolce&Gabbana Winter 2014 Collection


First of all, this is Dolce Gabbana, how was I supposes to not love it?
Last week in Milan's fashion week Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana presented their Fall-Winter 2014 Collection, full of gold encrusted dresses that evoke a vintage and religious vibe into them.
This collection has made me think of the byzantine art,or the big christian churches all over the world, also it reminds me of the Marie Antoinette movie, which I'm hoping to watch soon because I've never did.


What really got into me were the extraordinary shoes that they put in the collection, they were absolutely amazing and beautiful and i just want to have them all.
If you can't wait to incorporate this in your outfit go to dolcegabbana.com or vogue.com and see the whole collections and get inspired.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Good hair days

Having good hair days is totally awesome, especially when you're are having people coming over or you're planning to go out, I usually have good hair just before getting into the shower or right before I'm going to bed which is kind of frustrating, so I'm excited because today I have a good hair day and It's just 1:00 PM so I have all day in front of me.

Something that truly inspires me is finishing a book, when I'm reading I get all these images in my head and pretty good quotes. I have just finished "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and it is an absolutely awesome book, I have never been to Barcelona but after this I feel like I would have lived there my whole life, at the beginning I was having my doubts about it, it seemed like it didn't actually have an interesting story but way before I was getting into the middle of it, it catch me and I couldn't top reading it, wondering what happened to Daniel, Julian and Bea. 
Every time i finish a book I am left with a lot things in my head, I grab parts of the life of every character and try to incorporate them to my life to make them better.

I also have started to watch new girl ever since it started, it's an awesome show with a lot of outfits inspiration, the dudes are good looking and they dress really well, and   Jessica and Cece have really different and amazing styles, so if you have a vintage girly look or a modern chic look and you're running out of ideas, you should watch the series and pay attention to the outfits, you can get a lot of new combinations, and also you will have a lot of fun and you'll be laughing for all the episode.

Getting back to good hair days, I try to make the best out them if I had the lucky to have them so I normally center the focus of everything on my hair and make-up, I am wearing today a wine blouse with a funky jacket and jeans, I kept it super simple, because I actually want to everyone to pay attention to my hair, I know, I'm a little bit of an attention seeker, but hey! this doesn't happen a lot, don't judge me haha.
I like to get inspire for my outfits and looks in everything around me, so that's why today I showed you two things, a book and tv series, what inspires you on the everyday life? 

Lots of love
- Florencia

Monday, February 25, 2013

Spaghetti & Cards [Recipe]

Last Friday  my mom made a games night with some friends and family and she originally wanted some spaghetti with sausages, but those are made usually of pork and well, is lent season and some of my mom's friends do respect the rule of not eating meat on Fridays  so after making some changes to the menu everything went better than expected, my mom bought some shrimps and tomato sauce, since the original idea was with butter and garlic.


So after some talking, jokes, couple glass of soda and 3 rounds of domino, my mom take out the dinner.
Sometimes I get really amazed by how my mom manages to make some dinner in wich you can almost explode, because I don't always now what the whole menu will be, we didn't even miss the cheese in the pasta, not because we didn't have some, we just forgot about it on the way out from the kitchen to the dining room.

Dinners are actually some of the things I love the most about life, cooking for friends and family it's awesome and it always leaves you with amazing experiences and funny anecdotes.
My mom was a little worried when she put the Spaghetti in the water because it turn out to be a different size of noodle than the ones she usually buys, but i told that wouldn't be a trouble.


My mom also made her signature salad which is basically lettuce, cucumber, onion and tomato with a secret dressing, it would be awesome to share it but is her dressing not mine, so, sorry; but I will give you a hint, the flavor that it gives i's just like a bunch of salt&pepper, which makes the salad actually very delicious and the favorite among my mom's friends.
She made some garlic bread (those are her favorite meal) and she just puts pieces of bread in a pan with some butter and then put on top some garlic salt. Those are perfect life savers in almost any meal.
Everything looked gorgeous on the table (I wish I had my camera on me that day, bad blogger bad!)
And to finish here's the recipe of our Life Savior "Spaghetti with Shrimps"
I didn't put the list of ingredients because I don't know exactly the measurements.

Spaghetti with Shrimps
-First of all put your package or ration of Spaghetti into boiling water till it's at your desire consistency. 
-In another pot boil some water and put inside he shrimps, these don't usually take a lot of time, like 5 minutes or less and they'll be ready. If you want to, pull out the head, tails and skin out of the shrimps.You can do this before or after you put them in the pot.
-Put some bought or home made tomato sauce in a pot a let it boil add a little bit of salt, pepper, clove, oregano/marjoram and laurel.
-Combine the sauce with theSpaghetti, serve it and put a ration of shrimps on top and you're good to go.

I hope you try this recipe and if you do be sure to let me now via twitter

Lots of love
- Florencia

Friday, February 8, 2013

Valentine's Day: Everywhere outfits!!!

V-day is just around the corner!!
I absolutely love this day, cause you know, we don't need a special occasion to tell all our beloved people that we love them, but v-day is a prefect excuse.
I personally love this day, I am used to spend it alone haha but I always try to incorporate into my look some v-day related things like the red/pink color scheme.
Whether you're spending it alone, at work, with friends or your boyfriend/girlfriend I'm going to give you three looks for you to rock them wherever you are going with anyone.
1.- The "Night out" look: I paired a skater dress with an awesome neon blazer, nude shoes and bag, and a few bracelets in black and gold. This look is perfect for a night out with you bf/gf or friends, and it would look awesome for work too. For the make-up try a neutral look on the eyes with some red or pink on the lips it would look amazing with your hair down.

2.- The "Romantic Date" look: This is a red velvet skirt with nude tank top and cardigan, to increase the sweet look I added some cute solid color heels and a little shoulder bag, for the accessories i used a stones layered necklace with the same color scheme as the outfit. This look is for a dinner date and as I said before, to use for your bf/gf or to a dinner with your friends, also can be used to a v-day party. You can use this with a very casual make up and a cute side pony tail or some hair style with braids on it.

3.- The "I want to stay home with you" look: A pair of blue jeans with a white tank top and a loose sweater, paired with neon pink shoes, clutch and accessories. This is the perfect look to stay at home with your bf/gf or to use if you go to the mall or downtown together or to a picnic (in which case, use comfortable shoes). Use this with a messy up-do and natural makeup.

I hope this was useful for you, have fun recreating one of them or a combination of the three with the things you have in your closet and If you do don't forget to tweet me the pictures.

Lots of love.
- Florencia

UPDATE: The skater dress in the 1st look is green and it was intended to be black lol.
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