A Typical Fall Outfit

Good Morning y'all

Welcome back, so today's blog is a typical outfit of the day for me when it comes to fall. You all know how much I love my jeans, so nothing has changed there. And like I've said before you can totally dress up or dress down an outfit with your accessories. 

For today's look I decided to wear my beautiful inexpensive boots from Wal-Mart. Yes y'all!!! I said Wal-Mart. Not everything has to be expensive to look chic. I believe in high low. A few high end pieces, and a few low end pieces. If you can afford higher end products, by all means rock them. But you don't have to be decked out in super duper expensive outfits to look amazing.

...alrighty, let's get started.

                 

              

              

So, with the chilling temperatures we've been having here, you definitely want to make sure you have a comfy coat. Mine is from Guess but, I did not pay full price for it. I bought mine from the Guess outlet. If y'all have outlets near you, you should definitely give them a try because you can find great and affordable pieces. 

                       

                       
 

My top is dolman style from Target. I really like wearing this style of top because they're a little flared and flowy that allows you to feel comfortable and not all sucked in. My jeans are from Express, as per usual. This is the skinny legging style, perfect for tucking them inside the boots. On this day I was at the park with my daughter so I needed a pair of sunglasses, mine are from Ray-Ban. If y'all follow my YouTube channel then you know how obsessed I am about spf and protecting your skin, specifically when you're outdoors. I highly recommend a good pair of sunglasses that protects your eyes from uva's and uvb's. And of course if you're a little vain like myself, slow down the crows feet process. Bahaha!!!

            

            

My watch is Michael Kors and the bracelet is from Cookie Lee.

             

The necklace is from Etsy, it's called the Kameli necklace. I've featured most of these products in my YouTube channel. If you want to get a better feel on these products feel free to head on over there. http://www.youtube.com/makeupbymarcelar

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Black leather pants

Hey y'all, and happy Friday!!!

So about a week or so ago my husband and I had date night. We hadn't had date night in a really long time so I was super stoked. I remember asking him what should I wear because I knew he was taking me out to dinner, I just didn't know what restaurant. He said whatever you wear just don't dress like a grandma... Haha!!! Y'all  know my fashion, it's usually a pair of jeans, flats, and cute accessories, so I guess that's grandma-ish (for him). I personally don't think I dress like a grandma. I guess what he meant to say is wear something sexy. 

Anyway, I wanted to dress up and look sexy and fierce for myself as well because these date nights are few and very far in between. I knew I didn't want to wear a tight fitting dress because I am a foodie and when I over eat my belly blows up like a balloon....bwahaha. Which by the way, I'm so glad I didn't because we went to Brasa. If y'all are not familiar with Brasa, it's a Brasilian restaurant where it's kind of like buffet style and tons of meat. Which can only mean... I over ate. 

I chose this outfit for the occasion. 

If you follow my videos on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/makeupbymarcelar then you've seen my jacket and pants in my fall essentials video.

The jacket is from Wilson's Leather, the pants are from H&M, my top is from Forever21 and my shoes are from Baker's.

This outfit is so fierce and bad ass I felt young and fearless with it. Not to mention, my husband loved it. So it was a win win for me. I believe everyone no matter the age should own a pair of black leather pants and a leather jacket. Trust me, it will change the way you feel about yourself when you're wearing it.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Maxi Dress

Happy Hump Day!!!

I wanted to finish off the summer with a beautiful maxi dress I picked up in my recent trip to Miami.  Apparently when I was in Miami I was in a black and white kick. I noticed when I got home 95% of the clothes I picked up were black and white.
 
Maxi dresses are so easy breezy, no non sense, casual, but elegant all in one. What I love most about this dress is the high low cut and the neck line. You can also cinch it at the waist, providing the illusion of a smaller waist. Maxi dresses are a great investment for your wardrobe. This dress can go from spring to summer to fall by simply changing your shoes, and/or adding a blazer. For today's look I paired it with a beautiful pair of Vince Camuto sandals. I featured them in my August favorites video. If you're interested in seeing that video I will leave a link below.

 

Another easy breezy factor to this look is my handbag. I styled it with a cross body Coach handbag I picked up at the Orlando outlet. I love large handbags, nobody loves a large handbag more than I do. The larger the better is my motto. But when it comes to comfortability, this is it for me.

