August 16, 2007 12:55 AM,  Colleen Shirazi said...

Weeellll...like any sort of style, it's going to suit some, but not all.

It is like the miniskirt. If you're young, and it's reasonably in fashion, it looks terrific. If you're young and it's not remotely in fashion, it still looks good, if you have the moxie to wear it.

But if you're old, it looks ridiculous whether it's in style or not...some things don't mix with wrinkles. I never saw it that way when I was young, I figured you could wear anything you pleased, as long as you had the moxie to do so, but now that I'm actually that age, I wouldn't be caught dead in some of these things...I'd be "mutton dressed as lamb."

That said, I'm sick of the fear of color myself. Lipstick is a good thing--I never got into gloss, the frequency of touch-ups is insane--and I'm tired of super sheer lipsticks.

August 16, 2007 1:57 AM,  Dain said...

I dare say, trends are for the young, for the most part. : )

August 16, 2007 10:31 AM,  cmm said...

I picked the wine shine a few days ago. I really like it. Its the perfect shade for me when I don't need the intense-ness of my killer red but I want something alittle bit more than the everyday-ness of pink/brown/berry. 'Tis a keeper.
Trends. Eh.
Yes, for the young, the rich (or at least the heavily credit-carded) and (IMVHO) for those in big cities and/or the coasts. I think smalltown,midwestern life is a world unto itself. The big trend 'round here this summer is those GIGANTIC sunglasses, usually knockoff chanels bought for $5 at the flea-market or fair! LOL. Usually on the young girls, who all look alike with their tanning salon tans, overly whitened teeth and overly bleached, straightened hair.
There there are the soccer moms in knit pants or capris and running shoes and the older ladies in poodle perms, gigantic knit shorts and tweety-bird tee-shirts.
I put on my red Nars lipstick and I stand out like a sore thumb! LOL!

August 16, 2007 12:31 PM,  Dain said...

I like how you can apply the Wine Shine sheerly, and it adds just a bit of richness but still looks very natural without (you're right) being the standard pink/brown, or more and it really looks like you've been drinking wine, and if you really pile it on, it's some sorta retro 30s mouth.

To be honest, I don't think New Englanders are all that stylish... It's almost entirely functional clothing. I suppose it's one thing to talk about trends as they appear in fashion magazines (which is easy to do, all you have to do is parrot some trifling designers), doesn't mean that people are gonna wear them, no?

August 16, 2007 12:52 PM,  Colleen Shirazi said...

San Francisco used to be reasonably fashionable...it's changed. It really has. There is still a core group of young women who dress well and keep up with the trends. I was a bit surprised...pleased...the Diptyque shop got overall good reviews on yelp.com (which can be a very good resource, hem hem); people are still doing cool and frivolous things...

Norfolk, where I'm from, now that was beyond hope. People would go to New York City to shop for clothes, otherwise you were stuck dressing conservatively. Couldn't find anything in the stores that you saw in magazines. Richmond was better...they had this college district, you could find stuff like vintage dresses for $5 back then.

August 16, 2007 1:38 PM,  cmm said...

hehe, no GOSHEN, is beyond all hope. That should be written on a signpost as you enter town "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Its pretty said when the amish and mennonite people are the best dressed in town, most put together folks around. LOL!
Really, its slobs-ville. No one seems to care at all what they look like. Jeans, knitpants, pj bottoms,flopflops We've all been "Wal-Martized". Ugh.

We finally got a Netflix subscription and I watched the anti-WM documentary. *shudder* I've always hated that store, always. If even half of what is on that video is true, I hate them even MORE.

I'm curious though, does anyone know anything about the makeup industry? Who makes the products and where they come from? I mean, sweatshop clothing is bad enough, if there is such a thing as sweatshop makeup, i'm done for, I'll just go join the dang amish then......

August 16, 2007 1:50 PM,  Colleen Shirazi said...

Netflix!!!!! We finally got that too. I got "Girl With a Pearl Earring," "Allegro Non Troppo," "Top Gun"... It's a bit difficult, the movies I want to see are too old for my kids. I'd like to rent "Violette," "Vagabond," "La Passion Beatrice," etc. I saw them back when they were relatively new.

Makeup...if you look carefully, it will say on the package where it's made. Some makeup is made in China. I noticed that a few years ago. Most of it is made here, Canada, France, Germany or Italy, or Japan? Japan seems to have its own cosmetic industry unto itself.

August 16, 2007 1:53 PM,  Dain said...

I think it really depends on the brand. Color cosmetics, I don't know. Skin and hair, you have a better idea, because there are many botanical lines. But there are botanical lines like Origins, which hardly deserve the name and use just as many chemicals as any, and there are botanical lines like Jurlique, which takes it so far that they grow the ingredients themselves on their organic farm. So much for eco-friendly, but when it comes to fair trade practices, I doubt there are many lines that aren't complicit... I don't know for certain, but the cynic in me doubts it. Some companies, like LUSH, are about the people, others clearly not so much.

I've noticed that I gravitate towards natural products anyway, when it comes to skincare and haircare. I do it because the products seem to be higher quality, but it's also nice to have a cleaner conscience.