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So, how’s it been for you? Have you been giving yourself sweet, sweet lovin’ EVERY single day? It’s definitely a habit I don’t ever want to break, because, well…it’s a li’l bit fabulous, isn’t it? Now, just because the 10 day challenge is up, it doesn’t mean the lovin’ has to stop. No way. In fact, this is just the beginning, you’ve got to keep flexing that I Heart Me muscle as often as you possibly can, because when you indulge in the self love stuff, you shouldn’t be surprised when the universe decides to shower you in an abundance of love and kisses too because, well, that’s just how it works and who wants to argue with that? Not me, that’s for sure!
Do you love the Sark poster above? The gorgeous girls at Girlie Girl Army posted it today suggesting we should print it out, put it on our mirror and remind ourselves how dee-liciously lovable we are - how fabu?!!
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: creating a psychic bubble o’ protection.
So, I’ve been working on a brand-new-book-idea which I’m head over Westwood heels in heart with, and I rarely share my book ideas because I get scared that the really good stuff will escape from my head if I actually talk about it, but today, for some reason, I decided to share a li’l bit of the brand-new-book-idea.
Wrong move.
I was shot down before I’d even finished the sentence. ‘You can’t write about that!’ my friend said, ‘you should really just stick to what you know, Lisa.’ Now, I wasn’t expecting her to blow trumpet fanfares and declare it the best idea in the entire world, but well…I wasn’t expecting that either. Thing is, taking a step back from the situ, I can see that she was probably not the person to share good news with - she’s got a touch o’ the grumps at the moment and isn’t able to share any kind of happy goodness with anyone - but it did give me a kick-butt reminder to create a psychic shield to protect my sweet self against other people’s negative energies.
Whenever you’re in a negative situ - your boss snaps, your parental gets mad, a shop assistant is rude - imagine a bubble surrounding your body (mine’s pink, natch) that absolutely nothing can penetrate, it will help what’s negative simply bounce off it.
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: listen to the Glee soundtrack on repeat.
I defy ANYONE to feel glum when they are in ownership of this CD of awesomeness. The Glee soundtrack puts the biggest smile on my face and glitter sparkles in my heart. LOVE x 1000000.
Buy your own copy for £8.95 from www.zavvi.com
So, we’re more than half way through the 10 day I HEART ME love-in - are you giving yourself a big bundle o’ sweet, sweet lovin’?!
Today, I’m charging up new crystals in the sunshine, eating malteasers - yummers - and indulging in an entire day of fiction writing. Yes, I know it’s my job, but I LOVE my job and it means I get to go visit Paris, Italy AND LA all from the comfort of my li’l seaside cottage… Although, I can’t think of anything nicer than walking along the River Seine on a cold sunshine-y morning - tres magnifique! Still, if I can’t be there, going there in my imagination, is the next best thing, right?
Pic: http://yuco.tumblr.com/post/114328026/quote-book-quote-a-week-by-naa
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Create.
I had a li’l wobble this week. In fact, it was quite a substantial wobble and I found myself questioning who I really was. I know, that’s a bit deep for a Friday, isn’t it? Luckily for me though, I have access to a toolbox o’ SASSY goodies, so today, I decided to create the vision of who I am beneath all the doubts, fears and insecurities - it was such a deliciously lovely thing to do for myself… I asked myself, what would my life look like if I completely loved, approved of and accepted myself?
What would I really, really like to let go of in order to move closer to that image of the best, most pink and fabulous me?
In my journal I answered the following questions…
• What kind of girl am I really?
• What are my natural character traits?
• What would I be like today, if my upbringing had been completely nurturing and supportive? If I was raised to believe in myself unconditionally?
• Who is the “ME” that I was born to be?
• What are my gifts and talents?
Now, I plan on holding this kick-ass vision of who I’ve created in front of me and I’m walking towards releasing with total love anything that takes the shine off that vision o’ fabulousness. I’m so worth the time and effort. After all, if it isn’t me, why keep it right?!
How are you all doing? Care to share?
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Write.
Now, I write for a living, so this is something that I do EVERY day, but my real love and passion is buying pretty, pretty journals, putting pen to paper and filling them with words from my head. Seriously, it’s cheaper than any kind of therapy and all you need is a small commitment of time, a pen, a notebook and an open mind.
Writing something down can clear A LOT of space in your mind and heart. It helps put your thoughts into order and can relieve a whole lot of stress and confusion as well as allowing your creativity to flow. FYI: I have some of my BEST ideas for stories and projects when journaling. I use felt tip pens to write because I love how they soak the page with colour, I draw and stick pictures in too. Start journaling today - life will become far more interesting, promise.
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: I had a big important meeting in the Londinium, so I before I left, I took myself for a really long beach walk - yep, I live literally a minute from the sea and on a cold sunshine-y day, there really is nowhere I’d rather be, and while the crashing waves could have provided a dee-lish soundtrack to my travels, instead, I plugged into my gorgeous gal-pal Kelianna - have you heard this girl sing? Oh-my-freakin’-stars. J’adore. Not just because she makes yummy breakfasts - she does y’know, but because her voice is like a gazillion angels soothing your soul. That was quite possibly the nicest thing I could have done to show myself the sweet love today - fresh air, bee-you-tiful scenery and the prettiest voice to fill my head with loveliness. Le sigh.
So, did you ask the question?
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
You did? What was the reply?
Mine was really simple - make pancakes, fill ‘em with banana and nutella, feed myself aforementioned pancakes. Yummiest food EVAH.
Yep, it’s Day 2 of the I HEART ME love in and when I asked myself the I HEART ME question:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
My answer? Fly my Freak Flag!
Y’see, I woke up to an email from one of my favourite illo-girls Miss Violette this morning and she’s just created a Fly Your Freak Flag range of stationery and it got me to thinking, today, I’m going to fly MY Freak Flag!
What does fly your freak flag mean? Violette explains:
When I think of flying your freak flag I think of letting your eccentricities and offbeat manners out without worrying about social norms. When we give ourselves permission to “fly our freak flags” we become more authentically ourselves. In the creative world, many artists fly their flags and find that things fall into place for them when they do. Rather than trying to copy someone and “be them” we listen to the whispers of our soul and follow it’s call.
My whole world opened up once I gave myself permission to embrace my eccentricities. It was as if a miracle occurred. It will happen for you too if you just “allow” the real you to emerge and to forget what other people will say. The thing is (and I’m letting you in on a little secret here) they’ll talk about you no matter what you end up doing! You’ll either be too wild and crazy or too boring. What would you rather be?
In his book “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz has four rules you should live by - one of the agreements is: “Don’t take anything personally - what you think of me is none of my business.” When you finally subscribe to this belief and do what your heart moves you to do you’ll feel a huge weight being lifted from your shoulders.”
Find out more about Violette at: www.violette.ca
Woohhoo! It’s day 1 of the I HEART ME Love In and what better day to start than V-day?
