Back! The SECRET and OOTD :)

Yay! I finally made it back to blogging! I had a long period where, hiding behind the excuse that I did not have enough time, I actually stopped blogging! I felt I was not good enough to do it, I kept comparing myself with other bloggers (BIG mistake to compare yourself with others in general!!) In the meantime, something amazing happened to me, I would say, at the right time, cuz it was such a hard time in my life...or well, as I realised, it was hard because I wanted to look at it that way! I discovered the book "The Secret! by Rhonda Byrne, actually first I downloaded the audio book "the Power" and listened to it while trying to make my baby sleep... It IS a lifechanging book, I really recommend it to everyone!
This is how they look :) but you can also get the audio or ebook versions, whatever is best for you and your lifestyle!

I can't even tell how amazing these books are, and I have to partly thank Dulce Candy (http://www.youtube.com/user/dulcecandy87?ob=4) for the fact that I got to find them, because she inspired me to look for books about self growth and positive thinking. I think she even mentioned The Power and the Magic (the latest book by Rhonda Byrne, that I didn't get to read yet but is in my tab-phone already!) And to my friend Stefania that had sent me the link to the movie The Secret ages ago, and I never had time to watch, untill the link expired! LOL But I got it stuck in my head, so, when I heared about it again, it sure rang a bell!

What I read there changed my whole perspective on life and I am so grateful and happy for that!

So... because I am giving it a new GO to my blog and probably to my YT channel as well (as soon as possible) I am adding an OOTD pic!

On the banks of the Rhine, out for a walk with my hubby and son, wearin my C&A "Yessica" leather jacket, Pimkie studded cross body brown hobo bag, Zara jeans, Deichmann clogs, H&M wool striped sweater, Ray Ban sunnies, and C&A leopard print scarf.

Love yourself!

oxox

Roxana

OOTD for Fall season

Sooo, no more warm weather :(( I don't like that because I know what cold weather means.. way less options for dressing up and creating outfits! I mean, how many winter clothes can you have? I have a few jackets and they fill up half of my huge closet! :( Is sad, let alone the fact that winter clothes are more expensive than skimpy summer ones! lol. But we'll get through it, and the summer will eventually be back! In winter time I rather spend my money on makeup and skincare and other things that make me happy, than on clothes, because for me, that I work from home so I don't have to look too good (and different and interesting...well, u know what I mean...) when leaving home for something, dressing up in winter is all about throwing on a pullover (or 2, or 3, cuz I am getting cold so easily! Brrrr) and then a jacket and boots and jeans of course... Only rarely I dress up differently than that, on special occasions, and I usually freeze on those occasions! So, at this time of the year, when there is still some sun left and the temperature is not yet close or below 0C, I still managed to wear a picture-worthy (in my oppinion! lol) outfit, which is this one:

 

Turtleneck sweater: "Clockhouse" C&A
Sweater dress: "Okay!" from KIK - at times you can find real good things there!! It's worth to take a look from time to time
Grey leopard print leggings: Zara
Suede booties with fur: Deichmann (love them! super comfy and cute)
Satchel (beutel) patent leather bag from Pimkie
Puffer vest with fur trim: "Clockhouse" C&A
Sunnies: Ray Ban
My usual gold Swatch watch
... and my few extra kilos that I'm hoping (but not really trying! lol) to get rid off! haha

Hope you liked my outfit! Have a sunny and warm day!
Keep smiling!
oxoxox
Roxana

OOTD - shopping with my Baby!

So since a while ago, we haven't been goin shoppin alone anymore! (me and hubby) We shop in 3 now! It's fun but will be way more fun when lil Mathias will be big enough to pick for himself! Well, I know you have to have a good sense of humour (to put it mildly) to think is fun to go shopping with a baby and not get aggravated (I picture in my mind that condom commercial video with the baby's tantrum in the store) but I think we (at least I) have what it takes! LOL
Here is what I wore today:

 The little shopper exhausted....

 Hubby, that doesn't wanna pose, taken by surprise by a huge mirror store window, that I instantly used to snap a shot of us all! Great things these windows are! I love them!!

