Pink Blog

I’m going to try to write this with a straight face, but it may not work. See, when I hear “magic wand” I think of a certain implement made by Hitachi. And when I hear “high-speed vibrating tip” I do not think of bags under my eyes. But that’s exactly what the Magic Wand Facial Massager claims to do. I admit it is shaped a little funny for what I was thinking of, and $26 is kind of a lot to pay for this particular product, but still…that’s what I think of.

If you want to use it on your face, though, you can do that too. It’s supposed to eliminate bags under your eyes by simulating the fingertip movements of a trained therapist. It’s also supposed to encourage skin renewal and repair…I guess I don’t know enough about how skin cells regenerate to evaluate it in that capacity. But why do you have to buy a special implement for this? Can’t you just use your Dream Egg instead?

Woo, hype hype! Apple has added pink to the 3G nano lineup. There’s been a lot of noise about this, which kind of puzzles me – it’s been as if Apple has finally relented to customers’ demands for a pink nano. But the 2G nano, the longer one, already came in pink! They haven’t done anything that special. And yet the official, party line PinkBlog perspective is: thank goodness! Offering a gadget that doesn’t come in pink is just insane. After all, even the 1G iPod mini – released in 2004, and the first colored iPod – came in pink.

Anyway, music lovers who have been dying for a 3G nano but couldn’t bear to buy one in blue, green, black, red, or silver…your day has come. Rush on over to the Apple Store and pick one up for $200. (Hmm…my 5.5G iPod was $350 for 80G, or $4.38/GB. The 3G nano is $200 for 8GB, or $25/GB. But hey, if you gotta have pink…!)

Here is one of my favorite photos I took at Disneyland – it’s a sea of pink Minnies! I am pretty sure they are princesses, and I think they were in the shop at the back of the Critter Country area, but I could be wrong. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find this exact doll online, but you can always go to Amazon.com for their plush Minnie Mouse selection, including one that looks like a princess and is also pink.

I just wanted to say hello while I’m at Disneyland! There is so much cute pink stuff, I look forward to sharing it when I get back!

It’s funny. There’s Swarovski, and then there’s Swarovski. You can get a bridal tiara with Swarovski for about $20-30, and then you can get these lovely pink Swarovski headphones for $2400. Apparently DJs all have thousands of dollars to spend on headphones, or maybe they don’t have it but they buy them anyway because it’s a scene that’s so fashion-conscious. These are from Swarovski’s Fashion Rocks line; the website is very hoity-toity, which makes me think Swarovski needs to improve its image considering how cheaply their products can be sold. I dunno though, maybe it’s just a double brand image.

I hate chopping onions. So does my spouse, who was chopping them a day or two ago. I tried to say something, and I was cut off by a sharp “not now!” – she was in so much pain from the onions that she couldn’t even talk to me. Crying when chopping onions affects millions of people, though not everyone – some people just seem to be lucky with it. For those who have difficulty, there’s instructions for chopping onions without tears, and then there’s Onion Goggles! If you keep these in a kitchen drawer and put them on whenever you need to chop an onion, you shouldn’t have any problems. They look pretty sleek (also available in white and black) and they cost $20. I have no idea how well they work, but they claim to provide a foam seal against the sulfur vapors that irritate the onion chopper’s eyes. If you try them out, please let me know how well they work!

I can’t read most of the site because it’s in German, but I can see that Hello Kitty Museum has some pretty cool pictures!

I had no idea you can make espresso on your stovetop! I thought you needed one of those fancy machines like they have at Starbucks. But Bialetti makes the Dama, which has an easy-grip silicone handle and cooks up the coffee right at home without a giant machine. Bialetti is apparently a very famous name in Italy for coffee, and I would have expected that the Dama would be a lot more than $40, but that’s how much it sells for! It only comes in a 6-cup size, though, so you are going to be drinking a lot of espresso with this. Happily, Bialetti is donating an unspecified amount to unknown breast cancer organizations for each purchase of this equipment.