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Beauty

Friend Friday: Nail(ed)

June 18, 2010

Oh yeah, baby. I’m loving this week’s Friend Friday* topic! If you’re a regular G&G reader, you know I have confessed a nail polish addiction, waxed on about colors and brands and all kinds of nail-related baloney, and published too many gratuitous foot shots.** This week, I’m doin’ it vloggy style again. I like that name, [...]

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Friend Friday: Beauty Secrets

May 28, 2010

This week’s Friend Friday* project is all about beauty, which goes hand-in-hand with fashion. Katy wrote, “Even though some of us are strictly fashion bloggers, we still use beauty products on a daily basis, so let’s delve into that for our readers.” My Beauty Secrets What are the three products you couldn’t live without? Neutrogena [...]

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Oops, I did it again…

May 17, 2010

I bought some more nail polish. I know, I know, it’s literally only been two weeks since my big beauty confession, but I couldn’t help myself. Truth be told, I actually bought two other bottles of polish a couple days ago—one, a cross between Chanel Jade and Nouvelle Vague, the other a too-bright lavender (more [...]

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Atila the Honey

May 8, 2010

Look at this stunning creature! I am smitten. I think I must go to Cavalia. At any price. Watch a short video about Atila and the other Cavalia stars.

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 3 Highlights

May 5, 2010

Ahhhhhhhh. To sum up the latest shows at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW), let me put it in two words: Mind. Blowing. The Greek trifecta of designer Alex Perry, makeup maestro Napoleon Perdis, and hair stylist Renya Xydis came together for Perry’s massive show held in an equally massive off-site space. Looks started small (think [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 2 Highlights

May 4, 2010

The fashion hysteria in Sydney at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) is in full swing. Street peepers and uber-famous bloggers (Scott and Garance) are snapping away, the music is pumping, and the fashpack is tweeting as fast as their manicured little fingers will allow. Day 2 at RAFW Show of the day was definitely by [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 1 Highlights

May 4, 2010

I’m sure my American readers are looking at that title, that curious string of digits and letters wondering what it all means. I’ll tell you what it means: it’s one of the best weeks of the year Down Under. It’s the 15th year of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) in Sydney, and all those awesome [...]

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Beauty Confession: Nail Polish Obsession

May 2, 2010

The other day I opened up the medicine cabinet in my bathroom, and aside from daily staples like sunscreen and moisturizer, there on the second shelf almost a dozen bottles of nail polish—lined up like little soldiers—stared back at me. Then I opened a drawer and another dozen or more bottles, lying neglected and hidden [...]

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What You Didn’t Know About Your Hairdresser

April 19, 2010

I am the daughter of a hairdresser. A beautician. A colorist. A hairstylist. She is all of the above, and to everyone else, she is also a fairy godmother, a lifesaver, a confidante, a shrink, and on occasion, a magician. Of course, she is all of those things to me as well, being the only [...]

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Your Invisible Identity

March 30, 2010

When I was a little girl, my mother’s high heels, pearls, and perfume captivated me. As a woman, I latched on to Mom’s propensity for heels and have carried on the stiletto love, but try as I might, pearls and Chanel No. 5—the essence of my mom—were never really me. But oh, how that fragrance [...]