Look of the day: Back to origin

Hello beauties
sometimes all we need is come back to origin, forget everything and just relax mind and body.
Few days ago I decided that it was that time. That time to dedicate all to myself and to all the things I love doing... Windows shopping, a tea with a friend, buying some gifts.
I wore a simple black skirt, black pumps, black beanie and a pop of color given by the uber warm K-Way jacket and my beloved Giancarlo Petriglia lil' bag.
K-Way was known worldwide for their garments against rain and now I'm really impressed by the fashionable turning point that the brand took. More fascinating and sinuous shapes, new materials involved and modern prints.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Sony NEX-3n

Hello beauties
today a different post because I wanna write you about another big passion of mine... Technology! And what's better than writing about a tecno legend like Sony and its new entry in photography sector Sony NeX-3n.
This camera features 16.1 megapixel with a suppllied 16-50mm power zoom kit lens attached, full HD video recording, aesthetically sophisticated and available in eternal colors black or white and currently has the world's smallest and lightest interchangeable lens camera.
This is the perfect Christmas gift for selfie addicteds and for all those people who are never satisfied about how they look like in pictures... Why? Because the LCD screen of the NEX-3n can be tilted back and forward and also turned to the front for a a very best selfie :) And for all of you who adore editing pics, this camera provides eleven different effects that can be also used with the Intelligent Auto shooting mode. 
Sony NEX-3n is perfect to be carried in your bag, to catch every important moment of your life and to take it always with you.
So Christmas is just around the corner and NEX-3n is the best gift for every person who loves to be fashionable also in technology area with a little jewel of photography in the hands.
I was wearing my new fave leather blouse by uber talented DROMe, I love the elegant and delicate touch of their clothes, very essential and minimal but so classy and I 'd love to focus your attention to the extreme care in the making of and in details.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Agent 00Sony at your service :D

Look of the day: Biancolatte

Hello beauties
a special day spent in the most fashionable city ever, with beloved people, for business meetings and a late lunch in one of the most romantic places in Milano... Biancolatte.
I love this restaurant because it really makes me feel like I'm at home. Cozy atmosphere, warm and kind waitress and delicious sweets and food, Biancolatte is my traditional stop-over since it opened in so far 2008 and when it was only a Café-Ice cream parlor. 
It could be for breakfast, for a snack or for a real lunch but every time I'm there it really seems to be with your family at home, and it is impossible coming back without a Lov Organic can, a slice of cake or shabby-chic candies.
I wore my new Zara baroque trousers ( I'm obsessed with baroque trend ), the urban-chic Manila Grace blazer, that is jump on the first position of my fave blazers ever, and the hot LEROCK double-face jacket, definetely so versatile and sophisticated.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Find a way, don't find an excuse

Hello beauties
I really believe that the feeling that gives wearing a new look, different from your daily style, is really unique.
This is what happens to me the first time that I saw the zigzag dress and bomber by Aimo Richly, that play on the contrast between strong yellow and black and between the romanticism dress and the manhood bomber.
These knitted clothes are very chic, eye-catching and really well refined, with optical geometries very fresh and young.
Today Aimo Richly is synonymous of comfort, femininity and quality and the result is a collection easy-to-wear, for young women who refuse to make total looks and prefer to bring stuffs from their parents and boyfirends' wardrobes.
Believe and help new talented designers.
Hope that you will like it, let me kno what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Something new, something sparkling

Hello beauties
how was your week-end going? Did you do anything cute and relaxing?
Christmas is just around the corner and now it's time to treat yourself with something good, maybe if sparkling and pretty.
I found this cute Swarovsky clutch on Groupalia, the Italian website that provides discount codes, in the well furnished Shopping section, where you can find lot of interesting products. From technology to beauty passing by fashion, you'll find the perfect Christmas gift at a great price like the new IPhone 5S or 5C, the Samsung Galaxy Tab3 or the brand-new Galaxy Gear, CK fragrances or the Nikon D3200!
Groupalia is very easy to browse, to use the special codes and to make the purchase, I also appreciate that te shipping was very fast.
The clutch is perfect for fresh look, to give a pop of color and it can be styled both during day and night... A lil' cuteness that will bring some vitaminic power to outfit.
I highly recommend you Groupalia and all the great stuffs that you can find in the shopping section with the special discount :)
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: I did it my way

Hello beauties

in few cities near mine yesterday... Was snowing! Do you already know that, according to tradition, when you see the first snowflake you should express a desire? Prepare yourself :)

I like very much total black look, very basic but always so elegant, maybe break with softer colors tones. That's why I matched my new and beloved faux fur jacket by Manila Grace and the Sisley dress with smokey Prada bag, brown cuissardes rigorously with no heel and my embelisshed new Gazèl gloves.