I am wearing:
Dress: Pimkie
Long sweater (cardigan, however it is called... I never knew) Clockhouse (C und A)
Tights: Thermal tights from.. ummm... don't remember? Could have been C und A also.
Shoes (pumps): Tamaris
Infinity scarf : Zara men
Watch: Swatch - Irony Diaphane gold watch
Meredith Frederick gold caviar bracelet
Bijou Brigitte hot pink bow headband
H&M fringed black leather shoulder bag
Pearl earrings from Mallorca

Keep smiling!
oxox
Roxana

OOTD

One of the last summer days .. in October!! Weird weather this year, here where I live! All summer was cold and since August till a few days ago (almost half October) was HOT like summer! I guess there was a delay...lol.
Here is what I wore (not today but a few days ago, you know by now that I suck at making time for posting :(():

Hot pink bra-top dress from Victoria's Secret
Red ruffled cardigan from H&M
Pink bow headband from Bijou Brigitte
Marilyn Monroe paper-like pattern handbag from Tamaris store
Red mules from Deichmann (I think)
Ray Ban shades

Yes I was in the mood to combine hot pink with orangey-red :D Just so!

Keep smiling!
Roxana

OOTD - sunny Autumn days

The weather is still fine, although it started to get colder, so made my hubby take some pics for me!
This is what I wore today:

Jacket: Victoria's secret Utility jacket. I checked the website and they still have it! Ive got mine a couple of years ago and worn it a billion times since, is one of my absolute wardrobe favs!
Top: New Yorker - black strapless ruched tube top
Distress tie-dyed jeans: Zara (if you have curvy hips, thicker thighs and small waist, try Zara for jeans, it's the only place I can actually find jeans that REALLLY fit me!)
Orthopedic sole sandals
Ray-Ban sunnies
Earrings from Deichmann (they carry jewelery too, at some of their shops)

Hoping for more sunny Autumn days...
oxoxox
Roxana

OOTD

Another sunny day! The weather has been AWESOME on here lately, I can't believe that it is only April! I am so happy when there is sunny outside, seems that life gets instantly better and all the bad thoughts and problems and worries and all that nasty stuff gets melted by the sun! I always try to think that even when there are clouds, above them there is always bright blue sky! When I feel down because of bad weather I immagine myself on a plane going above the clouds and warming myself up in the sunlight! :) This thinking works as a metaphore too :-p
So this outfit I wore actually a few days ago but I didn't upload it so far, I am a bit behind with the OOTD's, been kind of busy with my work and didn't have time for this blog, which is the FUN! I have pics taken that I still have to upload!
Here are the pics, out for a walk ith my hubby in beautiful Mainz:

Here is what I wore:
Zebra print dress from AMISU (New Yorker)
Grey leopard print leggings from Zara
White leather flower belt (multipurpose actually, cuz you can wear it as a head band too, bracelet, bag ornament etc.) from Only You
Mary Jane white ballet sneakers from Sketchers
Louis Vuitton shoulder bag
Fendi sunnies

Hope my outfit inspires someone ;-)
oxoxo
Roxana

OOTD

I have sooo many ideas for blog posts, just that I didn't have time (again) to properly work on that, so I thought I would do a quick OOTD post, so people don't think I disappeared from the blogging world again! This is what I wore today! It was nice and sunny, so I made hubby take many pics while having a walk:

Let's break it down:
- Paisley pattern dress: AMISU (from New Yorker)
- The cropped jacket is actually a utility jacket that you can wear in many ways, just unzipping parts of it, which I absolutely love, that I bought a few years ago from Victoria's Secret website. I checked and they don't seem to have it anymore, or I couldn't find it anyways :( You can wear it as normal long sleeve jacket, cropped long sleeve jacket (you take off the lower part), normal vest (you take off the sleeves), or cropped vest (you take off the sleeves and the lower part)! fab!
- Black tights with a striped pattern that I can't remember where I got from.. but they shouldn't be hard to find...
- Oval purple stone ring from Bijou Brigitte
- Fendi sunnies
- Fishbone shoes from New Yorker
- Grey canvas satchel bag from Zara
- mother of pearl flower earrings that I think I got from Deischmann (they do have jewelery too!)
- long necklace with solid perfume hidden in a daisy flower (Marc Jacobs)
- the little Virgin Mary necklace that I always wear, from Sacre Coeur, Paris (I never take that one off so it will be in all my ootd's)

And here are some beautiful spring flowers and blooming trees, as eye candy :):

oxoxox
Roxana

Current obsession - infinity scarves!

