Tumblr Vs. Blogger

I've been in a little bit of debate over which one of these blogs sites to keep! I wish Tumblr would cooperate with merging a combo of pre-written templates and my own html, but it's not working out. Until I figure it out, I suppose there's no harm in using both. And I'll see if I can turn this blog into something else. Anyway, I'm obsessed with this new Sephora vending machine idea that I just learned about. Total domination of beauty retail.

Oprah to Palin: What the hell did you do to your hair?

Haha, watch this "wtf" look Oprah gives Sarah Palin when she sees her new curly 'do:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/palins-hair-shocks-oprah_n_433582.html
"It's kinda cute..." Not.


Huffington Post reported, "as the interview was winding down she said, 'It's 9 in the morning here which means it's three hours earlier there...we were just talking about whoever curled your hair this morning had to get up at 3 in the morning.' "
Sorry SP, but don't bother next time! Yikes.

Thinking...

...Heavily about my next career move as usual. I'm sad that I'm being forced to leave InStyle soon (some weird policy about temps...) and I wish I didn't have to go. Or better yet, I wish there was an opening that I could squeeze myself in as a permanent staffer! But that seems to be only wishing thinking with the way the economy is (blah blah blah) :( My friends who are still in school often ask me how I like the industry and my thoughts about magazine publishing. It's funny for them to think that I'm some sort of "expert" on this career path, but truth be told, I'm definitely only just beginning and have a lot to learn. Being integrated into the monthly team after Weddings folded has been a boot camp for me. It went from having to help out one beauty editor to 5! Therefore there have been one or two days at work where I just wanted to break down and let my tears fall all over my "To-Do" list, but in the end, I'm extremely grateful to have had this experience and to have nabbed it so close after graduation. And I'm more than satisfied with all the beauty perks that come along obviously!

However, much to my dismay, I've been forced to expand my job search past beauty and past magazines because prospects have been pretty bleak. But I can't help but keep on trying! Wish me luck. :)

Too Much is Not Enough of Marion Cotillard

All Photos Courtesy of Retna

Nine different looks from the past few months of Nine's lovely French actress, Marion Cotillard. Absolutely obsessed with how she changes her look every time I see a picture of her! So classy and unpredictable. I wonder if I'll ever get around to watching the movie in theaters, but it seems definitely at least DVD worthy.

Love Rocks

Photo Courtesy of Retna
Taylor Momsen of Gossip Girls--sporting the heaviest eye make-up I've seen in a non-MAC Cosmetics advertisement--hostedlast night's Victoria's Secret "Love Rocks" perfume launch. When she's not doing her day job, Taylor rocks it out with her band "The Pretty Reckless" so it looks like she made a easy fit for throwing this party. I'm curious as to what the new fragrance smells like! Maybe Victoria's Secret PR will be willing to give me a sniff ;)

Happy New Year

I suppose people have stopped saying "Happy New Year" already, but I still have my holiday cards that some PR people sent to me up on my wall at work. It makes for a pretty collage!
1. TIGI's Christmas lights out of their hair products
2. Harris Shepard PR's card--they're based in LA so obviously they have palm Christmas trees
3. Benefit's card. Can't quite remember why these based it off of orange cheesy puffs.
4. L'Occitane
5. Tarte send a little leaf charm as a reminder to go and stay green.
6. Origins, known for their goals to improve the invironment, show their PR team planting trees!

All about Leighton

As a beauty assistant, every day one of my first assignments in the morning is to scour the stock entertainment photography sites to find celebrities pictures we could use in our beauty stories for the magazine. I couldn't help but notice Leighton Meester's face is even more omnipresent now that she's boosted her singing career. Not that I have a problem with that. She'll be everyone's crush for a while.

So it's no wonder she graced the cover of last year's hair issue from InStyle. Her skin is gorg and her hair always seems to fall in the right places. Here are a couple of tidbits from the story (can't wait to see who will be chosen for this spring's hair issue cover!):

- Leighton's a natural blond (can't quite picture it)
- Her hairstylist is Charles Baker Strahan who works with Herbal Essences and has clients that also include: Mariah Carey, Lindsay Price and Molly Sims
- Got black bright red streaks in her locks to play a role in the movie Drive Thru
- Her skin regimen includes La Roche-Posay's Cleansing Milk and Evian Mineral Water spray.
- Her style icons are Bette Davis (her rendition of "Bette Davis Eyes" is really pretty), Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Cate Blanchett.




Courtesy of Getty Images

a) Performing at The Underground in Chicago
b) Hosts an evening at Tao Las Vegas
c) Klutch nightclub opening