Caroline Issa's Collection for L.K. Bennett

  

I had the lovely opportunity to meet a very young and successful model and designer Caroline Issa. I was invited to Bazaar Harper Magazine & L.K Benett's event as they celebrated the launch of Caroline Issa's collection before its release. L.K. Bennett is a favorite line of Kate Middleton and you can bet on it that she already ordered all of Caroline's collection. Also, doesn't Drew Barrymore look amazing in the cover for March's issue for Bazaar? I was able to get a special edition for this magazine that's different than what was released on stands.

Can you see a hint of my blue highlights?

 My Outfit of the Day:

Glasses / Clear Framed - I got these for Christmas and loving them so much

Necklace - Bebe

Turquoise Blazer - Forever 21

Caroline Issa looking young and beautiful

    

Desserts? Yes, thank you for very much. These cookies with a cream and nut filling were so delish! 

Brownies? Yes, thank you!

 

Once you hear the story of Caroline's inspiration of these shoes, you will fall in love with them as much as I have. Pom-poms and all! Her inspiration came from her visit in Thailand and all the bold vibrant colors and patterns triggered this masterpiece.

I love the pom poms, they are so fun! I'm all about fun!

What To Do With Old Cellphone Earphones

As years go by, we continue to upgrade in technology, including our cellphones. We move on to newer and better cellphones.

But what happens to all the collection of earphones and bluetooths that we accumulated after years of constantly upgrading to new phones? Do you keep them? Do you throw them away? Maybe the earbuds are  broken at the wire but the mic still works, should that be thrown away? 

Well, Tehkseven shows us an awesome idea on how you can utilize your old earphones. If you're into creating videos or vlogging (like me) then this is perfect for you.

Basically, if you create a great video, it is pretty much worthless if the audio is in the crapper. This is where your old earphones come into handy. You're going to want to cut your earphone wire right above the microphone. Yes, that's what I said. You're going to cut it. You only need the mic part at this point. Well, instead of me explaining, watch the tutorial video below. 

Organized Kitchen Pantry

Whoa Momma!! That's a crap load of stuff! I can't even believe my pantry even looked like this at one point. I'm so proud of the way I organized my pantry. Since I live in New York, apartments are small and limited in storage space so I have to make due with the lack of cupboards I have. My pantry which contains all of my baking ingredients was just awful and sad looking. As much as I love baking, every time I opened it, something was falling out. It was hard to find what I wanted and just the clutter itself would just spoil the mood of me wanting to bake sometimes. Something had to be done...and it needed to be quick!

I purchased these nifty containers that I found while roaming around at the Container Store (shown above) for $7.99 each which includes the spoon. (Don't even get me started about how much I love this store). It was important that the seal was airtight without the hassle of opening and closing. It's BPA free and  refrigerator, freezer, top rack dishwasher safe. My kind of container! Click here 

I used a label maker to name each container

Ta-Dah! 

I will show you an updated picture to see how this new organized pantry has been holding up...

so be sure to check back for the status. =) 

Electric Nails

So my friends and I were talking about the Electric Daisy Carnival and Electric Zoo and how we had so much fun this year and can't wait for the next year to come. It made me think about my nails and how I spent the time to prep them to match the occasion that I totally forgot to show you guys what I did! Duh! But if you follow me on Instagram, then you didn't miss much since I posted this picture there before. I got so many compliments on them and people were asking me how I did it, I thought I'd share it with you. The results of the final look made people think that I spent several hours on them or that the process looked like it would be complicated. However, when I explained how simple the process was...people couldn't believe it.  

Tools that you will need:

1. Nail polishes of your choice (preferably opaque colors that are not sheer)
2. Scissors
3. Scotch Tape (yes, that's right...you will need tape)
4. Nail glue (optional)
5. Clear top coat

It's 6 easy steps. So here's how to do it.

1. Paint your nails any base color that you want.  (I chose a deep purple)
2. On a strip of scotch tape, paint strips of various colors of your choice 
3. Cut strips, triangles, squares...any shapes with a pair of scissors
4. Arrange the cut pieces of tape on your nail
5. For added security, you can use a tiny amount of nail glue to seal corners of the strips (optional)
6. Finish with a clear top coat for sealing...and your done!

Ta-Dah!!

P.S. If you never seen my Electric Daisy Carnival video with my friends this year...you should check it out here below! I can't believe that the video as of today has 116,491 views within 6 months! Thanks insane! That's for all the support



Click here to watch video

Electric Zoo Festival 2012

I had an awesome time with my girls Nathalie and Frances at Electric Zoo Festival here in NYC. It was my first time going. Instead of me explaining it, check out the video I made below. =) 

Who's going to save the world?? 

