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Fashion Week is coming to Wellington

April 4th, 2012

For the first time, a Fashion Week is being held in Wellington, from 18-22 April.

Wellington Fashion Week explores the unique creations of the fashion industry and the many concepts that make Wellington’s fashion its own. Join us as we explore and experience the latest in fashion and as we take time to give our designers the accolades they deserve.

Tickets are available for some of the shows, and you can buy them online. Megan and I will be going to some of the events, along with Martha over at the Wellingtonista, and will report back to you. It appears that WFW will be as inclusive of plus size people who like clothes as every other fashion week ever, so I am looking forward to the makeup and the hair.

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Fatty Boom Clothing Swap, March 17

March 4th, 2012

Hey lovely people who wear women’s clothes size 16 and up*:

Let’s get together and swap! Bring decent clothes you don’t want anymore, and we’ll informally trade them for ones that are new to you. You’ll also get to hang out with some seriously cool ladies, in a happy safe space.

Bring along others who may be keen, as long as they are nice people, snacks to share, and boooooooooze if you wanna. You’re also encouraged to bring along accessories and/or cosmetics you don’t want anymore too, for more fun trading.

The swap is from 2pm at my house in Mount Victoria – let me know if you need the address.

Facebook event is here.

* this is an arbitrarily chosen size barrier – if you’re smaller but feel you have clothes to offer that would work for bigger people, that’s cool too, obviously

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Another Bio Oil trial

February 23rd, 2012

Remember how a couple of years ago Julie did a Bio Oil trial for us?  Well, I have some seriously messed up skin under my arms, so when the Bio Oil people got in contact to ask if I wanted to do a blogger review, I gave them a big ‘ole hells yes please. They stressed that you have to use it every day, twice daily, for two weeks in order to see results. My skin is nasty. Like real bad. So I’m going to put in a jump so you don’t have to see it.

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Wipe that dirt off your face

July 4th, 2011

Ages ago, I was sent some Wotnot Facial Wipes for review. I’d never heard of that Australian company, so I was very intrigued. I was pretty skeptical, because facial wipes seem to be just another product that all beauty magazines started chirping about at the same time, and because hey, don’t we all have access to facecloths and water anyway?

Then I moved into a house with a tiny sink that’s wedged in an awkward corner and has no hot water. And I started drinking a lot. Well okay, I’ve always been a drinker. But being able to take your makeup off without having to get all twisted up and splashed and soaked as one does? Genius. I have to admit, I am not a facial wipe expert, but these are soft, smell good and don’t leave my skin screaming to be moisturised – although I do follow up with moisturiser, because my face skin is pretty dry.

WOTNOT knows this and has produced a facial wipe so natural your skin will love it as much as you do. WOTNOT facial wipes use a 100% natural cloth which is luxuriously soft and pampering. Our formula is enriched with all natural ingredients including Australian certified organic aloe vera to lubricate and repair, certified organic sweet almond oil to restore lost moisture and calm itch and inflammation, and certified organic rosehip oil for skin regeneration and moisture re-balancing. The certified organic jojoba oil base is easily absorbed to condition skin and eyelids making lashes more lush, while the naturally sourced nutrients like Vitamin E help to heal, nourish and protect leaving the skin smooth, supple and glowing.

They don’t actually remove all makeup – my Maybelline eyeliner and mascara are both apparently made of platinum or something, because I’ve gone swimming for hours in them without it budging, but I like the look of second-day eyeliner anyway. So if you’re looking for an easy way to clean your face that doesn’t make you feel like you’re cleaning a baby’s ass, I definitely recommend these Wotnot wipes.

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Are you pretty pretty pretty?

April 22nd, 2010

You might have noticed that things have gone a bit quiet around here, with good reason. Amy has decided to focus her attentions elsewhere, so she’ll no longer be writing for PPP. I’ll miss her a great deal and wish her all the best.

So what becomes of the site we started together? I think it’s come a long way in the past couple of years, and it’s something I’m really proud of, so I don’t want the site to die. What I’ve always loved about PPP is that it’s a team effort, so now I’m looking for a couple more writers to join me. Do you have a love of pretty things, combined with a sense of realism? Can you appreciate beauty products while disapproving of aspects of the beauty industry? Do you want to write about stuff because you love to share and not just because occasionally you may get free products out of it? Send me an email, let’s have a chat – joanna (a) prettyprettypretty.com.

Thank you!

