09.11.2012
Tuesday Web Candy

The HAIR at Mara Hoffman. NYFW. I love it – Eye4Style

A New York Fashion Week model’s survival kitAllure

40 drugstore beauty classics…and I love them all – Lucky

Rachel Zoe is opening a blow dry bar.  YES. I can’t wait.  – People

Yeah, Lauren Conrad IS pretty awesome. And so is her house/office – TheLuxurySpot

Being a Playboy bunny back in the day was pretty much like taking the S.A.T.’s.  Jesus. – Refinery29

This chick was arrested for pretending to go to Columbia for two weeks.  I kind of think we should be friends – TheFrisky

My friend Bryce’s 5 Rules for Life – BeautyBloggingJunkie

Homemade bagels. I have no words – CupcakesandCashmere

01.12.2011
Vote for Bryce Gruber as the new face of Dunkin Donuts!

So you may have read my anti-Patti Stanger post where I defended my friend Bryce Gruber.  Well Bryce has moved on from Patti and her drama and onto DUNKIN DONUTS.  Yes, you read that right.  Bryce has a new dream and I feel that it’s my friendly duty to support her and help her reach for the stars!  Bryce Gruber wants to be the new face of D&D.  Why?  Well the girl loves her some donuts, ok?  Isn’t that reason enough?

Wanna help Bryce?  Just sign the petition on THIS PAGE.  If she reaches 1,000 signatures before February 14th and becomes the new face of Dunkin Donuts, she promies to give everyone who signed the petition before February 14th a free $5 gift card to Dunkin.  It’s win-win, really.  Sign right now!

01.12.2011
Vote for Bryce Gruber as the new face of Dunkin Donuts!

So you may have read my anti-Patti Stanger post where I defended my friend Bryce Gruber.  Well Bryce has moved on from Patti and her drama and onto DUNKIN DONUTS.  Yes, you read that right.  Bryce has a new dream and I feel that it’s my friendly duty to support her and help her reach for the stars!  Bryce Gruber wants to be the new face of D&D.  Why?  Well the girl loves her some donuts, ok?  Isn’t that reason enough?

Wanna help Bryce?  Just sign the petition on THIS PAGE.  If she reaches 1,000 signatures before February 14th and becomes the new face of Dunkin Donuts, she promies to give everyone who signed the petition before February 14th a free $5 gift card to Dunkin.  It’s win-win, really.  Sign right now!

10.26.2010
Bryce Gruber on The Millionaire Matchmaker and an open letter to Patti Stanger

 

So I found out months ago that my friend Bryce was being filmed for the hit Bravo reality show, The Millionaire Matchmaker, and when it finally aired last week, I was ecstatic to see how Byrce’s episode dealing with the infamous Patti Stanger had turned out.  Well…I was disappointed, to say the least.  I was always a fan of The Millionaire Matchmaker (and Patti, sort of) because I admired her honesty and directness and the fact that she’s a powerful woman who gets the job done helping some socially awkward rich men find whatever “dream girl” their rich asses envision for themselves.  Well, as of the first episode of the NYC season, I’m just done.  I lost all respect for Patti and the show after watching her openly judge Bryce with out even really getting to know her.

Here’s a question Patty…how can you claim to be the world’s best matchmaker with a 98% success rate (or whatever you claim) when you match people up based on the time period of filming your reality show, and not actually getting to know your clients before picking your idea of their “perfect matches”?  If you had REALLY gotten to know Bryce, you would’ve known how kind, open-minded and completely hilarious she really is.  And that’s a fact.  You claimed to have heard of her website, TheLuxurySpot.com, but clearly you’ve never read any of her articles because if you had, it would be obvious to you that there’s most certainly no “stick up her ass” as you so eloquently put it.  Do your job.  You claim to be the best matchmaker out there so do your research before making snap judgments.  Bryce is a semi-public figure and you could have easily found out more (and true) information on her by simply visiting Google.com.

When Patti met Bryce at Delicatessen (yes, I recognized the restaurant because it’s awesome), she had already referred to her as “Schnozolla” which instantly offended me and was Patti’s first strike.  Clearly Bryce is gorgeous and Patti should’ve taken the fact that Bryce is comfortable in her skin as a sign that maybe she’s mature?  Self-confident?  And maybe even, gasp, doesn’t care that her nose has a little bump because she knows that any man that matters won’t give a shit.  No?

I think maybe Patti got confused because she’s not in LA anymore, Toto.  She kept referring to New York as the “land of brunettes” and claiming she was from the “New York area.”  Really?  That’s funny because I’m a born-and-raised New Yorker and guess what?  I have blonde hair.  And so do a lot of my New York friends.  It seems to me that Patti was trying to fit right into any stereotype she could think of to increase her ratings (and justify her East Coast expansion) and Bryce fell right into that too, sterotyped as the typical “snobby New Yorker.”

Here’s a news flash for anyone who doesn’t already know- New Yorkers generally make fun of people from Staten Island, make fun of people who wear Ed Hardy and think anyone who uses a tanning booth is the biggest moron on the planet, because they are.  And you know what?  Even if Bryce was alone in her judgments, who cares?  Those would simply just be her preferences, right?  Bryce said she liked older guys, right?  And who did Patti pick for her?  Guys her own age.  When Patti’s LA millionaires say “I want a 22 year old with brown hair from the Southern California area” Patti says “ok, I’ll do my best” not comments like the below Tweet:

In conclusion, I will no longer support Patti or her show, not only because she unfairly judged Bryce but mainly because I now know that it’s all a big dog and pony show for TV and I’m so over that world anyway.

 

 

03.01.2010
Would you get Vajazzled?

So my friend Bryce’s vagina has been blowing up the internet and I had to share.  As an early start to Spa Week, Bryce headed over to Completely Bare in SoHo to try out their newest service – Vajazzling.  Yes, I said VAJAZZLING.  What is it exactly?  The bedazzling of the area which gets waxed when getting a bikini wax by adding crstals and beads to your nether regions.  According to the Completely Bare Web site, “Accessorizing your private parts is the hottest rage” and though I don’t think I’d ever get it done, I admire anyone who has the gusto to do it.  What do you think?  Are you going to vajazzle?