As much as we all complain about the annoyances of social media (FOMO, over-sharing, etc.), it does have its upsides. I recently attended a little shopping event for my friend Beth Jones and she posted a group photo of us on her Instagram. Well, turns out that my long-time pen pal (circa HIGH SCHOOL) just so happens to know Beth (via a mutual friend) and immediately recognized me in the picture! She looked at who was tagged, saw my very obvious Instagram name and commented on one of my photos to let me know it was her, Kenna O’Leary, now Kenna O’Brien. I mean…I literally screamed with excitement. Funny enough, I had actually searched for her on Facebook a few times but since she is now married, the “Kenna O’Leary” search never resulted well. A quick back story, Kenna and I met because she won a ‘zine contest that Seventeen magazine had waaaay back in the day (e.g. the 90s). If you’re not familiar, a ‘zine was actually the FIRST kind of blog, basically a DIY magazine that was then photocopied and snail mailed out to subscribers. Kind of amazing to think about that kind of format now, considering how popular blogs are.
Kenna and I wrote each other (with actual paper and pen, btw) pretty regularly through out high school and the beginning of college but then lost touch. I basically chalk it up to the fact that I was doing the college thing (e.g. lots of partying) and Kenna was working at an AMAZING dream job: being a Barbie designer for Mattel. Yes, dreams DO come true guys. One of the things that initially made me adore Kenna is that she always pursued her dream and never cared what anyone else had to say about it. She’s three years older than me and, as Kenna said in her blog post about us, three years may have well been 30 when you’re in high school. Yet, I really looked up to Kenna and I still remember how excited I would get when I would find a letter from her in my mail box.
Back to present day, I quickly found out that Kenna now has a thriving party planning business and, of course, a blog to go with that business. I would expect nothing less. And, of course, I found a way to bring us back together! I’m working with a new website called WISHCLOUDS (more on that later) and they’re throwing a big launch party for Bloggers this week. I asked Kenna if she would help style the party up and make it really over-the-top (Kenna’s specialty), and luckily she was available. I haven’t seen Kenna since 2002 and I’m so excited for us to be re-united this Wednesday here in LA.
Have you guys been re-united with long lost friends via social media?
So, you want the new gold iPhone, eh? I mean. I kind of don’t get it. Doesn’t everyone put a CASE on their iPhone anyway? Listen, I love gold accessories as much as the next girl, but I’m certainly not going to spend THOUSANDS of dollars on eBay to get the apple version. Check out these gold cases and go for the gold, no pun intended.
If you read my blog on the regular, you know that I almost NEVER do an outfit post and, and if I do post what I’m wearing, it’s usually someone else’s Instagram photo that I stole. Not kidding. I really just don’t like posing for photos, the same way that I think selfies are the most awful thing invented during the modern century. When I see a selfie on Instagram, I actually feel awkward…for the PERSON TAKING IT.
Regardless, I’m trying to expand my “horizons” and try new things, which is why I decided to post an “outfit photo” from the Capwell + Co. event at Bar Marmont last week. The fabulous jewelry brand revealed new pieces, all awesome, and treated us to some mingling and cocktails, all at one of my favorite bars. Do I plan many outfit posts in the near future? Probably not, but you never know…I AM pretty obsessed with Capwell’s collection. What do you guys think?
I don’t really consider myself to be too much of a clutz, but THIS IS AN INSTAGRAM photo after my 30th birthday. Yep. I totally stepped out of the cab the wrong way and went down HARD on the sidewalk. Not only was it scary, but I got into my apartment, looked down and said “oh my god…I just skinned my knee like a four-year-old.” Sure, it healed up after a few days but I was left with a dark scar that I still have, six months later. Awesome. I started doing some research into good scar diminishing serums and creams and decided to test out Kate Somerville D-Scar Diminishing Serum. Obviously, I love all things Kate Somerville, so I was pretty sure I’d be happy with the results of D-Scar and yes, I really am. They actually did an independent clinical study that had AMAZING results:
In 4 weeks:
100% of users had a significantly improved scar texture and smoothness
92% of users had decreased scar thickness
Sold. Basically the product uses the brand’s DS-7™, a microencapsulated Peptide essential to the skin renewal process. It’s formula encourages more normalized, smoother, softer skin. This unique “messenger” Peptide delivers a large amount of essential renewal information to cells. I’ve been using the product for about 4 weeks now, as per the clinical study, and I’ve seen REALLY good results. I still have a way to go, but things are looking good.