In this time of the year I would love to be in Paris, that is like a second home for me, walking down Faubourg Saint-Honoré, having a hot tea with pastries at Angelina, taking a look at paintings near the Seine and finally having a dinner at the Latin Quarter. I love Paris all year long but next Chrismas the city really become poetics and with a fairytale atmosphere.

Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous

yours Carolyne O'

Enjoy every moment

Hello beauties
during cold days nothing is better than stay cozy at home, maybe bound in a warm nightgown with a hot cup of tea and a good book to read.
If you are like me, that after more 10 hours of work your sight is like Mr Magoo one, the right thing to do is bringing your best colorful glasses and put them on to relax eyes! My favourite come from the famous online shop Firmoo, the best place to puchase fashionable glasses and sunnies, you can see my other two pairs here and here.
I love colored and not small glasses and sunnies, I think that they are a way to complete an outfit, a sort of icing on the cake.
Do you know Firmoo? Don't you think they have pretty glasses?
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Eau de Beauté by Caudalie L'wren Scott limited edition

The beauty secrets are like chimera that every woman chases during her whole life. Some of them are ephemeral and useless but lot of them have their roots in ancient time where the care of the spirit and of the body were the most important things in life.
Egyptian were famous for their particular make-up, oil and cream while in Hungary Queen Isabella used a precious serum as youth elixir that allowed her to marry Poland king, more than 30 years younger than her.
In 1996, Mathilde Thomas, head and heart of Caudalie Paris, and dermatologist doctor Hertzog, who found in a book the original recipe of the elixir used by Queen Isabella, decided to give new life to the old formula and made it more current. So l'Eau de Beauté by Caudalie, inspired by a woman for women, became soon the beloved product of celebrities, designers and models who use it during day and night as make-up fixative and also to illuminate skin, to shrink pores and to refine lines.
The ingredients of this miraculous elixir are myrrh, rosemary essential oils, benzoino, lemon balm, peppermint, orange blossom, rose and grapes pulp so the result is a 99.4% natural beauty water.
For this year the famous ex-model and now designer L'wren Scott has created the new packaging of the bottle in limited edition, very essential and classy.
I tried it for long time and I can highly reccomend it to you because every time that I need to give a lashing of freshness and energy to my skin I vaporize it on my face and immediately skin is so relaxing, bright and soft at touch like the baby one.
I'm so happy to have found Eau de Beauté, it is the perfect ally for the wellness of my skin and of yours.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Ride like the wind

Hello lovelies
what happened when a glorious stylist as Christian Lacroix meets the party brand for excellence like Desigual? A particular and eye-catching collection takes life and the classic and eternal black and white combo has a new perspective with a modern touch given by the squared prints.
The coat and the dress seem like a unique garment, the print is continuing and this suit is very elegant but with a very innovative taste.
Christian Lacroix, with his essential talent, has created very sophisticated collections for the Spanish brand and I'm totally in love with them... I saw a preview of the Spring/Summer 2014 and believe me when I say that you'll appreciate every single cloth.
Felicia, the Onassis&Co bag, is became my new best friend and I can't separate myself from her precious leather and shape.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Sex, Fun & Love by Desigual

Hello beauties

how was your week-end going? Hope everything relaxing and happy.

Some of you already know that I have a big passion for fragrances and today I wanna write you about my latest addiction... The Desigual triptyque Sex, Fun & Love.

They come in a box similar to the take-away one and you open it... the experience begins and you are ready to take as yours the famous Desigual motto La Vida Es Chula!

The bottle is very hypnotic and psychedelic, with large colorful round circles that converge in the middle with the name of the fragrance that is the real essence. The top of the bottle is the real strong point of the package because is made with a patchwork fabric and realized in a particular way that allows to obtain every time a different cut so every bottle is unique.

"You don't emanate scent. You are in every air molecule. Hot, intense, provocative." studied by Daphne Bugey's nose, Sex is strong like red fruits mixed with rhubarb and soy, with hearts notes of tuberose, Sambac jasmine and grapefruit flowers and closed the fragrance note of woods, vanilla and musks.

"Here is the fragrance of happiness. Joyful, vital and soft." Fun was created by Christophe Raynaud, the Passion flower embraces notes of peony and violet with red blueberry, Nashi pear, white peach, sandal wood and Teak.

"Have anyone ever told you that you that you taste like a kiss? Juicy, sweet and tender." created by Fabrice Pellegrin, Love is a soft caress that immerses its roots in red blueberry and black currant, with heart notes of grapefruit, benzonio and orange-flower and as bottom notes praline, sandal and tonka fava bean.

My favourite one is Sex because I love intense and long lasting fragrance but I must say that all of them are very captivating and perfect for all seasons.

Did you ever smell them? Which is your favourite one?

