Vogue Fashion Night Out in Lisbon

Hello there!

Few days ago, my friends and i decided to spend our thursday night together, walking around crowded streets with lights and music, free drinks ( :) )

 and loads of free stuffs as we all love some free presents hihih 

This was my first Fashion Night Out since i moved here, but I've heard a lot about it, and this made me want to enjoy it to the maximum, so anywhere I'd see stands to take pictures I'd make my girls stay in huge lines (i bet they hate me for that) but it was worth it, specially for photo-memories addict like me, as i 'shot-gunned' to keep all the photos :P Sadly, nothing lasts forever and we had to rush around busy streets of  Lisbon in two little hours we had, before the shops would close… The lesson of that night was: Leave house earlier and plan your routs around.. But even though we left too late, we didn't plan anything we still had fun + the weather was nice and warm with light fresh breeze, perfect for the celebration of fashion! For a person that gets cold when it goes below 20 degrees, (yes, thats me!) and (yes that's unusual for a Russian person), i was prepared to get cold so i took my cozy light pink sweater from Zara:) Alctually everything of this outfit is from Zara except the top.. oh Well, i'm a total Zara Addict! (who isn't??) 

While choosing the outfit, i thought as if i was in NYC or London or Paris, and hopefully one day I'll attend a Fashion Week in one of those places, or maybe all three at once, since they are in different days! Thanks Snapchat update i could enjoy the outfits of American fashionistas, the videos of runways with amazing decorations and ideas portrayed through the textiles and accessories! Ahhh I wish i was there!! So, the i took some time choosing my look! Since i believe summer is NOT over, i chose the light colors to stand out in black dark crowd of sad people :/ haha and also because i just love the Zara skirt and i wanted to wear it so bad i just needed an event to do so! Comfy boots to walk around and simple (or maybe not so simple) but very pretty white top!

Oh btw, I'm also participating in this Vogue Fashion Click Contest! (..and i really wanna win and become one of their contributors!)

 I hope you'll help me and vote for my outfit (I'll put the link later on..:) Don't miss it! (I'll also share it on Facebook so don't forget to like the page here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strapless-Blog/293080897524275?fref=ts

Hope you like my Outfit :) Did you go to the VFNO in Lisbon? Any funny stories you know -> they go to comments ;) 

so don't forget to follow me and also vote (the link above)

-xoxo Masha

Hey there!

Oh my god, i feel so bad for not having time to write anything and leaving you without any update for more than a week! (oh no! 2 weeks!!!).. Im so terrible! but its explainable! With school, new subjects and specially having Art back in my life, i completely forgot how it was having to spend my free time on drawing and researching to make my book 'richer'! I also got a new thing which is CAS! If you don't know what it is, its basically that you need to do 150 hours of Creativity, action and service! While doing those, we also need to keep a blog! Isn't that just amazing doing what you love and loving what you do for school and getting points for it!? You can check my activities (and even follow me) on kiselevamaria.blogspot.pt - you will see a complete different me, wearing my almost pajama clothes i don't care about, doing stuff in mud or dirt or under the rain (which happened this weekend on our camp shah!) I was so happy when they said we need to keep a blog, i just love writing! By the way, i was thinking about writing some articles like mini Carrie Bradshaw with her Sex in the City, I'd wanna write something small like that for my school magazine! Any ideas on topics that would be interesting and appropriate to write about for school audience? 

So now about the outfit!:

I had the photos ready for some time, i only needed to write something and edit them! I wore this outfit to meet up my friends the week after my birthday! I love the skirt, specially when i walk down the street or doing the stairs (wore it to school and couldn't stop staring at the back of it) flowing and waving down like a river on the stairs! I'm not the biggest fan of crop tops (yes, there are people like that! ahah) but yet, i found it super nice choice for this skirt! Obviously, my dear gold sandals and the look came out very nice, girly and summery, which on the last sunny days before the rainy autumn where just what i wanted to feel like! 

So here you go:

P.s. 1. check out my CAS blog; 2. think about some topics for my school magazine 

3. don't forget to follow my blog, all right? and for more 'daily' updates (so you know I'm still alive) my Instagram : manyashaa 

-xoxo Masha

Hello there! 

Early morning and I'm already preparing this post! Yesterday it was my 17th birthday! Well, 17 has nothing interesting to celebrate, there's still one year ahead of me to have more freedom such as driving license or ability to drink alcohol, but this year gives me possibility to do anything without getting into the jail (hahaha).. So i planned lunches and dinners with people i care most about along these 4 days! 

With every year, every birthday i feel less and less excited about doing anything, just chilling with my family, boyfriend and friends, catching up after summer is what i wanted!