Okay so what are Infinity scarves? Well, they are scarves that never end! Because their ends have been sewn together! And they are great because you can just wrap them around your neck without worrying about tieing them and about them being too tight or too loose or one end too long and another too short and all these things that usually happen with scarves. You can wear them looped once, twice or even three times, for a cozy and chic look! You can even wrap them around your shoulders as a shrug! I love multi-functional accessories!
Here are mine, the red one is from Zara Men (was around 20 euros) and the flowery one is from C&A (I guess it was 12 euros):

And this is how I styled the red one today:

Top is from H&M
Leggings - C&A
Shoes - Fishbone at New Yorker
Zara infinity scarf
Letaher Jacket - Pimkie
Handbag - Tamaris (dunno if they make these handbags but that's where I bought it from)
Sunnies - Bijou Brigitte

I absolutely love this handbag, too! It is so cute and edgy at the same time, is best worn with something leather or rock-like, i.m.o, althought it goes great with other outfits as well. As I said, I bought it from the Tamaris shoe store, and it was around 50 euros. They do have very cute handbags there but I can't find any label on the inside so I'm not sure is made by Tamaris. The patters on the outside is newspaper cuts with Marilyn Monroe pics and articles, decorated with lather straps and big silver studs, and the inside is leopard print. Who would have thought these 3 so different patterns can be combined? Very surprising and so amazingly trendy and nice! Besides, it is so lightweight and easy to wear, and roomy too! I luv it!! This handbag is definitely *me*!

oxoxox
Roxana

The new Rouge Coco Shine from Chanel and OOTD

Very nice weather these last few days on here, I am happy cuz I can finally dress lighter and nicer! I promised myself I won't buy too many clothes anymore untill after I give birth unless they are clothes that can be worn regardless of the shape of the belly (aka, something that can be worn loose or cinched with a belt) because I don't like to have things that I don't wear in my wardrobe, and only for about 3 more months it wouldnt be worth the money! Remains to be seen if I can help myself from buying! This is actually a challenge, trying to come up with new outfits and looking pretty as pregnat, with pretty much only what I already have in my wardrobe!
Here is what I wore today:

Long sweater: Victoria's Secret (from a few years ago!)
Brown lace tights from C&A
Suede beige boots - C&A
Brown and coral-pink striped jersey dress - Tally Weijl
light coral scarf- Bijou Brigitte (I think... cant remember well)
Tote bag - Louis Vuitton
Sunnies - Fendi

Also, I wore the COCO Sheer Lipstick from Chanel, no 61, *Bonheur* (I love the name as it means "Happiness", in French). I love the texture cuz is so glossy and light and the color is very nice too, is definitely not a very long lasting lipstick (I guess that's why they don't even call it "lipstick", but "lipshine"), but is very nice and spring-y/summer-y, so to say! Is very hydrating, not sticky at all (so no hair stuck on your lips in more windy days!!) perfect for someone addicted to lipstick and lip balms, like me. I HATE having dry lips, it gets me crazy, greasy hair and dry lips on myself could make me become a beast cuz they make me feel horrible! That's why I always have lipstick or lipbalm and dry shampoo with me! Besides, with this lipstick especially, it is so "chic" to have it in your purse and from time to time to take it out and refresh your lips, because the packaging is niiiice and stylish!
Here is how it looks:

Pic was taken in the natural light to be as accurate as possible. Very nice sheer pinkish berry shade, with subtle glitter in it, Im totally lovin it!
oxoxox
Roxana

Pregnant outfit of the day (24 weeks)

Oh my, 3 posts in one day, there must be something happening to me! I think it's the spring time and the beautiful sunny weather! I went out for a walk and finally have been able to wear something else than winter jackets, that I am so sick of!! I culd have dressed even lighter but it takes a while for me to understand it is actually WARM and no need for lots of clothes anymore. I was hot in these!

Pink shirt and Infinity red scarf from Zara
Multicolored sweater that I LOVE, and multicolored ethnic pattern shoulder bag, from artesanal little no-name shop (love buying unique things from little manufactures)
Jeggings from C&A
Wedges that look like Converse sneakers, from Fishbone (at New Yorker)

And look what I see all around the place I live. I love them, I grew up in a place where all there was to be seen was concrete and dust and cars... compared to that, here is like Paradise!