        

                                            

What's on my face?
 -Yves Saint Laurent Fusion Ink foundation.
 - It Cosmetics bye bye under eye corrector
 -Maybelline instant age rewind concealer
 -Guerlain Terracotta bronzer
 -MAC fleur power blush
 -BECCA shimmering skin perfector in Opal (liquid)
 -Too Faced pink leopard blushing bronzer
What's on my eyes?
 -Nars duo in alhambra
 -Nars duo in key largo
 -Nars duo in kuala lumpur
 -Dior maximizer lash base
 -Loreal voluminous mascara
 -Anastasia Beverly Hills brow whiz in soft brown
What's on my lips?
 -MAC lip liner in subculture
 -YSL rouge pur courture lipstick in #6 rouge bergamasque
 -Nars lip gloss in turkish delight       

In case you missed my most recent video click here.

 

August Favorites video, click here.

                                     

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡                      

Peplum and Cheetah print

Do y'all know what day it is? It's Hump Day!!! (camel voice)

So this last weekend the kids and I accompanied my husband to an event they were hosting at his job.  The day was spent in bouncy houses, slides, and great performances. It was extremely hot so maybe jeans was not the best attire, but y'all know me...I can't go without them. For me, jeans are super comfortable and stylish; and once you find the perfect brand, and fit that fits you best, you simply just can't put them down.

The jeans that fit me the best are from Express. I believe I've expressed (no pun intended) this to y'all before. They simply fit the best for my body frame. And the fact that they cater for S (short), R (regular), and l (long), it's a bonus. Most of the times I buy them short because I'm most comfortable in flats, but I have a few that are regular and I can wear them with heels. I've never ventured into the long's because I'm 5'2 and they are definitely too long.

I promise you, go to the mall, try on as many different pair of jeans from different brands, and eventually you will find a brand that works with your body frame. And once you do, you will not put them down.

...Anyway, on with the outfit of the day.

I love peplum tops, they accentuate your curves by hugging your waist and flaring out. In case you're wondering, mine is from Forever21. And I know you're probably thinking, what's a grown woman doing shopping at a teeny bopper store. To each it's own. I can find some great stuff at an affordable  price.

My jeans are the barely boot, low rise from express.

These ballet style flats are from Michael Kors. The style is Fulton Moc. They are lightly padded with a rubber sole making them super comfortable. I purchased mine from Belk, but I'm sure if you just google the style you can find them wherever Michael Kors is sold.

I kept my hair and makeup pretty simple. Since it was an outdoor event I made sure my hair was up and out my face, with very minimal makeup. Not sure what the technical name of this braid is, but it's a french braid that I pulled to the side. Let me know if y'all want to see a tutorial on this braid in my youtube channel. For foundation I'm wearing the tarte amazonian clay 12 hour full coverage foundation, which came in really handy with the hot weather we had this weekend. As a blusher I used MAC cosmetics peaches. Peaches is a beautiful subtle sheertone blush, and it's perfection in the summer. I kept the eyes very simple with MAC's coral eyeshadow (pro) on the crease, and mythology on the lid. I finished the eyes with a little bit of mascara, and Anastasia beverly hills brow wiz in caramel. On my lips I'm wearing a light creamy peachy lipstick by MAC called razzledazzler and I topped it off with a limited edition lipgloss also by MAC called orange tempera.

top: Forver21 similar

jeans: express

shoes: Michael Kors Fulton Moc

belt: Target

watch: MK5276

I hope you enjoyed today's outfit of the day.

In case you missed my most recent video click here.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡  

Outfit Of The Day (Husband's Birthday)

Hey y'all and happy hump day!!!

