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Remember when you were in sixth grade and you desperately wanted to wear that one shade of lip color, or regularly shave your legs, or get that amazing perm and your mother’s answer to all three were, “NO,” and you felt super awkward and embarrassed that you were such a mutant? Just me? Well, in [...]
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When I first laid eyes on the EmmaKisstina Etsy shop, I fell instantly in love. The illustrations are whimsical, bold, and unabashedly girly. Nothing wrong with that, right? I first learned about Swedish illustrator Kristina Hultkrantz through The Neo-Traditionalist, and was thrilled to discover that she could create a custom illustration for me, and for [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things, Career Woman, Conversation, Design, Style to Inspire | Tagged: giveaway, illustration | 15 Comments »
My friend Ashley sent me a note the other day pointing me to this Martha Stewart article from her magazine Whole Living. The piece discusses the “bad” chemicals in the everyday beauty products we use, and contrasts them against “the good.” I’ve heard about avoiding parabens for a while now, but there were plenty of [...]
Filed under: Conversation, Style Files | Tagged: beauty, natural, organic, paraben, products | 4 Comments »
Last night after work, I stopped in at the Jonathan Adler store. There was this owl bowl/vase: Fantastic tabletop textiles: And this little ‘V’ pillow cover that I may end up getting because I LOVE IT: Let’s see, what else was there…? Oh, you know, just MORGAN from Attention to Detail! The rumors are true: vmac+cheese [...]
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I recently joined an amazing new social photo sharing site called Pinterest. I know, I know, before you groan and roll your eyes and say “Oh my god, not ANOTHER social networking site,” trust me, Pinterest is different. It’s awesome. It’s like a completely visual Delicious. It’s a one-stop-shop to store all of your links, [...]
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Earlier tonight I came across this fantastic post over on Little Ocean Annie. In it, she discusses her reasons for not shopping at Forever 21 and American Apparel. An excerpt: I used to LOVE shopping at Forever 21. My best friend and I had a little tradition of meeting up on Fridays and perusing the [...]
Filed under: Conversation, Just thinking... | Tagged: apparel, best practices, consumers, Fashion, labor issues, shopping | 6 Comments »
Even though I spent some time trying to brush up on my French this past spring, it was tougher than I anticipated in Paris. Having had no one to really practice with, I could read signs and menus and sort of say what I needed to say, but listening comprehension was almost impossible until the [...]
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If someone says to you, “I went to this restaurant last night. It was awful!” I would lay odds that their complaints lie either with the food or the front of house staff. Right? Maybe their server completely messed up their order, or the food was cold and greasy, or the atmosphere unwelcoming. But you [...]
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