I just got the chance to go catch a Broadway musical adapted from the cutesy film, “Legally Blonde” that was made famous by cutesy actress Reese Witherspoon. I love love loved this movie when I saw it years ago. It’s fun and brainless entertainment with a heroine type ending! Who doesn’t love a movie that has a female hero who beats the odds?!!
Three things that drew me into this musical:
1. The female “villain” if you will, was named Vivian, my daughter’s name-but she is a sweet angel;-)
2. Elle Wood’s was a fashion merchandising major (which is made fun of by the way-boo) which was my major at UGA! Wrong sorority though;-(
3. The color pink and flamboyant wardrobe was very prominent throughout, and I’m loving ALL shades of pink these days.
In honor of Elle’s love for pink, I did a major bright pink lip that was put together with a “berry” lip ink by Palladio and lipstick by Revlon’s Colorburst lipstick in “fuchsia” ($8) that I’ve blogged about before. Using a lip stain, which is like a magic marker for your lips, acts like a lip pencil without the harsh lines of a lip liner and gives your lipstick a more vibrant color. And looks a bit more youthful in my opinion when using such a bright and obnoxious color!! Don’t you think Elle would be proud of my pink face??
There was a lot of sparkle in Elle’s wardrobe (they had sequins on practically everything she wore!) and I just happened to be sporting my own new sparkle on my fingernails and ring. I just purchased a new nail color by China Glaze called “fairy dust.” ($5) Doesn’t the name alone just make you want to wear it?? It’s a clear base with tons of multicolored sparkles- my nails don’t show up well enough in this photo to do it justice so I took a pic of the bottle. I think it would look better on top of a dark navy or grey polish to bring out the sparkles more. And of course my fave knuckle ring full of bling- fake bling, but blind!
The wardrobe changes for the musical were often which kept it interesting to see what she would be wearing next in each scene. And not that Elle Woods (the title character in the show) wore the following shoes in the play, but I thought to myself that she would if she could! I have been on a major search for leopard print booties, and low and behold Budget Babe came through with what I’ve been looking for. I follow the Budget Babe everyday on email (thank goodness!) and they compared the new Jimmy Choo leopard booties to a more affordable (cheap) competition.
I just ordered Charlotte Russe’s leopard print booties for $35- and the real deal from Jimmy Choo which go for over $1400, look amazingly similar!! Check these puppies out-they are awesome and look as good in person as they did online-which is always a gamble.
After months and months of wanting and waiting to find a pair of leopard print booties, I finally got the best deal I could find- literally 38 bucks total. Do you notice and love my P90X calves in this mirror picture?? Ha!! I’ve completed two weeks of my total body workout program…only 11 more weeks to go!
Leopard print is rather chic in my opinion. Just look at all the celebs that love the leopard bootie look!! I can’t wait to rock my own!!
If “Legally Blonde” comes to a theater or venue near you, I would definitely recommend it, two thumbs way up!! And don’t forget to support Elle and wear your PINK!
