“Now that’s what I call buttery!”
Those are the words my precocious 9-year-old son uttered enthusiastically when he glided his finger over the smooth surface of the new NIVEA Vanilla & Macadamia Kiss Lip Butter ($3.99 at most food, drug, and mass market retailers).
So what if you never made your school’s JV volleyball, track, basketball, or lacrosse teams?
News flash: few celebrities actually have an innate sense of style.
Metallic fabrics, eye shadows, and nail lacquers always abound come autumn and winter, and this season is no exception.
This season, give your wardrobe a kick and a push, then coast happily into the realm of modern, streetwise, easygoing style with a slouchy beanie hat.
Last time I had my hair blown out, the stylist couldn’t stop complimenting me on how healthy my hair looked, remarking that most women with heavily color-treated hair grapple with split ends and overly porous, dehydrated strands.
As soon as I saw the name of the latest Kendra Scott jewelry collection, Florence + The Machine’s “Cosmic Love” popped in my head, followed by a medley of tenuously galaxy-themed tunes: Elton John’s “Rocket Man,” David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Radiohead’s “Black Star” and so forth.
My favorite winter coats and leather jackets all bear the same name on their labels: Mackage.
Every October, L’Occitane reveals a new limited edition collection of shea butter products with distinctive packaging meant to conjure up excitement for the holiday season, lure in long-time fans of the brand’s shea range (like yours truly, who has been known to carry a 100ml tin of shea butter in her always bulging handbag), and attract new and hopefully soon-to-be-undyingly-loyal customers.
Sometimes I think the folks at Urban Decay have telepathic powers, that they have a Jean Grey-ish figure on payroll whose mission is to read the minds of brand devotees like myself.
