We’re super excited that we’re going to be having another girlie party on October 17 and we would love you to come along. Bring clothes and accessories for a clothing swap, products you no longer want for the dud trades box, and maybe bring along something that you do love to share with the group – perhaps you’re an expert brow plucker, or you have amazing moisturiser or an impressive collection of red lipsticks? There will of course be cupcakes, but if you’d care to bring a plate and something to drink, that would be most welcome too. It’ll be at my house in Newtown again, and we can’t wait to see you again/meet you for the first time. Wahoo!
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Time for another girlie party!
September 21st, 2009Vintage Clothing Extravaganza this weekend!
July 24th, 2009You no doubt know that we love us some dressing up and vintageness, ala Amy’s 30th, so we were quite stoked to receive this from Kylie:
Vintage Clothing Extravaganza this weekend!
This Sunday 26th July 1pm onwards at the Kelburn Church Hall, 81 Upland Road
Do you want to look the part but don’t know how? Are you looking for inspiration? Do you need some new threads? Then this event is for you!Join two of our resident vintage gurus Amy Jansen-Leen and Ness Kirkham as we step back in time to educate you on the vintage world of style from the 1920′s jazz age through to 1940′s wartime. We will cover fashion, make-up advice and hairstyling tips for both men and women and everyone will receive a booklet to take home to refer to.
Shopping galore!
We have well over a hundred pairs of shoes for sale from $5-30, several racks of vintage and vintage inspired clothes from $5-80 and lots of accessories catering for both ladies and gentlemen so make sure you bring plenty of cash along (or visit the ATM down the road before you arrive) as it is CASH SALES ONLY!Order of proceedings:
1pm – Ladies to be seated, styling session to commence
2.30pm – Ladies shopping session with Amy and Ness on hand for advice
3.30pm – Gentlemen to join us as we break for afternoon tea
(everyone to bring a pretty plate of savoury or sweet nibbles for the table)
4pm – Gents styling session
4.45pm – Gents shopping session with Amy and Ness on hand for advice
5.45pm – Curtains close on ‘The Extravaganza!’Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 on the door (limited ticket availability on the day) and can be purchased in class or reserved by emailing vanessakirkham@hotmail.com or calling 021 345 716. Friends, family or colleagues interested in the era are very welcome to join us.
On behalf of the Full Swing Team “)
www.fullswing.co.nz
If you’re going along, do let us know how it went, please.
It’s a different website’s anniversary and you’re invited
July 7th, 2009This might not be considered strictly PPP business, but I know a lot of our readers like to dress up, and I know that I like to party with you guys, so I’d love it if you wanted to come along to help me celebrate TEN YEARS of my own personal site – www.hubris.co.nz. Here’s the invitation:
So much post-party love
April 19th, 2009Hello my beautiful ladies
Thank you all so much for coming along tonight. I hope you enjoyed it, I hope you learnt something new, and i hope you picked up something fun to take away with you.
Just a quick thanks again to the people who helped make it happen – Fiasco Wines obviously lubed us up real good – they’re doing their Black Pearl Pinot Noir launch tomorrow – details here: http://fiascowines.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/dont-forget/
And you can buy their wines here: http://fiascowines.wordpress.com/wine-orders/ We would love it if you did buy them and let them know why you did – they’re a new company, and I think that they did the right thing hooking up with such smart intelligent girl readers, and I hope they get rewarded for that.
Also thanks to www.lindenleaves.co.nz for their Herbalist Face Care Packs that we had to give away, (and Lou Draper at Rockstar PR (http://prettyprettypretty.com/2009/04/01/pretty-pretty-people-lou-draper-from-rockstar-pr/) for making it happen, as well as Dr Rosy Fenwicke from Workout Zone (http://prettyprettypretty.com/2009/04/06/in-the-workout-zone/) for her generous prizes and sample giveways, and finally to Karyl (http://prettyprettypretty.com/2008/08/20/pretty-pretty-people-karyl-from-mary-kay/) (that I owe some money to and I’ll send you a cheque!) for the amazing Mary Kay Satin Hands kit that we all fell in love with (“my hands are soft like kittens” was a twitter comment), and also the amazing selection of samples we all got, and also to Eleanor who makes Dollop, who gave me and Amy secret presents we’ll no doubt blog about sometime.
The bathbombs in your bag are made with milk powder, citric acid and baking soda, and are either orange, lemon, cinnamon & vanilla or cinnamon, chocolate& vanilla flavoured. If you don’t have a bath, break it down in to chunks and soak your feet in it (use a roasting dish if need be). The CDs are a s ampler of awesome women, and if you like them, buy their albums!
