Little Things That Count - The Weekly Roundup October, 31

Music : Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water. I can't explain it, but there's something about this song that just puts me in a good mood. It's been with me this week, especially in those cold/foggy/late autumn mornings. Brooke Fraser is a singer/songwriter from New Zealand, who has just released her third album called "Flags" and this is the lead single.

Check out photos of her below and more on her photostream.

Perfume: YSL - Nu Eau de Parfum. I have a thing for unusual perfumes. I like creativity when it comes to fragrance and I've worn this one 3 times this week. Sadly it's been discontinued, but it can still be found at online discount sites every now and then.

Beauty product: OPI Siberian Nights nail polish. Dark plum, perfect for this time of the year.









Movie/TV Show: An oldie, but goodie - A Beautiful Mind. Needless to say that if you haven't seen it yet, you need to do something about that. ASAP.


Food/Dessert : Pumpkin pie cheesecake, Happy Halloween!

Blast from the past: The Wallflowers - One Headlight. Great song. It takes me right back to 1997.

Random thought: Why in the world is Eva Longoria Parker hosting the MTV Europe Music Awards? Yawn. But hey, maybe the rest will be good though. They're going to happen in Madrid, Spain on November 7th.

Also in the news this week :

The internet buzzed about Kanye West's new song, Runaway, which is accompanied by a 35-minute short film directed by West. If you prefer the 4-minute video version, you can watch it here. Say whatever you like about Kanye West, but if you can look beyond his major jerk tendencies (sorry Kanye, but it's the truth), in the context of today's hip-hop music, he's one good artist/producer. Yes, he's known for his abuse of auto-tune and his singing live could use some improvement, but he's delivered some pretty good material in the recent years. I am not necessarily a fan, but I love the colors in the new Runaway video and the song is not bad either. Plus, the ballerinas dance is visually stunning and makes for some of the best stuff I've seen this year in music videos.

Next story falls in the "WTF" category: Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal might be dating? ABCNews.com covered this one pretty well :D, with nine theories on why those two could be in a relationship. You can read it here.

Katy Perry married Russell Brand in India and I want to see her wedding dress simply because it was Elie Saab couture. For now, the rumors are that it might have been this gown.

Which brings us to fashion and the lovely dresses from Atelier Versace Fall 2010 Lookbook. It was released last month, but I wanted to make sure it didn't go unnoticed, because it's some of the best Versace I've seen in quite a while.

Photos from brookefraser.com, twenty2 and Fashion Gone Rogue.

Novembro Agitado no Brasil

TAtenção galera respirem fundo, porque vai rolar gritaria, euforia e diversão com os shows que estão chegando para o mês de novembro.


JONAS BROTHERS E DEMI LOVATO:
Abrem o mês com shows em São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) e Porto Alegre (RS), nos dias 6,7 e 10 respectivamente. Ingressos a partir de R$92,50 (meia entrada). Crianças e adolescentes (6 a 13 anos) acompanhados de resposáveis. Maiores informações pelo site www.ticketsforfun.com.br ou pelo telefone: 4003-0696.

TOKIO HOTEL:
o quarteto Bill, Tom, Georg e Gustav vem ao país no final do mês (23/11) para uma única apresentação. O show acontecerá na Via Funchal, São Paulo (SP), os ingreços a partir de R$100 (meia entrada). Maiores informções pelo site www.viafunchal.com.br ou pelo telefone: (11) 2144-5444.

Death of Fangs

DiamondFangs passed away this morning on 31st October 2010 @ 06:06am. He left a suicide note saying the Demon has come to take him away. He will be greatly missed by his friends and his Sinners who got inked by him. Immortal Tattoos, Singapore will now be taken over by Kugan.

-For tattoo appointments, please EMAIL - tattoos@diamondfangs.com
-MSN only for Kugan - Kugan@diamondfangs.com
-MSN/EMAIL for female models - Models@diamondfangs.com

(for more works of Kugan, pls look at immortal-tattoos.blogspot.com)

His final Note :

Dear World,

I am not some psychotic fuck or pathetic loser trying to end my torturous existence. I am not one of those faggots, using suicide as a cry for help. I have a very good reason.

