Little Black Summer Dress

Every girl has one, or at least needs one.  That perfect. Black. Dress.  Every time I see a piece of clothing that is made in multiple colors, I somehow manage to select it in black while forcing myself to grab another color. I am just so drawn to black clothing...am I the only one? It's not like I select black deliberately.  While I was thrifting (in the black section of course), I snagged this amazing dress that only cost $12...YES one, two, $12...I didn't even bother trying it on because I was so excited about the price. Well, today was the first day I slipped it on and now...I'm in love.

xoxo

RIO

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Black & Blue & Video Too!!!

(Don't mind my war wounds on my feet...the joys of being clumsy!)

Blazer: Silence & Noise (Urban Outfitters) Pants: Forever21 -- Shoes: Elle --

Sunglasses: Thrifted -- Necklace: Forever21 -- Shirt: Basic Black Tee

Here's a video my beautiful people! Hope you are enjoying this AMAZING weather!!!

xoxo

RIO

Spring & Summer Shoes

Hi!!!! My name is Olivia Irene and I have a shopping problem...my latest purchase, SHOES! I kind of went crazy for Steve Madden again :) Had to treat myself for successfully completing all of my finals and being a trooper for running on a few hours of sleep. Now that my school work is done....off to work on some projects for work! Hope you all are having a beautiful day!

xoxo

RIO

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Late Date

 My new Steve Madden shoesies :)

 At the CCMA awards banquet at CSU Fullerton

Lunch Date with my booski at Horatio's

My apologies for slacking with the posts! I had a busy weekend in L.A. and by tonight I will be done with finals!!!!  As you can see I have no outfits posted....I wasn't satisfied with how the photos turned out so I am going to redo them and also post up a haul (yes another haul) and a review on some new beauty products I have recently purchased. Since I am wrapping up the school year I will be posting three times a week AT LEAST!!!! Other then that....have a great day my beautiful readers!!!!!

xoxo

RIO

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It's good to be back home

My spring colors -- Browns, Salmon, Orange and Yellows.

What a gorgeous day in San Jose, it's good to be back...

even though I fly out to L.A. at the crack of dawn on Friday :/  Since I will be in L.A. until Sunday, I wanted to publish another post that would be back to back since I will not be blogging towards the end of the week. So look out tomorrow morning at 5 am....yes 5 am for post of what I will be packing and wearing in L.A.  Aside from that, school is almost over which means more time to blog, more time to focus on music and more time to connect with other and work!!!! Hopefully everyone is surviving finals and is having a warm beautiful day!

xoxo

RIO

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San Francisco to San Jose

San Francisco at 6:45 am before my shoot 

Juicy Couture Flats and Romeo and Juliet Couture Blazer

Moroccan Hair Oil (Hallelujah!!!) 12 Benefits Hair Treatment and Philosophy Facial Cleanser

For the past month, I have not been in the same city for more then four days and have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off.  So on Friday, I had some down time and treated myself to some cute flats by Juicy Couture and a new blazer by Romeo and Juliet Couture....like I didn't have enough black blazers in the first place :P The three products below (Moroccan Oil, 12 Benefits and Philosophy) are products that my mother so nicely treated me too that work like magic!!! They are quite a bit pricey for me to purchase on a regular basis, but the products are worth it especially the moroccan oil which smells oh so delicious!!! Any who, I did some major cleaning in my closet this week and it is time for some serious shopping!!! So keep your eye out for a haul and also keep your eye out for some new photos from my photo-shoot that I did last Saturday in San Francisco. Have a good night lovely readers, time for that good ole homework!!!

xoxo

RIO

Reviews

1. Covergirl Review

 2. Nine West Review

 3. First day of school look

 4. Caltrain

 5. Zebra Girl

6. San Jose Sunset

This is blog 100 yay!!!  I know it has been five days since my last post, so I am going to give you some reviews and updates!!!  

Photo #1 -- As you can see, I am not smiling in the photo....I accidently had the Covergirl waterproof mascara...great!!! I never use waterproof, and using this particular mascara, I see why.  Not only did I not like the way how my eyelashes looked, it took me literally forever to get all the mascara off. 

Photo #2 -- MY SHOES ARE HERE!!!! I got these bad boys for Christmas.  I love them love them love them!!! Great customer service, great quality!!!

