Barneys Girl Cannot Live Without

wIn high school my friend and I used to always fantasized about what we would have on our own private island during economics class. On my island, I had a mall filled with all the latest fashion (naturally), skin care research center, fine dining, military base, a spa and now that I think about it, a few exotic clubs along the coast just for fun. But I guess that is what I would like to live with and not what I cannot live without. So after much thought, I have narrowed it down to just a few items of necessity.

First on my list-a decent pair of denims. I don't know what I would do without my denims. My current favourite: Joe's Jeans Cigarette denims. They are slimming and super soft.

Ok, I'm not sure if this has to be something that you already own. But if I'm going to be stranded on an island for life, I will totally get a pair of superfantastic manolo's. Especially if thats what I'm going to wear for the rest of my life. I want to DIE in manolos!

Then there is my all time favourite accessory- my silver hoop earrings. Basically, I wear it every day except on very special occasions. .

As for bag. . I simply cannot decide which small inpractical shoulder bag of mine that I cannot live without. There's just one for every outfit and mood. So here, I've just randomly picked one that I own. Its a shoulder bag and a clutch.

Inside-besides the usual cell phone, lipgloss, mirror, cash, plastic and ID-is my Canon digital camera. My life will simply not be the same without my baby.

I am going to assume that this lifelong party at the island of superfantasticness is somewhere in the exotic tropics, which includes plenty of time in the sun. Any for me, any time in the sun means sunscreen. So plenty of time in the sun means plenty of sunscreen. The skin is of the utmost importance. At the moment, I am using this one from Dermalogica.

But at the end of the day, the ONE thing I truly cannot live without-are my saltine crackers. I've been eating them everyday since high school, I simply cannot imagine what I'd do without them.

Harrods Girl Cannot Live Without...

In the spirit of the Carnivale of Couture: Qu. You are stranded at a lifelong party on The Island of Superfantasticness. What are the fashion items you simply cannot live without?

First of all if you actually knew me, you would know that there would be no way I would go to a party lasting longer than 5 hours, let alone be stranded at a lifelong party or some deserted island.

And if I ever went to any parties, I would only be carrying one of those little, impractical bags, such as my current favourite -the LV Monogram Vernis Lexington (in Perle.) Inside it would be my usuals: Clean & Clear oil-absorbing paper, pocket mirror, mints, mini pen, mini bottle of deo, hair tie, lip balm, DiorKiss lip gloss in Rose Guimauve/ Pink Marshmellow, Shu Uemura liquid eyeliner, mobile phone, ID card, lots of cash, credit card, and sometimes, iPod Nano.

Outfit-wise, I'm usually in black pants, a pretty top and trusty blazer (my recent fav is a dark purple one by Indivi, sort of like the one in the picture above). And if I'm bothered, maybe a pair of earrings or a necklace.

And umm, what else can't I live without... to be honest, there's not really any fashion item that I can't live without. What I like changes all the time (which is prob what defines part of fashion), so the only thing I can't live without is probably money. Yikes, I need to go finish off my essay and get packing for Spain now!

Dior Gormette and Laura Mercier Liquid Crystals

It's that time of the season again when Dior retails and advertises for yet another makeup-hidden-inside-jewelry. Almost a year ago there was the Paris Hilton-lookalike wearing the Dior cosmetic ring (in the ad.) Then there was the keychain in fall. This time around, Dior took a little leaf out of YSL's books and created a cosmetic braclet: the Dior Gormette.

I'm sure all of you would have seen this ad in magazines by now. I quite like this ad -it's very Dior in a stylish, casual streetwear sort of way. The makeup on the model is basically everything pink. Thank goodness for the dark layer of eyeliner and shadows around her eyes that makes her look sexy girly instead of bubblegum-pop girly.

The braclets are available in two sets of lip colors:

Street Charm

Urban Chic

I couldn't resist talking about the Laura Mercier Liquid Crystal Lip Glaces too. When I first saw the Liquid Crystals, I thought it was such a weird thing! In bottle, the lip gloss looked like a whirl of psychodelic colors, so what would it look if it was on the lips? Out of curiousity and boredom (I was waiting for my facial appointment in Space NK,) I tried on one of the three Liquid Crystals and was so AMAZED! This lip glace is seriously shiny. The amount of color pigments is just right. The colors are quite bright so it's more of a summer lip color than winter. A little bit of warning though, I read in customer reviews that it has terrible staying power. I didn't buy it because I still had a few bottles of unfinished lip glosses at home, but maybe this summer......