If you were one of the very lucky ladies who took home some lovely prizes at the PPP 1st year birthday, please write in a tell us what you think of them. You may recall we gave away Herbalist travel packs from Linden Leaves, Workout Zone packs – the sweat yourself beautiful system, and the Satin Hand kits from Mary Kay. Oh and the Dollop hair product of awesomeness.
If you’re got lots to say, email me amy(@)prettyprettypretty(.)com or just leave us a comment. We love hearing from you.
The lovely Nancy_Blackett is live-blogging NZNTM for us tonight….
anna_rc:Here’s hoping. Next week’s final looks glam.
nancy_blackett: ok- laura for the win i think
anna_rc:Ha!
nancy_blackett: ruby will be the most famous of all these girls i reckon
nancy_blackett: sara’s ‘when the time is right – call me’ to ruby= when you’ve lost 10 kilos fatty mcfatterson.
anna_rc:Aww Ruby. Please get a career in presenting soon.
nancy_blackett: and ….. bye ruby!
nancy_blackett: hosanna’s safe. out of christobelle and ruby – ruby is gone for sure!
nancy_blackett: laura looks lovely in white with her hair
anna_rc:Laura called first! Makes my bottom two wrong. Must say I’m intrigued by Laura’s Param past.
wait. what? laura didn’t deserve to be called first!
anna_rc: Not looking good for Ruby for “industry reasons”.
nancy_blackett: way to put the pressure on the stylist to be the one to rule out ruby » Read more: Tonight’s post about NZNTM – brought to you by Nancy_Blackett
While perusing Kirk’s today I saw this sign. On the 11th and 12th June, Linden Leaves, who we love, are having a lady come in and hand and feet treatments (I think it’s $20 for hands and $35 for feet). You can make an appointment instore at Kirk’s (Wellington).
Small Acorns, the cute and classy home, kids and beauty store, has a fun competition at the mo. Send in pics of your ugmo cushion, and you could win a beautiful new one.
And remember, Small Acorns still has Bloom products on sale at crazy good prices.
A judging panel, instore experts, and you the cosmetic-going public all got to vote in Mecca Cosmetica’s own beauty product awards. Results on the best products on sale at Mecca Cosmetica are available here.
Mecca’s product lines are on the pricey side but there are some real gems among them. I can recommend the Kevyn Aucoin Brow Pencil, winner of the ‘Best for Brow’ award; and the Stila Smudge Pots (though in winter they tend to harden up too much), winner of the ‘Ultimate Eyeliner’ award.
From the sheer number of award categories (I estimate around 100 beauty product categories were in the beauty election), it’s hard to discern which products are actually worth a second look. But the good thing about Mecca is being able to bowl up to the counters and have a play around and see for yourself. (And then you can always see if you can get it cheaper at strawberrynet.com – cheeky aye.)
I’ve had the same frames since 2005. They’re pretty beaten up. Also, my right eye has gotten better! And Amy got new glasses! So I’m going to too! Which ones should I choose?
What glasses should Jo buy?
Total Voters: 28
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Via Jezebel (of course), here’s a video from 1930 that shows what we’ll be wearing in 2000. Electric belts, aluminium and boys who have pockets for “candy for cuties” feature prominently. Oooh swish!
Aaahh, I remember my school balls. Both years I went, my mum made my dress for me. At 16, I went in a dark red empire-line number with capped sleeves – very conservative. The following year I wore a black, shiny, PVC dress – again with an empire-line but also a fish tail and mesh sleeves and patent red shoes. I thought I was awesome, but I’d hate to see the photos now, with so so so much hindsight.
Boy do I wish I was a teenager now going to a ball though. There’s limitless choice of dresses at almost any budget. You can look on trademe or any number of online stores for super bargains. And there’s so many more ranges of make-up and styling tools for hair. Kids these days don’t know how lucky they are aye.
Here’s what I’d like to wear if I was invited to a ball this season (all these are from US sites, but do ship world-wide):
 Only $89 US |
 Only $40 US |
 Only $58 US |
Starfish Workroom Sale
Level 5, 173 – 175 Victoria St, Wellington (next to Farmers)
Reduced prices on fabrics, trims and sale stock.
Thursday 21st – 9am-5pm
Friday 22nd – 9am – 5pm
Saturday 23rd – 9am-5pm
Sunday 24th – 10am-2pm.
Thanks for the tip Shannon!
When I heard about these, I had to try them – stick on nail polish. And it’s as easy as it sounds. No mess, instant, lasts a long time without chips. But expensive. In the pack pictured, you get one full application (with 10 spare nails, so kinda 2 applications) for $14.50. I got mine from a pharmacy, though incoco.co.nz sells them for $12.95 online. Plus you get a little nail file and buffer and cuticle stick.
But I reckon for a special occasion or as a treat they are perfect. The finish looks professional, and is so fun and easy. It’s only day 2, but no signs of chipping yet.
Only problem is the sizing – was hard to find one to fits my little fingers. But that’s not a big problem. And the pharmacy I bought mine from was nearly sold out so I didn’t get much choice for colour…these things are obviously already too popular.
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