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Oh Sheila

Sole Society's best-selling, sandal - 'Sheila' - reminds us of the ones we saw on A-List blogger, Annabelle Fleur.  

Equally sexy with short-shorts & sunnies, skinny jeans and a button-front or the perfect summer-wedding, party-dress. 

Got Mom?

Mother's Day is May 12th.  Don't wait until the last minute...

Get Great Gifts.

(Updated) Boston...Ways to Help...

 Our hearts go out to to everyone in Boston...

The victims, residents and responders who are continuing to recover and heal.

For ways to help, CNN has a great list here, 

there is good info here and of course The American Red Cross. 

Our Love & Support, The A-List

Because Great Hair Can Be Your BEST accessory.

Magic Mike's McConaughey grows your hair & dishes his puddin'.

In a recent article in Elle Magazine, Mathew McConaughey talks hair tips & his 110 calorie, morning BAM! 

Elle: (mid conversation) ...McConaughey picks up a small plastic bottle and starts squeezing a clear liquid onto his scalp."  

MM: "Regenix," he explains, rub, rub, rubbing it in.  "Back in 1999, my hair was fallin' out, so I started this stuff.  And son of a gun if it didn't bring my hair back so well that people think I went and got plugs." 

(he continues) "If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full - a heavy, full, waxing moon.  Do not cut it when the moon's waning.  Right now, it's 14 percent waxing on, it's a crescent, so you don't want to cut now.  In about 10 days, the moon's going to be 94 percent full - that's a great time."  

Elle: "For real?" 

MM: "Damn right.  Why do you think that (farmers) plant at certain times of the year?" 

Hungry?  MM talks Tapioca...

"Tapioca is really somethin' else, isn't it?" (says McConaughey) "Mix a little nut with a little fruit and a little of that (tapioca pudding) and bam!  Lights out!  That little five ounces right there puts a smile on my face every morning.  And it's only 110 calories."

 

Congrats Mathew... You Just Made The A-List. 

(you too Elle)

Made The A-List - KhaiKhai.com

We first saw this site on The Manrepeller where the fab, Leandra Medine Instagramed this style from her knee(?). 

A saunter through KhaiKhai.com and his cool bio - and we were hooked.  

Here's what made our A-List. 

Your Accessory Canvas? A Great Tee.

Take a great tee - then Chunk-it-Up.  (Layer the short & chunky necklace over the jewled piece for a modern twist on vintage). 
 
Who could you call if you just wanted to order a box of different types of tee-shirts, try them on, see which ones you liked - then return the rest & pay only for the ones you liked. 

You could call A Kutcher.  That's who. 

Ashton Kutcher's fashion label, Pickwick & Weller "allows customers to try on different styles, colors and sizes at home via a Home Fit Kit.  You have five days to make your decision, keep what you want, and send the rest back for free." 

How good ARE THEY you ask?  Ashton tells Elle.com: 'T-shirts are the uniform of this generation. If you are going to wear something every day, it should be the best. Our aim is to make the best T-shirts on earth.

Sold. 

Never Stops Bein' Funny...

The ad's for the new Playtex 'Fresh + Sexy Wipes' are still makin' the rounds... 

You either love 'em or you hate 'em... but we think they're pretty hi-lar.  And who doesn't love a beaver joke?

More versions here. 

Curves Ahead

Recently a piece on the TODAY show (NBC) featured some rather curvy Swedish mannequins.

The mannequin's figures have become a big topic of conversation from when they were first reported on by this girl... who subsequently started this blog... 

I once worked with a plus size model on a lingerie shoot.  She was a total diva...in a good away! 

She was paid something in the range of $10,000.00 for the day - which was a good day-rate - but isn't that much when you consider that she had to walk around half-naked most of the day.  

The cool thing was - She was so body confident!  She waltzed around that set like she owned the joint.  We (the women) were in awe of her confidence around the mostly male crew. 

Sure... it might have been a bit of an 'act'... I've had YEARS of experience working with lingerie-models and believe me... even the thinnest & fittest models have confidence issues... (but that's a WHOLE OTHER post!) but she totally rocked it!

For one thing... her skin was flawless.  Body and face!  It's like I always say...  you have to start with a GREAT CANVAS!  If your skin, hair, teeth and nails look great - then that's the first - and maybe most important - step on your road to self-swagger.

And her hair!  Whoa... it was so full, bouncy and shiny.  Who knows exactly 'how' she got that mane... but considering that we often (ok - always) have to load traditional lingerie model's heads with mounds of extensions because their hair is so fragile and thin... it makes me wonder if a couple of extra pounds helps out the ole hair follicles.  I'm no doctor or nutritionist of course but it did make us wonder... 

I think of this model all the time.  Not only when I need a confidence shot-in-the-arm myself - but when I need to help a model get in the right mindset for the job ahead.  It may seem like an old colloquialism - but you don't have to be the most beautiful or the thinnest, tallest or fittest in the room - you just have to be confident in your OWN skin.