Good morning, lambs

Hey girls,
Okay, so today officially kicks off the annual SYB Fall Roundup! Excited? My oh my, I can almost FEEL you breaking out in a celebratory wop in your office. Anyway, over the next week and a half, each post will be devoted to a must-have fall product, a tiny little piece of beauty brilliance that you absolutely won't be able to live without over the next four months. But before we get into the first one, I wanted to let you know that the "Stila Product of the Month" contest is back in full effect! For SYB Embryos, here's how it works. I give you a trivia question from one of my books (it used to be THE ACCIDENTAL DIVA, now it's IT CHICKS, clearly), and the first girl--no sisters, cousins, BFFs, or hetero males (sorry Tim)--to answer correctly wins the Stila Product of the Month. To check out this superstar product, scroll down on the right! Okay, so here's September's trivia question, courtesty of IT CHICKS:

"What was the name of the lower/middle school that Tangie, Skye and CJ attended?"

Good luck, pumpkins! And now, time to hustle in the hotness, kick the cuteness, bring the beauty...


TIA'S FALL FAVORITES
FRAGRANCE: L L.A.M.B. Fragrance by Gwen Stefani ($55)
I HATE celebrity scents. Hate them, hate them. I believe they're cheesy and inappropriate (well, except for SJP's Lovely, as you well know). And you may also be familiar with my general feelings about Gwen...if not, check my Harajuku, Schmarajuku post from '05. But I was bored one day on the subway, and I came across the L.A.M.B. fragrance strip while leafing thru Vogue. I'd skipped perfume that morning, and figured, why the hell not? Honey, I rubbed my wrist across that strip, sniffed my skin, and almost fainted dead away...in a good way. L L.A.M.B. is gorrrrgeous. Blended with yummy citrus notes, spicy mcspicersons, and give-it-to-me musks, it's really the sexiest fragrance I've experienced in seasons. And here's the fabulous thing...two hours later, it smells even hotter, but not in an overpowering way. My favorite part of my subway scent sesssion, though, was the middle-aged Rasta watching me rub on the perfume strip. He grinned, nodded and said, "Verry nice." Very nice, indeed.
xoxo,
Tia

PS...I miss you too, Areina. Somebody hook me up with a book signing in RI!