Blog of the Month? Yes, please!

Big kisses and much love to http://www.blogscorner.com/!

So exciiting!  I opened up my email inbox today, only to find out I've got the blog of the month @ Blogscorner! What a sweet delicacy! I would have never got up the courage to start writing independently had it not been for my lovely job at Handbago. So while you are here visiting my page make sure you visit Handbago as we got tons of new giveaways, editorial and best of all...the hottest new handbags of the season! Fabulous! Thanks again for the love at Blogscorner <3

Don't forget to check out http://www.blogscorner.com/ for other fabulous blogs!

LOVE,

Monica.

LA SAMPLE SALE ALERT: STILA Cosmetics 50-80% off!!

I always love a bargain! Who doesn't? Especially during the holiday season! If you live in or anywhere near LA, I just got word on a sample sale you can't miss out on! If you're in search of a nice little gift or just want to spruce up your makeup collection, Stila is having their Winter Warehouse Sale with 50-80% off regular priced items. I dig it and you should too! See you ladies there!

When??  Saturday 8am-3pm

Where?? 1161 Vine St., b/t Lexington Ave. & Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood.

Mama Mila!

Mila Kunis in the Dec/Jan 2010 "New Regime" Issue of BlackBook Magazine.

Styled by Anda & Masha.

Soo Fierce!

Check out more pics and an exclusive interview at BlackBookMag.com

Photo Credit: Blackbookmag.com

Step your game up!

Bebe 'Liza' pumps

For those of you dolls who have waited patiently for Bebe to re-release their famous 'Liza' pumps...the wait is ovaah! They are back in full effect and I couldn't help but wake up at 6am from all the excitement. For those who know me dearly, they'll tell you I am NO morning person. But I make an exception for 2 things. Fashion & church. Well, it might be 3 considering I have to wake up early for work...but then again, I only work to keep up with my obsessive need to shop for clothes and accessories. So, nevermind. With my work being in fashion...for fashion, my point is made. 2 things. Enough said. Moving on to my absolute adoration for the Bebe 'Liza' pumps. Getting them was MY tribute to the YSL Tribute Double-Platform pump. I walked into Bebe with a mission. Like most of the time I shop of course! Except this time, there was a battle awaiting me. 2 other girls looking for the same shoe, in my size!! Can you imagine my face?! I almost died. Luckily, they didn't know who they were going against. I was like Isla Fischer in Confessions of a Shopoholic. I reached for the shoe before these girls could take their next breath and found my sales girl. "Size 7 please". Long story short...they only had one pair in 7 and guess who got 'em? Me of course! My love for the Bebe pumps came when I found out these babies came with a 5.5" heel and a 1" covered platform. The YSL's fall short with their heel measuring at only 4 1/10". I tried them on and it was perfection! I sent my mom a quick text to share my excitement. She's my fashion icon and the only one who would REALLY understand. After all, she's the woman behind my obsession with fashion.

Olivia Palermo in YSL Tribute Double-Platforms

Save the sequins!

   
      Alice + Oliva
Sequin Leggings $298

        Express
Sequin Leggings $98.

I've been eyeing the Alice+Olivia sequin leggings for some time now and $298 dollars later...they were about to be mine. That is until of course, I stumbled upon that gosh awful store Express, no offense to those of you who fancy this place, I personally just steer away from it. Anyway, moving on...out for everyone to see, a non avoidable shine of sequins hugging the long legs of an express mannequin caught the corner of my eye.  It's as if the god of fashion was taunting me and purposely trying to wheel me in. Sure enough, I was held captive and quietly made my way into the store with high hopes nobody would catch me. I was in and I had a mission. The black, long, glittery legs of the mannequin was nothing more than a replica of the Alice + Olivia sequin leggings I've been obsessing over the past few weeks. For a a nice little tag of $98... what was a girl to do? I asked myself out of all the stores in the world...why this generic place? Nontheless, they were perfectly made, had a beautiful shine to them and I knew right then and there...they were coming home with me. I had to save them from hanging in that store after all. The horror these pants had to go through! I thought of it as a fashion mission. Save the sequins! With the sequins saved and a bargain I couldn't miss... I thought I would indulge in the Alice+Olive Sequined Cascade cardigan. With some shredded jeans...you can't go wrong. Mission Accomplished.

Alice + Oliva Sequined Cascade Cardigan $385

XOXO, M.

All I want for Christmas is you...you stud muffin.

Photo Credit: Instyle.com

Tis the season to be jolly, well....to be correct, thankfull. I count my blessings and have much to be thankfull for, but let's get right down to business. Hermès! Oh how you never fail me. I'm so very thankfull to Hermès for designing such a sleek and fantastic cuff to add to my xmas wish list. It made it's way to the top of my list and by the history of my xmas wish list in the past, it's looking pretty good. My top pick usually always makes it's way under my tree and into my arms at the stroke of midnight. I don't know what it is with christmas that brings my inner child out. I'm the 20 something girl you'll find snooping around the house, looking in every closet, under the bed and the trunk of the car just to catch a glimpse of whats in store for me. About 2 months away and I can't even contain myself. But let's move on and get back to what we all came here for, the Hermès cuff. Created in 1949, this edgy design is back in full effect. From the Hermès "Everything old is new again" files, I can live with the silver hardware as pictured above, but a gold plated cuff would melt my heart. It's my clear choice. As most of you know, I'm bananas over pyramid studs whether it be my bags or jewelery. The Hermès cuff would fit just perfectly with my current obsession...the Tory Burch 'Studded Satchel'

Only 49 more days and my wrist should be flawless.

Until then....I'll rock my CC Skye 8 Stud Cuff.

xoxo, M.

It's Barbie's World...We Just Play In It.

In the land of dolls and glamour, I'm no child, but who doesn't get lost looking back at years playing with our BFF Barbie, dressing her up, cutting her hair, crying about it afterwards and then moving onto the next Barbie? Well, those fantastic memories have made their way back into my mind with news of a Barbie and Christian Louboutin collaboration. After 50 years, and 1 billion pairs of fabulous shoes, Barbie is kicking it up a notch with the help of one of the hottest shoe designers out there....Christian Louboutin. Did I mention he's her godfather? Yeah, Mattel made it loud and clear. With her 50 year celebration behind her, Barbie is looking to her Godfather, Christian Louboutin for a new look. In no better place than Paris, Barbie explores all of Christian Louboutin's favorite places and his fashion-filled life. In a soon to be released 2010 souvenir, a Barbie Calendar Dairy will be filled with colorful and whimsical photos of her adventures in Paris with Christian Louboutin. A series of 3 Barbies, deigned by Christian himself will be available at the end of this year and only 2,400 of the first 7,700 Louboutin Barbie's will be priced at $150 online and out of the catalog. Did I mention that according to Christian, Barbie had cankles? Who knew? Take those license plate frames down ladies. Look's like Barbie doesn't have "everything".

xoxo,

-M.

Photo's Courtesy of Nitrolicious.com & Mattel.