Beauty Sleep

fredflare Holly Golightly sleep mask

Sure we would all love to get enough "Beauty Sleep," but how often does that happen? As busy as we all are day in and day out, it can be hard to wind down in the late hours of the night.

Holly Golightly, as played by Audrey Hepburn in the classic film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," knew the benefits of this beauty ritual, and did it in style. I punctuate my favorite scenes from movies by the styles, and the cute eye mask in this scene made me smile and giggle about its exaggerated eyelashes and its sheer over-the-top-ness. Which is why I was positively elated when I found a dead-on copy of the mask worn in the movie!

A beautiful and quirky eye mask like this would definitely encourage a few extra hours of zzz's, so you can dream about those fabulous diamonds in the windows of Tiffany's...

Style Icon Vol. 1: Audrey Hepburn

I am not the first or the last to love Audrey Hepburn. She is one of the most iconic women of all time, up there with Jackie O and Grace Kelly. She defined style effortlessly, making a black dress with gorgeous jewelry appear as nonchalant as jeans and a t. Her style was timeless and will continue to inspire fashionistas of the present and future for years to come.

My current Audrey fascination is with the Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses that she wears in Breakfast at Tiffany's. The bubbly Holly Go-Lightly wears these in the opening scene in which she strolls along the windows of uptown New York City, sipping coffee and eating a pastry as she peeks into the sparkling windows of Tiffany & Co.

How often is there something that both fashionistas and rock stars can agree on? Well the Wayfarer for one. These just speak thrown-together glamour with street-cred edge. On a girly-girl they take on low-key-chic look, while on a rocker or wannabe-rocker they look hipster with a slight nerdy-cool factor.

I have had my eye on these for quite some time and can't wait to save up enough baby-sitting money to buy them. My friends know me as the girl who always wears her big, bug-eyed sunglasses whenever I go outside (and on my head when I'm inside.) It's time for a change, and these are just the refreshing pair of sunnies I have been looking for.

And then I can stroll along Tiffany's and drink my Chai Tea Latte while humming "Moon River" like nobody's business.

Ray-Ban Wayfarer at http://www.ray-ban.com/Usa/HomePageUsa.html

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