I am a super light sleeper so Mack’s pillow soft ear plugs and a sleep mask are my best friend in the wee hours. I finally decided that my Swissair mask and Kenya airways mask were not sexy enough for the bedroom so I bought this cute hand made sleep mask from BibBon on Etsy the other day. I am a sleeping beauty now. Mmmhh…although I have an addiction to the earplugs.
Man I struggle to understand the structure of my blog..I mean the technology of it and I have total Dooce envy who just had an article written about her blog in the NY Times ! She has awesome dogs Chuck and Coco, awesome taste and flair and a life that allows her and her husband to work from home and make kick-ass money from advertisers. So far this pathetic messy blog averages $0.50 in revenue per day from Adsense (totally dodgy ads about Russian girls, bizarre face cream and losing 10lbs in a week). Freedomwife is like a microscopic ugly failure of a toad next to Heather Armstrong’s glittery succesful Comet like blog. Maybe if I had a new husband to fix my blog? Nah I like my husband (today).
So a few posts ago I mentioned I was recycling part of my wardrobe out on Ebay. Well I sold for $450.00 in the last month. It doesn’t pay for Botox but it pays for a massage, dinner, vodka martinis, lip-fusion lip-gloss and possibly a Revolve clothing shopping spree.
So I sold my Da-nang Koi fish pants for $30.00. My James jeans for $35.00. Surprisingly I even sold these horrible adidas black socks for $2.00 (anything to get rid of them). Most surprisingly I sold some used adidas shoes, adidas t-shirts and a cop. copine dress.
It is so gratifying to send all this crap out and get money for it on paypal and it’s pretty cool to watch the bidding and see which items draws the most interest.
This week I am selling a Peak Performance polo, 10 pregnancy test strips (pee sticks) and a bridal bustier that I bought on Ebay and immediately hated when it took me 15 minutes to hook the eye hooks and get it on.
The best undies ever are Hanky Panky thongs that I always buy on Ebay. You can get them for as little as $12.00 while in real life they are $22.00. These fab itsy-bitsy Lacy thongs are one size fits all and seriously are the best, most comfortable underwear I’ve ever bought. If you don’t believe me I bet you’ll believe Paris Hilton or the Gossip Girls…all wearing the same landing gear.
I just received these fab Theory ‘Max C - Stretch Canvas’ Trousers in the post! I paid $175 from Tabloid Couture on Ebay. They fit so well it is scary. They are stretchy in the right places and clingy in the right places. I definitely recommend Theory couture for silhouette flattery. Tabloid Couture provided prompt service and delivery..check out all the other goodies they carry like Cosabella and Nanette Lapore. xxo
I’m selling my old clothes on Ebay this week. I have size 29 Goldsign jeans, Citizens of Humanity size 28, James Jeans size 29, Da-nang koi fish pants, new Nolita tops, old Alinghi tees, polos, a cop. copine dress and an Ed Hardy tee that my husband never wore. So far I am up $42 with 32 listings. Will keep you posted on total result. Am also bidding on yoga mats this week.
So I mentioned this item before …I was asking for reviews but I couldn’t wait and bought this blue No! No! epilator from Sephora.com last Christmas. I can’t say I’ve always used it 100% correctly but it has only made my legs unbearibly prickly. I’m not convinced. By incorrectly I mean that I have waxed probably every 5 weeks or so and that I have had lapses in use: as in 3-4 weeks of non usage. What I have done is use it after waxing and for 3-4 weeks at a time in a row (once or twice a week).My legs are still prickly and just as hairy after using the No! No! I think it is a waste of $250. You might as well get yourself an Epilady or wax. My beautician laughed at the No No epilator: said I was basically just burning my hairs off. So did my dermatoligist that injects botox and restylane in my face. There are very limited reviews or comments online. No research. What is this company anyway? Thumbs down on this gimmick.
Eve Lom’s award-winning cleansing balm is a cult beauty buy, especially in the UK - and for good reason. It is, hands down, the best cleanser I have ever used. A greenish, waxy, thick balm that’s oily and a teeny bit gritty to the touch, the cleanser contains a blend of chamomile, clove, eucalyptus and hops aromatherapy oils to cleanse, decongest and soothe. It melts onto skin to remove every last trace of make-up and leaves skin exfoliated, perfectly clean and glowing. After one week of use, my skin looks brighter and clearer than it ever has before. So far it is only available in SpaceNK in New York (in Soho, Scarsdale and Columbus Circle).
Using it is like having a deluxe mini-facial. Following the detailed instructions provided, you first massage the cleanser onto your face and neck in a 7-step routine which stimulates the lymphatic nodes to drain areas of congestion and eliminate toxins. Next, you soak the supplied muslin cloth in hot water, wring it out, and hold over the entire face for 5 seconds. This bit you repeat 3 times, so you’ve got a succession of hot compresses softening the skin and activating the essential oils. Then, you use the cloth to exfoliate and remove all traces of make-up and cleanser before rinsing it in cold water and using as a cold compress. There’s no need for a toner or astringent afterwards, and no need for moisturiser if your skin is oily.
