Jewelry Unboxing feat. Hoops Baby!

Hey everyone! It's 2015 and I am opening the new year with my very first blogger perk video. I was contacted a few weeks ago by an LA based jewelry and accessories company called Hoops Baby! They specialize in all kinds of accessories that can be used day and night and for all occasions. 

Prices range from under $10 to over $90. 

When they asked me to pick a few pieces I was thrilled to be working with them. 

This week I recieved my package and immedietly filmed my unboxing video because I could not wait to see the products I had so anxiously been awaiting. Expect a more in-depth review in the near future as I style each piece with some of my favorite outfits. For now, I hope you enjoy my try on video. 

Links to products [in order of appearance]: 

Bracelets: 

Set of 3 Rhinestone Bangle Bracelets - Silver

Set of 3 Rhinestone Bangle Bracelets - Gold

Double Pearl Rhinestone Spiral Bangle Bracelet - Gold

Tassel & Rectangle Bangle Bracelet - Gold

Rondelle Stretch Bracelet-Silver 

Earrings:

Dangling Filigree Chandelier Earrings - Gold

Oval Chandelier Earrings - Gold 

Handmade Dangling Drop Earrings - Gold

Tear Drop Dangle Earring - Silver

Chandelier Rhinestone Earrings - silver

Filigree Chandelier Rhinestone Earrings - Silver

Necklaces:

Double V shaped Fashion Necklace

Rope Twist Tribal Necklace Set

Luxurious Rhinestone Crystal Statement Necklace Set 

***Product review coming soon as well as more photos***

Get Ready With Me: FUN. Concert Part 1

Hello lovelies, today I have a special post and by the title you can tell exactly what I'm going to talk about! So without further a do, let's get started. I went to the fun. concert a few weeks with my best friend, sister, and mom. It was general admission so we chose the best spot we could (which happened to be right behind the handicap area to the right side of the stage). Sure I would have preferred front and center but *shrugs* what can you do. Either way our spot was such a good spot! We had a full view of everything that was happening and no tall people in front (since I'm super short so no offense to anyone who is tall!). If you don't know who fun is here's a little background.

Fun. is made up of three band mates: Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff.

They all came from three different bands and joined forces to form one amazing, American indie pop band. They originated in New York and have been together since 2009 and have two albums out so far. I'm absolutely in love with Nate, and the fact that he was born in February (my month as well) makes him even more attractive. Ugh, plus his voice is just unbelievable. I adore every song on their most recent album, Some Nights.

Nate Ruess, the main singer for the band, was incredible. Everytime he would sing in front of our section my heart would swell a little more from the proximity. The fact that I could see his crystal clear green eyes was one of the highlights of my night!! (Yes I love him! I thought that was obvious haha!!)
Back to my post, I made two parts to my GRWM post because it was too long for just one video. (sorry!) So I hope you like this first part, it is about how I did my make-up, hair, and my outfit for the night. Next video will be up on Friday so stay tuned!!

Here is my outfits and my experience at the fun. concert.  

Enjoy!

-TheFashionQueen

The Fashion Queen On YouTube!

Surprise!! I've got another little announcement to make today. Back in September I said I was going to stop posting videos on my channel as I was taking a sabatical for the month. Now it's October and you're probably wondering, "is she back yet? Where are the videos? Did she quit?" 

Well, you'll be happy to know I am back and for good! I did not quit (that's for sure, I never will!) 

but I did move to a new Youtube Channel with my actual name on the url. (I'm anal when it comes to my blog and I really wanted everything to have the same name.)

So now you will find me here at TheFashionQueen and this will be my new home for fashion and beauty videos. What really motivated me to make a new channel and start from scratch is that I now have a new camera. I've been waiting for so long for a better camera and I finally got one. I bought the Canon T3i in September and ever since I've been trying to learn as fast as I can every little button and see what is the best way I can film. I love filming and making videos, but I also want to make the best videos I possibly can. Here's my first video on the new channel talking more about my camera and what my channel will be about.
Enjoy!!

Questions? Suggestions? Requests?

Leave them in the comments below

I read every single one!

-TheFashionQueen

The Baby!

