Bay Area Fashionista

Quest and Quality SmileSolar solar powered watch

Pictured: Sunglasses: Prada / Lipstick: Chanel Melancholie / Earrings: Kendra Scott / Scarf: BR X L’Wren Scott (old, also love SAVE or SPLURGE) / Necklace: Kendra Scott / Tee: Halogen (I have this in multiple colors, it is a must have!)/ Faux Fur Jacket: Karen Kane / Watch: c/o Quest & Quality / Ring: Kendra Scott / Handbag: Mansur Gavriel (pre-order here and here) / Jeans: Gap (Love these so much!) / Nail Polish: Tom Ford Blackout / Boots: Tory Burch

Quest and Quality SmileSolar solar powered watches are nothing short of amazing! I am in love with my cute, new, Q & Q watch. It has pictures of red and green apples on it, an uber cool watch face, and it is powered by the sun! Eco-Chic = LOVE!

Since wind up watches are a thing of the past, the majority of watches in today’s marketplace are battery powered. When battery-powered watches first came out, they offered the convenience of not having to wind up your watch. This seemed so modern and high-tech at the time! Of course, as time moves forward (pun intended), the battery powered watch is becoming passe, and the solar powered watch is new, now, and cutting edge tech. Isn’t that what we love here in Silicon Valley? Of course!

The Quest and Quality SmileSolar watch is powered by solar. This means you never have to run to the watchmaker, and leave your watch for a week, in order to replace your dead battery. It also means you don’t have to worry about the disposal of said battery, and it’s impact on the environment. Love that!

Not only does the Quest and Quality SmileSolar watch eliminate the need for an eWaste battery, it is made partly from recycled products. Now that’s eco-chic 😉

I have found my Quest & Quality watch to be an extremely accurate timekeeper. Of course, I watched my iPhone time in order to make sure it is keeping time, and it is! I also found it worked even when the sun was not shining. It seems to hold it’s charge for a long time! Love!

I am excited about my Quest and Quality SmileSolar watch and have decided this watch collection is perfect for giving as gifts this holiday season! I cannot wait to surprise my loved ones on Christmas morning with fabulous watches by Quest & Quality.

I would also like to give a shout-out to the faux fur jacket I am wearing in the photos above. It is really soft, warm, and cozy. It is perfect on cold days! I cannot wait to wear it more often this fall, and upcoming winter season. It also comes in ivory, and would make a great holiday gift. It’s under $250!

To shop my Q & Q watch, please click here. To view the current collection of Quest and Quality SolarSmile watches, please click here.

Tom Ford Blackout nail polish review

Pictured: Tom Ford Blackout nail polish. Both photos taken during morning golden hour. Top photo taken in direct sun, bottom photo taken in the shade.

Tom Ford Blackout is a fabulous new nail polish color from Tom Ford for the winter, and holiday season. This edgy hue is not your average, flat black color! Noooooo, Tom Ford upped the black nail polish game by adding sparkles, and dimension to Blackout. The result is fabulous!

Tom Ford Blackout nail polish is a cream polish, littered with millions of dazzling sparkles. The sparkles are a cool, subtle silver, and they add dimension to the black hue. This makes Blackout a must-have in anyone’s nail polish wardrobe. After all, black is a edgy yet neutral version of classic nail polish.

Throughout the years, black nail polish has drifted in and out of fashion. Although it has it’s popular moments, black nail polish is a classic color which is considered both neutral, and cutting-edge. This makes it an easy shade to wear with any color palette, in any season.

Blackout by Tom Ford is an excellent black nail polish to own. I have noticed Tom Ford nail polish has a strong shelf life. His polish maintains it’s texture, color, and composition while sitting on a shelf, for an extended period of time. One of my pet peeves is when a nail polish has been sitting on a shelf for six months, and it goes bad! Tom Ford does not. It maintains a long life, which is nothing short of fabulous!

I tested out Tom Ford Blackout nail polish with one base coat, two coats of color, and one coat of top coat. The polish applied evenly, without streaking. It also lasted a full week without chipping. Love that!

I have fallen in love with Tom Ford Blackout nail polish, and I look forward to wearing it throughout the winter 2016, and holiday 2015 seasons!

Tom Ford Blackout nail polish can be found online here.

Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 New York Fashion Week

Francesca Liberatore sent her spring/summer 2016 collection down the New York Fashion Week runway on September 12, 2015 at the Skylight Moynihan in New York. For the spring season, Francesca Liberatore explored the human heart, and took inspiration from the heart’s true nature; and all of it’s facets.

She looked deeper than the traditional concept of romance normally associated with the heart. Instead, Francesca Liberatore looked at each individual heart and it’s capacity to express all of itself. These expressions included obsession, hate, possession, love, desire, domination, devotion, and more!

The Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection expressed this inspiration using textiles such as silk, chiffon, and tulle which are fluid. The use of hand drawn hearts throughout the collection were embroidered or detailed with Swarovski crystals which sparkled and radiated on the runway.

There was a touch of menswear inspiration on lapels, waistlines, and intentional seams which help to form a strong silhouette, celebrating the feminine form. The Francesca Liberatore spring 2015 collection also included a natural color palette of true orange, sangria, persimmon, black, white and bold shades of pink. All of the artwork was created by Francesca Liberatore herself.

Although romance was not part of Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 inspiration, there was a small touch of it as models glided down the runway in flowing fabrics; which were a touch ethereal with an edge.

I fell in love with the use of color and prints; the dresses were nothing short of amazing! I wish my pictures had turned out better. I was in the second row and for some reason it was hard to get around the heads in front of me! Thankfully, you can view the Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection in it’s entirety below.

The orange dresses, both solid colored and print, were among my favorite pieces in the collection. The orange lace was beautiful!

To learn more about the Francesca Liberatore spring 2016 collection, and the designer in general, please visit francescaliberatore.it.

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