Jeans for any occassion

Today's blog which is an outfit of the day is what I wore for my husband's birthday. It was last Sunday, so basically it's what I wore to church. This outfit didn't make it all through the night because we went to a baseball game later that evening, and I was most definitely not going to wear this to the stadium. If y'all know me and my style then y'all know that I am most comfortable in jeans. Jeans are my most go to pieces in my closet because they are just so versatile. The best thing about wearing jeans is that you can easily dress them up or down by simply changing your shoes, and/or your top.

top: PX (two years ago)

blazer:  Forever 21 (similar)

jeans: express

shoes: Aldo (similar)

For foundation I am wearing the new YSL Fusion Ink Foundation in BD45 Warm Bisque. Which by the way I am loving and will have a review on it on my youtube channel real soon. For blush I wanted something more orange, so I went with Tarte's blush in captivating. On my eyes I'm using the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette, y'all know me, neutral's all the way!!!. To finish the look I used wet n wild just peachy lipstick topped with pink lemonade lipglass by MAC.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Outfit Of The Day (Black and White)

So this weekend Sephora was having a VIB closed door event, I was super excited in attending since this would be my first time participating in such event.

This outfit I put together was inspired by the event. I also did a black and white manicure inspired by Sephora, if you're interested head on over to my instagram makeupbymarcelarivera. There's a direct link in the homepage.

       

While in Miami visiting family, I did major shopping. My husband, sister and I went to Dolphin Mall and we perused the stores for 6 hours. I'm not even kidding y'all. If you're not familiar with Dolphin Mall, it's like a BIG indoor outlet mall. There's also many restaurants to choose from so you can fuel up and continue spending your hard earned money, which we did.   

Long story short, this simple but very beautiful shirt was found in one of the Marshall's Home Goods aisle. That's the only downfall from shopping at stores like Marshall's, TJ MAXX, or Ross. These types of stores are not all that organized, but if you're not in a rush and have the time to really walk the store you can find some great stuff, at very cheap and affordable prices. Hence, this shirt was only $8.98. I love the style of this shirt because it emphasizes your waist, and the vertical lines give the illusion of a longer torso. Which we all know at 5'2, I am very short, with a very short torso.

The white jeans are from Express. They are the stella low rise ankle legging. Not sure why a mother of two young'ins would purchase white jeans, but I managed to keep them clean and white for the rest of the day.

Later that day (after the Sephora event), we took the kids to the movies to watch Planes: Fire and Rescue. Which by the way, was a really good movie. I am always cold inside the movie theater's, so I decided to bring my leather jacket with me. Even if I didn't use it, I'm sure one of my little one's would be asking me for it.

This style is the peplum style jacket so it's very forgiving, (if you know what I mean). The brand is black rivet, and you can find something similar here.

necklace: Body Central

My makeup was very basic. For foundation I used the Lancome Teint Visionnaire skin correcting makeup duo in the shade 250 Bisque W. For a little bit of color on my cheeks I used Tarte's Amazonian Clay 12 hour blush in Captivating. A gorgeous warm peach color that I feel goes great with my warm complexion. I added a little bit of a highlight on the tops of my cheekbones with Dior's Amber Diamond.  On my eyes I used the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette. The darker colors on the outer V and crease, and the lighter colors on the brown bone, and lid. To finish off the look I used Yves Saint Laurent rouge volupte lipstick in #1 Silky Sensual, and topped it off with Yves Saint Laurent gloss volupte in #20 Nude Carat.

And that completes my look y'all. What do you think? I used a lot of high low pieces so the outfit is very affordable.

I  hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

In case you missed my most recent video click here.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Family Day Outfit and Makeup

Happy Hump Day!!!

Hey y'all, I hope you're having an awesome week and have an even awesomer (just made up my own word) rest of the week.

... Even though I'm a stay at home mom and I don't have to go out into the work force I still look forward to the weekend because I know it's always family time spending it out doors with my husband and the kids. Last Saturday my husband had family day for work and we had a fun time getting some good ole vitamin D and eating lots of great food.

...So today I decided to show y'all what I wore for the family day event.

I wanted to keep it really basic by throwing on some jeans (as per usual) but dressing it up a bit with these beautiful wedges.

 

I love these shoes, they have just the right amount of height, and feel super comfortable.

Pool Party by China Glaze

Flip Flop Fantasy by China Glaze

 

The day before the family day event I had purchased the Too Faced chocolate bar palette so it was only obvious that was the palette I was going to be using.