My Compulsive Jewelry Haul

Hello beauties, so today I wanted to show you guys my mini jewelry haul. I admit, when there's a sale I kinda go crazy and want to buy everything... in every single color. Where is the style consultant when you need her!! Any ways, I bought three more bubble necklaces from Wild Butterfly Boutique since they were having a major sale (still going on I believe). So I bought a mint one, black one, and a turquoise one! Yes, three of the same necklaces. What in the world was I thinking?? Well, I must have been crazy to buy so much. But the past is the past and we'll have to make do. Either way the colors are gorgeous. Here I've style the mint necklace (which is my favorite) and the black necklace.

It definitely creates a statement to other wise plain ensembles which I love since I'm a pretty simple girl but love having that extra statement in my outfit. Tell me which one you prefer!!

To see the white bubble necklace check it out here.  

OOTD: August 16, 2013

Hello my beauts it's been a very, very long week for me and I'm so happy it's Fashion Film Friday! 

School started this week as you all know. I'm taking four classes at the moment. Let me tell you, they are not easy! I know its only the first week but I'm feeling a little dizzy from everything. I have class every single day (which is a new thing for me especially since I've been on vacation for the past 3 and a half months!). I'm taking Creative Writing, French, College Algebra, and later on in the semester I'll start Humanities. Some of these courses aren't too bad. Creative writing is obviously my favorite (for now since I have no idea what else my prof will make us do). French is one of the harder ones because it's a new language but I love french so I'm trying my best. Math on the other hand is hard and I don't like numbers so it's not interesting at all. But it's something I have to do so I'll be tredding on. Hopefully I get into the swing of things soon. I know many started last week but I just wanna say, congrats! We did it! We made it through the first week. Time to celebrate with a short video on the outfit I wore for my BTS: What's in my school bag video. 

What I Wore:

Top: Nordstrom Rack

Jeans: Levis

Shoes: Nordstrom Rack

Nails: Post here

Bag: H&M

OOTD: July 26, 2013

Hello lovely readers! It's #FashionFilmFriday and I've got a new Outfit Of The Day video for you guys! It's a little more dressed up than my usual outfits so it's a pretty special video! For anyone looking for a classy and chic outfit for either an interview, a meeting, business, or a night out I hope this look inspires you! I absolutely love the print on this dress, florals have been seen everywhere for spring and summer. To define my waist more I decided to add a gold metal belt which I think adds a bit of edge to this outfit. Hope you guys like it and let me know in the comments below!

What I'm Wearing:
Dress: White House Black Market
Shoes: Steve Madden
Bag: H&M
Watch: Michael Kors (borrowed from friend)
Bracelets: Topshop
Rings: Vintage and Forever 21
Nails: Got the Blues for Red by OPI

If you're having trouble viewing the video here's a link.

Fashion Blog Update!

Hello everyone! I wanted to take the time and let everyone know that my blog will be going under major changes these next few weeks. If you haven't noticed and don't follow me yet, please take the time to check out my new links at the top of this page to Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram! 

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NOTW: Got the Blues for Red

Hello my lovelies! Its been awhile since I posted about my nails since I haven't had any time to actually do them. But not this week. This week I decided to go for a very dark, ox-blood red (which is totally out of season but I don't care, I was feeling it this week!). This color is called Got the blues for red by OPI. Now, I'm not a huge fan of OPI because their nail polish takes forever and a day to dry. And on top of that, after you think its dry you bang your nail on something and it messes up! Then you've got to start the process all over again and it's a headache I hate to deal with. This is exactly what happened to me. I always do my toes first to get them out of the way and it had already been a day since I had done them when I go and put on closed shoes they mess up! As for my hands they're not too bad, a quick clear top coat and I'll be good to go. 

BTW, the new Glamour magazine arrived with One Direction on the cover. Is that not perfect or what??

OOTD: July 19, 2013

Hello beautiful, it's finally Friday and I have a video for you all! It's Film Friday and I wanted to share with you guys my outfit. I was super inspired to be classy-chic yesterday and this is what I came up with. I decided to wear my crisp, white chiffon blouse from forever 21, a light-wash pair of blue jeans, and some sandals. In this video you'll get to see a sneek peek of my new bag which is amazing and I can't get enough of it! It's a gorgeous gray color and the leather feels like high-quality. I purchased this bag at H&M last week. Hope you guys enjoy the video and the music is all by The xx!

