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An Arm and a Fingernail

// February 9th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // I Love LA.

“When did this happen!!?”  I told Kelsa on the phone as I dillydallied  through CVS Pharmacy near the Wiltern.  “Nailpolish costs $10 a bottle in Los Angeles?  Whaaaa?”  I always bought the $1 Wet’n Wild polish in Florida.  Of course that was several years ago.  This was yesterday when I was in CVS to buy hair color since on a whim I’ve decided to whip some lavish red into my strands, sexy Jessica Rabbit style.

After that traumatizing, therapy-inducing CVS visit I headed to the Walgreens on Vermont and 6th Street in Los Angeles.  There I found the most affordable yet quality hair color they carried, Garnier Nutrisse for $5.99 a box which with my long hair I need two boxes. 

So I can color all my hair a ravishing red and condition it for close to the price of one teeny-tiny bottle of nailpolish.  Nice.  I don’t need to buy nailpolish anyway.  I still have enough nailpolish bottles to give all my dozens of sisters a mani-pedi along with the pretty Los Angeles Kardashian sisters.

Fake EyeLAshes

// December 21st, 2009 // 11 Comments » // I Love LA.

Photoshopped Bel with fake EyeLAshes

I may have become a big prissy sissy since moving to Los Angeles.  Yesterday, ridiculously, I thought it would be a good idea to wear fake eyelashes to go hiking up Griffith Park.  “Sorry I’m late, Kelsa.”  I said.  “It just took me awhile to put on my fake lashes.”  I said as I batted my beautiful long lashes in the cold morning air.

“Why are you telling me that?  At least say traffic was bad, or you came across an accident involving fatalities.”  Clearly Kelsa Kinsly was right.  “But you’re an actress and you live in LA.  I thought you would understand.”  Why did I admit to putting on fake lashes to hike?  Was it like admitting to getting breast implants to go on a date?  Not so much.  The feeling those lashes gave me, however, was awesome.  My long dark lashes made my eyes look bigger and porn star sexy and I certainly enjoyed them while they lasted yesterday.  If I again have the patience to spend 30 minutes applying glue to fake hair, closing one eye while I stick the thing to my upper eyelid skin, perhaps I will.  No one in LA will bat an eyelash.

P.S.  Brittany Murphy died yesterday, a reminder that faux eyelashes or not, life is fleeting and beautiful.  I wish her peace.