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Life of Colleen
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-29
at 3:13 PM (Pacific)
Hey I'm back!Labels: yadda yadda
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Brilliant Earth: Conflict free Canadian diamond jewelry
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-12
at 7:40 PM (Pacific)
Brilliant Earth
I've never shopped from this company, and it's not in my immediate budget. But I found the site quite informative. Beyond the stones (sapphires as well as diamonds), jewelry, and pearls, there's a...wealth (sorry) of information about the mining, labor and production involved.
If you're shopping for some investment jewelry, you might want to check this out.Labels: jewelry
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Perfume: Post of the day
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-10
at 7:51 PM (Pacific)
Why Some Women Like to Wear Mens Fragrances
Aha! That's really quite accurate.
The concession perfumers made was to create "unisex" perfumes, but that's a rather cowardly way of saying the same thing. :)Labels: perfume
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Happy Friday!: This and that
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-07
at 9:47 PM (Pacific)
Okay...ignoring the 1980's eye-makeup-on-dudes thing, or even the radiant dawn that is Rae Dawn Chong in this video...the song is extraordinary.
To give it a bit of perspective, the Rolling Stones were perhaps the worst of the booze 'n' broads bands, in an era of, well, booze 'n' broads. Songs about romance in that period tended to be mawkish, and those about sex downright seedy. It was a shock to hear Mick Jagger...I don't think I saw the video at the time, since we didn't have cable...sing these lyrics:
Give me just another night, just another night with you
Give me just another kiss, just before the dawn breaks through
'Cause I'm homesick, feel a little down and blue
And I'm hurting, hurting baby just like you
I was lonely 'til I saw you at the station
And I never thought you'd keep our rendezvous
Baby it's true.
Give me just another night, just another night with you
Give me just another kiss, just before the dawn breaks through
'Cause I'm hungry, hungry for your loving babe
And I'm thirsty, thirsty for your loving babe
And a one-day pass to heaven is so hard to find
And a one-night pass ain't really what I had in mind
I need your sweet tenderness, I need your soft caress
I know the day is coming, don't take away your loving
Can't you see that I'm human?
Just because you've seen my face, just because you know my name
I'm a stranger in this town, can't I have my ups and downs?
Can't you see that I'm human?
I get hungry, get thirsty
I get moody, I need attention
I need your love
I need your love
I want your love
Give me just another night, just another night with you
'Cause I'm freezing in this hundred-dollar hotel room
Don't make me leave you. No, don't you be so cruel
I couldn't find the MTV-style video Tom Jones made for this song. I saw it once, twice at best; it featured various professional women (again, we are still in the booze 'n' broads period), which is why it lingers in my mind today.
This one is just as nice, with Devon Aoki, Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lucy Liu, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Lee Curtis...pretty much everything good, but I didn't catch Michelle Yeoh, so here ya go:
Labels: music, videos
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aedes.com: Six Scents
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-04
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
Aedes De Venustas
Thought this was kind of cool. :)
Aedes de Venustas presents Six Scents:
The Six Scents Fragrance Initiative is an ongoing collaboration between Symrise, Metaproject and Seven New York. Annually, a distinct group of six prominent artists and perfumers are selected to develop a limited edition series of fragrances to help raise money for a deserving charity. The collection represents a global gamut of contemporary views on creativity, culture, consciousness and collectivity.
Curated by Joseph Quartana (Seven New York), Six Scents: Series One, features fragrances created by six renowned perfumers working with six celebrated designers. Individually numbered with custom packaging, each designer fragrance will be offered in a limited quantity of 2,000 units. A percent of the net proceeds will go towards awareness and funding for the Designers Against AIDS (DAA) International AIDS Awareness Education Center in Antwerp, Belgium scheduled to open in December 2008.
The Six Scents fragrance collection is available early-mid November 08. Receive complimentary ground shipping with your pre-order by using code "Six-Scents" in the comment box when checking out (we will deduct the shipping charge when processing your order).Labels: perfume
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What I've been into, lately
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-02
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
Wore this:
It was longer than I'd recalled; certainly longer on me than on the model (the "model height skirt factor"), plus I'd lost some weight, which wasn't planned. Still it's a cool skirt. I'm going to cook it in the dryer to shrink it (if you decide to do this, it's at your own risk!).
The skirt is a sort of dark grey green, and bells out at the bottom. Plus it's actually quite warm. It won't do ya the same as a wool skirt, but the weather here veers to the chilly more than to the outright cold.
I've used this four times now. My scalp (irritated and itchy) feels better. To this point I'd been using Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat shampoo, which seemed to work better at first than over the long run. It's a decent basic shampoo, mind you, but this sort of itchy scalp...reminds me of my experiences with adult acne. You can't treat it by using what they tell you to use. You have to find something that works, not by stamping out the problem--which either creates new problems, or else loses effectiveness over time--but by gradually countering the cause of the problem itself.
I'm so glad I replaced my Dr. Hauschka lipstick! I dunno...Hauschka isn't the most soigné brand out there, but it suits me. Somehow it evokes a lab...with mad scientists, working day and night, drinking beer on the job, yet what they produce is brilliant.
Between the time my last tube of Dolce wore down, and the sticky seal of my new tube got peeled away, I survived on an old tube of Clinique Apple Brandy Butter Shine lipstick. The color was pretty...dare I say even a bit prettier than Hauschka Dolce...but the formula! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Sorry, it was not moisturizing enough, at all, it was just depressing. One or two days into the new Dolce, and I felt quite at home again.Labels: dr. hauschka, sundance catalog, what i've been into lately
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Dr. Hauschka shampoo review: Macadamia and Orange
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-11-01
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
Dang if this thing doesn't smell...sumptous...the polar opposite of the austerely scented Nasturtium and Lemon shampoo...which smells neither of nasturtium nor of lemon, particularly. Nasturtiums grow wild here, if you can picture legions of East Coast gardeners with their jaws agape--and they don't smell much (the nasturtiums that is).
But Macadamia and Orange shampoo smells exactly that--macadamia nuts and orange, and not in the horrifying fake fruity-nutty way it sounds. It's incredible. If I were to use a shampoo purely for its scent--you're looking at it.
All of that said, I found it a tad touch too moisturizing the first time I used it. Yet the same may be said of the Hauschka facial cleansers; it's their philosophy that "like treats like." Macadamia and... is marketed toward people with oily hair, so it stands to reason it would be a touch too moisturizing, counter-intuitive as it seems.
Hm. It's a bit too early to judge. I feel Nasturtium and... is better for irritated scalp, as claimed. If only Nasturtium and... smelled like Macadamia and... But then I'm not above using two shampoos at a pop, one for scalp, the other for the rest of the hair (it's faster and easier than it sounds), because typically one is better for scalp and the other one smells better. grumbles...Labels: dr. hauschka, hair, product reviews
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Happy Friday! Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-10-31
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
I, ah, wore a porkpie hat back in the day. lol This was a Specials song, not a Clash song.
"I Fought the Law" is a much-covered song originally recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) in 1959. The song was famously covered by Bobby Fuller Four, who recorded a more successful version of the song in 1965, and by The Clash, who recorded a punk rock version in 1978. (From Wikipedia)
Thought I'd throw a new one in there. :)
Midnight to six man
For the first time from Jamaica
Dillinger and Leroy Smart
Delroy Wilson, your cool operator
Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae
With backing bands sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen
But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right
Charging from the bass knives to the treble
But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel
Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel
Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack
Cos it won't get you anywhere
Fooling with your guns
The British Army is waiting out there
And it weighs fifteen hundred tons
White youth, black youth
Better find another solution
Why not phone up Robin Hood
And ask him for some wealth distribution
Punk rockers in the UK
They won't notice anyway
They're all too busy fighting
For a good place under the lighting
The new groups are not concerned
With what there is to be learned
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money
All over people changing their votes
Along with their overcoats
If Adolf Hitler flew in today
They'd send a limousine anyway
I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf
Who looks so sick in the sun
I'm the white man in the Palais
Just lookin' for fun
I'm only
Looking for fun
Many more here: AristotlekhLabels: music, videos
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Dr. Hauschka shampoo review: Nasturtium and Lemon
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-10-30
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
Day One.
First sniff: health food store. The faintly sweet, herbal-y, mysterious scent of all health food stores, from Charlottesville to Berkeley.
Commenced to use it...like most non-sulfate shampoos, you don't get tons of lather. There's a trick to it; you mix the shampoo with a bit of water, on your hair, to get it going. But don't use too much shampoo in order to get more bubbles; the usual amount is fine. This stuff produces a denser, almost creamy lather instead of the foamy airy sort.
Nasturtium & Lemon began to smell rather soapy, more than herbal or lemony. Quite pleasant; perhaps a bit more utilitarian than mind-blowing.
Hair: easy comb-out (I use a separate conditioner on ends, but hair wasn't stripped), and fluffy when dried. I didn't jump to conclusions, since switching shampoos usually produces fluffy hair at first anyway.
Scalp: seems less irritated and itchy, actually. I didn't expect it to immediately work 100%, for the same reason I don't expect good skincare to work 100% right away. It's usually a sign the product is too harsh--you get instant results and believe the product is working, but it's really screwing up your skin over the long run.
Day Two.
Yup--classic eau de health food store. Today Nasturtium & Lemon seems to have worked even better.
I've had this itchy, irritated scalp for a long time actually. Before, I used to get it only in winter, and speculated whether it was caused by indoor heating drying out my scalp (I get dry itchy skin in winter in general).
This year, irritated scalp seems to have expanded into a four-season issue. It appears to flare up when I've spent long periods of time indoors, i.e., no sun on hair...which would also explain the winter flare-ups, since I tend to remain indoors in cold weather.
Research on the Net netted the usual skin-problem gibberish: no cure, no information as to the cause of the problem, and a recommendation to use mainstream medicated products. Since I already went through all of this with my adult acne, I don't have much faith in this type of advice.
I'll post an update when I've used it more.Labels: dr. hauschka, hair, product reviews
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Cydwoq meanderings
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-10-29
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
I still need to buy my Cydwoqs. mumbles...
It's not the price that bothers me. I hardly ever buy shoes. The idea of purchasing a pair of shoes that will last year after year after year, pleases my cheapskate heart no end.
What cheeses me is finding places to try them on. There are stores around here that carry them...I tried Rabat of Berkeley and they had only Carry and the Command ankle boot. I didn't dare try on Command, because I knew I would want it, and it's probably not the most practical color (grey-green)--in this matter I insist on being annoyingly practical--I want dark shoes, don't wish to fret over every little scuff. Their Carry was nice--black, with a green "tear"--but (fortunately?) they didn't have it in my size.
It's not that I didn't like Carry; it looked great on me...I just want to be able to try on more options. Having choices is extremely important to consumers, as it is in life in general.
There is Bulo Shoes in the City. It's a hassle for me getting there...I don't live in the City anymore, don't miss it either...yet...what if they have tons of Cydwoqs? hmmm?
image courtesy www.buloshoes.comLabels: cydwoq, shoes
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P.S. An interview with Cydwoq founder Rafi Balouzian
posted by Colleen Shirazi
2008-10-28
at 10:05 PM (Pacific)
FN News - Arts & CraftsLabels: cydwoq, internet, shoes
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Skinbotanica.com order arrives
posted by Colleen Shirazi
at 12:01 AM (Pacific)
That was fast! Everything was to spec: the Dr. Hauschka #09 lipsticks and their Macadamia & Orange shampoo, and Nasturtium & Lemon shampoo. They chunked in two samples as well: La Roche-Posay Nutritic Ultra-Fine Cream and Dermalogica oil control lotion (clearing--presumably the same as the "Clearing Mattifier" on the site).
When I was registering my account, they did ask what skin type/problems I had, and carelessly I declined to fill it out. Bleh? Better to fill it out next time.
Anyhow, quite pleased. I'll review the shampoos later on when I try them.Labels: dr. hauschka, hair, makeup
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