New Purchase: Old School Chapstick and Lip Gloss . .

Ever since I was a little girl I've always loved lip glosses and chapsticks.
Almost every time I went to the store with my Mom, she would buy me a new one.
If I find a brand I like, I always buy in bulk as you never know if they will stop being produced. I recently have run out of all my favorite chapsticks and needed to buy more.
My all time favorite one is the Lipsmacker Jell-O flavors, but they do not make them anymore. I resorted to ebay, where I found a seller who had all the old school chapstick and lip gloss brands I used to buy when I was younger.
I couldn't help myself and I ordered a bunch of new lip glosses and chapsticks.
These should definitely hold me off for a while!

Hunter & Jimmy Choo Hiker Boots . .

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Featured in the Vogue April 2011 Issue . .

Here are some highlights from the article:

On designing without any formal training

Ashley: "Dualstar started when we were six. And we had a collection with Walmart at twelve, which was the upper tier of the tween market. It was before celebrity designers.
MKO: "And we were really designing it. It would be jeans, a bit bohemian, or with a little blazer. It was really fashion-forward.”

On their influences

MKO: "We had our observations about fashion changing, when it went from being so eighties to the slipdress and the dark lip. We’d see students coming back from college in grunge. And then Lori Loughlin [Full House] had all this great Donna Karan.

On their future

Ashley: "I want to run a studio. I’d probably like to manage other people on their brands. It could be an artist. A young designer. It could be an existing brand."

WWW - D.I.Y. Burberry Trench . .

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Who What Wear Daily . . D.I.Y. Burberry Trench Coat

INGREDIENTS:
-H&M Trench Coat ($60)
-Approximately 400 chopsticks or candy apple sticks
-Handsaw
-Gold spray paint
-Chalk
-Glue Gun

DIRECTIONS
Before you begin: if you're particularly good with a handsaw or know someone with a power table saw, proceed with Step 1. For those of you who don't have those tools handy, you can make an alternative version of this trench by purchasing and using gold studs instead. If you choose to do the latter, please refer to the second set of instructions and note that this project will get a bit pricier.

1. Cut down chopsticks or candy apple sticks to about an inch with a handsaw or ask someone with a power table saw to cut down for you. You should end up with 164 pointy ends for each sleeve.

2. Once you finished cutting the sticks, it's time to paint them! Make sure you're in a well-ventilated area and are working on a flat surface. We suggest protecting your workspace with old magazines or newspaper.

3. Apply a layer of gold spray paint to the pointy tips. Leave them on your workspace for approximately 15 minutes or until dry. Flip them over and spray the other side.

4. Before you apply the spikes to the jacket, use white chalk to outline a rectangle on each arm, starting at the shoulder and ending at the elbow. You want it to be large enough to fit approximately 24 rows and five columns, but this will vary depending on the size of your jacket and how many spikes you want on it.

5. Space the gold spikes evenly in each row and use dabs of hot glue or super glue to secure each spike onto the jacket.

6. Wait approximately 10 minutes or until the glue is completely dry before wearing the trench.

If you choose to use studs:

INGREDIENTS
- H&M Trench Coat ($60)
- 17 bags of Tree Spikes ($13/bag of 20) in Gold
-Leather hole punch or X-Acto knife
-Chalk

DIRECTIONS
1.Before you apply the studs to the jacket, use white chalk to outline a rectangle on each arm, starting at the shoulder and ending at the elbow. You want it to be large enough to fit approximately 24 rows and five columns, but this will vary depending on the size of your jacket and how many studs you want on it.

2. Create small holes using a leather hole punch or X-Acto knife where you would like each stud to go.

3. Press the post of the stud through the small hole and screw the back onto the post.

Blake Lively for Chanel Mademoiselle by Karl Lagerfeld . .