Fashion Tattler: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Chanel vs. Forever 21

The Answer is Finally Here:
This is one of the many debates in fashion, name brand or non-name brand, products. Today I'm going to be comparing Chanel and Forever 21 quilted bags, by their price quality and durability. Do you prefer expensive and quality or affordable and useful. What side are you on?

Channel:
The House of Chanel was founded in 1909 by Gabrielle Chanel. Starting at just a boutique in France on a ground level shop, selling luxury clothes, shoes, hats, and jewelry to the upper-class woman. Today, Chanel is one of the world's well known brands and classic, and high end brands, you see them everywhere. From celebrities, business woman, house wives, etc. Just that one logo, two overlapping Cs changes the entire price. As to today Chanel stores are found in a lot of places, including Los Angeles's 3rd Street Promenade, Beverly Hills's Rodeo Dr and New York's 5th Avenue. The bags are all made with fine and real leather, most Chanel bags match with most of your outfits. They are in all year long and are never out of style. The bags have great quality, and are very durable. The downer is the cheapest of a handbag is about $3,500, that's a lot of money. http://www.chanel.com/en_US/

Forever 21:

Forever 21 was founded in 1984 in Los Angeles California by a Korean couple, Do Wong Chang and his wife Jin Sook Chan. Their goal was to bring the trendy fashion designs seen in Korea, to the Korean community in Los Angeles. Forever 21 today is mostly intended for teenage girls and woman in their early twenties. Personally Forever 21 is one of my favorite stores, they have affordable and quality clothes, shoes, bags and accessories. Today Forever 21 in international, and could be found at almost any mall in the United States. Forever 21 is a lot of girls fashion destination, with on trend styles and many varieties. One bag I recently found at Forever 21 was a black quilted cross body bag, similar to Chanel's but at the price of $35. It was faux leather but still very nice quality, and light weight. Also the bag is perfect for every season. http://www.forever21.com/Product/Main.aspx?br=f21

Chanel Bag Forever 21 Bag

Comparison:
Below I have a chart comparing the Chanel and Forever 21 bags with similarities and differences.

Chanel Bag	Forever 21 Bag
$ 3,500	$ 35
real leather	faux leather
popular	affordable
fits wardrobe	fits wardrobe
quality	quality
classic design	comes in different colors

Personal Opinion:
If you ask for my personal opinion, I would choose the forever 21 bag. According the points given Forever 21 is definitely a must, the price is affordable and has good quality. I'm always looking for a good deal. As to the Chanel bag it has great quality and will at me a life time, but I would how to be really careful with one of those, and I'm pretty clumsy at times. Right know I really don't need a bag this expensive, and by the time I do, I would you able to invest more on the new bag. Although I have my mind set on the Forever 21 bags, I would like to know your opinion. Chanel or Forever 21? Take the poll below. I would love to hear your opinion in the comments below, maybe you can convince me.

Until next week,
-Ruby :) <3<3<3

Friday, February 22, 2013

Pretty Little Liars, Aria Montgomery Inspired Outfits

Hey everyone today I'm going to be starting my Pretty Little Liars inspired outfits series. Each week I will be recreating two outfits worn by the four girls of PLL. Have you ever seen an outfit worn on someone that you really liked but didn't know where they got it or you can't afford. Well that's okay, because you can always try to recreate the outfit using pieces in your closet or much cheaper pieces of clothing that are similar. As you probably know from the title , today I'm doing a outfit inspiration on Aria Montgomery from ABC Family's hit T.V. series Pretty Little Liars. Aria Montgomery on the show , played by Lucy Hale has a bohemian and edgy style. She loves to layer pieces of clothing, have bright pops of color in her outfits and have main staple pieces. Personally I love Aria's style and I dress quite like her.

