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Maple Holistics: Tea Tree Oil Shampoo That Could Be Your Solution

November 1, 2017

Having curly hair is the bomb! All I need to do to get ready in the morning is sleep in braids the night before, apply just a tiny bit of water and coconut oil on it, take out the braids, fluff it up a bit, and boom! My hair is ready to tackle whatever bird decides to nest in there today!

Just You: Najla Qamber

November 17, 2014

Just You, is a little project where a bunch of my favorite people with awesome styles get featured on this platform of mine. This is a week long project that will go on until Friday, 21st November.
The awesome people being featured were asked to style an outfit that makes them feel good and confident about being themselves, and in their own skin. They are to style an outfit that screams out THEM!

You all may have noticed the name "Najla Qamber" flying around my blog. Yeap, she's my sister. Yeap the married one.

Her style is a little more conservative than mine. Since she has always been the skinniest in the family – which of course I envied – she always had the ability to wear whatever she liked and not care about that bulging belly and oversized thighs, but she didn't. Naj always finds a way to make something revealing into something modest. It's her sense of style that make me second guess when I go out in a short skirt or a deep v-neck.

Everyone please give it up for Najla Qamber!

Hi Nada Más Que Amor followers! My name is Najla ‘Naj’ Qamber and I’m Nada’s older sister (the one that shared a room with her all her life). Just a short brief about me, I was formerly a book blogger, I love everything about books and graphics design. So, one day I combined the two and founded Najla Qamber Designs. Now, I design book covers for a living and Nada does my accounts. :)

Now, onto the outfit! Long ago (2008 maybe?), my ‘comfy’ styled everyday outfit was a tight striped top (mostly dark colors) with bell bottom tight pants, a random black vest, with an addition of rocker-ish accessories. I was lame and honestly, that was never me.

It took me many years, but I found ‘the’ outfit that just said ‘Naj’. A pastel colored oversized sweater with jeans that color block the entire outfit. This is usually what I wear anytime of the year, cold or shine (It doesn’t rain in Bahrain much - lol). This may sound super weird, but I see long sleeved sweaters as a safety net from any type of weather or air conditioning. I also love looking petite. ;)

| Sweater & Jeans - Ebay | Scarf - Splash |

| Shoes - H&M |

During serious times, I bring out my CEO/Toastmaster in me and go for a dressy-blazer type of thing. I realized that red compliments my skin tone a lot (correct me if I’m wrong Nada), and it somehow just works well whenever I wear anything in that color.

Here I’m wearing a high low chiffon red dress that gives out that casual and yet formal vibe when topped with a blazer. Plus, feeling something flowy behind me always makes me feel confident and even more so when I wear my kitten heels. I always go for these outfits when I’m at a business or Toastmaster meeting. It brings out my business oriented side: Elegant, independent, serious, business-type of woman.

Those are the two outfits that are ‘me’.

So, followers of the great and beautiful Nada, what outfit screams you?

| Dress - Ebay | Blazer (similar)- Zara |

| Shoes - Paprika |

To repeat at what Naj said,

What outfit screams you?

You can link it in the comments :)

Have a great day everyone!

More Just You posts
Yasmeen Abdulla - Bold & Elegant
Najla Qamber - Modest & Comfy
Shabana Feroze (The Silver Kick Diaries) - Bold & Bright
Sarah Barcelona - Flowy & Floral
Anitha Sylvester (Break Free Girl) - Comfy & Free
Sawsan Abdulla - Grungy & Comfy

Bonobos Inspired

July 7, 2014

"Style shouldn’t be complicated. Looking your best doesn’t need to be hard. It’s really about being yourself and finding what fits. " - Bonobos

Jason Bornstein from a mens apparel brand, Bonobos contacted me and asked if I would be up for writing a summer post around their new line of mens summer suits. It had dawned on me that I only style with women's apparel, but I had this idea of styling an outfit that was inspired by Bonobos' new line came to me, thinking this was what he wanted, he apparently didn't but thought the idea was great, so I just went for it.

More about Bonobos

Bonobos is a clothing brand focused on delivering great fit, high energy, and superb customer experience. Launched in 2007 on the Internet with its signature line of better-fitting men’s pants, Bonobos is now the largest apparel brand ever built on the web in the United States. In 2011 Bonobos extended offline, launching Bonobos Guideshops, e-commerce showrooms that deliver personalized, one-to-one service to those wanting to experience the brand in-person. In 2012, Bonobos expanded its distribution partnering with Nordstrom, bringing Bonobos apparel into select doors nationwide and to Nordstrom.com. Across channels, Bonobos is focused on delivering a well-targeted brand promise: world-class fit, an innovative shopping experience and an energetic brand spirit. Bonobos was named "One of America’s Hottest Brands" by Advertising Age, "Best Men’s Pants" by New York Magazine, one of Inc. Magazine’s "20 Awesome Facebook Pages" and was awarded Crain’s "Best Places to Work in New York City". Visit www.bonobos.com.

They have pretty awesome looking suits that can be worn for both casual and formal occasions.

The theme of Bonobos revolves around having the clothes being worn to fit perfectly. It doesn't technically matter if the piece of clothing looks good on the rack, it matters most of it fits right and perfectly on your figure.

Here are some Suit Styling & Fit Tips for the men out there reading this from the VP of Design at Bonobos, Dwight Fenton:

“Fit is the most important detail for a suit. Marry that with classic color options and quality fabric, and you have a great looking, versatile suit for every occasion,” says Dwight Fenton, Bonobos VP of Design.

Fenton’s simple suit tips to find the right fit:

• Fit starts with the shoulders: The jacket should grab your shoulders snuggly but not be overly tight. If the shoulders fit, pretty much anything else can be adjusted.

• Length matters: To determine the appropriate length, you should be able to cup the bottom of the suit with your arms by your side.

• Show some shirt: A flexible but general rule of thumb is to have a quarter-inch of your shirt cuff showing. If you’re wearing a heavier cuff, like a French cuff, you may want to show a little more.

And here are few pieces from their Spring 2014 collection, as well as a few of my Bonobos inspired outfit!

Unfortunately, Bonobos only ships to the US, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and not any where close to the continent I'm in. But you should all definitely check out their store.

I picked out a few color and pattern schemes from here and there on the Bonobos site, and came up with this. A pair of pastel blue jeans, a blue blazer, and a floral top that substitutes as one of the neckties that they have on their store. I topped it off with a spiked necklace and some ankle strap heels.