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The Truth Hurts – Stop wasting your breath
Amen to that!
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It’s official! Do they have an 12 step program for Ulta????
Good grief! I got an email from Ulta today informing me of my platinum status. Cripes, I went there 36 times in 2014, and spent $962!
Even though I spent $962 I probably got at least $1500 worth of stuff using coupons, points etc. Maybe I should buy some Ulta stock.
I think I need to get out more, just not to Ulta! No wait, who am I kidding. That ain’t happening anytime soon.
This is what happens when you don’t smoke or rarely drink. Maybe I should take both of those things up and quit shopping so much.
Quick hair styling tip
When styling your day after hair, instead of adding more styling product, simply mist your hair with water. This will reactivate the product you already have on. This only works if you are using heat on your hair. Otherwise you will just end up with a wet head.
Suave Professionals Volumizing Mousse-Review
This a great mousse if you have fine, curly hair. I’ve been using it for several months and have seen a big difference in how full my hair looks. I can wear my hair naturally curly, and it’s not frizzy at all. Best part it’s only $2.88 at Wal-Mart. I’ve tried so many mousses over the years, and this is by far the best.
A retouched photo, only because the original was too dark. And I seemed to have lost an eyebrow in the process.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Suave-Professionals-Volumizing-Mousse-7-oz/16618906
NYX Tinted Brow Mascara Blonde-Review
This a great eyebrow color if you have light eyebrows like me. I’ve tried pencils and powders in the past, but was starting to veer off into Joan Crawford land. Not a good look for a middle aged woman. My mom use to get her eyebrows dyed dark brown. They looked ridiculous as she was a red head, plus she was the neighborhood Avon lady so she should have known better.
This is
a very natural looking color and stays on all day. I wear glasses so I’m fairly lazy when it comes to my brows. I should probably tweeze more, but I really don’t care. Besides I have poor vision and I can barely see to put make up on. I bought at where else- Ulta for $6.99, but I had a store coupon so it was less than $6!
Ulta Freebies
Is it possible to be in love with a store? It sounds so wrong, on so many levels, but I love Ulta! I went today (my second trip this week) to get some skin care products and got a ton of freebies. It’s my birthday so I got a free Ulta eye shadow palette with five yummy brown shades, plus $10 off anything in the store. The Mario Badescu skin care I purchased was supposed to come with a nice gift. They didn’t have the gift, so they gave me a whole bunch of great samples. They actually goofed up and gave me an extra skin care freebie package. I didn’t realize I got the extra package until I got home. Score one for me!
I purchased the following Mario Badescu items:
Oil Free Moisturizer with a 30 SPF-$28
Glycolic Foaming Cleanser-$16
Cellufirm Drops-$25
Hyaluronic Eye Cream-$18
I got everything for $59! Woo hoo! I used my $10 certificate and rewards points to save $28! I’ll do a review once I have used the skin care for several weeks. I did a lot of research before my purchase, and everything I bought was highly rated. Given the moderate price of the skin care and the generous sizes, I’m excited to see the results. I assumed the Mario products were high priced since they are in the same section as the high end skin care at Ulta. This line has been around since 1967, so they must be doing something right. Stay tuned.
Getting your orange on at the 2015 Golden Globes
I just read the funniest article about all the fake tans at this year’s Golden Globe awards. I find it so amusing with all the money these folks have they still end up looking like an oompa loompa. Now I’ve been using fake bake since the 70’s, and I never looked orange. Well, there was that one time at the Indy 500, where I had to wear long pants because of my orange legs, and it was like a 100 degrees with a million percent humidity. (Okay, I’m exaggerating, but it was hotter than hell).
I used Coppertone Quick Tan or QT when I was in high school. I’m a fair haired gal so I don’t really get tan, I get red. I actually use to use a tanning lamp on my face. I would get a toasty shade of red, then mix with the orange of the QT for a great fake tan. I cringe when I think of how many times I burned myself to a crisp just to be tan. It was all the rage back then. If you were still pale in May, you were a loser. Now I don’t step outside unless I have a 30 SPF on.
This is horrible, but for the 1970’s it worked.
This is how you do fake bake-me in 1976
When I go somewhere tropical for vacation now, you can’t even tell I went anywhere. Having a pre-cancerous lesion cut off my shoulder in my mid-thirties cured me of the tanning crap. My goofball older sister (she’s 16 years older than me) would go to a tanning booth before going to Florida to “get a base”, when she was in her 60’s. Now she’s super wrinkled, and I’m not.
I still do the fake bake, but I’m pretty sure I haven’t been orange since the Indy 500, in 1981.
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