Posts by Elyse

Right, so wedding planning.

Not as fun as everyone makes it out to be. Well, maybe i shouldn't be so extreme...

It is fun if you think haggling with every vendor in the Tristate area, arguing with your British fiance on "cultural differences" and listening to your wild Italian family tell you what is & isn't classy (meh). A psycho-insane-elated-fun, I guess....

Anywho, throughout this process one ignores most other areas in life (ahem: GlamourCow).. so I decided this past weekend to ignore it all, p/t it to Mother's house (Manalapan, home of "The Situation") and see if I can score anything decent at Marshall's.

Here's what I bought and here's what's appauling:

Purchased at Marshall's: Laundry by Shelli Segal Short Leather Motorcross Jacket (leopard lining, love it. so fran drescher.) $149.00. Marshall's NJ Rt 9 S.

What's appauling: Post-purchase, I found that same jacket at Bloomies for $420.00. Here.

With all of my wedding planning going on I'm 100% out of the loop on anything remotely cool. I realize I can't vacuum myself out of reality, so I'm making a fair attempt to get back in the game. Which leads me to Fashion's Night Out.

What's the deal, are you going? (Last year Lauren & I spent the night running around Bergdorf's...)

Have you seen this agenda map on their website?

You can choose what hoods you want and what categories you're interested in, so call your boos, make a list and go scoop up some free samps!

All HERE.

Oh, you all of this didn't you?

I better not turn into a big married loser. Blech.

This cracks me up. $18 @ Threadless.

Idk what it is about a lipstick that I love. I think it's the stick factor. Or maybe, it's how the way the lipstick shapes itself after roughly 20 wears. Or maybe, I just have fond memories of rummaging through my mother's makeup case and finding oodles upon doodles of old lipstick tubes.

Yet, when I was about 17-ish the gloss era came to trend. MAC Lipglass and then Lancome's juicy tubes were on the market & the gloss era dominated the market. During this time, I sucumbed to conformity & scooped up as many glossies as my part-time waitress salary afforded, and big secret: I was never really a fan.

I think it was my frizzy fly-aways sticking to my lips and to this day I still scout the aisles for ultra-sheer, very gloss-like lipsticks. (and I'm not talking about a tube of, cherry chapstick - which is always in my bag.)

Now, this summer, uber-girly brand, DuWop has finally solved my decade-long dilemma with their new: Icedteas.

Icedteas: a translucent lipstick that provides a touch of gloss, yet is packaged in a traditional lipstick tube.

To me, this is the selling point.

To you?

Maybe it'll be the fact that Icedteas come in 4 scrummy (scrummy as in scrumptious) mouthwatering flavors.

I'm not going to lie, the product *doesn't* last very long on your lips, so be prepared to go to town on that tube - reapplying every 1/2 hr. But, again, if you're like me & want a light sheeny gloss in a tube - than this is for you.

All 4 shades have built-in sunscreen.

Best. Coats. Ever.

Brazilian designer, Melissa Malika, is having a HUGE sample sale.

Shit includes key styles from collaborations with Vivienne Westwood, Karim Rashid, and Alexandre Herchcovitch, etc...

WHAT: MELISSA Summer Sample Sale, 50%- 70% off selected merchandise
WHERE: 520 W 27th St, Suite 601 (27th St btwn 10th and 11th)
New York, NY 1001
WHEN: Wedenesday May 19th through Saturday May 22nd
TIME: 12 PM- 8 PM
SITE: Melissa Plastic Dreams