Chic & Cheap

Nerd. Four eyes. Coke bottle glasses. These were the names I heard in 3rd grade when I got my first pair of glasses.  When my oldest, Karl, was told he needed glasses, I cringed inside. I didn't want him to go through what I did. Sadly, Karl did. He heard the same names as I did.  When my youngest [...]

  Sometime ago I was given the opportunity to visit the CVS Headquarters. It was a day full of touring and speaking with their executives. I was given a glimpse of where CVS is heading this year and allowed to walk through their mock store. Amazingly, their mock store is larger than my actual store in the [...]

Hello my Latinalicious readers! It's Friday. The day we scour the web for some fabulous finds. This week, I discovered the below uber chic ring on etsy.com. I totally love the pink one! It would look amazing with hot Pink Stiletto's at the Kick Off Your Heel (#KOYH) event during BlogHer, don't you think? Anywho, its [...]

I recently met Samantha Brown, a make up and hair stylist, at a beauty event in New York City.  We had such a great time talking about make-up and hair care that I asked her if she would write a guest post on haircare for Latina On a Mission. Thankfully, she agreed! Below you can read [...]

Joyee here! I've previously written on Latina On a Mission, but I have to say today's post had me super excited! For this post, I created a  make up tutorial. I had the help of my wonderful friend Joyce Soto who didn’t mind letting me use her for this smoky look. For a party or [...]

With all the talk of chanclas on Twitter, I did a search for some cute ones. I love these from Payless. The colors pop and are sure to make stand out in a sea of black and brown chanclas! They can be worn with jeans, shorts, a skirt and even while rushing to work in [...]

I know many of you stated last week that you were not fans of the color yellow. Yet for some reason, I'm drawn to these yellow shoes. What do you think? Are they Chic or just plain Cheap? Let us know in a comment! Click to get more information on the shoe.

I love Twitter! It's a great way to find out about great events, fashion freebies and so much more. Today I saw the below tweet and just had to share. I plan on going myself. Who can resist free a free pedicure, free massage and free SwitchFlops? These interchangeable flip flops are so adorable and [...]

I brought my 1st car in 2003.  A few months later, I crashed in a very weird chicken accident that caused a four-car pile up. Thankfully, we survived. It's never let me down. It may not be the sexiest car, but I don't think I could have handled sexy at that point. Times have changed. Now [...]