May 30, 2006
MISO PRETTY, how about you?
It must be true that Asians all look alike, right? Take a look at the beauty line called MISO PRETTY, a riff on “Me so pretty” because, you know, all Asians speak like that. The packaging is charming in that Shanghai-in-the-roaring-1920s way, the characters wearing cheery cheongsams, plums and wild orchids framing them…despite the fact miso soup is a Japanese comfort food.
All well, it’s all tongue’n’cheek, and MISO PRETTY is part of a line of other comic, retro and satiric designs from BLUE Q, the "designer-friendly" gift manufacturer founded in 1988 in Boston. The MISO PRETTY stuff includes plum lipgloss; miso bath sake; persimmon & wild orchid soap; body wash made from crushed pearls, bamboo oil, muru muru butter and peony; miso rice scrub; and the miso purse shaped like a Chinese food-takeout box (Blue Q website HERE).
More:
*Buy MISO PRETTY online at www.beautymark.ca.
*Or check out BLUE Q’s website for shops in your area www.blueq.com.
*Ediburgh-based artist Fiona Hewitt designed the MISO PRETTY line. Her website: www.fionahewitt.com.
*Interview with BLUE Q founders in Business Week.
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