My friend, Annie, is doing this thing called “dry brushing.” She says it has increased her circulation, boosted her immune system and smoothed out her skin. In her words, “Seriously, the last time my skin was this soft I was cooing and drinking formula.”
Basically, dry brush exfoliation is gently brushing the skin with a soft, dry body brush.
Annie got her brush on Amazon.com.
Learn more about dry brushing at http://healingtools.tripod.com/skinbrush.html.
If there ever was a word to describe my style, it would be something like “ghetto couture.” Although a $225 pair of shoes isn’t my kind of ghetto.
Still, what a great idea: send in your regular leather shoes and get them customized with funky patterns. Here are a few of my faves (below). There are ghettoblasters, maps, ghosts and graffiti-style designs. Not to mention “ghost apples,” amoebas or polka drips.
Or you could get your own bottle of spray paint for $1.99. That, my friend, is true ghetto couture.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5361137
“I love you this much.” I want these for Christmas. Thank you.
What: Roxan Gould (http://roxangould.com) to host a style session at Rags Consignments.
Who: Gould is a former Vogue cover model and has spent the past 25 years gracing the pages of every imaginable fashion and lifestyle magazine.
When: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29.
Where: Rags Consignments, 3129 28th St., in Boulder.
Roxan provides training to women and potential models that increase confidence, poise and fitness. This event will be followed by one hour of shopping at Rags featuring a 20 percent discount.
Cost: Free. Open to women of all ages.
Info: 303-440-5758, www.iloverags.com, www.imagebyroxan.com.
Shoes so hot they made me clap for joy
From my new obsession, www.etsy.com, a marketplace for all handmade stuff.
$80, one-of-a-kind, handmade and sexy as hell.
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Originally uploaded by onceupon
Since green is the new black and everyone’s on this enviro-kick, check these out… brought to you by Reclaimed Whimsy. The Web site specializes in “repurposing, recycling and rediscovering” materials. Check www.etsy.com.
#1 problem with clear bra straps: we can see your sweat pooling beneath them
Originally uploaded by Malingering
A few things to note.
Clear bras:
1. Are not clear. We can see them. Not only because they are shiny, but also because the plastic straps tend to yellow with time and grime.
2. Are not made from a sweat-absorbant material, so they make you sweat profusely. And because the straps are see-through, you can see the sweat beads swimming around under there.
3. Should all be burned. Except they would probably completely destroy the ozone with their toxic plastic fumes.
I used to say when I am a grandma, I want to be the old lady who wears ridiculous hats. I want to wear pink ones, flowers, bows, velvet, stripes, big buckets of hats, derby hats, straw sun hats…. Oh, I can’t wait.
My good friend’s grandma was recently in the paper for being the town’s “hat lady.” My greatest dream. I am in love with this woman. Check it here:
Here are a few of my favorite vintage hats, from an eBay store of Mischiefinthehouse (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmischiefinthehouse). I think I should start collecting now.
$39, fox fur hat (gross that it is real fur, but I like the design)
$34.95, ’60s-style orange felt hat
Here, this is a better alternative to the fox hat. Faux fur, ’70s style and only $8.99.
Wide brim hat, $9.95.
1940s-’50s plaid beret hat, $32.99.
Lavendar ruffle bow hat, $4.95.
Did you know that all month Besos is having a promotion? Pop a balloon for your chance at 10-50 percent off a purchase.
www.besosboulder.com
First, a sidenote. (I know, sidenotes aren’t supposed to come first, but I was wearing my slippers backward yesterday and didn’t notice for three hours, so I am rolling with the backward theme.)
Am I the only person who remembers a sitcom in the ’80s called “Rags to Riches?” Because it was my super mega favorite show. I remember when it came on, I would go put on my ratty old nightgown to watch it. I liked to get in the spirit.
The show’s premise: Rich man adopts five poor girls to live with him. So yeah, basically “Annie” on crack.Now that my little flashback is over, here is something useful.
One of Boulder’s best consignment shops is Rags (formerly Rags to Riches, and I still call it that for melancholic purposes). My friend, Jenelle, exclusively shops at Rags. Not like she is committed to that consignment store. Like she is committed to that store, period; she doesn’t shop anywhere else. Not new, not consigned, not nothing. Not even Urban. (It’s OK to gasp.)
Rags has a few tips on consigning your cast-offs:
1. Consign items that are still in the current fashion rotation. Ponchos from your 1999 spring trip to Mexico will not fly.
2. Don’t waste your time trying to consign items that have tears, rips, missing buttons or broken zippers.
3. Make sure your items are clean. (Seriously, don’t be disgusting. People who bring in filthy clothes and expect someone to want to buy them are the same folks to go to the hair salon with stinky hair, who don’t wipe their personal splatters off the public toilet seat and who put their burrito in the company shared microwave and don’t tend to the bean overflow. Who are you people? I want to meet you so I can give you a dirty look, or something.)
Tips to buying consignment clothing:
1. Stop in often. Consignment stores are constantly rotating inventory. Every day could bring a new surprise. This is a good excuse to shop often and more often.
2. Know what looks best on you. Don’t waste your time or money on a piece that might be the right price but a wrong cut for you. It will never leave your closet and will be back in the sack after the next closet clean up.
3. Find a great seamstress/tailor. It is easy to change the length of sleeves or pants and make the fit truly custom.
As a 5-foot-tall almost-adult, this is especially crucial. I recommend Lai’s Alterations in Boulder. I swear by them. I recommend them to everyone I know. I cherish Lai’s and will probably send them a Christmas card this year, and I also might invite them to Christmas dinner and ask them to marry me. Yes, all of them. Everyone who works there.
Apparently I like to see children cry
Because I think this Web site is pretty much the funniest thing since Beyonce tripped on stage.
It’s a compilation of pictures of children scared of Santa: http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery
