Thrifting in Italy With My Stylist Friend, Liley! Meet My Friend Liley :)

Hello girls!

Today I'd like to present you my dear friend and a colleague, Liley.

She is from Costa Rica, but she's been living in Italy for over 20 years now!

Last week we went thrifting together, in our favourite thrift store, so we took this opportunity to film a video about our haul & to introduce Liley (who is as passionate about fashion as I am- and a great bargain hunter as well!) to my audience :)

We spoke in english & in spanish, so this video is going to be a spanglish version then ;)

I hope you don't mind!

Check out our video here:

In the video, we also incorporated our OOTD segment!

Liley was wearing a beautiful pair of earrings and a gorgeous necklace, handmade by her.

She is very talented jewellery designer and she even made a few pieces for me, throughout the period of our friendship!

Her designs are very requested in Italy & Costa Rica! :)

I took a pics of some of her latest creations, and I'm proud that she allowed me to present it here on my blog (we haven't had a chance to do a video about it- yet!).

So take a look at her creations & enjoy ;)

I love the electric- blue colour of this necklace!

Close- up of the pendant detail.

Sparkly heart- shaped necklace

Close- up of the pendant detail.
Soo sparkly!

Cute heart shaped earrings!

Silver leaves earrings

Flower shaped, black, plastic brooch

Great for accessorizing your simple T-shirt, or a coat!

With a sparkly little rhinestone in the middle.

Another long necklace, flower shaped pendants.

This one is soo gorgeous!

A close- up look at the silver beads
(& my reflection in them, whilst I was taking this pic!)
;)

Another statement piece!

Feather earrings!

I love the feather trend!

So which one was your favourite piece?

Liley also made a pair of earrings for me, this is how they look like

(I LOVE THEM!)

I will also present her jewellery officially on my B-deas Jewellery blog and update it regularly with her new creations, as a guest designer on my blog :)

Needless to say, I'm not sponsored in any way to promote her jewellery.

She's my friend and she's talented!

I don't need any extra reason to write about her.

I'm happy I was able to share my dear friend with you, my virtual friends!

I hope you liked Liley & her creations as much as I do! :)

Have a beautiful day everyone & KISSS from Italy xx

Ciao, ciao!

<3 Sonja

Bioderma Solution Micellaire Sensibio H2O Review & a Quick OOTD/FOTD!

Hello girls!

In my new video, I'm giving you a quick review & a recommendation for an awesome make up remover!

I'm talking about Bioderma Sensibio H2O.

I love this make up remover, because it's super gentle, yet super effective!

It removes all the traces of make up from my face and it never irritates my skin, or my sensitive eyes :)

It manages to remove, without difficulties, even the heavy eye make up.

It also soothes my skin.

I buy my Bioderma at my local pharmacy here in Italy, usually I get the 500ml bottle, because it's more convenient price wise than the smaller one.

The 500ml one costs cca 14.00 €

This isn't the only product from Bioderma that I simply love! I also use their sunscreens, every summer that I'm spending at the beach, they're my must- haves!

If I'm going to the mountains, I'll also take the Bioderma sunscreens with me!

From my subbies & blog readers, I found out this product isn't available at the US :(

Sorry guys!

I hope it'll be available soon, because the Bioderma brand stands for the awesome quality at reasonable prices!

I've even heard that Bioderma Sensibio H2O make up remover is a must-have at any fashion show backstage & the models love it! ;)

You can find out more about Bioderma on their WEBSITE!

& here you can watch my complete video- review of the Sensibio H2O make up remover:

In this vid, I'm also showing you my OOTD/FOTD, so here are a few pics...

FOTD!

The focus is on my lips!

On my lips I'm wearing:

- Lip pencil by an italian brand "Quando è solo per te"  in 01.

- Avon lipstick in Fuchsia Fever

- essence Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in 04 trendsetter (on top of my lipstick)

- non conventional beauty by Pupa Multiplay triple-purpose pencil in 18. (to define/highlight my cupid's bow)

On my face I'm wearing my MAC MSF in Medium Plus & on my cheeks Benetint by Benefit.

OOTD!

This cute top is from Pull & Bear fashion store.

My bold necklace (oh, I sooo <3 it!!!) is from a big, no-name jewellery/accessories store/warehouse in Italy.

The necklace is a part of B-deas Jewellery collection, my handmade & unique piece!

The name of this necklace is "The Sea" and it's available HERE! CLICK HERE for more info on the necklace!

I hope you liked my recommendation & this quick OOTD/FOTD!

:)

How are you dressed today?

Have you ever tried anything from Bioderma and do you like this brand?

Leave me your comments!

Ciao, ciao & <3 from Italy!

xx Sonja

The Hottest Trend Around: Layering Bracelets (& My Bracelet & Ring Collection!)

Hello!

Most of you know this fact about me already: I have a soft spot for jewellery & accessories of any kind!

I love to play with them to spice up the styling of my simple outfits :)

I have always enjoyed layering different types of bracelets on my wrists!

Even though, this trend just recently "exploded", it isn't as new, because I remember layering my bracelets even when I was in a high- school!

