pleased Caturday, fabulous! ? I hope you slept well. If I haven’t thanked you for the encouragement in the pre-pregnancy clothes post a few weeks ago, thank you very much! Your suggestions were very helpful. I really, really needed the push.
I actually *finally* got some bottoms that fit me properly, and I’ve come to the realization that I’m now a better fit for “curvy” pants, not just because of how my body changed because the baby, but also because I’ve been doing lots of squats because last year, so I have much more muscle on my booty and thighs. ‘Tis a good — no, a great — thing!
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So, I am now the pleased owner of a pair of these J. crew shorts, which just happen to be on killer sale at the moment using promotion code GETAWAY.
The high-rise denim short in Brixton wash, originally $79.50, are on sale for $42 through may 28. The denim feels soft and structured, and they’re short-but-not-too short.
I already love ’em. In fact, I’m finally dumping the two pairs of ill-fitting denim booty shorts I’ve worn for the last two summers.
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Before the sale ends in a couple days, I also want to get a pair of these cute 3″ olive shorts with a scalloped hem (cute touch!). They’re $32 with the same trip code, down from $59.50.
I figure, the olive is neutral, so they ought to choose many everything.
Thank you again for the encouragement. Now, onward to today’s Saturday Surfing…
You might notice something a little different now when you go shopping for charm products at big department stores like Nordstrom and Saks. To lure much more shoppers…many of the big stores are phasing out conventional single-brand counters and replacing them with a much more Sephora-like open floor plan, with much more and much more products from under-the-radar brands.
It’s kinda like if someone were to drop a huge SpaceNK into a Nordies.
Sephora will soon offer new classes for transgender folks wanting to learn much more about makeup. Their 90-minute “Bold charm for the Transgender Community” classes start in June and will cover makeup products and application techniques. Cool!
I really hope that Meghan Markle’s royal wedding makeup will start a trend toward much more approachable makeup looks, and this author thinks it’s going to have long-term effects on the scene.
“Despite the seeming simplicity of Markle’s makeup,” Cheryl Wischhover writes, “it might be poised to have a radical effect on charm trends. In the world of makeup best now, the two many popular trends fall on opposite and extreme ends of an aesthetic continuum. On one end, you have what is known in Instagram makeup vernacular as ‘glam.’ On the other, there is ‘no-makeup makeup.’ Markle came down clearly on the ‘no-makeup makeup’ side. It’s a big deal that she made such a statement publicly because the charm world is at a tipping point, with the push and pull of much more versus less makeup bubbling up in pop culture.”
I want to check out all 15 of these makeup brands, all of which are made for deeper skintones *and* owned by women of color.
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OK, someone’s coffee needs a refill! have a great rest of your day and a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. let me know what you’re up to.
Your friendly neighborhood charm addict,
Karen
