Here Kitty!

We've already told you how much we love Stila's Kitten eye shadow, a shimmering pale pink and gold; and now they've released three new Kitten products. The Limited Edition (read Summer 2008) palette has 6 great warm weather shades. Notice the blue that's turning up everywhere this year? It runs $40.

The Silk Eye Shadow Wash is a liquid to powder formula ($22). It's portable, great for travel and easy to apply.

Finally, there the Silk Shimmer Gloss in Kitten (also $22), because you can't have enough gloss. This one would be great alone for a subtle shine or over your fave color. It was stocked as of yesterday at http://www.stilacosmetics.com/ (previously unavailable); so if you're interested, don't hesitate long!

All three products are available now on Stila's website (free shipping with code: SUMMER) and at Sephora (free shipping on orders over $50).

On Our Radar: Jazz Fest

We've been like little kids on Christmas morning running to check our mailbox everyday for the April issue of W. We couldn't wait to see the Bruce Weber 60 page tribute to New Orleans.

Dennis Freedman, the magazine's creative director said of the 4-day shoot, "For us, this is not a photo essay about Katrina. That will always be a part of the history of the city, but we tried to concentrate on the extraordinary people who live in New Orleans. To me, it's a national treasure, and not just because of its architecture and history and culinary importance. People live in this city for a reason, for its celebration of life, and we felt, especially now, we wanted to show the spirit of the people." Take a look at a small sampling of the gorgeous photos here.

Alas, our copy never showed up. (We're not pointing fingers, but we wouldn't blame our mail person if she "borrowed" our copy.) While the kind folks at W are sending us another copy, it will take up to 6 weeks to get our hands on it. We may just have to head down to the Big Easy for Jazz Fest April 25-27 and May 1-4 to sate our New Orleans jones in person.

In case the photos didn't inspire you to log on and book your trip now, perhaps the lineup of acts will: Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, Stevie Wonder and the hometown band: the Neville Brothers. Our JSGirlfriend who has been to Jazz Fest the last two years said it's a crowd but not out of hand--head to Bourbon Street for craziness. It's great to go with someone who's been before so she can show you can show you around and stop to enjoy all the great food while you're there.

Happy travels!

10 Minutes-- Hair We Come!

Do women ever grow out of playing with their hair? We think not and were thrilled to come across a feature on Total Beauty: 17 Hairstyles That Take Less Than 10 Minutes. They have styles for different lengths and textures and none requires more than a product or two. Our favorite was the Beach Hippie (pictured above) which works best on "unwashed, dry, slept-on hair". Perfect fit! The night before we used VO5's Curvaceous Curls Styling Mouse and let it air dry. It did a nice job of controlling the frizz and bringing out the natural curl in our hair; but the next morning, we needed more style. Enter the Beach Hippie. A few sprays of VO5's Volume Blast hairspray and a couple of bobby pins, and our hair looked great! This do would work great in humid weather--Atlanta, Houston, Miami. Let's stop fighting the curl and embrace it.

Visit Total Beauty for full instructions. You can find V05 products at drug stores nationwide: they smell terrific, worked great for styling and experimenting with new do's, and only run $3.49.

Bluefly launching b*fly

Bluefly, an on-line link to couture at cut rate prices, is launching a contemporary, casual boutique called b*fly. You can find great prices on wears from designers like Tory Burch, Shoshanna, and Nanette Lepore.

Since we're on the look out for great dresses, the dress by Joie picture above is available for $114, 40% off!

Happy shopping!

http://www.bluefly.com/

In Praise of the Mini

We’re headed to Wolfgang Puck’s latest and possibly greatest restaurant (at least according to some DC food bloggers), The Source, on Friday for our friend Heidi’s birthday. All the reviews rave about their mini kobe beef sliders, a food that we would basically marry if we could. We’re particularly partial to the Kobe Beef Sliders at Prime 112 in South Beach and the miniburgers from NYC’s Pop burgers. Our friend Felissa over at About.com’s celebrity style channel helpfully pointed out they even have miniburgers on the menu at the recently re-opened Second Avenue Deli.

Why are we so obsessed with mini-burgers? For starters, we’re a sucker for anything bite-sized. Secondly, you can fit them in your mouth without making a mess or ruining your lipstick (insert your own dirty joke here). Thirdly, anything that cute can’t be that bad for you. Fourth, there’s still enough room for that tuna steak for your main course.

Other minis we love are desserts. We wish every restaurant had a dessert menu like NYC’s Landmarc. They serve dessert tastings of crème brulee, mini ice cream cones and an éclair filled with Nutella. All bite-sized, all 4 bucks!

Got any minis you love?

JSG Loves NYC

It seems like everyone is defending NYC's honor these days after Madonna dissed the Big Apple for being culturally irrelevant. We're looking forward to reading this week's NY Mag cover story on NYC's culture over the past 40 years. (We loved that they included Madge's image on the cover.)

Add JSG to the list of defenders--we were thrilled to be featured by NYC's TV show Cool in Your Code "Around the Blog" contributor. You can read our answers here. If you live in New York, and haven't had a chance to catch the show, put it on your DVR this instant! It features great finds in neighborhoods around the city and includes restaurants, bars, shops and a dose of history (It's good for you!).

Is It Just Us...

...or were you shocked to see that sunglasses are so freakin' expensive these days? Last time we bought a pair of Oliver Peoples, they were at $300, which seemed like an awful lot at the time (two years ago, we think). Now shades regularly cost $350 plus. Don't you people know we're in a recession?

While Oliver is still our go to guy, it's hard to imagine shelling out $350 for these shades, good looking as the above pair are.


And as excited as we were for the launch of Jimmy Choo sunglasses, at $420 a pop, we'll just stick with his shoes.



Ditto the relaunch of the Balenciaga shades that were pulled out of the fashion vault this year. Love the '70s over sized frames. Hate the $330 price tag.


Consider you could buy these Isaac Mizrahi shades from Target for $17.99


AND these Simply Vera ones at Kohl's for $21 and still have enough left over for a plane ticket to Miami. Well, you'll have a hard time convincing us that something we're likely to lose or break is worth it.