To catch up on all the love-stuff goodness, check out the previous ‘I Heart Me’ post for details - but, just so you know, you don’t have to start today, you can start whenever you’re ready to make a commitment to yourself to ask your self, every single day for the next 10 days…
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
So, on this 1st day o’ love, what are you doing to show yourself the love stuff? As I’m a pink lady too, I wouldn’t expect you fabulous ladies to be doing anything that I’m not doing, so….
Today, I woke up, asked myself the question and sat still as I waited for the answer. I rarely ever give myself quiet time and I won’t lie, part of me was itching to go switch on the ‘puter and check my blackberry, but the other part was relishing a li’l bit of quiet time, so today I have given myself a day to myself without the radio/music/or the teevz. Now this is a BIG deal for me, I’m one of those girls that loves a li’l noise. But it really felt like today, I needed a li’l time out and d’ya know what? It’s been awesome.
I’ve read 3 different books - Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got an advance copy of The Carrie Diaries - the book about Carrie Bradshaw’s life before SATC - FYI…it’s amazing, written in my journal, made a new dream board, sipped hot chocolate, burnt ylang-ylang insence, watched the pretty, pretty tea lights flicker and just enjoyed the peace and loveliness of a super-clean (my mumma’s coming to visit this week!) Pink Palace - it’s been total bliss-kissed yumminess. I know I’ve got ever so much work to do this week, but just for today, to show myself the love stuff, I’ve given myself the gift o’ time out and silence…Le sigh.
Your turn chicas - what have you done to love yourself today? Tell me everything!
As February is officially the month o’ love here at Pink-world - I’ve been thinking, what can we do to make sure we embrace all the love stuff we possibly can? Well, we can fall head-over-Vivienne Westwood heels in love with our sweet-as-sugar selves, that’s how…
So, we know that we need to nurture and love the earth in order for it to survive, right? Well, the same applies to Pink Ladies - our gorgeous goddess bodies, our filled-to-the-brim with amazingness minds and our big and beautiful souls - all need to be loved, nurtured and looked after if we’re going to be the kick-ass girls o’ awesomeness we’re destined to be!
Y’see, girls CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. It’s factuality. Thing is, we won’t be able to change anything unless we take care of ourselves, love the reflection looking back at us in the mirror and support other Pink Ladies to do exactly the same…
So, from tomoz, I’d love, love, love for all you fabulous Pink Ladies to commit to a 10-day I HEART ME love-in. Every morning, for the next 10 days, I want you to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
Why? Because with all the homework, chores, work, dates, nights out with friends and hobbies we all do, we sometimes forget to take the time out to work out what we REALLY want…So ask the question, then sit back and listen - what is it need to do today to show yourself some love? An hour in a bubble-filled bath reading a good book? A long walk to kick-start the endorphins? A nap? Chats with friends? Time to meditate? A cupcake?
We’re starting tomoz, because not only is it V-day - the day o’ love, but it’s the new moon AND it Chinese New Year - it’s going to be an all kinds of fabulous day to start amazingly powerful NEW beginnings…
Work out what part of your life could use a li’l hearting, then make a commitment to bring more of that love stuff into your life!
I’m going to be posting here every day, letting you know what my answer is when I look in the mirror - I’d LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to read yours too, so if you’re ready to embrace the love stuff, please commit yourself in a comment below saying: “I, Pink Lady…(insert your name here)… am taking part in the I HEART ME love-in!” then, come back each day and share your I HEART ME commitments with me!
There is NOTHING more feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous than a Pink Lady who loves herself - inside and out. Fact.
Hola chicas - so how was January for you? Did you love the snow?
I worked ever-so-hard throughout January on two new writer-girl projects (will tell you all about them just as soon as I’m allowed - promise!) but do you know what I’d love? If January was a hunk-a-dunk time, where you got to spend A LOT of time under a duvet hunkering down, watching old movies, eating cupcakes and plotting and planning for all the goodness the year is going to be filled with, because let’s face it, January is a toughie of a month, isn’t it?
So many people set new years resolutions - like I’ll eat less and exercise more - yet here in the UK, January is cold and damp, it’s still blimmin’ winter y’know, so not only do you not want to go out as much, you also really want to eat yummy comfort food too - mmm, cupcakes. So while I set myself intentions, I didn’t make any promises I couldn’t keep - coz let’s face it there was no way I was going to be snowed in for a week and not eat chocolate - are you serious?!
Which is why today, I’m celebrating the pagan festival of Imbolc in gorgeous Glastonbury. Imbolc is an old Irish term meaning ‘in the belly’, referring to the ewes that are soon going to give birth to the spring lambs - look at ‘em, how caa-ute? It’s celebrated at the start of February, midway through the winter, because the excitement of all things Yule-like is over and we’re all feeling a li’l cold and glum. Imbolc is a much better time for a new start, although perhaps without the resolutions!
So lets make a new start by declaring February the month o’ love - yes, feb the 14th is officially V day, but I, Lisa Clark, Princess o’ Pink, declare the entire month, a month o’ love. Cartoon hearts and love stuff isn’t just for our latest crush y’know, it’s for our sweet selves and for our friends and fam too. Throughout Feb, I’ll be posting all kinds of Think Pink-inspired ways to fill your life with love and it won’t just involve me posting pics of hot boys I heart - well, it might, but just a li’l bit…
So, you know how I’m crazy for the compliments? Start by giving yourself some lovin’ each morning by telling the gorgeous girl who is staring back at you in the mirror that she is ’simply gorgeous and fabulous in every way.’ Go on, every day, before you leave the house, ‘k? Then, be sure to shower the people you love with feel-good-stuff by telling them how great they look, that you love their bag, that their new hair-cut rocks - be sincere, only say things you mean, just don’t be shy about spreading a li’l compliment goodness each day!
What are you going to do to share the love?
Ohhh, I can’t tell you how much I LOVE Miss Carla. It’s not that I don’t want to, I just literally haven’t got enough words to describe her fabulousity. I’ve never met her - although I really, really want to - yet we’ve been internet budz for over 5 years and now she’s gone and created my new favourite internet destination - Messy Carla: A Fashion Blog in A Size 16. Not only do both Carla and I get mistaken for Kimmie dolls on a daily basis, we both work our curves in a dangerous way - come meet her, you’ll fall in heart with her too!
It’s the last day of 2009 - how did that happen exactly?!!
Not only is today New Years Eve, it’s also a full moon and if you remember, last month I started the Pink-World full moon mood board club, right now I think I’m the only member, but basically, each full moon you create a mood board filled with all the things you’d like to evoke in your world o’ fabulousity for the month ahead, and because tonight’s full moon is a blue moon, it means whatever you create today will be mondo beyondo powerful - I’m putting on a playlist of tunes that includes both Doris Day and Lady Gaga and I’m going to be a cut and paste queen…
But before we all go reach for the scissors - how was 2009 for you? I think it was a tough one for lots of people and I know I spent most of it learning lessons - not always nice ones, taking responsibility for my actions and trying to remember how to Think Pink - I had to re-read Think Pink at least 4 times to remind myself how to actually do it…Jeez.
