Pink Blog

This is the perfect bottle of conditioner. Not only is it a gorgeous design in a perfect shade of pink with an excellently tuned hot pink accent, but…it never goes empty. Normally I only feature things you can buy on here, but that story was so cute – and the bottle so lovely – that I had to share.

I don’t get it. Mariah Carey’s new perfume, Luscious Pink, is supposed to “evoke a day in Capri.” What? My perfume is supposed to evoke a place I’ve never been to? Olfactory memories are great, and if you’ve been to Capri perhaps this will remind you of it, but how can the scent evoke something for me if I don’t know what that thing is? Additionally, the fragrance was inspired by Mariah Carey’s “voice and impressive range” and gives “a more intimate look” into her world. What? It’s a perfume. Okay? A perfume. With a celebrity’s name slapped on it. Jeez, people.

I discovered how to make everything pink. It’s called Splat hair dye and the Luscious Raspberry color will dye everything pink, including your skin. And your bathtub. And your clothes. Everything. I was rinsing my hair in the shower, and I turned around and everything I saw was pink! The bathtub, the walls, the faucet handles, everything! I was able to get most of it off – it’s not my bathroom to mess up – but I tell you, I had a good laugh when I saw everything pink! I’ll let you know how the hair color comes out. The company also makes Fetish Pink dye, but this color was plenty pink. I didn’t bleach first, though.

Because nothing wants to make you brush your teeth like seeing giant tongues in your subway station, Reach has stepped up its marketing tactics with these enormous 3D plastic tongues. I always thought the selling point for Reach was that you could reach your back teeth – remember the guy with the hinged head? But apparently they’re targeting tongues too. Reportedly Reach is offering Japanese consumers a toothbrush with a tongue cleaner on the back. (Sounds like it would get awfully gooey to me.) But giant pink tongues aren’t the only things you can see in Tokyo train stations…check out some more Japanese advertising gimmicks.

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?

This is not a gun. It is a hair dryer. Yes, that’s right, a hair dryer. For only $35, you can get the Western Dryer from…Japan, of course. This is not a good idea, in my opinion. If you live anywhere but Japan, it has to get through customs, so you better hope the maker includes a pamphlet explaining how it works, or it’s going to get confiscated. If it reaches your house, you have to leave it there forever: any transportation security official will give you a really hard time for this. But hey, if you’ve always wanted the feeling of holding a gun to your head like you’re planning to commit suicide, this is the product for you.

I often find myself without any kind of lip color, because I’m constantly switching from my purse to my backpack to just carrying stuff in my pockets. More than once, I have stopped at the drugstore on my way somewhere to buy cheap lipstick, just so I don’t go completely without makeup. (I rarely wear anything, so putting on lipstick makes it look like I’m dressed up.) But Dorothy Perkins has come up with a lip gloss phone charm that, as a bonus, benefits breast cancer research in the UK. It’s about $4. They have several other related products, including a little pair of pink tweezers!

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.

This is truly delightful: a Hello Kitty product for people with vision problems that can also be used by people without vision problems! (Can you tell I’ve always liked the little HK contact lens cases but have never needed them?) Anyway, you can store your regular eyeglasses in here, or you can use it for sunglasses! It’s direct from Sanrio though, so I would advise picking it up soon if you want it – they frequently rotate their stock and this may not last forever. (The availability, that is…I’m sure it’s a perfectly durable product!)