 

On my lids I'm wearing Creme Brulee and on the outer V Cherry Cordial.  Because it was a little hot  I wanted to make sure my foundation was long lasting, as well as oil controlling. The obvious choice was the Hourglass Immaculate Liquid Powder Foundation. This foundation is the bomb dot com, it is very mattifying without looking cakey and super long lasting. On my lips I'm wearing Avon glimmer stick lip liner with MAC Fleur D Coral lipstick and Dior dior addict fluid stick in #239 Frisson.

top: Body Central (last year)

jeans: Express

shoes: Target

makeup: Sephora 

In case you missed my most recent video click here

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Peace☮ and Love♥

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Spring Inspired Outfit Of The Day

Good Morning Beauties!!!

Well this morning is a bit cloudy and the complete opposite of the weather we had this weekend. We had a beautiful 70 degrees, sun out, flowers blooming, BBQ-ing kind of weekend. It wasn't too cold, or too warm, it was the most beautiful weather we've had here in a very long time. I decided to do this easy breezy look for the occasion.

                                           

I did a little bit of coloring blocking by pairing a simple 3/4 sleeve coral shirt with a yellow infinity scarf (both are from wal-mart).  You don't have to break the bank to be fashionable. A pair of jeans (as per usual), and black sandals. I finally busted out my yellow Dooney and Bourke handbag, which doesn't get much love from me, and pairs perfectly with my scarf.

....and voila, the look is complete.

top: Wal-Mart

scarf: Wal-Mart

jeans: Express

shoes: Target

handbag: Dooney and Bourke

sunglasses: Ray Ban

watch: Relic

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed rest of the week.

In case you missed my most recent video

Peace and Love

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡

Super Easy But Yet Fabulous

Hello and Happy Hump Day Everyone!

I know it's been over a month since I was here but I've just been so busy, either way no excuses. I will try to be as active as I am in my youtube channel with my blog posts. Anyway, since it's been a while I wanted to come back with a simple outfit idea. Express has been having an awesome sale lately, as they are trying to push out all their fall and winter inventory. Most of their shirts that were 70% discounted had a 30% discount on top. I bought several shirts that were originally $60 for about $15 (great deal).

As you all may know I love jeans, 9 out of 10 times I will be wearing jeans and dressing my look up with either my accessories or really cute shoes. If you apply with Express to receive emails and texts they will constantly be sending you ways to save while shopping. Of course, this is how they lure you in. You get crazy savings but you're constantly coming back for more. For example, y'all know their jeans are very pricey, (good quality) in my opinion, but none the less pricey. I was able to pick up 2 pairs of jeans for the price of 1. Another great deal if you ask me.

...Let's get on with the look

                 

          

A basic pair of skinny jeans, dressed up with a cute long sleeve shirt, a nice pair of booties, a big chunky necklace and your look is complete.

Super easy and fun look, nothing too hard or too complicated but you still look fierce and fabulous.

top: Express

jeans: Express

shoes: PX (post exchange)

necklace: Body Central

bracelet: pandora

watch: MK5276

Hope you have a wonderful and blessed rest of the week.

In case you missed my most recent video

As always, peace and love

         xoxo, ♡Marcela♡                                                      

February Favorites Outfit

Good Morning Beauties!!!

Today's fotd, and ootd is what I wore for my February Favorites video uploaded on my youtube channel. In case you're interested in checking that out I will leave the link down below.
                                     

                                                                                                              

 FACE

MAC Studio Fix Fluid NW20 and NW22

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Honey

MAC Sunbasque blush

LORAC pro to go bronzer

THE BALM Mary Loumanizer

MAC Lightsweep pro powder under the eyes

NARS Beach powder

EYES

MAC Soft Ochre pp

NARS NARSissist eyeshadow palette

Mekong e/s (lid)

Fez e/s (over Mekong)

Ashes to Ashes e/s (crease)

All About Eve e/s (brow bone)

Bellissima e/s (inner corner)

REVLON Colorstay eyeliner

BENEFIT they're real mascara and CLAIRE'S falsies

ANASTASIA duo eyeshadow powder in Caramel

ANASTASIA brow gel in Brunette

LIPS

MAYBELLINE nude line in Blushing Beige

MARY KAY lipgloss in Pink Parfait

BLOUSE: RUE 21
TIGHTS: PX (post exchange)

BANGLES: MARY KAY (they're my sis)

BOOTS: FOREVER 21

In case you missed my video!!!

As always...Peace and Love

Have a blessed day

xoxo, ♡Marcela♡