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Posted by Dain, Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:55 AM (Eastern)
I hope everyone had an excellent holiday, though I'll be glad when sport-shopping calms down; I've been afraid to go to the stores since Thanksgiving. Today's post will be of a light and frivolous nature, to ease us back.
The inspiration for this post came when I was last showering, and I dropped my soap, bent down to pick it up, and banged my head on the wall, nicked my back on the faucet, and bruised a shoulder on the soap dish. "Perhaps," I thought to myself, "shower gels are the better idea." But I love a wonderfully creamy, fragrant soap: I still remember my grandma's bathroom, there was a wall stocked with hundreds (so I thought) of soaps, in every hue and cry. And I hate loofahs and sponges and poofs and mitts... I think they're disgusting. Still, when it comes to portability and sheer variety of scents, shower gels cannot be beat (in particular, I love Korres). The final say? I may buy shower gels, but I will use soaps.
Oh, this one is no contest. Lipstick all the way! I've been sick of gloss since 2005, though I'll admit my favorite lipcolor is a gloss, albeit a pigment-rich, low-luster gloss, more akin to a "sheer/lustre" lipstick than a vinyl shine. Lipstick is not as forgiving as gloss (you cannot err as much with color choice), but when a woman wears real lipstick really well, it has much more profound impact.
I suppose if I had to make a choice at gunpoint, it would be heels—I am that sort of girl. But it is a tricky call when there are such beautiful examples on either side. Really, I just want more Manolos, once you own a pair, I fear there is no going back. They are such transcendent joy, frankly I know few physical experiences that are capable of this: twilight, wild raspberries and Torrontes, a few lines of Shakespeare, very good head (enough said), a shower after too much travel, the creaky leathery-dusty scent of a library, Jimi Hendrix, greasy and crisp fried chicken with honey mustard for sauce, Michelangelo. Manolos belong to this list.
Though I mentioned Torrontes (shown above), I actually favor red wines for their lush flavor, in particular chianti, syrah, and the rougher malbec. But I do enjoy a good Belgian ales (Leffe, Chimay) from time to time. I'd be very hard pressed to choose, they have different moods. I am also the rare equal opportunist when it comes to tea vs. coffee—I drink both! Hm... I think I'll back out of this particular debate gracefully with an aromatic gin and tonic.
I hardly think it matters when one is very beautiful and has the sort of presence that ices out all other women in the room.
In fact, this is all very silly. Binaries imply that one is better than the other, but who cares, so long as one's taste is refined?
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December 26, 2007 8:58 PM,
1.) soap
2.) lipstick
3.) some heel is good...prefer low heels to flats or high heels
4.) beer
5.) both...for women I don't think it matters. But I prefer dark hair for men.
December 27, 2007 12:31 AM,
1)gel (I'm way too neurotic about germs. Everything I use needs to be bottled and sealed)
2)both, please. And preferably Chanel.
3)heels. always heels.
4)Champagne
5)Personally, I think Elizabethe Taylor was prettier. But both are just what I loved when it comes to good old glamour.
Here's to our refined tastes :)
December 28, 2007 11:46 PM,
Hi! waves I like your blog btw.
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