Archive for March, 2010
Check out hottie Hugh Jackman’s Lipton Iced Tea commercial above — I love a man that can dance! And I never knew he can dance! Imagine a 6’3” man doing footwork like that – isnt he awesome?
If all promotional items were as cute as these, I am sure companies would no longer need heavt advertisement in multimedia as everyone will be using them all the time!
These are made by London-based Irish designer Orla Kiely who just launched her Spring/Summer 2010 collection of fashion, accessories, stationery and things for the home on both her UK and US websites.
I really want one of each actually especially the yellow things!
I havent gotten over Gisele’s post pregnancy body so I looked for pregnant celebrities hoping I might catch them at their worst – no such luck. I am sure they took care of themselves pretty well, watching what they eat, exercising as long as allowed by their doctors and drinking their prenatal vitamins religiously.
And can I just give a special mention to this hot mama of four(?) spaced two years apart. She walked down the runway of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at 5 weeks postpartum. Whoa!
This woman is superhuman, no way she can have a tummy like that after a few months of giving birth! Life is not fair! 
It seems great genes, a controlled weight pregnancy and strong abdominal muscles make a great combination rather than snacking on slimming pills! The supermodel Gisele Bundchen-Brady is now part of the elite hot mommahs of supermodel-stardom Heidi Klum and Cindy Crawford.
Here she was preggo:
Look at her now. The nerve to have a sideview shot! Her stomach is HOLLOW!
But she redeems herself when all women can relate to this:
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It’s a small packet which is cheap to try for the first time and maintain if you just need deep cleansing for the face once a month (If you do not use much makeup, once a month will do. If you use heavy makeup and are exposed to pollution everyday for most of your work, once a week is advised).
Montagne Jeunesse is a very low-budget range, but you get an excellent product that makes your skin feel smooth, toned and refined.Not only this, you get more than one application per sachet. As a thin layer, you can use it three to four times. As a thick layer, you can use it twice!
Who says those with weak eyes cannot be fashionable without contact lenses? Thankfully, eyeglasses have evolved from a needful thing required to see to a fashion accessory.
The #1 online Rx glasses store, Zenni Optical, offers the Lowest Price Progressive Glasses in the market, as low as $8.00. You can afford to change eyeglasses to match your outfit everyday!
Eric’s Review of Zenni Optical at Examiner.com puts the word out there that Zenni Optical is the store to go to when you need fashionable yet affordable eyeglasses!
It’s raining books! Female Network is giving away one Summit Books’ Chick Lit book set every day in March!
Get your fill of Summit Books’ bestsellers this summer! FemaleNetwork is giving 30 bestseller sets featuring:
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Vince’s Life, Vince’s Life The Next Chapter: Getting Over Andrea, and Vince’s Life: The Wedding
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Every Girl’s Guide to Flings, Every Girl’s Guide to Boys, and Every Girl’s Guide to Heartache
THE CHICKLIT COLLECTION
My Imaginary Ex by Mina V. Esguerra
12 Steps to Quitting AJ by Faye V. Ilogon
Have Baby, Will Date by Andrea O. Pasion
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Do you remember the old saying, “Go where the wind blows.”? But what if you do not know where the wind is blowing? That’s what weathervanes are for. Maybe the quote did not say you need to follow it literally, but that is my way of making a lame joke
If you have been living long enough, you might have seen this in old movies:
These are called weathervanes and have always been used to tell the direction of the wind. There are actually different brands of weathervanes and the whitehall weathervane is the one we usually see along the road. Now you might relate roosters as the ones used in weathervanes but nowadays, all sorts of animals are used as well. Even modern day technology like ships, trains, motorcycles even cars are used. While weathervanes are rarely used these days anymore to tell wind directions, they have evolved as decorative accessories in gardens and rooftops. You can see them atop rooftops actually in farms.
