Remember when I told you I wanted to find (or make) a cloche hat? Well I found one!
Updates from December, 2009
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a dream come true...
Carmen
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i had a great idea...
Carmen
I’m going to get this tattoo! What do you think?
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What do you think of this nail polish?
Emilily
Opi by Sephora matte nail polish
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not blonde
Emilily
So, here’s my new cut and color. The color on the box was Marilyn Monroe blonde. The color on my head is Emily Hawkins light brown/dark blonde. Clearly, one of the perils of color in a box; I just gave about 117 of my hair follicles cancer for no point. The cut is probably going to grow on me…I trust Spencer, but he went way shorter than I expected. Lucky for me, the 80’s are coming back in, so my new asymmetrical style will be super on trend. Maybe. Either way, I got carded twice last night, so I’m feeling pretty good about it so far. -
speaking of hair...
Carmen
Do you think this lady looks like a lesbian? Not that there is anything wrong with that. However, I am trying to not look like a lesbian but my hair is growing out and I need a good in between cut. I really like this cut but I’m afraid if I got it I would look like a lesbian from the 80’s. I think my end goal cut will be this last picture.
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Posting from my car!
Emilily
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pretties
Emilily
I usually like simple, clean, modern lines in jewelry, but for some reason I am really attracted to these pieces by M.C.L. Matthew Campbell Laurenza (on Gilt today.) They’re beyond gaudy, and even worse, designed by an incredibly snooty looking man whose biography actually includes such lines as “…influenced by his family’s collections of art and antiques, Matthew started flexing his creative muscles at a very early age. As a child, he had the impressive ability to produce artistic sculptures…” Sculptures, really? wow.Despite this, I cannot help but thinking a pile of these on my arm would look fabulous.
Update: I think these would be fun to draw, too!
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Mai Lamore shoes
Emilily
I was browsing through my Elle magazine yesterday, and came upon these lovely shoes! They’re made by a French designer, Mai Lamore. (For our reader(s) out there who aren’t Carmen or Emilily, we recently purchased feather earrings, so this is in keeping with a theme.)Here is a link to a larger picture at SBeulah’s fashion blog, because you really have to see them full size to appreciate the beautiful detail.
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When I did a quick web search to see where one might purchase these beauties, I found another stunning pair, made out of hand-painted silk and 18-karat gold, for only $27,945.I know the price seems a bit outrageous, but I think these really are a work of art, and the fact that they are functional makes them that much more valuable.
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Seems a little more reasonable when you consider someone paid $72.8 million for Rothko’s Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose. I wonder if anyone pointed out to them that they could have had 2,605 pairs of Mai Lamore Rose petal shoes instead. -
helmets...
Carmen
Karl Lagerfeld is designing these helmets, I’m thinking about getting one for riding my bike. What do you think?
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want...
Carmen
so pretty… on sale on gilt today by Jonathan Kelsey…
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What is going on here??
Carmen
From the Victoria Secret fashion show last night (which gets more and more ridiculous every year)…
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Josie Maran Argan Oil
Emilily
So we’ve discussed the Nars Monoi Body Oil, and the Moroccan Hair Oil, so I thought I’d do a quick review on the Josie Maran Argan Oil (for the face.)
According to Sephora:
What it does:
Josie Maran Argan Oil is a legendary oil that’s rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids, and grown organically in Morocco. Argan oil is known to have many treatment benefits, including hydrating and nourishing skin, as well as toning and firming. It’s gentle enough to use on all skin types and is believed to help with skin conditions including acne.What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Synthetic Fragrance
- Synthetic Dye
- Petro-Chemicals
- PhthalatesWhat else you need to know:
The oil is housed in a recyclable glass bottle, and purchased from women’s cooperatives in Morocco to support their social and economic welfare. These cooperatives work within a UNESCO biosphere reserve that ensures the protection and reforestation of Argan trees.Now, I like the way all of that sounds. Natural oils, recycled bottle, no chemicals, sustainably harvested…but none of that was enough to allow me to get past the fact that this stuff, put simply, smells like manure. Not a slight, musty stroll-through-the-stable smell, but a full on bury-your-face-in-a-pile-of-it stench. Needless to say, I returned it, and for future reference, I think argan is Moroccan for horseshit.
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Helena...
Carmen
I just thought you might want to see the most recent picture of Helena Bonham Carter… just to bask in her awesomeness. And just so you know, when my hair grows out this is what it will look like.
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Drinkin' the Kool-aid...
Emilily
Dylan and I went on a run the other day, and I decided to sport some of the paraphernalia! D looked like he was considering asking me to run ten paces behind him, but then thought better of it, probably cause I looked so kick-ass.xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Is this lady looking at me weird?