Anyway, I have it on good authority that 2010 is going to be kick-ass x 10000 - wohhooo!
Except, it can only happen if you release all your toxic, icky, negative thoughts and feelings and tonight’s New Year’s Eve blue moon is a perfect time to tell the cosmoverse what you want to let go of and what you intend to let in this year. Now, you know how Lola and I love to write lists why don’t you do the same?
The things I’m gonna banish to a town called yesterday, never to be seen again in 2010 are…
* Turning down invitations - I get invited to a lot of places, I know, aren’t I lucky? Except a lot of the time I don’t accept, and while it’s totes cool to say ‘no’, I sometimes say it because I’m a li’l bit lazy and think not going will be a whole lot easier than going…Now, I’m not going to turn into Jim Carey in the Yes Man but I do plan on banishing my lazy, sofa-loving self and being open to lots of fun, adventures and opportunities - exciting stuff!
* Bad thoughts about myself - this year I’ve been a li’l bit poorly, and that’s made me put on a li’l bit of weight, and while I’d think I was fabulous whether I was a size 14 or a size 24, there’s lots of things I can do to be much nicer to myself on a daily basis - starting with re-reading Beauty*licious!
* Bad thoughts about others - now I don’t know how you feel about astrology, but I’m a total Scorpio, which means that I can be very jealous and can have a real sting in my tail if you cross me. They’re not things I’m proud of, so this year I plan on letting go of all the stupid grudges and anger I’ve felt about people and situations over my lifetime, it’s going to be easier said than done, but life is way to short to be a big ol’ ball of knotty anger stuff, and if you let it all go, you make a whole lot of room that you can fill with pink, love-shaped good stuff - wohhoo!
Things I want to welcome into my star-shaped life o’ fabulousity in 2010 are…
* Love - not necessarily in the shape of a boy-type, but in ALL the shapes and forms that love stuff can happen - a smile in the street, new friends, old friends, sharing a tub o’ ice cream with your bestie at the movies, listening to your Grandpa’s stories about when he was young, hearing an amazing song on your ipod just when you need to, a sunset, a hug, a kiss…
* Adventures - whether they’re in the city I live or involve getting on a plane, I want adventures. LOTS of adventures.
* Work - I love that I’m paid to do work that I love, so I’d like many, many more new projects that involve writing books, features and programmes for schools, coaching, creating, meeting fabulous people like your sweet selves, and helping people to live life totally unlimited…
* Learning - I’m a geek girl. This is fact. So I love to learn, right now I’m taking an astrology class which is ever-so-hard but I really do love to learn so whether it’s life lessons, how to play Miley Cyrus’ The Climb on my gee-tar, or the entire lyrix to New York by JayZ word-for-word I am all about the learning…
You get the idea, right? PLEASE share your mood boards and 2010 banish/let in lists with everyone - once mine is made, I’ll put it live, just as soon as I can find the blimmin’ camera cable - why can’t I just have put it back where I found it?!!
Happy last day of 2009, gorgeous girls!
Today is National Poetry day and to celebrate I’d love to share my favourite poem of all time with you, it’s called Phenomenal Woman and it’s by poet, author, activist, producer, actor, director and inspir-o girl, Maya Angelou. I have this poem hanging in the boudoir of the Pink Palace - buy yours here - so that it’s the first thing I read every morning and the last thing I read at night - I love it, hope you do too…
Phenomenal Woman
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Care to share your favourite poems, Pink Ladies?
Hey, hey sweet things - happy Sunday!
So, I was doing some Sunday morning blog reading and saw that pink-haired blog queen, Miss Gala had posted ‘Forty-five thoughts for my daughter and my virtual daughters’ by my most favourite author-girl, Francesca Lia Block - I’m re-posting it because I wanted to remind myself how awesome it is, and more importantly, I wanted to share FLB’s love, wisdom and amazing insight with my sweet, sweet Pink Ladies - hope you love it, gorgeous girls!
There is nothing that watching Breakfast At Tiffany’s can’t make better.
So are you filled-to-the-brim with chocolate? I think I’ve eaten my entire body weight in easter eggs in the past four days! I’ve had quite possibly the most fun weekend…EVER! I declared the 4-day Easter holiday an official ‘Chill, Chica’ holiday - basically it involved me NOT being on the ‘puter but seeing my friends and doing fun things - it was totes bliss!
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Yep, it’s official - I’m back in the world o’ pink - woop, woop!
It’s Monday, and that can mean only one thing… it’s time to get Bodaciously Beauty*licious!
I’m happy.
Why?
If you’ve read Think Pink, you’ll know that both Lola and I are compliment-collecting crazy - we keep them safe for days when we feel glum, then we get them back out and splash around in their general loviness.
Now, I’ve been compliment-collecting crazy this weekend. A cute boy from Liverpool told me my hair-clip - pink, natch - was ‘boss’, a girl called Claire came up to me in the train station to tell me I was funky - thanks Claire! and another girl told me how pretty my lip gloss was when I was re-applying it in the loo…compliment collecting is simply dee-lish. Fact.
Good news!
Li’l Miss Bliss has been sent to ed-girl who will now cover it in red pen, and I spent the entire day yesterday proof-reading the finished pages of Time to Shine which means you gorgeous people will have two new Lola books o’ fabulousness to get your manicured mitts on in July - woohooo! Not only will you have two new adventures to see you through the summer holidays, each book has a mini-zine at the back filled with things to make and do - seriously, Lola is like the gift that just keeps giving!
Whilst in the awesome city of Cardiff recently, I did the following…
I stayed at an AMAZING hotel called The Big Sleep - the curtains were fluffy - cute!
I met with my friend, DK (girls, he’s basically a welsh Jake Gyllenhal - ca-ute!)
I saw the movie Nick and Norah’s Ultimate Playlist - go see it, it’s freakin’ incredz - also read the book, that’s amazing too!
AND I dropped in to meet the gorgeous Miss Bex, who is the lady behind the label at: www.lunacyboutique.co.uk
Just to remind you that there is a Pink-world zine-making competition going on right now - I totally can’t wait to read your entries - but thought, while you were getting you creative on, you might need a li’l inspir-o…
Gorgeous Pink Lady, Miss Rai, is working on zine 1 of cupcake face, spagetti brain and if the content is as awesome as the cover, I think it’s going to be my new favourite read, fo sho’! Follow Miss Rai’s zine making progress and bag yourself a finished copy over at: cupcake face, spagetti brain
I was a total obsess-o girl about ElleGirl magazine way into my twenties. The UK version was awesome x 100, but the original, the US version, rocked. Hard. I used to get it shipped over I loved it so much, and the main reason I loved it, was pretty much down to two girls - Melissa and Anna.
M & A used to be ed-girls at ElleGirl and created the sparkly, witty, kick-ass content that made it so unique. Sadly, the mag is no more - boo. But Melissa and Anna, in all their awesomeness, have created I heart daily a brand-spankin’-new online destination of complete zine-style deliciousness - hurrah!