I make bracelets myself, two methods I've learned back in my school days, so I was always very creative with layering my bracelets!

I also know how to make "name bracelets", the bracelets with your name on it, but I haven't done one in such a long time!

If I find a time to do one these days, I'll share it with you :)

So this summer, layering bracelets was again a big MUST, when talking about my personal style!

No matter what the occasion was & how my outfit looked like, I was layering bracelets!

Let's take a closer look...

My bracelets come from a different stores: Some of them are from my local 1€uro store, some are from Promod, H&M, some are my handmade (B-deas Jewellery)...

I have prepared a video for you guys where I talk about how you can layer your bracelets & make the most out of the bracelets you already have in your collection!

(In the video I'm also showing you my bracelet & ring collection)

Check it out here:

Rings are my passion as well!

I do have quite a few interesting models in my collection!

The more unusual, the better ;)

Here are the rings I picked out recently from Wholesale-dress.net

I LOVE this website for its super affordable jewellery, their ring collection is sooo amazing, I'm in temptation to order EVERYTHING!!!

At cca 1.00 $ a ring, I could probably even do that!!!

So here are my new "toys"...

New rings in my collection!

I can't decide which one I like best!

I love pandas!
This one is sooo cute :)

 Cute Panda Shaped Rhinestone Embellished Ring US$ 2.70

SHOP HERE!

I love these two bold rings together!
It reminds me on Aria's style (in one of the episodes of "Pretty Little Liars", she was wearing
similar styles of rings, together like this!)

 Unique Old fashion charming Fox Ring US$ 0.78

SHOP HERE!

Old Fashion Lovely Bowknot Hat Ring US$ 0.65

SHOP HERE!

This rose ring instantly attracted my attention!
I saw the exact same ring at "Bijou Brigitte", but for 12.90 €
(I mean, WHAT???)
I got this ring with my previous order from Wholesale-dress, and it was cca. US$ 2.00 (!!!)
I'd give you a link for it, but apparently it's no longer available (SOLD OUT!)

Dainty Peace sign ring.
I hold the peace message close to my hear!

 New Rhinestone Embellished Anti- war Peace Pattern Ring Golden US$ 1.05

SHOP HERE!

This Deer ring is really an interesting piece of jewellery!

Retro Style Hot Sale Fashionable Deer Ring US$ 0.45

SHOP HERE!

I hope you enjoyed my collection & these few links that I shared with you, where you can shop the biggest trends for less!

Which one is your favourite ring out of all these?

Have a lovely day & KISSS from Italy,

Ciao, Ciao! xx

Sonja

DIY Project: Trendy Wrap Bracelets!

Hello girls!

Being at home sick SUCKS big time! Especially in spring time, when the sun is calling me outside...

(& my girlfriend too, btw, who wanted to go shopping with me tomorrow...I'm forced to say NO to shopping! OMG...)

Anyways, to make the most out of every single moment spent at home alone in my, oh my, misery...I've decided to be crafty & make these super trendy wrap bracelets! I would have made even more than I have, but I ran out of the supplies..sigh...

But I'm really proud with the ones I've done so far, so I've decided to do a little blog post tutorial for you guys, because these are really not so difficult to do, as some people might be claiming!

Let me tell you that H&M is currently selling these (but much more poorly done, definitely not as pretty as the DIY project ones) at 2.95€ each!

Past week, at work, I saw one client wearing these, but DIY version & they looked so beautiful!

I had to ask her, were those DIY project bracelets and she confirmed. I said that I was thinking about trying to do the same, instead of buying them at H&M (or where else) because I think the DIY ones are so much  prettier! She (the bi.chy lady) replied back that these are actually very difficult to make, and that even her daughter has to help her out when making these, being these so hard to make.

I didn't really buy that story, so I've informed myself about the technique, and learned how to do these cute bracelets!  I'm definitely not going to be the one telling you how hard & impossible is to make these!

On the contrary, I'm here to do a tutorial just so I can help you out, if you were thinking about buying these bracelets, now you know that you can actually make them even prettier, on your own!

So, let's get started...

You'll need:

Pretty beads (smaller beads & one big bead that you'll use as a clasp), leather ribbon (1 m if you're going for a double wrap), colored yarn or nylon string, a pair of scissors, a needle.

-Tie a knot at the end of the leather ribbon with enough space inbetween for the big bead from the other end to go through, this will function as the clasp.

- String yarn or nylon string through the knot and start with the smaller beads.

- Use a needle to string the smaller beads.

- Go from behind the leather ribbon, over to the front, through the small bead, ending behind the other leather ribbon and coming back arround.

- Once the bracelet is long enough, tie the knot at the end, string the big bead, tie another knot behind the bead, keeping it in place.

And your wrap bracelet is done!

In the future, I'll possibly do a video tutorial on it, but currently I can't because my "camera man" is so busy these days lol, plus I'm sick...

Anyways, I'll give you a link to this awesome video tutorial that will explain any doubt you still might have, after reading my blog post.

Auntie's Beads video tutorial.

I hope you'll be crafty & do your own wrap bracelet(s)!

xoxo,

Sonja