I am not drunk, upset or lonely. I am not doing this to protest against anything. I tried to adapt in this scorched World that is filled with nothing but lies. But, The Demon has come to claim what is his.

I lost my bet with The Devil Himself. I told him I would sacrifice Sinners to fulfill his hunger but I was too late. I failed and I will take it like a champion.

I am at the top of the mountain pissing down on the rest of you. Unfortunately, the days ahead of me will never be as good as tonight. So I have nothing to look forward to.

I have done what I had to in the past and I have no regrets today as I write this note. I will surrender to The Devil and face whatever punishment that will be placed on me, while in Hell.

It is truly the best night that could and will ever be, which is why my life must end tonight. Life can now only get worse. Nothing is left for me here in this horrid World.

-Diamond Fangs-

P.S. Tell everyone I'm not psychotic.

Nicole MIller

Last night, THE KING COLLECTIVE came out to support the partnership between INDEGO AFRICA and NICOLE MILLER at Nicole’s flagship SOHO boutique at 77 Greene Street NYC.


Indego Africa is an non-profit organization that empowers African women to lift their families out of poverty by emphasizing entrepreneurship and independence through fair trade partnerships, international export market access and long-term skill development.  The organization attacks systematic poverty by delivering access to export markets and job skills to African women.  Indego Africa’s business model is built on core values of transparency and good governance.  The organization:

• Partners with women-only cooperatives of world-class artisans in Rwanda
• Sells their masterful fair trade contemporary accessories and home decor products at high-end retailers across the US and online
• Pays the women a fair wage, in including 50% in advance of production
• Returns 100% of the profits to Indego Africa's ground-breaking training programs in Financial Management & Entrepreneurship, Literacy and Computer
• Harnesses local talent to teach the training programs with Generation Rwanda, an extraordinary NGO that provides university scholarships to Rwanda's top students.
  

At the event, Nicole Miller, the iconic New York fashion designer personally launched an exclusive line of multi-colored fair trade textile bangles and woven bracelets co-designed with, and hand-crafted by, the remarkable artisans at Indego Africa's partner co-ops Cocoki and Covanya.

The crowd came in droves to listen to dazzling Cape Verdean singer Fantcha, mingle with the trendsetters of NYC, sip champagne and browse the merchandise.  Hoards of female shoppers attacked the poor girls tending the cash register in their excitement to buy up all of the beautiful bracelets!  Erin Morgan Sweeney from The King Collective was one of those shoppers and, as did the others, put on her bangles and wore them throughout the evening.

Beyond the Rwandan made accessories, Nicole also donated 15% of the evening’s proceeds to Indego Africa’s programs, encouraging people to shop as they mingled.  We ran into one of our favorites, including Derek Fabulous  and Nicole Miller and her merchandising guru Janey Evett.

The crowd was still dancing away to Fantcha’s tunes when we headed out to Felix’s to enjoy drinks and snacks with design sensation Richie Rich, photographer and Huffington Post writer Alex Geana, Derek Fabulous and Janey Evett of Nicole Miller.

We’re wearing our bangles again today!  Thanks Indego Africa and Nicole Miller for a wonderful night!!

Chest Tattoo Ideas Design

Chest tattoos are an impressive as well as intimidating piece of a tattoo. A number of different design elements can be combined to make an intricate tattoo design. When you are getting a chest tattoo, the placement of chest tattoos for men tattoo should be given sufficient thought. The area which is referred to as chest in case of male tattoos, runs from the bottom of their neck to the top of their stomach. The chest area for women starts at the base of their neck and ends at the top of the upper curve of the breasts. Hence, upper chest tattoos are very popular among the womenfolk as compared to menfolk.

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Siviero Maria Italian Gelato - Ice Cream Review. It's worth it !

As promised, I'm back with a new ice cream review of one of the very best ice cream brands you're going to find in the Romanian stores. It is also available in other European countries as well as the U.S.

A couple of months ago, while I was grocery shopping in one of the local supermarkets, I stumbled upon this ice cream brand. I wanted to try something new, aside from the beloved Haagen-Dasz. There were several tempting flavors sitting in that freezer, so making a decision on which one to buy wasn't going to be easy. I finally chose Pistachio, not only because it looked good and not that many brands have this flavor, but also because it reminds me of childhood. When I was a kid, this was a popular flavor around here, sold almost everywhere. However, in the recent years, I haven't seen it as often as I used to.