If you’ve read Livin’ La Vida Lola, you’ll know that thanks to Bella, Lola discovers the awesomeness that is zine making. Like Lola, I HEART zines, and while I’m STILL making mine, Girls Rock and Rule, my absolute favourite is Sugar Paper Zine created by the AH-MAZING Seleena and Kandy (read their inspirOgirl interview here).
I stopped the gorgeous Miss Seleena, mid cut and paste on issue 3, to ask her to create a too-cool-for-school Pink Ladies guide to zine making, and because she’s a huge helping of awesome sauce, she only blimmin’ did!
Sometimes chicas, bad stuff happens.
We argue with our parentals, the boy we’ve been crushing on for like, forever, doesn’t heart us back, we get bad marks for something we studied super-hard for, we fall out with our bff - whatever the ‘bad stuff’ is, an instant response is to take props from Grumpy Bear and develop a permanent raincloud of grump above our head. We want to crawl under our duvet indefinitely, only coming out to get another tub of ice cream from the fridge, right?
Hey, hey chicas!
Okay, so how was your first week of being Bodaciously Beauty*licious?!
This week I’m excited to intro you to the AH-FREAKIN’-MAZIN’ Pink Lady, Miss Rai - she’s my partner in all things Bodaciously Beauty*licious, I’ll be posting an interview with her later in the week so look out for that, but ’til then, read her fabulous-o feature on how to have a Bodaciously Beauty*licious Chinese New Year!
Pink Ladies, just like you, I know that I rock, and when I look in the mirror, I like what I see - I have sparkly-eyes, a cute smile and a fabulous ability to accessorise, but for a while now, despite having written Beauty*licious, I forgot to show myself, and my body, the love it deserves.
I’ve been using it as a trash can putting way too much bad food in it and not enough good food, I’ve not pampered or looked after myself nearly enough, and haven’t been doing pilates and walking, which I love, as often as I should…
One of my fave author-girls, Emma Forrest, once said that it’s really easy to give a bad review but a good review takes real effort, and she’s totes right. I deal with words, words are my thing, but I cannot find any word combinations good enough to tell you how much you MUST see this movie.
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I am so excited to intro you to the tres chic and uber fabulous…Miss Marine!
Marine is a young, boho Parisian and the super-talented creator-girl of Miss Sugar Cane.
First, take a look inside the world o’ Miss Sugar Cane, I think you’re going to fall in crazy-glitter-filled love with it, then, come back and meet the lady behind the label!
Not only does she create totally crushable-on items of adorability that wink at the person watching them, and light up those who wear them, she’s worked for the super swank Chanel and other fabu designers, she loves Marilyn Monroe and she’s got the insider info on my city du jour - who WOULDN’T heart Marine?!
The awesome Audrey Hepburn may have appeared in Paris When It Sizzles, but if life was a movie starring me, right now, my movie would be called Paris When it Snows.
I would be the leading lady, natch, and wear quirky one-of-a-kind ensembles designed especially for me by Jean Paul Gautier. My leading man would be a tall, dark brooding french boy with eyes that would look deep into my soul. He’d wear black and want to show me all things arty. There would be flirts and heart pinches and lots of misunderstandings and this would be it’s soundtrack…
So, I was putting together a Paris When It Snows soundtrack, yep, still Par-ee obsessed - I’ll post it later, when this came on my ipod.
The glamboyant author-girl Amanda Lees, has just released the third book in her awesome Kumari trilogy, Kumari: Goddess of Destiny - the book is incredz, in fact I LOVE all three, go check out Pink Lady, Hannah’s review over at Chicklish to find out ALL about it…
Now, to celebrate the book’s release, Amazing Amanda has tapped into her goddess-girl abilities exclusively for you, the Pink Ladies, and is going to spill everything about how to become a goddess in five minutes!
Amanda - we heart you!
J’adore Sassi Sam. It’s factuality.
Why?
Well, for a start, she’s Australian and I HEART all things Australian, can I just say Hugh Jackman? She’s totally adorbellz, her website is a pink-tinted dreamland of girly goodness, and just like Lola and I, she makes up words of fabulousity like Glamboyant and Sazzling which I intend to drop into ALL conversations I have today - you should try it too!
Come meet her, she’s an exiting new addition to my world o’ pink!
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FREE!
No, really. I know I shout about lots of fabulous things, and that’s because I like things that sparkle and prettify and they make my life sweeter, but I also know, as should you, gorgeous girls, that, as Janet Jackson so rightly pointed out, the best things in life are free…
There are a million, trillion things that make me smile, right now it’s Ne-Yo and Rimmel’s 60 second nail polish in Portobello Pink, but like Lola, we all need to fill our Think Pink vanity case with things that will flick our mood switch to happy, happy, joy, joy in nano-seconds…
Here’s just a few of my happy-inducers:
Writing. I love to write words - I love bloggin’, journalling, feature writing and best of all, book writing. I love that I’m able to hang with kick-ass characters all day - Lola and the Pink Ladies are the best hang-buds ever - and I love that I make a living doing what I love, that makes me the happiest girl in the whole, wide world. See? Look how happy I am!
Sadly, I’m not an Americano, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the idea of Thanksgiving, so for today, which is officially Thanksgiving day in the US of A, I am going to become Americano.
I write three things in my journal that I’m thankful for everyday, but for anyone that doesn’t, the idea of a day of being thankful is just soo cool. Why don’t us Brits do it? You get to eat two Christmas-like dinners - mmmm - and most importantly, you take time out of your crazy days to be thankful - what’s not to love about that?
I love reading blogginz and my fave kind are where I learn something, or I’m intro’d to fab new things, which is why I am LOVIN’ my latest discovery, teen blogger: Li’l Miss La-la.
Only today she’s given me the heads up that Pink-world fave Temporary Secretary are selling these super-cute necklaces - WANT. NEED. MUST HAVE!
So, allow me to intro you to a lay-dee of awesomeness: Pink Lady, Li’l Miss La-La!
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The wildly fabulous Miss Corrine has just tagged all her readers encouraging them to share seven random facts about themselves, to read hers, go here, to read mine, read on, chicas!:
* I am obsess-O with all things Goddess-ey.
It started when I interviewed the author of Goddess Girl Power, Cordelia Brabbs for Pink-world. Since then, Cordelia has become one of my best buds, I’ve attended an amazing Goddess Girl weekend in Glasto which was just magical, I’ve hooked up with super-talented goddess girls like Leonie and Anita, and I’ve spent lots of time reading about, researching and falling in total girl crush with ancient goddesses from around the world - my faves are Kali, Lilith and Kwan Lin - who prove to me time and time again why girls officially rock and rule!
The Pink Ladies rock. Fact.
Last week I wrote a post all about how I love collecting quotes, especially quotes from my favourite inspir-O-girls.
Well Pink Lady, Mizz Hannah, who is most deffo one of my inspir-O-girls btw, has created a quote all of her own and ohmystars, I am SO putting this one in my journal - go Mizz Hannah - you rule!
