If you have time to brush your teeth....

 I truly believe if you have time to brush your teeth, you have time to put on a lil' mascara and if you have time for mascara, you have a moment to apply a little lipstick!  And Honey, if you have time to do the lips, for certain, you can carve out a moment to add a little concealer if needed, and to draw on an expressive eyebrow!  And for heaven's sake, you can take the split second to powder your fabulous face!

What I guess I'm saying is take a moment to polish up the face and that little bit of vanity will give you sanity through the day!    

Vanity is the nucleus of the humor for my funny women greeting cards here: The Vanity Gallery!

When you look good, you feel good and when you feel good you do good!  Right?  R'eye'eeeeeet!"

FREE card to you if you purchase even a single card from the VanityGalleryEtsyLink!  Just message me you saw this Fa'blog and I'll be happy to include a card of YOUR choice!

Flash Sale ... why not? Why not!

 We would never know what it's like to not be as fabulous as we are!  Right?  Right!

So I'm having one of my flash sales starting today, April 22 and through, April 27.  $3.50 per card!  (+shipping $1.75)  My regular price is 4.50 per card + shipping so this is a fab' savings!

The best value is to order a few cards because really, you can't even find cards at this price in brick and mortar stores.  Well, except for Dollar Stores and come on now, they're not as fabulous as the cards I offer!  (I don't believe in false modesty!)

How to order with this deal.  

All cards have a name & I just need to know the name of the card -

Go to THE VANITY GALLERY ON ETSY, message me the name of the card either directly from the Etsy site or to my email to COLLENEKENNEDY

I'll confirm your order and most likely will print and ship the same day!

Happy Flash sale -

The Norma Desmond Dress Code! She got it right!

 There’s a certain kind of person who doesn’t get dressed… she arrives Dawling'.

The Norma Desmond Dress Code -- once you understand it, you can’t unsee it. It’s not about trends - It’s not about age - It’s about presence, confidence, and a lil' bit of unapologetic drama who doesn't love that?

These are the same traits my Vanity Cases characters have on my FunnyWomanGreetingCards on Etsy!

In this video, I share my Norma Desmond dress code rule—& a few of my greeting card designs that fabulously live by it - as do I! Sometimes a card isn’t just a card… it’s a reminder of who & how fabulous you are.

Oh! And if you purchase so much as a single card from my EtsyVanityGallery and let me know you saw my fab'log or Youtube Channel, I'll give you a bonus card of your choice!

Luuuuve, Peace & Chicken Grease & thanks for watching!

Barbra made me do it....

Where did I come up with the idea? Barbra made me do it!

So as a result of a video I posted on my youtube channel about Barbra Streisand's appearance at the 2026 Oscars, I was aghast with some of the criticism of Ms. Streisand's appearance and Dear Gad, her singing, which even if her voice is not in its prime, ro me is fabulous - always!

It made me think; Does being fabulous have a expiration date?  Of course I don't think so! Miss Streisand's appearance in the memorandum to Robert Redford, and the reaction inspired me to create Vanity note cards.  Think lil' Vanity Boosters.  I'm still working on the collection, but they'll be little cards with fabulous images and messages meant to build up your inner vanitista in the language of "Girlfriendease!"

The video will give you the idea -  I hope!

*Ps, if you purchase even a single card from my EtsyVanityGallery, I'll give you another one on me, if you say you saw this Fab'log!  

 

Vanity Affirmations - coming soon!

I'm working on some new Vanity Products!  

I'll be offering framed Vanity Wisdom in my EtsyVanityGallery soon.  Think of them as giftable vanity boosters when ya' need a vanity reflection that allows you to feel fab about yourself!

I've been very busy working on some fun projects/ products so this is just a lil' taste as I work on the collection!

Until later, love, peace and chicken grease!  xoxo

 

You are the best YOU that you can be!

  

This is LaVeena, a true Vanitista.  Her birth name was Laverne, but she felt like LaVeena better suited her personality, presence and style!

La' V, truly believes the most important person you can love is yourself and then you go from there! 

She is always singing to herself, always wears flowers in her lovely lavender hued hair and is almost never without a long and twisting scarf!  Even in summer, she will fling-a thing around her neck and wave it like a flag when conversation calls for a bit of animation and visual punctuation!

Being fabulous may come from the inside, but take it from LaVina, you can never underestimate the fabulousness you can feel when you decorate, celebrate and re-create the outside to match your inner-Laverne!    

OMG! Bathing suit season is coming! NoooOOoooOOooooo!

Death, taxes, laundry & bathinga!

There are certain things you simple can not avoid in life and bathing suit season is one of em'!  It's funny, at the first sign of a fall chill in the air, I "retire" my neck and cover it with turtle necks and scarves.  The same can be said of my ankles as slim as they may be, I retire and dress them in boots or doc martens until Spring flowers begin to bloom!

And because the body is covered for the endless cold months I basically loose touch with it until I realize, Dang! bathing suit season is just around the corner!  I maintain the body I cover with my fall and winter tailored wardrobe is not the same one that emerges in Spring!  I see everything through the prism of humor and use this challenge to inspired ideas for my Vanity Cases Funny Women Greeting cards...even though there's nothing funny about swimsuits!

Okay.  I accept.  I deal.  But isn't it insane that we spend the entire fall and winter season covering up and on the first humid day, here on the Easy coast, that we bare it all in a swim suit!   As an accessory addict you can bet I accessorize whether it's my umbrella size straw hat, a race to the elbows with bangles and bracelets and I swear, ladybug brooches on the suit.  It's allllll a ploy to draw the eyes to the accessories --  because the struggle is real in trying to look composed and confident in fabric that amounts to less than the size of a pillow case!

***And naturally, no matter the bathing suit, my daily red lipstick is a MUST!  My two layers stay on all day and even in a pool ... where I wouldn't think of NOT wearing my lipstick!  (Maybelline Matte Ink stain in Dancer and my top coat of Revlon's Fire & Ice!)

I can't be the only woman, person that feels this way?!  R'eye'eeeeet?!

 

One word --- Barbra!

If there's one thing that can take me to my happy place in a mila second...It's Barbra!

I don't know about you, but no matter one's age or stage of life, to me, there is a singular voice that always, but always makes me happy and that's Barbra Streisand's.  Even from my days in high school, a billion years ago, I was known for luuuuuuving Streisand!

How I made it through high school when my inner gay man was blossoming and I was following the likes of Show tunes, movie musicals from the golden age, Judy (Garland), Bette (Davis) & Joan (Crawford) to name a few, I'll never know! 

I was thrilled Miss Streisand appeared on the 2026 Oscars to honor Robert Redford and perturbed at the negative comments on social media commenting on her voice and appearance.  Kid, nobody stays young forever!

BONUS:  As an accessory addict, if you watch this video to the end, I highlight my accessories of the day --- and as always, I get more questions about my lipstick(s) often than my content so I'll list below!

Alllll day every day, Maybelline Ink stain in Dancer & topcoat, Revlon's Fire and Ice!

 

Is AI your assistant?

 I gave AI a name and "she's" my Assistant!

Do you use AI; Chatgpt?   I swear, it has become my Studio Assistant in ways I would have never guessed!  I'm blown away how once you've used it for a bit, how it becomes familiar with your business, creativity and your basic work flow.

It can not do the work for me, or write funny text, or wear red lipstick (as I do all day every day - with maybe a single touch up) but it can help with the suggestion for what productsI can create that work best with my humor and art.   

And just as my Vanity Cases Funny Women cards speak the language of "Girlfriendease," at this point, so does Chatina!  It is aware of my aesthetic of lipstick and accessories and a nod towards glamour.  It picks this up from my art & humor; Isn't that crazy?  

As regards my lipstick it's the same two every day, a stain 12 hour base coat (Maybelline Ink in Dancer) and my topcoat (Revlon's Fire and Ice) to make it not feel dry.  I truly do not have to touch up for an entire day!  Chatina said I should share here, so thar' you go with the links!  

**As a bit of a side note, I'm clearly both a red lipstick & accessory addict!  I wear a variety of necklaces and bracelets every day that I most often thrift or flea!  But the one item I wear without fail, everyday which has become a signature piece; my Daisy & Ladybug pin.  I truly can't leave the house without it -  Really!  And since I've been asked about it, I'm attaching a link.  

It's actually a sunflower, but since I call one daughter my Ladybug and the other is named Daisy & cuz' husband gave it to me years ago -  I feel it's fabulous and special a the same time!  

Love Peace & Chicken Greas -  & I would luuUuuUuuuve it if you subcribed to my Youtube Collene Kennedy channel!  

Lipstick Life Lines are a part of me / my art/ my humor!

I truly believe lipstick is magic in a tube!

There are two things I believe can bring every woman to their highest level of fabulousness ; accessories and lipstick!  In my opinion, lipstick is the switch that turns a face on!  For certain it inspires what I call Lipstick Life-Lines in my Vanity Cases funny women greeting cards, which are highlighted in the video I'm attaching.

But think about it, just like a fabulous pair of shoes whether heels or flats, a fabulous shoe makes you carry yourself a little taller.  Lipstick, whether red or clear gloss makes you feel a lil' more polished and is a soft armor that give you confidence to face the day!

And when it comes to color, for me, there's no other than red.  I use a combination of two that stay on alllllll day with maybe a single minor touch up.  (My two faves are Maybelline's Ink as a base stain and Revlon's Fire & Ice as a topcoat!)   

Oh, by the way, I'm not a lipstick snob!  Wet n' Wild has a fabulously packaged matte in a fab' shade of Red Devil that reminds me of Schiaparelli with it's 3-d lips on the tube!  Luuuuuve it!    

I truly luuuuuuve lipstick!  I love the product, I love the promise, I love the word, I love how it's an rx for almost any mood!  

 

Another preview - Vanity Confidence cards!

 Vanity Confidence Cards, Vanity Boosters, Vanity Reflections...

So I still don't know what I'm going to call them, but here's a peek at my work-in-progress or my "Vanity Product in process!

The concept is 3x5 Vanity messages that are designed to give a lil' Vanity boost to one's ego, confidence, soul.  They'll be fab' messages when ya' are navigating through challenges or just everyday situations!  And of course, they will be in the pithy language of Vanity Girlfriendease.  All the designs will be new art, characters not on my Funny Women Greeting cards.

They'll be perfect to tape to a mirror, slip into a greeting card, maybe dropped into a friend's purse who needs a lil' boost or even used as a bookmark!

And of course they will all be lipsticked and accessorized like me!  And because I can be at the studio alllll day some days, I wear two layers of red lipstick (Maybelline Ink in Dancer and Revlon's Fire & Ice)  that never need a touch up -  really! 

Lil' peek at Vanity Reinforcements ---

There are days when you need a little therapy, a lil Vanity Therapy as you navigate through different situations and to remind you how fabulous you are!

I've been working on Vanity Reinforcements - Not affirmations but rather reinforcements!  They're small enough to slip in a card, on a mirror or in a purse but strong enough to motivate a mood to one's highest level of fabulousness!

This is just a tiny peek... the Vanity Reinforcements are a' comin' and they are gonna be marching in fully lipsticked, accessorized and striding in their heels!

Hope you'll come back and see the reveal!

*while these are inspired by my Funny Women Cards, they stand on their own high heels!

 

Shoes on scale please!

 

And always weigh one's self in heels - they take pounds off!

It's not what you weigh but the way that you weigh it!

 Ooooooh!  It's that time of year where a wee pound or two sneaks up on me... or behind me!  In good weather I'm so much more active.  So while it's still cold out and so I don't go into a frozen state of shock when shorts and bathing suit weather hit, I'm making it a point to run in place for maybe 5 or ten minutes at a time through the day on those days where I'm stuck at a desk or happily at my drawing table.  

And to keep track, I'm using a Pedomater (I picked up for less than ten dollars!)  In the meantime, I stand, very, very tall, with excellent posture because did you know you can visually lose 5 pounds when you stand really tall?  

In a perfect world, my (always) Red Lipstick (which of course is Maybelline Ink, topped with Revlon's Fire & Ice) draws the eye up and along with the posture upward and the only poundage I look like I'm holding is the weight of my accessories - which of course, I'm never without and the same holds true of the "veddy sofistikated" characters on my Funny Women Greeting cards!