Inspiration

The new CB2 catalog arrived home to inspire me. 80% of its pages have the brown-green-yellow color combo, many of the pieces are greellow (green + yellow) and there is a consistency in all the pictures in terms of the color palette.

It’s just very special!

Of course I want every single piece in the catalog, but in the end, I’m just so glad that our home looks a lot like that!

Images: CB2 Catalog.

Beach Love - Part 2

Sill on my search for the perfect swimwear, I learn that the more you search, you can find better looking swimwear. I'm obsessed with all the pieces below, and cannot seem to be able to decide. 

And my favorite cover-up so far:

Amazing DVF cover up! I can dream!

1. Crochet cocer-up dress. 2. DVF bikini.  3. Jean Paul Gaultier one-piece. 4. Gorgeous Rosa Chá bikini. 5. Deep V Swimsuit by Brazilian Rosa Chá. 6. Gotex cover-up. 7. Gorgeous Marc Jacobs one-piece. 

What's your favorite piece?

Next, I need to research plastic pouches to cover my phone and a wallet, so we are able to enter the water without me going insane thinking somebody will steal my stuff. Yes, that is Brasil. 

New H&M collection out today!

Something tells me this will be a spring of colors: very strong, lively, vibrant colors. Just in time to my trip to NYC, H&M has released the new collection, out in stores today! Check out the colors in these new pieces:

What do you think? Ready for a transition from blacks and nudes to a colorful wardrobe?

All images from H&M on Facebook.

Click here to check out the entire collection!

Best Restaurants - Maceió, Alagoas - Brasil

In preparation for my trip, I have downloaded the local magazines - Best Restaurants Issue to check out the places I want to have glorious meals. Turns out, that wasn't such a good idea. I became hungrier and hungrier looking at amazing pictures of the places featured on Veja - Maceío - Melhores Restaurantes. And now, I can't wait to be there to actually eat one of these amazing dishes!

Check it out:

Akuaba, under the rule of chef Jonatas Moreira, only 23 years old, he will serve us his Lagostins on the shell, a mix of African and Bahiana cuisines.

Botequim Paulista is supposed to be the best bar with the best bar food

Divina Gula, one of the best restaurantes in the area, serves food tipical from state Minas Gerais.



Wanchako was elected the best restaurant in Maceió by the magazine Veja – Melhores Restaurantes. I’m very curious to try chef’s Simone Bert take on what’s considered the best Peruvian food in Brasil!



Lopana is considered the best beach bar in Maceió. Brasil has the most amazing beach bars I’ve ever tried in my life, so let’s how Lopana compares to what I know. I’m sure I’ll be savoring capirinhhas by the water at this place!

The bar Massagueirinha is known as the best “casquinha de siri” (crab cake) around. It’s prepared with coconut milk, and gratinated with eggs and lots of parmesan chesse!

And, one of the things I’m lookinf forward the most: fresh juice made with every fruit possible and imaginable. Oh, GOD, how much I wish the US was not such an anti-juice country! At this bar, Guaraná da Praia, I’ll be able to try this mix: oranges, carrots, beats, oatmeal, fiber, and guaraná! All fresh!

J Crew goes to Italy

To start the week, I thought I should reflect a little about people that actually do what they love for a living. That passion for the profession, that makes it blurry to see what's life and what's work is just very inspiring. I grew up watching my mother completely in love with what she did for a living, making that profession her own entire life and unfortunately, I was not so lucky. So I like to watch people who are that lucky, who have found early on the things that make them move and just enjoy the love for their jobs. 

Often, I turn to J. Crew stories in the paper to find that kind of inspiration. The people involved with the brand are just not amazing fashion professionals, but they live and breath what they do. 

These videos about Jenna Lyons from J. Crew and her trip to Italy are a must for people who love high quality fashion. They are about love, family, quality, process, technique, technology, years of experience and a whole lifetime of love for their professions. 

Jenna visiting a shirt manufacturer in Italy. Image: J. Crew

You can check the videos out here:

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Trend Alert: Orange Lipsticks

I've been noticing a LOT of girls wearing orange lipstick lately. It seems this will be the trend for spring and spring has arrived, people! It's a little hard for me to accept it though, orange is not a color I'm friends with right now. Let's see if it will grow on me!

Hot to Spot a Trend:

Step 1 - The J.Crew Spring Catalog - Hollywood - shows the girl wearing an orange lipstick. They are the always amazing pictures from the J.Crew Catalog and it's worth to check it online!

J. Crew Spring Catalog

J. Crew Spring Catalog

 Step 2 - Then, the confirmation: an e-mail from Sephora about the Spring Trends straight from the runway with a beautiful picture of a girl wearing an, wait for it...

...orange lipstick!

Sephora's suggestions of orange lipsticks. I like the Make Up For Ever - Rouge Artist Intense in 40

Step 3 -  You find the cutest, prettiest case + lipstick ever from Paul & Joe Cat Lipstick in Over the Moon color: