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Saturday Night. Dinner OOTD

Hello, my blogger friends!
Not much to say, except that I had a really fun date with N on Saturday. Sunday I worked and today is strictly a study day. Hope that all is well with you!
I will be back soon!
P.S. Do not forget to enter my giveaway! Click here to enter.

{I wore: skirt - H&M, tank - Aerie, blazer - Zara, shoes - Vince Camuto, watch - Michael Kors, bag - Tignanello}

Cool Summer tote GIVEAWAY!

Hi guys!
I'm super excited to host this lovely giveaway! Mostly because I love this bag. And because the tote is from Gabby from Gypsy*Diaries. She is amazing! I am sure many of you already know her and read her blog, but if not - go to her page and show her some love:) Here is the link: Gypsy*Diaries. She is a truly awesome girl, and I could not be more happy to have such an cool giveaway on my blog.
So, to win this tote you have to follow 2 rules: Be a follower of mine AND leave a comment to this post. (one comment per reader, unless you are applying for additional entries)
If you would like to get the additional entries you can: tweet about this giveaway, blog about it, and follow me on bloglovin. If you choose to use any of the additional entries, please comment separately for that. This way you can have up to 4 entries!!!

As you can tell, I really like this tote. It is perfect for summer, beach, school, gym, shopping or anything else that you can think of. I absolute love the pictures on it! How fashionable is it? Right?!

I hope you will all enter and good luck!!!

lOvE, Olya

p.s. GIVEAWAY ENDS ON MAY 20TH, 2011.

April Beauty Favorites.

Hello, my dear friends!
I thought that this post was not going to happen tonight, since I caught some sort of cold/flu, but I worked out in spite of the sickness, and felt a little better.
So, I did not do a March favorites simple because I used the same exact products as I used in February, and did not try anything new.
In April though, I ran out of mascara and wipes, plus changed up my products a little and have a brand new list of favorites for you;)
Let's begin!
1. My absolute favorite old time Shiseido Multi-Shade enhancer. I always come back to this bronzer when I'm a little tan. It's a LOVE FOREVER! even though, I'm always looking for new products to try out;). {Nordstrom $36}
2. ELF eye shadow duo in Mocha Swirl. I use the lighter color for highlight or all over the lid with the darker color in the crease. {eyeslipsface.com $1}
3. Maybelline One By One volume mascara. I hate plastic brushes, but this one is really nice. Separates lashes very well, gives them volume and length. And is super black. {Target $6}
4. MAC eyeshadow in Haux. Such a lovely crease color. It's matte, but I do see a little tiny tiniest shimmer. Maybe I'm imagining it or maybe it's there. {MAC counter $14}
5. My old beat up eyelash curler from WalMart by MaxFactor. I bought this years ago. And I know, I need to get a new one, but every time I am about to get one, I feel bad throwing this one out. It's been with me for so long. I will miss it;) { it was probably $3}
6. Bare Minerals foundation in color medium. I don't know why I use this foundation in color light before. It is definitely not my match, but medium looks flawless on me. I've been using it every single day in the months of April, and I cant get enough. {Sephora.com $25}
7. Yes to blueberries facial wipes. I love my yes to cucumbers wipes, but decided to get these instead and try them out. Yes to Blueberries is age refining collection from Yes!, and I love them just as much as the other ones I use. And they smell very fresh!
8. My new obsession in nail color is this baby blue nail polish from Brucci. The name of this color is Kathy's baby blues. It's so pretty!!! and all you need is 2 coats. {Rite Aid $4}
9. Seche Vite dry fast top coat. Works like MAGIC!!! Ever since I started using this top coat, it takes me less than 10 min to do my nails. And I am out the door!!!{ local beauty supply store $10, but I also saw it in Target for $10}
10. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails base coat. I usually buy Sally Hansen base coats, they are very good. And this one was {$2 at Rite Aid.}
Swatches of the nail polish:

Feeling it...

Yesterday, my boyfriend and I decided to be very spontaneous and go to Brooklyn for lunch and then see the Brooklyn bridge. I have seen the bridge many times, but have never been on it. It's pretty cool, but there were really a lot of people there, taking pictures or just walking. I waited for a long time to get a perfect picture, where people were not crowding around.
Over all, fun day, full of excitement and new things.

I wore: basic black tank top from Aerie, faux leather shorts from Forever 21, jacket from Calvin Klein, tights from Cynthia Rowley (bought via Guilt Group), shoes from Macy's, bag from Tignanello, earrings and necklace from Tiffany&Co, butterfly brooch on my jacket was a gift from a friend, Ray Ban sunglasses.

