Bold Dark Lip Phenomenon: Vampire Life (Giveaway hint)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by iiamcouture

Lately, I have been completely obsessed with the bold lip phenomenon. It was sighted all across the board in Fall 2012 runways shows from designers like:

Gucci:

Joan Smalls in Gucci RTW Fall 2012

Christian Siriano

Christian Siriano RTW Fall 2012

And, of course, in TRUE Tisci fashion; Givenchy, my love label:

Nastya Kusakina in Givenchy RTW Fall 2012

After re-visiting my favorite runway shows, I have decided that my fall aesthetic will consist of “All Black Everything, with a BOLD DARK LIP”.

Taking that into consideration while shopping yesterday, I purchased “Cyber” from M.A.C. Cosmetics. It’s a dark purple satin lipcolor and I fell instantly in love.

I was so excited, that I put away my Ruby Woo momentarily and decided to go with my new found love!

The best part of Cyber is that it goes with every skin color! My cousin was with me and bought the exact same lipstick. She’s a couple of shades darker than me, and it looked amazing! Stay tuned to my blog posts, because I have officially decided to give away a “Ruby Woo” and a “Cyber” lip color from M.A.C. details will be out within a day or two.

That’s all for now…

XoXo, Jada

DIY: Funky Nail Styles

Posted on October 3, 2012 by iiamcouture

Hey honeys!

So, I was recently on InstaGram (IG) and I saw this amazing nail salon that is unfortunately located all the way in Orlando, FL. I am so impressed by their work that I am considering making them a must-stop on my next trip to the Sunshine State. They inspired me to get my nails done and to see if one of the shops here in Baltimore could, possibly, replicate the design.

Here is an image that I snatched from the IG page Monalyn_Lim. You can also visit their website Here.

I INSTANTLY fell in love with the pointer finger pattern. I thought that it was chic, simplistic and I needed to have it!

So, I visited one of the nail salons near me. My experience wasn’t that great in that my nail technician didn’t make my nails long enough or pointy enough, but I was willing to accept that and let them just grow out.

When my designs were done, I was pleased with the work, however, it wasn’t “exactly” what I wanted:

So, I took it upon myself to head to my mom’s salon and re-do them myself.

First, I practiced on a nail tip, just to see if I could get a bit of practice in on the pattern.

My design didn’t come out EXACTLY like the one from Millenia, but I was pretty pleased with the outcome.

Then, it was time to try it out on my nails. I removed the previous design and gathered the following materials:

Nail Paint: I didn’t have white, so I decided on silver metallic

A paint brush with a few of the bristles removed to produce a collection of fine strands:

A bowl of water:

China Glaze “Liquid Leather” nail polish

And finally, a paper towel for the paint:

A placed a dot of paint on the napkin and lightly slid the brush through the paint and began placing lines everywhere in a symmetrical fashion. That’s it! it only took about 10-15 minutes, tops! When I was done, I went over the designed nails with OPI Top coat, and Viola!

The finished product:

I was so happy with the final turn out that I added a stripe effect with taupe paint on my pinky nail:

That’s about all for this DIY tutorial. If anyone decides to try out this or a similar pattern, let me know so that I can post your photos as updates to the post. Until then….

XoXo, Jada.

#OOTD (Outfit of the Day) 9/19/2012:Eura and I

Posted on September 22, 2012 by iiamcouture

So, FINALLY, Eura and I took a moment to randomly capture our ensembles this past Wednesday. It was a spontaneous photo op that ended up delivering really nice photos. I didn’t have my camera that day so I took all of our photos using an iPhone and it wasn’t until I did, that I realized how amazing the camera is.

Moving on, here are our OOTD photos!

Photo by: Eura Knox at the MSU Communication Building parking lot

Photo Taken By: Jada Hudson at MSU Communication building

IG Filtered, but still super awesome. Love the way the sun is gleaming

Finally a photo of Eura! It’s been ages! Check out the pop of Neon

YES! I actually do wear flats! To school anyway

Eura’s choice of footwear

My Arm Candy

Eura’s Arm Candy. J. Crew bracelet and reptile necklace

Nature! Love the background

I LOVE that “Gap” bag!!!!

Pulled hair back to feature studs

Express rider pants! Best part? They are OLIVE!

My ensemble consisted of a vintage oversized blazer, Express rider pants, a black H&M tank and Aldo “Cyphers” flats. I used to work at Aldo, so now I call all of my shoes by name.

Eura’s laptop is in surgery, so i’m sure he will update the breakdown of his ensemble once he gets it back. Notice that we’re both wearing Olive, purely coincidental.

Random! I’m obsessed with Deadmau5 (pronounced: Deadmouse) right now!

That’s about all for now! Until next time loveys!

XoXo…Jada

#OOTD (Outfit of the Day) 9/20/2012: I Heart Vintage Dior

Posted on September 21, 2012 by iiamcouture

Hola fashion lovelys!

So, my wonderful friend Beatrice of HeavenlyGlow.net went thrifting when she went home to Demascus, Md (hope i’m spelling that right) to visit her family. She ended up surprising me with a wonderful new addition to my Blazer collection: A vintage, double breasted, Christian Dior piece. I immediately DIED! I wore it yesterday for the third time!

Below are the photos from that mini-op:

My latest Obsession: Instagram; follow me at I_am_couture

Enjoying the wonderful weather outside of my school.

Loving this angle

Arm Candy: $385 Burberry Nova check watch, $5 bracelet from Starbucks
for charity, $12 spiked bracelet $3 Peace sign beaded bracelet, $22 J. Crew
braided bracelet and Priceless gold and jade ring from Grandma

My first time attempting a jumping shot!

This was so random. I was supposed to be in the meeting, but the facilitator wasn’t there, so we decided to head into the sun and this was the product.

That’s about all for now honeys! Until Later….

XoXo…Jada

Thrift Store Chronicles: Accessories!

Posted on September 15, 2012 by iiamcouture

Hola Hun Buns!

So! I visited Value Village Thrift Store on York , Rd on Monday. This is DEFINITELY one of the better Thrift stores in Baltimore. They are HUGE and offer so much. I left that day with 3 blazers, naturally, but my REAL take away were definitely my accessories! I’m considering also doing a giveaway soon, so stay tuned……

Back on track, so below I have all of my wonderful pieces, enjoy 🙂