MY STYLE: Sunshine & Polka Dots

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you- Walt Whitman

I'm a little late with this post as I wanted to greet you yesterday (Monday) with a little sunshine and polka dots to brighten up your day. Now that Monday has passed, I trust that despite the absence of my sunshine yellow top to send a little ray of sunshine, you still had a beautiful day.

Photos by Cortez Vernon

Outfit Details::

Top- Local Boutique

Shorts- Local Boutique

Wedges- Forever XXI

Bag- Local Boutique

Hat- Panama Hats

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MY STYLE: Cut-out Culotte

Isn't it so true how history repeats itself? The same goes for fashion. I clearly remember culottes being a big fashion statement when I was much younger. As a matter of fact, I believe my mother made a few for me. Here we are in 2015 with culottes being one of the biggest Summer trends and although it was and kinda still is trending heavily, this is the only piece I have. What drew my attention to this piece was first, the colour and secondly the style. The two are a perfect combination and transitions well through the fall with a coat.

The intricate cut-out details of my soft gold clutch matched the cut-out detail of the culotte jumpsuit

Outfit Details::

Culotte- TopShop (here)

Heels- via GoJane

Clutch- Local Boutique

Necklace- Old

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MY STYLE: Yellow Diamonds

Happy Monday loves! Kicking off the Monday with yellow diamonds. If I were to make a list of my top 5 favourite stores to shop, H&M would rank high on that list. Their items are not only affordable but diverse. At any given point you can find items to dress up or dress down and these diamond print, sateen pants are one of those items. Although they've been sitting in my closet unworn for quite some time, I finally found a simple top to pair them with. These pants make a statement and I didn't want to kill the outfit with a fussy top so a simple, light pull over did the trick.

Let's talk about this backdrop though. If you have visited my island, Grand Cayman, then you know that we are a clean, serene little piece of paradise. Graffiti walls and artistic, public wall murals are something that is very new. My photographer who is also an artist created his own wall (which I will share in full at another time) and before seeing it, I was hesitant to shoot against it because I wanted my outfit to stand out and not clash too much with the wall. To my surprise, the blues in his wall beautifully complimented my outfit.

Photos by SS

Outfit Details::

Top & Pants- H&M | Necklace- Local boutique | Heels- Steve Madden | Sunnies- Tom Ford

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MY STYLE: A Classic Remix

Happy Sunday lovelies:

Just a quick post to share what I wore to church today. It is somewhat expected that when wearing black and white, the combination is paired with red but I didn't want this outfit to be a cliche. 

Maybe in the future I will pair the skirt with a red top but for today, I remixed this classic combination with yellow.

What are your thoughts about black, white and yellow?

Get the look:

Blazer- Here

Tank- Here

Skirt- Here, Here and even Here

Heels- Here

Bag- Got mine from a local boutique but try this

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MY STYLE: Yellow Pleats & Denim

Hi beauties:

I hope you're having a fantastic Easter and celebrating the true meaning of the holiday.

I don't usually attend church on Good Friday but a month ago, my pastor asked me to sing on Good Friday so that's what I did this past Friday and this is what I wore.

Denim shirt- H&M here

Skirt- Option here

Shoes- Similar here

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Sunshine and Stripes

Hi beauties:

I don't know about yours but my weekend flew by but I guess that's because it was somewhat eventful.

To shake off the Monday morning blues, I chose to wear a sunny yellow wrap blouse(substitute), black and white stripe pencil skirt (option 1, option 2, option 3) with a kick of pink (option 1, option 2, option 3)

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Bali Mango Look

Hi beauties:

Recently I've been trying to find inspiration for my looks. Usually I'd kinda just throw some colors together hoping to make something out of them but today I reached for one of my body sprays from Bath & Body Works called Bali Mango and the colors on the label gave me the inspiration for this look. I would have prefered to create the look and take the pictures whule the sun was still up but I was busy thoughout theday.

Anyway, I'm not sure where you are but where I am from, it's mango season- YUM!!!!! Who doesn't love mangoes?

In the latter part of last year, Bath and Body Works addeed a  new fragrance to their Signature Collection called Bali Mango. Bali Mango is an exotic getaway of juicy mango, sugar cane, pink passion flower and luscious nectarine sqooshed all together in one delicious blend. The lotions and body mists are so fragrant and yummy. I love sweet, fruity smells.

What's better than fresh mangoes in the summer???

Anyway, here is the Bali Mango look with the mango/summer sunset colors and a hint of turquoise.

Enjoy!!

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Purple Inferno (Recreated Look)

YAY Sugarpill!! LOL!!! I happened to stumble across a YouTube Tutorial by Dayon (www.youtube.com/user/krawls80) called Purple Inferno. It was a combination of yellow, orange and purple and it was GORGEOUS. Dayon is also a blogger but she rarely blogs. If you're interested in her work, visit her YouTube Channel. Dayon is a "sista" and she create bold, vivid, original makeup looks. I really like her work. She's super talented.

So today, my look is a recreation of Dayon's look "Purple Inferno". If I'm not mistaken, it received the most comments and recreations on her YouTube channel- GO DAYON!!

Hope you like it! This was my first attempt at this look but I will probably give it another stab. Oh and I forgot to mention....seeing that we're going bold, I used my Sugarpill babies!

Eyes:

Two Faced Shadow Insurance (primer all over lid up to brow)

NYX Jumbo Pencil- Milk (shadow base on lid up to crease)

Sugarpill Buttercupcake (yellow) e/s -(center lid)

Sugarpill Flamepoint (orange) e/s- (around yellow)

Sugarpill Poison Plum (purple) e/s- (outer "C" into crease)

Urban Decay Sin e/s- highlight

MAC Embark e/s- brows

Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner- top lashline

NYX Doll Eyes Mascara

Face

Clinique Superfit Foundation- Spice

MAC NW43 Studio Fix Powder

MAC Breezy- blush

Lips

MAC Viva Glam

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