Alright people, here are some links to good deals that I’ve found at Drugstore.com - you can save money, get delivery straight to your home or work, and get some goodies with your purchase too…even Target can’t compete with that and I loooooove Target!

Check out the goods:
Freebies with Purchase at drugstore.com

Alpha Hydrox AHA Souffle 12% Glycolic AHA

Hot Summer Nights! Spend $99 or more on any of these flirty and fun items, and take $20 off your order. While supplies last. Offer expires 10.5.2008.

Save $5 on Listerine Quick Dissolve White Strips. While supplies last. Offer expires 8.31.2008.

New Customers: Receive $5 off $30 or $10 off $50 on your first non-prescription order! Offer ends 12.31.08.

Plus you can get your GNC suppliments there too - holla! My suppliments usually consist of high levels of chewable vitamin C, fish oil and zinc.

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Last night I went to my very first official Yoga class, while at the gym, it still was a really nice experience and much more interactive than the DVD’s that I’ve been doing at home for years. It was a really generic Hatha class with most poses being familiar. Plus I actually had to give Four-Limbed Staff Pose - Chaturanga Dandasana full chance since I was in public and what not. Out of all the poses, that one and Prayer Twist - Namaskar Parsvakonasana gave me some strength and balance challenges, so those are the two poses that I hope to get stronger at. My second class is thursday!

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Looking for something fabulous and off-beat to do this summer? I bet I can introduce you to something totally random, fun and good for the pups…Paws for a Cause LA presents Cha-Ching for Cha-Cha August 26 in Hollywood!

A burlesque variety show featuring some of Hollywood’s most fabulous shimmy-dancers, pin-up girls and rockabilly performances…plus BuddaDog.com will be there! Other vendors with out of this world stuff, with proceeds going to helping our four legged buddies! Check out the official MySpace page for the full scoop and I’ll see you there!

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I’m a sucker for the whole ‘kit’ thing, and I’ve always been an even bigger sucker for ‘gifts with purchase’ so when I got this mailer from Sephora.com in the box, I was instantly intrigued. Here is the rundown:

Flawless Face Kit ($159 Value) $65.00

What it is:
A set of products designed for a professional-looking makeup application.

What it does:
Laura Mercier Flawless Face Kit combines all of the essential formulas and tools needed to create a flawless face into one convenient travel-size zippered case. Prime, moisturize, and cover up your way to complexion perfection. It’s dermatologist-tested.

What else you need to know:
Available exclusively at Sephora, each bag contains a 1.0 oz Foundation Primer (Step 1), a 1.0 oz Tinted Moisturizer (Step 2), a 0.21 oz Undercover Pot plus Translucent Loose Setting Powder (Step 3 and 4), a Secret Camouflage Brush, a Camouflage Powder Brush, a Velour Puff, and an egg-shaped Sponge. Plus if you enter code “BACKSTAGE” at checkout, you will get a free Brown shimmerstick.

On the downside, it’s only good online at Sephora.com and comes in only 2 colors: “Nude” and “Sand” which is kind of a bummer if you are like me and have no idea if either one of those will match. But if you’re a repeat Mercier user, you probably know which you are and can get some good freebies!

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Staci got some fitflops people!! I tried them on, and they were actually pretty comfortable, although I didn’t do anything fit-ness-esque in them. Staci said that they came with a distinct warning that one should ‘gradually wear them’ to build up your muscles - lol. I might actually get some - I could wear them when I take Cha for his daily walks!

www.blissworld.com has fitflops!

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I went in for my last massage at Camarillo’s Massage Envy, as I cancelled my membership after over 2 years of really enjoying the benefits of massage. Today I had an appointment with Harmony and she was absolutely the BEST. She had the best aromatherapy techniques and a really smooth and strong touch. I’m super sad that it’s my last one. Sigh…

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Ok people, I have a final list of a bunch of different hair powders that I have finally given a full run for review. A while back, I had thought about trying the Bumble & Bumble hair powder and ended up trying a whole bunch of Hair powders. dry shampoo, hair refreshers and all the other buzz keywords that basic powder is marketed these days.

and so I ended up actually trying a bunch of different ones - here goes the roundup:

Bumble & Bumble hair powder in black: This came in an aerosol can, and surprisingly enough the formula didn’t clog the spout, but beware! The powder is BLACK. I mean SUPER-black. I ended up choosing this one because my hair was a really dark brown and thought that the brown formula might end up looking weird, so I went with black, but it ended up being too dark. It did cost a bundle, I think like 29 bucks, but I ended up getting most of my money back by selling it on ebay.  Anyway, besides it going on super dark, it applied rather thick. I think if maybe they had a more medium color or even a no- color it might prove to be more useful. I have super oily hair, so when I want to get a good poofy hairstyle going, hair powder does the trick. Price ranges from $24- 42 USD and available at authorized resellers or http://www.bumbleandbumble.com/

Hair Fix Vegan Hair Powder: about half the price of Bumble & Bumble and comes in various colors also, plus it guarantees organic ingredients and no-perfume which is a plus, but it comes in a shake-out style and I found it to be a bit difficult to apply, plus a bit messy. The directions read to part your hair and squeeze a small amount out into your hair and then run the powder through, but alas, that never quite worked for me…it always ended up being a super messy ordeal. Priced around $20 USD and available from MyHairFix.com. plus they guarantee satisfaction with a money-back guarantee.

