TUESDAY TAILOR ♥ FIAT 500 X GUCCI

I meant to do a post on the Fiat 500...because for the past week, I've been driving a brand new yellow one and...I love it! I am planning to buy one just as soon as I figure out what my next move is. There was some sort of promotion with the dealer and the car rental (Enterprise), and the dude was like, "You can have that car...or that yellow Fiat." To which I replied, "What? I can have those boring cars...or that Fiat???" And so I drove off in the yellow gem. I didn't think I was going to like the yellow color...but I do. And I didn't know I'd love the car so much. In my past, I've had fun cars...Jeeps and MG Midgets and Beamers. But I really and truly loved this little Fiat 500 and had to answer to a gazillion people about the car every time I parked or went to a Starbucks or whatever, because it attracted so much attention (again, genius cross promotion with the dealer and the car rental). And then I noticed this brand new video created by that crazy Purple magazine guy about the Gucci Fiat 500 (which I had been looking at the other night online with my mother). I really liked this film. It was actually interesting. And I don't think it overly pushed the car. And now I'm thinking....do I want a little yellow one or do I want the black Gucci one? (I did a post on the Gucci Fiat a long time ago.) Hmmmm. Decisions, decisions. ;)♡

Here is the car I have been driving for a week. So sad when I turned it in. :(

it's like a tiny bus...or an m&m. 

i absolutely loved loved loved the dashboard and everything about the inside.

it's like a little mouse car.

:(

more tuesday tailor ♥ karen walker

images from here. 

MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ DHC CLEANSING OIL

My new favorite skincare item is cleansing oils (though I really want to try a cleansing balm, too). My skin used to be normal to combination but now I think I'm more of a normal to dry or sometimes very dry. I decided to try a cleansing oil a year ago (I think it's been that long now). I love how it gets rid of everything on my face...all the makeup and daily grime...as it also moisturized my skin. The first one I tried was by Lumene, a brand from Finland easily accessible from the drugstore. It was pretty good stuff and the bottle lasted me for ev er! When it started reaching it's end, I began researching different cleansing oils, better ones, high quality ones, to see where I'd go next with this new regime. After much research and review reading, I decided to order (through Amazon) the DEEP CLEANSING OIL by Japanese skincare company DHC. (Of course some of the best cleansing oils and balms are Asian made!) This has the fewest ingredients and most natural. It feels like I'm washing my face with some fancy fresh olive oil as though I was a young Greek goddess. The price is affordable, not cheap but not as high as the Shu Uemura cleansing oil but just as good or even better according to some reviews I have read. 

The only thing I wish was that it came in a glass bottle. It's in a plastic bottle. But that's pretty much it. It feels rich. A little goes a long way, and I've noticed my skin looking and feeling supple and healthy, despite some problems I had from taking Evening Primrose Oil (which made my skin really break out badly). The box it came in was simple and lovely and the packaging is also rich and simple looking. The two main ingredients are olive oil and vitamin E. It will remove your mascara and everything. And once the water hits your face, it comes off easily with absolutely no greasy feeling left on your skin. I promise. I think I paid only $26 for 6.7 ounces. I also really love that my cleanser is Japanese. :)♡

more makeup monday ♥ vintage biba makeup

SUNDAY MATINEE ♥ LOLITA DOCUMENTARY

I thought this documentary LACE AND PETTICOATS about the Lolita girlies in Australia to be visually delicious. And very nice, short and sweet.♡

more sunday matinee ♥ smashing time

♥ SATURDAY SHOW ♥ MONKI MAGAZINE'S AWESOME TRAVEL ISSUE ♥

Oh how I love this branded publication for Swedish label MONKI. How cute and adorable and pretty and interesting and girl-y. This is the travel issue, methinks. Have a look and click here to see the rest...♡

i think this is part of the Austin Texas section.

funny and strange that people in fashion tend to like shooting stories in this what people deem as trailer-trash way. I don't know about that exactly.

i love this cakestand idea for a shoe stand.

i actually have a boat hat that a famous artist made for me. it's in storage.       

more saturday shopping ♥ lab on fire