Kisses and spring flowers,
Roxana

Reasons

Well... I wonder, why none of my friends/family, would like some beauty advice? Not from me, but from anyone??? Except for my hubby, but he is a guy so I can't really teach him about make up and all the good stuff! LOL. Poor guy, has to sit and listen anyways tho, cuz I keep talking about that. I bet he knows more than most of the girls that I know, at this point! I always liked using makeup and beauty products, but I never had anyone to tech me how to use them right, except for my mom, that, now I realise, she never actually knew too good either. But at least she loved to use them and she gave me some really good advices and words of wisdom in those regards. I remember that she told me that *there is nothing better and more relaxing than taking care of yourself*. And that is the truth! I read tons of women's magazines, and I cannot deny, they gave me good advice but only parts of advices... I mean, their articles would explain things but only fast, like for example, to get a smokey eye look, you have to put that color of shadow here and the other one there but... never were telling that instead of the little sponge that comes with the eyeshadow box, you have to use a makeup brush, and blend the colors into each other better. So I had no idea and I was getting frustrated at about 18 years old, trying to put colors on my lids but always ending up with some blocks of colors that wouldnt match right! So I have been wearing only eyeliner and mascara for years, convinced being that I am unable to work with colored makeup and maybe that my eyes were not made for that!! I thought it just wouldnt fit me!! My eye shape is a bit weird, my eyes are kind of hooded so the eyeliner did not look all that good either, when applied like I had seen on my mother... meaning in a winged line. So I started to hate my eyes!

My friends were not too interested in makeup either, they were mostly interested in clothes, which is okay but heck, as long as your face looks like hell... clothes won't make you look any better! Unless, of course, you wear them on your face!

So when I discovered the beauty Gurus on YouTube I was fascinated! Was like I just had been gifted with a gang of girlfriends, all fun and interesting and WILLING to teach and to learn! The first videos I discovered were the ones of Kandee Johnson, I remember I was obsessed with her videos and her blog and I couldn’t believe how many little things I could learn and in a matter of days I was looking completely changed, my hubby was amazed! He was like *wow you look so hot with your eyes made up like that!!!!* I went and bought new makeup and I started watching more gurus and recreating the makeups they were doing, every day a different style, step by step, pausing the videos and trying to do what they did. After a while,I was already aware of what looked best on me, for my eyes shape and face shape, color and all. And the best thing is that the gurus were girls just like me, explaining everything like they would to a friend, not like big makeup artists that do tell some things but prefer to keep the most important tips hidden, so noone else can still their *business*. It really was like having new friends!!

I realised that I LOVED this, I loved makeup and loved everything beauty and I was starting to get good at it! I was watching videos and searching the Internet for a few hours every day (when I had time), reading more magazines, recreating makeup loks from the magazines... Was like a revelation, like I had found my meaning in life! :))

So when I went to my home country this summer, I packed up a ton of makeup and brushes and all that good stuff, happy that I will get to teach my mom, my mom in law, my sister in law and everyone else that would wanna learn, I would make them up and make them look so beautiful, I was hoping to make them feel like I felt when I discovered all this! But uh-oh…. It wasn’t all like I planned. They kind of acted like it wouldn’t be such a big deal for them, and that they already KNEW all the things I was so enthusiasticaly telling them (yeaaaah RIGHT!! If they knew, they would look better!!) so they kind of rained on my parade! LOL! That sucked because I am really happy when I can help people with anything, but I am happy if I see that my help was received with pleasure and that it really made a change for them, not just accepted out of … obbligation, and halfhearted. My point is, I dunno about others, but I am surrounded by people that do not wanna *lower* themselves to the point where they would admit that they need help, they would rather pretend they know it all and go on like they always did, rather than accepting some help. That is so bad, made me feel sad. So that’s how I got the idea of starting this blog, the YouTube channel (Muzettte) AND a Formspring and Twitter account, so I can talk with people that are LOOKING for help. I never pretend that I would be the best at anything but I have learned so much lately, I am continuously learning about beauty, fashion, skincare (that one I had to learn even from years ago, having to deal with acne for so many years). Other than that, I know many other things that could help some people, for example, I guess I could give good relationship advice!

Feels so good to be able to help and to express your ideas and feelings and to actually be able to talk to people that have the same likes and hobbies. I don’t have this pleasure in my real life, so the Internet has proven to be so helpful in these regards, for me!

I can’t wait to figure out how to edit the damn YT videos to make them shorter than 10 mins tho! LOL I know how to cut them, is just too hard to make them shorter, I dunno what to take out!!

Okay, this post was too long already, so I will add another Outfit of the Day pic and hit the sack.
Kisses everyone!
Muzettte

Tunic: H&M

Jeggings: C&A

Clogs: Tamaris

Shoulder bag: no-name craftstore

Sunnies: Fendi