Look Flawless with Kat Von D

{In collaboration with Sephora inside JCPenney}

The perfect foundation is a very important step in your makeup routine. Foundation can be life-changing! Use it to disguise imperfections in your skin like dark circles and blemishes to create a smooth and even complexion. As a busy mom, I want a foundation that will make my skin look flawless and that can keep up with my busy days. Long days call for long lasting, high performance makeup! I was recently introduced to Kat Von D’s Lock-It Foundation, its perfect for the mom on the-go like me who doesn’t have the time (or energy) for touch ups. #SoWorthIt

Princess Elsa Hair Tutorial

{This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with JOHNSON’S NO MORE TANGLES and Latina Bloggers Connect.}

It's Back-to-School time and who wouldn't want to show up on their first day of school with a Princess Elsa hairstyle from the movie Frozen? I know I would! and I just might! With all of the adorable back to school outfits Emma lee will be wearing to school we also needed some adorable hairstyle ideas. After recently watching one of our favorite movies many times this summer, I was inspired! .... obviously. I'm no hairstylist by any means but this hairstyle was too easy and adorable not to give it a try.

Make Healthy Skin Part Of Your Daily Beauty Routine

{This is a compensated campaign in collaboration with LUBRIDERM® and Latina Bloggers Connect}

We all want healthy skin, right? Especially since it's the one thing we live in everyday for our entire life and we only get one. So keeping it healthy should be a daily priority and it's never too soon or too late to start caring for it.

I moisturize my skin daily, something I've done since I was very young. I have made taking care of skin apart of my daily routine. Along with some of my other favorite items I wear every day like my jewelry, favorite red lipstick, Lubriderm Daily Moisturizer is an important must have for everyday.

I receive many compliments on my skin and people always want to know the "Secret". Honestly, there's no secret weapon, it's all pretty simple. So here are my tips for healthy looking skin.

8 Holiday Beauty Tips

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Tis the season to spend time with those we care for most and create memories that'll last for generations to come. The season for all those holiday parties with friends, family and co-workers. I always want to look and feel my best at holiday celebrations. What are some of your favorite holiday looks? When I think of "Holiday Fashions" I instantly think of anything sparkly and shiny, gold and red tones, and holiday plaid colors. This season my closet is full of holiday inspired clothing and accessories.

Here's what's in my beauty cabinet this season for the holidays.

Twisted Hair Braid Tutorial

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With the Holiday's approaching my daughter and I get many opportunities to dress up and look fabulous with our pretty dresses and fancy hair-do's. During the winter holiday's we celebrate with many family and friend gatherings and dinners so I love dressing my little princess up in anything pretty and shiny for those special occasions.

Dressing up our little ones to look their best for the holiday events is important, especially when so much family will be around and so many photos will be taken.

Trendy Eyewear for Kids from Paxley {With Giveaway}

{This post is sponsored by Paxley}

The kid's have been sporting some awesome and totally trendy shades from Paxley. The kid's haven't left the house to play outside since we received them last month. Paxley Sunglasses are designed to fit your child perfectly, with 3 different sizes to fit child from 0-5 years old. A perfect fit makes for a comfortable wearing experience and Paxley states that if sunglasses fit well then children are more likely to wear them and protect their delicate eyes. The sunglasses offer great protection for their eyes and the delicate skin around their eyes with 100% UVA and UVB protection. For the kid's, it's a fashion statement. For me, it's about protection.

Chewbeads Jewelry

Chewbeads are soft, non-toxic and colorful jewelry that your little one's can chew on, perfect for teething babies. Not only are Chewbeads safe for babies but they are fun and chic to wear. Chewbeads are 100% silicone, contain no BPA, phthalates, lead, cadmium or metal and are dishwasher safe.

Trendy Styles at The Children's Place

{This post is sponsored by The Children's Place}

I love The Children's Place, it's wear I shop for most of my kids clothing, shoes and accessories. They have the latest fashion trends for kid's every season and their awesome sales are often hard to beat. I'm there so often that many of the sales associates know my daughter and I by name. The Children's Place offers so many adorable and cool clothing and accessories, it's hard to not love all of the styles they have to select from.

