Click over to The Huffington Post Business section today for an interview in which I talk epic career failures (and a few successes), how I figured out what the hell I wanted to do with my life, the challenge of maintaining a work/life balance when your life is, in some ways, your work, and how I handle online negativity. And lots of other stuff. It's a fun one, I think.
What I'm excited about this month: all things green and gold, simple silhouettes, a little hint of romance, and a few pieces that are getting me all atwitter about the warm weather that's (theoretically) on its way.
1. Wayfair Moroccan Tea Glasses ($38.99). I have a set of vintage gold-edged Moroccan tea glasses that my aunt found for me at a flea market in Canada and that I use for everything: wine, water, lemonade, to serve snacks, as little mini-vases for centerpieces…everything. And I recently broke one, and was extremely sad about it. This set would make a lovely replacement (isn't that shade of green so gorgeous??).
2. YLighting Rocket dWelLED Pendant Light ($198). Pendant lights run the gamut from crazy-ornate to utilitarian and minimalist, but I especially love the aesthetic of this one: it's got a super-straightforward shape…but it's gold. Best of both worlds.
3. Kelly Wearstler Saint's Hand Sculpture ($225). I'm into all things Kelly Wearstler at the moment (especially this ring, ooooh), and also have a minor obsession with hand sculptures (which can be used to display jewelry, or just set out wherever because they're so freaking cool looking). This one is so striking, so simple, so beautiful.
You know how all the kids these days are into late eighties/early nineties fashion? Actual, under-the-legal-drinking-age children who don't even know who Kirk Cameron is are wandering around all "oh I totally invented this bowler hat and chiffon dress look" (no you didn't, that was Winona Ryder).
Well, my darlings, I'll see you your velvet choker and flowered baby doll and raise you A DENIM JACKET WITH A PUFFY PASTORAL SCENE ON IT.
Oh you heard me right.
I feel like there are some things that, when discovered, must be purchased regardless of actual appeal or utility in one's life. Do I have any particular need for a jacket that might actually be the ugliest article of clothing ever created? A jacket that has whales coming out of the pockets?! (Let's not even get into the procession of cows strolling across the back.)
So, my son has this newfound love for wandering around thrift stores (we call it "treasure hunting").
I understand that this is a pretty bizarre thing for a three-year-old to be into, but bizarre or no, it excites me so much that I have to take him out to do this whenever humanly possible. My parents live just a block away from my favorite thrift store on the planet - the Salvation Army on West 46th Street, where you can find crazy-good furniture and clothing and knickknacks (they call it "bric-a-brac") and - best of all...
Superhero-themed Chutes and Ladders games still in the original packaging (!).
Just…
isn't this kind of the best color ever? I mean sure, the roots would show about thirty seconds after you left the salon, but I feel like that rough-around-the-edges effect is sort of okay (and also sort of the point) with this kind of color.
My friend E, who has very, very dark hair and has never touched it with even a single snippet of hair dye, was recently telling me that she wants to go platinum blonde and I was all DON'T DO IT (because I am not one of those people with a naturally beautiful hair shade and feel like those who don't have to dye their hair should revel in that particular blessing)…but now I think I may be eating Ye Olde Words. Because I totally want to go full-on platinum. I also recognize that it would kind of destroy my hair, but now that it's short there's a whole lot less of it to destroy…so...
I’ve been using StriVectin’s anti-aging products for a good five years now (ever since I discovered them via a BetterTV series I shot in early 2010), and am in the process of trying out their new LABS line (which is geared at bringing professional-strength treatments into the home).
The five products in the line):
You can use all five products together, or incorporate as many as you want into your regular skincare regimen. So far I’ve tried out the Glycolic Peel and the Extreme Cream…and next up?
1. Drink All The Water In The World (And Then Drink Some More). You know how whenever a magazine interviews a supermodel she’s all “Oh, my secret is water,” and you think “Yuh-huh. Your secret is GENETICS.” Well, the genetics thing might be a big one, but water? Also big. Maybe the biggest.
Drink it all. All of it, I say! (Then drink more.)
A new eye makeup look I'm into lately (inspired by some fantastic new product discoveries).
Just being ridiculous. (Follow on Instagram here.)
These guys are my heroes. (Two Irish Guys Sneaked Into The SuperBowl Without Tickets And Snagged $25,000 Seats, via The Washington Post.)
Apparently this dress shape is called the "popover." I think it should be called "put me in this now because oh my god, so cute and comfortable."
So I bought these pants.
Here they are photographed in Milan by The Sartorialist, worn in a manner that is kind of amazing but makes absolutely no sense in my life. Also I don't own chocolate-colored smocks or Valentino pumps, or stand on the street dramatically texting while people photograph me. (Or I don't often, at least.)
