Category: Keep.It.Simple.Sexy.

Electric Blue Nail French Fab, With a Little Help From Orly

I have recently gone from Sephora freak to Ulta convert. Partially because you don’t have an overly done make up queen asking you if you need help every five seconds.  I appreciate Sephora, and it is my first love, but I recently saw Ulta toting my new summer nail crush.

Orly French FX Kit

 

Every girl knows getting a french Mani is best done by the awesome Korean ladies down the street. Without them most of us girls would be wandering the streets and clubs picking bad nail polish off and flicking the chips in our drinks and at strangers. It’s ugly, but true.

Now they have everything packaged and ready to go for ladies who want it all and don’t want blah nude nails. In electric silver and blue. Boring nails be damned I am straight up going out and buying this. All the little overdone girls from WeHo will quiver at the mightiness of my French mani. And it will be blue…er, and silver!

What’s inside?

 Each kit includes two nail lacquers, plus Top 2 Bottom Basecoat & Topcoat All In One and complete manicure instructions.

I’m a girl about town and a mover and shaker so I will try anything once. Plus it’s for the good of women kind. At $15 the price is right.

And if it even comes out looking like this…

I’ve conquered normality and brought a little extra freaky into the Fashion scene. Off to Ulta to give my new obsession a try!

Happy shopping my blue babies.

Ulta.com link below!

http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2245331&productId=xlsImpprod4410217&navAction=push&navCount=1#sku2245332

David Beckham Shoots Cover for Elle UK, NUMMY! Cover Revealed!

David Beckham get’s to rock the cover for Elle UK, the shoot, him in LA, half-naked in pool. #perfection!

Click the linky below for a full video of the shoot. Seem’s he has a thing or two to say about fashion as well. Seem’s the wifey had rubbed off on him.
http://www.elleuk.com/elle-tv/cover-stars/elle-magazine/the-david-beckham-shoot

New This Wedding Season “Bridal Uggs”

It hurt’s me to type this, but it is true as verified by the Huffington Post, there are 100% authentic…Bridal Uggs.

Now I have always been on the fence as far as Uggs are concerned. I see they have a place in casual, laundry day, late night supermarket run and OMG it’s actually cold wear in CA. Although I refuse to own a pair, they are not Crocs and therefore, tolerable.

Bridal Uggs, though? Welllllll…….take a look at the official collection.

Complete with pretty white flowers to let you know they are ‘BRIDAL’ and not to be worn as a normal Ugg these babies include a lovely slipper Ugg, a shiny opalescent sequined Ugg and my favorite.

A Swarovski crystal Ugg that screams ‘I have too much money and no class’.

I suppose bridal parties like this made it inevitable.

So carry on Uggs. Destroy all that is sacred and turn yourself into Crocs. I hope the designers put an end to this and make this 2012 Bridal Collection ‘Limited Edition’.

This certainly tested my gag reflex writing this blog. Here’s hoping Ugg stop’s before it’s too late.

What Pornstars are Wearing

Last month I went to the XRCO adult awards at The Highlands. Sadly my night got cut short but before it did I had a chance to see and ask about some of the fashion they wore. Surprisingly it was as far from the Hollywood Blvd. slut dress as you can get.

Despite wearing a completely lace thong and catsuit (yeah I know it’s sexy, so I am giving you pics) Diamond Skin isn’t your porntastic girl at all. She is actually a heavy-duty shoe-ista.

Lacey and downright working it

Diamond Skin also rocked a pair of $265 Jeffrey Campbell Shadow Spiked Booties. This makes me want to be her new BFF. The girl rocks porn and fashion?

I was happily surprised to find out that although porn stars like bling, they don’t trash it up at all. In fact these ladies were wearing the most elegant and classy necklaces I have ever seen.

I assure you these are classy ladies who know how to bring fashion with a little reaction. Brilliant, beautiful and sometimes naked.

Never under-estimate a porn star. She just might be the girl you are fighting at Barney’s over the limited edition shoes you want. Chances are she’ll win the smack down too.

Uncle Karl Reigns Supreme with outlandish must see FW 2012 RTW fashion show. Middle Earth be damned!

