I love sweet smells. Vanilla based perfumes are always my favorite. What can I say…I just enjoy smelling like baked goods. And the best part? Men are always attracted to women who smell like cookies. It’s a fact. Everywhere I go, men are always telling me how good I smell, right after they comment, “who’s got cookies?” Not that I’m trying to attract men. I’m very happy with Mr. Shimmerfairy. BTW, don’t ever tell my husband that I refer to him on my blog as “Mr. Shimmerfairy.” Something tells me he may not find that very amusing.

OK so anyway, I recently went through a bit of an existential crisis where I decided that I wanted to be “more sophisticated.” After all, I’m 34 years old now; maybe it’s time to stop shopping at Forever 21 and smelling like a stripper. The glitter eyeshadow stays though. I’ll never give that up. Even though Courteney Cox recently remarked in InStyle magazine that glitter eyeshadow is for 12 year olds. I disagree Ms. Cox. I strongly disagree. But perhaps, just maybe, I need to make a few tweaks to my image, you know…now that I’m a LADY (cue Tom Jones “She’s a Lady! Woahohoh she’s a Lady!”)

So, I’ve made a commitment to shopping at more age-appropriate stores (unfortunately they cost a lot more than the Junior’s department at Macy’s) and I’ve been looking for a more sophisticated scent. So far, I’m really liking Chanel Chance. Unfortunately, it’s also a lot more pricey than my stripperesque Victoria’s secret body spray, but it does smell awful purdy. Like a real lady.

However, all of this started to make me a bit sad. I mean, how did I get this old? And why do I think I’m so old when I’m only 34? That’s not really all that old is it? I can still have fun, right? I can still smell like baked goods, right? And then Philosophy answered my prayers by putting out their Everything’s Coming Up Rainbows set. Yay! Each item in here smells like rainbow sherbet. The smell of this set makes me so happy. How can I not be happy when I smell like ice cream? It’s a perfect, light summer scent. It comes with a delicious and very moisturizing lip balm, a lovely lotion, and a shampoo/body wash (which incidentally, I’d never use as a shampoo because it contains sodium lauryl sulfate which is bad, bad, bad for hair and fairly questionable for skin and health, but because it smells so nice, I’m letting it slide here and I’m using it as a body wash). It’s $28 and exclusive to Sephora. All three items just smell like sweet memories of summer, happiness, sunshine…and maybe a little like strippers and/or 12 year olds, but that’s OK. I’m still-just for now-OK with being a little immature in my style. Little changes are OK, but let’s not get carried away here. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go listen to the Jonas Brothers and paint my toenails with purple glitter. But I’m going to do all of that while I drink a martini. Because I’m a grown up lady.

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A few weeks ago, I read a vague statement on Sephora.com about Shu Uemura “packing up and leaving the U.S. for good.” The statement immediately struck fear in my heart. What? What were they talking about?
Shu Uemura makes The Best Eyelash Curler EVER. I can’t live without mine. OK, I could probably live without it, but really…who wants to live in a world without a good eyelash curler? I mean, what would be the point? I couldn’t find any info on it, so I just dismissed it as either a mean joke or a terrible mistake. However, after a number of days went by, I just couldn’t shake the fear. I went into Sephora and frantically started searching for my beloved eyelash curlers, my heart racing, beads of sweat forming on my brow. Where were they? Why wasn’t there a pretty little stack of them in their usual spot? WHAT WAS HAPPENING? It was like a bad dream. The salesgirl confirmed my worst fear. “Oh, we don’t carry them anymore! They’re only selling in Japan from now on!” she cheerfully informed me. I wanted to hit somebody. I wanted to hit her. But then, she totally redeemed herself by leaning in and telling me in a conspiratorial tone “They may still have a few left at Nordstrom though.” And with that, I was racing across the mall, ready to fight to the death for the last Shu Uemura eyelash curler. But when I got there, I found stacks of them. Literally stacks on several tables. The salesgirl there told me to stock up, and I did. I bought three. But I should have bought more. And I am sure I will buy more. This is a warning people! Stock up now! They are only going to be available in Japan, which means we will have to pay international shipping rates soon! I am also aware that this could very well be a brilliant marketing ploy on the part of Shu Uemura, creating demand for their superior products. Well played Shu Uemura…you got me. But at least I don’t have to worry about buying another eyelash curler for a couple years.

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You put WHAT in my makeup?

July 29, 2010

I’m going to revisit this topic and spend more time on it, because I am totally FREAKED out about all the weird chemicals in most of the products we use. A friend of mine passed this along to me and I wanted to share it. It’s an 8 minute movie about all the nasty gunk [...]

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Benefit’s Stay Put Set

July 13, 2010

I just love Benefit. They make really innovative products and their adorable packaging gets me every time.

I bought this little set a couple weeks ago because A. the price is right ($10) B. I’m a sucker for those “Sweet Steal” impulse buys they put at the register at Sephora, and C. because I wanted to [...]

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Disney Villains and M.A.C. Cosmetics…together at last!

July 3, 2010

Oh my goodness gracious. I really need to know more about this, but I wanted to share what little info I have about M.A.C.’s new Disney Villains makeup collection that will be coming out this fall. Shimmerfairy is BEYOND excited. I love when two of my favorite things (i.e. Disney and MAKEUP) are combined into [...]

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Freaky Makeup Facts!

June 26, 2010

I have a fun book. It’s called The Book of the Bizarre: Freaky Facts and Strange Stories by Varla Ventura. I found some fun, freaky facts about makeup that I thought I’d share with you, since I know you are all fun and freaky too. Here’s what I learned:
“The ancients wore eye shadow to prevent [...]

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Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion Cream

June 20, 2010

A funny thing happened yesterday. I told my husband, “Stay here, I’m just going to run into Sephora to look at something.” With a knowing look and a little smile he said, “Oh yeah, sure. You’re just going to look at something. At Sephora. Right.” And of course, I came out with a nice little [...]

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That’s how I roll

May 28, 2010

You know what the last thing I need is? Another lip gloss. And do you know what I bought yesterday? Another lip gloss. And you know what? It made me happy! It’s the little things in life, folks.
My lovely sister gave me a Sephora gift card for my birthday. I didn’t really [...]

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ANOTHER Lip product? You know it baby.

May 26, 2010

I love lip products. It’s probably obvious to you that I do, since I’ve reviewed tons of them on here, and I’m showing no signs of stopping my lip product obsession. Lip products are my favorite because generally they are affordable, there’s not a big commitment (if they don’t work out, just return them or [...]

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Brazilian Blowout Rocks

May 17, 2010

For the first time in my life, I can say I actually like my hair. No, seriously, I like my hair. It feels silky and smooth, looks shiny and healthy, and the best part…I don’t have to spend hardly ANY time styling it. How did this miracle happen? I had a Brazilian Blowout last Friday! [...]

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