6.29.2012

{Friday Favorite} Brooklyn NYC


My Friday Favorite today is actually my experience in Brooklyn NYC this past Monday.  I spent a gorgeously sunny-but-not-too-hot afternoon exploring Willamsburg, Red Hook, & BoCoCa and I am so incredibly in love.  I'm so head over heels in fact, I want to share all of my findings with you in a much more extensive post.  With two weddings this weekend though, that post will have to wait.  So please look at this Friday Favorite as a preview of what's to come in my "Best of Brooklyn" feature you'll see just in time for the 4th of July holiday.  What's more patriotic than a post about our beloved NYC right?

Happy Friday!

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6.16.2012

{Friday Favorite}: Michelle Williams' 2006 Vera Wang Oscars Dress

Certain Red Carpet moments are timeless.  When Michelle Williams arrived at the 2006 Oscars in this dandelion Vera Wang stunner, for me, it was definitely one of those moments.  The dress had the most incredible shape, floaty but structured, and in such an unexpected tone; it was completely breathtaking! Add a hairstyle that was the perfect blend of polished and undone, a strong crimson lip, and that porcelain skin, and I'm just not sure it gets any better.  I have no idea what category for which {or if} she was nominated that night, but that dress?  Unforgettable.  


Michelle Williams 2006 Oscars Vera Wang

Michelle Williams 2006 Oscars Vera Wang


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6.08.2012

{Friday Favorite} Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Weddings

There are certain images, certain editorials that have the ability to transport you to another place, another time, to somewhere you may have only ever dreamed about.  For me, one such editorial was featured in the Winter 2007 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.

Martha Stewart Weddings Winter 2007

In that issue I stumbled upon an article unassumingly titled "centerpieces with fruit & flowers".  I quickly recognized that with imagery so breathtaking of centerpieces so perfect, they probably could've done without a title to the article entirely.  The arrangements so strikingly crafted by the genius who is Ariella Chezar leapt from the page, each one complete perfection.  I know I'm gushing, but I can't help it.  Take a look at the editorial spread in it's full glory below and you'll know why it's been a perennial favorite of mine.

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Ariella Chezar Martha Stewart Winter 2007

Even now, years after seeing them for the first time, I never tire of these images and still find inspiration in them every time I view them.  To me, that's the true essence of timeless design; something perfect, something so wonderful in it's craftsmanship that the passing years have no power over it's relevance.  

Happy Friday!  

6.01.2012

{Friday Favorite} Diorshow Mascara - The Best Mascara of All Time?

Welcome to our new blog feature - Friday Favorites!  Every Friday, stop in for products, services, images, etc. we Shi Shi girls can't get enough of - it's our little way of saying "Happy weekend!"  We hope you'll visit often and fall in love with our favorites as much as we have!  To kick off our new series, we couldn't think of any better way than to feature our all time favorite mascara for dressing up, Diorshow!

We fell in love with this incredibly lushifying, lengthening, all around "Are those her real lashes?" creating formula and brush when it was introduced in 2002.  It's been on our radar {and in our makeup bags} ever since.  And we're not the only ones!  Diorshow regularly makes appearances on top fashion magazines' best of lists like Harper's Bazaar and InStyle {note: title won 2007-2012 - quite the impressive dynasty!} to name a few.  

Dior has many formulations of the Diorshow line now available, including Iconic {also curls the lashes}, Blackout {super intense color}, Extase {Diorshow volume x10}, and their newest addition, Diorshow New Look {mascara plus a lash multiplier treatment serum}.  There is a waterproof version of almost every formulation and a Maximizer {for plumping and priming} as well.  So find your nearest Dior counter {Nordstrom, Saks, & Dillard's in the NE Ohio region} or any Sephora store and discover your favorite!    

Dare we say it is the best wedding day, going out, special occasion mascara of all time?  We do.  

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