I got home, had some dinner and then went for the ice cream at full speed. (Yeah, trying to be patient when you have Italian Gelato in front of you doesn't really work, does it?) When I first tasted it, I couldn't believe how yummy it was! You know what instantly came to mind? Remember that t-shirt that Madonna wore in the Papa Don't Preach video? It said: "Italians do it better". Well, when it comes to Gelato, they certainly do.

When I was a teenage girl, I used to dream (like many other girls) that one day, this charming Italian man was going to come on his white horse...or in his upscale Bentley car and sweep me off my feet with good looks, great cooking (Italian cuisine...hello?) and a beautiful house in a beautiful country. And Gucci shoes. And by Gucci shoes I mean Gucci shoes AND handbags. Clothes too. And a walk-in closet of everything that Tom Ford designed for Gucci, while he was Gucci's creative director.

Never happened. Probably this ice cream is as close as I'm going to get to having an Italian lover of my own and frankly, I am not disappointed. Italian Gelato is some of the best sex I ever had :P

I admit I don't really have time to actually go out for ice cream. You know, go some place nice, sit at the table and have scooped ice cream. I prefer buying from the store and throw it in my freezer, so that whenever I am home and my cravings start kicking in, I have it on hand right then and there. 

This is the real deal. Smooth, creamy and full of flavor. I went back to the store the next day and got more flavors: chocolate, hazelnut and vanilla. They all turned out to be just as good. 

Here's some eye candy for you :

Cioccolatissimo: "a silky smooth Italian chocolate Gelato sumptuously flavored with chocolate sauce and finished with a selection of white, milk and dark chocolate curls".  









 Vaniglia del Madagascar: "velvety smooth Italian Gelato flavored with Vaniglia del Madagascar", one of the finest vanillas on earth. This is basically a creamy smooth milky vanilla gelato, true to the real flavor.

Bacio: chocolate and hazelnut gelato, garnished with crunchy whole hazelnuts on top. Yum!

Cappuccino: "Cappuccino Gelato flavored with coffee and garnished with a dark chocolate tablet"

Affogato all'amarena: Vanilla Gelato with cherry sauce and sweet cherries on top.

 


Panna Cotta: a replica of the traditional Italian dessert, flavored with caramel sauce and finished with caramel curls.

Fragola: "smooth Strawberry Gelato finished with soft candied strawberries"

 

Pistacchio: Pistacchio Gelato with crunchy toasted pistachios on top.







Now on to the "technical details": the ice cream is called Siviero Maria (depending on the country you live in, you might find it under the name G7 or one of their other labels). In Romania, you can find it at Carrefour hypermarkets. It's very reasonably priced, so what you get here is a great value for money. Around here, it's cheaper than Nirvana, Haagen-Dasz, Carte D'Or and other brands that sell boxes of the same quantity (500 grams).

I have tried every available flavor in the line, with the exception of two: lemon and strawberry, which are more of a summery thing for me, but I imagine they're just as good as the other ones. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find Stracciatella or Tiramisu yet and I bet they're heavenly.

So what you need to do now is go get this ice cream and tell me how you like it. Honestly, this one and Haagen-Dasz are the only ones I ever buy anymore, of the brands currently available in the local stores. Keep in mind that this is Italian Gelato, so it is going to be a bit softer than regular ice cream and it's bound to melt more quickly, therefore make sure you don't take ages to get home from the supermarket. That chit-chat with the next door neighbour will have to wait until you put this awesome little thing in the freezer.

I'm giving this 5 stars out of 5. Highly recommended. Definitely "foodgasm". For full flavor, take it out of the freezer and let it sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes or so before eating.

As far as packaging goes, I'm okay with it. The lid is easy to take off/put on but also sturdy and the box is not made of the cheap plastic that I've seen with other brands. It's decent and it doesn't look like it was made in someone's garage. I personally like the see-through packaging because I can actually see what I'm buying.

Photos and info from the official website.

I am not affiliated with any of the brands mentioned above.

Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos Reviews

Good news for Gucci fans out there, Gucci has finally announced that their new line of handbags will be out soon in early spring. We have spoken about these bags in our previous post and gave you all a little sneak peek on what to expect and now the excitement can begin, as you will be able to touch one of these bags and feel them. These handbags, as reported earlier, are made of a rare combination of Gucci’s classical designs with rare leathers that Gucci will implement in these handbags’ designs.

We all know that crocodile’s skins and the raw python skins have been Gucci’s trademark for a long time and we are honestly glad that Gucci decided to spice things up with their new line of handbags. The designs will also have the special conception from Frida Giannin who happens to be Gucci’s Creative Director for sale bags. These new Gucci Handbags will be available in Gucci outlets everywhere.

Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos
Gucci Fashion Hangbags Photos

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Seputar dan Sejarah Michael Jackson

Media di seluruh dunia sedang di hebohkan dengan kematian michael jackson,mari kita sedikit imbas profil dan perjalanan karir michael jackson

Michael jackson terlahir pada 29 agustus 1958 Gary, indiana.Ayah jackson merupakan seorang yang disiplin tinggi dan galak.Bahkan waktu kecil michael jackson sering dicambuk dengan sabuk kulitnya.
Michael jackson meniti karir sejak berumur 7 tahun menganggotai kumpulan jackson 5.Rekaman solo pertamanya pada tahun 1971 dengan lagu got to be there bersama group nya.Selanjutnya michael jackson menerbitkan albumnya thiller yang merupakan album terlaris dengan 104 juta penjualan.
Dan pada november 2006, words musik award mengumumkan lebih dari 750 juta copy penjualan album michael jackson.
sehingga ia menjadikan michael jackson sebagai artis terlaris sepanjang jaman Michael jackso menikah pertama kali dengan Putri Elvis presley,liza marie pada 18 mei 1994 namun ternyata pernikahan tersebut tidak bertahan lebih dari dua tahun.Di khabarkan istri michael jackson tidak tahan dengan tingkahnya yang aneh,yaitu

tidur di dalam KERANDA OKSIGEN.
selanjut nya michael jackson menikah lagi dengan debby rowe namun akhirnya menemui kegagalan lagi alias bercerai pada oktober 1999
Saat Michael jacksone melakukan operasi kulit dan hidung.Dia mendapat kritikan dan tantangan besar dari ras africa-amerika.Dan melebelnya dengan dalih penghianatan terhadap ras nya.Termasuk tantangan dari ayahnya.Walupun michael jackson menyatakan,dia melakukan operasi hidung untuk membantunya Menyanyikan lagu-lagu bernada tinggi.Mengenai warna kulitnya dia mengatakan bahwa dia menderita kelainan warna kulit yang di sebut (vitiligo) yang mengakibatkan kulitnya berubah warna
dari aset kekayaan yang dimiliki,michael jackson mendirikan bangunan di neverland los angeles seluas 3000 acher.Yang juga dilengkapi kebun binatang pribadi.
kebun binatang mini tersebut akhirnya mengundang minat kanak kanak untuk datang melihat.
michael jackson juga memberikan kebebasan terhadap anak anak,termasuk untuk tidur di tempat tidurnya.
Inilah awal dari malapetaka keuangan michael jackson apa bila dia menjadi tertuduh pelecehan sexsual terhadap anak anak berusia 13 tahun pada tahun 1993 lalu.
selain gaya hidupnya yang super boros,dari kasus tersebut michael jackson menghabiskan sekurang kurangnya $20 juta pertahun untuk pembelaanya.Dan akirnya 25/06/2009 menjadi Akhir dari segala karir michael jackson yang dikarenakan over dosis Injeksi obat Penahan sakit dosis tinggi demerol.
demerol sendiri dikabarkan setara dengan morfin.
namun ada juga yang menyatakan karena kegagalan jantung

Julie Depardieu in IVANAhelsinki

French actress graces the pages of Dealer de Luxe this month wearing the Gloria dress from IVANAhelsinki's Autumn/Winter Copper Chain Collection!

parisian minimalist

* I don't know what it is about french women...they seem to always manage to create looks exuding innate sexiness, timeless freshness, sophistication with an edge, using the most simple and classic pieces of wardrobe.

-mm