"Promise her anything, but give her Arpege"

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Yesterday I was bored and in the mood to do something stupid so I decided to rearrange the shelves in my bathroom and dedicate one specifically for my perfumes.

I was really bored.

I usually like to store them in a drawer or refrigerator (really the fridge is the best place to store fragrances as they are kept fresh) but I like the visual gratification of seeing the bottles outright.

So after everything was set out, I picked up my golden little decanter of Lanvin's Arpage and dabbed a little on my neck. Honestly I was put off by scents like this when I was younger but that's probably because I was dousing myself in Cool Water back in the day. This right here...well this is a woman's scent and it takes a little practice.

"Promise her anything, but give her Arpege" was the sultry slogan for Lanvin's luxe and scintilating fragrance. Created in 1927 by Jeanne Lanvin for her musician daughter Marie-Blanche, Lanvin's little one named it after the term "Arpeggio" which is the musical term for a quick succession of notes as opposed to notes played all together.

When I haven't worn the fragrance in a while, it always confuses me a little bit because of it's complexity. Really, it is this layering of scents that catches you off guard, lures them you and then kisses you on the lips. The rose hits you first and then the jasmine followed up by musk which makes the fragrance warm and inviting like sweet brandy.

Ironically, after dabbing on this amber gem again before bed in the wee morning hours of July 4th, I happened to read that Jeanne Lanvin died only two days from today on July 6th, 1946.

Sheer coincidence of eerie bombshell premonition? It's too soon to tell.

All I know is that for a girl who hates cold weather I'm strangely craving long gloves, rich opulent fabrics, evening gowns and crystal chandeliers.

If you're Foxy and you know it, Cop This Book...

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If you're foxy and you know it and you really want to show it...if your foxy and you know it cop this book...


Seriously, I bought this book just about five years ago I think and I swear this is about the 30Th time I have read the damn thing from cover to cover.


I've read it in bed. I've read it in class. I've read it at work. I've read it on the beach. I've read it at the salon. I've read it at the gym. I've read it on a plane. I've read it to friends and had to fight to get it back. Not to get all Dr.Seuss on you little pets, but I made my own goddamn bombshell bookmark for this thing.

Hands down, this is the most adorable, historical style compilation of the bombshell known to man. This book actually comes off as less of an actual manual but more of a bombshell lifestyle guide.

I'm not going to lie, there are some things that can be a little bit unrealistic for us non-famous bombshells, but as Lauren Stover writes in the chapter entitled "What Makes a Bombshell Tick," 'A Bombshell Believes in Her Fantasies...Even if her bracelet is dime-store cheap, she wears it as though it were Cartier."


WORD.


A Bombshell needs to entertain sometimes right? How about catering your own party by preparing simple recipes. Serve drinks and prepare cute stuff like "Strawberries Liberte" and "Caviar Dip Extravaganza" (ask your friends to potluck the Lobster and Beef Wellington). Then you have more time to amuse your guests with bombshell isms. Va Va Voom!


If you: love Brigitte Bardot, Jean Harlow, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Lana Turner, modern day Bombshells or any other bombshells I can't think of right now,are a makeup junkie, have absolutely no domestic prowess (or would like to fake it like you don't), still cry when you watch Bambi, are an all around bombshell aficionado, a vixen of any kind, you will at least find this book charming and refreshing.


Buy it for yourself or for a bombshell you know who will break out the champagne and potato chips to celebrate. On the real, it's better then buying a stupid diet book.

Poez's "The Monotone" Illustrated

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I was wandering around the web when I lucked into finding this vid of poet Poez's spoken word piece "The Monotone" which I find both lovely and haunting.
Paul Mills a.k.a "Poez" is a New York City based spoken word/performance poet who started performing poetry in Boston and New York in 1976. Poez retired from the world of poetry for about 20 years but has recently started performing again. He frequents the Bowery Poetry Club regularly. Yippee!

You can check his website out here.

NYC Observation

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So I went to go see the Yankees rip the Padres a new hole tonight. Anyway, this guy was waiting outside the stadium. Apparently he was a Padres fan.