Emilily
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aesthetically obnoxious but really useful information
Emilily
I know you are as interested as I am in looking as beautiful as we do FOREVER, so I thought I’d share this with you.I am running out of skin cream (I last purchased a set of the Juice Beauty Green Apple face and eye creams from Hautelook) and I’ve been researching what to buy next. I think I am over Creme de la Mer after reading so many reviews stating it was mostly petroleum jelly, and I have not really been satisfied enough with the Juice Beauty to stick with it. I’ve read a few magazine articles that always seem to tout the newest ingredient, but don’t have a comprehensive list of the overall best. I finally found this blog, Ageless Beauty, that appears to be objective (so many websites try to pretend to be independent, but they’re really just trying to sell you their sponsors’ products, the bastards!), is thorough, explains how to decode the claims of the hot new anti-aging ingredients, and provides detailed lists for all skin care issues. Be warned: this website is hideous. Ads appear in the middle of articles, sidebars flash annoyingly, and the soft pastel color palette and rose banner just smacks of old lady. However, there is a wealth of information, much of it verifying bits and pieces I have learned from what I would consider reputable sources. Based on what I read here, I’ve decided to try the Peter Thomas Roth line. It’s expensive, but most skin cream is, and I find a little usually goes a long ways – if I only have to shell out $120 for this stuff every six months, I feel like it is worth it. I will let you know how it goes!
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Carmen
Saw this in the window the other night, not sure what to make of it. Trying to figure out how to insert a joke about the Second Amendment but I’m not sure anyone would get it. Any suggestions?
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(not)hautelook
Emilily
Today’s Roberto Cavalli blow-out sale is tacky to the max, but people still seem to be jumping on it. This thing looks like a bad upholstery cover – lucky for my couch, it’s sold out.
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free stuff rocks
Emilily
So here are the products I got from the Lucky Magazine contest I won. Not a lot of stuff, but hey – it was free! High five!I know I’ve mentioned before that I am 100% devoted to my Lush products, so it is hardly worth the effort of trying anything new, but there are a few things I like about this line. All of the packaging is 100% post-consumer waste, and the paper boxes are even infused with seeds, so you can plant the box and get an herb garden! I think this is a wonderful idea, and I fully intend to plant this cardboard box..somewhere at your house, probably.
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Also, the product is pretty gentle on my (ultra-sensitive) skin, and based on the ingredient list, is probably edible as well. However, I tend to question anything that lists Acai berry as an active ingredient. My experience with those lousy acai berry scammers has left a foul taste in my mouth for anyone who has jumped on this snake-oil bandwagon.Other than the acai bias, my only real complaint is that this mask, pictured here, smells really organic, and by smells, I mean reeks, and by organic I mean like compost.
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Oh, and my other complaint is that now that I’ve won this contest, I can’t enter another one for like 6 months, so there goes my chance at that $10,000 Shopbop gift card. Dammit.
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Louis Vuitton..
Carmen
What do you mean?! How can you not like this?! (oh sarcasm, how i love you)
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another fur fail
Emilily
Not to be gross, but I usually pull the little blonde hairs off my toes every time I do my toenails. So I don’t see the point in wearing sandles that make it look like your foot has run off and mated with a mountain goat.This is from the Jak & Jil blog, which I am really warming up to, and the fall Louis Vuitton collection, which is, in my amateur and clearly unsophisticated opinion, an abomination.
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online today
Emilily
K Dukes’ comment about the practicality of these boots cracked me up. Although I’m not particularly crazy about the boots, I always appreciate some good rationalization. (I also like tall boots, and the hidden toughness of a lug sole, but I think this model needs a little more meat on her calves to pull off this look.)I also really like Garance’s post today – do you get Vogue? I think this line epitomizes what I imagine my perfect wardrobe might look like “The masculine wardrobe, the relaxed femininity…”
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somewhat obsessive behavior
Emilily
I have just discovered (thank you Dylan!) a brilliant new app for iPhone, the myPantone color app. This app is sheer friggin’ blow your mind genius. (I love love love color schematics, so even if it weren’t genius, I would probably still buy it and blissfully extol its mediocrity, I am that hopelessly besotted.) In brief, it gives you 7 or 8 pantone color books to flip through, as well as the ability to take a snapshot and then pull the pantone hues out of the image and create numerous custom color palettes.
Now, you may ask – aside from geeking out with my iPhone, what else would I use this somewhat pricey ($9.99) app for? Ah ha! Here’s what I am going to do! Photograph all my favorite clothes and create custom color palettes based on outfit combinations! Then, anytime I am out shopping, and I am wondering if I should buy something, and if so, what would I wear it with, I can photograph the item in question, pull out some swatches, and see if they match any of my in-heavy-rotation palettes. I will never again have one of those moments where I’m like, this sweater would look awesome with these pants, but I wish I had noticed at the store that they were two completely non-coordinateable* shades of ochre! Also, once you create a color palette, you can email it, and the email includes the ASE files to send your swatches to Photoshop!