So, this weekend I had a ‘moment’.
Like Lola, I am fiesty, fun, fearless and fabulous - how do I know? Because I tell myself every day, of course! Except for a moment, on friday, I let someone’s judgements and opinions about my fabulous-o self make me feel sad and bad.
It was a stinky boy-type, and he asked what I did for a living. I told him I write books and deliver workshops to help girls feel good about themselves, and do you know what he said? He said: “How can you do that when you’re overweight? I mean you’re really pretty, but you’re a big girl, you can’t be happy with yourself so how can you help others feel good about themselves?”
If you’ve read the Think Pink manifesto you’ll know that, at the very top, it states; “…Don’t wait for others to treat you like the princess that you are…” that’s because both Lola and I know that being a princess is quite possibly the most fabulous-o thing in the world.
Fact.
If however, you’re struggling to embrace your princess-ness and want to know how to make wishes come true, come meet Princess Skye. Skye is creator-girl of The Princess Portal, a lifestyle blogginz all about being a Princess. I know, awesome, right? It’s filled to the brim with great features that will help you to recognise your own strengths and personal beauty - it’s divine, it’s beautiful, it’s inspir-O - j’adore.
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NEW BLOG TO LOVE!
A li’l while back, the fabu Miss Hannah, knowing my love for all things book, pointed me in the direction of an awesome new review site that she’d discovered, www.dragonflybookreviews.blogspot.com created by the way-to-fabulous-for-words 13-years-old, Sara Ann Leslie.
I have been a total fan-girl ever since, and I have absolutely no doubt that if you love tween/teen books and think that reading rocks, you will be wanting a ‘I heart Sara’ badge pretty soon too!
I am a total smitten kitten for the beyond fabulous Canadian-based Smitten Kitten!
The Smitten Kitten line of prods is created by the awesome Miss Amy and is a mixture of vintage curiousity and retro-style fabulousness all in a package of ca-ute. Personally, I’m in heart with the penpal writing sets - I want all of them!
Awesome Amy has come to hang in our world o’ pink, I’m so excited! Come meet her and find out all about SK and the cutest range of prods you ever did see - by the end of this feature you’ll be a smitten kitten, for sure!
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“…Lisa, when I came to see you at an event recently, I saw that you had an amazing tattoo on your foot - do you have any others? I’m 16 and really want a tattoo, but my mum says I’m not allowed one as it looks cheap and it’ll stop me from getting a job - what do you think?…”
Cherry, Leics
Okay Cherry, here’s the deal. I have a HUGE passion for tattoos. I just love the idea of using your body as a beautiful canvas on which to collect one-of-a-kind art work. I do not, however, love the idea of getting the name of your current boy du jour scrawled on your arm only to find out a week later that he’s not your lifetime-long partner in soul after all…
So, with this in mind, I shall now discuss tattoo-age.
I intro’d you to the gorgeous goddess-girl, Leonie and her fabulous-o art and blogginz a li’l while back, well, this week it’s time to meet the sweet-as-sugar Australian lady o’ fabulousness herself.
Leonie is a radular arty goddess girl - she’s also a whole lot of lovely, beautiful and magical too - her blogginz and gorgeous art make me smile happy smiles right from my heart - J’adore.
Describe Leonie in five words…
Vibrant, Happy, Love-filled, Soulful and Deep. Oh, and just a little sherbet flavoured touch of Awesomely Wacky!
Yooo-hooo, I have someone f’ya to meet!
Intro’-ing Miss Kristina Coia.
She’s an author, a singer, a songwriter, a motivational speaker and… check it out, she’s 16! Uh-huh, Miss K is total proof that you don’t have to wait until you’re a grown up to do awesome things, right now!
Pic: Me and the incredz talent that is Sarra Manning…
I know I’ve posted about the Queen of Teen already, but I was flicking through my pictures last night and this one just made me smile… Y’see, Sarra Manning isn’t just a totes kick-ass author, she used to be ed-girl of quite possibly the coolest magazine you’d have EVER read - J17.
I want to be Melissa Dempster.
Not only does she get to play with make-up EVERY day, her career as a makeup artist in the film and television industry has lead her to looking after allsorts of Australian and International celeb-types from the yumsville Hugh Jackman to the cast of the Lord of the Rings.
As if that wasn’t coolio enough, Melissa has now developed and created her own makeup brand, Melli Cosmetics. Created originally for makeup artists, Melli Cosmetics is quickly becoming a cult Pro Makeup range for makeup addicts, artists and celebrities all over Australia and worldwide….
You want to be her too, right?
Pic: fractal artist
The fabulous Pink Lady, Miss Katie Henley-Smith, has put together her top tips for being able to work any situ, social butterfly-girl style!
LouLou Loves You is not only a super cute sentiment, it’s also a really rather fabulous website selling prods of adorability!
The site will have you wishin’ you had as much hair as Amy Winehouse so that you could adorn yourself with several of LouLou’s incredible and infamous over-sized bows all at the same time, and the site is really rather cute to look at too!
Meet the lady behind the label, Lou Lou!
Pic from the amazing blog: http://artjunk.typepad.com
In the immortal words of Nessa from Gavin and Stacey, I’m not gonna lie, I’m having a crisis.
I’m going to be a BIG birthday number in November, and while I know age ain’t nothing but a number, I am officially freakin’ out x 1000.
Ohmystars - I am beside myself with crazy kinds of rockin’ and rollin’ excitement.
Why?
Because I’m about to hook you up with quite possibly the most kick-ass rock chick you’ll ever meet - the fur-reakin’ awesome Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna.
Carrie is the author of my new favourite book: Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star - she might be married to a rock star-type, but personally, I think she’s the real rockstar - Carrie, you rule. Fact.
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Over at Lolasland.com we’re working with the NHS to let UK teen girls know all about the new cervical cancer jab that’s available - here’s the lowdown on what it is, what it’s for and how to get it…
Chica, you may have heard of it, you may not, but HPV (Human papillomavirus) is a very common sexually transmitted infection and is the main cause of cervical cancer. HPV vaccine protects against over 70% of cervical cancer, which is responsible for around a 1,000 deaths in the UK each year.
I recently discovered the AH-MAZING goddess-girl, Leonie. She’s a total Pink Lady who is able to fill me up with inspir-o and creative thoughts when I feel like I’m running on empty…She rules.
I’ll be posting a Pink-world interview with her sweet self really soon, but ’til then, I wanted to share her recent post about frustration and fears - love it, love it, love it.
I want to raise money for the Because I Am A Girl campaign and thought it would be really kick-ass to make a Pink Lady Scrapbook of Fabulousness filled with art work, stories, poems and quotes from the most feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous ladies I know…YOU!
Yep, I want you to get retro, ditch the ‘puter and start using pen, paper, scissors and glue!
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Not only am I am a total fan-girl of Naughty Secretary Club, the lady behind the kitsch-y shop of wonder, Jennifer Perkins, is most deffo one of my InspirOgirls, fo’ sho’!
