Posts from — April 2008

It’s about 75 degrees in Florida and raining. I am like a cat and hate to get wet so it is already putting a damper on my day. I am getting ready for work trying to pick out the final touches to my outfit for the day. What shoes to wear?It’s hot so I want my feet to breathe. How about a cute pair of flip-flops?
No way. In rainy weather my feet will get soaked and I will be sliding and squeaking my way to work.

OK, ballet flats without socks? That way my feet can breathe without the open toes.
Nope. All my ballet flats are fabric and will get ruined. Flats are still messy when you get rain water in them, plus they are low so the backs of my pants will be damp and muddy.

Sneakers? They suck with the outfit I have on but my feet will stay dry.
Nope. One large puddle and I now have a wet sneaker, sock and foot. Plus I hate ruining a great pair of sneakers by getting them dirty one time, because as we all know that is all it takes.

OK. Heeled leather boots. This is the only answer. This will work but is 75 degree muggy weather who really wants to wear a pair of heeled boots with socks underneath?

Yes, I know I am biggest complainer ever but I think I found a reasonable solution. Plastic ballet crocs. I can throw them on and roll my pants leg up once and walk to and from my car. Who cares if they get dirty… they are plastic and I can rinse them off later. I will throw a cute pair of dressy flats in my bag for the rest of the day so they don’t ruin my outfit. At lot of people don’t like the look of crocs but these can slide by with a purpose. Who would have guessed. Gosh, all this thought into my shoe selection is making me tired.

Can’t afford a make-up splurge right now but your favorite lip-stick is almost gone? This is a great tip from Domino on how to save your favorite lipsticks when they are down to the bottom of the tube.

What You Will Need:

• empty palette
• small pitcher or beaker (something with a lip)
• lip brush
• microwave
• all those lipsticks you don’t know what to do with

The Process:

1. Smash a lipstick into the pitcher, then scoop out the bottom (it makes up about a third of the bullet.)
2. Microwave on high for one minute and check if lipstick is melted. Continue nuking for 30 seconds at a time until it is completely liquid.
3. Quickly pour the molten lipstick into the palette scraping the bottom with a lip brush to get everything out. It’ll harden in seconds, so haul ass.
4. Repeat with each lipstick until you have a full palette. The prettiest palette: start with your nudes and pale pinks and end with your deepest reds and purples.
5. Tempted to just nuke the whole palette at once? Lipsticks melt at different rates and also expand when they’re hot so they can spill into neighboring pans. Melt each bullet individually and you’ll avoid a Jackson Pollock disaster.
6. Mix new shades in manner of backstage pro.