Just a few days ago, I gushed about the innovative spirit and quirky,smart, irresistible aesthetic of PDB Jewelry, noting how the acronym in the brand’s moniker is beyond spot-on (PDB stands for “pure dead brilliant,” a Scottish expression akin to “sicka than average”) .
As I start roasting my chicken (yes, I accidentally bought an oven-ready chicken instead of a turkey like the space cadet I am) and whipping up my candied yams, arroz con gandules, and collard greens, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to all of you, my lovely readers.
If you follow me on Twitter (@sickathanavg), then you might have spotted a few of the photos I shared during a Laura Geller press preview held last week in her makeup studio, located in New York City’s Upper East Side.
Imagine taking the term “summer white,” printing it on an impermeable rubber strip, tucking this token inside a locked metal box, then throwing that box into a deep ocean, watching as it sinks all the way to the bottom, where it might eventually be unearthed years from now and deemed a relic of ages past.
With winter looming ominously ahead, many of you may have started to feel that itch.
Tell me if this sounds familiar.
My lovely STA readers, this is probably THE most exciting giveaway I’ve brought you so far, so I can’t tell you how excited I am to announce it (and thanks to StefaniBags.com for making it all possible).
Don't be fooled by Vera Wang's succulent, pristine, bridal creations — she may know how to make a woman look like a virginal Venus, but Wang also knows how to transform that princess into a stage-ruling rock star.
To celebrate Latino Book Month (which takes place during May, just in case you didn't pick up on that!), SickaThanAverage.com has teamed up with the Hachette Book Group to offering three lucky readers the chance to win a set of five delicious books written by some of the most promising, up-and-coming Latino authorsThe three lucky winners will receive all five of the following titles: Margaret Mascarenha's The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos, Luis Urrea's Into the Beautiful North, Josefina Lopez's Hungry Woman in Paris, Alberto Ferreras's Be As In Beauty, and Gwendolyn Zepeda's Houston, We Have A Problem.So how do you enter to win?