Not only is she a craft-girl, business owner and teev presenter, she’s an author-girl too and has just released her brand-spankin’ new how-to book of awesomeness - Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry. The book is packed with more than 50 kitschy-secretary-themed jewelry projects, turning your standard office fare, like binder folders and shredded junk mail, into craftalicious jewelry - coolio-a-go-go!
Come meet Jennifer, she’s the one in the Super-Talented-Girl outfit!
Three of my most favourite things are; blogginz, books and NYC.
So you’ll totally understand when I tell you that I have fallen head over my pink Converse in heart with the AMAZING NYC-based, book blogger, Maria Selavy.
Her blog, Leaving Shangri-LA, is my absolute go-to site for all things YA and book-related - it’s incredz.
Not only does Maria read books and share her latest reads of fabulousness with us all, she’s also working on her very own writer-girl projects AND she’s the super-talent that has created that unbelievably beee-yooout-iful illustration of Lola - isn’t it just swoonsville?
If you love books, you’ll be wanting to make Rie you’re BFF, like, now. Err…excuse me, there’s a queue, and it starts behind me, ‘k?!!
I am a HUGE fan of the fabulous SARK.
Fact.
I was introduced to her books of crazy, colourful dee-lite about 7 years ago, and they’re total fill-you-up-with-fabulousness books that I just love to read on a rainy day, snuggled under the duvet. I love her work for lots of reasons, but my most favourite of all, is that she says; ‘naps are absolutely essential to the creative process’ - hurrah, I love me a li’l nap time!
Meet Nickie. She’s the creator-girl of www.redplasticfactory.co.uk
For those of you who dig on the accoutrement, RPF is a totes must-visit…It has everything a girl like me needs to feed my love of all things rockabilly, 50s and pin-up, as well as super-cute gift ideas too! Check out this paint palette necklace - the perfect-o pressie for any aspiring art-girl, with real-life actual paints and everything!
Pink Ladies, as it’s LYU week, I’m beyond excited to be hooking you up with the uber-amazing star-shaped American-o author and coach, Courtney Macavinta.
Courtney is founder of RespectRx.com, which empowers girls, women and their advocates through blogs, workshops, retreats and her best-selling book for teen girls, RESPECT: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed.
Courtney rocks and is a totes inspir-o girl when it comes to Lovin’ Yourself Up - I dig her and think you will too…
Loving Yourself Up is mucho important for boostin’ your bravado, this is factuality.
Knowing you have a voice and being confident enough to use it, well that’s just totally kick-ass and awesome.
That’s why, as part of lovin’ myself up this week, I’ve pledged my support to the Because I Am A Girl campaign, because when you Love Yourself Up, it’s important to share the love too.
Meet Kimberley Wilson. She can make your world significantly pinker. Fact.
Reasons why I heart Kimberley:
She hearts pink - hurrah, she has a black pug dog - I am envy-green!, she digs shopping, she loves dropping random french phrases - j’adore, and she has a fabulously swank book, website and podcast dedicated to becoming a Hip Tranquil Chick which is quite possibly the most dee-liciously sweet-as-sugar way to Love Yourself Up.
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You know I advocate a life filled with positive pink thoughts, but sometimes, just sometimes, life gets real lifey.
When this happens, I turn to films.
Like Lola, Audrey Hepburn is my homegirl too. There is really nothing an Audrey film can’t make better. Kickin’ back and watching a movie is quite possibly the nicest thing I can do for myself, I simply switch off and lose myself in on-screen fabulousness.
The film and scene that totally changed my life from mono to technicolour is Funny Face. Sigh. Apparently, I’m not allowed to embed it - boo, but if you haven’t seen it, you can check out the ah-mazing Think Pink scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaffpKAYcw s’wonderful, s’marvellous.
Not only is that a completely totes true statement, because believe me, you absolutely are, it’s also the title of a too-cool-for-school new book, by American-o inspir-o-girl, Claire Mysko.
You’re Amazing is a response to a report called The Supergirl Dilemma, compiled by Girls Inc.
The report showed that while real-life supergirls may not be wearing lycra and a cape, you are trying to do pretty much everything else - from getting good marks at school, to fitting in and dealing with fam and gal-pals. Claire wants you to give up the quest to become ’super’ and start celebrating what makes you amazing!
Claire, we think You’re Amazing!
When I was younger, I was told I wasn’t good enough, a lot. I was called fat and ugly, a lot.
Other people’s labels stick, they knock your confidence and make you feel super-sucky about yourself. Even now, when my thinking is low on pinkness, those taunts can hang over my head like a big, gloomy black raincloud from glumsville. That’s why I’ve dedicated this week to Lovin’ Yourself Up - a week where we’ll celebrate ourselves for the fabulous, fearless, mistake-making, perfectly imperfect, YOu-nique, gorgeous goddesses’ that we are…
So take a few minutes, watch this video and hug yourself up… Go on, give yourself a big ol’ hug - you’re awesome.
Fact.
Do you remember flumps? Those yummy marshmallow sweet treats that you used to have as a kid?
Well, the fabulous Anita, creator of www.atomicflump.co.uk has made them into super-cute adornments so we can get a sweet fix without the sugar high - cool, huh?
She also has a whole lot of other items o’ adorability that I’ve kinda fallen a little bit in love with too.
So, I love chocolate and I love blogs, which is why I especially love Cocoa, the super-cute home to Miss Penelope Bat and her sweet-as-sugar musings of adorability. She also shares my passion for pugs, which makes her fabulous x 100.
I’m on a constant quest for pretty, cute, fun and affordable sweet-as-sugar treats to bust-up an outfit, and luckily for me, and now for you ladies of fabulousity, I present my latest accessory find: Temporary Secretary.
Think sailor-girl earrings, cup cake rings and good-enough-to-eat hair slides - oh, and snail mail-inspired love letter jewellery - oh my heart!
Meet Sarah, the total talent behind fab new label, Temporary Secretary!
We heart soapsicles!
Never heard of a Soapsicle before? Available from Soapylove, they’re bars of soap that are the same size as a real lickable popsicle - adorbz, right?
Not only are they totes cute to look at but the wood stick is really helpful when you have slippery hands - I want to eat them all up they’re so cute, ‘cept you really shouldn’t, because they’re soap, ‘k?
The amazing lady behind these sweet treats is Debbie Chialtis - come meet her, she’s cuteness on a lolly stick too!
Meet Miss Aim’ee Louise Richards - my bee-you-tiful, totally talented gal-pal.
She’s a glamazon, she’s a fashionista and she has a huge passion for old movies. She’s living in Hong Kong right now, where she sometimes gets poked in the chest by umbrellas because she’s so fabulously tall. She dances in clubs that no one knows exist and she designs pretty, pretty underwear.
For tips and advice on choosing the right bra and why, Miss Aim’ee is your gal.
Introducing….Miss Aim’ee!
