Friday, August 30, 2013
Zone perfect bar: Greek Yogurt Vanilla Berry
I will be doing a review on a free sample I got from a great site called Influenster. Influenster hands out 100% free, what they call vox boxes, full of samples for people to test out. Each moth a vox box has a theme and the one I have received this past week is the Good vox box. It's filled with healthy snacks, diet pills and great other products. But I will be focusing on the Zone perfect nutritional bar the flavor is greek yogurt vanilla berry.
I am a yogurt, let alone Greek yogurt fan. So I was excited to try these as I have never heard of them. I do like vanilla but was never a fan of berry but I always give everything a chance. A little about the bar. It's only 180 calories and that works for me because I often count calories to stay in a healthy lifestyle, it is made with Greek yogurt, 12g of protein and 3G of fiber. This bar is something that I would use for an in between snack maybe not everyday because you don't want to get burned out on it after a while. But they do have three other flavors, chocolate and raspberry. I'm not a huge fan of chocolate but I would try the chocolate one next rather than the raspberry bar.
So lets get done to it. The bar for me is not something I can personally get down easy. Like many bars I've tried and tried to eat it hasn't done it, flavors wise, for me. The berry flavor saves the taste a little bit. It's sweet so it can help if someone has that sweet tooth but it may seem slightly tangy from the sweetness of the berries afterwards, but I don't know if the Greek yogurt should be put into a bar form, it leaves me with a taste of chalk in my mouth after you get the bar down. That just might be a deal breaker for me. It even doesn't have as much yogurt on it as the picture does and to some that's a big deal. I think having the yogurt like you see may help with the taste but it might make it worse being chalky tasting. So my verdict I'm not 100% in love with this zone perfect bar but I'm willing to try another flavor. Check out zone perfect bars for yourself at their website at http://zoneperfect.com/ shoot them a like on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ZonePerfect
Come join the crowd and be an influenster check out influenster.com or shoot me your email and I can send you and invite.
I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.
Krista
Monday, June 10, 2013
Handmade fashions ship nationwide-Krista Marie Designs
Krista Marie Designs is my at home business that I created in 2011. Although designing and the fashion world was in my blood years before that. At Krista Marie Designs you will find all items handmade, customized or upcycled all from myself. My product consists of jewelry, clothing and many more accessories for women and just recently I added a girls corner.
I will continue to grow learning new things and interacting with all you new customers.
I take pride in the items I make and I enjoy making custom items for any customer. Currently I only ship nationwide but soon I hope to expand to other places. Since officially starting my business in 2011 I'm happy with how far I have come and looking forward to where it will take me. As well as going to school for fashion design I hope to go much farther.
I've self taught myself majority of the work that I do with help from books and a lot of help from my mother in the sewing field. She's been sewing since 9 and I grew up watching her make my siblings and I clothing.
So I welcome all of the new followers/customers and thank you to all the ones who have supported me and been great loyal customers. I do this for you and my love for fashion. Here are some of my designs.
TO SEE FULL ONLINE SHOP GO TO http://kmdesigns.storenvy.com ( copy and paste in browser if needed)
Handmade fabric flower with Swarovskk crystals shop at http://kmdesigns.storenvy.com
Toddler purple and pink tulle with designer print ribbon shop at http://kmdesigns.storenvy.com
Individual hand stamped "Glam Girl" bracelet shop at http://kmdesigns.storenvy.com
For orders either shop online or contact me by email at kmdesigns217@live.com
Have an instagram? New items usually are posted there first. @kmdesigns217
Facebook fanatics I'm defiantly there too- http://Facebook.com/kmdesigns217
So plenty of ways to contact me and stay in touch, I'm here for styling needs, fashion advice and tips and for shopping for handmade one of a kind items for women and girls.
Krista
Shop- http://kmdesigns.storenvy.com
Styling- http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese
Instagram- @kmdesigns217
Monday, June 3, 2013
Pull off color blocking & defining your waist
I'd like to thank everyone for participating and discussing the blog posts I had about finding your right body shape. I'm also very happy with the feedback I got from ladies who found it inspiring and helpful and have tried out some of the tips I gave, it makes me feels great that I touched at least one person out there.
Well for this blog I will be teaming up with Josie from a fanpage on facebook called OMF- Open Mind Fashion. Give her a like and tell her I sent you http://Facebook.com/openmindfashion (copy and paste if needed)
OMF is a fanpage all about fashion talk. A place for us girls to see what's new, what's in and learn something from one another. Well I'm teaming up with her to give you ladies more ways to work with color blocking and defining your waist line. This was the topic in the apple shape blog, wearing clothing that separates your body by either color blocking or wearing a waist belt not only gives you a defined waist line that the apple shape does not naturally show but it will make you look more slim and in some cases taller.
Josie took the time to get some great dresses from Piperlime that I agree, would be great to color block your waist and give you that slimming look.
This dress is my top favorite simply because it defines the waist in a great way while color blocking. The two green color blocks makes the human eye go inward and then it makes the eye to look up and down. This is great because if the eye goes side to side the outfit will most likely make you appear bigger. The placement of the color is great, the blue is on the bottom to cover your tummy and hips if that's a big area for you and the green is slightly lighter and points at your natural waistline in which you want to emphasize. The white is the lightest because as in every body shape you want your bust to not be hidden and white brings the entire dress together.
