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Check out the below video for a detailed comparison and swatches of Color Club Wanderlust Collection “Pardon My French” for Birchbox vs Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth. Both are pastel purples but with slightly different looks.
Well people have been waiting for this for awhile – the ability to shop online with H&M in the US and it’s now possible. So I decided to go give the site a quick look through and create a shopping wishlist. What I ended up with is a lot of basics I don’t really need at this exact moment … but might buy sometime soon because they’re still basics. I think the other reason I’m not chomping at the bit to buy something is that all of the clothes are in dark colors and I’m still in a bright summery mood. Anyway here goes:
So yes, my H&M wishlist is rather boring. Mostly I would be likely to buy basic tshirts from H&M but that’s pretty much what I’ve always wanted to buy from them I think.
I hate spending money on tshirts because they seem like such a crapshoot. I’ve purchased $30 shirts before that pill after the first wash and $5 (not on sale) shirts that have stood the test of time and numerous washes. Oh and then there’s still the likelihood that my cat will poke a hole in the shirt dooming it to it’s remaining days to be a workout or sleep shirt.
What’s on your H&M shopping or wishlist?
So I mentioned in my last post about swimsuits that I had a couple of ways to alter bikini tops so they don’t dig into my neck. One is no-sew and the other two require sewing and I’ll outline each of these, two of which are criss-cross or cross-back styles, with diagrams below. I’ve also done a quick video in case that helps you get a visual on how things came together on real bikini tops.
And this is how a bikini top looks under a nike spiderback swimsuit. Yes that’s me. For full disclosure (and maybe to help other people’s perceived weight and body issues) I’m about 5’4″ and 175lbs in these photos. And yes, I don’t look like a “long torso” but when it comes to shopping for swimsuits for some reason I am. These nike suits are one of the few I’ve found that fit as a “regular” and I don’t think they make a tall in these.
Pictured is the no-sew option on the bikini top. I caught the dangling ties in the one-pieces straps which is why you don’t see those hanging down.
Some of the athletic style one-piece suits don’t even have a shelf bra in them so yes, I’ll wear a bikini top underneath for some added support even though I’ve had a few people ask me why. 🙂
One of the things that plagues linen as a fabric is pilling. The worst is the pilling on linen pants in the, sorry for my bluntness, crotch area and down as far as anywhere your legs rub together. This is easily remedied with electric shaver designed specifically for de-pilling clothing, sometimes called an electric lint shaver or pill shaver. What I use is an older model of the Remington Fuzz Away. I can’t find this exact one but found several that looked similar but a little more ergonomic.
This isn’t perfect for all situations but a depilling device like the pill shaver will help you get more wear out of certain garments while keeping them looking newer instead of ratty and pilled. Take extra care with thin fabric and holding any fabric taught should give you better results.
NOTE: if your garment is really expensive, please seek professional help with repair instead of using this device. It does have the potential to snag or pull if you aren’t careful as well as with certain weaves. IF you would be devastated if you messed up the garment, same goes with the expensive.
Watch this quick video where I depill a pair of linen shorts with the Remington:
If you’re looking for something similar to what I used in the video, check out the newer models that Remington offers (yes, these are affiliate links on Amazon, but they’re cheap and I really do find this item helpful):
You know how I said in a couple of my videos that I was going to do a giveaway soon? Well I let one of my friends raid my stash of items last week and she ended up wanting WAY more items than I thought she would want to take.
That’s alright since the products found a new home but it does mean I’m going to wait a bit so there’s a little more variety in the giveaway.
Keep an eye out – I WILL be doing a giveaway
(probably after the next Birchbox & Ipsy shipments come in in August.)
Trying out the Pop Beauty Pouty Pop Lip Crayon from this month’s Ipsy bag. “Coral Crush” is only a hint coral and only if you’re heavy handed in the application. The coral aspect might be more obvious on someone with paler complexion though.