Rene Furterer Naturia Dry Shampoo - This one is actually marketed as a dry shampoo rather than simply “hair powder” but it does basically the same thing as the others. It comes in only one color which is white, and has a nice aerosol spray which makes application super easy, but at approximately $35 USD for a small bottle in salons, or $22 online at various cosmetic websites, I’m not sure the 2 ounce size is worth it. Plus I didn’t really get to test it on an up-do because my son ended up using it all up!

and finally, my favorite hair powder ever, because of it’s diversity and availability:

Johnson & Johnsons Baby Powder. Yes, that’s right. Any cornstarch based formula will work, but in a jam, I’ve found that good ol’ baby powder works just fine. Plus it’s a psychological fact that the scent of baby powder is soothing to most people, so you don’t have to be afraid of heavy perfuming. Plus it costs less than $5 bucks at your local drugstore, and can be used for a variety of other purposes too. My dollar is being spent on the J & J - especially in these hard economic times! I’ve found that the easiest way to apply it is with a cotton ball, parting your hair and dusting the powder on to the part, then combing it out to distribute it into the hair. Fabulous!

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dud. Look what I just got in my inbox this morning. BEFORE my morning joe, mind you.

WHY are there scribble penis-bots on this mailer? WHY? I’d like an answer, please. One of the images that I think of when I see a mailer from MAC cosmetics is NOT a pluthera of hand drawn penis sketches, ESPECIALLY before I drink my coffee. Thank you.

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25 Bucks, 1 hour chinese style foot massage is just right behind that door…the one with the neon OPEN sign right on Chatsworth in Granada Hills. I’ve been hearing major buzz on these mini-spas popping up all over town (there is one on nordoff & de soto, and on devonshire & mason) so of course, I had to go check it out, especially since the weekly money mailer pack has $5 off coupons, so you’re looking at 20 bucks for 1 hour.

Ok so, I found parking right outside the front door, and when you walk in, you have to hush it, because you step right into a room full of massage chairs, with people sitting in them and massage therapists crawling all over them. I kid you not…

I am immediately shuffled into a chair - and being that I travel now with my ipod and audio book, I was glad to hide behind the earbuds and not hear the weird silence that was overbearingly loud. My therapist came out with a hot bucket of plastic-lined herb infused water and put my feet in it to soak, while she reclined the chair and started working on my scalp & shoulders. By the time she she got down to my feet, they were super soft from whatever was in the water, and I got an amazing reflexology foot massage with some sort of thick salve that my feet seemed to drink in. AMAZING! She reclined the chair all the way down to a full laying down position and asked me to flip over. The chair even had the face cut-out thing - dud where did that come from?? A fabulous full back massage (btw you are totally clothed during this whole experience) and when I woke up, I was hoping that they used some sort of disinfection process after the chairs because I was drooling all over that chair - lol gross!!

Anyway - for 20 bucks, my feet feeling like velvet and all my muscles loosy-goosy, I will totally be making this a repeat spot! Fabulous!

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Yay! I adore Fall, and MAC is coming out with a new line called Cult of Cherry. I know, the said photography DOES look rather emo and dated, I mean really…who wears cherry print anymore? BUT from a makeup view, I am ALL about chocolate cherry, so I’ve decided to call it just that: Chocolate Cherry for Fall 2008. I saw also that a few other lines are coming out with a Decadence line which has alot of truffle and chocolate colored palattes, but since I adore MAC and it’s heavy pigmented color, AND love chocolaty stuff, praise be the Chocolate Cherry look. Some old standard colors are going to be celebrated with this look, Russian Red, Diva, Cork, etc…but the fresh and exciting addition to this look is going to be the shiny green accent color that seems totally appropriate as the green stem of a chocolate colored cherry. Fabulous!

I’m going to be doing a Cult of Cherry look on youtube this week, so stay tuned! The MakeupGirl.com has a full detailed list of all the colors and descriptions so be sure to check it out!

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There’s few things as good for the soul as yummy ice cream, except maybe knowing that when you are eating the good stuff AND proceeds are giving BACK to the very core of how you got the yum in the first place. Or simply put, Hagen Daaz’s new Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream is giving back a portion of the profits to aide in figuring out how to  save the honey bee population that is struggling to stay alive

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