Cool Weather Outfit

It's NYE and my gosh! It's been a year of blogging again... :) I hope you all enjoyed my posts for 2013 and is wishing that you will all still keep me company on 2014. Time flies so fast it's as if nothing happened this 2013 but come to think of it we faced a lot of challenges specially here in the Philippines. But 2014 is so near, and another year of hope! I wish us all safety, prosperity, peace and always be with God in everything we do and everywhere we go.

Here's my last post for this 2013, while I was browsing through our latest travel photo for 2013 ...... I didn't realize that I do have some photos that I can share with you. Yipppee I am glad that I will be able to share with you one look only. (I need to train my parents to give me good shots for my fashion posts when we go to different lalalalands hehe)

When going to a different lllaaland, I always research for the weather and learned that it won't be too cold when we arrive at S land. So with that in mind, I knew that I should bring cool weather clothes but not the super thick ones. And by the way, since I will be going to S land I knew that I should be fashionable! People there are fashionable, we Filipinos are Fashionable too. :)

Since the weather is not super cold but it's colder than my usual tolerance of coldness, this trench coat served its purpose well. I love that it's in this bright color, since I know that I won't be taking this off most of the time then it should speak for itself na. hehe (Tip: No need to bring your whole cabinet just to look fashionable when on a trip. Just bring the right pieces and make sure these are all comfortable then you are good to go.) Paired it with jeans to be safe with the weather. I was planning on pairing it with thick tights but if the weather gets colder then my lower flabs will get frozen.

Lastly, it's only when I go to different lalalands that I am able to wear again my winter boots as it really protects my feet from getting cold. I can't wear it here in the Philippines even during cold season as I feel that it's too hot for me.

Since my trench coat doesn't really warm my neck, I still brought along with me winter scarves just to be sure. And true enough, I needed it later that night when we road the cruise. Lastly, as what you have read on my previous post how great this bag is! I think this bag would be my travel companion as it is very spacious plus it has lots of pockets that I can securely place my passport, cellphone, camera, wallet, coin purse, tissue, beauty pouch, pencil, travel notebook, etc. I even placed my scarf and cap and others. :)

Here are some S land postcards for you :)

Look at the fashionable young peeps at S Land.

And yes I even ate Ice Cream haha

Happy Halloween

(Stradivarius trench coat, Giordano Jeggings, Coach Bag, Muji winter boots and winter scarf)

-XOXO-

Winter Clothes

As you know on my previous post, I went to K-Land and it was my first winter trip so I really didn't have winter outfitey friendly in my wardrobe. So to anyone of you who will be going to winter wonderland, I want to share with you a list of must have items. This I learned and I want to share with you my experience so that you'll be ready on your trip. Mind you, You don't want to end up staying in the hotel room because you won't be able to stand the freezingly cold temperature then couple it with wind! My oh my! "ang lameg"!!!

 Here's your bff on your winter wonderland trip!

1. Winter/Bubble Jacket

            This is very obvious, with a -16 to -17 degrees Celsius weather plus snow falls and wind, winter and or bubble jackets is a must preferably with hood to protect your neck, head and ears too! Though you may get ear muffs and bonnets, having a hooded jacket was very convenient! I didn't need to pile up more clothes and fix them accordingly to keep myself warm. But it's still recommendable that you get yourselves ear muffs and bonnets.

2. Sweaters

          I never imagined that I will be wearing sweaters during holiday season as I always see it in movies! But wait, no no no! It's not what you're thinking. I am not talking about Christmas sweaters! I am referring to thick sweaters. It will be much better if it is turtle neck type. The thickness really helped me to keep myself warm specially that it's turtle neck, I used it also to cover my mouth area. Sweaters are great too because it's stretchable and loose enough for me to have another layer underneath. I didn't had a problem moving, remember comfort and able to move freely is a must! 

3. Thermal

            No brainer for this one! You really need to have this and don't forget to get one for the lower part of the body! There are no jackets available for our legs and thighs, so thermal is the only garment that will keep you warm. For us living in a tropical country, we may not realize that our legs and thighs gets cold easily. Just make sure to buy a thermal that is thin, I got somehow a thick thermal which keeps going up my legs every time I wear pants. So it defeats its purpose, what I do is to keep on pulling it down until it reach my feet. Mind you, nakakapagod gawin! Instant exercise. haha!

4. Stretchable pants

             Again and again, it is very cold during winter so wearing one layer of clothing is not realistic! Though jeans are thick, it still not enough to keep you warm so you need to wear thermal underneath. When we wear pants, we mostly want to wear skinny jeans only as it gives a sexy look specially for us girls. But how on earth are you going to fit thermals with those skinny jeans??? Like moi, I had 2 more layers underneath my jeans.. I wore tights and thermal. To answer... I was lucky that I have stretchable skinny straight cut jeans! I didn't had a problem moving even if I had 3 layers on me.

