Showing posts with label Breakfast at Tiffany's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breakfast at Tiffany's. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 December 2016

Lookpost: Breakfast at Tiffany's


Good morning beautiful people 
I trust the holidays are treating you well :)

For most or all bloggers this time of the year means no blogging and only holidaying but for me on the other hand it's blogging because I have a bit of free time on my hands to do a blogpost. 
This is however my last blogpost for the year and I would like to thank each of you, whether a follow, a comment, a like, reading my blog, what ever you did that somehow contributed to my blog, a heartfelt Thank You.
The blogging world has been good in terms of growth, I met some really inspiring people, attended some awesome events, had some interesting times on Voice of the Cape radio this year, talking about modesty and exercise to Echi from Halaalife and on the show Covermode I spoke to Roshan Isaacs about my blog and a recent one about summer trends. Lastly a change I've also seen is my blog stats that have grown tremendously compared to a year ago.


On a more personal level I feel I am more confident woman than what I was at the beginning of the year. In terms of work the year started of a bit rocky but I have learned, grown and gained so much experience in my field and I'm so grateful for that. As a mother to my three year old daughter, Oooh, I still feel I need all the patience in the world, that topic needs a blogpost on its own but she's our blessing and I shukr Allah everyday for that. As a wife I don't have any complaints except the house chores and cooking never ends, ongoing cycle hey hehehe. Will you believe me when I say we celebrated our twelfth wedding anniversary last week, feels like only yesterday when we tied the knot but each year our bond and love for each other grows stronger, Alhamdulilaah❤


Lets talk about this look I wore to a event themed Breakfast at Tiffany's, and that's why I choose this title for the blogpost.
This look was inspired by the iconic style icon Audrey Hepburn, to think what she wore more than half a century ago is still in style. I went with a monochrome look, so her right? The skirt is perfect for a sophisticated look and can be dressed down with sandals for a more casual look aswell. Audrey loved midi skirts, I styled mine with a black bell sleeve lacer cut top. I think they went perfect together creating the contrast between black and white. For shoes I wore black laceup heels, also with a bit of lacer cut matching the outfit. I usually love over accessorizing but for this look I had to keep myself to a minimum because the outfit already gave that edge. I wore my favourite white tassle earings and for final touches I added the black hat.
 It's the first time I wore a scarf under my hat, I felt it really secured my hat and I didn't have to worry about it falling off or blowing away and best of all my hair was covered. The cute black bag I saw the night before the event, I could not resist it and had to have it. For a true Audrey look I did not forget the bold lip, cat eye and filled eyebrows.


I really enjoyed doing this photoshoot with Capturing Concepts Photography  at Claremont Gardens. The event I attended was held in Claremont so we thought it would be great to meet there.
They captured everything so perfectly from the details of the bag, tying my heels laces, checking if my hat is still intact and even some moments while on the phone with my husband.


Outfit details:
Woolworths hat/ Lovisa Tassle earings/ YDE top, skirt and sunglasses/ River Island Laceup heels/ Aldo bag


It's the last day of the year and we officially saying goodbye to 2016, whether it's been a good or bad year for you or a mixture of the two we say fairwell and hello to new beginnings. Good luck and Happy New Year!


Thank you for reading my blog and always remember to keep Shining!

Xoxo Nadia SS

Saturday, 24 December 2016

Events: Fashionably Fabulous Brunch


Hi Beauties,

Happy Holidays to all of you :)

The first Saturday of this month I attended a Fashionably Fabulous Brunch hosted by Rushda from @rubescloset, Aaliah from A Sense of Style and Roshan from Style Africa .How fabulous do they look all dressed in A Sense of Style collection.


Let me tell you a bit about this very stylish event themed Breakfast at Tiffany's, Rushda did a more detailed blogpost which you can read on her blog Rubescloset here , I just felt like sharing with you about the fabulous time I had.



This was not your everyday event, it was a morning surrounded by fabulous people in a very stylish setting and atmosphere, beautiful decor and delicious food. If you don't know me personally, I love being surrounded by beauty and even more by positive inspiring people, so just imagine how much I enjoyed myself.


I think they choose the perfect venue for the event, everything matched perfectly, the light walls with the beautiful table decor even the gift bags blended in. The big windows that allowed a lot of light and fresh air and not forgetting the stunning views.



It really was a morning filled with all things girly, it kicked of with a good dose of motivation to start any given day, a very inspiring talk by Tatyana from Go Beauty  she spoke about how she moved from London and started her business here in South Africa because she really loved this beautiful place and friendly people. She explained how she didn't have a clue what she was doing when she started her business, she just believed and followed her heart, today she runs a successful business growing bigger by the day. Her message was to never give up on following your dreams. I just met her on the day but could immediately see the positive energy she leaves behind. 


She was followed by the beautiful Qaanita from OnQ Makeup who gave us the latest make up trends and tricks, do's and donts while doing a make up demonstration for a light Summer make up look. Qaanita has done her makeup magic on top celebrities, she's so good at it. After her demo everyone circled around her to buy makeup products and ask makeup advice. She'll be hosting a makeup workshop early next year, so if you would like more information to attend  you can contact her here  or call Qaanita on 0746027485


We then went over to Roshan Isaacs, MD of Style Africa , who is also a health and wellness coach, she gave us some really good and important health tips and home remedies for hair and skin as well as a demonstration on how to make it. Roshan is the one to speak to in helping you with your ideal weight and lifestyle.



Then we had Professional Hair Stylist Nuraan from hairstudio, she gave a quick hair demonstration from how to go from a casual look to a elegant look in just a few minutes.

 We had another break, more eating from the beautiful looking delicious buffet, chatting and meeting fabulous ladies.



There were awesome prizes in between and I really hoped to win something but guess the luck was not on my side that morning. On display to purchase was beautiful pieces from Crystal Paradise and perfume from Yougazi .Khadeeja from Beauty Talk gave mini treatments.




Then lastly we had the fashion show, Aaliah introduced her Resort Holiday Collection. Rushda / Rubescloset did fashion styling showing how the pieces can be worn various ways.
It was difficult to pin point the best pieces from the collection because everything is  just so stunning.




I just loved everything about this nautical look, can be worn to the beach or just a day out. The top can be worn off the shoulder or with no shoulder showing for the more modest dresser. See how Rushda styled the same skirt from a beach look to a more casual sneaker look. Also the the picture below with the tropical print top and pants transformed to a different look with the black off shoulder top.





Did this bright colour catch my eye, the perfect colour for summer, eye-catching, vibrant and happy.

Beautiful easy to style outfits.

How stunning is the light shivon kimono, perfect to wear to a fancy do or to the beach.
To see more of this collection go to A Sense of Style website or social media pages.

Pics with the stunning ladies that hosted the fabulous event. Thank you for a memorable morning, your event was awesome ;)




Bottom: stunning ladies I met at the event, we just couldn't stop chatting.
 I also met some ladies who follow and read my blog and expressed how they love it :) Alhamdulilaah

With the beautiful Ilhaam Kariem, we finally met after following each other for a long time on Instagram :)



Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this post, be sure to keep a lookout for my next lookpost to see the full look of the outfit I'm wearing.

Xoxo Nadia SS

Always remember to keep Shining!