Brand: Wet ‘n Wild
Product: CoverAll Stick Concealer

So, I have a confession to make. As thrifty as I am, I tend to avoid the cheapie of all cheapie cosmetic brands: Wet ‘n Wild. The reason is silly. I hate the name of the company! I like to think that I’m above having my opinion swayed by things like product packaging and brand names, but that simply ain’t so. I tend to head for the Revlon and L’Oreal displays because I find the packaging to be classier. Although I love their mascara, I find the name Cover Girl a bit cheesy. I’m cute, but I ain’t never gonna be no Cover Girl.

The name Wet ‘n Wild conjures up images of late night infomercials that hawk videos of filthy skanks doing naked keg stands on Spring Break. I see Joe Francis’ skeazy face whenever I pass a Wet ‘n Wild display. Be assured, I am no makeup snob. Even if I adored it as much as everyone else seems to, I would never buy Nars Orgasm Blush. Call me a prude, I just feel foolish.

Rant aside, I recently decided that I needed to add some concealer to my arsenal. Money is tight, and since I’ve never used concealer before I figured I’d start at the bottom and work my way up untilI found my Holy Grail. At $1.99 a tube, Wet ‘N Wild CoverAll concealer stick was by far the least expensive option available to me. So I bought one. No.Big.Deal. The sixteen year old cashier barely looked up from her copy of Twilight. Why should her opinion of me matter anyway?

I used it and I liked it. The texture was creamy but not heavy, it blended well and covered the blue veins under my eyes very nicely. I made it work with both mineral and liquid foundation. At $1.99 a tube it is probably the best cosmetic deal going. I’d even give it five lips if not for the abysmal shade selection. With three color options (fair, fair/medium and medium), many women are left without a color match. Olive skinned and Asian women might be able to pull off the medium shade, but that shade certainly is not appropriate for African-American or Hispanic lovelies. Its time for Wet ‘N Wild to step up their game, don’t you think?

Cut Costs Cuties!

Gemma

How is this possible? Japan Fashion Week is only 8 years old. A city that transcends all street-style, Tokyo alone has been an influencial source of style for eons, not mentioning the millions of fashion forwarders sprinkled about Japan as a whole.

And fashion forward it was, opening with a robot. Whatever will they CLOSE with??? Every FW leads up to their obligatory wow-factor closing. What do you do when you open with a robot? She doesn’t do a lot, but it’s still an impressive mission. Alright, enough yapping. More style to come.

 SIR IVAN, aka PeaceMan, is the rock star superhero fighting for peace via the reinvention of 60’s hits with a new vibe called “rocktronica”. After leaving his mark in the dance industry with multiple hits and etching the term “technippy” in all their raving minds, PeaceMan now has his eye on the rock/pop music arena.

After catching his video, a cover of Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth, we needed more info on this guy. You see, we’re from the rock side. So after digging deeper, we felt it our blogging duty to pass along more info on Sir Ivan. Turns out it’s very possible that PeaceMan has crossed your path at some point. With multiple Top 40 Billboard hits, appearances on VH1, NBC, SciFi & the Travel channel, he is certainly no stranger to the world of music and celebrity.

He’s everything music, fashion and NYC all rolled into one. And the cherry on top is that he’s a humanitarian, creating The Peaceman Foundation which supports an array of charities dedicated to fighting Hate Crimes and treating the victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

This couture cape wearing, former bajillionaire banker, could single-handedly bring the sentiment of the Woodstock era classic rock genre to the current glowstick toting generation of today. (Sir Ivan is known to don his own 15” glowsticks). And did we mention he lives in a castle? Doesn’t this sound like the writings of a children’s story, rather than a fashion/music blog? Banker by day, music super hero by night. Dun DUN DUN…PeaceMan saves the world, one re-mix at a time; and it’s all because of the super-hero special powers that live in his diamond encrusted peace-sign. Yes children, the one that was hand-stitched to his couture velvet cape in the ateliers of Paris!

ZIP ZAP BAM, back to reality, Sir Ivan is on to something. While creating music with a poignant message, he’s accomplishing it through a memorable approach. In addition, Sir Ivan is donating 100 percent of his recording artist net profits from his album to the Peaceman Foundation. We need more Sir Ivans in this non-superhero world!

More PeaceMan…
www.sirivanmusic.com
http://myspace.com/sirivanmusic
http://youtube.com/sirivanmusic

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