I had such an amazing night – last thanks go to Megan for her red lipstick coverage, all you fantastic girls who came along with clothes to swap (and mountains to donate to the Sallies), the fantastic amazing new people who were shy to come along but who I hoped really enjoyed it, anyone who sang with me, and finally to my beautiful partner in crime Amy, who makes this website what it really is. <3
So much love xojo
Don’t forget about our first birthday party!
April 6th, 2009
There’s just under two weeks to go to our first birthday party, and man, we are so excited! As well as facials, footials, manicures and all kinds of other goodness, we’ll be drinking Fiasco Wines, having giveaways from Linden Leaves and doing a big clothing swap, so don’t forget to start sorting out your wardrobes for clothes and accessories you don’t want anymore, as well as any products you have that don’t work for you, and also please if you’re coming, either RSVP on our Facebook event page, or leave us a comment, so we’ll know how many gift bags to make…
What a beautiful fiasco!
March 24th, 2009
To Amy and I, no pampering session is complete without a relaxing drink in hand. That’s why we’re really excited to announce that the lovely Fiasco Wines will be providing us with wine on the night of our First Birthday Party on April 18. Fiasco are a new wine label from Malborough, and we adore the way that they’re twittering and blogging about their experiences. We’ll be trying their Sauvignon Blanc, their Gewurztraminer and also getting a sneak peak of their new Black Pearl Pinot Noir so we can twitter-review it the next day. We’re really looking forward to seeing you at our party and having a drink with us, but we must insist that you DO NOT try rolling on barrels. Trust us on this one. It always ends badly.
Save the date: Pretty Pretty Party April 18
March 20th, 2009We’re turning 1 really soon (April 14 to be exact) and so of course we’re throwing a really big party to celebrate, and we want you to come along!
It’ll be held at my house in Newtown, and if you came along to our 3rd Month Anniversary, you’ll have a vague idea of what to expect, only this will be four times as awesome (and that’s a mathimagical fact).
- Awesome company!
- Beauty advice!
- Clothing & product swaps! (Start clearing out your closets now)
- Cocktails!
- Cupcakes!
- Exclamation marks!
- Facials!
- Foot spas!
- Giveaways!
- Happiness!
- Karoke & Wii goodness!
- Linden Leaves goodies!
- Live-blogging!
- Makeovers!
- Manicures!
- Sampling galore!
- Sugar overloading!
- Tea from China White!
- Wine from Fiasco!
We’d so love you to come along. So much so, in fact, that we’ve created a facebook invite so you can add yourself to the event. If you haven’t met us in person, don’t be afraid. We are lovely lovely people, and we promise you’ll have fun.
Also, if you’re with a company and you’d like to help us out with making the event extra special with giveaways, products to try, or even with the drinking/catering side of things, we would love to work with you. Give me a call on 021 212 7920 or send me an email – jo (a) prettyprettypretty.com. Hurrah!
Mary Kay par-tay!
January 28th, 2009I had a genuinely awesome time at the Mary Kay party at my place last night. Hope my other guests were as enthused. Karyl Anderson is the most expert make-up and skincare person you can talk to. I learned so much and picked up some great products that I got to thoroughly try and test before purchasing. Plus I got a free Satin Hands gift for being host!
I picked up so many tips from Karyl, and me and Jo gonna share them all over a number of posts.
Here’s the first few tips about buying foundation:
- Test foundations by striping possible matches down your jaw-line. The best match is likely to be the one that ‘disappears’ into your skin when you squint at yourself.
- Leave tester foundation on your skin for several minutes before deciding on the best colour. Everyone’s skin has its own acid-mantel (or something) that will affect the colour of foundation. So leave it a while to settle.
Thanks Karyl!!
Review: Clinique Hi Def Lashes
October 27th, 2008I have used the Clinique High Definition Lashes mascara for a wee while now, having received as a gift with purchase. The wand is half brush, half comb – the idea being that you brush through the mascara with the brush and then comb out any clumps or bunching. I found that the comb actually clumpifies though.
In the pictures below, I have benchmarked the Clinique (see left) against a previous winner of a mascara challenge – the Lancome Vitruose (see right). I recommend both for every day wear. The Clinique made my lashes look fuller and curlier, but those benefits are slightly offset by it also being messier and clumpier. It does last well through the day, with minimal smudging.
The dual brush/comb gives more choice on how your lashes can look. Using the brush alone works quite well for a subtle look, and the comb makes lashes much fuller and darker. The end of the wand is tapered nicely too so that you can easily get the tricky little lashes in the inner corner of your eye.
It may not be perfect but I’ll use it again, and maybe purchase it if I see it on sale.
You can also check out many other reviews of this mascara here.
Gymnasts, Gypsies and Vampires – Country Club Romania
September 16th, 2008I’m having a party on Saturday and I’d like you pretty ladies to come along. It’s not PPP-themed, but I believe that dressing up falls in line with the things that we like doing, so I am extending my invitation to you and your friends. It would be lovely to see you/meet you.
