Saturday, May 26, 2012

Xtabay Prom Dresses Come To LIfe


Vanisha wearing her 1950's Xtabay prom gown this April 2012
Robin looking like a Renior painting in a 40's Patullo Jo-Copeland tiered evening gown from Xtabay for prom.

I love how she styled it and can you believe how fabulous that necklace is?!!!

Kaylon looks so beautiful in her Xtabay yellow rose late 50's prom dress. 


Shannon and her handsome date look adorable in the 50's red scalloped hem prom dress.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing one of our dresses come to life on someone. Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful pictures from prom this year! You all look fabulous!
If you have a picture of yourself in an Xtabay dress please send them to me, I would love to share them with everyone.




Long Hairstyles 2012.

The start of 2012 will carry numerous hairstyles that may make the wearer look gorgeous. Lengthy hairstyles 2012 are for many who wish to get rid of their brief and boring hairstyles and want to get a brand new look with a brand new hair length. Bright and recent doubled toned colours to the hairstyles improve the fantastic thing about the hairstyle. Long hairstyles 2012 can also be highlighted and blended with the nice mixture of colors.

long hairstyles 2012

If you have lengthy and wavy hair kind then it’s good to get a superb haircut. However the principle problem with long and curly hair is that they’re tough to maintain. One of the best haircut for long hairstyles 2012 is to get a layered haircut that and make it easier to to transform the curls by making them bouncy from start to end. When you have straight hair type and need to get lengthy hairstyles 2012 then get multi layered haircut so that the straight hair can be balanced. Moreover, multi layered long hairstyles 2012 will also take away further weight from the hair to be able to handle the hairstyle easily. But you need to make sure that hair is neither lower too quick nor too long. It is a higher thought to give the bowl form at the crown so as to add bounce to the hairstyle.

long hairstyles 2012

Long hairstyles can work properly for straight, wavy and curly hairstyles. If your face is slender or lengthy then lengthy locks with bouncy hairstyles. The perfect coiffure for informal wear might be made with ponytails. It is without doubt one of the most popular hairstyles that suit the lengthy hair lengths. There’s quite a lot of ponytails. You may attempt wearing a number of ponytail type that consists of three ponytails. After you will have mastered the three ponytails coiffure you’ll be able to easily create it inside minutes. To create this coiffure you’ll be able to wash your hair so that ponytail can look great. Other than ponytails, you may as well create braids and knots.

Long Staright Hairstyles 2012

Tender long curls additionally elongate the look of a spherical face. The famous movie star Catherine Zeta Jones additionally loves to put on curls at bottom across the neck to elongate her round face. Kara Tointon has slenderized the appearance of her spherical formed face by sporting beautifully layered long hair to shoulder length together with a facet part and mushy curls on the tips of the hair.

Hairstyles 2012


Keeping your hair off the forehead will make your face look longer. A simple smooth ponytail compliments round face very well. To look trendier, gather all the hair on the crown into a ponytail at your nape after which roll the hair at the front upwards right into a puff to slenderize your spherical facial look. The ponytail will also be twisted right into a bun to get a brand new look.

To create an ideal braid you need to just be sure you have brushed your hair and there aren’t any tangles. Then pick up the hair from the crown space and separate them into sections. It should be ensured that the three sections are even. Twist the sections one over another to make a braid. You can even go away a number of strands of hair to float freely. Long hairstyles 2012 usually are not only designed for girls but additionally for men. There are numerous hairstyles for men that may be made with lengthy hair lengths. They’ll use different styling products similar to gel, wax, mousse and hair spray to maintain the coiffure in place. They’ll even get the straight look by straightening the hair with a flat iron. Men can even make braids and ponytails.
Read More : http://www.erafashionstyle.com/211/long-hairstyles-2012.html

Korean Fashion Style

Listed below are Latest Korean fashion trends for women 2012, Korea is among the area together with distinctive, on a regular basis and in addition sweet fashion ranging from hair-styles approximately developments within dressing. as a result sample type inside south Korea teenagers style has all the time been since references in the world.
Korean fashion 2012

Mandarin Chinese girls clothes designs are related to have the ability to gentle womanly always been the craze coming from yr upon 12 months and also curiosity ladies. Younger adults may have fallen crazy about other types of latest Korean, Korean nation most likely be a fashion leader for that world of fashion. Cute clothes that make the teenagers instantly loved.

