What I Lost and Found in Carmel
A few months ago, I packed up my four daughters and drove to Carmel for a weekend. It was the first real trip I’d taken as a single mom. No…
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Style, motherhood, and the work of becoming.
20 Years of Luxemix. I’m Back.
Twenty years. I started this blog twenty years ago, and I genuinely cannot believe I’m back here again, starting to blog again. When I launched Luxemix I was a girl…
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The Hardest Part of Parenting Nobody Talks About
Everyone warns you about the exhaustion. But nobody tells you the hardest part is learning to manage your own emotions while teaching your kids to manage theirs.
Continue readingThe Summer Scarf: Where to Buy and How to Wear
Happy birthday to me.. Happy birthday to me… I'm a year older this week! That makes me a Virgo in case you didn't know. A perfectionistic, obsessive, and sometimes overly emotional Virgo that is. I had a wonderful birthday this year with the people I love most. I also realize how great taking the day…
Continue readingNeed Your Input on Your High Heel Habits + Shoe Pad Giveaway!!!
Hey Manolo lovers and Jimmy Chooholics… need your help and input. If you've been around The Luxe Mix since the good old days when I first started this, you should recall a post I did about high heels and how to wear them comfortably. This is a topic near and dear to my heart. So…
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Louis Vuitton Watercolor Speedy Video, Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage
Before watching this video let me explain… As you know from my previous post I was drooling over the LV Camouflage/Monogramouflage Speedy. Thanks to one of my best GFs I was alerted the LV in Valley Fair had a few of them in stock. I believe they told us that there were like 5,000 units…
Continue readingCop Copine Fall Fashion Show Video – Boutique Harajuku in Santana Row
Did some damage at Santana Row this weekend.. then decided to put on my own fashion show. Lucky you get front row seats HAHA! PS. Post-shopping-splurge (generally about 48 hours after the thrill of the kill), both Snoopy and I had some post-shopping second thoughts. I may return at least 1 pair of the 2…
Continue readingMy First Luxe Mix Video Log!!!
This is a big first step for me so no laughing and making fun of me!!! My Mom already told me I'm really boring… and she's right HAHA! I watched it over again and realize I sound like a robot. I'll need to work on being more natural in front of the camera. Talk to…
Continue readingMurakami x Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage Collection
When putting yourself together I think it's important to take into consideration how your natural features work into the bigger picture. Your overall look is a work of art, mixing mediums… facial features, face and body shapes, silhouette, etc. For instance, when I look in the mirror mostly what I see if a very round…
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If I resist the urge to buy something > regret not buying it a few days later > find a similar thing a few years later and still like it >> does this warrant me buying it? There once was this wrinkled black leather jacket from Theory.. It gave me that familiar sense of longing…
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