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Sticky Skins review: Taking a laptop from drab to fab

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How many times have you looked at your laptop and wished it was just as fashionable and fabulous as you? Sticky Skins has solved this problem with easy to use adhesives which can be applied to a laptop in order to reflect the users’ personality. There are hundreds of Sticky Skins to choose from and they are made for almost every tech product you can possibly think of including the iPad, iPhone, Wii and more.

We decided to dress up a laptop with a wavy design that reminded us of the amazing Pucci prints we love so dearly. There are two types of Sticky Skins for laptops; Macbook sized Sticky Skins and Universal Laptop Sticky Skins. Although we have a 15” Dell, we applied a Macbook Pro 15 in “Swirly Stripes” sample designed by redadditiction to our laptop.

Sticky Skins provides easy to follow instructions on the back of their packaging. We carefully peeled the Sticky Skins from the packaging and placed it on the top of the Dell laptop to see how it would fit. The Macbook Pro 15 Sticky Skin was a bit too big so we took a pair of scissors and attempted to cut it down in order to fit our laptop. The scissors made an uneven cut so we decided to try a sharper, more precise Zacto knife. Perfect!

After we sized the Sticky Skins to fit our laptop, we applied it according to the instructions on the back of the packaging and voila! Our laptop went from drab to fab in a matter of fifteen minutes from start to finish! After all, our laptop should be just as fashionable on the outside as it is on the inside; after all, it does contain hundreds of fashion photos and articles 

To learn more about Sticky Skins, please visit their website at stickyskins.com

*Cheap Luxury Handbags Store’s tips:

  1. If you need to size down your new Sticky Skins, use a Zacto knife or similar cutting tool in order to make an even cut.
  2. It is easier to cut the Sticky Skins if one person holds the Sticky Skins in place and one person cuts.

Fashion’s Night Out events in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Fashion’s Night Out or FNO is taking place on September 8, 2011 and it will be a fashion and shopping extravaganza! Wondering where to go on this special and fabulous day? Here are the Fashion’s Night Out events happening throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Please check back as we will update this page as new events are announced.

  1. Santana Row in San Jose. Santana Row will feature several pop-up fashion shows and Peggy Tanous from Real Housewives of Orange County will be on hand to help celebrate the evening. For more details please click here.
  2. Westfield San Francisco Centre: San Francisco Centre will hold a Fashion’s Night Out cocktail party which will benefit charity organization ArtPointe. There will also be several events and promotions throughout the mall. For more information, please click here.
  3. Macy’s Union Square: Sonja Morgan from Real Housewives of New York City will be on hand to demonstrate how to cook gourmet in a toaster oven. There will also be several fun and fashionable events throughout the evening, please click here to learn more.
  4. Barney’s New York has announced that they will donate 10% of sales from Fashion’s Night Out or FNO to the 9/11 Memorial Fund.  This is the perfect time to shop for fall since a portion of the sales will go directly to the 911 Memorial Fund. Barney’s New York is open from 10am to 10pm on FNO. 
  5. Stanford Shopping Center: Fashion’s Night Out in Palo Alto will take place at Stanford Shopping Center from 5:30pm-8:30pm. Retailers will each be offering their own in-store events and promotions. Please visit Stanford Shopping Center’s Facebook page for details.

 

Keep checking back for more updates!

Python controversy: banned in California

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Python is one of the most favored exotic skins used by designers around the world for luxury goods such as handbags, shoes, belts and garment embellishments. While python is a mainstay in the fashion world, the fabrication is wildly popular for fall 2011 and gracing store shelves everywhere except the sunny state of California. What is it about Python that Fashionistas should be concerned about and need to know? Here goes:

First off, California has the right to ban Python in the state. The ban does not conflict with federal law. This means the state of California has the right to regulate Python within state lines. According to California law, Python products may not be sold or shipped to the state and they may not be manufactured in the Golden State either. According to findlaw.com, Python has been banned in the state of California since 1971. The penalties can cost more than a highly coveted designer handbag, with fines ranging from $1000 to $5000 and up to six months in jail. That is a high price to pay for fashion!

Python is controversial and therefore banned in California because Indian Python is on the endangered species list. While other forms of python are not considered endangered, the state decided to protect all forms of python in order to protect them from becoming endangered as well.

Python is the common name for “Pythonidae” which is a family of non-venomous snakes. Pythons can mainly be found in parts of Africa, Asia and down under in Australia. There are eight genera and twenty-six species of Pythons which are currently recognized by humans. The Indian Python became endangered due the aggressive hunting of the species which took place in the mid and early 1900’s. In present day there are more Pythons owned as pets than can be found in the wild.

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Python shoes and handbag. Photo: Getty Images