FASHIONISTA AND THE GIFT OF SMELL

OK..FASHIONISTA'S HERES SOME MONDAY MISHISM FOR YA..
THE OTHER DAY OF FOUND MYSELF AT ULTA...NOW MIND YOU I HAD NO MONEY TO SPEND,SO AS YOU CAN EXPECT I WAS FEELING A LITTLE DOWN..I DECIDED TO SMELL SOME PERFUME...OK...OMG..CAN I JUST TELL YOU HOW UPLIFTING THIS WAS...THE POWER OF SMELL IS SOO STRONG..I WAS INSTANTLY TRANSFORMED...PERFUME IS SUCH A DAILY PART OF OUR LIVES..THAT I THINK WE CAN SOMETIMES TAKE IT FOR GRANTED..WE ALL HAVE OUR SIGNATURE SCENTS..ONES THAT WE HAVE WORN FOR EVER..AND THATS GREAT..HOWEVER..SOMETIMES I THINK WE NEED TO SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT..I PERSONALLY STILL WEAR THE ORIGINAL FENDI..WHICH IS KIND OF A STRONGER SCENT..BUT ON THIS DAY AT ULTA.. I WENT FOR SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY..I TRIED A LITTLE PINK SUGAR BY AQUOLINA..CAN I JUST SAY YUMMY...IT HAD A VERY SPRING/SUMMER VIBE TO IT..SO I IMMEDIATELY FOUND THOSE SMELLY TABS AND SPRAYED SOME ON IT...THIS PERFUME TOOK ME FROM FEELING DOWN TO UPLIFTING..IT WAS FABULOUS..I DID NOT BUY ANYTHING THAT DAY BUT I SOMEHOW FELT A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE..THEY SAY SCENTS CAN DO THAT FOR YA..AND I MUST SAY I DEFINITELY AGREE...SO TRY IT OUT ...SEE IF YOU FEEL THE SAME...love mishxoxo

FASHIONISTA'S AND THE RECESSION, PT.2

OK I KNOW THIS RECESSION IS REALLY RAINING ON OUR PARADE..IS IT NOT? I AM TAKING IT REALLY HARD..SO I DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OF INFO TO HELP YOU ALONG..AT LEAST MAKE YOU A LITTLE HAPPIER...AND ME TOO!! SO HERE ARE SOME SAVE MONEY STRATEGIES SO YOU DO NOT REALLY HAVE TO DO WITHOUT, BUT YA MIGHT NEED TO WORK A LITTLE..OK..FIRST UP..

NAILS...FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WHO LIKE TO HAVE YOUR NAILS DONE..TRY DOING THEM YOURSELF..THERE ARE SOME GREAT PRODUCTS OUT THERE..MY FAV. IS OPI..I LOVE THEIR COLORS AND OF COURSE THE NAMES EACH COLOR IS GIVEN..YOU CAN FIND THEM AT ULTA AND SEPHORA...

FACIALS...I LOVE THE QUEENE HELENE LINE OF SKIN PRODUCTS..THEY ARE FAB..RIGHT NOW I AM USING THEIR MINT MASK..CAN ANYBODY SAVE DIVINE..THERE VERY REASONABLE PRICED AND LAST A WHILE..

LASTLY.. AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST..CLOTHES...I THINK THIS HURTS THE MOST..I PICKED UP A FEW DOS FROM THE GREAT DESIGNER MICHAEL KORS...IN THE FEB. ISSUE OF GLAMOUR, MICHAEL KORS GIVES SOME POINTERS ON HOW TO SAVE...HERE ARE A FEW..
$STOCK UP ON SEASONLESSS FABRICS, SUCH AS SILKS AN COTTONS..JUST THINK OF THINGS THAT CAN BE WORN FOR 12 MONTHS ...
$INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO MORE ACCESSORIES...BELTS, HATS, SCARVES, ETC....
$CHECK OUT SALES...
$DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF JEWELRY...

NOW FASHIONISTA'S DO NOT FEEL GLUM ABOUT THIS....BECAUSE THE MONEY YOU SAVE BY FOLLOWING THESE TIPS.. YOU CAN SPLURGE ON SOMETHING YOU REALLY.. REALLY WANT..AND BY DOING THIS YOU WILL BE DOING YOUR PART TO SAVE THE ECONOMY...
SO REMEMBER THIS..KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND KEEP LOOKING LIKE THE FASHIONISTA THAT YOU ARE..THIS TO SHALL PASS...xoxo

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.
Coco Chanel