Staying at home

Yeah, these pictures were taken after my 1 hour afternoon power nap. On the bottom I'm wearing black leggings and barefooted. I had to use self timer (hense cut off forehead), due to no interest in taking pictures of me on my boyfriend's side. It's ok, he can have his day - I will get my 2 back;)

Both denim shirt and tunic are from Zara. Tunic is about 2 years old, but I still love it;)

Late night margaritas.

Friday night. Went with my man to have some margaritas. I was actually freezing in this outfit, since the nights are still cold. But I actually like it, because that way you wear more clothes during such weather, which is always a plus. And it's not strongly restricted to tanks and shorts.

I wore: Boyfriend jeans from Gap, blouse from Mango ( bought it in Aruba), heels are by Vince Camuto from Macys(you can see them here as well), bag is by Tignanello( real leather, got it from my cousin who was visiting for Easter from Canada)

Royal Wedding. Kate's dress.

This was ike a Disney fairy tale wedding! Kate's gown is absolutely stunning! The dress is by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQeen. She looks so happy and pretty! William looks pretty happy himself;)

OOTD - Easter 2011 edition

Hello, my dear readers! Finally, I successfully posted this post. I tried about 10 times to upload pictures to my blog this week and it was giving me an error each time. And today, I decided I was going to give it one last try and it worked!!! I don't know what was the problem before, but I'm happy that it worked this time.
So, here is my Easter outfit. I went to see my parents. AND... crap, I forgot my shoes!!! So, I just asked Nazar's cousin to get any pair of my shoes for me from home on their way to my parents house. Crazy me! I cannot believe I did that! it was disappointing. But the show must go on. Therefore, pretend like you do not see the shoes.

I wore: Trench coat - Banana Republic, shirt and skirt from ZARA, and my heart pendant from Tiffany&Co.

Cruise outfits

I did not know what to blog about today. My camera is empty of picture and I haven't had a chance to take any. So, I reached into my photo library on Picasa and found few outfit pictures from my cruise.
When you go on a cruise, the last thing you want to do is put outfits together. You also don't have time to do it. So, my recommendation is to prepare ahead of time. Dresses are the easiest things to bring with you! But make sure you bring the ones that do not wrinkle much. Otherwise, you will be walking around in wrinkles.
And YES, I definitely overpacked for this cruise!
I hope you will enjoy this little post and will tell me: in your opinion, what is the best clothing item to bring on vacation?(destination - warm places!!)

My promised slideshow!!!

Sunday posting

I had a really good Sunday yesterday. I went to work in the morning and then later at night Nazar and I went to see our friends, who just moved to a new place. My friend made tacos for dinner- delish! and then we played a board game. I think the name of it is "Life" but I'm not sure. It was so much fun! we didnt get home until after 12 am. So, that's what I did and here's what I wore.

I wore: Leather jacket- Victoria's Secret online store, dress- Urban Outfitters (very old), shoes - Steve Madden, tights- Traget, sunglasses- Ray Ban, and my LV speedy 35.

Misbehaved...

Once again I'm placing these "tape-sort -of" stickers on my nails. I really like the results and its long lasting effects. It stays on for about 5-7 days. I already did a post on the butterfly design and you can view it here. And I have looked around for the best deal on these. So far Target has the best deals - $8.50 for a pack. If you have a retail store near you that sells these, I would definitely look into trying them on. I love it!

Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Misbehaved.

I hope you have great plans for the weekend!

See you soon!

xoxo, Olya

my mind is elsewhere...

Today I can't stop thinking about my cruise trip. It seems like a dream, a dream that happened loooong time ago. I looked over some pictures, because I want to print some of them out and make an album and my heart sunk into very warm and happy memories... ahh...life on vacation is the best... These pictures that I'm posting are from Puerto Rico, Old San Juan city. I'm dying to go back there!!! all I need to do now is break my piggy bank and buy a ticket to paradise. I think I might...

{ I wore: grey shirt from Target, jean shorts from American Eagle(summer 2010), sandals from Zara(summer 2010), hat bought in St. Thomas.bangle from Club Monaco}

{Boyfriend wore: shirt form H&M, shorts from American Eagle, sandals from American Eagle, hat bought in Aruba, sunglasses - Kenneth Cole.}

Is there any place that you want to go back to?