I love hearing from readers who have started their own companies - love it. It's brave, and fantastic, and such an inspiration.

As an example: reader Susannah recently wrote to tell me that she started producing a line of balms called The Lipper, and that they sell...wait for it...a lavender flavor. Boom.

She sent some over for me to try, and it's lovely stuff - non-greasy, perfectly moisturizing, and, yes, smells exactly like lavender. I'm way early on this one, but it bears mentioning that this would make quite the stocking stuffer for those who are similarly obsessed with the stuff.

Lots more flavors available; check out the entire Acoustic Handmade shop here. (Susannah would also like to offer you free shipping on any order with the coupon code "ramshackleglam".)

Aside from the fact that the song is great...wonder what inspired a reader to send me this video?

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I spent last night hanging out with one of my best friends from CA, Paige, who's in town for Coterie, and now I need to show you her nails:

Eee, love them.

Everyone who gets those gel manicures sings their praises, and even though I'm usually salon manicure-averse (I destroy them too quickly to make them worth the expense), I may need to give it a shot one of these days. Because I hear that they last for weeks without chipping. And because in case you didn't notice, that's a grey-and-gold-sparkle upside-down French manicure. Hello!

1. Katie Holmes in Calvin Klein (love the color, the simplicity, the makeup/hair...everything)

2. Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang (yes yes, she always does "sexy," but wow)

3. Kelly Osbourne in J. Mendel (beautiful and elegant; what I wish Nicole Kidman's 2003 Oscars dress had looked like)

Three bucks at TJ Maxx; couldn't resist.

Christmas shopping for someone who will be two months old during the holidays is a funny thing. Do I...hide stuff? ...Wrap it? I think the answers are "not really" and "why not?"