The "Red Bottom" Craze

Oh, the beautifully infamous, long lusted after, Christian Louboutin "Red Bottoms"! A statement piece on their own with their unique, stand-out red, classy and stylish soles. The red bottoms are not only a fashion statement but a statement of wealth and status. A simple, classy stiletto, like the one below, will cost you $700. The prices on my go up from there as the shoes get more artistic, the prices get increasingly higher.

We all remember those fabulous shoes (see below) that Christina Aguilera wore on the film Burlesque which were given to her by one of the club's VIP. Those beautiful masterpieces are worth $2,000! Needless to say, Christian Louboutin's fabulous fashion designs are only made for the wealthy or perhaps those with expensive taste in shoes. Most consumers aren't looking to spend more than $100 on the high end for a pair of shoes. 

Christina Aguilera's Shoes in Burlesque

While some of these shoes are remarkable, unless you are going to many fancy dinner parties and red carpet events like Christina Aguilera, then you probably wouldn't get much use for them. As for some of their other designs, like their classic stilettos, boots and flats, you can find many options that you can wear on a regular basis, it all depends on what you are looking for. If you are like many consumers, you are probably not looking to fork out more than $100 on shoes. However, if you are a female entrepreneur looking to make a statement, the "red bottom" is always one way to turn heads. 

So my questions to you today are; How much have you ever spent on a pair of shoes? How much would you ever spend? How much do you think is too much? 

LipSense for the Holidays

The holiday season is finally here and that means that most of us will be busy with holiday parties, shopping and family gatherings. This year I want to make sure that my makeup will last me through my long days, so I decided to do some research. Upon my research, I came across SeneGence Cosmetics, you might remember the name as their popular lip product LipSense was all the craze on social media not too long ago.


What is special about LipSense is that it is an impermeable and waterproof, lip color that lasts up to 18hrs. This phenomenal product not only protects your lips as it hydrates them, but it is also smudge proof and kiss proof.  LipSence comes in a variety of colors and the best way I've heard someone describe it was "it's like nail polish for your lips".

What I love the most about LipSense is that I can make my own color combination by mixing colors and glosses. By simply mixing 3 colors in differnt order, you can create 27 different colors depending on the way you layer them.


Take a look at the photo below to see the fun math I like to call LipSense Math.





When I was first introduced to the product, I was invited to a "Lip n' Sip" party where we got to test out the colors we liked while we sipped on some wine. I highly recommend you get your hands on as soon as possible. You will definitely thank me later. Oh, and while you are at it, check out the rest of their makeup. Their eyeshadow ShadowSense is a creme to powder formula that lasts as long LipSense. One cool thing you can even do is use ShadowSense on your lips, you just simply seal the color with the gloss just like the LipSense.

So what are you waiting for? Go find a consultant near you!

Going Mirrorless

A few months ago, Nikon finally announced it's long overdue release of their mirrorless cameras. You can say they are pretty late in the game as Sony was the first to revolutionize the industry with their launch of reasonably prized mirrorless cameras back in 2013. Leica, of course, was the first to release this kind of technology with the release of the Leica M (rangefinder camera) in 2004 but that came with a nice price tag of $5,000.

Being a professional photographer, I have always loved the feel, weight and sturdiness of my Nikon DSLR camera. I do however own a Sony a6000 that was gifted to me and I absolutely love because it is light, compact and easy to carry, unlike my bulky, heavy DSLR. Due to my physical ailments, I have been thinking of transitioning my gear to mirrorless so when Nikon announced the release of their new mirrorless line, you can imagine my excitement. 

I decided to go to my favorite website by Ken Rockwell to see his reviews as always has the best, non-biased comparisons in my opinion. It gave a very thorough comparison between Nikon, Sony and Canon mirrorless systems. I then decided to go to one of my other favorite sites, DP Review to see what they had to say about the Nikon Z7 full frame mirrorless camera. I like that they gave it an 89% rating which is only a 1% difference from the Sony a7RIII which I was leaning towards. I am still not ready to make a decision on such a big purchase though. I would like to get my hands on both of these cameras first before I can make an informative decision on which to choose. I have always been a Nikon fan, however, I feel that Sony is ahead of the game and they have more options on lenses as well. 

If you had to make a choice today, which one would you choose today and why?