Photo #3 -- First day of school look -- Scarf: Christmas gift -- Trench Coat -- Shirt: Forever21 -- Jeans: Forever21 -- Shoes: Forever21 -- Makeup: Natural

Photo #4 -- Headed back home on Caltrain, that shot was in San Mateo

Photo #5 -- Zebra Girl -- Make-up: Natural

Photo #6 -- My San Jose Sunset :)

Update -- So I started my first week of school and it went amazing!!! All of my classes are hands on, so I have a great feeling that it is going to be a great semester! Twenty-one units, an internship and two jobs....it's grind time!!! Have a great weekend everyone!

xoxo

RIO 

Leather Kitty

Leather Vest -- Faux Fur Colar, Forever21 Sweater & Levis

He's not happy that I'm leaving Monday

Nummies and the Sunrise

Neely Mack Black Soft Leather Book bag

Faux leather pants

I came back home for Christmas break with one big suitcase and a duffle bag....now I'm leaving with two big suitcases and two duffle bags and my kitty cat Monster is not happy about my departure. During my two and a half week break, it was my mission to get a nice book bag and my mission was completed today :D I am in LOVE with my new Neely Mack Leather Book bag!!! The leather is so soft, you can literally see my finger print at the bottom of the bag. Another item I wasn't planning on getting were the faux leather pants which I la la loveeee!!!

I'm not going to ramble on, but I hope you all have a successful semester/quarter and I hope that you have a beautiful week!!!

xoxo

RIO

Half of my NYE outfit & Some Christmas Gifts

Part of my NYE outfit designed by my grandmother

Christmas gift: Light gray raincoat: H&M

Christmas Gift: ACDC t-shirt & black jeggings

Shoes: Forever21-- Makeup: Loreal Mascara -- Eyeliner: E.L.F. -- Mineral Powder: Bare Escentuals

Random photo at my favorite grocery store Whole Foods :)

Christmas Gift: Chocolate stick to make hot chocolate yum yum yum!

Christmas gift: Body Shop -- Tangerine

Like I said in my last post, slowly but surely, I will post all my gifts up for you beautiful readers to see.  Here are some of my Christmas gifts that I used today :) I adore my new raincoat!!!! I have received so many compliments on it! I was in dire need of a light neutral coat since I'm so drawn to black, but this particular style is great with leggings and a sweater and works fabulous with a dress. I received a lot of shirts and sweaters for Christmas, but I will always be a t-shirts girl. Whenever I'm out running errands, I love being comfortable. I did my grocery shopping at Whole foods and threw on this ACDC shirt with my black jeggings and cheetah boots (& my gray sweater).  Next photo, my chocolate sticks! I'm not so much of a hot chocolate girl, but the dark chocolate sticks are super yummy and not overly sweet.  But!!! What is sweet is my Body shop lotion and show gel yum yum yum!!! I LOVE their body butter!!! A little goes a long way and all of their scents are so delicious!!! Now the best for last....my NYE skirt :) I had left over fabric and my grandmother decided to create this fun skirt for me.  I'm not sure what type of top I'm going to wear, but I will definitely have pictures up with the final piece.  Well I hope you all are doing great!!! I really hope it rains today :) 

xoxo

RIO

Life in a suitcase

Look: Jeans: Dark Gray Forever21-- Shoes: Steve Madden -- Shirt: Black Tank -- Sweater: Dark Gray

Make-up: Purple Shadow, Bare Mineral Loose Powder & Clinque Mascara

Short post! :) So I'm still living out of my suitcase even though I'm back home in San Jose....as you can tell,  I'm lazy when it comes to packing and unpacking :P  But anyways, I started my new job this week and it went AMAZING! I get to dress up in pretty pieces, be hands on and work in a great environment with wonderful people.  Here are some photos from this week, the first and last photo are from today. I seriously can't wait for Christmas ahhhhhh!!!! I hope you all are doing great!!!! MWAH!

xoxo

RIO

Pictures say a thousand words

Here are some shots that I took throughout my week. The last photo is my little party dress for tonight, so yes, there will be photos of that posted very soon! Oh...and the nail photo I did that little design because I was super bored :P Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

RIO

Buys and Books

Here are a few of the items I bought on Black Friday. I honestly could have slept in and gone in the daytime to buy most of the items I purchased,  but pulling an all nighter was thrilling :) I am obsessed with my sweaters...I'm wearing one right now hehe. But let me go into the face products. Ever since moving to the San Francisco area, my face has been EXTREMELY dry...I feel like a lizard, mind you I have oily skin, so having dry skin is a shock to me and frustrating because I now have to experiment with products.  I ended up buying this new face moisturizer and it works like a gem! Next is foundation.....I always was against foundation. This is my first time in my life wearing it since I always wore loose mineral powder.  But this brand is super light and doesn't clog my pores.  When I wear this foundation, I do not, I repeat, DO NOT put powder or anything else over it!!! I don't like the cakey look and I love looking natural as possible.  But using this foundation also helps my face to maintain the moisture and doesn't make me appear flaky like I have been :( Mascara now :) It was $4.99 and I always had good result with this brand so I had to get it! But done with the girly talk, school talk now! I am ALMOST DONE!!!! Just a few more projects and I can finally let loose for winter break!!! So heads up, if I don't blog as much, you know why, olive is keeping her head in the books! But got to go to class my dears!!! MWAH!

xoxo

RIO