In case you have not heard, Karl Lagerfield is a demi-god. He runs the House of Chanel creating and breaking the boundaries of ways to look at fashion.
He has done it again with an overly opulent show and gem studded runway. The towering crystals were laid on a runway tinted with purple hues that reflected in his collection. This is the dramatic arts cutting edge.
Pay Attention!

CHANEL Fall-Winter 2012/13 Ready-to-Wear show
(Original show aired March 6th Paris, France)

Katy Perry is ‘goth’….oh WTF?

Not so recently, Katy Perry slit from Russell Brand. We know that it was ‘rough’ and ‘hard on her’, but this PR stunt queen is going a little too far.

Shedding her ‘latex cupcake’ image Katy Perry has recently shown up at the Kids Choice awards and the ‘ENT’ red carpet looking like she just listening to her first Marilyn Manson album.

What do we think? I’m just going to jump ahead a few weeks of gossip/fashion blogs and say;

NO ONE IS BUYING IT.

Katy Perry is a pop queen wrapped up in a slice of religion. She is what Disney would have gotten if they had a fetish for latex and Snoop Dogg. I adore Katy and her ‘California Girls’ cotton candy video and cotton candy hair. There is something impossibly right about that as her ‘image’.

Too much smokey eye on this girl and black screams ‘bad PR who should be fired’. It’s not interesting, it just got a goth/glitter gay make over at Glambert’s house.

I say quit trying to emote through your makeup. Bring back our little slice of pop queen and leave the goth/fetish look to the professional’s Katy.

Thierry Mugler FW 2011

We want our Twinkie back.

Santa Cruz-ing for the week

You may have noticed I have been MIA in Los Angeles culture as of late. Well this week has been a flurry of activity, but it’s been up north in Santa Cruz, California.

Santa Cruz IS a tourist town with tons of nature to see and experience. The trails up in UCSC ar made for hiking and mountain biking. The ocean is gorgeous and impressive and vegan, raw and organic eats are everywhere.

Here’s are a few highlights, for both the traditional and nontraditional traveler.

Once a year the Monarch butterflies migrate to the Natural Bridges eucalyptus groves. It is also incredibly beautiful. You have NEVER experienced nature until you have seen this. (Imagine trees that are nothing but butterflies!)

 

There is Westcliff Drive to walk on or drive along and beaches galore.

It is where surf culture started and Santa Cruz Skateboards, you got it, came to life. Skaters do flock here and love ripping up the sidewalk and curbs. There is a skate park on Westside Santa Cruz.

There is a KICK ASS boardwalk with rides and attractions. I recommend the Big Dipper, the Haunted House and anything that goes upside down. For shopping and dinner you will find a nice outdoor mall that is cute and kitsch with a side of hippie culture.

Let’s recap;

You can ride two roller coasters and get traditional cotton candy and hot dogs with your family.

And play hacky sack after renewing your medical marijuana card all in one day.

Something for the whole family.

Yes, this is what Berkeley used to be or, aka the town all the retired hippies and stoned students live in. There is a ton to do if you want to save the Earth, protect the ozone and raise awareness about tree frogs. This is the ultimate crunchy granola Cali town to relax in.

If you feel like kicking off your Louboutin’s for a week and trading them in for a pair of Vibram toe shoes, this is the town to get your hippie freak on. Hit the Boardwalk (wear GOOD walking shoes) for the day and then ditch your relatives for a late night smoke out and micro brews with some locals.

Santa Cruzing indeed.

Black Milk for your Sickness

The shoes I am dying to pre-order are from BlackMilk.com in collab with my favorite maker of shoes Jeffrey Campbell. They are $259.95 pre-order. I think I’ll stop eating.

Here’s the website desription;

NIGHT LITA – BONE MACHINE
JEFFREY CAMPBELL + BLACK MILK

Inspired by the late Lee McQueen. You might recognise the artwork from the ‘Skeleton Hugs’ swimsuit.

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You can pre-order these by clicking the link before and get them on

SOLESTRUCK.com

New Nudes for S/S 12!

New Shoe for Summer at Sophie Gittins through YoungBritishDesigners.com

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