Pretty Pretty Pretty

Get prettied up in Christchurch this Sunday

Kebabette — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:35:57 +0000

Christchurch pretties – I was excited to read about this clothes-arama in the Zest supplement of The Press today (p. 15).

Petticoat Lane is organising a Monster Garage Sale this Sunday 5 September 11am – 2pm, 16 Harewood Road Papanui.

The Press says: military uniforms, tailcoats, pre-50s corsetry, beaded cocktail dresses, stockings in original 70s packaging, jewellery, gloves et al – and for the lads, menswear from the 60s to 80s.

Flyer (PDF)

If you go, let us know what goodies you find! I’m hoping for a hussar jacket … and shoes.

Gives you wings?

johubris — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:46:16 +0000

A gift basket

I have had the Death Flu of DEATH over the past week, and having my period has made it that much worse. Every time I cough or sneeze or blow my nose, my tampon has shifted around inside me. It’s not like I have a particularly capacious vagina or anything either – as far as I’m aware, anyway. It’s just a sucky part of life.

Another sucky part about having your period? Feeling continually damp. Sure, you’ve got a tampon in to catch the blood and most of the chunks, but yet there’s still “liquid” that escapes. I’m using the very euphemistic term from the accompanying literature because damned if I know what it actually is. It doesn’t seem to be blood. It’s not lady selflubrication. It’s just there and wet and if you wear all cotton underpants they stay wet all day and it’s not comfortable. But Carefree Flexia think that they can change that for me.

“CAREFREE® Flexia® tampons are the first and only tampons designed with SOFTFOLDS® flexible wings that catch the fluid other tampons may miss. These wings draw the fluid to the inner core of the tampon helping to prevent leakage from the base.”

When they offered to send me out a gift parcel to try the tampons, along with some bath soak and chocolates, of course I said yes. Will the tampons leave me feeling dry? Confident? Carefree? Will I totally be jetskiing around in white togs if I use them? Stay tuned to find out!

Remember – you’re never going to get a promotion without a fresh vag. So do what you gotta to get ahead!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

guest — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Quite enjoying http://www.goodfashionforgood.com #
RT @wildilocks: less than a week til Capital Fetish Ball in Wellington we will be doing hairpieces for the event! http://is.gd/exrX9 #
Are you the new Smashbox Pro makeup artist? http://bit.ly/924XeB #
If I was in Auckland, I would rock the fuck out of this, so you should do it in my place. TCD needs models http://bit.ly/9sc6cK #
RT @s5: Ladies, some important tips on getting that hard-earned raise. http://bit.ly/9eXSbY #
I have a posts lined up- but is there anything in particualr you want to see on PPP? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

guest — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Our friend @BellaHM also got her hair done at @wildilocks and it looks rad – http://bit.ly/9XLwfT – so excited about getting mine done Sat! #
Just got awesome stuff from @gracielouie highly recommend! Once I move to small town- expect review. Morgan xoxo #
RT @BellaHM: Beautiful glass gowns by a Czech artist clearly influenced by Cinderella… http://bit.ly/9H8KNY I think you will dig this! #
The lovely @gingertonyx is sorting out her budget and her beauty stuff – I am inspired http://bit.ly/b8vBAS #
My radass hair and backcombed poofy bit courtesy of the amazing Cass at @wildilocks who is AMAZE http://bit.ly/9JLvAp #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

guest — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0000

I wrote about NZNTM on The Wellingtonista instead of on @prettyx3 because it was location specific: http://bit.ly/dduCcq #
If you like the work of the Max Foundation, and you were going to go see Salt anyway, why not combind? http://bit.ly/98aYwN #
This Jolen facial hair bleach makes me feel like a drug user when I mix it up from powder, then it falls off in clumps. Not a good user feel #
Dear @BellaHM we love everything you write with such a burning passion, would you blog for us? Even if you just recycle your posts? #
We got a guestpost from the fabulous @BellaHM http://bit.ly/adRcgx #
Awesome spam: "A huge wang is a fashion statement". So wangs are the new birds? #
Hey lovely Welly girls s14+, have you been to City Chic yet? http://bit.ly/6cFVPD – I went to one in Canberra but hope this one is better #
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I don’t love buoys

johubris — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:52:18 +0000

A guest post from Bel.
I do love having the latest fashion news sent directly to my inbox. I don’t love when it is filled with body dismorphia, cliched clothing and tacky writing.

The immediate clanger here is the obvious ”enhancement” that has gone on with the image of the model on the bottom right.

Perhaps it is some snazzy move that I missed the week I skipped America’s Next Top Model, but as far as I am aware, Tyra has not yet let us all in on a pose that instantaneously whittles your waist down to the width of your head. Practically miraculous, especially when you have two other photos of normal-sized waist to compare it to!

Overall, it was just plain disappointing to get a whole e-newsletter devoted to touting the joys of NAUTICAL. Nautical, you guys! Did you hear? It’s in! It’s in this summer! And do you remember last summer? Um, yeah – just like then! What’s that? The summer before… uhhh… maybe?