* Non-coordinateable may not be a real word. Spell check says it isn’t, but spell-check also says the word geeking should not be used as a verb, and that I am spelling ochre wrong, which I don’t think I am. Or perhaps I am, and I am just stubborn.
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Review of Raw Minerals
Carmen
So I recently tried a free trial from glow.com (I am not linking it because no one should be visiting this site) for only $4.95! That is until 30 days go by and if you don’t read the fine print (i didn’t) then they charge you a whole lot more! I called and they are refunding me half – but its not good enough. Especially because their product sucks. And I’m not just saying that because I failed to read the fine print. I’m saying it because its the gosh darn truth. If you want your face to age 10 years right in front of your eyes then by all means cake on the Raw Minerals! They want you to believe that this 4 (four!!) step process of putting foundation on your face will make you glow like the airbrushed models in their ads. I’m not that much of a sucker ok, I live in reality, I know what photoshop is, but I thought I would try it. With each new layer I put on it was like the natural glow of my skin (yes, i have that) disappeared only to be replaced by a desert… a cakey, dry desert…on my face. And no, its not because I didn’t apply it right. I think any time you are required to put 4 layers of stuff on your face its not going to look good. I knew that already somewhere in the recesses of my brain, but now I know it for REAL!
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a jewelry quest follow-up
Emilily
I was reading K Dukes today (like I do every day…) and I followed one of the links in her Nomade Exquis post, to this blog: Fashion Me Tender. It’s written by a lady who has some pretty respectable fashion credentials, plus, her blog is the same age as ours and she was recently discussing how to expand her jewelry repetiore. Did I mention she appears to be Polish? Coincidence? Our google analytics would say perhaps not…
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on Hautelook today
Emilily
Gawd I would give one of my kidneys for one of these Herve Leger dresses!
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last night...
Carmen
So I was all dressed up ready to go to a dinner party with a “french peasant” theme. Here was my outfit:
Strangely it didn’t go over so well. Apparently people are not familiar with the French Basque Peasants and their traditional “basque-horn” head-dress. Who knew! Needless to say it was a little embarrassing to walk in and realize that only the food was supposed to be french peasant themed. Luckily I travel with an extra outfit at all times for just such an occasion!
I met some lovely people and ate alot of good food. Max made seafood bouillabaisse, which is one of my favorite dishes in all the world. Everyone there made delicious food and it was hosted by the guy in rabbit hat and cigarette looking pensive.
And at the end of the night we took some portrait shots. My brain is not working so good today so I’m just going to post these pictures and go get a glass of water.
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lookbook
Emilily
I am digging our new addition to the addictions. Besides the outfits, the composition and lighting effects applied to some of the images are quite beautiful. I think my favorite are the posts where the wearer has created a collage of images, like one main outfit, then two little sections of a print or texture. Although, I swear some of those people are lying about their ages, and if not, then they ought to be, because they look way too haggard for 16.
I just read the FAQ section, and saw that it was started by two people in San Francisco!
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Look out for the UPS man!
Emilily
Because he’s bringing you a present!
Here’s what’s in the box:
1 embosser
1 half-full L’Artisan Fleur d’Liane perfume sample (fleur d’liane means forest flower, and I’m not feeling this one as much as the tuberose, maybe because I have spent quite a bit of time in the forest and do not recall smelling anything remotely like this fragrance)
from left to right: angels on bare skin face scrub, curly wurly shampoo for curly hair, vanilla fountain bath bomb, godiva solid conditioning shampoo, wiccy magic massage bar (also great to use as a general moisturizer), jungle solid conditioner, fresh farmacy face soap, honey I washed the kids soap, mudflats soap, and sea vegetable soap.Out of all the Lush products I have tried, my absolute favorites are the Angles On Bare Skin facial scrub and the Godiva solid shampoo. This is one reason I haven’t done any other beauty product reviews, because I am so completely satisfied with my current regime, which is pretty rare. I have spent a considerable amount of time and effort looking for healthy beauty products that work, and so far, Lush has been the absolute best, hands down. Everything is made with sustainable, ethically-sourced, natural ingredients, so there are no parabens, synthetic fragrances, colors, or other harmful chemicals. Most products are very minimally packaged, and the packaging that is used is 100% post-consumer recycled plastic. They don’t test on animals, they donate a high percentage of profits to charity, they have corporate Environmental Officers…I could go on, but the most important thing is, the products actually work really well. Enjoy!
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no way!!!
Emilily
I cannot believe it – I just won something! Like two months ago I was killing time (um, yeah, it was definitely not a Friday night) by entering all the free product giveaways on the Lucky Magazine website, and today I got an email telling me I just won a free Pangea Organics gift set! I don’t think I’ve ever won anything, so I’m pretty excited. I don’t even care if it sucks – it’s free!
