Monday Mix : stripes, dots and metallics. Oh My!

Let's begin this week with a little mix of textures,. It's a fun way to pump up your Monday meetings and repel the Monday blues (or at least look like you are repelling it) This skater dress is perfect on every body type and black and white stripes are everywhere this season. Mix the stripes with a ethnic inspired scrappy sandal and pull the look together with a great bag in a solid bright complementary color. And of coarse, don't forget a cool pair of cateye sunniest with metallic details. Who says you have to do the matchy matchy thing to be a powerful business woman? Not us!

Outfit of the day : Neon Loving

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 A few months ago,  I found this amazing neon coral dress, in a neoprene like fabric, on one of my many shopping trips to Forever 21. I had it in my closet for a while,  because even though I loved it, I had lightened may hair, and some of the pieces I had looked a little off, with my new Rose Gold Hair color. So against all odds I decided to do this OOTD (outfit of the day) and I love the Finished product.



For this look I decided to pair it with one of my favorite oversize denim jackets, also from  Forever 21. It gives the outfit a little texture, plus I love to wear layers with dresses ! It's a cool way to dress them down, without the outfit looking too simple.

 

To finish off the look, I added a pair of wedge sneakers, with leopard print details,also from Forever 21,  my beloved Céline sunnies, and heart shaped gold hoop earrings. 

Like we always say in our blog, accessorizing the right way will take your outfits to the next level. Always remember to look for statement pieces or pieces that speak for themselves, and represent your style. This summer will be all about bold colors and metallic, so I think its time to get into the groove and start rocking this trend, even if you live where it is still 35 degrees.

until next time!

xoxo

L.

Monday Mix

Mix prints and metallic for a fresh spring look. Stripes and florals are two of our favorite prints to mix. If you fin it too difficult to color coordinate, two prints,  just focus on the accent colors. In this example we use yellow to tie everything in. When wearing a horizontal stripe, always look for pieces that accentuate the waist, this will pull in the focus to the smallest part of your body, and away from your problem areas. To add a little more spunk to the outfit, slap on some bright pink matte lip and royal blue nails. The bright matte lip gives you a fresh and clean pop, and the royal blue Nails are a very big trend for the hotter seasons. Last but not least, accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. The right accessories can make or break an outfit. For this example we chose retro inspired yellow gold bangles, earrings, watch and a pair of semi round sunnies.

We hope you have a blast trying and hunting for the perfect pieces to pull off this look. You know we always encourage you to have fun in the process. After all, fashion is supposed to be fun, even if you have lived your whole life thinking it is not. 

xoxo

Team BB

Weekly Finds

There are too many ridiculous myths out there involving prints and curvy ladies, that we would like to dissolve.  That's Right, you should not be scared of them and we suggest that you begin to remove that little voice in the back of your mind , saying : ¨You are too big to wear leopard.¨, or ¨You should not wear horizontal stripes, it makes you look wider.¨ The fact is that these rules are in some way obsolete and wrong. As long as you wear it in the right silhouette for your body, there is no problem with you wearing prints.

For this weeks Weekly finds we went directly to Online Retailer ASOS.com. A Favorite of many Bloggers, they have a wide variety of trendy Plus size and straight size clothing, shoes and accessories. Our favorites for this weeks trend were:

Blue Flower Print Swing Dress

Mirror Jewel Print Dress

Border Flower Print Skater Dress

Leopard Print Swing Dress

We chose this three silhouettes because most of them are very forgiving and camouflage the problem areas for most body shapes. Since it is almost spring time we looked for fun and cute flower prints with dark or bright base colors, and our forever loved Leopard Print. You can get any of these for under fifty dollars, so the damage won´t be so bad, after all they are made of pretty good quality materials.

SO! until next time Beautiful Beasts. Stay tuned for this weeks other posts and remember thats we post our Weekly Finds every Wednesday.

Have a great Day!
xoxo
Team BB

Weekly Finds

For a while now we have been wanting to restart making posts about the plus size product we love and what we find in store and online. The purpose of this is pretty basic. We want to help our readers find cool stuff, and change their minds about fashion. Being in style is not as hard and unaffordable, as many people think. You just have to learn how and where to shop.

For this week´s post we chose One our favorite go to stores  Forever 21. We love that they have affordable and very edgy pieces for us plus size ladies and for the less curvy ladies too. Don´t expect their clothes to last forever, But then again if you want to invest in trendy pieces without spending too much money , this is the place. Through out our cool find hunt, we have been seeing a lot of plum colored pieces, floral,nautical and animal prints and also a little hyped up mint green shades.

It was very hard to pick only 4, so we encourage you to go online, and/or visit your local store, to check out more cool stuff for Spring time. So without further or due theses are this weeks 4 Must haves from Forever 21:

The Cut out skater dress.

Dress : Forever 21
$24.80

This plum hued skater has the perfect color and silhouette for this spring, plus the cut outs make it a little 90´s inspired. You can dress it up or down, this dress is a great basic to have in your closet. This silhouette is perfect for almost any body type, since it emphasizes the waist and is loose fitting in the bottom half.

Hyped Up Mint Fatkini

Fatkini : Forever 21
$12.80 each piece

Like we said in a previous blog posts Summer is coming and Suit up! ;  these two piece bathing suits are very much in style and here to stay. Who says curvy girls can´t wear a two piece suit? What we love a bout this one is that it comes in a variety of colors, so you can mix and match however you want. The price is not that bad either, since you get two pieces for under thirty dollars.

Leopard Print Harem Pants

Pants: Forever21
$19.80

Here at the offices we live by the motto of ¨Leopard is my favorite color¨. With this said you know we will always be up for almost anything in a leopard print. This pair of harem pants are great, and we love to rock them with a crop top, leather jacket and sneakers. They are a Must have piece because of their versatility. Go For them if you want to make a bold statement, and or wear leopard in a new way.

Nautical Bodycon Dress

Dress : Forever21
$17.80

Who says we cant wear horizontal stripes? If you wear them in right kind of silhouette you can, and they will look amazing. This bodycon dress is again a very good buy, because you can upgrade into a fancy outfit, and or can just rock it with a combat boot and give it a little edge. If you are not ready to expose your curves completely you can pair it with a cardigan or jacket and it will still look sexy and hip. 

Always remember to get the right kind of shapewear to wear underneath these body conscious pieces. You don´t want to walk around with weird pantie lines and or marks, it can make a perfectly put together outfit look ¨skanky¨ and sloppy. 

Spanx Slimplicity Lingerie-Strap Slip

We love the Slimplicity Lingerie-Strap Slip from Spanx, for this kind of dresses. You can always find others, form other brands. You just have to remember to use the ones that fit and enhance your body type and the silhouette you are wearing.

So! Whats the best part of shopping at Forever 21? Well, we would say that you come out with a whole outfit for under a hundred dollars, and in this economy that is amazing. We hope you have a blast shopping , and remember you can always come to us with any question or suggestion on where, what, or how to shop for your size.

Stay tuned for next week´s Weekly Finds, who knows where we will shop again.

xoxo

Team BB