We mustache you a question!

Fashion's Night Out 2012

I had a great time during Fashion's Night Out in New York with my girls who are also on YouTube. Lee Lee aka Mamichula8153, Melissa aka oxPRETTYSPiFFYxo and Nathalie aka NatyMidnight and let's not forget my friend Waise in the back which technically he was considered one of the girls for the night. He actually flew in all the way from San Francisco, California to New York the same day just for  Fashion's Night Out and flew back home the next day. Only a 1 day trip. Now that's real dedication to fashion right there! As Waise quoted for the night, "I have to look fabulous just in case I see Anna Wintour" haha. Speaking of Anna Wintour, you must watch "The September Issue"  which is a documentary of the behind the scenes of the making of fashion magazine Vogue. If you're into fashion, it's definitely something worth watching. Click here to watch the trailer. As for Fashion's Night Out....we had a fabulous time, despite the riot that took place in SoHo. Check out our video below to see how the night went....

Underwater Adventures

I got a new Waterproof Camera as a surprise gift from Tricky for summer. It's a Sony Bloggie HD Waterproof camera and I decided to make an awesome video with my family while testing it out for the first time. I love this camera. It's shock proof and dust proof. Check out the video that I made with my family below. Hope you're enjoying your summer! =)

Family Adventures Underwater (Plus BLOOPERS!!) from Most Amazing Family on Vimeo.

My DIY Shoe Rack

My DIY Shoe Rack

I love my customized shoe rack that Tricky and his brother Mikey helped me make. Living in New York, apartments are known for being small and not having enough closet space. So you really have to be crafty on your storage space. You have to utilize wall space and build up. Generally, people would put them in the closet: on the floor beneath the clothes or top shelf. Or sometimes even invest in furniture, cubby holes, etc to store shoes which just takes up valuable floor space. Either case, shoes take up so much space! I love my shoes, but hate how cumbersome it can be when I don't have enough space for them. It was a love hate relationship that I have had with them for quite a while...up until now. 

Anyways....it wasn't until one day I was Skyping with my dear friend Lisa and she noticed my shoe rack in the background that she wanted to know more about it. I posted a picture of Lisa and I Skyping on my Facebook and it stirred up questions about my shoe rack in the background and people wanting to know where I bought it. lol No, I didn't buy it. It was custom made. My initial inspiration came from Pinterest (oh how I love Pinterest, but how it sucks up a lot of my time from browsing. But that's a whole 'nother story lol). After a few requests to make a tutorial video on how this was made, I will be uploading one shortly on the process of the making. But in the meantime, here's a little sneak peek of some pictures of the building process. 

Tricky picked up some wood from Home Depot, took some measurements based on the width and height of our bedroom wall. 

Mikey cutting the wood based off Tricky's measurements.

 Painted the wood with some leftover paint that we already had. 

After a few nails and screws in the wall...VOILA! 

EDC - Electric Daisy Carnival 2012

I went to EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival) with my friends held here in New York. An experience that I'll never forget. A weekend full of music and love. Take a look of the video that I edited below to get a glimpse of how much fun it is. If you've never been to EDC before, be sure to go next time it's in your area. You'll have a blast! 

 click here to watch video

Give Good Face at IMATS 2012

I did a recent blog post of some pictures from my experience working at IMATS with Jordan Liberty, creator for Give Good Face. If you missed that post, you can catch up on it here. I finally finished editing the video of my time working at IMATS, check it out below.  

It was such a pleasure working with Jordan who I've been an avid admirer of his work since way before he joined the YouTube community. 

 I first discovered Jordan on Model Mayhem years ago when he answered questions on the forum to eager makeup artists who had questions such as "what are the best products to use for a glossy eye for photo shoots." He was really good at responding back to these questions...however, it just made much more sense to just make a tutorial video which can be re-watched over and over again. Thus, the Give Good Face YouTube Channel was born and Thanks God for that! I actually used some of his techniques for my photo shoots and thanks to his advice, some of my work ended up making the front cover of a magazine and centerfold. (see pictures) It was so awesome walking into almost every store such as Barnes and Nobles and seeing my magazine. Thank you Jordan! =)

Love Sick

I accidentally stumbled across this video on YouTube called "Love Sick" an Award Winning Short Film written and directed by Kevin Mark Lacy. I just had to share it with you.