They have too many adorable skirts to select from that we had grabbed a few for Emma Lee and paired it up with layers of shirts and cardigans. Don't forget the cute sparkly shoes that she loves to wear along with her necklace.

Maddox looks absolutely handsome and stylish in his layed outfit.

I also love that The Children's Place clothing can last for several seasons. I paired an older pair of leggings that we bought 2 years ago with a long sweater and brown boots that I recently purchased, and she still looks trendy!

Visit The Children's Place and check out the latest fashion trends for your kid's. 

Fall Trends for Kid's from Mamas & Papas

{This is a sponsored post for Mamas & Papas}

Known as Great Britain's favorite baby brand. Mamas & Papas is a family-run company that prides itself on providing parents with essentials products that ass simplicity to their everyday routines. Mamas & Papas designs are innovative, stylish and high quality products that are practical and easy to use. 

Beauty Tips and Trends for Fall

 {This is sponsored post for Target.}

Now that Fall has arrived, we not only need to update and switch up our wardrobe but our makeup as well. Target lets you set makeup for you this season in a fun and accessible to provide you with as prestigious beauty products from Petra Strand Pixi and Napoleon Perdis NP Set, exclusive collections for Target.

Look Fabulous With Lookmatic Glasses

{This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lookmatic.}

Recently I went on Lookmatic.com to browse their large selection of glasses. They sell both prescription and non-prescription glasses and sunglasses that are completely customizable to perfectly fit your unique personality and style. At $95 a pair for all glasses, they are completely affordable! 

Ralph Lauren Fall & Holiday Fashion Trends For Little Fashionistas's

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Fall fashion trends are on the mind of fashionistas, both big and small. It's almost time for sweaters, coats and boots and accessories like hat's and scarves. Not only am I excited for these fall trends so is my mini fashionista, Emma Lee. Her favorite trend for this fall is printed and colorful skinny jeans, she loves them and has multiple pairs.

Ralph Lauren has partnered with Elizabeth Street to spread the word about their fall and winter children’s collections and the “Day at the Stables” fashion show that was held on August 5, 2013 in Sagaponack, New York.

The fall ’13 collection starts out with a rich combination of colorful iconic clothing perfect for back to school. It then follows with rich romantic florals and classic 1930′s menswear clothing, modernized for today’s fashionista with a backdrop reminiscent of classic Downton Abbey

I'm so loving all these fall and winter styles for girls. I saw a lot of earthy colors and fabric blends and plaid! When fall and winter come along, I absolutely fall back in love with plaid especially the holiday plaid prints with the reds, greens and gold. The three big trends that  I noticed in this season's collection were bright colors, skinny jeans and layers.

I also noticed lots of bright colors like yellow and orange within the collection which is something most people wouldn't think of when selecting colors for their fall wardrobe but I loved all the bright colors. They looked great along side the earthy tones and tweeds.

Skinny jeans in all colors and prints are definitely in this fall and holiday season for all fashionista. They are so easy to dress up or down and can be worn with almost everything.

So what's in this fall and holiday season for big and mini fashionista's? Bright colors, skinny jeans and layers!

 

The Ralph Lauren Girls Runway Show is launching on September 5th on RalphLauren.com, along with exclusive video featuring Madison Beer’s first ever live performance

Ralph Lauren offers a world of luxury and comfort in men, women’s and children’s clothing. For the Ralph Lauren children’s fall collection, the clothing line hosted a “Day at the Stables” fashion show that incorporated many facets of the Ralph Lauren lifestyle. For more information, please visit Ralph Lauren.

{This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ralph Lauren.}

My Fabulous Finds at Marshall's

Recently Marshall's sent me shopping for their #FabFound project! I love Marshall's and shop there often. I'm always finding fabulous fashions, home decor and so much more at great prices.

Emma Lee is starting kindergarten this week and I picked up an adorable outfit. The dress was $13, scarf $4 and the Converse shoes were $20. I love the style of the dress, it's perfect for the warm days here in Texas. All three items can be still be worn when the weather cools down in the fall, I just need to add some tights and a cardigan and she's all set!