Link to Youtube video HERE!

What I wore:

Top: Forever 21

Jeans: Levi's

Shoes: Forever 21

Bag: H&M

Jewelry: Macys

Sunglasses: Forever 21

June Haul!

Hello girlies! It's the end of the month and I have been shopping for summer like crazy!! Really I was just getting essentials like sunglasses, sandels and some cute dresses. So I wanted to show you what I have collected in the last month or so. Hope you guys like it!

So the first store I'll talk about is Forever 21. If you've been reading my posts for the last two years then you'll know I am an avid XXI shopper! Occasionally they won't have any great buys but on those rare occasions I find everything I'm looking for! Recently, I have found such cute items all super cheap! 

Sunglasses:

Okay, I went a little overboard and bought three pairs. Usually I like to try on sunglasses cause they always look different on my face but I just bought these online. Even though I like them I'm not in love with them. Well, it's too late to return them so I guess I will survive. 

My favorite pair are the waferer imitations. They came in a matte finish and suit my face nicely. 

Circle lenses, on the other hand, aren't that friendly to my face. I still wear them cause I really don't care but they won't be my "go-to" pair. 

Tees:

Next, I really needed some casual tees so I picked up these super cute tops! The first is a nice minty green high-low top. It's such a nice color and it has a slouchy, comfortable feel. 

The next one I bought is this gray elephant printed tee! Omg these elephants are so adorable! That's the main reason I bought it. My mom also bought me an aztect tank for the beach and the hot summer days here in MIA. Thank you!
I also purchased two cardigans ( a yellow one and an indigo color which isn't here) at Nordstrom Rack. I really wanted to widen my color options for my cardigans. Love these cause they are 3/4 sleeves and light for the summer.

Accessories:

Then I bought this super cute-edgy belt with spikes and a metal plate on the front. I've seen a lot of youtubers/bloggers wearing something similar to this. So when I found a look-a-like on XXI I had tohave it! It fits perfectly on the waist.

Zara:

As I've mentioned before I'm not a huge fan of Zara. But lately they have been coming out with great quality items. This gorgeous floral dress is from their new spring/summer collection! I absolutely adore it's flirty flare, the pockets and the low scoop of the back. I also love anything with lots of color and a floral print.

This pair of glitter shoes were on sale for $25! OMG! They are super cute and comfortable! I've been eyeing them for a while now and they finally went on sale. It's funny because I had searched the whole store for flats but couldn't find any in my size. Then, in a pile of other shoes, these babies caught my eye! And they just so happened to be in my size. Winning! hehe

The next pair of shoes I got are a tad bit more expensive but they were 40% off (originally 80 bucks down to 50!). I had been obsessed with these studded/spiked shoes which are adorable and I think I'll put them in a bell jar just to look at their beauty. hehe. Gorgeous!

I also purchased this cute, quilted, Chanel look-a-like, cross body bag for $10! Wow, it's such a joy to find things on sale!

This last item from Zara is such a steal! It cost $50 before and with the sale it was only $30. I love finding great items on sale, it's such an accomplishment!

This deep blue color is so beautiful and I love how structered this little cross-body bag is. Perfect!

Hope you guys enjoyed my Haul post! These items are perfect for the summer and I wanted to share the great deals that are going on now! Have a great day beauties!

Nail Inspiration: Almond Nails

Hello everyone, so a huge trend that has been going on for a while is the almond nails. I am totally obsessed with them and want to try them out. I like them very simple though because I find the length to be dramatic enough for me. Here are a few ideas I want to try out!

The rings make it even cooler!!

Gaga had them way before it was a major trend! Nude shade to make it less dramatic.

Gorgeous mint color for summer!

Progress!

Hello lovelies!! I hope you're having a great Wednesday! I wanted to share the progress that I've been able to do with my filming and blogging. I finally bought a tripod! It's not very big, only 8-10" which is perfect if its set on a desk. But we're slowly but surely improving around here on The Life of!! I really hope my videos are somewhat better. Let me know!