Breakfast Television and Sun and Salsa!!

Oi,
Stopping by to remind you that I will be on Breakfast Television on Thursday, July 16th!! Watch between 7:30 and 10:00 for my fabulous models and I showing off some of our great styles and giving some tips on swimwear. www.btcalgary.ca

This weekend is the Kensington Sun and Salsa Festival where you and the entire family can try different salsas made by local restaurants and retailers. Catch vendors, dancers and entertainers throughout the streets of Kensington! The Miss Sun and Salsa Pageant is also taking place at the same time and the winner of the Swimsuit competition will be wearing a Belo Sol bikini and the Fitness competitors will be wearing Belo Sol Fitness Wear too! Go down and check it out, its sounds like a great way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon! www.visitkensington.com

I am off to Miami for Swimshow 2010 this weekend and I am excited to bring back some unique styles of one pieces, tankinis and plus sizes to add to the already diverse collection that I have! So check back soon for new styles coming to Belo Sol!

Beijos,
Tricia

Sounds of Music instead of Rain...

Ola!
I thought I would stop by to post a wonderful little YouTube video that my friend Lesley sent me...because it makes me smile and take my mind off the fact that it is raining again (actually hailing right now). I grew up watching the Sound of Music and singing this song while walking home with a friend every night, it used to make us laugh so hard....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

So click on the link and laugh, smile, dance, sing...because in the end that's all that matters!

Just another reminder...Belo Sol will be on Breakfast Television July 16th! That's channel 8 for everyone on in Calgary! Tune in please!!!

Beijos,
Tricia

Happy Birthday Bikini!

Ola!
Just a quick post to say Happy Birthday to the Bikini! July 5th (I know a day late, so sorry bikini!), 1946 when Louis Reard debut the bikini. Here are a few bikini facts to impress your friends with while drinking Margaritas on the patio this summer:

• Bikini was named after the Bikini Atoll where nuclear bombs were being tested, he thought that the reaction to the bikini would be the same as the bomb exploding in Japan a year earlier
• The first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition was released in 1964
• Bikinis in Space: Maxim created a 33 metre wide bikini out of vinyl mesh in the desert that apparently could be seen from space

There's just a few facts to chat about this summer. I think I will start adding one bikini fact on each post and on my Swim-zines...so you can keep impressing your friends of course!

Other news from Belo Sol:

Soon you will be able to see all of the new collections from Banco de Areia, SIRI and Foxton on the website. It will updated shortly and you will see quite a few changes as well as all the new collections!

See us on Breakfast Television! Tune in on July 16th and see Belo Sol live for the first time!! I will keep reminding you to tune in for the next couple of days! Again, I will run some contests to make sure that you were watching!

Beijos, Tricia

Celebrate Canada Day, Stampede & Summer!

Oi!
To everyone in Canada, I wanted to stop by to say Happy Canada Day (tomorrow!). To everyone in Calgary, Happy Stampede (starting Friday) and to Everyone else Happy Summer!!! Finally it has arrived and to celebrate all of these fun things I am having several SALES over the next 2 months! Take a look and let me know if you would like to "join in the celebrations!"
For Canada Day:
From July 1st to July 15th, purchase any RED bathing suit and receive $10.42 off!! (Canada celebrates it's 142nd birthday this year!)

For Stampede:
We all know Stampede is a crazy time filled with parties and commitments, you may not have the time to plan a Belo Sol Party, however you still need a suit for your vacation? Well, my Stampede week special is offering you the chance to come to my boutique and be fitted in the most flattering suit for you for FREE. That's right, your private appointment will only cost you the price of the bathing suit. So relax, enjoy Stampede and come enjoy your private fitting for no cost! Stampede special will be offered for the whole Month of July!!!

Family Summer Vacation Special:
Now that summer is here and that Belo Sol now carries Swimwear for Ladies, Men and Girls, we would like to offer a Summer Vacation Family Package! Choose one Women's suit, one Men's pair of Board Shorts and one Girl's suit (or a one pair of flip flops) and get a Smokin' Summer Deal. Packages start at $199.00!!! Summer Special will last throughout July and August!

I wanted to let everyone know about these deals! Please contact me for furthur details at tricia@belosol.ca

One quick website that my sister sent me that is really cool:
www.goodguide.com
Great tips on environmentally friendly products, ratings, ingredients, awareness and interesting articles! Check it out if you have the chance.

I will be back next week with some fun travel tips I have come across, as well as fashion news and a fantastic, creative and environmentally friendly product I have discovered!
Beijos, Tricia

Twlight at Fashion Business Rio

Ola!

As promised, I am back with a few pics and another video clip from Fashion Business...It has a contest question in it, so listen carefully, send me your answer and I will send you something fun from Rio!

As I mentioned in my last video I have found several new companies and collections that are absolutely beautiful. I now have the full collection from Banco de Areia for 2009, which will be up on the website as soon as possible. Also, I have ordered the new collection from SIRI which is so unique and so beautiful, you will not be able to resist them. Soft and sophisticated colours and styles you will not see anywhere else. This collection will be available in September and I cannot wait to bring it to you!

And now Belo Sol is not just for ladies...Unique Board Shorts from Foxton of Rio, http://www.foxtonbrasil.com.br/ are now in stock and they are soooo amazing and different. So ladies, let all of your male friends, relatives, husbands etc. know that they can now shop at BeloSol too!

I'll be back soon with some pics of a new line of swimwear that I am so excited about...Until then a few shots from Rio!

Beijos, Tricia

Fashion Rio Catch Up!

Oi!
Here's a quick post that I meant to post last week! Sketchy internet connections, dead batteries etc. stopped me from posting. Enough excuses though...here's my first Blog Video from Rio. Unfortunately, my videographer (My husband) thought that turning the camera the other way would help capture the beauty of Rio, however we realized later that we can't rotate it! So sorry, but I hope you enjoy anyways!!
Will be back soon (I promise) with lots more stuff from our Fabulous Fashion Rio/Business trip!! So excited to share so much with you!

Beijos, Tricia

Burn Calories by Trying on Swimwear!

Oi!
Well coming off a CRAZY couple of weeks and now going into Fashion Business/Rio today! We are off to find more new and wonderful additions to the Belo Sol collections. Stay tuned the next couple of weeks for some updates direct from Rio!
Now getting to the title...A couple of weeks ago I picked up an old magazine that talked about "Creative Ways to Burn 100 Calories," well I had to share a few of them with including my favourite:

• Find the Perfect Teeny-weeny polka dot bikini...Try on 16 suits from Belo Sol (one every 3 minutes!)

So there you go, book that private appointment or party in June or July and I will guarantee that you will burn 100 calories! How's that for a sales pitch!

Here's a few others that I thought were great to share and that may do while I am in Brazil:

• Spend 17 minutes wrestling the beach ball away from your boyfriend/husband
• Shop during lunch hour while carrying a 7 pound bag and new purchases, of course
• Wait in an airport security line for 15 minutes, walk through the metal detector once, lift and lower a 40 pound suitcase twice, then run for 3 minutes to catch your flight! (hopefully won't have to do this!)
• Slather on lip balm 765 times! (In Calgary, this is a given!)

Taken from Women's Health Mag...

It's a short post today, however I will hope to be back next week once we have arrived in Rio!

I will be taking bookings from the 20th on of June...just in case you want to burn some calories ;)

Beijos, Tricia