Style Tips -- 24th June 2008

[ 25 June 2008 ]

Yayoi Kusama

<3 If you, like me, are going through a gruelling heat-wave, take heed. Buy a box of aloe vera & vitamin E-enhanced baby wipes, & a bottle of toner from Lush. (I like Eau Roma Water.) Keep them both in the fridge. Start using the baby wipes to clean & cool yourself off when you finally drag yourself in through the front door, & for taking off your make-up. Cool baby wipes are a delicious treat, I assure you. Spray the toner on your chest, back, neck & arms before you crawl into bed. It will evaporate quickly, but it feels good, softens your skin & smells magnificent.

<3 Celebrate the ’90s! Rent Clueless, put on some over-the-knee socks, drag your platform Sketchers out of the closet (I know you have ‘em!), listen to some Salt ‘n’ Pepa & enjoy!

Cher: Shouldn’t you go to school on the East Coast? I hear girls at N.Y.U. aren’t at all particular!

<3 Take tango lessons.

<3 Stop being a grub! As fun as it can be to mill about in your own filth (trust me, I know), there is something wonderful about opening your closet to see everything hung up & folded neatly. The same goes for clean floors & an immaculate kitchen!

<3 Wear polka dots & talk about how amazing you are all day, in tribute to Yayoi Kusama.


Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala <3


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  1. Hooray! Oh, I just love your little doses of posi-too-vity.

    How is Simon doing, by the way? We miss him!

    <3 Beth · Jun 25, 06:11 AM · #

  2. He’s lovely as always :>

    <3 Gala · Jun 25, 06:17 AM · #

  3. oh, that is so lovely and sounds a little too much like my life right now.
    yesterday my aussie bestie and i watched clueless and sipped cocktails by her pool and in two weeks we get free salsa lessons under the stars – ugh, SO ideal!
    i hope you’re enjoying your heatwave and staying cool, love.
    try keeping your pillow in the freezer – delightful!

    <3 Jayelle · Jun 25, 06:31 AM · #

  4. Thank you so much Gala! I really needed this today. Keep up the good work!

    <3 Caitlin Marie · Jun 25, 06:32 AM · #

  5. I really have been listening to Salt ‘N’ Pepa lately, and they make me feel so good about myself!

    <3 Maranda · Jun 25, 06:35 AM · #

  6. Don’t combine cleaning the same day you try to cool off. it can be quite a work out. At least when you have a small room. tango is tons of fun, especially when you dress up for it!

    <3 Marie · Jun 25, 06:47 AM · #

  7. It’s strange to think about how hot it gets in the city. It’s barely seasonable in Rhode Island, even though it’s only a couple hours from NYC. And there’s a breeze coming off the water that makes it even chillier sometimes.

    <3 lyra · Jun 25, 07:14 AM · #

  8. Oooh Clueless! A few weeks ago me and a some friends had a ‘teen fest’ and watched Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You and Strictly Ballroom.

    Best. Ever

    <3 Joanne · Jun 25, 07:24 AM · #

  9. oooh thank you so much, gala. these tips are exactly what i need. what with me moving to a different room in my house this past week or so, everything is so cluttered & i haven’t realized how much it’s dampening my mood. now i feel inspired to tidy it all up, though, so i can enjoy the new room!

    <3 Clare · Jun 25, 07:35 AM · #

  10. thanks for the great tips! i’m off to buy some baby wipes right now (i never thought of storing them in the fridge). and i’ve been celebrating the 90s too, with listening to en vogue :D

    <3 ajtsan · Jun 25, 07:42 AM · #

  11. Ahh I’m totally trying to plan my wardrobe for my trip!

    It’s just not gotten than hot here in London and so I’m trying to remember what to wear when it’s boiling! Shall I buy a mini fan?!

    Funnily I was talking about Clueless this morning, referencing her amazing computerised wardrobe system, sigh.

    xox

    <3 Loulou! · Jun 25, 07:57 AM · #

  12. You are a GENIUS!

    Don’t listen to Darla! ;) These all rock! I just bought some polka dot ribbon!
    In tribute to your dressing like a cake post to school on Friday (Own clothes day! Doki doki!): Black dress/long top type thing with a big elaborate polka dot bow around my waist, a beehive hairstyle with another pink ribbon tied around the base, stripey pink socks and cute little slip-ons! :D I can’t wait!
    I always store my wipes in the fridge! My nan does it and I gues I just picked it up!
    As for the 90’s don’t forget to track down episode of Saved By The Bell (did you ever see that?), yo-yo’s and Mucho Spice girls records! (Cringe) :D I can’t wait!

    P.S Vixxie

    <3 Vixxie · Jun 25, 08:00 AM · #

  13. Sorry that was meant to be p.s Vixxie loves mocktails!
    I’m not sure what happened!
    :)

    <3 Vixxie · Jun 25, 08:00 AM · #

  14. i love celebrating the ’90s! Lately I’ve been doing it through listening to the music from the ’90s…best music ever. even if it sucked, it sucked so bad, you had to love it. except for the boy band/pop thing…that will never be good. yay for the ’90s!

