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Luxemix

Stories about style, motherhood, and figuring it all out

Frugal Fashionista – Celebrities Changing the Face of Fashion

If you haven’t ventured over to Frugal-Fashionista… this blog is a must read for ballers-on-a-budget. She deconstructs celeb styles daily with affordable pieces from sites like Tar~get, Old Navy, Wet Seal, and Fashion Flairs. It’s interesting to see how the rise of the celebrity has revolutionized the fashion scene. 10 years ago we used to…

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What’s Your Shoe Shape?

So this is yet another random obsessive thought from an obsessive Virgo.. but I’m wondering what the majority of girls out there prefer when it comes to shoe shape. And I’m not talking about just any part of the shoe — I mean the front toe area.. when you’re looking straight down at your shoe…

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Luxe Mix Wedding — A Peek Look into My Wedding + Helpful Resources

For those of you who don’t know me, I got married last November, 2006. Those of you who were there I’m sure recall how chilly it was that night 🙂 But I hope you also retained some fond memories of the ceremony at Villa Montalvo, the reception on the veranda, YS and my first dance…

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Chanel Black Patent Leather Peep-Toe Ballerina Flats with Metallic Heel and Toe Plate

It’s been months since I mean to post these photos of my black beauties… I got them while shopping in the city with Grunchkin back in March (which BTW I really am going to post those videos I took! — just need to find the right video editing software. If anyone has any tips pls…

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Video Clips from 200 Pound Beauty… a Korean Movie

I watched the Korean film 200 Pound Beauty a couple nights ago. The concept of the movie — an overweight sex-phone-operator / lip sync vocalist turns into a bombshell overnight after getting massive plastic surgery — is itself a bit disturbing and yet ridiculously interesting, and there were some parts of the film that I…

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Miss Universe 2007 — Riyo Mori from Japan vs Honey Lee from Korean

Last week PinkMirage (who btw was the very very first fashion blogger I ever followed) blogged about Miss Universe and Makeup Talk. I agree wholeheartedly with her that it’s so nice to see more Asian females in the media. It sucked growing up and never seeing Asian females on TV, or in the movies and…

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2007 MTV Movie Awards — Red Carpet Luxe and Suxe Summary

It was a colorful party. Mostly luxe looks to my satisfaction. Here was the best and the worst of the Red Carpet roll at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards… What was Luxe Arielle Kebbel — perfect! Alex Vega — I’m really into sexy back so I’ll overlook these shoes. Nay on Rihanna’s hair but I…

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The Paris Factor

We’re hardwired this way. People who watch more TV are more satisfied with their friendships, just as if they had more friends and socialized more frequently. Another study found that…

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Bitten: Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Clothing Line

Hopefully you’ve heard about Sarah Jessica Parker’s new line coming out called "Bitten". I liked the name first thing. The clothes themselves are not anything to write home to Mom…

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Korean Celebrities on the Red Carpet!

Korean actors and actresses sure know how to get dolled up… but these brothers and sisters need to learn how to work that Red Carpet. I’m going to have to send word back to Korea to work on that Red Carpet pose and wave. In any case, how excited was I when I found these…

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