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Test-Run: Orlane Anti-Fatigue Absolute Radiance Cream
I've written about Orlane's Anti-Fatigue Absolute Radiance Cream before (here), but it deserves another mention because I just can't get over how much I like it, and I've been surprised how seamlessly it made the jump from winter to spring (usually my winter must-haves start feeling too heavy once it warms up a bit).
I use mostly drugstore products in my day-to-day life, but I still try to test out different formulas whenever I can so that I'm relatively well-informed about what's on the market...and this is one of a handful of products that I keep coming back to over and over, whenever my skin feels like it needs some extra TLC. I think it's intended for use as a night cream (it's super-rich), but I also like to apply it in the daytime under my regular SPF-containing moisturizer an average of once a week, just to give my skin an extra boost when I feel like it needs it.
It's delicious. I like it so much I'm all weird and hoarder-y about it, and try to spread out my usage so that it'll last forever.
Highly recommended.
Coming Up Roses
What I wore for Mother's Day dinner (at our local hibachi place, of course): a simple summer dress with fun details that I picked up for $19.50 at the mall, and then lightened up even more with white and rose-gold accessories.
We chose hibachi because we like it - obviously; that stuff is delicious - but also because convincing a toddler to sit still for the entire duration of a meal can be tough...but is made exponentially easier by the presence of flying eggs and fire.
My favorite part: the bright-pink lipstick (YSL Rouge Volupte Shine in Devotion). I love the pairing of mint green and bright pink - so fresh and springy.
T.J. Maxx Style Scout Video
Click through the image above (or here) to check out the results of my March video shoot with T.J. Maxx.
One Shirt, Three Ways
When it comes to investing in a piece that you can wear over and over (and over), there's nothing like a good striped shirt. I look for tops that are lightweight and not-too-tight...but whatever your personal favorite fit is, once you find it in striped-shirt form you can take it everywhere.
For example:
On Set With Elle Magazine
Kate Hudson Capsule Collection For Ann Taylor
I did an interview last week during which the reporter asked me who my "celebrity style icon" was, and I was sort of flummoxed. I even almost automatically blurted out "Audrey Hepburn" just because she seems to be the de facto "style icon" who people mention in interviews, even though there are probably few celebrities on the planet whose style resembles mine less.
I do not do ballet flats and pearls particularly well, nor am I pixieishly adorable. C'est la vie.
So I free-associated for a minute, thinking about which red carpet dresses pop instantly into my mind as all-time favorites, and came up with Cate Blanchett's 1999 John Galliano, Cameron Diaz's 2002 Ungaro, Michelle Williams' 2006 Vera Wang, Kate Hudson in that white dress, Kate Hudson in that gold dress, Kate Hudson in that flowery Valentino she wore to the Oscars that one time, and Kate Hudson every time she's ever appeared on The Late Show. Or anywhere, generally.
So: Kate Hudson it was.
Weekend Snapshots: Mother’s Day Edition
On Saturday, we took a field trip to Brooklyn to visit our friends Brian and Lauren, do a little puddle-jumping, and eat bacon-gravy biscuits at Char No. 4.
The rain ended up trapping us at brunch for longer than we intended, which was okay because the place has Bourbon Bloody Marys, and less okay because our son has developed a newfound fascination with "stretching his vocal cords", which is just the term that nice people who don't want to make me feel bad in places like restaurants and Costco use to describe the fact that my son is shrieking at the top of his lungs and then responding to my frantic efforts to stop him by shrieking some more.
I'm going to call this "a phase" and move on, and then hope he does, as well.
Herb Garden Success (So Far)
Gardening Week on Ramshackle Glam continues, this time with my very first herb garden.
Well, second, actually. But I don't think we should count the thing that I stuck in the ground outside my house in Los Angeles, completely forgot about, and killed within about 72 hours.
As of this morning it's been nearly 146 hours since I planted the pots pictured here, and so far, so good.
Objects Of Affection
{ A very special Mother's Day rose from a very sweet boy ... }
{ ... a spectacular gift from a stylist friend: a cuff bracelet by Etc. made from braided vintage watchbands ... }
