Natalie Portman Radiated in Yellow on the Golden Globes Red Carpet

Posted on January 10, 2017

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Second-time mom-to-be Natalie Portman looked gorge in a bright and sunny Prada gown with white embellishments at the cuff and hemline while on the Red Carpet at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California. She paired the regal dress with Jimmy Choo shoes, a a Tomansino bag, and jewels by Tiffany & Co.

The Israeli-American actress was favorited to walk away with the Best Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in the biopic Jackie. She didn’t win but she still has the Oscars to look forward to.

The Black Swan actress was joined by her husband, and the choreographer of that movie, Benjamin Millepied. The couple are parents to 5-year old son Aleph Portman-Millepied.

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It’s Golden Globes Weekend and the Party’s Already Started (GET THE LOOK!)

Posted on January 8, 2017

It’s Golden Globes weekend which means tons of opportunities for Hollywood’s A-Listers and elites to hobnob with one another at various events, pre- and after-parties.

We spotted at least four of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alums working the “red carpet” at the The Art of Elysium presents Stevie Wonder‘s HEAVEN – Celebrating the 10th Anniversary at Red Studios yesterday, on Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Kristen Bell opted for a gorgeous copper-colored sleeveless sequined gown by Maria Lucia Hohan and gold Charlotte Olympia heels and clutch.

Chrissy Tegien was radiant in a white Tiered Ruffle Long Sleeve Lace Dress by Jonathan Simkhai. Ashlee Simpson Ross too wore a black lace dress by the same designer, which she accented with smokey eye and a black choker for a Gothic look.

Jaime King went with a lace Altuzarra slip dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, a Sophia Webster clutch, Vhernier earrings, and a Tacori ring.

They all looked fab and all the dresses were off the rack! Get them here:

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8 DIY Winter Nail Inspiration Designs

Posted on January 5, 2017

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How The Denim Maternity Dress has Been Reinvented

Posted on January 3, 2017

This is not your mom’s maternity dress.

Since more designers and labels finally started making chic, stylish and fashion-forward clothing for pregnant women in over the last decade or s, the maternity wear scene has never been the same. Women who are expecting now have a wide array of options from every price point that can be purchased at specialty boutiques like A Pea in the Pod, Motherhood Maternity and Japanese Weekend or in big box stores like Target.

The mini maternity dress has seen its reinvention into something spectacular as well. With denim always in trend, a cute denim maternity dress is a must have for any mom-to-bes wardrobe.

I like the shirt wrap dress that our Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum Jaime King designed for A Pea in the Pod’s luxe essentials line. I love this ASOS smock dress with ruffle neck for $60.

In the lower price range, ASOS has some pretty cute pieces including a fab denim A-line shirt dress . I love a shirt dress (in the middle) because it is a classic and effortlessly chic piece. The dark denim is perfect as it can be dressed up if worn with kitten heels or wedges or dressed down with ballet flats, canvas shoes or boots.

Finally, I had my eye on ASOS’ denim western shirt dress which is made of 100% cotton (right) and designed to fit through all stages of pregnancy. At $64 (down to $45), that is a worthy investment considering it can be rocked all 40 weeks and after!

It’s very nice to know that women are not limited any longer to the tent style dresses of yesteryear. Moms-to-be can have it their way and can get tailored dresses to fit their style and personality.

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10 Beautiful Journals to Chronicle Your 2017 Like Other Successful Goal-Diggers!

Posted on December 31, 2016

I am a compulsive list-maker. I collect journals and hard bound notebooks. In them, I jot down blog posts ideas, track my household and business expenses, organize my daily and weekly to-do lists and more.

I also love journals and collecting them. I think I got the love of journals from my dad. He also loves to collect office supplies. Call it an addiction. Whatever.

One of the great things that journals are excellent for is chronicling your wishes, desires and plans. I spotted 10 gorgeous journals and books that I am thinking about getting this year and share them here with you for inspiration. If you’re interested in catching the journal fever and starting out your 2017 right, click thru to purchase one.

Hope your New Year’s eve and New Year will be prosperous, healthy, happy and wonderful!

