Show Me Your Closet

I'm amazed at the amount of give-a-ways of prizes and surprises that are around this Summer! Almost every email I receive comes with a surprise give-a-way announcement!  The latest one is by Lucky Magazine !  You can win a shopping trip to...guess where....?   Paris!!  Wow! How can I keep this to myself?!  So I'm sharing this information with you curvy divas !  Here's the link to their contest! http://www.luckymag.com/breaks/luxury-giveaways?mbid=cm_ROS

I've found a new designer website that is perhaps not quite that new! However, since this is the first I've heard about them, it's new to me and I wanted to share my new discovery with you. Although, the retail trail blazers The Limited are not new, they've been around for a while. In fact, I used to work for them a very long, long time ago back in the day! I Love their clothing, love their many styles from the variety of stores.  But I did not know they had a curvy diva side to them ! Oh yes they do;  meet eloquii ! Eloquii by the Limited offers women's plus sized clothing ! I came upon their  website  eloquii.com   and was quite pleased with what I saw! They have great looking clothing and do carry  sizes 14W to 24W!!!!   Their pricing is moderate to high, quite a deal for us divas on a budget! $49.99 Striped Tube Top Dress $69.99 Jaguar Print Dress  Not only do they have such gorgeous styles for us c...

Have you ever shopped at one, a Dollar Store, or 99 Cents Store, as some are also called?  I have and do on a regular basis!  I always find some great buys there!  Sometimes, I even discover things that I might have never thought of using, for my home or kitchen or even myself!  Now those are always a great find for a curvy diva on a budget ! In fact, on my last trip, I scored Maybelline's New York Define-A-Brow in Dark Brown/Brun Fonce' - only $1!! Maybelline's Define-a-Brow pencil - still a bargain for $5.69 at Drugstore.com  In the past I've scored Victoria's Secret lip gloss; L.A. Colors glossy lipgloss in Butterscotch;  a variety of mascaras, and beautiful  nail colors from Sally Hansen! You just have to know how and what to buy.  I read an article at allure.com raving about what else?  The Dollar Store! Here are some of their tips on how to score amazing dollar store deals and what to steer clear of: http://www.allure.c...

Summer is not yet over but already the fashion world has moved on, for some time now, to Fall !  I love to peruse any information I see about Fall Fashions before the season begins too; learning what the colors and styles will be, and to see if there are any trends to follow. Where trends are concerned, I firmly believe that it is best to choose the look that will work best for you.  You can follow a trend, but you should tweak it to make it your own! This is how you discover your own sense of style! I love receiving emails from Ken Downing, Fashion Director for Neiman Marcus !  He shared quite a lot of details in his latest E-mail newsletter to me!  To start off, one of Fall's fashion trend will be the: Statement Handbag : Michael Kors Skorpios Haircalf Ring Tote - $1,695 from Neiman Marcus on neimanmarcus.com Yes, animal print continues even into the Fall season!  Budget conscious divas will do what we do best and shop around for th...

OK curvy divas ...I got wind of giveaways, FREE STUFF, from Allure Magazine !  For the entire month of August you have the chance of scoring free merchandise such as: Maxx Lara leather bag - retail $895 Style Sovereign semiprecious-stone-and-gold bracelet - retail $150 That fabulous handbag; that gorgeous bracelet! OMG!!!! The links will get you to the page at allure.com , however, you have to register!  There is a schedule that you can check out on the website to see what's being given away, and the time they are scheduled for.  Let me tell you, our chances of winning is infinite, but it depends on how fast we are!  So go on, go get them winnings !

What's that?  You don't know what Window Shopping is?  It's a popular term in my birth country, Jamaica! It is what you do when you're bored, but you want to "go out and do something" and you have no money to shop because of one reason or another!  Back in the day, yes, that was the terminology, and it still stands.  However, it is also a fun way to wile away the day !  And now I'm adding a new meaning, it's a way to look at what's in style now ! So you walk the Mall and have a look at today's fashion! Which is what Amanda and I did a short time ago! At Old Navy we were drawn to: Hats are in season for the Summer! (You recognize this photo?) Worn jauntily feeling my Diva moment! Swimsuits!  Amanda liked this one, and so did I! You need a good cover up for the pool or beach Cute! Even in Summer, scarves are still the "rage"! Hmmm, "How do these look"?   Flip Flops! We mosey on...

You know curvy divas , in this world of blogging you have to put yourself out there.  You have to get around the blogosphere and introduce "yourself" to all the others who have paved the way for you.  As a n up and coming fashion blog for us curvy plus sized divas , I'm getting to know my way around.  While I'm not new to the blog world, I have a personal blog where I share my views and my reality on a regular basis, but the dream  to have a fashion blog  with the fabulously curvy in mind, has always been there and though this genre can be an intimidating world because there are so many experts out there, I decided to jump right into the pool!  I decided to treat this blog the way I do my personal blog, by just being me , and with fingers crossed, hopefully like-minded readers will come by and they will come back again, and again, and decide to stay around for the pool party! It was by "poking" around the intraweb that I discovered Blog Upp , at least ...