Runway make up

Someone once said/wrote/blogged that the best thing about Australia is that we can wear seasonal trends from overseas now. Good. Because the makeup looks from New York Fashion Week Fall were hotter-than-Justin-Timberlake and I want to wear them NOW. Here's the first one from Oscar de la Renta. Click to enlarge.




Photos courtesy of MAC Cosmetics Australia, Kit Cosmetics Australia, Napoleon Perdis Australia and the Beauty of Life blog.

Why I love Gossip Girl

Actually it's not hard to love Gossip Girl. E.g. despite discrepancies such as in last night's episode 'Hi, Society'...:
* Nate is so stressed he dances out of time at the debutante ball - real gentlemen don't do that.

* When Jenny tells Allison essentially that she hates the shoes Allison bought her because "the kids at school shop at Saks and Bendel's. I can't wear somebody else's old shoes!" doesn't she know that vintage is even better??

(okay and so this list is in no way a complete and accurate list of dodgy things the directors thought they could get away with while we were hypnotised by how rich and fabulous the characters are, because they were right, damn them!)

...the show still had its moments:

* When Blair and Nate make out while Chuck spots them, before they go into the bedroom? Totally juvenile, the way Nate raises his eyebrows. BOYS!

* Dan carrying Serena out at the end of the ball is the CUTEST THING ON TV EVER!!!!

>sigh<
xoxo
Totally Obsessed with Gossip Girl

Magazines are shiny...

And I like shiny things. Which is probably why I don't have the same interest in newspapers (besides the fact that broadsheets are so large they're impossible to read without elbowing both passengers on either side of u on the train and having to apologise profusely before you return to your newspaper and do the same thing again).

At the moment: just finished reading the March issue of Vanity Fair.
Verdict: Definitely shiny. Awesome fold-out cover with a glamorous spread of "the 10 Fresh Faces of 2008" in John Galliano, the Ultimate Guide to the Oscars, "Ceremony or no ceremony" featuring cute boardgame 'High on Hollywood', photographs by Mario Testino and the 2008 Holly Portfolio 'Hitchcock Classics', with Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, ScarJo, Javier Bardem and more.







Glamour and copious amounts of reading material for the plane to boot. Features include 'Jerry Weintraub Presents!', 'The Right Fluff: A Guy's Guide to Chick Flicks', and 'Mailer's Movie Madness'.







Buy it or not: Hey, if even little Miss Tight-Ass here would buy it, it's gotta be worth it, aye?




QUOTE OF THE DAY: One half of the duo Hamish and Andy said today that he doesn't like leggings worn as pants "because it's confusing - the top half is all casual, and the bottom half is Flashdance." Indeed.

Chinese New Year in Hong Kong!!

Things I hate about Hong Kong & Macau:

* Showering without being able to have the showerhead over you. Recipe for freezing to death, no?

* How rude some of the people are. The shop assistants too.

* The pollution and how it makes every day a gloomy, cloudy day.

Things I [s2]:

* Chinese New Year - the flower markets the night before and their absolutely hilarious inflatable toys and soft toys, the lai see (red packets), the food, the atmosphere.

* The European department and chain stores - Marks & Spencer, H & M, Zara - and the fact that cheapo stores are right around the corner.

* The way my grandfather picks up the phone: "waiiiiiiiiiiiiii?" Seriously, I have not heard someone EVER say "wai" or "hello" THAT LONG.

* The food - the smelly tofu (tastes a LOT better than it sounds), the fishballs, the chestnuts, the fresh custard tarts with delicious butter pastry that crumbles in your mouth, the lightly spiced pork chop buns with toasted fresh bread on a freezing, blistery Macanese day.

* The awesome sightseeing in Macau.

* How CHEAP magazines are there!!!! On average, $4 AUD for a local mag, $10AUD for international. Arrrgggh!!!

And no, you don't need to ask if I went on a shopping spree. :P :P

Damn Sportsgirl and their catchy phrases

THANK GOODNESS it's no longer 35 degrees C outside!! How the freak am I meant to get excited about elegant winter fashion and all those cosy, yummy, snugalicious layers if it's boiling???

Thank you, weather, for taking fashion into consideration. It's colder today, and therefore I am now in the right mood to browse Sportsgirl's winter catalogue, most of which isn't in store yet but promises some delightful styles.

I am hearting:

their dark, shiny metallic nailpolishes (as if I wouldn't! Is it possible to have a nailpolish fetish??)


their shoeboots - man, that word is fun to say! sh-boots. shooo-boots. shbots.


their patterned stockings a la Gossip Girl. I can get more wear out of my shorty shorts with these classic schoolgirl delights! Yay!



their vests - but NOT over flannel shirts. >shudders< Was there ever a more bogan combination??


Love the colours featured this season too - dark green, burgundy (wine, anyone?), folksy caramel brown, and midnight blue. Now to get myself some money so I can BUY IT ALL UP!!!
xx

Kit fetish

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman, single or not, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of shoes. Yes, shoes. I have yet to meet an exception - even the non-fashion-obsessed women I know love shoes. Heels, slingbacks, joggers, boots, thongs, whatever - shoes are shoes and it is truly a miracle that I'm a size 35 EU (4-5 AU) because otherwise I would spend my entire year's pay on shoes.
Like, whatever. I am really pissed off at all these beautiful shoes my feet are too small for.
But anyway, because I can't really fit into many shoes, I spend my pay at Kit Cosmetics too.

Because let's just say that the nailpolish is now my lover but I pay the Juicy Mood-Lifter body scrub frequent booty calls. It's a steamy love triangle, but no one minds, least of all me, because they are both truly excellent products and definitely worthy of my money.

Why? Well because the nailpolish is smooth, goes on like a dream and dries quickly; the body scrub was a tad oily at first but smells so invigorating I think I shall forgive its minor trespasses.
You are all invited to the wedding (with the nailpolish in Big Bang, hurrah!)
xx

It's ladies night

And when the ladies get together, they talk about the SAG awards - perhaps some of the most unfortunately acronym-ed awards in history (not that there are many).
So anyway. As aforementioned, everyone is talking about these awards and thus I have managed to procure a photo of Sandra Oh looking all strange and out-of-proportion - but all strange and out-of-proportioned in a pretty frock.



And therein lies the problem. While the girls at GFY detest it, I think it's pretty. The hot pink balances the black beautifully, and it's a freakin' hot colour anyway. The lines are simple, yet elegant, and it's just a really gorgeous dress. But Sandra Oh looks all - funnily enough - SAGgy in it. It makes her long face look even longer, and her hairstyle and make-up are nowhere near pretty enough for the dress.
But she definitely deserves brownie points for wearing a strapless dress that DOESN'T MAKE HER BOOBS LOOK SAGGY - which, ironically enough, other people did. Perhaps because they are pregnant???



xx