Friday, January 29, 2010
Orchard Farm on Etsy
I do love some of the stores on Etsy. This packaging and identity caught my eye. For a handmade product brand (of which there are many) it is stylish, appropriate and looks professional. Nice ideas, nicely executed.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Boutique Brand Discovery - Jelly Pong Pong
Jelly Pong Pong, founded by Susan Chyi, has a cute name designed to invoke the playful, eccentricities that lurk within.
According to the website "Jelly Pong Pong places an ardent emphasis on creating products which evoke the dreamer in you & which clearly defines what it means to be passionate about cosmetics. With such pride in our creation comes a focus on product integrity & efficacy. Great-quality products that work."
The packaging doesn't take itself seriously and is cute - needs a little refining from a graphic design point of view, but very cute nonetheless for a small brand. The ideas are lovely, and I could see this brand evolving into a new Pout - RIP : ( or Stila, Too Faced or Benefit style brand if it can survive in the saturated cosmetics industry. I suspect that at this stage this brand has had a minimal budget for design, production, photography and website but you can see that the idea behind Jelly Jelly Pong Pong is full of inspiration, creativity and passion.
Gift Bag
According to the website "Jelly Pong Pong places an ardent emphasis on creating products which evoke the dreamer in you & which clearly defines what it means to be passionate about cosmetics. With such pride in our creation comes a focus on product integrity & efficacy. Great-quality products that work."
The packaging doesn't take itself seriously and is cute - needs a little refining from a graphic design point of view, but very cute nonetheless for a small brand. The ideas are lovely, and I could see this brand evolving into a new Pout - RIP : ( or Stila, Too Faced or Benefit style brand if it can survive in the saturated cosmetics industry. I suspect that at this stage this brand has had a minimal budget for design, production, photography and website but you can see that the idea behind Jelly Jelly Pong Pong is full of inspiration, creativity and passion.
The lovely boutique brands for colour cosmetics are fabulous, and I take my hat off to any make up entrepreneur, as it's a jungle out there. For anyone starting out, my thoughts are this: keep you range small.
Have a "hook" product and design the packaging, marketing and site around this and do it well from the start. It's a lot easier to keep an inventory of 2 products and displays and pay for packaging, design and advertising than it is for 40 products/shades. It also gives an icon product to the general market place, so that they will say "Oh they do such and such product". Beauty Editors will remember, as will your target market. Think of Benefit's Benetint or Nar's Blush. Its a lot easier to aggressively market a single idea than lots of them. It's also a lot cheaper.
Finally look at brands that have survived and work out what is different about each one. It might be that the founder is an incredible self promoter and business person or that the brand has lots of celebrity clients and money behind it. Or in some cases, it could just be a right place, right time situation.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
GURLS! This Ain't Yo Mama's Disney Prince! Hunky Disney Prince Erotic Style
Remember those handsome, animated, Disney Princes you used to crush on when you were little? (Admit it ! you do! And mine very first crush was Prince Eric from Little Mermaid). Here they are again, back in full force and all sexed up in nothing but tight, small underwear, showing off their masculine muscles & “Fully Loaded” package !
Prince Eric from "Little Mermaid"
Disney is all about the princesses! And the early years of Disney Princess are usually more passive and have this mentality that one day her prince will come for her, but usually at the end in a “what took you so long” kinda rescue. I am glad now the new generations of Disney Princess are more independent & more of a “Self-Rescuing” kinda woman.
Prince Adam from "Beauty & the Beast"
But admit it, you have your eyes set on those hunky, handsome Prince and secretly envy of those Princess totally scored! Haha well these images are from an artist name David Kawena, he has artfully illustrated those Disney PRINCE in the way that none of us has ever seen before ( and was only for the eyes of those damn lucky princess who snag them in the fairy tales stories haha ).
James Marsden as Prince Edward from "Enchanted"
Oh yes!! These illustrations are getting me HOT & Bothered! Haha and I'm not ashamed! A friend of mine one day emailed me one of these drawings and I laughed so hard, yet was kinda turned on. I mean they are soooo hot!! So I had to find more and I found out it was a whole series. I can’t pick which one is my favorite! Price Eric with his Ariel "Fish Fetish" Tattoo, Hercules lookin all manly and swole,
Price Phillip and his perfectly coiffed prince hair and firm booty,
Prince Philip from "Sleeping Beauty"
Prince Naveen (from the new Disney movie Princess & the frog) killer smile and hot bod
Prince Naveen - The Frog Prince
Shang in his fighting stance....
