Curly vs. Straight: Who wins in the Work Place?

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This week I wore my hair straight up until Wednesday when I washed it out and left it curly.

I woke up Thursday morning with a gigantic curly "Afro" and had to fight the clock to pull it back into a bun for work.

At work, I met a ton of women with curly hair and felt like a traitor. I tried to let my curly girl hair fly on Friday but I wound up just pulling it back into a more controlled bun with more hair gel and less fly aways than on Thursday.

I plan to straighten it again tomorrow before I hit work on Monday because I just don't know what to do with it! I know there is nothing wrong with curly hair but until I find an acceptable professional curly "do", I'll be making love to my Tourmaline Flat Iron and Blow dryer for about an hour.

I read somewhere that people make the assumption that curly heads are wild and unruly and less professional than their sleeker less frizzy straight haired counterparts. Any opinions?

Anyone have any professional curly girl hairstyles for me? I've got a head full of tight, chin length and shorter, corkscrew curls that drink conditioner like it's Long Island Iced Tea.

I've read Loraine Massey's book "Curly Girl" already but I think someone needs to put out a book called "Curly Girl at work: How not to look like you stuck your finger in an electrical socket at your 9am meeting." HELP!

Year of The Rat

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Marc Jacob's "mouse flats" inspired this set which I created in honor of 2008 which is the Year of the Rat (Can I just say Year of the cute and totally harmless and disease-free little baby mouse?).

Here's what Wikipedia had to say about the Year of the Rat:

The Rat (鼠) was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is an animal associated with aggression, wealth, charm, and order, yet also associated with death, war, the occult, pestilence, and atrocities.

In the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Rat is associated with the earthly branch symbol 子. In some parts of the world, a year associated with this animal 鼠 is referred to as Year of the Mouse because the word may be translated to "rat", "mouse", or more broadly, "rodent".

(From: Wikipedia )

Now make like Mickey,Mighty, Fievel and Danger / Danger and get that cheese.

The Face of Lace

Sphere: Related Content Call me a racy, call me Lacy! This fall lace is on everything from bedroom attire to shoes and I am so loving it.

Maybe it's because I'm planning my wedding but I can't help how overly excited I get when I see it. The fabric can mean so many things, depending on how it's worn.

Maybe lace just reminds you of your sweet old grandma. Or your nasty jerk grandma, either or.

Could it be the virginal white lace of a glove you crave?

Still, nothing says bombshell like an inky, lace frock.

I think I love lace because it has as many personalities as I do.

Clockwise from top right: Tadashi's black lace v-neck detail taffeta gown; Christian Louboutin's black satin lace 'Vanitarita' pumps; Marcal Wander's crocheted cotton and epoxy resin chair; Stuart Weitzman's Lace "Lingerie" pumps; Xtrax's "Lace Flower" parasol with lace overlay;Kirby Linen Rental's "Eden Lace" (used as panel);Marc by Marc Jacobs' Mia lace dress;Garment District's lace face mask

Polyvore set created by me - inspired by W magazine spread

Give me More Polyvore!

Sphere: Related Content For the last three hours, I have been glued to my computer chair, and although I had a whole to-do list of thins I wanted to get accomplished, I have been screwing around on the same website for all that time.


What's the website you implore? Polyvore.com

How I landed there I have no idea honestly. I can only tell you that it was through the process of clicking on one page only to click on another link on said page and so on and so on like Alice down the world wide wabbit hole.


What is Polyvore? I like to call it fashion porn. OK, so that's not very informative is it?

Here's what Polyvore's about us page says:

"Polyvore is a unique, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching products from any online store. Items are pulled together into a visual set of products that can be shared with anyone. Each product within the set is then linked back to the online store where it is available for purchase."

Like I said. Fashion porn.



Right off the bat I can think of like a bazillion things this can be good for. Searches can be performed for specific items,color schemes,and brands not to mention that you can upload images from your own computer. Snooty artist types and 13 year old American idol fans alike will love creating their own masterpieces in collage form.


Into fashion? Polyvore. Label whore? Polyvore. Artistic? Polyvore. Rich and need help spending all that cash? Polyvore. Broke but have a dream? Polyvore. Broke but wanna buy a Fendi lookalike at Target? Polyvore!


Wow I so sound like that annoying guy that screams all of his infomercials for crap at three in the morning.


So I did do something productive! Check out my Bombshell goes to...series. Road-tested outfits for different occasions inspired by Laren Stover and the bombshells we love!


I give you...

Bombshell Goes to a Baby Shower

and

Bombshell Goes on a South Seas Cruise



Let me know what you think!