Tuesday, April 22, 2008

ask and ye shall receive

I love me new bangs. I didn't think they'd be able to cut me any (not the kind I wanted, anyway - thick and full) but the Aveda geniuses worked their usual magic and voila, fringe!

I also kind of love my one blue extension (it was impromptu-anime day at my favorite Aveda) but you can't see it in the pic.







And since I know a scary picture of me is going to surface on an arbitrary and incoherent blog sometime soon:


(The finished product looks fabulous but I didn't get a pic of it because she ran off to meet the in-laws. Hee.)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

I found the real wedding dress of my dreams @ the trunk show after ACUW's 2008 fundraiser fashion show. Side note: so DIFFERENT from "our" show last year! They dropped two grand for professional models, and God knows how much more for lighting and audio. It was a wonderful show - worth every penny (I have heard that Anne Namba would not have it any other way - she personally oversees everything she puts her name on, including all fashion shows.)

So worth the added cost. I still think our show was awesome - and that the closing parade of Calista fashions to Jessica Simpson's "Public Affair" was the perfect finale - but this year's show was clearly professionally constructed and choreographed. Low lighting, lots of house-mixed Michael Buble, and a Spring collection I would die to own. Or just try on. Or even touch. Reds and oranges (standing alone; mingling on creamy backgrounds), brocades and sequins, kimono-inspired tops, even some stuff that looked like it belonged on the beach.

I dragged Bonnie to the trunk show backstage where she encouraged me to try on a $2400 wedding dress (no, thank you, what if I love it?) and we dorkily got our picture taken with the designer (who is exceptionally cool, because she let me photograph her clothes.)

This is not the greatest picture of the dress - the room's poor lighting makes it look orange, when it's actually a true red. Don't worry, I know that only a China-Chinese or a truly ballsy, New Yorkified Chinese American could get away with so red a wedding dress. It's just for fun. Sniff.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

weekend fav file: beauty

In keeping with all things wedding, some weekend favorites:

Old fav, BBW Country Apple. I was excited to find the full-sized bottle for $3.99 at Primm. The Old Me would have bought 20 bottles and shipped them all home so I'd never again run out. New Me bought just the one.


New fav, Fekkai glossing cream. Smells like olive oil (in a good way, I swear); makes your hair feel seeelky and full.


Borrowed fav, Philosophy products. Vickie buys them by the gallon, or something.


Blue fav, Body and Soul eyeshadow in Cadet Blue. I made my first smoky eye ever with this magic substance. (It's not a loose powder shadow, by the way. I dropped my tin two or three times, and this is the result.)

Thursday, April 3, 2008

tribute to my shower caddy

See the green bottle of Tea Tree shampoo (2nd level) and the lone bar of soap (1st level) in the caddy? Those are Scott's only products. Everything else (imagine an old-school medicine cabinet full of stuff, too) is mine.

Bath products are my weakness. We just got back from Vegas, where we showed remarkable restraint at a Bath and Body Works outlet where everything was about 70 percent off. Good thing, because the weekend of our return, Vickie introduced me to Philosophy. I don't know if it's doing anything for my skin, but everything smells so damned good I'm hooked.

But then, I've always been easy when it comes to BPs.

Some of my favorites: Basin soaps, especially "Munchkin baby" and oatmeal complexion; Frederic Fekkai shampoos; Origins sea salt products. And regardless of what the ladies at Sephora, Philosophy and Bare Escentuals say, I will always have a special place in my heart (and on my face) for Whatever's On Sale at Longs.