Label Love: Very French Gangsters

It wasn't until recently that I started wearing glasses.  As an adult, I really don't mind wearing them.  Dr. D would even argue that I was excited to get my glasses.  (He would win, I really was excited.)  When I was a kid,  friends of mine would complain about how much they hated there glasses.  They felt so nerdy and awkward; and who could blame them since choices for cool frames were limited in 1991.  

Now kids these days can look cool AND see clearly thanks to Very French Gangsters.  Located just outside Paris, VFG not only makes très chic eye and sun glasses, they also have an AAA-dorable lookbook.  These kiddos look so cool, I want to hang out with all of them.

See for yourself at Very French Gangsters.

New Look

With the weather changing, it's time for a new Fall beauty look. Arguably it's only just getting to Summer here in the Bay Area, but alas, the magazines tell me its time to retire the Neon Pink lippy until next year.  So what is a girl to do, but truck down to her local makeup counter!  Darn.  Here are my two top picks for the crisp weather.

Red-Orange Lipstick

Yes, I will always be devoted to my Neon Pink, but I am really excited about the awesome orangey-red shades.  These are my three faves:

Mandarin is my go to shade for fall.  It has a great buttery finish and lasts a long time.  I like that it's a little bit corally, and swiped over the top of MAC's So Chaud, it looks really really similar to Scarlet Ibis.  I bought mine at Ulta, but you can also get it here.

Heat Wave is for the bolder girl, NARS' Heat Wave is for you!  Its slightly too orange for my fair complexion, but it is TO DIE FOR on darker girls.  It's super bright and happy and will brighten even the grayest of Fall days.

Scarlet Ibis is one of the pretty shades I've seen, but it is next to impossible to find!  MAC, if you're listening, please please start running this color ALL THE TIME!!!

Dark Nail Polish

A nail polish junkie such as my self has a hard time committing to a favorite color.  Luckily, I don't have to.    I love dark colored polish, but sometimes it's a bit to harsh against my pale skin.  I'm in love this fun twist of a French.  Just the right amount of darkness for me.  I used OPI for Sephora on the tips in Never Enough Shoes.  I might try it again with Live and Let Die from OPI's new Skyfall collection (we'll talk about how much I love James Bond another day) or L'oreal Color Riche in Breaking Curfew.  To be fair, I can't claim this look as my own, I totally copied it from the lovely Caroline, of It Looks Good To Me.  (Follow her on Instagram!  She takes amazing pics!)  

What are your beauty re-freshes for Fall?

xo,

aims

Let's get drawing!

Blast from the Lazy Sundae past.

Over the weekend I was cleaning and reorganizing and I came across some of my old design books.  I'm talking design books circa 1998.  From high school.  While taking a crazy nostalgic trip down memory lane, I realized something: I used to draw ALL the time.  Then revelation number 2 hit: I hardly ever draw these days.  Yes, I sketch just about everyday at work, and yes, I did spend three years straight drawing in art school drawing.  The design books back then were all about drawing for myself and I realized that I really miss it.  I LOVE to draw.  

The Dharma Dress...I loved Dharma and Greg.

Pretty sure this one came out of driver's ed.

So, starting with the very next post, there will be more drawings!  I've done a few other posts with illustrations in them and I think there should be more.

Let's get drawing!!

xo, 

a