Shang from "Mulan"
look at Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, even tho he is not a prince but damn! That sexy goat-T facial hair and washboard abs…
Phoebus from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
OMG!! how can I not mention super hunky John Smith from Pocahontas..... I'll go to England with you and be your queen!! LOL
John Smith from "Pocahontas"
Tarzan's killer abs, I bet he can "party" like an animal! haha
Tarzan
Milo J. Thatch from "Atlantis"
David from "Lilo and Stitch"
Kocoum from Pocahontas
Jim from Treasure Island
Gaston from "Beauty & Beast"
How can we forget our arabia prince Aladdin?..... I wanna ride your magic carpet!! LOL
Aladdin
I never thought I'd be so turned on by Disney cartoon characters but now I will secretly having lustful dirty thoughts when I watch my favorite Disney princess movies! haha
We hope you enjoy as much as I did with these fabulous artworks by David Kwaena.
Come check out Luxe-Gift.com aromatherapy massage oils & candles selections and have some fun with your Prince!! Click on the photo below to see our collections of love oils!
To end this posting, we've found a awesome video featuring all the Princess and Prince from Disney, ahh l'amour l'amour !
Untill next time, be well & look fabulous!
Alan + Mei-Mei the pug :-)
Prince Eric from "Little Mermaid"
Disney is all about the princesses! And the early years of Disney Princess are usually more passive and have this mentality that one day her prince will come for her, but usually at the end in a “what took you so long” kinda rescue. I am glad now the new generations of Disney Princess are more independent & more of a “Self-Rescuing” kinda woman.
Prince Adam from "Beauty & the Beast"
But admit it, you have your eyes set on those hunky, handsome Prince and secretly envy of those Princess totally scored! Haha well these images are from an artist name David Kawena, he has artfully illustrated those Disney PRINCE in the way that none of us has ever seen before ( and was only for the eyes of those damn lucky princess who snag them in the fairy tales stories haha ).
James Marsden as Prince Edward from "Enchanted"
Oh yes!! These illustrations are getting me HOT & Bothered! Haha and I'm not ashamed! A friend of mine one day emailed me one of these drawings and I laughed so hard, yet was kinda turned on. I mean they are soooo hot!! So I had to find more and I found out it was a whole series. I can’t pick which one is my favorite! Price Eric with his Ariel "Fish Fetish" Tattoo, Hercules lookin all manly and swole,
Price Phillip and his perfectly coiffed prince hair and firm booty,
Prince Philip from "Sleeping Beauty"
Prince Naveen (from the new Disney movie Princess & the frog) killer smile and hot bod
Prince Naveen - The Frog Prince
Shang in his fighting stance....
Shang from "Mulan"
look at Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, even tho he is not a prince but damn! That sexy goat-T facial hair and washboard abs…
Phoebus from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
OMG!! how can I not mention super hunky John Smith from Pocahontas..... I'll go to England with you and be your queen!! LOL
John Smith from "Pocahontas"
Tarzan's killer abs, I bet he can "party" like an animal! haha
Tarzan
Milo J. Thatch from "Atlantis"
David from "Lilo and Stitch"
Kocoum from Pocahontas
Jim from Treasure Island
Gaston from "Beauty & Beast"
How can we forget our arabia prince Aladdin?..... I wanna ride your magic carpet!! LOL
Aladdin
I never thought I'd be so turned on by Disney cartoon characters but now I will secretly having lustful dirty thoughts when I watch my favorite Disney princess movies! haha
We hope you enjoy as much as I did with these fabulous artworks by David Kwaena.
Come check out Luxe-Gift.com aromatherapy massage oils & candles selections and have some fun with your Prince!! Click on the photo below to see our collections of love oils!
To end this posting, we've found a awesome video featuring all the Princess and Prince from Disney, ahh l'amour l'amour !
Untill next time, be well & look fabulous!
Alan + Mei-Mei the pug :-)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nice Footer Inspiration
The footer has grown up. Designers are no longer content to use the footer as a place to put all the stuff we can't find room for elsewhere, the footer has become a vital tool for SEO, navigation and the punctuation mark of the page. Check out the designs below:
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