It all sounds wildly complicated and time consuming, but honest to God it’s not. After a couple of uses, you could perform the lymphatic massage in your sleep, and the whole ritual now takes me just 3 minutes flat.
On the down side it is crazily expensive: a 100ml tub is £48 or $100. It should easily see you through 6 months of daily cleansing.
Here is where Ebay is my saviour! I recently ran out of my fabulous Eve Lom cleanser and I don’t live anywhere near civilization (only facial cleanser available would be supermarket crap). So I searched for Eve Lom on Ebay and came up with a few results…and I bid on a few and lost a few auctions. I started to find that sellers of Eve Lom that were not based in the UK were not getting as good results. I guess because Eve Lom really has only reached cult status in the UK. So I saved my search for Eve Lom and when there was finally a seller in Germany that popped up I placed a max bid for USD50.00…and I got it! For half price. I’m delighted.
So to save time…if you know what you want on Ebay, save your search and find what you need (want) immediately. I’m now saving searches for Theory Tank tops, Tiffany frogs, Hublot watches and Alinghi bikinis.
I just love these shoes! It is the sexy Shaunte platform wedge by Matiko. Totally ideal for beach season in the Hamptons. Wear them on the train, wear them on the jitney, wear them around town or even in Kentucky (ok this is getting obnoxious)! They are $120 on the CoutureCandy site. You can Save $10 at CoutureCandy by clicking this link . Yum.
This is where I admit that in the world of blogging I am travelling blind. I have no idea what I am doing. My blog is a mess. I am looking for an expert blogger that can help me clean it up…take out bugs, links that go nowhere, shit advertising (but keep the good ones…because I make 4 whole dollars a week with them)…change my header/banner thing. So if you feel like you are more clued in than me and want to earn some extra cash to fix up my blog. Just send me a comment.
Last month, at the Green Energy Design show in Milan, Philippe Starck introduced, in conjunction with PRAMAC, his newly designed transparent windmill. The mini wind turbine will be available from 400 euros in September 2008. The plan is to launch it in 6 different sizes that can save a household between 10% and 60% of it’s energy consumption.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this supposedly noiseless windmill. My electricity bills are so high that even if I only save 10% I will have recuperated the cost of the windmill. Plus it looks like a sculpture so nosy neighbours can’t complain. I’m wondering, though, does it hook up to the electricity grid? How easy is it really to set up? All the press releases make it sound like I’ll be able to pick one up at Costco or Target and bang it down on my roof…and voila: Wind energy! Keep an eye out for this one…also what happens if it snows? Tell me more Mr Starck! Or let me try one.
So I have this very bling seventies party to go to next Saturday: Las Vegas 1977. I’ve been trying for 3 weeks to get short sequin dresses or tiger print dresses for the occasion but there must be a lot of others going to the same party because I keep getting outbid on all the cool Ebay vintage dresses. Seriously, some of these worthless dresses from Sears bought in 1970 something are going for $90.00.
I did manage to buy cool White gogo boots. In fact you can get them in any colour. Just go to Ebay and do a gogo boot search (Buy it now for $26.95). I also have pink tights and now I need a top. I may try H&M for something loud and shiny. For hair I’m thinking Farrah Fawcett wings.
Ok so it may seem I have abandoned this blog….but I have not I swear. I have a couple of reasons:
1) work. I have lots of work and now I am going to work for UEFA for 3 months so that is going to take me off the map.
2) lazy. I just am.
3) My father just died of Congestive Heart Failure. CHR: You should read about it. It is what you’ll die from if you don’t die from anything else first.
OK …I promise I will be back with tidbits from Ebay etc…In the meantime read about CHR.
Ok so I’m not sure when I’m going to wear my new Silver Crystal Skeleton Celebrity hoodie and my husband will pretend he doesn’t know me when I’m wearing it. Nevertheless I am so excited to have more bling particularly with skulls. I’ll wear it to work tomorrow. Anyhow find this über cool top on Ebay for $19.95.
I’ve also bought 5 new lipfusion color shine glosses on Ebay for an average of $12.00. That’s less than a third of what Sephora is selling it for ($38.00). Along with Botox, no girl over 35 should live without micro injected collagen (whatever that is?). What am I going to do with 5? Leave them in pockets, purses backpacks etc…surprise myself.
The coolest thing I’ve done lately is bought a Sephora gift card on Ebay worth $415 for $348. And yes, I splurged on a No!No! hair removal device after reading this ongoing review that ms. distressedDerma is undertaking. Her hairs are going away and so will mine (I hope).
I really really want to buy the No! No! hair removal system but there is not a single review out there. Help me before I waste $250.00. Please post your comments.