Korean Fashion Design for Girls
Korean fashion design for girls


Type of Korean kind is actually a much more restricted 1. They will actually discover it arduous to move out using their particular person boundaries and current all the world with one thing totally new and unique. Korean fabrics are perfect and they’re ample to provide extra fabric parts a troublesome battle. Korean folks have fashionable model historic past. They like to have the ability to precept along with traditional designs between trendy fashion lovers.
Fashion on-line creative designers take effort and time workers. There isn’t any scope of any sort relating to entice holes inside the type of layout they could be showing the planet. It’s only that they’re not so much all in favor of making an attempt out how outdated they’re outdated genuine trend. They adore how they are going to always be. They dislike splitting tips and in addition that is the factor that Korean fashion 2012 is concentrated on.

Friday, May 25, 2012

My Date With Ruven Afanador

Posing with Gabe for Ruven Afanador in my 50's Suzy Perette dress .


Heidi, Diane and Margot watch the action in Xtabay dresses....
The stylists see how many hats they can pile on Olga's head...

Ruven directs the scene while Gabe begs for treats...
Gabe and Ruven: BFF's....

Serious hair tower. 



 What an exciting week at Xtabay. Tuesday evening I got an email from Conde Nast Traveller magazine saying they were coming on Thursday to do a feature on Portland, Oregon and wanted to photograph Xtabay.  As if that wasn't thrilling enough they told me the photographer was Ruven Afanador and he wanted me to wear something BOLD... I immediately googled Ruven and became a tad bit intimidated when I clicked on his website and saw photographs he'd taken of Heidi Klum.

I tore apart my closet searching for something bold and settled on a late 50's black and gold brocade cocktail dress by Suzy Perette. I called my friend Laura who owns Bliss Salon and Day Spa and arranged for her to handle my hair and make-up. Fortunately, when Ruven and his entourage ( a good 15 people!) arrived they were happy with the look we'd created--however, Ruven wanted BIG hair and turned my elegant little chignon into a towering inferno of blond madness. You know what they say....the higher the hair, the closer to God.

Jeff (my forever Fiance') was on hand and took a few shots with his iPhone to capture the excitement. Gabe as usual stole the show and won over Ruven's heart. The crew had a model on hand and dressed her up in the yellow fur kimenetta coat, a long Givenchy maxi dress and about 12 hats...
My ladies helped out and looked beautiful in Xtabay dresses. It was kind of the best day ever...

 Xtabay will appear in the September issue of Conde' Nast Traveller. Maybe it's not quite as fabulous as being in the September issue of Vogue but it's pretty darn close!

Thanks for looking!




TwistedSista Giveaway! 3 Lucky Winners



TwistedSista is hosting a giveaway on the Naturally Beautiful Hair Blog, and there will be 3 lucky Winners!!  The giveaway is for their Leave-In Conditioner and their 30 Second Curl Spray.  Here is more about these two products: 

Once hair is conditioned and damp, spray new TwistedSista Leave-In Conditioner to calm and control your troublesome ends. With a hard-bristle brush, brush the lower section of your hair forward and the sides of your hair to your desired angle, whether it be toward the left or the right, until you have a curly bouffant at the very top of your head.

Secure hair and any loose strands with bobby pins and hair bungee. Spray Twisted Sista 30 Second Curl Spray to give your curly bouffant a boost! Smooth over the lower section of your hair with Twisted Sista Different Strokes Serum to eliminate any frizz.

To enter the giveaway, follow these three steps:
  • Go to TwistedSista on Facebook and like their page.
  • Reply to this post telling us that you want to enter the contest.
  • Follow this Blog by going to the right hand corner of this page and press 'Join this Site' under the Friends section, to follow. 
The contest ends in two weeks on June 8th at 10 pm. Good luck and happy styling!!

TwistedSista's Styling Creams

TwistedSista has some great products for those of you who like to occasionally blow dry your hair out. Two of their styling creams are the nuNAAT Karité Special Thermo-Active Pre-Styling Crèmeand Twisted Sista Straightening Blow Dry Cream. My curly haired friend Alicia loves the blow dry cream. She commented saying that when she and her daughter used the cream to blow dry their hair, it was so easy to use and that they were able to achieve the style they wanted very quicky and without hassle. To learn more about TwistedSista, you can also check them out on Facebook.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Gorgeous!


New doll available at Natural Girls United! - natural hair inspired dolls website.