Bisous

yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: You are gonna hear me Roar

Hello beauties
finally it's Friday and I'm more than happy that week-end is just around the corner because tomorrow I'll make an important shooting and can't wait to show you everything next week <3
Lot of you already know that I have a big passion for new designers who put all their effort and passion in what they do and for me is a big pleasure to introduce you to two of the most talented ones that we have here in Italy... Twisty Parallel Universe , a new view of a fragmented and variegated universe where the world explode and let half-view its own "I" overturned, and Giancarlo Petriglia, winner of Who is Next 2012 with his precious bags. I'm totally impressed by the pure design of the dress with dinosaurs and people and the perfection of the bag in every single detail.
A tribute to undisputed talents, to hystrionic genius and to the strenght of never giving up. 
Follow your dream.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Felicia

Hello beauties
with this cold weather the most beautiful thing is to stay cozy and warm, maybe watching an old black and white movie sipping some hot tea under a duvet.
But... we must work so the most important thing is to find some clothes or accessories that are like a cuddle for ourselves also outside home :)
I found my special ones with Onassis&Co Felicia bag, so sophisticated and versatile with exquisite materials, and the glam-rock coat by LEROCK, that is double-face and very precious.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

October My Beauty Box

Hello beauties
cold is finally here and now more than ever we must preserve our skin from the bad weather and we should treat ourselves with something good.
The October edition of My Beauty Box is all dedicated to the five senses, to positivity and to the wellness of the person.
I found five interesting products on the inside that I'm already testing and now I wanna write you something about them and my first impressions!

Nuxe Nuxellance Jeunesse: after years of researches on mitochondrion and mitochondrial DNA, Nuxe launched, with ten licenses, this extraordinary anti-age fluid cream with extracts of passion flower, poppy and alcanna, that repairs the mitochondrial DNA revealing skin youth and brightness. Recommended, after days of use my skin is more soft at touch and optically relaxed.
EuPhidra Fard All Over Linea Chromie: this fard is composed by 9 little inlays in a unique box and can be used on face and eyes, dry or wet. The final result is really bright, pearly and soft. Recommended, I love the delicate texture and the shades perfect for my rosy complexion.
GCUBE Total Green Hydra Mask: for delicate hair, this hydrating mask is composed by ingredients obtained from plants and aloe with no parabens. It leaves hair soft and fluffy.
PIRAM Hand cream: ideal for cold weather, this hand cream with honey is perfect for dry, wrinkled and chapped hand, giving them a silky and soft appearance.
E.L.F. Cosmetics Duo Eyeshadow: this duo eyeshadow can be used mixing the colors or individually, very intense and brilliant. Mine is gold and brown and I really like it.

Did you ever tried any of these products? Which is your favourite?
Bisous 
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Me.You. Us.

Hello beauties
the cold is finally arrived here and it's time to take out all the coats from the wardrobe!
As English ladies do, on Sunday I went with a friend of mine to have a hot tea with some sweets and I wore for the first time my two new favorites babes :)
I truly adore the cozy and so warm coat by Manila Grace, I like the faux fur details on the front side and the wool checked print on the backside because they make it very particular and special. And that bag... The glamorous Felicia by Onassis&Co ( you can see the Eternelle model here ) is a precious and elegant bag with the perfect and eternal shap, ideal to be used in every occasion from the most informal to the most important one. In this period a bag should be an investment, and Felicia is definetely one of them under all the points of view.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Mantù press day

Hello beauties
how was your week-end going? Hope everything fine and relaxing!
Few days ago I had the chance and the big pleasure to go to Mantù press day. Before enter I already know that the Spring/Summer collection 2014 was beyond beautiful... And so it was.
Dzemal Mahmutovic, Mantù designer, for the new collection took inspirations from walking down Mantova streets at dawn, being impressed by contrast between the historic monuments and the surreal atmosphere of the first morning hours. Mantova seemed, at his eyes, animated by colors dim by the soft haze.
The things that I adore the most about S/S collection are the superimposition of fabrics and the delicate transparency that create new volumes in the most feminine way. Elegance and simplicity are the keywords, that find another confirmation in the palette of colors chosen. Opaque colors and platinum mean the solemnity of the time that goes by, yellow, fuxia and turquoise that give a touch of freshness and the black, synonymous of elegance par excellence.
I really like the soft but well defined shapes, the silent and eternal elegance and the fascinating volumes that characterized new Mantù collection, Dzemal Mahmutovic was able to create a new woman that has her roots in the past, in that sophistication today forgotten, but who wants to be in line with the times in fashion sector... A job worthy of a great and real artist. I would define Mantù woman as iconic, precious and extremely refined.
During the press day, Mantù hosted the exhibition of talented Gianni Osgnach, auto-producer designer who realizes one-off designs and small repeat productions.
Proudly made in Italy.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Path of leaves