Oops I'm a go, Nails like whoa

Sphere: Related Content Everybody knows you gotta keep the nail game strong, but when you are an ADD nail-biter like me its hard to keep your head from exploding at the nail salon. I hate walking into a packed salon and not being able to do anything but either sit or waddle for at least an hour.

I'd rather pop into Rite Aid, a random beauty supply store, hell Shop Rite for that matter, and get me a pack of glue on jump offs!




Now I know some of you are hatin' right now but don't knock it till you try it. I like my nails flashy-n-classy but they have a little something for everybody. I usually use "Kiss" or "Revlon" brand because of the quality but "Fingrs" always has that little bit of pizzaz that says "Alas, I am still an avid fan of Jem."

If you are a little more adventurous/creative, you can create your own personal masterpiece set with clear nails that can be filed down or left long and painted. They usually come in a huge set which allows for more uses then pre-painted/filed sets.

This nail glue came with the prepainted set and works ok but I prefer a stronger glue made by "Revlon" or "Kiss". They come in squat little jars rather then thin tubes and are usually a stronger hold so you don't have to be afraid of your nail popping off in the swimming pool or in that hot guy's hair.



Three essentials for nail creation: Acetone, Cottonballs and Nail Quick Dry Spray. Because you will screw up and you will wish that shit would dry faster. My spray smells like baby powder...ahhh

I also like to keep a couple of cheap files around as well as a cuticle trimmer and pusher so it doesn't look scragly and half ass.



Here are a couple of polishes I use. They rock.

So please...don't tell me your broke, can't stand being in public spaces for long periods of time without your paxil or don't like to tip. Head down to the store, pick yourself up a package of glue ons (not those weird tab thingys) and step up your nail game before I buy up all the damm nails in the place.

Can Pluto get some respect?

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For all of you who are still fucked up about Pluto no longer being considered a planet, this ones for you.

As per the International Astronomical Union, all similar distant bodies in the solar system will be called "plutoids" from now on. The union made the official announcement of the decision on Wednesday after they met in Norway.

The group demoted what was once the ninth planet to "dwarf" status in 2006 but the new policy allows Pluto to be the standard for a whole new category of what are presently being called "dwarf planets".

Pluto and another dwarf Eris are the only two in the new catagory. Dwarf planets have to circle the sun but be too small to be considered planets yet be big enough to have a level of gravity that keeps them in a near spherical shape. Plutoids also must be farther from the sun than Neptune.

The discovery of Eris in 2003 is what got Pluto demoted but astronomers expect more plutoids to be discovered in the future.

The union's first choice for the catagory was pluton but that name was already used by geologists so they scrapped that and dubbed it plutoid.

The astronomers' action makes Pluto more important says IAU president Catherine Cesarsky, a French astrophysicist. Instead of being a "puny" outer planet, Pluto is now a "prototype of a new type of fascinating objects," she said.

Alan Stern who advocates Pluto-as-a-planet and is a former NASA space sciences chief and principal investigator on a mission to Pluto was not pleased and implied that a rival group could be formed to the IAU, which he said was too secretive in its decision-making.

"It's just some people in a smoke-filled room who dreamed it up," Stern said. "Plutoids or hemorrhoids, whatever they call it. This is irrelevant."

Ok so that rhyme we all said to memorize our solar system is a little different now: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies.

Solar system=Planets 8, Plutoids 2. Read more about it here.

Luniz's Numskull not the brightest crayon in the box

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So check it. As per TMZ, Rapper Numskull A.K.A Garrick Demond Husbands has been charged with twelve counts of felony. Come on, remember the rap group Luniz? He was half of it. Anyway, according to Alameda County Superior Court documents, Husbands was charged with twelve felony counts of assault, that include shocking charges of sodomy, corporal injury and possession of a firearm. No comments have been made from Numskull's camp. Numskull was slated to release a new album called "It's Numworld" which was slated to drop June 26th of this year. Luniz became famous with the hit, "I Got 5 on It" which became a certified platinum single in 1995. Let's hope Numskull and his crew have more than 5 on a lawyer! Check the full story out here at TMZ.

Everybody put in in your 5 and cop this on Digital Gravel.