    <3 minnie · Jun 25, 08:09 AM · #

  15. Wait Gala did you uhh, see how messy my apartment is? I definitely need to “stop being a grub” :)

    <3 Freya · Jun 25, 08:10 AM · #

  16. I salute whomever is now in possession of my royal blue platform sketcher sneakers! Those babies served me well…I only miss them a LITTLE less than the royal blue doc martens I had as a kid.

    I think I need to go out and buy a shiny new pair of royal blue shoes, they seem to be just the thing!

    <3 bri · Jun 25, 08:23 AM · #

  17. EEEE. I love the saying “grub”. My mama uses it all the time to describe me heh heh.

    <3 kitten` · Jun 25, 08:32 AM · #

  18. Jayelle — Oh my god, don’t you get a frozen ear?!

    Joanne — I love, love, love 10 Things I Hate About You so much! I can quote the entire thing, haha. That & Bring It On!

    Loulou! — I’m surprised no one has made that computerised wardrobe system a reality! It would help so many people!

    bri — I miss mine too! So hideous but so cool.

    kitten` — Best word ever, right? :D

    <3 Gala · Jun 25, 08:37 AM · #

  19. My fave 90s movie is Wayne’s World. I can quote you that all day long! And the only word better than ‘grub’ is ‘grubby’ . . .

    <3 Nadine · Jun 25, 09:12 AM · #

  20. Haha, someone else who can recite it from memory! I fell for Heath Ledger at him exposing his ‘bratwurst’ to the cafteria

    I never really got into Bring It On, even though Eliza Dushku is MAJORLY hot! ;)

    Happy Gilmore is another one I can quote all the way through….

    <3 Joanne · Jun 25, 09:35 AM · #

  21. Nadine — “Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor!” That’s one of my favourite all-time movies, too. Love it so much!

    Joanne — “The way you expressed yourself to Bobby Ridgeway? By the way, his testicle retrieval operation went quite well, in case you’re interested.”
    “I still maintain he kicked himSELF in the balls.”

    SO. GOOD! & yes. Eliza Dushku. Gorgeous!

    <3 Gala · Jun 25, 09:38 AM · #

  22. I always love it when you do style tips Gala! And I must admit I did have platform Sketchers that I was in love with.I wore them many times during my Spice Girls obsessed days.Sadly though,I think they got thrown out sometime during my high school years.

    And learning to tango or really any type of “old-fashion” dance is something that has been on my to-do list for a while. I’ve learned line dancing and someone once taught me a coloniel dance-the Virgina reel maybe but waltzing or tango would be so much fun to learn.

    btw,where has Audrey disappeared to?

    <3 Mandy W · Jun 25, 10:47 AM · #

  23. Mandy W — He stopped writing on here AGES ago! In March, in fact! & he is still in Melbourne, kicking it in his new apartment, like a bachelor should!

    <3 Gala · Jun 25, 11:01 AM · #

  24. I am so thankful for this recent 90s revival. Everything about it is so nostalgic for me. It’s everything about my childhood that I miss: the movies, the music, the outrageous fashion. I am seriously considering throwing a 90s party, where everyone has to dress in platforms and whatnot, we can play all the good tunes, and watch movies like Clueless (which is my all-time fav). Something about all of that fills me with this inexplicable happiness. Yay for the 90s =)

    <3 Stephanie · Jun 25, 11:59 AM · #

  25. What is ACE is that a few years back, everyone was reminiscing about the 80’s. I was 4 when they ended. The 90’s were my time baby!!

    <3 Joanne · Jun 25, 12:06 PM · #

  26. I get very nostalgic when I talk about the 90s, especially the music. Blur, Ministry of Sound etc. I’m like ‘I remember when this came out!’
    I found an old Ash ‘Girl From Mars’ cassette the other day. I felt so old!

    <3 Lia · Jun 25, 12:31 PM · #

  27. Lovely tips, thanks Gala! :) xoxo

    <3 x Miss Corrine x · Jun 25, 01:16 PM · #

  28. Luckily, it’s Winter here in the Southern Hemisphere. Gorgeous snuggly weather …

    <3 stefnieinsouthafrica · Jun 25, 02:18 PM · #

  29. I’m (coincidentally!) celebrating 90s week in my blog by wearing a different fashion everyday. Today and yesterday were Kinderwhore, tomorrow is grunge, and we’ll see where the rest of the week takes me!
    doublespeak.livejournal.com/

    <3 Amelia · Jun 25, 02:31 PM · #

  30. you can’t celebrate the nineties and NOT roll about in your own filth all day!!

    <3 voltaire · Jun 25, 05:48 PM · #

  31. i loveeeee clueless! i think i’ve seen that movie like a gazillion times. being born in the late 80s, most of my childhood was in the 90s; the rise in the popularity of the internet and email, videotape players, casettes!!, cargo pants (haha), 10 things i hate about you.. seems so long ago!!

    <3 Leanne · Jun 25, 09:34 PM · #

  32. Oh I know all about that feeling of making your room clean! I tore it apart on Monday. I bought really fancy stylish filing folders from here : www.cavallini.com/folders.html
    and completely reorganized everything. I feel that the nicer the things are that I have to keep things organized, the more motivated I am to use them. They look cute on my desk and now I don’t have to see papers stacked. :)

    <3 DH · Jun 26, 07:37 AM · #

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    <3 Cletus · Dec 6, 02:03 AM · #
 

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