Suck it up, Tom
Finally, a guy suffered to look good on his wedding day.
Not just any guy — it was actor Tom Cruise, who reportedly packed on about 20 pounds leading up to his marriage vows with Katie Holmes.
Word is his Armani tux was a bit too tight and had to be let out in all the right places. Still, he needed even more help. To the rescue: a girdle. (Do they make Spanx for men?)
Actually, a corset was sewn into his tuxedo so the jacket would fall perfectly over his expanded waistline.
What makes this news especially fitting is that the Top Gun himself made such a public fuss about Katie Holmes losing her baby fat and getting into shape for their wedding.
Word is Tom didn’t complain about the extra support, though. He just sucked it up — uh, in — and took it like a man.
Making up is easy to do
Christmas came early for Oklahoma’s Sephora fans.
At the pre-opening event, it was elbow-to-elbow shoppers as women grabbed up their favorite shadows, lotions and potions — many of which weren’t available locally until now.
More than once I heard customers asking for Smashbox and Philosophy.
Do we love our cosmetics or what?
One customer even mistook me for a sales associate. Of course, I was wearing the Sephora uniform — head to toe black.
Sephora is at Penn Square Mall on the upper level near the glass elevator. You can’t miss its bold black and white decor.
Are you a Sephora junkie? Got a favorite product or brand? Come on, share.
Confessions of a fashion writer
A bottle of black polish landed on my desk today.
Super shiny. Super black.
Black is the trendy shade of the moment, which I wrote about recently in the Sunday Living section, and as much as I want to embrace dark nails, I just can’t give in to black polish.
Dark polish is a nice change from summer’s lighter shades of pale, plus it’s an inexpensive and easy way to look current while letting everyone know you follow the trends but aren’t a slave to them. Plenty of women are sporting short dark nails and most of them look oh-so modern.
Me, I’m still wearing pastel pink.
I can’t stand chips and when dark polish starts to wear, it looks really ugly, really tacky. I want to go dark, but if I do I’ll constantly be staring at my nails, looking for the first telltale sign of a chip — and with my luck it would probably show up in a day or two. Then I wouldn’t be able to get that polish off fast enough.
Even as I write this I notice that my nails are in need of a little attention.
The nail polish looks less than fresh and upon closer inspection I can see that the pale color is starting to wear at the tips.
See what I mean? I’m already looking at my nails instead of carefully choosing words that will make you think I’m clever and engaging.
A new bottle of dark ruby polish sits on my bathroom vanity. It’s what I plan for my toes, but I’m still undecided about my finger nails.
At least with pale polish, chips aren’t easily seen. I guess I just don’t want to hassle with removing dark polish and repolishing, especially if my walk on the dark side is going to be short-lived.
I recently read that Rimmel’s polish with Lycra stays on a full week, and at least according to one reviewer, looks as good on day seven as day one.
Maybe I’ll try it, unless I get sidetracked by a pretty pastel.
The point of this confession: Just because I write about fashion and beauty doesn’t mean I don’t wrestle with decisions — big and small, trivial and not. Just like you.
