Sofia Vergara is everywhere!

Sofia Vergara is the cover girl of September issue of Redbook magazine, and she is in the Smurf movie, which just came out last week. And we all, of course, love her bubbly role in the ABC’s Modern Family. In addition to this – her first clothing line will debut in Kmart soon, and she is the new face for CoverGirl, and will start appearing in CoverGirl’s ads starting in January 2012. She truly is a woman who lives life to the fullest and is taking her success to the next level and making all of her dreams come true!

Sofia Vergara Kmart Clothing Collection

Sofia Vergara’s clothing line will be in Kmarts starting in late August and early September, and the line is casual, great for fun evenings out with your friends, and it includes dresses, skirts, jeggings, oversize tops, tanks and jeans. Sofia Vergara suggested a pair of her Kmart leggings, and with something fairly high end, perhaps a designer jacket in an interview with WWD and said about the collection:

It’s comfortable and chic, affordable, and versatile to wear from day to the night. It’s fantastic because you can mix and match.

See it yourself – here are pictures of Sofia wearing clothing from her collection at Kmart. The clothing line is priced for Kmart; the most expensive jackets are $59.99 and handbags run for $14.99 to $29.99; dresses $29.99 to $36.99, jewelry under $19.99. Affordable, and very wearable.

But who Sofia Vergara really is? And will Kmart-shoppers be able to relate to her, after all she is one of most successful Latino actresses? She says she is just like her television character in the Modern Family, in the Redbook magazine’s interview Sofia Vergara says that she really relates to her television character:

I think I’m the most similar. I’m Latin, I have an accent, I have a kid from a previous marriage, and I’m Columbian. Julie is a lot like Claire; she’s very into doing things perfectly. She’s neurotic, in a good way. I think she and I get along so well because we’re very different. They don’t have to alter anything she puts on because she’s superfit. Everything I try on is hours of alterations. There’s no competition of any kind, which is what happens sometimes with women. Rico [Rodriguez], who plays my son, says he’s not at all like Manny, but we all think he is; he’s an old soul. Eric [Stonestreet] plays a gay guy and he’s not gay, so that’s the most different. But the rest of us, we’re very similar. Ty [Burrell] is exactly Phil.

My conclusion is that she is someone who works hard to make her dreams come true, and I can’t but admire Sofia Vergara. Here is she in in a Missoni dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry in the Smufts premier in July 24th, 2011 in New York, looking as fabulous as always.

Photos: Kmart, CoverGirl, Getty, Redbook

CoverGirl is one of my clients, and we have done a lot of cool things in the blogosphere with them the past 6 weeks or so, like sponsoring the Blissdom event and there are several giveaways hosted around by our favorite bloggers (you can find the giveaway links at the CoverGirl Smoky Eye Look Facebook page).

While in general I don’t think I should be writing about my clients and their products here in my blog, it’s a fine line that I don’t want to cross, I thought what we are doing with CoverGirl might interest most my friends who read my blog, so I am “crossing the line” today. (Thank me later!)

Mom It Forward is hosting a Twitter Girls’ Night Out party today sponsored by CoverGirl, and you will get expert makeup tips how to create the trendy smoky eye look, and another chance to win great prizes. Read the details and RSVP and join us at Twitter today, Tuesday, February 23, 9-11 p.m. EST (8CT, 7 MT, & 6 PT).

I did something to prepare for the GNO party tonight… I wanted to create looks how you could use three different CoverGirl Smoky Eye Looks (Glamorous, Natural and Bold), to Twitpic during the party, and I am giving you a sneak peek…

GLAMOROUS MOM – My girls dress up in pink, but so do I! Pink ruffle shirt, skinny jeans (well, if you are skinny, lucky you..) and a boyfriend blazer and ballet flats. Smoky eyes and nude lips compliment this girly look.

NATURAL WOMAN – “I’m just going for a latte”- look. White cable knit sweater, brown boots and your favorite scarf and handbag. Sunglasses on a sunny day – and a leather cuff bracelet finishes it, with the natural smoky eyes, naturally.

BOLD ROCKS! – Release that inner rocker every now and then. If the whole look isn’t for you, just adventure and just get one pair of sexy ankle boots or the studded bracelets to bolden your every day look.

Which one are you? Or a little bit of all?

I rarely look back on time and ask myself “where did the time go”. Because usually my life is full of adventure, new places, new people, new events and it never seems to be still. I like it that way. I like it that I take changes and try new shortcuts (and get lost and find something unexpected) or make fast decisions to do something fun. My family is my constant, my anchor, everything else is a moving scenery I enjoy.

I turned 35 last week. I had some medical testing done to see how well I am doing with my broken lungs on my birthday. And the first time I was thinking, where did the time go. I think I was just afraid to hear bad news.

There are days that I feel old just because how much I have seen of life, of world and of people.

Some days I feel very young, and I never want to give up on that “young” feeling inside me, that let’s me joke, take things lightly (at least not dwell on things if not able to be taken lightly) and see world as a constantly evolving place of unexpected beauty.

I try not to live in past, and almost more important is not to live in the future. You know, live in “then when”. (Like: “Then we will travel to Europe when our kids are older”, “Then I’ll treat myself a nice haircut when our car is paid off”, “Then I’ll quit my job and be a stay-at-home-mom if I get pregnant again”).

I wonder if those times ever come to people.

Sure, there are things I wish to do in the future, but if I focus on them too much, I’m afraid I loose today.

(No, I didn’t hear bad news last week. Well, no news actually. You know how they are, they never give out your test results, you need to wait to see your doctor. I will have my appointment later today.)

I was at the Blissdom Conference in Nashville last week too. I was there with Collective Bias and one of our clients, CoverGirl, and we organized a professional makeup, CoverGirl’s Smoky Eye Look for Blissdom attendees. Considering how many women we absolutely thrilled to get their makeup done, especially right before they got to meet Harry Connick Jr, I would say it was a huge success. I had a blast!

Erika Lehmann, Chic Shopper Chick,
is our face for the CoverGirl Smoky Eye Look
and she took this picture of us two.

And I have to admit, I loved working on the other side of the table – creating something fun for bloggers, instead of being on the receiving end as a blogger. I really realized how much more I love supporting other bloggers, helping them and promoting them – than doing that for myself. I don’t want to be a superstar blogger, but I want to help others to be that. I am not ready to give up this blog yet, I love writing here, but for the first time for a long time, I don’t feel pressure to do this-and-that to my blog. I like it as it is, and continue doing what I like to do with it, not what “I should”.

I rushed home on Saturday. My flights were cancelled due (upcoming) bad weather, so I took the first flight out on Saturday that I was able to and changed my route and was home already on Saturday evening. And was able to go skiing with my family at Hunter Mountain at Catskills on Sunday. While I somewhat felt I betrayed my blogging tribe by doing so, I knew it was the right thing to do.
As days go by and years go by, my anchor in life is my family, and that always comes first.