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Criss-Cross Applesauce

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October 24, 2020

A little bit of soft asymmetry…in Avon’s Soft Asymmetrical Hem Top! When they say soft, they really mean it! It’s the ideal weight for autumn–not so thin that you freeze during the crisp mornings, and not so thick that you want to rip it off due to overheating in the warmer afternoons. The length is a longer length, not quite tunic length, but close enough that you can get away with wearing leggings with it. The soft grey is a lovely neutral that can be accessorized with any other color or pattern. There’s only one “miss” with this top: the ruffle. I think it’s wrong for two major reasons: (1) the placement–right in the area I’m self-conscious about, so I’m not super excited the eye is drawn right to it because of the ruffle; and (2) it just looks like a mistake–the ruffle starts at the side seam near the waist, then moves around the front to stop about an inch or so short of the front hem near the top of the thigh. While I’d have preferred the ruffle weren’t there at all, it sure won’t be stopping me from wearing it this season!

Iconic Avon

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October 22, 2020

Originally posted on word of alicia:
One thing about being around for 134 years… you become iconic. There is always something nostalgic and vintage with Avon. Heather from Hopelessly Heather and I love a good classic vintage look so with the Iconic Avon collection we were inspired. On Heather: Iconic Mini Lip Color (wearing the…

Mermaid Stones

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October 10, 2020

I’ve got hope. Pink hope…in Avon’s Ribbon Charm Toggle Necklace! Toggle necklaces are super hip, and this one does double duty by showing support for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Avon is a national sponsor and 15% of Pink Hope purchases are donated, up to $700,000 this year. While this is a faux toggle necklace, my OCD appreciates its symmetry–thanks to a couple well placed tack welds. I really love the attention to detail this necklace has–an infinity symbol that’s part of the chain next to the toggle, then the charms themselves: an iconic pink ribbon symbol, a beautiful pink CZ, and a light pink iridescent bead. I’m a fan of the chain’s length–it makes the toggle and charms hang right below my clavicle, which is prime décolletage real estate to feature pendants. It’s relatively lightweight and tends to hang straight, so this is an all-around superstar!

All the Above

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September 27, 2020

Be iconic! A couple of Fridays ago, I dove in with the pinky-nude lippie in the green tube from Avon’s Iconic Mini Lip Color Set. First, how cute is this set? The packaging is such fun! The box that the set arrives in opens like a box of cigarettes (it’s also perforated all the way around, so you can choose to tear off the lid and keep the base as a display piece), and each tub of lipstick has its own slot inside the box. The tube designs look like they time-traveled from the 1960s. The set includes a mauve color in the pink tube, a pinky-nude color in the green tube, and an orange-red color in the off-white tube. The lipstick itself is creamy, goes on smooth, and has a lot of color to it. The shade I wore that’s pictured below is not too far off from my natural lip color, so it was an easy one to pick with some confidence that it would look good on without having to dab it back to a stain (which is what happened with the orange-red–yikes!). While I love this for how adorable it is and two out of the three shades worked for me, each of the lipsticks are pretty small–perhaps about one-third the size of a normal lipstick, so you’re definitely paying for the packaging, and you have to pay for the entire set, even if you’re only interested in one or two of the shades. I’m not mad about it, but I probably would have been if I’d only ended up liking one of the shades out of the bunch.

High-End Looks

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September 12, 2020

Tuesday started out promising in Avon’s Grey Crackle CZ Necklace and Earring Set!

This set features very pretty (and super dainty) smoky grey (which is way too fitting for how this week has gone with all the wildfires around us, by the way…) teardrop-shaped CZ stones. They are a medium grey, so it’s obvious what color they are, but they still retain much of their transparency. The necklace also features a tiny clear round-shaped CZ stone at the top tip of the upturned teardrop. While the stones in the set ended up being much smaller than I’d thought they’d be, their design is a timeless classic that never goes out of style–they will never be showstoppers, but they weren’t meant to be. One gripe (and I’m getting pretty irritated that this seems to be becoming more and more prevalent): the back of the necklaces pendant is rounded. And not even a little. It’s almost like they build the back the shape they did so it would assist the facets of the CZ to sparkle more. Well, okay, but if it doesn’t ever lay facing the front, it doesn’t really matter how much it sparkles, because nobody will notice it laying on its side, unless they are pointing out that it’s not laying properly. I really hope this isn’t becoming a new normal. 2020 has already been crappy enough without all the new jewelry pieces coming out with rounded backs too. Just make it stop already!