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Wild about Wildilocks

April 11th, 2010

There’s a new hair salon in town, and it’s rather special. Wildilocks is from Australia originally, but now they’ve opened up a branch at 225 Cuba Street (where Eyeball Kicks used to be – don’t worry, Eyeball Kicks is still around). As well as being a salon, Wildilocks also sells clothes, accessories and hair products. As you can see from the listings on their webstore, they’ve got a particular focus on the gothy-ravey-steam punky aesthetic, so if you’re after oversize goggles or Special FX hair dye, this is the place you want to go.

I’m particularly intrigued by their pricing structure – you pay per hour (billed in quarter hour increments), with stylists ranging from $55 to $85, depending on their expertise. Another awesome service they offer? Vintage hair dos! I was lucky enough to get to model for them as Dom and Charlotte were trained by Kat from Australia, and the Victory Rolls I got were seriously awesome. Photos are after the jump.

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Trend alert: multi-hue nails

March 24th, 2010

I’m picking this will be the next big thing:

Painting your nails in multiple (but similar) colours. And not just because you’ve got buttloads of pinks left over from Pretty Pretty Party swaps either. Go ahead, prove me wrong, kids…

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Black lipstick and telephones

March 22nd, 2010

I’m imagining by now that you’ve seen the new Lady Gaga video for ‘Telephone’, and if for some unknown reason you haven’t, it’s embedded below. It is, quite simply, AMAZE.

There are of course many parts of the video to love, but the part that struck me the most? How awesome Beyonce looked in black lipstick:

Now, for ages I’ve thought that black lipstick could totally be done without being all gothy (in fact, I tried my hand at blue lipstick in 2008), and now finally I have proof! I lust for it so hard. I popped into the M.A.C counter at Kirks to see if they had it in stock, but they said it was from a couple of collections ago. Way to make me feel awesome, M.A.C.

Then, I saw Nina from The Style Hive tweet this pic of her as a Eurasian Beyonce which I hope she won’t mind me sharing here:

She looks amazing and I am so very jealous. Apparently that colour is Chanel Hysteria, which came out over a year ago and is sold out. I am so up to date. Okay, so I’m rambling, but the point is, I need to get my hands on some dark lipstick. But I don’t actually have any money. Make me some recommendations anyway please!

And of course, the best accessory to wear with black lipstick? Chuck Bass.

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Let’s turn this whole town purple and orange!

November 9th, 2009

So after the absolutely fantastically amazingly vicious bout between Smash Malice and Brutal Pageant on Saturday (Hadyn has a good write-up and pics of it), it’s time for the girls to voltronise themselves together to form Richter City (woo!) to take on Auckland’s Pirate City Rollers (boo hiss!). The match is on December 5, and you’ve got to be there. Along with making signs, we’re hoping y’all will join us in dressing in orange and purple to show your support. How rad would it be if the whole audience did it? Here’s what I’d be wearing, if someone else was paying:

So we’ll see you there, right?

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What does the digital you look like?

November 7th, 2009
You know I chose this picture of Anna for the leopard print. SMASH MALICE!

You know I chose this picture of Anna for the leopard print. SMASH MALICE!

Jezebel has a piece today on avatars which reminded me of a post that I’ve been wanting to write for ages but hadn’t figured out how to screencap. For those of you who play video games where you get to create your look, do you make yourself look as real as possible or go with the fantasy? For me, I’ve always tried to make my video character as much like me as possible – which meant choosing the sole female character in Streets of Rage back on the old Sega Master System, or playing Anna or Jun in Tekken. My mii on my wii is as round and tall as I can make her, and although I have friends whose miis are absolute copies of their faces, mine is the best I can make it. When I play Rockband with Amy, my avatar is as fat as she can get (not very) and I choose clothes that I’d probably wear. Admittedly, my avatar’s hair is a fiercer red than I can normally manage with my own, but still. And my Guitar Hero avatar has her curves bumped all the way up, which means I get mesmerised by her juicy round ass, even though my own butt is pretty flat. I’m sure there’s some psychology at play here about escapism versus umm oh I don’t know, some other concept, and there’s a lot to be said about the total lack of reality in video games (was anyone else incredibly disturbed by how the news about the shootings on the American army base yesterday featured a totally unnecessary 3D animation clip of the shooter bursting into a room and opening fire that looked just like a video game?) but for now, I’d just like to hear about how you play the games you play…

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