Adelita Style Mascara Test

I decided to test Maybelline's DEFINE-A-LASH® VOLUME WATERPROOF MASCARA and show you my morning routine. Unfortunately, the story ended badly. I had major bleeding!! I much prefer the non waterproof version of DEFINE-A-LASH® LENGTHENING WASHABLE MASCARA. It's way more "bleed-proof". Who'd a thought?! Please enjoy the soundtrack from Architecture from Helsinki. The song is "The Owls Go!"

My Secret Love Affair

Bambi Coat only in Korea. : (

I have an obsession for South Korean clothing. Somehow this tiny country has managed not only to be listed as the 8th largest exporter in the world, mostly due to it's industrial sector, it has taken the music world by storm with it's girl bands like The Wonder Girls. With it's enormous growth, it isn't too surprising to find out that this country also has a passion for fashion. While getting my Japanese manicure, the stylist told me she loves to travel to Korea with her relatives for the clothes shopping. And although Americans have just caught on to Japanese clothing trends, you know, like Harajuku Girls and Cosplay- Japanese kids are taking the boat ride over to Korea for their fashion fix. Someday, I will join them and bring some back to you! In the mean time, check out YesStyle for "A New Way of Style."

Ask Adelita: "S" is for Sexy

Victoria's Secret Crochet Mini Sweaterdress in Milk

Dear Adelita-

I'm attending an event and I don't want to upstage the hostess by wearing something too sexy. I have a vision of pink chiffon with a black motorcycle jacket. I can't find "the" chiffon dress anywhere! I am looking for a pale pink. Can you help?

Cheers!
S 

Dear S,

"S," as in sexy, is totally okay... if it's tasteful. I love your idea of pairing an edgy black leather jacket with a softer silhouette. But I do believe the trouble you're having is because the two are very hard to mix without looking like a little girl gone bad. Instead of chiffon, try lace or better yet this super sexy crochet dress from Victoria's Secret in Milk. If you pair it with some great boots like the Frye Engineer Boot, you'll look trendy and confidently sexy but not overbearing!  

Love,

 
 

Hot Sauce

Lindsey Wixon's Ruby Pout

A must have in your cosmetic "wardrobe" is a long wearing red lipstick. I love Nouba's Millibaci lipgloss. It can be dabbed on with your finger to create a rosy stain or you can go full throttle and use the wand to seal your hot kiss. Millibaci actually means "millions of kisses" and that is exactly where your pretty pout will lead you to. Muah!

La Petite

La Petite rings from Paola of Le Chou Chou

What do these adorable tea rings have to do with Proust, Swan Lake or Best Actress Natalie Portman? (And, no I will not muddy the waters with the 4th degree of separation, M. Galliano’s drunken rant.) In the 3 degrees of separation Proust's novel, "Swann's Way" involves the odd relationship of M. Swann and his beloved Odette, a rather plain, average girl with whom Swann ‘drowns’ in his love for. Was this a witty literary nod to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake where the main character Odette battles with her adoration of the beloved Prince Siegfried whom she can only meet in death by plunging her feathery incarnation into the dark lake? And did Natalie Portman, the Harvard graduate, take her leap of love knowing that Proust would be riding her wings to Oscar night? Both the second and third questions may never be confirmed. 

But this is what I can tell you in my opinion. Proust's charming story is the first volume from 7 in the novel, Remembrance of Things Past and I understand Lydia Davis does a fine translation in English. Swan Lake is one of the most beautiful and tragic ballets. Odette is a character that will forever attract endless interpretation; she is complex and sweet because of her passion and the spell that is cast upon her. She is not Odile, her dark imposter but, since both roles are played by the same ballerina, the roles themselves become one. The dancer melds into a duality both dark and light. Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her recent portrayal of a ballerina caught between reality and fantasy in her quest to be consumed and eventually destroyed by the roles of Odette and Odile (the White Swan and her evil counterpart, The Black Swan). Although Portman's performance was assiduous and penetrating to say the least, she is not a ballerina. So her part was less about the complex feelings of a dancer and more about the madness of a pathetic child.

The ring? So sweet, a slice of heavenly citrus floats in the abyss of dark tea. La Petite, the ring, was inspired by Swann's Way, which may have been inspired by Swan Lake, which was most definitely portrayed by Oscar winner Natalie Portman. Who would have thought a whimsical ring could have such an intense and multifaceted meaning? You can get it and the other components of the story’s inspiration at Etsy shop Le Chou Chou!