Tuesday, June 23, 2015

What We're Buying: Pink Peonies Blogger Rachel Parcell's Retro Sunglasses!

Have you bought anything you loved lately? In the PEOPLE StyleWatch offices, the answer to that question is usually “Yes.” We love to

                                                     
share our absolute can’t-miss picks in our gallery, What We’re Loving Right Now — as well as style blogger and jewelry designer Rachel Parcell’s favorite sunnies.
  “Nothing completes a look quite like a glam pair of sunglasses. Currently I’m opting for retro inspired shades that give a vintage-chic flare to each outfit I pair them with. Ever since I picked up these retro Prada sunglasses, they have been on major repeat. I recently spent a few days in the gorgeous mountains of Deer Valley and these sunnies paired perfectly with all of my cozy layers. Now I’m dreaming of how perfect they will look when paired with a floppy hat on a warm, tropical beach!” (Note: June 27th is National Sunglasses Day, and Parcell is also loving these retro styles — shop here, here and here!)

Rachel Parcell of The Pink Peonies is a style and beauty blogger based out of Salt Lake City. She recently launched her first jewelry collection featuring cuffs, rings and necklaces all under $100. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Animal Planet star Sunglass Cat visits metro Detroit

People are noticing the celebrity in Plymouth's Kellogg Park and asking if they can take her picture. Some are even getting to hold her.

                                                         

Sunglass Cat doesn't mind the attention. She's been getting more of it than ever since competing on the Animal Planet special "America's Next Cat Star."

The 2-year-old cat with the bedazzled shades, whose real name is Bagel, doesn't wear them as a style statement or a gimmick. Born without eyelids, she needs them to protect her eyes from debris. In her usual home of Los Angeles, she often hits the beach with her owner, Karen McGill.

A Detroit native who moved to the West Coast about four years ago, McGill rescued Sunglass Cat from a shelter when the kitten was a few months old, and she originally meant for the cat to live with her daughter.

"She stuck her paw out. She was very cross-eyed. We were like, 'This one chose us,' " she remembers.

McGill had to nurse the underweight kitten back to health, sleeping on her daughter's apartment floor and feeding Bagel by hand every half-hour to help with her digestive problems. Then she discovered the eye condition, which led to three surgeries.

Because of those health issues, McGill wound up keeping Bagel at her place. She still has to monitor Bagel's eyes, putting in drops several times a day and plucking out lashes that grow inside instead of a normal lash line. Left unattended, they could scratch her corneas and lead to blindness, according to McGill.