Jack Spade Holiday Gift Guide "infographics."

Considering the barrage of gift guides that I'm getting, I have to credit Jack Spade for including something that made me laugh.




JACK SPADE | HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE | UNDER $100

Farewell, Elsewares.

Man. This makes me SO sad. However, it sounds like they've got something up their sleeves. Sign up at Elsewares to stay posted.


Farewell from Elsewares

Blue Carrot Shop.

This is SUCH a cute, fun little vintage store. I've already added it to my side links, and I'll be keeping an eye on its twitter feed for store updates...

I mean, look at this marquee image. How can you resist poking around?


Blue Carrot Shop

Many thanks to Alexandra, Blue Carrot's owner/shopkeeper, for giving me a heads up on her fab store. :)

An unsolicited shopping endorsement/tip.

A few weeks ago, I was looking for my favorite shampoo online. I ran across beautyexclusive.com. Since they offered free UPS ground shipping, I gave 'em a try. They rocked.


They have a great product selection. The prices are the same as retail, the shipping was free, and they filled my order the next business day.

What genuinely impressed me, though, was that everything was packed with such care. The box was lined with beautiful lime green tissue paper. My shampoo was wrapped in matching tissue paper with a black satin ribbon. They even included lovely little free samples.

It's not very often that an online retailer surprises me. This one definitely did. They definitely get the BB thumbs up. Aces.

BeautyExclusive.com - Archipelago Botanicals, Antica Farmacista, Animalia, Korres, Nuxe, Seda France, Slatkin, Tocca, and more!