Modeling sunglasses with Nicole, Onch, Me, and Stephen

This blog post is long overdue, but I just received the photos from the photoshoot we did for the ad campaign for SolisCompany.com that Onch, Stephen Hampton, Nicole, and I were involved in last summer in Las Vegas. We modeled for Paul Frank, Harajuku Lovers, Sinful by Affliction swimwear, and various types of Sunglasses. You can most likely stumble on our photos on the Solis Company Website. Here are the photos, they are hot, so enjoy! xoxo Arika ♥

Paul Frank Tee Ad modeled by Me

Sinful by Affliction Swimwear modeled by Me, Stephen, and Nicole

This is actually one of my favorite ads because it looks very "Magazine Editorial" looking.

Sinful by Affliction Swimsuit Ad

Harajuku Lovers Hoodie and liquid leggings

the NYE dress!!!!! xo

Rewind back to NYE, I wanted to recap on my vegas trip! I was so so excited for New Years 2010 mostly because of my fabulous outfit, and of course moving onto a brand new year! And…so far, 2010 has been phenomenal! My dress that I wore on NYE was designed by Tom Ruemmele and it was a white satin organza tutu dress. Here’s his facebook link if you want him to make you a dress. I loved it so much and I got so many compliments on it. Tom Ruemmele’s Facebook

We left LA on the 30th of December and got there at like 6am, most of my friends fell asleep but my two friends Vicky & Tokee decided they wanted to go out, so I put on a little makeup and we went out!

Pic from my Blackberry so so tireddddd!!

After a little bit of sleep I slipped on my White Satin Organza Tutu Dress designed by Tom Ruemmele and headed out to XS! xo

We went to XS to celebrate our NYE and here is the group photo with the girls! xo

Another group photo!

Met a cute girl named Erica, told me she recognized me. I was so stoked and she was so so sweet xo

yayyyy we are finally ready here!

The next night on January 1st 2010 we decided to check out the new club Vanity at the Hard Rock Hotel. The Hard Rock built a new tower and the club was built there.

The VIP host, the manager, the cocktail waitress, and everyone told us that we had to check out the bathroom, so we did and it was gorgeous! I guess the whole theme of "Vanity" is shown throughout the entire club, and especially the bathroom. The mirrors went all the way to the top of the high-vaulted ceilings and there were tons of vanity mirrors and little dressers for girls to get ready and touch up our makeup!

they had mini screens in there too, HUGE!

Vegas clubs are always so elaborate, loves it. My trip was amazinnnngggg! Can’t wait til I go back to vegas with the BFFs, will be updating very soon with that. We are going the weekend of January 29-31st. it’ll be amazing!!

xoxo Arika ♥

Onch, Stephen, Nicole, and I with our No H8 tats!

Today, Stephen, Nicole, Onch and I were asked to pose for the No H8 campaign since we are all strong supporters of gay marriage. It was so much fun doing a photoshoot with the BFFs, and it was even for a good cause! I am completely against Proposition 8 because I believe it is wrong and unfair and I do not believe in discrimination. We got to put No H8 temporary tattoos on our faces and put duct tape on our mouths! Hope prop 8 does not pass in 2010 and gay marriage is legalized!

Voting starts MONDAY!!

and here’s the photo page
ARIKA SATO on SPIKE TV

email me if you have questions k?

xoxo Arika ♥

walking BFF style

Me, Stephen Hampton & Elena walking out of Ecco

i love my BFFs ♥

i love them!

struttin in style

xoxo ♥

Paris BFFs dancing on our table @ Cathouse!

The bffs and I went to vegas again, but this time we weren’t being filmed, and it was only Stephen, Nicole, Onch, and myself. Onch was hosting a HUGE party at the Cathouse and he was nice enough to invite the three of us to his party! It was so much different than when Vegas on the show because now the BFF’s and I are so close we can seriously talk about almost anything.

Remember this? Shooting BFF 2

I was so excited even before going to Vegas, I tweeted all day about it, so I’m sure tons of you have heard or seen my tweets about us going! We got in to Vegas in the afternoon on Sunday and we immediately changed to our daytime outfits to attend the pool party @ the Luxor. Nicole forgot her bikini, but I brought mine! Always bring a bikini to vegas, no matter how short u stay, because the pools are seriously one of the best parts of Vegas! At XS on sunday nights, its a HUGEEE pool party, meaning you can wear ur bikini all day and all night! I’d change bikinis in between though! So we went to the Luxor pool party sponsored by Rockstar energy drink, but It took us a while to find the pool but one of the workers showed us the way. We got Rockstar trucker hats and talked to people at the pool and took tons of photos!

Me, Stephen, Daniel, Nicole, TJ, and Onch in the front @ the Pool Party!

So glad I brought my bikini, it was 114 degrees in Vegas!

took a pic in front of cathouse!

We got there kind of late so most of the people were leaving but it was great to catch a few of the pool party animals and take photos with them! Afterwards we went back to our rooms and got ready for our fabulous night! Oh btw we got all of our rooms next to each other, which was hot! Nicole and I got individual rooms but we decided to room together in one, because we get lonely, haha. Stephen brought his friend Daniel too and their room was right next to us! After we got our hot outfits on, we went to eat dinner at Okada at the Wynn.

Our view outside of our private dinner table area!

The restaurant provided us with a private dinner room with a view of the waterfall, we felt so VIP. That’s where we met Steve Haas and Supi, who own many hot boutiques called Solis in Vegas, SF, and L.A! The restaurant is right next to the club Tryst, it was so fancy and beautiful. I ordered an ahi salad, sushi rolls, some chicken yakitori, different appetizers, and we also got some cocktails! It was Japanese so I totally helped everyone order!

Black prawn as an appetizer - does that look good to you?

2 orders of Salmon Nigiri Sushi- Nigiri always comes in 2, in case you didn't know

Okada Roll, Spicy Tuna on top and Shrimp Tempura on the inside

Rainbow roll in front, the other one is a Dragon Roll

I love that part about being at a Japanese restaurant, because I totally know what to order and people ask me to help them! I love being helpful for once, lol. I wore a sparkly dress that night from bebe and my black patent leather louboutin stilettos.

Dress: Bebe, Shoes: Christian Louboutin, Bracelet & Earrings Forever 21

Daniel (Stephen's BFF)-then PARIS BFFs me, Stephen, Kaitlin

So I found a cute pic from L.A. Gay pride weekend of the BFFs and I out in West Hollywood. I am a full supporter of Gay rights and I loved going to West Hollywood also because we got so much love. I’ll be a RAGE soon for an event so keep your eyes and ears open because you guys all better be there!

Taking this picture was so fun, because a random guy on the street took it for us, but he had to retake it a few times because he didn’t get our shoes in. We wanted a full body pic, because this is like an outfit, duh.

xoxo Arika ♥

Here's a new pic!

Pictures are always so fun to look at because it captures a moment of time in your life. I always have fun digging up old photos because I change my hair, makeup, and style all the time. So I had a photoshoot a couple months ago, and I chose my favorites but there’s one picture that my photographer just found because he liked it! It’s just me wearing a black corset top. In this photoshoot I didn’t wear any eyeshadow and I just wore eyeliner. It’s crazy because I usually wear eyeshadow all the time, but we wanted to try something new, and it came out ok, considering I’m used to seeing myself with eyeshadow!

xoxo Arika ♥