» Monthly Archives: November 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a good one – I did, and its now 10pm, and the guilt from ignoring my blog for the last few days is beating down on me.  So while Im exhausted (not from tryptophan, cause I didn’t eat one bite of turkey – prime rib instead – yum!), I [...]




Elizabeth Arden Holiday 2008 – Purchase With Purchase

This is Elizabeth Arden’s Ultimate Holiday Color Collection, purchase with purchase.  And really, this is a blockbuster!
This is what is in it:

Black patent makeup bag with ruched front compartment contains:
Gold Deluxe Compact with:
Warm Palette with 6 Eyeshadows - Teak, Jewel, Shadow, Brown, Teal & Gold
Cool Palette with 6 Eyeshadows - Wheat, Pink Petal, Golden, [...]




The Best in Beauty from the Beauty Blog Network: November 23, 2008

I hope you have had a fabulous weekend – I can hardly believe it is Sunday already.  I have had one of the best weekends in quite a while myself – a fab date with my wonderful hubby, and lots and lots of reading (finished the Charlaine Harris Southern Vampire series – yum!).   Here [...]




Must Haves From Yves Saint Laurent Holiday 2008

There are so many great things out from YSL this holiday season.  I am totally enraptured with this Lip Colour Duo Palette Bow:
On my screen, this looks corally (which is probably why I didn’t succumb to purchasing it when I ordered a boatload of things from YSL recently), but according to YSL,
This [...]




mibook: An eBook for Life!

I have been thinking a lot lately about starting to purchase cookbooks for my Kindle, but the ones I really want are not available.  Boo.  I have been reading a lot about the mibook (pronounced ‘my book’) – which seems to maybe take the “cookbook on Kindle” idea a step (or 5) further.  With [...]




No, No, No, Cast of Twilight On Their Premiere Night – Just No.

Someone please tell me why Stephanie Meyer is wearing this dress to the premiere of her worldwide sensation movie, Twilight? 

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I am a big girl too – probably about the same size as Ms. Meyer, and I know, without the help of a stylist, to never, EVER wear horizontal stripes.  I [...]




Nice Purchase With Purchase at Lancome!

This is an incredibly nice box o’ beauty available at Lancome now, while supplies last (and I bet they won’t last long!):

In the box is:

Definicils Pro Mascara (full size) – LOVE this mascara
Cils Booster XL Mascara Base
Maquicomplete Concealer
Twi Le Rouge Absolu LipColours (full size)
Color Design Lipcolor (full size)
Color Fever Shine Lip Shine (full size)
Juicy [...]




The Weekend Beauty Read from The Beauty Blog Network

Yup, I know its Tuesday.  You wouldn’t believe the real life madness going on at my place – just one of those times you wish you could crawl in a hole and go to sleep til its all over.  But, this too shall pass.  :)  I hope life is calm and cool where you [...]




Company Profile: Make-up Art Cosmetics (MAC)

Photo of MAC Pro Store 7 West 22nd Street, NYC © Christina Jones 2008
MAC Cosmetics has been at the top of my list of loves almost since their inception.  My best girlfriend introduced me to them *oh so* long ago.  You wouldn’t believe the stash she had then – and I bet mine rivals [...]




WebSnob: November 14th, 2008

Good morning my fine friends!  I hope you have had a fabulous week – here is what has been going on with my stylish and beautiful friends this week.  Happy Friday!

55 Secret Street is impressed with the Rachel Roy-designed beauty case for Beauty.com that comes loaded with deluxe and full-sized beauty products!
A Few [...]