She's ready to wear her new fabulous outfit on her first day back to school!

While I was shopping for back to school outfits for Emma Lee, I could not help but notice all of the awesome home decor they had. I loved it all and the prices were such a deal! I came home with much more than I had expected and spent a lot less than I had anticipated.

A few spaces in my apartment were definitely lacking color and style and in need of a Marshall's make-over.

I recently purchased this bookshelf and wanted to use it to add some color in the living room so I purchased all of these items at Marshall's, all of the items were between $5.99-7.99! I now love the way my bookshelf looks.

Next was my dinning room, it was so plain and boring. I picked up a few picture frames to hang on the wall (Now I have to add some photos!), an awesome decorative fruit bowl and the table runner I had purchased a few months back at Marshall's.

Have you found some fabulous items at Marshall's recently? Tweet and Instagram your fab finds with #FabFound for a chance to win a Marshall's gift card.

{Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for Marshall's #ProjectFab. All opinions are of my own}

Be Jelly with Jelly Bean Shoes

{This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group and Jelly Beans but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #JellysAreBack http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO}

Have you heard the latest news in the fashion world? #JellysAreBack! I wore them in the 90's when I was about 8 or 9 years old and loved them. I had them in multiple styles and colors, and some of them were glittery. Jelly shoes are the only shoes I can remember wearing as a child. I was excited to hear that Jelly's were back and just in time for Summer! I also knew my little shoe loving fashionista Emma Lee would love them. They also come in adult sizes. Make your friends Jelly with Jelly Bean sandals!

When Emma Lee opened her box with her Jelly shoes, she immediately put them on. She loves wearing them and has worn them almost everyday since they arrived. I'm not the only adult my age that feels a little nostalgic when seeing these Jelly shoes. I've gotten many comments on my Facebook page and instagram from friends who remember wearing them as a child and now want to buy a pair for their daughters.

Jelly shoes are perfect shoes for Summer, they're breathable, bright, colorful, go with all your summer outfits and can get wet. So whether you wear them to so shopping or a water park, you'll be looking trendy in your Jelly shoes.

Visit jbeans.co to purchase some Jelly's and get free shipping in the US!

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Fiesta Nails! With Sally Hansen

I've recently been inspired to do some cute and creative manicures using Sally Hansen nail products. I've seen so many cute nail designs around the web recently and wanted to give it a go but was hesitant since I'm not very artistic. Sally Hansen has lots of products that will help anyone design an awesome and creative manicure.

I've partnered up with Sally Hansen for their I Heart Nail Art campaign to help you fall in love with your nails and nail art.

Ever heard of Fiesta, here in San Antonio? It's a week long celebration that occurs in the middle of April every year in San Antonio.

"Fiesta San Antonio started in 1891 as a one-parade event. It evolved into one of this nation’s premier festivals, with an economic impact of more than $284 million for the Alamo City. Fiesta is one of America’s truly great festivals. It began as a way to honor the memory of the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. That commemoration still takes place. But over the past century and more, Fiesta has grown into a celebration of San Antonio’s rich and diverse cultures. 2013 marks Fiesta’s 122nd anniversary."

To help get some friends and I in a festive mood for Fiesta this year, I decided to have Fiesta Nail Party!

I stopped by Walgreens to pick up some bright and festive Sally Hansen nail polish colors for the party and they had a large selection to choose from and some pretty awesome deals going on and was able to score a lot of stuff to decorate our nails with for a great price. Sally Hansen Extreme and Salon Effects were 2/$5 and I got 1,000 points for using my Balance Rewards card.

We had a fun time using the bright colors, nail pens and nail strips. I love the nail pens and nail strips, they're so easy to use and help you create some very colorful and artistic designs without much effort.

I'm rocking my festive nails and I am ready for Fiesta San Antonio!

Want to create your own Block Nail Art? You can purchase Sally Hansen nail items online at Walgreens

{Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias® and COTY #cbias #SocialFabric}

My Kids Spring Time Fashion Wishlist

Spring is here and with the blooming flowers and April showers brings a new wardrobe for the kids. Spring time in South Texas calls for some beautiful and warm days. Alex and Alexa have everything you need to style your kids from head to toe in the cutest, coolest and latest kids fashions. Spring time is a great time to wear pretty dresses and stylish shorts and tops.