Hello beauties
Fall is my favourite season... I adore the warm colors all around, the sound of leaves under shoes and the rays of light that seem to caresse you.
Yesterday was one of those days that the only thing I'd like to do was a walk, surrounded by nature, with my mom chatting about soft and frivolous matters while the sun is kissing skin and the mellow wind is hugging us.
And for a moment of cuddle nothing is better than wearing my fave fluffly blouse by one of the most elegant Italian brand Gazèl and my brand new and precious Eternelle bag by Onassis&Co.
As I wrote you in July here and here, Onassis&Co is an Italian-French luxury brand that, under the guide of talented designer Cosmina Suciu, is ready-to-become the undisputed leader in accessories sector. 
I'm very thankful to have the chance to carry my Eternelle in my daily life, as a best friend, with its graceful shape and its exquisite leather, it's the thing that reminds me, admiring it, that I never give up on my dreams... And you should do the same.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Manila Grace press day

Hello beauties
I'm just coming back home from Milano from a breathtaking Louis Vuitton event with my gals Dania & Carola and I couldn't be more satisfied about it <3 Can't wait to write you more!
Few days ago I had the big pleasure to attend to one of the greatest press day... The one by Manila Grace and E_Gò Sonia De Nisco.
A triumph of vivid colors, fascinating and soft shapes, fresh prints and precious accessories were the main characteres of the Spring/Summer 2014 collection. 
The flawless little coats are my favourite pieces because they are very delicate, versatile and sophisticated but I also adore the structured booties in pvc and leather, the classy pointy pumps, the embellished and shiny pochette, the giant bag in soft and quiete shades and the colorful Oxford shoes, definetely one of the key stuff of the new S/S collection.
It's been ages that I love Manila Grace and I really would love to wear all these pieces right now, I love the high quality of the fabrics used and the huge attention in every single detail.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: That special someone

Hello beauties
how is your week going? Hope full of special and particular news :)
Yesterday I had a business lunch and for the occasion I wore my brand-new faux fur waist-coat simply matched with a white blouse, a pearl and gold bel, ankle pants and my hundstooth heels by & Other Stories, a shop that I love because is full of eye-catching stuffs. First time out for my best birthday present, the Prada bag <3
For a bussiness meeting I think that the best thing to do is choosing a simple but chic look, not too exagerate but not too banal and "anonymous", what about you?
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Avenue Pr press day

Hello beauties
another breathtaking press day that I had the pleasure to go to was the Avenue Pr one.
Full of new talented designers such as  Giancarlo Petriglia, Nahoor, K-Way, DROMe, Superga, Twisty Parallel Universe, Carla Perretti, Grevi, Raparo, Aimo Richly, Virgina Von Zu Furstenberg  and glasses giant Luxottica Group, in this loft, with a charismatic interior design, I clearly breath a deep Fashion air with F Capital letter, very fascinating and passionate.
I'm so impressed by the detailed and precious bags created by Giancarlo Petriglia, winner of Who is on Next 2012, that are the real main characters of any outifts, by the vibrant, poetical and sometimes romantic leather used by DROMe and by histrionic, visionary and a pop of past melted with future of Twisty Parallel Universe.
As I told you several times, today new designers will be the big names of tomorrow and they need all our support because it's easy to invest in famous brands but I think it's more beautiful to show some love to these guys who put all their passion, effort and love in their stuffs.
Believe and help new designers.
Thank you so much Stefano to be so kind and sweet with me and for your helpful and interesting descriptions!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Look of the day: Cirque du soleil

Hello beauties
how was your week-end going? Hope everything was good, I enjoyed four days of vacations and now I'm ready for the week ahead :)
One of the greatest trips of my life was in New York City and one of the best memories I have about this city is when I watched a performance by Cirque du Soleil, these guys are so talented and artistic that I stayed all time with mouth opened like children!
So when I first saw this dress by Desigual inspired by Cirque du Soleil collection I really fell in love with it because it reminds me my time spent in that theatre and it gave me an immediate state of happiness.
I love how detailed and precious is the portrait of one of the perfomer, it seems so real.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'

Gas Jeans press day

Hello beauty
how did you spend your Halloween? More trick or treat?
Another press day that I have had the pleasure to attend was the Gas Jeans one, dedicated to Spring/Summer 2014.
The main theme of this collection was the sea, that can be seen through every single garment. Nautical suits, sporty and glamorous clothes inspired by boat and cruise life and also with a vintage taste that takes inspiration from dock workers uniforms never forgetting the tranquillity of beach days.
The palette of colors is composed by red, white and blue navy with seaside prints, such as knots, stripes and sea animals, obviously lot of denim, and the final effects are very technical or "experienced".
A fresh and comfortable collection perfect to live Summer days with fashion, elegance and a pop of fun.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'