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Girls, be prepared for what can only be described as a maay-jah overload of totes cuteness!
Sweet-as-sugar Kate Garey, has just opened her very own online shop - where you’ll find adorable unique goods inspired by kawaii cuteness, whimsical eccentricities, fairy tales, food and a little weirdness - I am in LOVE.
I got a rather fabulous message from Pink Lady Emma, over at myspace today:
I think you are totally awesome and I’m completely in love with pink world =]
I just wondered if you had any tips you could share about getting into writing. How do you start off getting into journalism? And what sort of thing can you do to get your work noticed? Anything would be great!
Keep up the good work!
Emma xoxo
Sometimes life is a bit sucky.
This is factuality.
But when you realise you’ve taken a left turn into sucksville - which is just north of un-pretty town btw - a girl has got to thank her lucky twinkle-stars that she’s got a rather fabulous Think Pink vanity case…Every Pink Lady has one, it’s the law and everything, and each is filled to the brim with a li’l somethin’ somethin’ to help her deal with the negative ninas, the tough stuff, and the curve balls that life sometimes seems intent on throwing our way…
Which is why, on a recent trip to the ville o’ suck, one I don’t want to re-visit in a hurry, the contents of my very own Think Pink vanity case made sure my trip was short-stay and not long haul.
FYI: This is totally un-related, but wouldn’t this Lulu Guiness creation be the most perfect-o vanity case? I’m in total heart!
Exciting times - Pink Lady, Rosie Spence has made her journo-o girl debut over at Lolasland.com!
Rosie is sharing her love for all things Blythe - “She’s cute, fashionable, fun and, check out her eyes - it’s Blythe!”
We love Rosie and we love Blythe - they’re quite possibly the most perfect-o tutti-cuti combination!
To read Rosie’s feature in full, head over to: www.Lolasland.com
Inspired by my total love of Kimora Lee Simmons and my new book Viva La Diva, it’s time to come clean.
I am a total diva. Fact.
I don’t mean a hissy-fit throwing drama queen, I mean a glitter-sprinkled, pink-thinking diva who walks tall, speaks with confidence and has enough charm to always get what she wants without being rude. It really is a rather fabulous way to be - so secure your tiara and practice your air kisses, ’cause no one is gonna treat you like a goddess ’til you start acting like one!
A diva should always be able to step into the pink-tinted spotlight and work it at a moment’s notice, and, the good news is, you don’t have to be big-headed or arrogant to come across as confident and happy. Cool, huh?!
So, you know how much I love Sugar Paper zine, right?
Well those gorgeous girls have gone and created a crafty pin-ups calendar for 2008 - I got my copy yesterday and I LOVE it - you will too!
It’s got tips, cool links, pics to colour in and even cute craft boys. Yum!
My fave SP tip is: Make sure you tell people you want post!
I like emails so please don’t stop sending me those, but I LOVE post sooo much more!
Y’know, real life snail mail, with glitter and stickers and news and stories and pix and general fabulousness. Author-girl, Lisa Clark loves real post too, A LOT.
So, why don’t you become a retro writer girl, pick up a pen and send Lisa and I real-life post? That would be AWESOME!
We’ll deffo reply, we both love writing letters!
Send us mail at: Lisa Clark and Lola Love - c/o HarperCollins Children’s Books, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 8JB
Take Joan Jett and Betty Page, throw them in a paper bag together and that’s pretty much what you’ll get from Sarah Rocks!
She knows how to rock the mic and guitar in a totally interstellar way that will knock your socks off!
“I’ll give girls a reason to play air-guitar in their bedrooms hidden from disapproving eyes–I’ll give them something they can call their own.” -Sarah Rocks!
Ohmystars! I’ve got some fab news…
Pink Ladies, Sassy Shannon and Lovely Lauren have completely embraced their Beauty*liciousness and plan on getting Happy and Healthy in 2008 - want to join ‘em?
Well you totes can, because they will be checkin’ in once a fortnight with Happy and Healthy missions and tips for being Beauty*Licious…cool eh?
Skye is a rather fabulous, pink-haired treat of sweet, sweet dee-lish-ness…
We first discovered her poetry-like diary entries on Myspace, then we saw her photo journals and then we fell head-over-pink Converses in love with her mini-movies. Basically, she’s a totes creative girl who we’re diggin’.
A lot.
Wanna get your craft-girl on?
Then head over to the very fabulous-o Cut out and keep, the ultimate step-by-step crafty community, this is not your grandma’s idea of craft - oh no…This is the talented Cat’s idea of craft, and her ideas are freakin’ awesome!
She’s not only a craft-girl, she’s ed girl of the too-cool-for-school online zine, Snippets - we HEART Snippets.
A lot.
We’re especially heartin’ the feature ’bout people’s work spaces - perfect-o for nosey-girls like moi!
We’re supes excited as Cat has come to hang in our world o’ pink - so grab your paper, scissors and pink pritt stick - and get craftin’ with Cat!
Pink Lady, Stace + the boys from McFly = Funk-da-crazin’ love!
The fabulous Miss Stace tells us why the boys from McFly rock her world…
Come look what I’ve found…Voodoopickle!
Cool name, cool lady behind the name, and freakin’ fabulous, far-too-cool, funky limited edition handmade and vintage jewellery. Cool x 10000000.
Here at Pink World we LOVE the movie Bring It On, we LOVE the idea of being a sweet-as-sugar cheerleader with pink legwarmers and matching pom-poms, which is why we had to introduce you to the ah-mazingly fabulous Pink Lady - Miss Nina!
Not only is she an uber cool Pink Lady - check her out working her me-inspired look - love the pink shades, Nina! Not only does she heart HSM and Hairspray as much as us, she’s a super-cool cheerleader in her native New Zealand - this is our cheerleader chant to Nina -
“…Nina, Nina you’re so cool
You’re so cool, you rock n’ rule!…”
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Not only do I crush on all things Japanese, not only do I LOVE illustrations, I also crush on all things cute, because let’s face it, it would be rude not to, right?
So, imagine my excitement when I discovered Kumako.
Oh-so-pretty, muchos Japanese influenced illo’s - they’re the stuff of kawaii dreams!
Illo-girl Bea will soon become your new favourite lady - she’s fabulous AND she gives us a super-secret guide to HER cool haunts in Japan - see? You love her already right?
If you love kitsch, crafty handmade jewellery, you’ll totes adore Strawberry poodle!
Cool name, cool prods - there really is nothing not to love about the fabulous duo, Danielle and Jenna - don’t believe me? Read on and find out for yourself, Pink Ladies!
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I’m totes excitable!
Why?
Because I have a real-life Pink Lady to introduce to you, that’s why!
She’s feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous, she’s sweet-as-sugar and she’s got pink hair - she’s freakin’ fabulous-o!
Introducing…Miss Jaz!
Who needs the high street, when you have a whole host of fabulous online stores to choose from over at Myspace?
It’s like a treasure chest of totes adoreability with allsorts of treats to suit my every mood - check out my newest find, Ink Lady Accessories - loves it, loves it, loves it!