I had a look at the Alex and Alexa site and fell in love with their large selection of designer kids wear that included Stella McCartney, Ralph Lauren, Burberry and so many more. I've gathered a few of my favorites for the kids.

1. Stella McCartney Kids Ruby Pinafore Dress. I absolutely adore this dress!
2. Love Made Love Floral Stripe Dress is a perfect combination of Stripes and Floral.
3. Diesel Denim Strappy Playsuit. A great casual outfit for any day of the week.
4. Livly Green Peplum Dress. This apple green pretty dress is perfect for parties and other special occasions
5. Mayoral Stripe Skirt Dress is perfect for spring and summer with it's red,white and blue colors.

They have some very cute accessories and swimsuits for girls. Here are some of my favorites.

1.  Dolce & Gabbana Multi Print One-Piece Swimsuit
2. Dolce & Gabbana Fruit Print One-Piece Swimsuit
3. Joules Stripe Bow Hairband
4. Zatchels Gold and Pink Leather Satchel
5. Mini Rodini Stripe & Frill Swimsuit
6. Holster St Tropez Jelly Sandals

 They also have some cool and hip clothes for boys. 

1. SOOKIbaby Pirate Print Tee
2. Munster Kids Space Tee
3. Mayoral Pack of Two Tees
4. Moschino Velcro Canvas Trainer Sneakers
5. Ikks Sketch Shorts
6. SOOKIbaby Stripe Jersey Shorts

I love these Little Marc Jacobs Orange Strip Wellington Boots.  They're perfect rain boots for both boys and girls. 

Some of my favorite looks from the Global Kids Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2013

Shop AlexandAlexa.com for some awesome kids fashion.

Like them on facebook and follow them on Twitter @AlexandAlexa to keep updated on the latest fashions and trends for your kids.

{Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. This post contains no affiliate links. All opinions are of my own}

Kids Fasion + Cute = Kidorable

Kidorable offers adorable and fashionable rain coats, rain boots and other accessories for kids. With their many styles and characters there's something to fit any child's personality and style. From matching rain coats, boots and umbrella to matching knit scarves, hats and gloves, or just a cute beach towel; your kids will look fashionable in any weather.

Emma Lee received the "Lucky Cat" rain coat, and I was impressed with it's quality and attention to detail when I saw it in person. It's very obvious that the coat is made of high-quality material and well constructed to guarantee longevity. The coat is bright and colorful with fun designs. The attention to detail is awesome; with the flower design on the buttons and cute pockets.

I love the cat ears on the hood. I think it's so cute and helps add character to the coat and makes it fun to wear. It's almost like wearing a costume on a rainy day.

All rain coat styles are made of PVC with a polyester lining. Comes in several sizes from 12-18 months to 6/6X. All coats come with a cute matching hanger. 

To learn more about Kidorable products and to purchase an item, please visit Kidorable.com

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{Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I received item to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed are of my own.}

Wilsons Leather

Wilsons Leather offers a variety of designer in-season and fashionable products for both women and men. Designer products include outerwear and accessories such as handbags, briefcases and travel items. You can shop their great prices online or in store at a Wilsons Leather Outlet shop. I recently shopped online at WilsonsLeather.com for a new leather jacket and fell in love with so many jackets and coats on their that is was hard for me to select one.

 I selected the Wilsons Leather Exposed Zip Leather Cycle Jacket. I love it! It's made from genuine leather so it's very soft. I was really attracted to the jackets with the asymmetrical front zippers, I think they add fashionable character to the jackets. The jacket also has a abridged collar which I really like. It's light weight so I'm able to wear it many times through out the year. I can pair it up with a sleeve less shirt on a chilly day or a sweater for those rare freezing days here in Texas. it's has 4 front pocket zippers for style and functionality.

We had some very chilly days recently and had the chance to show off my awesome new leather jacket.

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Disclosure: This review and giveaway is sponsored by Wilsons Leather. I received the jacket in exchange for my review. All opinions are of my own.