Eva Mendes print dress scarf sunglasses wedges

This is one way to beat the hot weather ... and the heat from your flat iron!

A solo Eva Mendes ran errands in West Hollywood yesterday, and the 38-year-old actress might not have been with beau Ryan Gosling, but she was still dressed to impress in a sexy retro-inspired outfit.

Eva and Ryan recently wrapped filming on The Place Beyond the Pines, which is about a motorcycle stunt rider who "considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician," according to IMDb. Yes, Ryan is the biker (complete with a Miley Cyrus-esque blonde hairstyle) and Eva is his ladylove, so if you're a fan of the couple, this flick will be right up your alley...