Pardon? Ever since Jean-Paul Gaultier’s debut collection in 1976? Or maybe since Gabrielle Chanel busted out a top she borrowed from the sailors of Brittany back in the 30s? Hmmm… interesting points. Fashion is know for being cyclic, but really, trying to act as if as there is a trend popping up when we’ve had nothing but blue and white stripes flung at us for season after season seems to be taking it a little far!

And it must be said, I love me a good pun [see: above]. This is a trait passed down from my mother, who is also a Scrabble champion and cryptic crossword queen. But “I heart bouys” is weak on so many levels. For one, it just draws my attention again to the fact that they are trying to act as if this whole nautical baloney is new and fun and exciting.

It also taps into a pet peeve of the way mainstream fashion retail stores, which used to cater for women in their 20s with a professional focus, are aiming more and more towards the teenage market.

“I heart bouys” is the kind of lame-arse thing you might see mass-produced in Supre, a shop where the sizing alone lets you know that their target audience is people who have not yet developed mature hips and breasts. It’s not a good fit with the usual ‘wear it from work to the club’ stuff that comes out of Portmans, and goodness me, not much upsets me more in the world than inconsistent branding!*

*Things that upset me more in the world than inconsistent branding:

That funding for evening classes has been cut and Education Minister Anne Tolley has suggested as the option for refugees to New Zealand who were using this as their way to become proficient in English, that they will now be allowed to apply for student loans.
That the food from Satay Kingdom in Left Bank is cheaper than the food from the Thai place on Cuba, but their portions are smaller and I always feel too stuffed after a Satay Kingdom laksa.
Murray McCully. I really hate that guy so bad.
Finally deciding to use a voucher and finding out that it has expired. Gahh!

Flowers on your feet

Kebabette — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:47:50 +0000

It looks like spring fashion is going floral from head to toe. Hooray!

Left: Ipanema from The Warehouse’s Garage range
Right: Pretty also from The Warehouse Garage range

Left: Raska Court at Number 1 shoe warehouse
Right: Verity Fast at Number 1 shoe warehouse

A googlefest on floral shoes will hook you up with loads more images of flowery shoes.

Have you seen any others in your shopping travels? What do you think – is this a trend that’s pretty to the power of 3?

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08

guest — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Current pretty dilemna: whether to attempt Noir-ish hair myself for #madderbadder or get the good people at @wildilocks to do it for me? #
Ahh, this is what that snippet of "are women in glasses sexy?" on Breakfast (HULK HATE PAUL HENRY SMASH!) was all about http://bit.ly/9L5Xs2 #
@wildilocks I would love to have you play with my hair, but given the $400 dress and $40 lipstick and everything else, I'm not sure I can… in reply to wildilocks #
@wildilocks: Had your hair done @wildilocks? Care to help out students who've made us subject of a project? http://bit.ly/b8EWQl #

Mother’s Little Helper

Sarah — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:52:26 +0000

Okay, so I’m not technically a mother. But I have brainwashed my cat into thinking that I did indeed birth her from my very own loins. For guilt trip purposes only–nothing perverse.

And when it comes time to change her nappies I like to reach for Bepanthen Nappy Rash Ointment. It’s also the best product I’ve come across for healing and preventing dry lips.

It isn’t pretty, it doesn’t smell nice (the lanolin content makes you feel like you’ve been pashing a sheep), and the ingredients list* is pretty basic, but it works really well at keeping lips soft and smooth.

I tend to apply this at night and perhaps again in the morning. That’s it. It isn’t one of those lip products that has to be reapplied constantly throughout the day to keep your lips from shrivelling up. I’ve been using it for a few months now and after the first couple of days my lips were in really good condition and have remained so.

Bepanthen also has other uses. It makes a good cuticle cream, works well on small cuts and scrapes to prevent them from drying out as they heal, and–as I found after developing a rash from the dye in one of my scarves–helps to clear contact dermatitis**.

I bought my 30g tube for about $8 down at the local supermarket (if you’re interested in trying this make sure you get the nappy rash ointment and not the antiseptic cream in the blue box).

*Ingredients: purified water, lanolin, liquid paraffin, soft white paraffin, dexpanthenol (provitamin B5), almond oil, white beeswax, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, ceresin, glyceryl mono-oleate, lanolin alcohol.

**As always patch test on a small area first, and please see a medical professional rather than relying on information from some waffling idiot on the internet etc.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01

guest — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:30:00 +0000

‘I’d close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet’ http://tinyurl.com/3936pw4 Penelope Cruz #
I am clearing out my polish collection for moving- I have heaps for sale if you are interested DM me your email and I'll send the list. #
I am clearing out my polish collection for moving- I have heaps for sale if you are interested DM me your email and I'll send the list. #
We are most definitely #TEAMFANCE because @definatalie is teh awes. Kiss my fat arse, @lanebryant, even if you did ship to NZ I wouldn't buy #
@definatalie does your arse look agog in this? in reply to definatalie #