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Clarisonic Opal Giveaway!

Hey ladies,

I just wanted to inform you about the Clarisonic Opal giveaway that the Skinstore is hosting.

They will give away a new Clarisonic Opal Sonic Infusion system, a $245 value – once a day for 23 days!

About the Clarisonic Opal: It instantly hydrates, smoothes and brightens the appearance of the eye area, visibly improving fine lines, under-eye puffiness, and dark circles.

Click Here to Enter

Rules:

– Just answer one question

– Just one entry per person, please. You will be included in every daily drawing occurring after the date of entry.

First drawing will take place on November 9, 2010.  Contest Ends December 1, 2010.

Berries are “it” for the season…Fuschia too!

Here are a few of my favorite berry and fuschia lippies.

Left - Right: MAC Show Orchid, MAC Girl About Town, MAC Smoked Purple, MAC Wrong Spell L/G

Swatches of the above items

Left - Right: MAC Show Orchid, MAC Girl About Town, MAC Smoked Purple, MAC Wrong Spell

This is NYX Cosmetics Black Label Lipstick #17 – Chloe (I de-potted it)

This is actually a little similar to Show Orchid.  I’d say a good dupe for it.

NYX Chloe Lipstick

What are your favorite berry and fuschia lippies?

FOTD: 1st Time I Felt Like Putting on Makeup in A while

Sorry, this is the only picture I took yesterday.  I was too busy yesterday to take any close-ups of my eyes etc.  I will re-create the look and possibly do a video when I have time.

I was finally able to use the two pigments I purchased from the Venomous Villains Collection.  I really like Push the Edge Pigment.

Eyes:

Benefit Stay Don’t Stray Primer

Melon Pigment (inner corner – 1/3 of eye)

Push the Edge Pigment (outer corner)

Embark (Crease)

NYX Felt Tip Eye Liner Black

Brow:

Chestnut L/P

Embark E/S

Show-Off Brow Gel

Face:

Make Up For Ever All Mat Primer

Cover FX Matte FX Primer Powder

Face Atelier Pro Ultra Foundation #’s 10 & 11.

MAC NC45 & NC50 Studio Finish Concealer

Push the Edge Pigment

Cheeks:

Dirty Plum Blush

Lips:

Show Orchard L/S (inner lip)

Smoked Purple L/S Matte (outer lip)

Don’t forget to Enter My Giveaways!

Open Internationally – Makeup & Two Tickets to the Yagolicious Beauty Affair Dec 16, 2010

US Residents Only –  Win a bottle of Eucerin Daily Skin Balance Body Lotion  & HandCrème.

Still Searching…The ultimate superb & affordable waxing place

I have been getting brazilian waxes for about 7 years now.  My favorite place was located near my old college, Hofstra University; however, after graduating, making the trip up there for 10 minutes of service was out of the question.  I started going to Shobha on the recommendation of one of my older sister’s friends, and I fell in-love with this place.  They are extremely clean, pleasant, accommodating … I can go on (Read Review Here).  Since my favorite technician moved from their SoHo location up to their Madison Ave location, it’s been a task for me to just get there.  Plus, now that I am saving, spending $57-$67 for hair removal is becoming expensive.

During my search for a new place, I tried Vada Spa on recommendations from a few friends who have gone there, which turned out to be a #FAIL in my opinion. I never had so many ingrowns after a wax in my life.  Going to Shobha, and using Karmjeet, I never ever had ingrowns.  I have no clue what this place did wrong, but I would never go back. 

Being pregnant makes you grow hair like crazy.  I have hair in places I have never had it before.  If you’ve read any of my older posts on hair removal, you’d know I constantly bragged about being virtually hairless.  On that note, going without waxing is a no-no.   Since it grows back so fast, instead of getting waxed every 5-6 weeks, I would have to go every 3-4.  The money adds up!  I did want to try completely bare, but, their waxing service is $20 more than Shobha! I’m trying to save not break the bank. No thank you!

After reading reviews on BeautyLogicBlog and KMP blog, and having them tell me personally how great their waxing experience has been at Dyanna Spa located in Manhattan, I figured I’d give it a try.  My appointment is today after work.  I will definitely keep you updated on how I liked or disliked my brazilian wax there.