My best friend’s wedding shower is coming this weekend and I need something fun to wear! Since I live in San Francisco, I don’t get much of an opportunity to wear sundresses, but since the soiree is outside of the city, I’m looking for something especially summery, but still somewhat dressy. Which is why I turned to a unique sleeveless wrap dress. It is comfortable enough for warm weather and most importantly, stylish enough for a wedding shower.
In between crappy weather and hints of sun, I’ve been scouring the web looking for five favorite posts relating to summer, travel, beauty, books and more and guess what? I’ve found them all for your reading pleasure!
1. Summer Travel Tips: If you’re still making last minute plans to getaway before school starts, today’s USA Weekend has a great feature by Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown on 5 Surefire Ways to Get the Most of Your Vacation.
2. Perfect Summer Hair: Humidity making your hair look downright frightening? Have no fear. This summer, thanks to Allure Magazine, we’ve discovered a brand new trend for your frizzy locks – go get a Brazilian and no, it doesn’t involve wax! It’s a natural treatment for your hair – it’s a little pricey (not as bad as Japanese straightening though) and it will leave your hair straight and gorgeous in any temperature!
3. Fuschia for Me: Anyone interested in sprucing up their mani-pedi? Is Sex on the Beach and Ballet Slippers boring you to tears? While Essie’s summer colors are still pretty tame, we decided to brighten up our tootsies this August with Opi’s Flashbulb Fuschia. Check out the Bionic Beauty’s blog where she give a Sally Hansen bright purple a try and then also shares her pick on the hottest flip flops of the summer – Switchflops! Gotta love a flip flop where you can change the fabric to match your outfit.
Cook up the perfect easy weekend look using three simple ingredients: a breezy feminine top, denim shorts and chic flat sandals. Here are 3 perfect combinations to mix and match – all for less than $100:
From our friends at StyleBakery
We know you’re busy, so we’re making shopping simple this summer by scouting out the most flattering, wearable, must-buy heels to round out your wardrobe this season. After all, isn’t “easy” what summer’s all about?
From our friends at StyleBakery
Clarins has released Instant Sun Light Summer Makeup Collection. This collection enhances your sun-kissed glow and an excellent choice for added shimmer to your tanned skin. It’s a beauty, I say.
Check out the collection:
FACE- Instant Sun Light Summer Glow Palette
Four sparkling shades with matte and shimmer effects, ideal to enhance a healthy-looking summer glow. Beautifies the skin and illuminates a tan. Using a powder brush, blend the five shades together and then apply to the entire face and neck to adapt the intensity of the sun-kissed effect as desired.
EYES- Instant Sun Light Shimmer Palette
A powder-like caress of light. Three shimmering shades to enhance the beauty of eyes, cheeks and décolleté. Illuminates a tanned complexion in summer, on the beach or at night. The must have accessory of the season!
LIPS-Instant Sun Light Sun Colour Lip Balm
A nourishing lip treatment with color and SPF. Total beauty care for lips exposed to the sun whether on the beach or in the city.
Clarins Instant Sun Summer Collection is available at selected department stores in US and Canada. www.clarins.com
From our friends at Hot Beauty Health
If you’ve got to go, you might as well go in style, right? And of course, not spend a lot in the process, right? I don’t know about you, but I’ve got three weddings this summer, and as much as I’d like to recycle what I already have, sometimes it’s fun to pick up a new weddings & party dress — if the price is right! Go for something with a sheen to it, and a vibrant color for sure. Below are Fashion Pulse Daily’s top six wedding dress picks for summer 2009:
Michelle Dress, $54.50
Sheen Bubble Pleat Dress, $14.50
Style&co. Pintucked Sleeveless Voile Dress $32.20 (was $46)
Splendid Heather Modal V Neck Dress , $80 (was $160)
Mara Hoffman Tube Dress Black, $95.70 FINAL SALE
JOHNNY MARTIN Ruffle Chiffon Dress, $15
From our friends at Fashion Pulse Daily
Come summer, Girlawhirl just can’t get enough of white. Whether it’s a surprisingly versatile white linen skirt or crisp white eyelets and cottons for the office, she finds herself reaching for something white almost every day. But her favorite white item has got to be white jeans. She wishes she could wear them every day! And while the classic combinations of white with black, navy or red never let her down, Girlawhirl thinks it’s a little more fun to mix white with brown, dark grey or even burgundy or purple…
And it’s easy to keep them crisp and clean. Just follow Girlawhirl’s advice.
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| White Flare Leg Jeans | White Straight Leg Jeans |
| $29.99 | $59 |
| 24-33 | 0-20 |
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| White Skinny Cropped Jeans | Low-rise Boot Cut White Jeans |
| $34.99 | $44.99 |
| Also available in petite and tall | Also available in petite and tall |
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| White Ankle Jeans | White Flare Leg Trouser Jeans |
| $34.99 | $29.99 |
| Also available in petite and tall | Also available in petite and tall |
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| Demi Panel White Boot Cut Maternity Jeans | Women’s Plus Low-Rise White Skinny Leg Jeans |
| $68 | $17.99, 16-24 |
| 0-18 with inseams Long, Ankle, Regular | oldnavy.com |
From our friends at Girlawhirl
I receive about 50 pitches a day from publicists. As a publicist myself I review them with a critical eye. The other day I received the following email on behalf of HINT Water. It is an excellent pitch, promotion and product. So here it is….
Ever since the roaring 20s we’ve seen fashion change, develop, then resurface and now, designers are doing the same with cocktails. Summer styles from Marc Jacob’s “Depression Chic”, to Tory Burch’s 60’s “Swag”, to Pucci’s “70’s Flare” all the way to Ralph Lauren’s “Classy 90’s” are coming off the runway and into the bar scene. The designers participated in the Death & Co. “Mixology Cocktail Contest” where they were tasked to reinvent cocktails of the past… The winning cocktails are then offered on the summer menu available July 1 – September 15th. Death & Co. is NYC’s trendy “speak-easy”, known for it’s innovative mixologists and throw-back cocktails.
Designers like Tory, Ralph and Marc decided to take a leap down memory lane and re-design vintage cocktails of the past – Tory modeled her drink of choice back to the Tiki Drink years (think the 60’s movie “Beach Blanket Bingo”) and Marc taking a spin off the Flapper’s favorite Mint Julep which hasn’t been in fashion since the 1920’s. The one common ingredient that these designers share isn’t the cocktail color pallet, but the 0 calorie mixer – HINT Essence Water that gave them the no-cal flavor.
From our friends at Season Five
Gwyneth Paltrow made an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,” last week, and we’ve been hunting down a recommended product that will give us that sheen and gleam we need.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s legs were completely glowing as she chatted to the host about her son Moses, her stunning dress, and how to get a tight butt with exercise. We might have been listening, but we were still focused on those gams.
After careful consideration, we think that Michael Kors Leg Shine, a push-up stick that adds color and sheen, is your best bet. Available in three shades, it evens out imperfections as it adds shine. It smells fab, too. Pick it up at Sephora to take a stab at having awesome legs a la Gwyneth.
From our friends at LimeLife
