Apropos of nothing, here are some things that I just love.
Speedo swimsuits. Never in my kids' lives has any swimsuit made it through one child's use and still been in a condition to be handed down to the next (or someone else). I submit Exhibit A on this subject, here. However, when we were in the US last summer, I picked up Speedo swimsuits for the girls at Costco and they are still going strong, almost a year later. They're not faded or stretched or pilled or filled with sand in between the layers from playing hard at the beach. These swimsuits have lasted through wadi water, Gulf water, sprinkler water, swimming pool water, and school swimming lessons where they spend the better part of the day balled up, soaking wet with chlorine water, inside of a plastic bag. And they still look fantastic. Plus, I think they were maybe $12 at Costco? Amazing.
I am not a big makeup girl, so take this "love" with a grain of salt, meaning I've tried very few products out there so it's possible this is nothing special. However, of the lip-color products I've tried (including, um, tinted chapstick, some lip gloss from H&M, some lip gloss from Victoria's Secret, and a lip stain from...Cover Girl? Maybe?), this one is THE BEST:
Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (whew! How is that for a product name??). As a teacher, I need a lip color that will not wear off even after hours of teaching. When I am in front of a class, I need to know FOR SURE that my lips don't have weird streaks of color wearing off and my teeth don't have lipstick on them. Also, I need to not have to re-apply between classes. As myself (Bridget), I need a lip color that does all of the above and is not so sticky or gooey that it catches my long hair if I turn my head too fast or if, heaven forbid, I go outside and it is windy. Plus, the color can't be too dramatic. I have never worn real lipstick in my whole life because it's just too much for me. Basically, I just want my lips' natural color to be enhanced in a low-maintenance way. These lip balm/stains/whatever they are are PERFECT. I once put some of this stuff on before a 15-hour flight from Seattle to Dubai. When I got off the plane, after sleeping, eating, caring for kids, and surviving being crammed into a small space for so long, it still looked almost flawless. Needless to say, it holds up to teaching pretty well, too.
The Face Shop. Do you guys have this in the US? When I first saw this store at our local Matajer, I took note of the funny name and didn't give another thought to it. Then Jeremy gave me a gift box from there and I loved every. single. product. that was included in it. So much. Again, I'm not a big makeup girl but The Face Shop is heavy on skin care, too, so they have lots of nice, normal products that anyone can use. Because I don't know about you, but Sephora is so overwhelming to me. I hear everyone rave about it but when I go in there I don't even know who I am anymore. The selection is so extensive (and exPensive) and just generally out of my league. The Face Shop, at least the one by us, is about the size of my living room and everything is clearly labeled (but sometimes only in Korean, oops).
Plus, don't you want your skin to look like his??
What do you love these days?
Speedo swimsuits. Never in my kids' lives has any swimsuit made it through one child's use and still been in a condition to be handed down to the next (or someone else). I submit Exhibit A on this subject, here. However, when we were in the US last summer, I picked up Speedo swimsuits for the girls at Costco and they are still going strong, almost a year later. They're not faded or stretched or pilled or filled with sand in between the layers from playing hard at the beach. These swimsuits have lasted through wadi water, Gulf water, sprinkler water, swimming pool water, and school swimming lessons where they spend the better part of the day balled up, soaking wet with chlorine water, inside of a plastic bag. And they still look fantastic. Plus, I think they were maybe $12 at Costco? Amazing.
I am not a big makeup girl, so take this "love" with a grain of salt, meaning I've tried very few products out there so it's possible this is nothing special. However, of the lip-color products I've tried (including, um, tinted chapstick, some lip gloss from H&M, some lip gloss from Victoria's Secret, and a lip stain from...Cover Girl? Maybe?), this one is THE BEST:
The Face Shop. Do you guys have this in the US? When I first saw this store at our local Matajer, I took note of the funny name and didn't give another thought to it. Then Jeremy gave me a gift box from there and I loved every. single. product. that was included in it. So much. Again, I'm not a big makeup girl but The Face Shop is heavy on skin care, too, so they have lots of nice, normal products that anyone can use. Because I don't know about you, but Sephora is so overwhelming to me. I hear everyone rave about it but when I go in there I don't even know who I am anymore. The selection is so extensive (and exPensive) and just generally out of my league. The Face Shop, at least the one by us, is about the size of my living room and everything is clearly labeled (but sometimes only in Korean, oops).
What do you love these days?