Polyvore – what’s increasing in popularity
Someone from Wookmarks mentioned to me today that Polyvore has an analytics page: http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/analytics
It has “Top Brands,” “Top Sites” as well as “Rising Brands” and “Rising Sites” which I find pretty interesting.
Catching my attention :: Denim shirts
Over on Pinterest I noticed that I had pinned 4 different outfits involving denim shirts in the last few days so I decided to look for a few more and post what I’m liking about each outfit. Most of the denim shirts I’ve liked have been a lighter shade instead of a deep navy. Take a look and see if you see the pattern to what I like.
There seem to be about 3 ways I really like a denim shirt:
- worn with a white bottom; white jeans, shorts or a flowy white skirt
- worn with a bright bottom like coral or yellow
- worn with a dress and belted
Tell me, have you ever worn a denim shirt that looked good? I haven’t but I’m thinking about trying one of these looks.
Some DIY Button earrings
I went to Hancock fabrics this evening and came across these buttons that I thought would make perfect earrings. They’re very simple and cheap to make.
Supplies:
- Earring hooks on hand or around $3 a package
- Necklace Bails – used Beadalon Pinch Pendant Bails 327B-070 $3.49 (pack of 4)
- Bloomenthal laser cut “cut-out” buttons $2.50 ea. large or $2.75 for the cards of two smaller buttons. Colors that may be available: http://www.blumenthallansing.com/cutoutbuttons.aspx
- Pliers and wire cutters on hand.
Project cost should be around $12 or less
unless you don’t have pliers or wire cutters.
I got both the large white buttons and a green that’s unusual.
This project is super simple.
- Cut the piece from the necklace bail off that won’t work with the earring hook with the wire cutters.
- Open up the bail and insert the button. Make sure you close it on the same opening in each button for both earrings so you have symmetrical earrings.
- Open the earring hook to and make sure you have the button faced the correct direction when you put the loop from the bail onto the earring hook and close.
The white earrings button size is 1 1/2 inches (38mm) so they are slightly longer than that.
Made from laser cut polyester. They feel a bit like plastic but with a pearly finish and they are VERY lightweight.
Question: talc-free alternative to Guerlain Météorites Powder For The Face ?
Does anyone know of a healthier alternative (without talc) to Guerlain Météorites Powder For The Face? I really want to try something similar to this. Multi-color, illuminating, flaw correcting colors… ideas? Leave them in the comments below!
Everyday Minerals “Natural Reflections Summer Bronze” Bronzer
http://www.everydayminerals.com/store/face-natural-reflections-summer-bronze.html
I got this to compare to Everyday Minerals “Raw Sugar” since they don’t carry that anymore and it’s my staple bronzer. Often bronzers will look either too pink or too yellow or too muddy on me (no matter how light I try and apply them.) The Summer Bronze is “ok” … I’m not amazed and in love but it’s better than nothing and it does NOT look too yellow or too pink.
In fact it will probably work pretty well for the summer because it has a hint of pink to it and I’m spending more time outside so I may need a little more contrast.
I took a lot of photos so you can see it in different lights as well as compared to the Everyday Minerals medium beige foundation (in pics above.)
“Natural Reflections Summer Bronze” on LEFT and “Raw Sugar” on the RIGHT side of my hand. Pics inside and in direct light. The Summer Bronze does not have any shimmer which some people will probably like.
Everyday Minerals is becoming this horrible love hate relationship for me, I find something I love so much it becomes an staple item I use daily and bam, they stop carrying it. First the pressed powder, then the bronzer.
Right now this bronzer is only $4.50 for the full size so I expect this to go out of stock like anything else I like.
And a quick note on the foundation, I previously posted EM’s response about no longer having the pressed powder (though they “say” they’re planning on bringing it back, I just don’t think that’s likely anymore.) I bought both matte and semi-matte powders to try. I can’t use either individually, I really do have to mix them to get the right coverage and color for me which is really frustrating.
EM used to sell mixing containers … I need that because I don’t have any empty sifters and it’s a pain to open two different screw top containers each morning for one simple task. I really like their close-able sifter covers.
Anyone have any spare empty EM containers they want to ship to me? Otherwise I guess I could dump them both out into a bowl in the kitchen and then refill the existing containers … I guess that’s what I’ll actually end up doing.