Pink Blog

My wife brought home a package of these pink York patties from Target and I was thrilled! I hadn’t heard of them before, but they are really cool. Well, actually they’re the same as regular York patties, but they are tinted slightly pink! I was going to take a picture of the ones we have but the picture I found online was better. If your local store doesn’t have them, you can get an 11-oz bag at Candy Warehouse for $5. As an added bonus, Hershey’s is making a $300,000 donation to support breast cancer research. According to their Hershey’s Pledge website, you can also look out for pink-packaged Hershey Kisses, chocolate syrup, and more! (But only the York patties are actually pink on the inside.)

I was of two minds about bringing you this particular pink product. It’s pretty cheap ($6 at Eden) and a nice shade of pink, but it’s really not that useful. It’s used for light tying-up purposes, but I’ve used this stuff before – for a photo shoot! – and it’s really, really hard to work with. You kind of have to get into a rhythm with it, but at first it will break a LOT. There are much better ways – pink cuffs anyone? – to restrain somebody in pink for fun. (I highly recommend this for femdom couples, who will get an extra humiliation bonus!)

It’s okay that the Dyson DC07 vacuum cleaner has a $400 price tag attached to it, because 10% of that is going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The DC07 (this is the All Floors model) is rated pretty well, with three and a half stars from Epinions.com users. Like all Dysons, the DC07 is renowned for its great power, but this one in particular will become renowned for adding itself to your list of home appliances that have gone pink. And the $40 donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation isn’t shabby either (so many places donate like $5 per sale), so if you need a really good vacuum, pick this one!

It’s pink, it’s a toaster, it’s $240. I am honestly not sure why a two-slice toaster would be $240, even if it does have an ejection lever and extra-wide slots to accommodate bagels and the like. I mean…it’s a toaster. It also comes with a “sandwich cage” with a built-in drip tray. But still…it’s a toaster. And yes, I get that it was lovingly handcrafted hand-assembled in England. I even get that it has an adjustable back foot so if you can’t afford to have your counter fixed so it’s truly horizontal (because you’ve spent so much on this toaster), you’ll still be safe from sliding hot bread. But come on. It’s a toaster. And it’s $240. Regularly $300 in fact. What the hell?

I have to admit it. There is finally a product with too much Hello Kitty on it. I’m talking about the Hello Kitty tricycle available now from DreamKitty for $130. Aside from being entirely pink (save for yellow pedals/handles and some blue on the seat and wheels), it is just eye-poppingly overdone. See, I think Hello Kitty products should be tasteful, even those made for kids. They don’t have to be minimalist but they should at least be tasteful. This is just like a giant blinking beacon of OMGWTF that is likely to cause car accidents when people see your toddler trundling down the sidewalk and can’t rip their eyes away from the tricycle.

I haven’t used an actual mouse and mouse pad in many years – my laptops all have touch pads and the times I do use a mouse, it’s usually optical and doesn’t require a pad. However, if I was going to get one, this still probably would not be it. Like the less-blingy rhinestone mouse I mentioned back in July, this set is going to get really dirty after you’ve used it for a little while. Anybody who has spent hundreds blinging out their gear can tell you, hands have oil on them, and oil does not make for shiny crystals. It doesn’t really matter though, because I can’t find this for sale on the La Chaise Longue website, where it is supposedly available. (No, the site being in French is not the problem – I speak it well enough to read a webpage or two!)

If I got into the mood to buy a really expensive piece of costume jewelry, this would definitely be the one I would go for. With a 6.60 carat pink topaz in the center, 0.15 carats of diamonds on the outside, and 14-karat white gold for the ring, this is definitely a flashy ring that’s way more than most people need. And did I mention that it’s $350 at Ross-Simons? If you like this sort of thing but you want to keep your wallet sane and happy, may I suggest some of Shavonne.com’s pink tourmaline rings instead? They are just as flashy but they only cost $10-40.

I’m honestly not sure if the Barbie Pink perfume by Antonio Puig is meant for adults or little girls. The topnotes include cassis, rose, musk, violet, grape, and nutmeg – a strange combination to be sure. The reviews at Perfume.com indicate that it’s a little girl scent that can also be worn by adult women. As far as I can tell it only comes in eau de toilette, and there’s a mini-EDT for $3.75, but I doubt the sample is in a cute pink bottle, so if you’re buying because it’s pink you should probably stick with the full $17.50 version.

In the continuing effort to make your entire kitchen pink, I have come up with this baby pink espresso maker. It’s available from Kitchen Universe for only $650. That means it would only take 371 double-shots of espresso at Starbucks to pay for itself! It’s a no brainer! Unless, of course, you choke at the idea of spending $650 on a tarted-up coffee pot. Clearly this is for pink lovers who have a lot of extra dough…

Weirdest. Pink. Product. Ever. It’s a lung trainer for you to improve your lung capacity. According to Iron Girl, the Power Breathe device can restore your breathing power, thereby increasing your exercise tolerance and your sports performance. And by the way, when it says “Inspiratory Muscle Trainer,” they’re talking about your muscles that you use for inspiration and exhalation…not inspiring your muscles to do better. This is purely a functional product, not a motivational tool. If you are looking for motivation, though, check out the Iron Girl website. In addition to information about their women’s-only triathlons, they have tips on exercise, diet, and training.