Luscious Living: Sales and Events

APRIL DISCOUNT COUPONS

MAKEUP AND SKINCARE DISCOUNTED UP TO 50%

From eyes lips face: Save 10% on your next Purchase from EyesLipsFace.com. Use Coupon EGTENAZ. Limit one Use per Customer.

From Strawberry.net : FREE Stila Eye Shadow Duo Pan with any purchase over $25 USD at StrawberryNET!

SPRING FASHION

From Designer Shoes: World’s largest selection of designer brand name shoes for women who leave a larger footprint!
Also – 5% off for any Samanta brand shoe when the customer uses the code SAM430. The offer is good through April 30.

From Kiyonna: Posey Patio Dress at Kiyonna.com!

And this from Kiyonna: 35% Off All Lingerie with the Coupon Code: LUCK09 at Kiyonna.com!

From Swimsuits for All: Mix & Match Swimwear for the Perfect Fit. Tons of Styles Under $29. Shop Now!

FOR THE KITCHEN

From Cyber Cucina:
In consideration of the Earth Day celebration on April 22nd, Cyber Cucina has designated April to be All Natural & Organic Month

From Cooking: Closeout Prices on Top Brands! Now at Cooking.com!

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Happening around New York City

Golda of Body Love Wellness will be giving 3 workshops in April at Re/Dress in Brooklyn. All sound like wonderful evenings and you have a chance to do some shopping too!

Healthy Eating Without Dieting, Tuesday, 4/14 – 7:30pm
This class addresses the basics of healthy eating, healing foods, and how to manage eating without dieting.

Intuitive Eating, Tuesday, 4/21 – 7:30pm
This class is to help women get in touch with their intuitive sense of what, when, and how much to eat. We’ll work on savoring food, gauging hunger and fullness, what to do when you find yourself “eating to forget”.

Body Acceptance and Love, Tuesday, 4/28 – 7:30pm
As our cultural images of beauty have become more and more rigid (or at least thin) and there are more and more diet programs trying to convince women that being thin is the ultimate goal, women have to work harder to redefine and identify with their own beauty. This class will deal with and give techniques for owning our beauty and our bodies right now.

Come to one, two or all three workshops! Each class is $15, or $40 total if you sign up for all three.

All workshops are being held at this wonderful plus sized vintage store!
Re/Dress NYC

109 Boerum Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201

(Take the F or G train to Bergen Street.)

TO REGISTER:
Go to http://www.bodylovewellness.com/UpcomingWorkshops.html
OR stop by Re/Dress NYC OR email Golda at bodylovewellness@yahoo.com

Walk-ins are also welcome.

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Belle-Noir’s Curves & Cocktails event is three weeks away. Being billed as “The Ultimate Girls Night Out for Women with Curves”, Curves & Cocktails is taking place on Saturday, April 25, 2009 from 12 Noon until 6:00pm at the Avents Loft, located at 15 W. 28th Street in New York City.

Attendees will have access to vendors that cater to & show love to plus size women, including Qristyl Frazier Designs, Yania Creations, Collective Elements, and Lia Sophia Jewelry, among others. Attendees will also be treated to tasty treats and delicious cocktails sponsored by ToMA Vodka & Riunite Wine, as well as beverages sponsored by Izze Juice & The Water Shoppe. There will also be raffles every hour, with prizes that include $100 Igigi Gift Certificates and Gift Coupons from Samanta Shoes, and more!

Christina Mendez and Editor-In-Chief of Plus Model Magazine, Maddy Figueroa Jones will be presented with our 1st Independent Woman Awards.

VIP attendees will also be treated to a goodie bag filled with coupons from Igigi & Samanta Shoes, as well as products from Dove, Yardley of London, and gifts from our vendors.

The event is going to be one to remember, and will be the official kick-off as we start the Curves & Cocktails Tour with stops in Washington DC and Atlanta this Fall, and the West Coast in 2010.

Michelle Obama: Election Night Style in Plus Sizes

I thought that Michelle Obama looked great on election night in the Narcisco Rodriguez wearing a tasteful variation of a more revealing version seen recently on the runway.

The First Lady Elect has been getting quite a lot of attention for her sense of style in addition to being a wonderful mother, partner to her husband and obviously for being a very smart woman. For more information on just how smart Michelle is, and for one well-written feminist viewpoint on all this fashion talk, please read Shakespeare’s Sister.

I am a feminist my friends. But I’m also a fashion loving feminist and right now, I’m gonna talk dresses.

Personally, I am thrilled that Barack will be our next President and that the Obama family will be living in the White House. Not only because he has a beautiful family, with a fashion savvy wife (which isn’t really all it takes to win my heart but it certainly helps), but because I believe that great things will happen for our nation and the world. The eyes of the world on you Barack, and perhaps even more will be expected of you than other Presidents. Now get to work.

I love this picture of the family together. So perfectly coordinated in black and red. Check out dad’s tie!

I’ve done some scouting, looking for something similar to the red and black dress that Michelle wore on election night. The dress is so new that similar dresses have yet to be found, although I am certain they are coming. Until then, here are my choices for wearing Michelle Obama’s style, just in case you have an acceptance speech to make in the next week or two.

The fabulous Sophie dress from Igigi.I really like this dress and I think I’ll be getting one for myself. I think that the overall line of the dress, and the way it is drawn in a bit at the waist does a good job of emulating the Rodriguez red and black dress.

And of course shades of purple and lavender are still very hot this season. Be careful the next time you dine at the White House, you might upstage the First Lady in this piece!

But if you must have black and red (again from Igigi) I chose the Brigitte Mod Dress.

This lovely dress captures a bit of the color block look of the Narcisco Rodriguez dress, but without the speckles and the fade, which received some negative reactions from fashion bloggers. Personally, I like it. I think it looks like champagne bubbling over a glass.

I love the Brigitte and I’m glad they didn’t go all huge flare with the hemline. I would wear this dress in 1967 with knee high, high heeled boots and then I’d ride around town with Steed kicking butt all over London.

The neckline of the Alexis more closely resembles that of Michelle’s dress, than anything I found, but of course it is lacking a burst of color. Perhaps coordinate with a hot pair of red heels and a red scarf?

Stretch Gabardine Wide Leg Trousers – $ 98.00
From: Kiyonna Klothing. And from Kiyonna, this is for those of you looking to dress up in black and red but refuse to show your legs.

What did you think of the black and red dress that Michelle Obama wore on election night? Yay or Nay? And if you find other pieces that are similar please post a comment.

Autumn Sales

You know that I like to get fancy with the sales. I like to put together a Look Book, or at the very least choose specific items from each sale. But I just can’t get it together this week.

I still have to show you the great pics I took on vacation two weeks ago when the hubs and I were in Phoenix to visit family and then drove to California to visit friends. This coming Sunday the hubs and I fly to Mexico, south of Cancun, to snorkel and then swim with Dolphins, lay on the beach and dance on the sand. This means that I will be checking out this big sale: Swim & Save at SwimsuitsForAll.com! Top Swimwear Styles $29 & Under! Shop Now!

So more vacation pics soon and another Look Book is being created. But for now, have a good time while you stimulate the economy!

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