Some of you might remember Vivienne Tam’s digital clutch from HP – some of you might be reading this very post on it, actually. Well, it’s very pretty in pink, but since I am allergic to Windows my infatuation passed away rather quickly. What I really like, though, is the idea of making a laptop/MacBook look good and stand out. And Boyfriend showed me the solution to that long before the digital clutch came along.

Enter Gelaskins! Thin plastic layers that stick to your laptop (be it Mac or something else) /iPod/BlackBerry/gaming device, protecting it from scratches and looking great at the same time.

For the past couple of years my dear little MacBook has looked like the picture above. There’s nothing like some black swirls and a skull to catch my attention, and I like the contrasts between the sweet motifs (the girl, the birds, the swirls) and the dark (the skull and the squiggly things). But in a few weeks I will be lucky enough to have a brand new MacBook Pro, so I think it’s time for some change. I am 99% sure this will be my next Gelaskin:

With the voice of Holly Golightly: “Isn’t it marvellous?”  The runner-up was also very nice, though I think I might’ve had enough of a pink-ish colour scheme for a while:

The best part? In addition to being pretty and protective, they are also affordable, with $29,95 for a skin to fit a 13″ MacBook. And when you tire of it, you simply pull it off, and there’s no trace of it anywhere. Except for the nice lack of scratches, that is.