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New Year’s Eve: 20 Under $100 LBD by ASOS

Posted on December 26, 2016

New Year’s Eve is around the corner. If you’re a mom to be, you may be thinking an LBD (little black dress) is in order. Black is a great evening wear color and it is great for creating a sleek silhouette.

If you’re not interesting in spending too much money on a dress you’ll only wear once while pregnant, a great bet would be ASOS Maternity. The online retailer for millennials feature over 80,000 branded and own label items.

It has a wide variety of dresses in different cuts, shapes and materials. So whether it is a casual backyard party or an elegant black tie affair, there is an ASOS Maternity LBD you can get at a great reasonable price point.

To give you some inspiration, we compiled 20 LBDs by ASOS that are each under $100 or a little over and some as low as $11.50! Check them out!

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Weekend Style Roundup: What and Who Celeb Mamas Wore

Posted on December 24, 2016

Celebrities don’t really get a chance to dress down and bum it when they have professional photogs aka paparazzi lurking in every corner capturing their moves.

Some play along like Chrissy Tiegen who balanced daughter Luna Simone on her hip in some super cute Isabel Marant pointed toe ankle booties. I love her warm off the shoulder Nila Lotan sweater and black slim Parker pants. Baby Luna looked super cute too!

Mariah Carey does black snow bunny in her Quilted Moncler Puffer coat. Not in this shot in the collage, she had on a Louis Vuitton scarf and purse.

Jennifer Lopez went low key in a pair of cool Quay sunglasses. She rocked personalized Timberland boots with her nickname, “Jlo” emblazoned on the tongue. She was warm and cozy in a long ribbed Brunello Cucinelli sweater and not seen in this photo, but she was rocking a Hermes bracelet. Very casual chic!

Jessica Alba hoofed it in a a pair of patent leather boots by Church and she toted a fab quilted Valentino handbag with chain strap while hitting the streets recently.

Kelly Rowland showed off her blunt cut hair while out and about wearing a the utmost fur-lined black jacket (we hope it was faux fur). Heidi Klum hit the slopes in a coat by Acne and a pair of black with white stars track pants by Chinti and Parker.

Current, first-time mom-to-be Irina Shayk was rocking some colorful Nikelab x Riccardo pants while out and about. It was Givenchy everything else: jacket, sunglasses and purse. Oww!

Granted some of these moms have personal stylists to help them look this fashionable but you can see their personal style through their looks as well. Work it, mamas!

photos: Starcast, Instagram, Stock-track

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Fashionistas: Here is Your A-Z Cyber Monday Guide

Posted on November 27, 2016

Are you ready for Cyber Monday, the day when online merchants and store offer heavy discounts to deal hunters. The day occurs the Monday after Thanksgiving and is a take from the infamous Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.

Our friends at E! have compiled an A-to-Z list of online fashion merchants offering deep discounts. Here is a taste of what you can snag:

Abba

Get $40 off shampoos and conditioners on Ulta.com.

Adore Me

Sign up on this lingerie membership site and get your first sexy set for only $19.95. And it doesn’t end there—expect buy-one-get-one-free deals and up to $40 off select items.

AG Jeans

Starting Nov. 23, enjoy 30 perfect off site-wide and in stores with code ‘AGTHIRTY’ (excludes use of gift cards and purchases at AG outlet stores).

Ali & Jay

Starting Nov. 20, with code ‘MAKEITRAIN’ enjoy 40 percent off online and in store.

Akola Jewelry

Enjoy 40 percent off all product.

All Saints

Enjoy 30 percent off site-wide.

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Starting Nov. 25, take 25 percent off any pro brushes purchase, 40 percent off Contour Kits (Cream + Powder), 20 percent off the new ABH Stick Foundations, 20 percent off all the brand’s cult-favorite brow products, 10 percent off all ABH Glow Kits and much more!

Anthropologie

Enjoy 20–25 percent off full-priced items (excluding Found and BHLDN).

APL

Score a complimentary ‘Run Everything’ T-shirt (for men) or Tank (for women) with purchase of any pair of shoes while supplies last + 10 percent off your purchase.

Aritzia

Starting Nov. 27, take 50 percent off select fall and winter items.

Art Naturals

Enjoy 40 percent off site-wide + an additional $10 gift card for future orders to the first 100 customers.

