Monthly Archives: April 2014

Hope to Thailand

One of my closest friends will be leaving for Thailand soon in an effort to assist women who have just been rescued from the sex slave industry.  Miss Kelly King’s campaign is called Hope to Thailand and it is partnered with Fashion Hope. 

Most of the women she is traveling so far to meet have no means of supporting themselves financially as well as no skills after being held and abused in captivity for so long. They are emotionally and physically destroyed but are on the way to a better life through rehabilitation and therapy at safe houses. 
Kelly who is an accomplished and beautiful jewelry maker will teach these women her trade in order to make a living of their own. This helps stop the cycle and allows them to provide for themselves and their families after an extremely traumatic and destructive time in their lives. One, most of us cannot even begin to imagine. 

Sex trafficking generates 32 BILLION dollars a year. YES. I said that with a B. It’s colossal and insane that in 2014 slavery is still going strong.
Survivors need help past being rescued. They cannot be forgotten. 

Please help and visit www.indiegogo.com/HopeToThailand and donate. Make a difference. 
My Floro is another jewelry line supporting Kelly’s venture. They will donate a chunk of sales of the bracelets I’m wearing below directly to HTT. 
This is a way better Mother’s Day gift than boring old flowers.  Surprise her this year with a gift that gives even further to other Mothers and children. 

Free shipping!!!! 

Make your own Statement Bib Necklace….DIY cheap copy. NOT as good as the real thing but close. Keepin’ it Reals, YO.

I like to think I am an innovator. I like to think I do/style original things. I like to think I am unique.
BUT sometimes I see something I love and need/want/have to have it. Unfortunately I am not a Rockafella so if it’s crazy expensiveo I have to improvise and that is exactly what I plan to help you guys do. #DIY here we come…..
With that said….I like the rock/glam/deconstructed beauty kinda of look. TONS of jewelry is my bag. I cannot pile enough jewelry on no matter the occasion. It’s kind of a problem and I probably need an intervention soon. How many Italian horns is too many?
Okay, maybe this many.
Like a true ginzo I usually prefer gold…so I may do another post with Gold schtuff.  But for now…..I will expand on one of my earlier blogs a few days ago about the same subject…layering awesome necklaces to get a kind of Rock n’ Roll, edgy, sorta Rihannaesque look.
Last week I was in H&M returning some belts I didn’t use on a recent styling gig for Samsung and passed their accessories aisle.  See below:
accessories DUH
The sparkley rhinestones stopped me dead in my tracks. Like a Barracuda I am attracted to all things that glimmer. This probably stems from my days growing up as a beauty queen, which then transferred into my days as a showgirl. SPARKLE please!

yup thats me. standing next to the cheese.
The challenge is…..How to sparkle without the CHEESE factor??
i love cheese.
My solution is to add all types of metals to your sparkle. Mix & Match.  Thats just what a particular young, up and coming, NYdesigner did.
This very gorgeous, uber cool chick named Drew Ginsburg started her own line of statement piece necklaces. We have a lot in common in terms of our fashion sense. I would hope that wouldn’t insult her considering forth coming blog but to be honest….”immitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” said Charles Caleb (no idea who that is).
I would post photos of her but I don’t want to get in trouble so go look her up. @dylanlex She is an AWESOME follow on instagram. Her necklaces cost LOTS O’ MONEY. Money that until I am a huge star I do not have to spend on accessories. 
So basically I just took 5 different necklaces, threw em all together and BAM!
The KEY is to make sure each necklace is a bit similar yet different from the next.
for example….
Start with one signature main piece.
My base cheerleader was the sparkly one with the rectangular stones hanging down.
Then build around that guy.

Add some silver.
Add some more sparkle.
Add some length.
Add some chunky pieces.
Add some texture. (ex. the giant herringbone)

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(This is the floor of H&M. Ha. I was literally sitting on the floor building my knock off necklace like a crazy person.)

It ain’t the real deal but it’s 950 bucks cheaper. It’s not gunna look quite as expensive but who cares. In instagram pics with a FILTER it will look like Harry fucking Winston.

See.

SO If you wanna do this….don’t be SCURRED…..go to Forever 21, or Urban or H&M and sit on the floor and start acting cray cray. No one will bother you if you look busy. Just start paring necklaces ’til it looks right and IF it don’t look right wear it with pride and pretend it does. Like I do.
It’s all about perception people.

This is me making a stupid face on my way out the door to a partay. This necklace combo is the one i built in the older post. Mostly Urban Outfitters and some vintage necklaces. But you get it….same idea.
You can see that I added a long dagger necklace from Fox’s NY in this one

And clearly…..not ready for this photo.

Happy Tuesday Rock N’ Rollers!!!! 

Lash-O-Rama…..New Product ALERT!

I ADORE fake lashes. If you know me …you know this. They change my face, its kinda crazy. WAY back in the day when I was dancing professionally in NY…..(NOT stripping)….I wore falsies basically every day. I was performing as an NBA dancer on the court 4/5 times a week in full hair and makeup.  I learned very quickly how to get these suckers on…and how to get them on FAST.  I am late for everything. I was often late back then as well and totally had to throw quite a few pairs on while driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway racing to a game or appearance.  Really safe I know. Needless to say I am damn good at applying falsies now after that Boot Camp.

Nowadays I generally use the strip lashes for performance stuff. You can find them at a beauty supply or even CVS/Walgreens etc in all different sizes and styles.  Once you get the hang of it they are pretty easy peasy BUT it takes a lot of practice for some people. Tweezers help a lot. And patience. AND LET THE GLUE GET TACKY….noone does this. Easiest trick to foolproof lash wearing.

These are my go-to lashes. They are HUGE and only for my on-camera work stuff. Or Halloween. Or Vegas. or a night I am feeling like being extra naughty.

SO the past few years I have been using a lot of the individual lashes. (below)  The teensy ones that usually only makeup artists use on clients because they seem more natural looking. They are TOUGH to get on and take a HELL of a lot of practice. I have almost mastered them now. ALMOST. I often end up with wonky ones that fall off during dinner into my husband’s vodka tonic. He just loves that.

Individual Lashes. ie:PAIN in the ass

First off there are 2 different sizes in the package which is AWESOME> you can put the big ones on the outside corners of the eye and then gradually move shorter towards the inside, like your actual lashes. As you can see I forgot to take a photo pre-use. Sorry. got too excited.
Kiss Ever EZ Lashes
She uses a tweezer to apply the lashes. I start from the outside corners and build inwards. She did not.
I think I paid 4.99 for these at CVS (they had a promotion to get the second box half off.)
The package says the are 3x faster and easier. I wouldn’t exactly say that but they are kind of cool especially for people like me who have small eyes. I usually have to cut up strip lashes because they are always way too long and big for me.
SEE……1 trio lash…vs 1 indiv.

I think one of the BEST parts about this packaging is this ingeniuos idea to make the plastic round instead of a long rectangle. You do lose some product BUT its super duper easy to hold while you are busy applying the lashes.
Her hand is cuter than mine
“easy grip”

SO this is how they came out!!!!! It was my birthday night and I was a bit rushed so they aren’t perfect but it was a good effort right? I am digging these guys. I actually kept them on for like 2/3 days to get the most bang for my buck and they held out just fine.

Sake and trios….! Happy Birthday to me!