STAY GOLD, CHARLIE : upcyclin' clothing company

Welcome to our humble abode! Feel free to take off your shoes. Put your stinky feet on our coffee table. Let your bones relax on our comfy couch. We don't mind at all.

Show us some love by hyperlinking wherever you can--it's the internet's version of tagging streets with cool stickers and funky posters:

 www.StayGoldCharlie.com

Please come back often! We love having you.

Upcycling...errr?

At the roots of Stay Gold, Charlie is upcycling. See that 'ol shirt that's been sitting in the corner of your closet? Let's Edward-Scissor-hands-it and craft it to be a headband or a pair of socks. Upcycling is exactly that; it's the practice of transforming items--usually something no longer of relevant use--into something new and useful. It is synonymous to repurposing.

Of course, Wikipedia always has our backs on full definitions.

ESSENTIAL EDDIE: Watches

Flud Watches. Can ya dig it?

A solid watch is an awesome closet staple. Not only are they functional (displaying time), they also contribute to personal style. Sure your attached-at-the-hip-Iphone tells time, too, but in professional settings, on dates, etc. who wants to whip out that phone? It can be a distracting turn-off.

Thus, I give you...WATCHES. So much swag it hurts.



Sartorialist captures watches as part of every day street wear:

LOOKBOOK : Vol. 1

Our very first lookbook--am I allowed to squeal in excitement like a school girl? Many thanks, hugs and pound-its to our models and friends Carmen & Alan.

  “It seemed funny

that the sunset she saw from her patio

and the one I saw from the back steps

was the same one.

 

Maybe the two worlds we lived in  

 weren’t so different.

We saw the same sunset.”   - S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Hair / Carmen Dorame at Mane Moves & Body Works

ESSENTIAL EDDIE : Jojoba Oil

Essential Eddie is a weekly series droolin' over products that are simultaneously useful and durable. In the vast sea of consumerism, here's to an attempt to filter to quality products.  This series is dedicated to the idea of investing in items out of necessity and for their a long lifetime--meaning you're going to get a good amount of use out of it over time. I'm talking multidimensional products, baby! Oh yeah. First up to bat:

JOJOBA OIL

Photo source: About.com

• Ladies | makeup remover -- With makeup, it's a beast; picking up everything in it's path with  one swipe. Waterproof mascara is no contender either.
• Gents | shaving and aftershave -- Under shaving cream, it reduces razor burn
• Unisex | skin and lip moisturizer, hair & scalp treatment
  

I love this stuff! Around $10/bottle, jojoba oil is closely similar to that of human skin oil, which allows it to be an efficient moisturizer. While it is agreeable with most, I highly recommend doing personal research if it works for your skin type.

Get 'em: Desert Essence (found at Trader Joe's / The Vitamin Shoppe) / Now (found at GNC) / drugstore.com / etc.

 VS. 

Photo source: Drugstore.com

Neutrogena Makeup Remover contains extra unnecessary ingredients, bolded being moderately toxic according to Cosmetics Database: 

Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Dipropylene Glycol, Poloxamer 182, Allantoin, Tripotassium EDTA, Benzalkonium Chloride, Glycerin, Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus) Fruit Extract, Potassium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate.