Camp Rock As Fragrance

I may get hate mail for this but a blog is the writer's opinion after all.....no more, no less.

As anyone with a child in the house knows, Camp Rock, the latest made for tv Disney movie made it's debut. My daughter who is nearly 7 loves all things Disney and the singing and dancing extravaganza that is Camp Rock and High School Musical are no exceptions.

She has innocent little girl crushes on Joe Jonas and Zac Efron and knows every single song from the movies by heart as both myself and our neighbors can attest. These movies are very G-Rated and when I say the singing and dancing are the draw for her I mean it! If you were to come over to our house it would take only a bit of coaxing to get her to sing and show you her dance moves!

So what on earth does Disney and bubblegum pop music have to do with a beauty blog? Well it occurred to me while watching her dance up a storm watching Camp Rock for the 12th time (we Tivo'ed it) that her favorite perfume happens to be Juicy Couture which in my opinion is a bit like the bubblegum fun of these movies.

Juicy Couture is all about fruity goodness and with notes like watermelon, mandarin, pink passion fruit, and green apple you can see why. There's even caramel creme brulee and vanilla thrown in for good measure. This perfume is not as sickly sweet as the notes description would have you believe but it is fun and young and like Camp Rock fluffy, but still has you singing along.

Sex and the City - The Movie

I may as well come right out and admit that I loved this series. My best pal and I payed for HBO just so we could watch and canceled the extra cable charges as soon as Season 6 was over and Carrie was back home in NYC.

I loved the shows and bought the DVD sets for a few reasons. First, I was a single parent when I first started watching the show and I loved that it celebrated and validated 4 very different women's choices about what a perfect life looked like.

Second, I had black hair (dyed) when I first started watching and will admit freely that Carrie's blond wavy short cut in Season 5 & 6 made me rethink that decision. It was the first blond I truly adored.

Third, the shoes, the bags, the makeup, I couldn't get enough and I am not a girl obsessed by fashion, just makeup!

Fourth, was the relationships....pick any of them. I think everyone who watches the show has seen bits of their own life and loves in the show, whether that was with a girlfriend or a man. In a way it was comforting to know that all the dating triumphs and disappointments were universal.

The movie....like everyone else I was beyond crazy to see it. My hopes were somewhere in the stratosphere and therefore primed for let down. The honest response is I landed somewhere in the middle. Visually the movie is a stunning confection and there are so many makeup colors I am desperate to find out about I would be willing to track down the artists and beg for details.

On the other hand the meat of the show seemed hit and miss in the movie. There were moments when you glimpsed the women as you knew them and then POOF! it was gone and in their place were these superficial reflections.

Update: I went to see this movie again and I really liked it the second time around. I suppose that it is very hard to pack 4 women and their updated lives into a 2 hour movie without glossing over certain parts. Let's put it this way....I will purchase the DVD, so go and see it!

Also the movie book companion that I picked up for $20 at Target is a must have if you loved the show/movie. It is a pictorial that follows the movie and gives great little tidbits from the cast and Michael Patrick King that I was tickled reading about.