All though, last night M did anything possible to make my day exciting and remarkable so i will remember forever! And he succeeded, so right now I'm way more excited to see all my friends than i was before.. It's sad actually, what do we loose with every year so birthdays become less magical? Presents..? I remember wanting new bicycle or new painting set with brand new soft brushes and clean new paint! Now technology gadgets and money became what we need the most and i think this is also the reason we don't look forward our birthdays with same excitement, plus we already know our presents, when kids it would be an intrigue before the day to open the presents! Yeah! the presents? wanna know what i got? stay tuned for the next post with outfit and all the presents:) (feeling excited hihi)

Yesterday was a total surprise i didn't know anything he would do and this surprise, made me remember my childhood, I woke up with presents and breakfast in bed something i would never expect, and continued day with little clues about what was gonna happen later! Choosing outfit was pretty hard, since i didn't know where we'd go and going overdressed or not dressed at all isn't nice specially when your going celebrate your birthday! So I chose this outfit (a total Zara lover outfit since everything is from Zara!!), burgundy - my favorite color light sweater, and this mini skirt with double animal print and my new boots! All together it seemed casual and festive in the same time, i thought it would be nice for any place but for any activity? oh no.. I didn't think that I'd have to go by motorcycle so this was my very first obstacle of the night! Later on, wearing a skirt meant - 'not feeling your legs and freezing to death!' But well, 'pretty hurts' but i survived and spent my night magically romantic and well dressed for the place, time and accession! Oh! My bag :) well, actually my mommy's bag, which when I found out she was about to give it to our (ex) maid, who by the way turned out to be a total b*tch, so thank god i ripped it of my Mom's hands at the right moment and now i have this white Furla beauty for my use at any time i want and not as earlier when my mom was in a good mood or didn't notice i took it :) 

Hope you like the outfit! How did you celebrate your last birthday? Id it just me feeling this loss of magic in every birthday or you guys too? 

Don't forget to follow and like Facebook page:) 

-xoxo Masha

Back to School Preparation!

Hello there!

21 of August! 10 days life till we go to school (or maybe more if your lucky and don't go to the same school as I do and your first day of classes is in 2 weeks or something..)  So all this excitement and preparation made me think that I don't have a bag for school.. So then, i decided to do some research and share with you my ideas about a school bag.. 

With so many books and folders we need some pretty big bag and a comfortable one! Plus, akin in consideration my health problems - basically my completely ruined back which seems to e getting worst and worst it has to be a backpack, so the weight is on both shoulders and i don't wok around in a weird shape, struggling with one shoulder suffering under the huge weight and other literally almost touching my ear! So i went to see some backpacks! :) 

Here are the 6 i just found Super lovely!!! Each has it's own style and just by the backpack you can imagine the character of the person! (look closely at them, it's true :) 

1. Here 2. Here 3. Here 4. Here 5. Here 6. Here

Of course, some totes are also useful and some variation is good as well! One day won't ruin my back even more so why not spend it in that weird shape?:) 

These bags i found the most 'appropriate' for school! They are big and loads of things can fit there! The first one is made of leather which means it will last for long time, nobody wants have an accident of broken holder which once happened to me at school… I will never forget that day and how much i hated myself for buying a bag i liked and not the one which was stronger and more resistible!

Here

Le pliage - classic! There no more i can say about it! It's just perfect for school! All tho mostly you pay for the brand:( 

1. Here and 2. Here

The next one is by Marc Jacobs! So casual and nice! I just loved it! So funny and original! 

Here

Mickael Kors! mmmmm so stylish! Love the color! And once again, its big and nice! Material is very good and strong which means you can put anything you want in there! 

Here

For now it's all I have for the preparation 'ONLINE", but now: 

What I did today:

STAPLES 

 Colored paper is my favorite! i love writing important thing, rules and formulas on colored paper! Then i keep it for the exam preparation put it on my walls and memorize when i have nothing to do just by looking at them! Since i believe my visual memory is the strongest! Highlighers and Gel Pens - needed many but then I realized i still had some from my previous visit to Staples before the exams in june! All though i had a very unpleasant experience with gel pans they are still my favorite! Unless, it rains and my folder falls into water and all the papers come out of it:/ yeah.. wasn't nice.. 

I usually don't admit that pink is my favorite color but today, i really felt like having everything pink for next year and all shiny and glamorous so i tried to choose as many thing as i could with pink color! 

 Shopping with M is nice but i get so distracted.. I didn't even notice i bought 2 packs of highlighters! :/ 

And i had an opportunity to notice that like 3 times, while re-checking if i forgot anything, while showing him what i bought and while putting everything in the end to pay…

All excited ripping off the bags and packaging i put everything inside the case and I'm ready to go with my shinny silver folder for every day :) So excited! But now.. i still need to buy a bag:/ 

Well, thats it for today..

Hope you liked this post! What you think is best for school - backpacks or totes? Are you ready for school yet? 

All the comments and ideas please leave below!

+ don't forget to follow:) 

P.S. My birthday is very very soon and i have so many lunches and meetings planned with my friends so expect a lot of outfit-posts! 

-xoxo Masha