Pink Thinkin’ ladies are muchos talented.
Fact.
You want proof? I’ll give you proof - check out this ah-mazing piece of animation from Aussie Pink Lady, Lana - it rocks!
Now read all about the uber fabulous creator-girl, don’t say we don’t spoil you!
Are you a Goddess Girl?
Gorgeous girl, Cordelia Brabbs, most deffo is, which is why we’ve invited her to come play in our world o’ pink and help us channel our inner goddess girl!
Cordelia is the too-cool-for-school creator of Goddess Power - a bee-youuu-tiful pack of 30 oracle cards and a fully illustrated book that will teach you all about goddesses from different cultures and will show you how to access their wisdom and get what you want out of life!
Cool, eh?
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I LOVE watching red carpet events.
I especially love it when the presenter-girl asks a celeb-type “so, who are you wearing?”
And the celeb-type says “oh, I’m dressed by blah, blah”
How cool would it be if YOU were that designer?
Well, I’ll tell you, because I’ve scooped the first super-exclusive interview with designer-girl Miss Danni, who’s decided that we can all be star-girls who are ‘Dressed By Danni’, coz that’s the name of her fabulous-o label!
Not only do Fred Flare sell items of extreme fabulousity, they also run the coolest competition of the ENTIRE year - NEXT BIG THING!
Basically, 27 supertalents from AROUND THE GLOBE (entries from Mexico, Singapore, Australia, Britain, Thailand, the Netherlands and, of course, the good ol’ USA, including PROJECT RUNWAY’S JAY MCCARROLL!) are competing in CUTENESS for a $1000 PRIZE and the title of fredflare.com’s NEXT BIG THING!
Even more exciting than all that, Pink-world favourite Tracy, at www.plastic-bat.co.uk is in the final - VOTE PLASTIC BAT!
New Favourite Band Alert!
Pink Hearse are freakin’ awesome - a five piece, all-girl Horrorpunk Band who will literally rock your socks!
Introducing: Nikki on Vocals
Catlow on Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Fenton on Guitar/Backing Vocals
Rain on Bass
Amy on Drums
Don’t be scared, they’re pussycats really!
We heart Teen Fashionista!
TF is our style inspiro-girl - she loves fashion, loves writing and combines the two to create the rather fabulous, totes addictive, must-read blog: http://teenfashionista.blogspot.com
What this girl doesn’t know about fashion, quite frankly, is not worth knowing about, chica! Vintage buys, the importance of accessorising and shoe crushes - tell me exactly, what’s not to love?
Inspired by girl-group The Pipettes, 17 year old German girls Giulia and Jules, have plugged in their Casio keyboard, busted out some super-cute ensembles and got their pop girl on!
Their myspace is a coolio-a-go-go place of total fabulousity.
It’s the place to hear their 60’s-esque tunes that are perfect-o for room dancin’ and hairbrush singin’ and check out their cute-as-a-button dreamy pix of the girls lookin’ well wistful and every inch the popster!
I can’t speak German, but I can deffo speak pop-girl, which made conversing with these two polka-dot clad girls of cuteness a total breeze!
Ohmystars, I’m so excited!
Think Pink has hit Australia and to celebrate, Pink Lady Andi, who is a real life Australian type with kangaroos and koalas in her back yard - actually, I don’t think that’s strictly true, but I’m trying to paint a picture of all things Oz-like ‘k? - will be bringing you her very own Think Pink Down Under diary each month!
Think Bridget Jones but set in a hot country and without all the miserable moaning ’bout well…just about everything!
Forget Kylie, Andi is by far the coolest new Oz-girl icon.
Look what we’ve found!
If, like the Pink Ladies and I, you love fashion and beauty and you love, love, love glossy magazines - check out our new favourite online mag - Amour!
Amour is a free monthly online alternative to the glossy mags such as Vogue and Elle and is the brainchild of the super-lovely student-girl, miss Laura!
Tarina is totally adoreable.
Look at her, she’s even rockin’ Lola-esque hair - pink-haired chicas rule!
Not only does Tarina look like she’s right outta cutesville, she makes the most fantastical colourful and inventive accessories that I defy any Pink Lady not to fall head over sparkly-glitter pump in love with.
“… We wanted to bring accessories made with the highest quality materials infused with color, sparkle, and unique design into the marketplace. And we believe that there should not be any rules when it comes to creating your own personal style…”
Tarina, we totes agree!
Meet Tracy Romaszkiewicz.
She’s creator-girl of www.plastic-bat.co.uk
home of all things ridiculously kitschy kitsch.
I love me the kitsch.
I deffo love me the www.plastic-bat.co.uk - it’s a site of pinkness, fabulousness and totes adoreable sweet creations.
I now love me the Tracy too. She’s li’l miss creative on a huge-ass creative stick.
Meet Pink Lady, Staciee.
She’s a soon-to-be journo-girl, she writes super cool blog entries ’bout Staciee world, style and music over at her myspace.
She’s written this too-cool-for-school feature ’bout Girly Rap Revolution.
Staciee you rule. Fact.
I’m a hopeless romantic, that’s a fact.
Thing is, now I’m a Helpless Romantic too.
Y’see, once-upon-a-summer 2006, the bedroom-based tinkerings of a relatively young girl, reared on a diet of onigiri and manga, made an official, mother ordered, relocation to the basement, in an attempt to stem a house wide epidemic of little creations.
Here in the basement, the tinkerings were free to grow and evolve in new ways. They started calling themselves “helpless romantic”, and taking the girl quite by surprise leapt, at a speed that seemed to resemble that of light, from the basement to new homes, all over the country and beyond!
Jess Weiner is a go-for-it girl.
The Americano author, screenwriter, agony aunt and business woman has appeared on both Oprah and Tyra, she’s BFF with Ugly Betty and she makes girls across America feel totes fabulous-o everyday with her Love Yourself Up ‘tude - we love her. You will too as she spills her Love Yourself Up secrets, how to be mucho successful and tips on how to be a fabulous version of you…
So…what you waiting for? Meet Jess, she rules.
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If you love Pink-World, you will simply adore Kittypinkstars and her Planet Sock. kittypinkstars.etsy.com
She makes totes fabulous knitted sock creatures - some with tasty treats, some with devil horns and some with just super-cute kooky quirks, and the best thing? She’s all about the pink!
Hipp by name, super-hip by nature.
Taryn Hipp, is the too-cool-for-school craft girl with a killer website http://mymy.us
There is nothing not to love ’bout this girl. Check her out.
Fred Flare.com is a total treat of candy-covered gorgeousness.
Based in the Americanos, it is home to dee-lish clothing, too-cute trinkets and a totes addictive blog which is my daily dose of fabulousity.
Now, while this site is the brain child of two super cute boys, Chris and Keith - we have our own FF favourite…
Meet Vanessa. She rules.
Girl bands rock. Poppy and The Jezebels are a girl band. They play instruments and everything. We heart them. You will too.
