THINGS I LOVE | february 2010

I am a package buyer; if it’s pretty I want it. Luckily for me, Hamarikyu Gardens perfume by MaryPierre for Anthropologie is not only pretty, it smells pretty darn good. It’ll be perfect for humid, sticky days. Sweet lemon, bergamot zest, verbena saffron, green roses, violet leaf, soft amber and creamy musk.

I love my CHI hair dryer and flat iron with their non-damaging ceramic. And last month a CHI ceramic clothing iron made its way across my desk. Genius! If this bad boy protects my clothes, like my hair tools protect my hair, we’re in business!

I’ve been lugging around my recyclable totes for a while now and they end up scattered all over my car. My friend Marzi recently gave me this super cute and efficient 4 pack of Envirosax. So tiny and compact and these bad boys are S-T-R-O-N-G. www.envirosax.com

There’s something wildly nostalgic about necklaces with hidden solid perfume. Estée Lauder releases them on occasion and they always get it right! This one is scented with their Bronze collection – beachy, clean and fun fragrance.

This thing rocks. I have a different charger, reader, docking station, protector and holder for every gadget I own. There’re so many, I can’t keep track anymore! I lost the cable to my camera, which means I can charge it (’cause the cable is only to transfer images to my computer) but I can’t take the images off the darn thing. Radio Shack stocks this digital 6 slots card reader, it’s like having a mind reader in the palm of your hand.

When Polaroid threatened to disappear, it quite literally broke my heart. But then my eyes set vision on the Fujifilm, Instx min7S in white and it was all aflutter again! I think Polaroid never disappeared, but I love my Japanamation inspired upgrade. Urban Outfitters.

By Carla Valencia de Martinez

Photography by Gabriella Nissen