Honey News: Post Secret

Post Secret

At post secret, you can log on and read the secrets that people have sent in on postcards, and be amazed at how many people are in love, troubled, in trouble, and basically...just like you.
Get a glimpse into the lives of other people, who have shared their anonymous secrets with the world.
This is almost like a voyeuristic approach to sharing...
It is a secret, but then its not!

Sweet Honey 12/28/07: Colours, Sweet Stuff, and Being Bitten

Colour Lovers

This is the coolest website for people who are designers, into color schemes, want to decorate their own spaces, seamstresses, fashion designers...and anyone else who might be interested in producing thier own colors, palettes, and patterns. The site is full of interesting people who have made simply breathtaking color palettes, so brilliant that you can see the colors come alive in front of your eyes.
This site is truly a playground for the artistic and those who believe in the power of color. Come on in and play!

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The Sweet Alhambra by Van Cleef and Arpels



The Alhambra collection is a vintage collection by VCA, which traditionally featured clovers in mother of pearl, tigers eye, and onyx. These bracelets have been revived in the new collection, which include a variety of new takes, including the popular Lucky Alhambra, featuring the multi colored charm bracelet with the turquoise butterfly, the heart, and the clovers that has almost risen to iconic status in the current fashion scene. It is is Sweet Alhambra collection, however, that is most affordable and most simple, with its simple charm in a variety of shapes and colors. At an affordable, but still quite expensive $700...it is something you can pass down to generations to come, and get daily use out of in the meantime.
This baby is DEFINITELY on my wishlist!

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Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker






I am a BIG fan of stores that carry stylish, but practical and affordable clothing. Old Navy, New York and Company, Urban Outfitters, Newport News, Marshalls, Loehmanns, and LaRedoute are favorites of mine. When I see a really great secondary line by a typically high end designer, I try to find a piece or two, that is representative of my style and the designers overall flair, but that is often hard, as the mass produced items are often grabbed up as soon as they hit the stores of places like Target and the Gap. However, with uber fashionista SJP having her clothing at Steve & Barry's, and carrying a full line of yearlong seasonal pieces, there is usually a nice amount to select from in the Bitten collection.
This season, I am most impressed with the wide leg pants with suspenders, the tunic turtleneck sweater, and the dark wash jeans for an amaxing $14.95! There is even a stylish funnel neck peacoat in the bunch...HOW GRAND. Check it out at Bitten by SJP . After all Fashion is not luxurty it is a right!

What's Fresh This Week 12/2-12/8/2007

What is Fresh this week is doing your Christmas Shopping...so for each of those special people on your list, I have a perfect gift for a guy and a gal...to make their Christmas memorable, fun, and fantastic!

YOUR PARTNER IN CRIME & LOVE
For your wife, surprise her with a Pandora Bracelet with starter beads that represent your life together. Simply buy a bracelet and safety chain and three or four beads that represent her.
For example:






For your husband, give him something he will need and cherish.

From Neiman Marcus, give him a
Emporio Armani Meccanico Watch

The sleek style, the beautiful face, and the matte stainless steel will make him a showstopper!


Friends are Forever
Girls
Get your best girlfriend a gift she will love...
The Marc by Marc Jacobs Miss Marc Vacation Tee


Guys
Get your guy friend private golf lessons with Signature Days

You can choose from a variety of locations, and if golfing is not his thing, they have tons of great activities to choose from!


Honor Thy Mother and Thy Father
For Mom, get her a well deserved Spa treatment, nail service, facial, massage...at her favorite spa. This gift just never gets boring!

For Dad, treat him to the newest book by his favorite author...buy it for yourself as well, and inside the book, put an appointment card for lunch at his favorite diner so you two can have a book club meeting to discuss. How FUN!

Kids R Us


Girls will LOVE LOVE LOVE this Play Runway, where she can try her on favorite clothes, your clothes, or her many selections of costumes and have her picture taken!
Get it at eToys.


Boys will LOVE LOVE LOVE drawing a monster, then having it delivered to their front door...FAO Shwartz features this Make My Own Monster Service that will sure to please. If the $249 price tag is too much, consider getting one of their ready made creations, or consider doing this yourself for your toddler!

HAVE FUN SHOPPING...and don't forget to pick up something GRAND for yourself!

What's Fresh 12/6/2007: Shoe Be Doo Be Doo

Every girl worth her salt loves shoes...
Shoes are windows to the sole, I like to say!
They tell you alot about a person...how meticulous they are, how stylish they are, how sensible they are, how much they value comfort, how much they value SHOES, and how successful they are, or are not.

So, what shoes say what...
Well, here are a collection of shoes that will certainly turn some heads, cause some whispers, and get folks asking...WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE SHOES!


Michael Kors Metallic Pumps
A metallic pump is the one shoe you need to jazz up anything from jeans to dresses!


Marc by Marc Jacobs Two Piece Shoe with Ankle Strap
Beautiful shoes need no explanation really!


Twelfth St. by Cynthia Vincent Paige Flat Thong Sandal
Who says simple is not stylish...style is simple!


Nine West Naso Oxford
The menswear inspired oxford is made for ladies with the high heel and suede material.


Nine West Juxtapose
This hip and cool sandal will take all your outfits up a notch or two.


Sergio Rossi Penelope Bootie
For your nights out on the town.


Kate Spade Laura
This cute flat is perfect for jeans or skirts


Coach Meadow Boot
The same luxurious leather that makes their handbags famous makes these boots beautiful, stylish, and an investment piece you will pull out each year.

What's Fresh 12/5/07: Handbag Mania

It is HARD to find a great handbag, a designer handbag that is, that is under $500 and BEAUTIFUL.
However, I have managed to come up with a few desireables. Let me know what you think!

The Marc by Marc Jacobs Dr. Q Hillier Hobo
The sleek styling, the new and modern shape, and the fantastic leather make this a HOT item at $398.00.


Cole Haan Croc-Embossed Doctor's Bag
This stylish and sleek bag will make you stand out in the crowd at an affordable $495.00.


Elliott Lucca Estella Medium Tote
This is a handbag lovers dream, full of pockets, full of style, and not to bad on the pockets at $288.00.

What's Fresh 12/4/2007: Secret Santa

My friends and I have a brunch every year, and we have started a tradition of doing a secret santa gift exchange.
The site www.secretsanta.com makes this process effortless and fun. You simply invite everyone to participate, guests can upload their own wishlists, and then the site picks names for you and sends you your pick.
All you have to do is buy the person a gift...no picking names out of a hat or anything.
What is great about this, is you can include people anywhere in the US or the world for that matter.
I, personally, am looking forward to this years brunch.
Some of the items on my wishlist include:

Cole Haan Market Tote



Carols Daughter Mango butter and soap



Uncommon Goods Life Organizer and Staple-less Stapler

What's Fresh 11/19/2007: Easy Gift Giving

This season, there are tons of sites and lists that are making holiday gift giving easy and even fun.

Check out these sites for gifts.
My favorite, is the

Neiman Marcus Big 100...and you get free gift wrapping for any gift on this list!

Lucky Magazine 50 gifts under $50

2007 Holiday Gift Guide by CNET.com

Gifts for EVERYONE!


Some great and FRESH gift ideas:

For Men:


Motorized Cooler


Gucci Scarf


For Women:

Tory Burch Patent Tote

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod52580136&parentId=cat15110734&masterId=cat15310777&index=9&cmCat=cat000000cat000001cat000003cat15070733cat15310777cat15110734

Burberry Slippers

For Children:


HASBRO MP3 Player for Kids


Accordian


Ice Cream Cone Spinner

For Couple/Family:


Wrapables Trellis Bedding
(Couple)


(Family)

What's Fresh 11/16/2007: Tyler Perry's Open Letter to the Media

I love it when people take charge, take control, and take responsibility.
Here is one wonderful example of that I thought I would share:

From TylerPerry.com

By Tyler Perry

Hello, hello, hello!

Before I get into this I just want you to know that this one may be a little long. (smile)

These last two weeks I have been on a promotional tour for Married. 9 states, 25 private screenings, several TV and radio appearances; all in about 12 days! And let me tell you--it has taken a toll.

- I have been told that since I'm not in a dress this movie wouldn't work.
- I have been called a racist (among other things) because there are no other races represented in this film (that's not something that I ever think about...I just want to tell a good story).
- I have been lied to, tricked, deceived.

There was one reporter, who I was told was coming from New York to do a favorable piece. She sat in my office and smiled and asked me all kinds of questions. When the article came out it was all out of context and all about how my movies are the worst thing that have ever happened to Black people and that I am doing nothing but modern day step-and-fetch it, and that I'm just trying to get rich. I was shocked and quite upset by the trickery. Not only by her but also the things that were said about this movie in print were so awful. Several Hollywood trades didn't even mention that Married was a contender for No. 1. They thought that the No. 1 would be George Clooney's movie or Mark Walbrurg's movie.

Now I had never ever read any of this stuff in the past, but for some reason I felt led to read it this time. The venom and disdain for what I do was apparent. And speaking of venom, what they did to Janet was unacceptable. Janet, who was under no obligation at all to promote this movie, sat with me while I was doing a round of TV interviews. Half way through the three hours of sitting in the same spot she was attacked by a reporter on a Sacramento morning show who only wanted to talk about the Super Bowl incident.

Now, I made it perfectly clear before we went live on the air that I wasn't talking about the Super Bowl or Janet's family. We had less than 5 minuets so I wanted to keep it positive and focus on the movie. But he didn't want to keep it positive. I had to maintain my composure because we were live on the air. I didn't let her speak. I kept jumping in because it was just so unfair to her. I have not seen Justin Timberlake attacked like that. I wasn't going to let them do that to her. Believe me when I tell you--Janet worked so hard on this film. She deserved more respect from this man than that! We both did.

In the midst of all of this I was fighting, trying to get more screens because every other movie that opens with a track record like mine has not had to deal with fighting for screens. Most of the movies of my counterparts open to at least 3,000 screens. Married was given 2,000. Needless to say, I was exhausted and mentally drained. So, by this time it was last Thursday and I just had no more to give. So, when I started to write that email (about the movie and for you to please check your tickets and so on) all that I could think was, "Tyler don't let these people get you down. As a matter of fact, speak a word of encouragement to the people that have been there for you and let that be that!"

Every time I'm overwhelmed by negative I just have to remember how good God has been to me. And as I was thinking about all of this all I could hear was LIVE YOUR DREAM BOY! LIVE YOUR DREAM!!

I wrote to you about dreams because I was just in a place of realizing that I had done all that I could do and the movie was in God's hands, so I just wanted to encourage somebody. After I sent that email to you I was reading your responses on the message board and, well, you don't know what you did for me. Here I was thinking that I was encouraging you and then you turned around and encouraged me! That's why I thank God for you and your messages.

But little did I know how much more was to come...Jesus!!!

So, now cut to Friday. . .Dear GOD!!!

I decided to go to the movie and just relax. I was trying to buy tickets online so I tried the 7 o'clock show. It was sold out. I then tried the 8. It was sold out. Then the 9. It, too, was sold out! So I thought, "I need to call the theater. Maybe they'll save me a seat since I know some of the folks that are in this movie." (smile)

After the movie started I was brought into the back of the theater, and no sooner than I sat down I realized why I was having such a battle. I then realized why there was such an attack. As I looked at the faces of the people in this theater laughing and crying I got it. I got it! I had a feeling that this movie was special, but I didn't know how special. I could literally see husbands and wives coming together. I could see people letting go of past hurts. And I could feel forgiveness in the air. I enjoyed watching your faces while you watched the movie. Between the tears in my eyes and the watching of your faces I didn't get see much of the movie.

And then I got home and went to the message board and you all confirmed in words all that I was feeling in that theater. So, with all of that said I want to say to you, thank you. Thank you for crowding into those theaters. Thank for dealing with the headaches. Thank you for fighting your way across town. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for the number one movie in America.

You did that and believe me—all of the ones that I mentioned at the top of this email are shaking their heads wondering why their weapons didn't prosper.

Truly Grateful,

Tyler Perry

P.S. I guess Judah will have to find a loving family somewhere else.... :-)

What's Fresh: 11/15/2007: Short Hair...Long Hair...HAIR!

Unlike many of our ethnic counterparts, Black women have a serious history with our hair. Whether long or short, curly or coarse, fine or thick...every Black woman can relate the the great hair debate.

So, to tame those tresses, keep them shiny and soft in between sessions with your stylist, try Carol's Daughters wonderful hair products. The Hair Milk and Hair Balm are my personal favorites, and keep hair moisturized, smelling good, manageable, and silky to the touch.





Try a new hairstyle to bring some life back into your hair. A good trim will keep the split ends at bay and reveal healthy ends that will keep your style neat.

What's Fresh 11/14/2007: Fashion Styling

Fashion


Polyvore
www.polyvore.com

If you have an extensive wardrobe, need to update your look, want to experiment with how certain pieces will go together, or just love clothes and like to mix and match them, then visit Polyvore, where you can upload clothing items you love and use the existing database of hot and current styles to style your perfect birthday outfit, plan your wishlist, or just play.
I love the site, and I spend a few minutes there each day making up things to keep my fashion mind fresh.
Here are some of my own creations.




Wear to: Casual Dinner with In Laws




Wear to: Holiday Party




Wear to: Work



Wear to: Kid's Birthday Party



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