Category: What Not to Wear

Now Nick Arrojo has his own hair care line

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I’ve already written that I skip the first half hour of TLC’s What Not to Wear (Stacy irritates me) to watch Carmindy and Nick Arrojo work their magic in the last half hour. Now Nick Arrojo has used his fame to start up an eponymous hair care line Arrojo, which is available at the tony Space NK boutique.

As for Carmindy, she has partnered with Sally Hansen for the Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy color cosmetics line. In my review, I wrote, “I suspect, however, that Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy will last only as long as TLC’s What Not to Wear is shown on TV.”

Now I’m more pessimistic. Only one of the various CVS stores that I visit in Northern Virginia carries Carmindy’s line, and there it’s hidden away from Revlon, L’Oreal, Maybelline, etc., right by nail care products. Hello! It might be Sally Hansen, but it’s not nail care!

The competition for shelf space and placement is intense, and clearly Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy has lost out. It’s only a matter of time before Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy disappears.

Natural Beauty inspired by Carmindy

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Carmindy – love her hair, love her earrings, love her eyes, love this photo!

If I tune in to TLC’s What Not to Wear, it’s for the last half hour when Nick Arrojo and Carmindy work their magic. I find Clinton Kelly bland, and quite frankly, Stacy London irritates me. I don’t sense compassion and caring on Clinton and Stacy’s part for their subjects. In one espisode, the subject wept because she couldn’t believe that she could look this good. Stacy’s reaction was so feigned and smarmy that I’ve tuned her out. The “Fab Five” of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy or Trinny and Susannah, for that matter, would not have been that insincere.


Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy

Carmindy has now teamed up with Sally Hansen, best known for its nail products, for a complete line of colour cosmetics called Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy. First, a caveat: “Natural Beauty” more accurately refers to the look favored by Carmindy, rather than to the cosmetics, which contain synthetic ingredients in addition to natural ingredients. Regardless, I was pleased with the two products from Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy I sampled:

Color Comfort Lipcolor in Adobe – A cream lipstick with a soft, not slick, finish.

Sheerest Cream Bronzer in Miami Glow – this feels more slick than the Suki Pure Natural Creme Stain. It indeed is sheer and as with cream blushes and bronzers, melds with the skin. Even my husband sees something different when I wear cream blushes and bronzers. He says that I look great, although he can’t pinpoint what makes me look so good.

Does this brand have legs? Sally Hansen had a color cosmetics line called Healing Beauty that was discontinued 2 years ago. By and large, users didn’t like Healing Beauty products. From what I’ve read on MakeupAlley, Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy has had good user reviews. I suspect, however, that Natural Beauty Inspired By Carmindy will last only as long as TLC’s What Not to Wear is shown on TV.

Here’s one self-help book that I’d like to read

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I always enjoy Ondo Lady’s reviews on her blog. From her review, here’s a self-help book I’d like to read: Beautiful Within: Finding Happiness and Confidence in Your Own Skin. Ondo Lady indicates that it’s more down to earth than other self-help books on the market.

The book is by Mica (pronounced mee-sha) Paris, who is now a presenter on BBC UK’s What Not to Wear (the new What Not to Wear sans Trinny and Susannah doesn’t seem to be available on BBC America). Unfortunately, this book has not been marketed in the U.S.

Some twenty years ago, Glamour singled out Mica as one to watch as a singer. The video of her song “My One Temptation” received play on VH1, but she never broke out as an artist in the U.S.

Check out Mica channeling Dionne Warwick in the video My One Tempation on YouTube. Enjoy!