Curves Around the World: Color Blocking

Hey Everyone! It's that time again for another "Curve's Around the World" theme and this weeks theme is Color Blocking! I really like this trend because I love color and I like mixing different colors together. So I was excited for this weeks challenge because if you haven't noticed for the past few challenges I've been wearing a lot of black and white. Don't get me wrong I love wearing black and white but since it's summer I think that this is a great to wear color too. 

So when I was picking out my outfit for this weeks theme, I had another outfit in mind that I wanted to wear. But this past weekend California had this heat wave going on and man do I hate when the weather is like in the 100's! So when I went to wear the outfit I originally wanted to wear, I felt like I would be so uncomfortable and hot in it. (I originally wanted to wear colored skinny jeans) So since I wanted something more comfortable I pulled out this blue hi-lo skirt that I've worn before on the blog. But I really like this skirt because it's really airy and comfortable to wear. 

So when I chose the skirt I wanted to pair it with something that was lighter so I went with this mint colored top and my light yellow sweater. So the fact that my top was a spaghetti strap I wasn't comfortable wearing it alone, so I wore the sweater. I know I was doing so well with wearing sleeveless but I guess this day the insecurities won over. But I guess you always have good days and bad day, but hey at least the yellow looks cute with the rest of the outfit! :)  

{skirt|Target} {tank & sandals|Old Navy} {sweater|Forever 21} {bag|Steve Maden} {watch|Khols} {Necklace|Philippines} 

Since the challenge was to color block I wanted to keep my accessories neutral, that's why I chose to wear a neutral bag and sandals. By the way this is my first time I took pictures with the bag that I wore that day. I usually forget my bag or I don't really show it in my pictures, so I decided I would try out holding my bag in the pictures. What do you guys think? Is it better with or without the bag in the pictures? 

Now don't forget to check out the other Lovely ladies from 

"Curves Around the World"

Kate from Australia - Sparkles and Lace

Laura from Canada - Lavish Laura

Helen from England - Everyone Should Sparkle

Thulie from South Africa - Thick fit and Fabulous

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Have a wonderful week! ~Nina~

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Mother's day!

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend and had a wonderful mother's day with your loved ones. It was once again a very hot weekend that was in the 100's so yeah it feels like summer here in California already. So instead of going out for a lunch with my mom we went out for a dinner because we didn't want to go out in the heat. We had a nice dinner at a seafood buffet because my mom was craving seafood and since my mom hasn't been to this buffet we decided to go try it out. 

This is my wonderful mom and me before we got dinner, we went with my dad too of coarse. My mom is like my best friend but of coarse we have our ups and downs but I'm very thankful to have her in my life. My mom is so fashionable, look at her in her Mod style dress from Forever 21. 

{shirt|JCpenny} {tank|Old Navy} {skirt|Mom made} {shoes| Converse} {Watch|Kohls} {Necklace| market in the Philippines}

Since it was so hot, I went out earlier with my mom to do errands and the car said it was 103 degrees outside, so hot! So I decided not to wear my typical sweater or jacket to cover my arms because it was just too hot. I am still not that comfortable in wearing sleeveless clothing but I think with the weather being so hot I have to get over it because it's just too hot to put layers on. I seriously don't know how I did it before. But let me tell you I'm really glad I didn't wear something to cover my arms because like I said it was really hot and I think it really does help not to cover up. 

Last picture is my holding up my necklace, it's a little robot, so i was trying to show it off better but it didn't come out too well. 

How was your Mother's day? To all the mother's out there I hope you had a wonderful Mother's day! :) 

Have a wonderful day to all of you! ~Nina~ 

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Bright Days

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Once again it was a very warm weekend. I had a good one, i was able to meet up with a friend that I haven't seen in almost a year. I love when you see a friend that you haven't seen in so long, but it's still the same as its always been. Well here is the outfit I wore when I saw my friend. 

The shorts I'm wearing are from H&M and I always get excited when I see a size 14 at H&M because it's very rare. But I knew I had to try them on because 14 doesn't always fit me, so I was happy when they fit me, oh yeah there were on sale too. I got these last year and these were my first pair of shorts that I had ever gotten. You see I never used to wear shorts, I loved wearing dresses and skirts but I was never comfortable in shorts. I only wore shorts when I went swimming and as Pj's. But last year I got the courage to wear shorts because of some of the great plus-size bloggers that I followed. They showed me that as long as your comfortable and confident in what your wearing, there's nothing wrong with it. :) 

 {shirt|Old Navy} {shorts| H&M} {sweater| Target} {shoes|LoveD} {necklace| market in Philippines}

So I really love these shorts they have a palm tree print on them and there black and white, which I really love. I was going to pair this with a white top and black sweater to go with the whole black and white trend this spring and summer. But I thought it would be nice to pair it with a bright yellow top, you cant really tell in the pictures but the top is like a neon yellow and I wasn't too sure about the color of the top. But I think it paired pretty well with the shorts and I'm glad I took a chance and got the shirt. 

Have a wonderful day! ~Nina~ 

LA day

Hey everyone! So I had a little trip to LA with some of my friends recently, it was nice to go to LA because I haven't been there in awhile. I went with a friend that had to do something there, so we made it a little LA day with friends. 

Our first stop was the Grove, This is where all my pictures where taken because it was such a nice day. Thank you to my friends that took my pictures, I'm really thankful that they are so supportive of me doing this blog. On another note this picture to the right was taken of me next to the trolley that goes around the Grove. It was stopped to pick up some passengers and my friends that it would be nice for me to take pictures in front of it. I was hesitant but they convinced me to do it and we had to do it fast because they were almost done loading all the passengers. Here is one of the pictures we took and although I liked the others I think this was the best one that was taken. I especially like how you can see my necklace, I just got it recently. It was from the swap-meet and I know not a lot of people don't think of shopping at swap-meets but I think they are great places to find unique and cheap things. I think of them as smaller versions of flea markets. 

{tank & sweater: Old Navy} {skirt: made it} {shoes: LoveD} {necklace:swapmeet} {tights:target}

It was a really nice day in LA, the sun was shining but it was a little bit chilly because the wind was blowing. I'm glad I wore some tights, although I'm not sure about the color of tights I chose they helped keep me warm.

Here's a picture of me and my friends, they are the ones that helped me take the pictures. Thanks for your help girls! :) Right behind us they had picture taking with the Easter bunny and we really wanted to take some but the line was so long that we decided not to. 

We ended our LA day trying a place called MILK there known for there macron ice cream sandwiches. But by the time we got there they were almost all out of the sandwiches so my friends opted for ice cream but since I really wanted to try what they are known for I got the coffee toffee ice cream sandwich and let me tell you it was pretty yummy! :) 

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina ~

Bright days...

Hey Everyone, so it's starting to get hot here in California and when it's hot it means like 80 degrees. I don't mind that it's getting hotter but dang it went straight to summer weather. Well since the weather was warmer I decided to wear some brighter colors. I don't know why but when I wear brighter colors it just makes me happier, I think it might be the yellow. 

Colors are the smiles of nature.  ~Leigh Hunt

My skirt is actually a high-low skirt but it doesn't really look like it because i'm kinda round so it alters the skirt to look like a regular skirt. I'm not sure if i want to try to cut it to make it look like a high-low skirt or just leave it the way it is. What do you guys think, should i cut it or leave it the way it is? 

{yellow cardigan | Old Navy} {gray tank | F21+} {skirt | target} 

{necklace & shoes | Market in Philippines}

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina