Tiny Delights
Hi everyone, happy Wednesday!
About a year ago I did a roundup of six small, inexpensive little items that were bringing me joy in my everyday life. It seemed to be a hit, so I’m back today with a second installment. Sometimes my picks can veer a little too into the clouds ($1,600 mirror! $400 sheep!), so it’s helpful to course-correct and remind myself that not everything delightful in life has to come with an eye-watering price tag!
When Life Gives You Lemons
SPICY LEMON GELATO - JUICE GENERATION ($12)
Juice Generation coming out with gelato versions of their juices is such a good idea, it’s mystifying they didn’t do it sooner. My favorite flavor is as if lemon sorbet gave you a kick to the uvula.
Fresh Powder
MELTING LIP POWDER - CLE COSMETICS ($25)
I’m late to the party (CLE launched this lip powder 8 years ago), but truly this stuff is wild. It starts as a puff of dust, and you think “there’s no way this will work,” but once it hits skin it somehow liquifies into a rosy wash of color? Sorcery.
Work Up a Lather
HAND SOAP - DALLY (FROM $21)
The scents are lovely and breezy, the packaging is satisfyingly blocky, and, most crucially, it is not Aesop.
Word Salad
"SALADS ALL THE YEAR ROUND” PRINT - RAYMOND BIESINGER (FROM $44.39)
If I’ve learned anything from my quest to secure an Alexander Girard print, it’s that art prints are quite expensive. Not these ones though, sourced from info booklets published by the Canadian Department of Agriculture between 1947-1973. (By the way, this price includes shipping.)
In My Bag
BALLET HANDBAG - EBAY ($20)
I’ve been getting into buying snotty little purses lately. Nothing designer, far from it — just fun, nostalgic little handbags for cheap, what you might imagine a stuck-up middle schooler carrying at the mall. Here’s one I’ve been eyeing.
Beer Goggles
UPSIDE DAWN - ATHLETIC BREWING ($14)
I’m so Athletic-pilled it’s crazy. I’m cracking cold ones left and right. I’m calling lunchtime “beer o’clock.” I’m firing up the grill and throwing on some baseball, too. That’s the power of Athletic, baby.
Tried one of my recs and loved it (or hated it)? Wanna get something cool on my radar? Drop me a line at kittylguo@gmail.com!