fashionCHICsta

When people look down on you because you aren't who they want you to be,  that's when you know you are doing something right.

....if a chic chick could chuck junk? Lao Tzu, who also wrote, " To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something. "   Face it: You'd be better off without some of your relationships, many of your possessions, and most of your thoughts.  Chuck your chic-chick junk, chic chick. Enlightenment awaits.

Lookie what I found under the tree!!! I didn't know that Juicy Couture teamed with Deborah Lippmann and make-up artist to the stars, Troy Surratt for a Holiday '11 collection. I was trolling their sale page during Black Friday looking for fun things for the BF to buy during the additional 40% off and I stumbled upon it! The Deborah Lippmann polish is what actually caught my attention and I notice then the champagne bottle... of what I thought was gold lipstick. Only when I opened the box did I discover it was a gloss. My heart sank a little. I do not like lipgloss that much. How could I have made such a mistake? Well, l better give it a go and it I don't like it I can give it away. Nope. I love it! It is a very sheer golden shimmer, lightweight and zero stickiness and lasts forever!! I am in love!! Now I find it a BLESSING that this came with gloss. Once again, the Goddess Mother teaching me to not have expectations and keep an open mind!

Let me super honest, I have only cashed my 500 points once.  I used to cash out once I got to 100 points and add another deluxe sample to my order.  But having to taking a shopping hiatus due to unemployment, my points sat. And sat and sat and sat. Until one day I was in my local store grabbing my Birthday shower gel and making a small purchase where the cashier alerted my I had just crossed the 500 points, would I like to redeem my points.  I was pretty shocked at the freebie: It contained a full size blusher retailing at $28.00!

Did you see my office redo? Pristine and perfect.  Everything in it's place.  You probably think I have this everything has it's home, home office.  Well, let me set the record straight.  It's a total fucking mess.  Seriously?!  I write my own blog, I am a columnist for 2 online publications, Co-Chair for Princess Project of SF not to mention I am a registered Yoga Teacher and most importantly, the Social Media Editor for Beauty Army. Most of this was inside the closet!! Can you believe all this crap fit into a traditional guestroom closet? zomfg.  Home Depot stat.  My intention was to buy a gallon of white paint and some new mounts; paint, reinstall and done.  Until I ran into the ClosetMaid rep.  A few trips (3) back and forth to satisfy my creative genius and I had an answer to the dreamy closet I now call an extension to my office.

I was a lucky duck this Christmas, having scored what ended up being a HUGE haul!!!  I had a few coupons and some of the items were on sale so savings were as big as the haul!

Yesterday my blog turned one!!  When I first started my blog, I went to the sites of popular bloggers and copied their concepts. Looking at those styles and layouts, I thought that's what success must look like. In the end I had a bunch of ads and basically a bunch of nonsense that had nothing to do with the reason I started blogging in the first place.  So I pared down, I experimented and I will continue to redesign as my craft of blogging evolves.   I had a lot of fun looking back over the past year and seeing which posts were my most popular and how my style of writing & posting as well as blog layout has changed. I want to share with you what I learned about my blog & blogging in general over the past 12 months.   Think of it as a dvice from your big sister.