ASOS

Get 30 percent off everything.

AYR

Enjoy 25 percent off site-wide.

AVI-8

Starting Nov. 24, get 30 percent site-wide purchases with code ‘Cyber2016’.

Bailey44

Starting Nov. 20, take 40 percent off your purchase online (with code ‘BLACKFRIYAY’) and in stores.

Banana Republic

Starting Nov. 24, take 50 percent off five regular-priced items with code ‘BRFIVE’.

Beyond Yoga

Take $20 off $100, $50 off $200 and $100 off $350.

Birchbox

Starting Nov. 24, aces recieve 20 percent off with code ’20FORACES’, subscribers 15 percent off with code ’15FORSUBS’ and 10 percent off for non-Subscribers with code ’10FORALL’.

Butter London

Get 30 percent off site-wide.

Chinese Laundry

Get 30 percent off site-wide with code ‘CYBERMONDAY’.

Cleobella

Starting Nov. 26, get up to 80 percent off—it’s their biggest cyber sale ever.

Compartes

Love chocolate or know someone who does? Starting Nov. 24, get 20 percent off all chocolate bars (online only) with code ‘CHOCOLATE20’.

Cotton On

Get 50 percent off all full-priced items site-wide.

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#ShopSmall: Get our FREE ‘Love’ Pendant While Supplies Last

Posted on November 27, 2016

It’s Small Business Saturday!

Bellyitch Blog’s Mom Charm Store certainly qualifies and has been selling elegant pendants and charms to moms who like to share their passions and affinity loves with the world. We hand select the pieces that are imported from around the world and hand finished in places like Texas and Maryland, right here in the good ole US of A!

We’ve sold T-shirts, mugs and other items through third party merchants and helped promote products being sold by partners and affiliates but this is our very first foray into a fully functioning and managed warehoused eCommerce shop!

When the shop launched last month, we had a sponsor offer to gift 1,000 Tiffany-style toggle charms to new customers as a gift and incentive for them to check out the shop. Those pendants sold out quickly! That was very exciting, to say the least.

This round, we have no sponsor but in honor of Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday coming up, we’re gifting one of our newest items, the imported gold plated love pendant to th

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e first 50 visitors to the shop each day until midnight on Cyber Monday.

When the Saturday allotment sells out, the stock will refresh on Sunday and again on Monday! We’re sharing the news on our sister blogs and social media sites and will be running promos via Facebook!

So before the masses find out about the deal, hop on it today! Get your FREE gift (NO PURCHASE NECESSARY) Today! (oh yeah you pay only shipping and handling!)

Hop on it! Like I said before, these free offers sell out super fast!!

Support this small business! Here are the other items we’re selling, including some new pieces that just came in:

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Thanksgiving: Celebrity Maternity What to Wear Guide

Posted on November 24, 2016

Whether you are hosting or heading over to the relatives today to celebrate Thanksgiving, you’re going to want to be comfortable if you’re expecting. Hot apartments or houses, overheated from the residents and occupants baking, boiling, stirring and frying stuff all day and hot a*&s fall sweater dresses don’t mix.

Really, that combo is a proverbial “recipe for disaster” when you become irritable at having sweaty underboob, combined with your back ache and being slightly annoyed at everyone. And it won’t end well, especially if the dinner conversation ever veers towards politics! Oy!

Save yourself the stress and anxiety — and having to mend fences after you tell off your great uncle for his voting choices – by just keeping cool in one of these Thanksgiving outfits.

Our go to pick: wear a comfy collared maternity shirt over stretchy jeans.

A wrap dress in a jersey material with lots of give is a perfect alternative to hot sweater dresses that are common around this time a year but are a no-no for a mom-to-be. Also a wrap dress can be dressed up with elegant jewelry and wearing your hair up or in a bun or dressed down and worn under a denim jacket or sweater and with flat boots.

If you want to add a little bit of chicness to your outfit, you can throw on a nice silk scarf or layer a tank and a cropped leather jacket over your jersey top and fun but comfy maternity leggings.

Have it your way. A relaxed dressing style for the Thanksgiving dinner is the ultimate way to go! Here is a style guide we assembled compliments of our friends at Shopstyle!

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