5. Winter boots

             At first, I just wanted to buy winter boots for Fashion purposes. But hey! I am glad I got winter boots as it really kept my feet warm for quite some time and is very comfortable (it's like made for walking). Pair it with several socks to ensure that your toes won't get numb because of the cold weather. Just make sure that the boots  your going to get doesn't fit you perfectly. It could be a little loose since you'll be inserting your jeans there and preferably no heels anymore (comfort first). Though I was ok with ankle boots, it will still be better if you get a knee high boots. It will help you keep your legs warm.

6. Gloves

           With out gloves, my hands might have gotten super duper dry! Better to get leather type gloves and if its not enough, you may get thinner knitted gloves and wear it underneath your leather gloves. Ang lameg talaga! You don't want to get sick! If possible try getting sports gloves, it is thicker where the wind won't go in and reach your hands. 

7. Scarf / Mask
             Scarfs are great items during cold weather as it can be used in several ways. You can use it to cover your neck and face. You can also use it to cover your head including your ears. Imagine you're in a freezer with electricfan in front of your face! That is the feeling so it is very important for you to cover your face. I was supposed to buy winter mask at K-Land but I didn't like the designs available.haha sayang lang hindi ko gagamitin if I don't like the design! haha

I was actually not able to have good fashion shots during the trip because of the freezingly cold weather! And as I said, my wardrobe isn't winter friendly so what now? I don't have the time and I don't want to buy a lot of winter stuffs since I won't be able to use it regularly. So how did I plan my winter outfitey attire?? Aside from the must haves, I played with color. Color color color. This is to make my look more fun!

Look how the bubble jacket with hood helped me warm up myself.

Wearing the stretchable pants and of course color!

Scarf

Sweater and color!

Sweater, Color, Jeggings

winter gloves (please don't mind my niece's headband)

winter boots

I hope this helps! :) Enjoy trip to winter wonderland and share me if you've discovered other tips on how to keep yourself warm.

(Giordano bubble jacket, Teranova sweaters, Mango coat, Uniqlo Jeans, Beijing leather gloves, Korea winter gloves - for ski, Giordano thermal, Bench thermal, Baleno thermal, Muji scarf, Muji winter boots)

-XOXO-

La Best Strawberry Chocolate Ice Cream

It's already 2013! How time flies! It's been a year of blogging! It's just now as I am typing that I realized that it's my anniversary as a blogger! Happy anniversary to me! Thank You for all of my followers which are mostly my friends, relatives and co-bloggers! Kidding aside, to all who have been browsing Stylestat... from the bottom of my heart! Thank You very much! I hope you will still continue to visit my blog as I will try my best to blog more often! 

As the start of the year, I hope you all had great Holiday Vacation, get together and hopefully rest! I was away during the later part of the Holiday Season and I want to share with you some of my experience. I actually went to Korea, K-Pop it is! But for this post, I would like to share with you some Korean treats that I tried during my short visit at K-Land!

Though it was freezingly cold! Our family still always try to grab some Ice Cream on our travels, so here's my Ice Cream experience at Korea! haha By the way, it didn't made us feel colder so ice cream lang ng ice cream! My sister in law is my Ice Cream guru every time we go abroad together. She introduced La Best Ice Cream to me and I chose Strawberry flavor as it looked yummy! It was available in other flavors too like Chocolate.

What sets apart La Best Ice Cream is that it is coated chocolate strawberry while others are coated with chocolate only. Look at the strawberry bits from the coated chocolate strawberry!

It tastes very strawberry, specially the ice cream. The chocolate strawberry coating was sweet but it was manageable. The ice cream inside was very creamy and not that sweet. Over all, this is Love! I hope to find this here in the Philippines. What's great about La Best is that it does not melt easily ( by the way, we were in the room with heater while we ate La Best).  I super love this Ice Cream!

Here are some more treats that I was able to take pictures.. I had so much fun that I was not able to document the other treats that I tried.

I was actually choosing what yougurt drink to buy but I ended up getting this. This is actually flavored milk. It taste light milky but the flavors strawberry and choclate are very much flavorful! Lasang lasa talaga yung mga flavors! It's not super sweet which I like! I am sure that children will love this type of milk! Bagay yata ang taste palette ko with Korean foods! haha!!

Lastly, I want to share with you this Ice Cream that I tried when we were at Nami Island (where they shot Winter Sonata). This is very creamy! Ang sarap talaga! And since we were in a freezingly super duper cold place, it didn't melt and looked like a frozen ice cream. haha! 

I am looking forward to a great 2013 ahead of us! 

-XOXO-