Vogue Brasil February 2012

Looking outside the contemporary meaning of the concept behind friends-with-benefits, there are more things that you can benefit from friends outside the realm of the physical...My BBFF brought me the newest cover of Vogue Brasil February 2012.

Adriana Lima, probably the second well known Brazilian model in the world (guess who billionaress no. 1 is), is gracing this cover. And with the cooler winter month I consider this perfect image to be the eponym of exotic femininity...

many men (and some women) would love to say: `I have Adriana Lima lying on the couch`

Goodie, now I can update a bit of how the Brazilian fashionable summer-time is going at (Brazil, being on the Southern part of the hemisphere, is having summer now).

The State of Kate

I am probably part of the 1% of the population that is not entirely into the enigma of Kate Moss...So she has to do a good job to win me over.

So she did, with the help of Mario Testino for Vogue Brasil May 2011 (I was delighted to be able to pick up a copy on my very first visit to Brazil during that time)

I love her shoes and cuff...which, stand out because she isn't wearing much else...

They added some local talent as well....nice:

Novelty: Hydrating Jeans

Spotted in the Brazilian Elle, hydrating jeans from Planet Girls:

First of all, compliments to the pick of model. I already noticed the Brazilian Elle and Vogues have advertisements of women (not girls) in a stronger composition: fiercer stares and poses and often a body that gets some food in it.

I do not consider this girl plus-size at all, because her waist is so beautifully toned and fat-free, but, like me, the girl has some natural definition on her hips and I find that to be really stunning.

To the jeans...let me do a translation (but bear in mind that I only had 2 months of once a week classes in Portuguese so there might be some flaws):

"Jeans that Hydrates! PlanetGirls has taken care of profound hydratation with aloe vera in our new jeans. The Hydra Jeans line are quite beautiful, confortable, versatile and with lots of style. They contain hydrating monecules that wil make your skin supersmooth, (?) and gorgeous. 

Experiment! You will love it! 

• hydrates and improves the skintone
• stimulates the formation of collagene and elastine
• calms the nerve ends (something like that...nice, a calming jeans I need that)
• Improves and balancees the cellular regeneration
• stimulates the formation of new skincells"

I really would like to get my hands on a pair of jeans like that. Somehow 'inspired' by Current/Elliots leopard print so they really look trendy and beautiful as well. And I know if they look stunning on her kind of body that it will do favours for mine as well.

And hydrating jeans? BRILLIANT! My legs can be so dry so some extra moisturizing in the form of jeans would be welcome

PS: I found their blog, and they have a hydrating top in their collection as well, Lindísima!