Africa meets Spring

As I was doing my daily R29 reading something caught my eye, African inspired jewelry. Of course there already is plethora of African inspired jewelry floating around in the world of fashion, but these piece were something different, beautiful and unique.

When you think of words like glass, bone, or brass, you don't usually think of jewelry right? Well thanks to KORA, that will soon change my friend. This line of jewelry combines those elements with aluminum, hone and recycled materials to make gorgeous bangles, bracelets, rings and necklaces. This is the perfect spring line to look into for accessories.
 While the prices go no lower than 3 digits, I believe the cost is well within reason considering the unique materials used.
I completely and totally recommend you to at least check out the site...I promise you will fall in love!

Enjoy beauties!!

Love,

Robin 

OOTN : ILLAMERICA Launch Party

On Jan. 28th of this year I attended the ILLROOTS launch party for their new clothing line ILLAMERICA. I went along with a few girls friends and had a blast! My best friend Ebony and I are always dressed to impress, so I figured I would do a sort of OOTD(night in this case) to show off just how simple but gorgeous we looked! :)  Most of the attendees were in very causal dress ( jeans, t-shirt, hoodie, a few leather jackets here and there, etc), but we came in wearing this!

That is Ebony to the left and me to the right.

Ebony is wearing a dress from Forever 21. It is a fitted, animal print dress in black and white as you can see. If I remember right I think there is a little bit of a scoop in the back. This is a great dress for girlies with curves! Eb has a nice round curve on her backside(lol); this dress definitely flatters it! She also has great hips that this dress hugs nicely.

Her accessories were very simple, its best to keep accessories simple with a dress like this. The dress already has so much going on, that too many accessories can really pull away from it. For Eb's accessories she wore just a small pair of earrings and a bracelet. She later put on her favorite pair of glasses. These arent your ordinary pair of prescription glasses, they are jazzy glasses!

They are a pair of nerdy, cheetah print glasses that she jazzed up with a gold chain. Check out her blog to see these "sexy grandma glasses" as I like to call them lol.

As for me, my outfit had a little more going on. Mostly because my dress was very simple, I added more accessories to make my outfit sparkle lol. I wore my tan, shoulder strap dress I bought from Akira. This was the second time I wore this dress so I tried something different this time around. Instead of wearing the shoulder strap, I tucked it down inside of the dress to make it look strapless. A little bit of the mesh part popped out at the boob area but I sort of liked that! I added a studded jean jacket that I borrowed from Eb (I plan on stealing it from her because I love it so much!).

For accessories, I wore some oversized flower stud earrings, a four tear neckless, and my gold feather ring. All of my accessories are from Forever 21.

As far as shoes go, I wore my light pink, peep toe pumps from AGACI. They look a little oversized in the picture but they fit just fine!  Eb wore a pair of black boots from Urban Outfitters.

To find out more info on ILLROOTS new line visit illameri.ca. Also, check out Ebony's blog and videos at flashion.org.

Catch ya later beauties! :)


Love,
Robin

Bloggers Block!

OK OK, I know what your thinking. "OMG am I really reading a new post from Robin?!" YES! This is real lol. I know I have been away for a loooong time but I am back! I have had a mean case of bloggers block! Yea I know its really called writers block, but since I do video and written posts I decided to sum it all up in one universal term :). So, Robin, what do you want?!

Just wanted to update you guys on a few things. First off, that I am back and while my posts might start off very slow, I promise I will work on posting more. As I buy things and come up with different looks and things like that I will definitely make a post, video or blog, about it! I have a few things coming up in terms of video. AN OOTD and a FOTD. 

Here is a sneak peak of what to expect in my next post :)....

Coming up! OOTD for both the beautiful ladies in the picture above :) 

While your waiting, go check out my girl Ebony's blog. (Thats her on the left) 

She has been doing some videos, go show some support so she will keep it up! 

Check out all her thrifty, fashionable finds at  flashion.org !!!

Stay Tuned!!

Love,

Robin :)

Fashion Haul: Akira, AGACI, Forever 21

1. Cut Out Sides Sleeveless Coral Dress - Akira $26
2.Pink Leather Blazer - Forever 21 $31
3. Mesh One Strap Tan Dress - Akira $26

LUSH and U.O. Haul

I went to LUSH the other day just to walk around and sniff, then found myself in U.O. helping a co-worker pick an outfit! It is always a super challenge for me because I always want to buy everything my eyes land upon! This time I narrowed it down to 3 things. U.O. was a bit easier considering I wasnt clothes shopping for myself and I'm not a fan of their prices lol.

First stop was LUSH!
I bought a Massage Bar, Shower Jelly, and Lip Scrub

Each Peach massage bar. It smells amazing! Very citrusy! You rub it all over and it melts from the heat of your body. These massage bars last a very long time especially if you use them very sparingly. Great on your own and also to share with a partner ;) 

The Bubblegum Lip Scrub is really cool, and edible! It is a great exfoliator for your lips! Tastier than exfoliating with a toothbrush or towel! You take a little bit of product between your fingers and rub its on your lips then lick it off! It is edible because its sugar! YUM!! My lips will forever be soft from using this product just because of the great taste! :)

The Joy of Jelly shower jelly. Smells amazing thanks to all the jasmine infused in it! It was recommended that I freeze this jelly. Once frozen, take a shower, its like a bar of soap! Cool right! THIS IS WHY I LOVE LUSH!!

From U.O. I picked up some new fingernail polish and a new card holder! 

I think these officially are cigarette holders but I have always loved to use them as a type of wallet! Its super cute because it Hello Kitty! 

The polish has no brand name so I cant reference it but the colors are super pretty. The one on the right looks red but its a pretty hot pink called Cocktail. The one on the left is my favorite! Reminds me of Tiffany's Co. The color is called Smush! I have been on the hunt for this color so I am super excited to wear it!

Well thats all folks! More coming soon!!!

Love,

Robin

Giveaway!!!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!

Its giveaway time!! YAY! This giveaway is somewhat in honor of Breast Cancer. As most of you know October is nation Breast Cancer Awareness month. I have lost some great women in my life to breast cancer so this month is very important to me! I included the Sonia Kashuk brush set not only because it is pink and I love her brushes, but also because she is a breast cancer survivor. 

 To honor those who have lost their battle as well as celebrate those who have won, I am holding this giveaway!

Giveaway Prizes! 

1. Ulta Beauty Smoothie in Dragon Fruit Frappe or Pomegranate Passion Frappe

2. Sonia Kashuk Proudly Pink Brush Set

 

The rules are simple! There is only 1! You must be a follower of this blog or subscriber of my channel!

How to Enter:

• Must be a follower/subscriber
• If you follow both blog and channel you get a double entry. YOU MUST COMMENT ON EITHER VIDEO OR POST SAYING YOU FOLLOW BOTH! I WILL CHECK
• Tell me about your favorite summer memory! I know summer is over but I still want to hear how much fun you had!
• If you post this giveaway on your blog you get another entry point! You can either write a whole post or put it in your sidebar with either picture from this post!
• You can also tweet about the giveaway! Mention me @MsRobinLove1 

Good Luck Loves!!!

Love,

Robin