Can't Live Without My Lipstick

Thanks so much to all that entered and shared their favorite summer beauty products (several of which I am dying to try!!). I wish there could be more than 2 winners, but the winners tonight are: ANGIE ELISABETH Congratulations, Ladies!!! I've sent you both e-mail requesting your mailing address so DOVE can send your prize to you! Thanks to all who entered, and I hope you all will come back and visit! I will have more giveaways this summer!

On May 1st, I wrote about the new DOVE Ultimately Visibly Smooth Wild Rose Anti-Perspiring/Deodorant (click here to read). Well, it's been almost 8 weeks since I started using it, and I'm happy to say that overall I'm really pleased with this new deodorant. It has made the hair softer and, surprisingly, I did notice that my underarms do look better and smoother. I've always had issues with that, because as someone who is pale but has dark hair, even when freshly shaven my underarms still didn't look quite hair-free (this was particularly angst-inspiring during my teenage years). But the other day I noticed my underarms looked really good and didn't have the pit-version of the five o'clock shadow going on. Yay! DOVE wanted to give you the chance to try this new product (if you haven't already!) and is going to give 2 lucky readers a full-size DOVE Ultimately Smooth Wild-Rose Anti-Perspirant/Deodorant , along with coupons for $2 off future purchases of U

It's not just bras and panties that are marked down. Check it - makeup and other beauty products on sale for 75% off!! That is one secret I cannot keep! I wasn't planning on stopping in, but had to stop at the mall today to shop for a Father's Day gift for my hubby from our 4 year-old (another gift, actually, to go with the Elmo t-shirt we got for him last week. So cute!). But then I saw the sign for the Semi-Annual Sale and it said makeup on it, so into the store I went. I could have bought more, but I had a hungry child with me, though she did enjoy looking at all the pretty colors of body lotion and shower gels, so that kept her occupied,oh, for about 5 minutes. Anyway, I managed to score 4 produc ts for $12.50. Sweet. And that included 2 - that's right - 2 full-size Very Sexy lipsticks. Uh huh. I also bought Bare Bronze Self Tanning Body Spray with Buriti Oil and an Everything Refresher Spray. The Bare Bronze was the splurge at $4.50. I am digging the Bare Bronze b

If you're a SEPHORA fan (and, come on, who isn't?), you must remember the Lashstash collection of mascara samplers that Sephora offered - twice!! Well, for summer, they are releasing several different sample-size kits, and they'll be available starting tomorrow (6/17). Get some pretty minis in a variety of categories, all for less than $40!!! I'll be putting the Sephora gift card I got for my birthday to good use with these favorites. And it should come as no surprise, judging by the name of this blog, that I will be going for the Get Pinked Pink Lip Deluxe Sampler (shown below). Other kits include: Skincare & Makeup Sampler, Eye Deluxe Sampler, Fragrance Samplers for women and men, two different Mousturizer Deluxe Samplers, along with another Lashstash kit, and a waterproof mini-mascara kit called Splashstash! Which one (or five?!) are you going to get? Here's what comes in the Pink Lip Set!! This set contains: - 0.34 oz Laura Geller Lip Strip - 0.1 oz DuWop P

Check out what my fabulous sister Lindsay gave me for my birthday (along with a gift card to Ann Taylor LOFT) - the SEPHORA Color Play Palette !! It's kind of like the Crayola 64 color crayon box for makeup-loving grown-up girls. It's got 36 eye shadows, 12 lip glosses, 3 blushes, and a bronzer (and the appropriate, if not minuscule, applicators- you'll want to better ones that you should already have in your makeup bag). I like it because I pretty much stick to neutrals when it comes to eye shadows, but this gives me the chance to be a bit more daring, and I already found out I love the bright teal shade - it really makes my brown eyes pop. The purple shade, eh, not so much, looks more like a bruise - but now I don't have to end up with yet another eye shadow pan gone to waste, along with cost of buying an individual eyeshadow. Alas, I just saw that it is temporarily out-of-stock on sephora.com, and at only $22, no wonder. Check out your local Sephora bricks-and-morta

It's Gift With Purchase (GWP) time with Lancôme at Macy's and Macys.com now thru June 7th*, where you can get Free Shipping with a $55 purchase by entering the promo code TRAVEL. However, to be clear, you only have to spend $29.50 to get the gift, but $55 get you free shipping, if you buy online. Got it? Good. It's a pretty nice GWP - it's partially a build-your-own gift. Everyone receives HYPNÔSE Custom Volume Mascara in Black, COLOR DESIGN Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Quartet in Daylight, Dirty Pink, Bikini Golden, & Couture, and BI-FACIL Double-Action Eye Makeup Remover. Then the real fun starts! First, you get to pick your anti-aging moisturizer: RENERGIE MICROLIFT R.A.R.E. Superior Lifting Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen -or- ABSOLUE PREMIUM ßx Replenishing Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen -or- HIGH RESOLUTION REFILL-3X Anti-Wrinkle Cream SPF 15 Sunscreen. Next, choose your lipstick (this would be the hard part for me!): COLOR DESIGN Sensational Effects Lipcolor [Full-Size] in