The whitehall weathervane is most famous for their aluminum series. Their weathervanes actually stand up to 30 inches while the good directions weathervane are most known for their copper series. Their copper series have just recently come with aluminum versions as well. These types of weathervanes can be bought from Outdora.com. Quality tested, these are completely rust-free and can stand extremes in temperature.
A garden weathervane is most known for their larger-than-life colored animals and icons. And while one might argue that weathervanes are useless, I have come up with a few useful things to do with one:
1. Farmers use weathervanes to help determine where they should plant their crops. Windy areas aren’t the ideal places to plant because seeds have the tendency to blow around.
2. Joggers usually have a harder time to run into the wind, so they need to jog where the wind is taking them.
3. At small airstrips, you can use them for wind direction when one is landing.
4. Studying the wind direction would make a great middle school science project.
5. If a parent is taking his or her child to go fly a kite, knowing the wind direction will help quite a bit, especially if the kite flying is being done in a small area.
Based from what you see and read on my blog, you would be quick to assume that I live and breathe news (I wont dare use the word “gossip”, though it honestly comes close!) from the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood.
I am like most women – I have never paid attention to national news (even international for that matter). I honestly think that each and every one of them is the same, it is bound to make me depressed afterwards. So I avoid them. I just read updates if there is an international disaster, like the earthquakes everywhere.
But celebrity news – that would be another thing. I am one of the first to hear that Michael Jackson passed away, thanks to Twitter. I think I follow more celebrities and celebrity news on Twitter than real life friends! I subscribe to mailing lists about the Twilight Movies, became a fan of celebrity groups on Facebook – yes, I’m a real thirsty vampire for celebrity blood news!
I read paparazzi blogs, entertainment blogs and celebrity news websites as a way to pass the time. So you can ask me what Victoria Beckham did once she learned that David suffered an injury at a game – tore his Achilles tendon (She was in San Diego with the kids but went straight to LAX to catch a flight), or that Kate Winslet and her husband have called it quits. Perhaps you want to know that Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart are officially together off camera? And that there have been talks that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are calling it quits as well.
What I love most is how I can see the outfit of celebrities! How I would take note of the bangle one wore or the bag one sashayed the streets of NYC with. My shots of having what they have are one in a million, but that’s what celebrity news is all about – to be able to look, even from afar.
Here we go, I am sure you would get a lot more opinions in fashion blogs across the web too, some of the ones I chose were the famous “worsts” but I have one who I think will be a controversial choice – better read it here than in a carinsurancelist blog as they say.
Zoe Saldana looks like she got lost on the way to the prom. Her sparkly Givenchy dress has a blinding top, and the bottom full of light purple ruffles makes her look like a flower in bloom. The monochromatic dress is just so wrong, wrong wrong!!
Miley Cyrus looked like a hot mess with the frumpy hair bump and low cut Jenny Packham dress. Let’s not forget, she is 17 years old, but if she’s going to show up to the Oscars, she needs to show some class. And the tan lines could use some work. The dress rocked – no doubt about it, but it goes to show that the dress is fully dependent on how the person carries it – a better posture would have rocked this.
Sarah Jessica Parker looks mellow yellow wearing Chanel, but she has a whole lot of hair. We’re pretty sure Carrie Bradshaw would not approve of these extensions. Plus, the awkwardly placed flowers and form of the gown hang on this skinny star. It was just cinched in all the wrong places. If she was waif-like and as tall as a tower, she might get away with such a formless gown, but as it is, it was all just hanging down.
And the Oscar goes to … oh wait, that’s just Sandra Bullock walking the red carpet. We’re so intrigued with the details, but she looks more like an Olympic skater than an Oscar nominee in her Marchesa dress.
I read a lot of blogs raving about her dress and I was thinking, “what is wrong with me? why dont I like it?” Let me find the way to reason: The appliques on her top is not elegant at all, makes her look more flat chested and the fit is just so ill. Those who have seen her movie The Proposal know how hot her body is and this gown is not just making it.