Original Outfit # 1

For the first is inspired by Aria's outfit in season 3, episode 1 (Remains of A.) In the scene she was wearing a yellow top and blue pants with tribal print wedges. For the tops I chose a simply flowy light yellow tank top, paired with blue skinny jeans. For shoes I found the same pair of tribal print wedges from Steve Madden. The tribal wedges add a pop of color and pattern to the outfit. Aria's original scarf was from Anthropology but unfortunately it was sold out, so I found another floral scarf on anthropology.com that was much cheaper. Since in the scene Aria belted her top, I decided to belt the yellow top with a skinny blue belt. Lastly I picked out a purse that looked similar to Aria's in blue with a cool print on the front. This outfit would be perfect for the spring and summer time, with the bright colors in the outfit.
Original Outfit # 2
The second recreation is on Aria's outfit also in season 3. In the scene as Aria's walking through the cafeteria of Rosewood High, she's wearing a tan long sleeve blouse, black cut out leggings, and a maroon faux fur vest and brown buckled swayed boots. For the tan top I found a similar tan top with a high low hemline. For the cut out leggings I finally found similar black side cut out leggings from a site called boohoo.com costing only $20, where Aria original ones were over $90 the cut out leggings definitely add a edgier look to the outfit. For the most notice piece in Aria's outfit , her faux fur vest. I found a similar and cheaper maroon vest on buckle.com that looks just about same to Aria's. Aria's original were from Steve Madden but sadly are sold out in stores and online. But I found a pair of brown swayed Timberland boots with laces and gold accents on the buckles. For accessories I added a simply dark gray beanie. In the scene Aria was carrying a black cross-body fringe bag, and I actually found the exact bag at Rare London's online website rarelondon.com. This outfit is perfect for right now, when it's cold and chilly outside. The beanie and vest will keep you nice and warn.
I hope everyone enjoyed this post, come back next week for a inspired outfits for Hanna Marin. Thanks for reading.
-Bye!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Stay At Home Valentine's Day Beauty Treatment

Hey everyone, and welcome to another one of my Countdown to Valentine's Day blog posts, can you believe there is only 7 day left until Valentines Day. This Valentine's Day if you don't have a valentine to celebrate Valentine's Day with, that's totally fine. If you don't plan on going out, and staying home along, why not give yourself a nice and peaceful at home beauty treatment. Today I'm going to tell you all the steps of a relaxing beauty treatment and my beauty treatment essentials. So lets get started.
For a relaxing night in, kick off those heels and get comfortable. First remove all your makeup.The first product I want to talk about is Bioderma, it's a makeup remover/cleanser. This product takes off all my makeup so easily. It refreshes your skin. After removing all your makeup, it's shower time. My favorite body wash at the moment would be the Kiehl's Grapefruit Deluxe body wash. It smell so amazing and fruity. For my hair I would use my Organix passion fruit guava shampoo and the Organix passion fruit guava conditioner. Both these products are 40% made from organic resources and they also makes your hair smell amazing and refreshed. After I get out of the shower, I would moisturized my roots and rub my ends with the Macadamia Natural Oil, after about ten minutes I rinse the product out, when my hair is about damp dry I would rub the Organix argon oil in my hair. It make your hair look more young and shiny.
After a nice shower stay comfortable and lounge in your pajamas,slippers and robes. I got my pajamas from Forever21, my slippers are from Ugg Australian and my robe is also from Forever21. Now on to the night skin care steps, first I apply some of my Sisley-Paris Eye Contour mask under my eyes and let it sit for about ten minutes. Then rinse it of, it moisturizes your eyes and it helps with dark under eye bags. In the winter my face tends to get really dry and I would apply the Clinique Moisture Surge Intense Hydrator to my face, it's a rich, oil-free cream-gel that moisturizes and hydrates your skin throughout the night. For my hands I would use my Kiehl's Grapefruit hand and body lotion. For lips I use the Lush lip balm /lip scrub to get off any dead skin. Over that I apply some of the Christian Dior Crème De Rose Smoothing Lip Balm, this has to be my favorite lip balm it keeps your lips moisturized and plump.
Usually I would paint my nails to keep them nice and pretty looking. My favorite shade at the time would be Lady Like by Essie, it's a light pink with a grayish reflected color.
Candles are a great way to calm a room room, making it peaceful and soothing. To relax burn a candle of your favorite scent mine is Japanese Cherry Blossom from Bath and Body Works. when you want to release stress, Spray some of Bath and Body Work's Pillow Mist Aromatherapy on your pillow, the scent relaxes your brain and helps with stress. Now just relax on your bed or coach. I like to make a nice glass of sleepy time herbal tea and a plate of chocolate Milano cookies, chocolates good for your soul. Have your favorite book or magazines, no technology tonight except your phone. Currently my favorite book is Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard, it's and teen girls drama and mystery novel. This beauty treatment can be for any day you want doesn't have to be just Valentine's Day.
I hope this post was helpful to you guys. Keep your eyes out for more Countdown to Valentine's Day posts. All links to items I mentioned are below.
Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!