Princess Princess!

    
New Rose Tower Bracelet and matching earrings. 
       

Cute Hime style outfit and matching DS Cover! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Hime Princess style is a relatively new fashion category in Japan and I must confess, one that I would wear all the time if I could! Roses, rhinestones, and lots of PINK!  So after I saw this amazing nintendo DS Princess cover, I was inspired to make the Rose Tower Bracelet and matching earrings. Now I will have to go by a Nintendo DS just so I can have that cover! 

Royal Soap

So I recently fell in love with two things: Costumes in the Movie The Duchess, and the Seanik Solid shampoo bar from Lush! If you haven't tried these things, they are Awesome! (and vegan!) Made from fair trade organic ingredients (like nori seaweed!) these solid shampoo bars create the best lather ever and they leave our hair super shiny and soft. Kirk and I love them, plus they look like a compacted Cookie Monster! So after washing my hair I then made some Duchess inspired jewelry from pearls and a buttery rose cabochon set with a rhinestone. It sits just below the collarbone and looks oh-so-royal! The movie itself was a bit depressing but the costumes and jewelry made it drool worthy. 

Oh and as a side note, I've sent in my jury photos for my spring shows, so I'll be listing them as I am notified! 

What I'm LOVING!

So I know it's been a long time since I've blogged and I know this has nothing to do with jewelry, BUT I just had had had to give my review of the Imju Fiberwig mascara I bought yesterday at Sephora. 

First of all, my history with mascara has been nothing but high hopes followed by disappointment. I've tried them allll from natural to the most waterproof formulas. Even after trying formulas that promised "no smudges for 6 hours!" alas, I was a Panda after only 1! So when I heard about what the Japanese and the beauty industry were calling the "holy grail" of mascaras, I knew I had to try.  With it's mantra being "beyond mascara, it's paint on false lashes!" and the most important, "bye bye smudging!" my initial reaction was quite skeptical.

So today before work, I swept the Fiberwig onto my lashes and went forth for a 6 hour work day. 8 hours later I am writing this and am so very excited to say that I am Panda Eye Free!!! No smudges, no clumping, AMAZING length, this stuff is the best thing I have ever tried! Thank you Imju for creating such a life saving product. I only wish I had bought it earlier. So if you ask me, Imju Fiberwig Mascara is a MUST have for anyone who struggles with smudging, I give it 5 stars! No more Q-tips in my purse!  Oh and the best thing I forgot to say about this product is you only need warm water to wash it off! Amazing...