Stripes are normally said to be a no no on well most of women but this dress actually can do some good mainly because of the stripes, how they are placed and the color of them. Black and white are two great colors to color block with because the black can disguise the parts of your body that need to be slim and the white will bring attention to the parts that need be. I like how the main point is the center, waist line, of this dress.As you can see as the dress gets to the center the black lines get thicker and that effect is what gives you the defined waistline in this dress because then as the lines go all the way up then down the white lines get bigger drawing the eye to your legs and to your face and away from people looking at your side to side but again up and down which could make you look slimmer and taller. So a good plus about lines they need to be thicker around the waist and smaller towards the legs and bust and darker color stripes with a lighter color will give you that defined waist line and lose that fear of stripes.
This dress color blocks with a waist line color of black to show where the natural waistline is and the black on the sides will hide the hips. The accent red on the bottom of the dress will give you a long look. Now the V neck cut of the neckline is great to accent with an embelished necklace that will bring the human eye to look up at you because it's better to have someone looking up and down your silhouette compared to sideways which will mak you look bigger. A knee length dress or skirt is perfect because its more complimentary to any body shape.
Give a big thanks to Josie at Open Mind Fashion (OMP) and be sure to check out their fanpage on everything fashion. http://Facebook.com/openmindfashion
These are some pointers for defining your waistline and looks that will make you look long and slim.
Krista
Keaton Row online stylist
Http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese
Fanpage
Http://Facebook.com/stylistkristareese
Sunday, May 26, 2013
How to properly measure you body
Trying on clothing can be a pain especially with clothes fitting differently at every other store that you go to. So in this post ill give you some advice on how to properly measure your body. It's good to know your measurements because then you will have a better idea of what your whole body measures at so then t can be easier knowing what sizes to stay between.
What you will need:
Tape measure
A friend to measure you
Pencil
Paper
Tight fitting clothes that won't add bulk, I usually wear a fitted tank top and shorts or a swimsuit.
In the picture below is where you want to measure. You have your bust, natural waistline, hips and inseam.
When measuring the bust you'll take both arms and lift them straight out to your sides at shoulder height, like a kid playing airplane. Then your friend will take the tape measure and wrap it around the fullest part of your bust. Then you will lower your arms and just breath normally; don't poke your chest out and stand up straight. Write down your bust measurement and move to the waist.
Your natural waist line is normally slightly above your belly button. The easiest way to find that is place your hands on our hips and bend sideways, keep your hips parallel to the floor. Keep your legs straight and stand up tall. When you bend your friend should see the crease in your sides. This is your natural waist line and should measure here with the tape measure. Arms should be down at your sides ,continue to write this measurement down.
Now measuring your hips, this should be again at the fullest part of the bottom half of your body. Wrap the tape measure around with hands at your side and write your measurement down.
Your full body measurements should read like this for example- 34-27-39.
The inseam is simply the length of your legs and this comes in handy to know if you need short, regular or long pants. I have a 33 inch inseam so I normally need long pants but it also depends on your preference and the designer who made the pants. Some brands that are long they make their pants for the extreme long inseam and then I'll have to get regular.
There are two ways to get your inseam- spread your legs shoulder width apart and as shown in the picture above go from the inside of your leg and go down to where your ankle stops. This is the inseam of your legs and best fitting length of pants. Now if you don't have someone to measure this for you, what I have done before is take a pair of pants that you love the length of and measure them the exact same way. Lay them flat on the floor and from one of the inside legs start at the crotch of the pants and measure down to the bottom leg, hem of the pants.
That's pretty simple : ) now you have your body measurements to go off of when you need fitted for clothing and if you're into it it's something to keep track of if your starting to loose weight and want to see physical body changes.
At Keaton Row and me as a stylist I offer to help women find their measurements as well as finding their body shape; apple, pear, hourglass or straight. If you need a personal stylist for any reason or any occasion see me at this site. Http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese You may have to copy and paste the link.
I hope this was informative for all you ladies, any question just comment bellow.
Krista
Keaton Row fashion stylist
Http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese
Fanpage
Http://Facebook.com/stylistkristareese
Thursday, May 23, 2013
At the beach or the pool get these looks.
This summer should be full of sun, fun and well fashion of course. So of course I made up a lookbook for this summer fun. Who says you can't be fashionable when your out swimming, well or just laying out looking cute which us girls do pretty well.
Some small tips for summer beach or poolside fashion. Make sure to wear your sunblock of course everyone likes a nice tan but be smart about when too much sun is enough. Also accessories can be worn out but don't over do it, sometimes a big bulky necklace can take fun from being out, as I've noticed from experience sometimes you feel more hot as if you have a turtle neck on and that just gets too uncomfortable and may cut your beach time in half.
Go basic with the makeup as well, it's okay to skip the concealer. What I've done is just used a small bronze powder very light brush once over my face but I never skipped on the eye liner or mascara. The trick to that use the waterproof kind ; )
I'll give you a little look at what you can find in my beach ready lookbook, to see the full lookbook (there is 6 pages) click on this link, or copy and paste into your browser. https://keatonrow.com/lookbook/518f019da93e875e460000bd/cover
I'm super excited about this lookbook I put together. Get ideas from two pieces, accessories to wear, bags to carry. What's even better you can shop straight from this lookbook and it gives you the sizes, brands and prices right there in the lookbook. If you want a personalized summer look thats easy too, just contact me or sign up free for me to work one on one with you.
Styled by me at http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese
Have a great and safe summer
Krista
Keaton Row fashion stylist
http://keatonrow.com/stylist/kristareese
Fanpage
Http://Facebook.com/stylistkristareese
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