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Who Is Your Favorite Doctor? You!  Cake or Death is replacing the normal Poll Time post.  Please enjoy!

Did I mention this is Will Wheaton approved?  Oh I haven't, well cause it is.  And why not!  Scented with a delicate vanilla custard scent I at first found it to be both spicy and sweet.  A sort of musky and bubble gum type flavor, almost like what you would expect the TARDIS to smell like, all mystery and mirth.

Miracle work horse in a bottle, oh you betcha!  Neutrogena has changed everything I ever thought about cleaning my face with a two in one product that works like a charm.  I have to say I was very pleased when I started using it.  Within the first week the few blemishes I did have cleared up, but it took me till the second week to really see major results.  My redness had gone down dramatically, my face had that glow that I had not seen since my pre-acne youth, the skin bumps were vanishing, and my pores were starting to look smaller.  Even on closer inspection of my nose I could tell the pores were much cleaner than any nose strip could ever have hoped to achieve.

Had to share how cute my hair is today! :D posted from Bloggeroid

NARS Kismet is the answer to those of us that want to rock the summer yellow nail polish trend but find the bright color options a little too, well bright.

Hot Mama Monday is a series that spotlights one item that I feel is a must have in your beauty bag.  If you only pick up one item this week have it be a Hot Mama item! I don't know why but whenever I pull out Benefit Prrrowl Madonna's Express Yourself starts playing in my head.  Maybe it's my love of sparklie anything or perhaps cause this product is peacock blue perfection.  I don't know the reason but if Prrrowl has a theme song Express Yourself must be it.

Warning this post may contain mass amounts of totally tubular MAC Surf Baby collection goodness!!  Consider yourself warned!

FTW or Friday's the Win is a play on For the Win and a recurring theme every Friday. Since everyone looks forward to Friday's arrival each week I figured it'd be a good time to share with everyone what made your week filled with extra epic awesomeness! Maybe you have a ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.  May you can pat your head and rub your belly at the same time. Or maybe you really are a Barbie girl. Whatever it is that made your week tell us all about it here! Not only am I really excited that I was able to get everything I wanted from MAC Surf Baby but I also scored in finding MAC Lucky Green eye shadow and the blue cosmetic bag from MAC Wonder Woman.  As you can see below Diana loves it! What made your Friday full of extra win?  Spill all in the comments! 

How often do you use body lotion?

I wore this to work the other day plus I wanted to to do a look that featured NARS Exotic Dance and Benefit Cha Cha Tint.

Too Faced also has an answer to the Bridal Season this year with their Blushing Bride Collection.  Filled to brimming in a lovely cosmetics bag you'll find 3 full size and 3 travel size versions of this years must have as well as best sellers.

Urban Decay released the Urban Bride on their site and in stores a few weeks ago.  I did not pick it up only because I all ready own the majority of the items featured inside.  Despite this I still wanted to talk about the items inside in case any one was thinking about picking this up as a Bride's gift, Bride's Maids gift, or just a treat for yourself.

Earlier this week MAC Surf Baby collection became available online. If you're still wondering what to get wait no more cause it's available in stores Today! Your's truly will be hitting up the local MAC counter to pick up a few items, then I'll share my spoils. :D If you get a few pieces too please share in the comments. Love to hear what you guys think! posted from Bloggeroid

If you are ever in a store and here a loud girlish squeal of delight that might possibly shatter your ear drums, chances are you'll find me.  Sometimes I just can't help myself especially when I find HER!

Are you ready to Cha Cha ladies?  Of course you are!  The latest in the Benefit collection of cheek and lip tints bring us Cha Cha Tint, a luscious coral to softly dot on your checks or layer on your lips.

Happy Towel Day Duckies!! Photo Courtesy of DouglasAdams.com The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels.   A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it has great practical value — you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble‐sanded beaches of Santraginus Ⅴ, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand‐to‐hand‐combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindbogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you — daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of...

Guess who was a feature article in the Leisure Section of The Three Ninja's Daily  today.  It's so cool!  I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :D  Also check out the rest of the paper, some really good articles and finds from other bloggers, famous people, journalists, and LOLCATZ too.

Look familiar?  Perhaps you've seen the container on the left sitting on your Grandmother, Aunt, or even your Mother's vanity table?  Oh yes this classic powder is indeed a Holy Grail Product, the beauty secret of many a woman and make-up artist staple.

Close your eyes for a second.  Now imagine your lying in a beach chair, your painted toes buried in the warm sand as a sweet ocean breeze blows your hair around, down the way you see the ocean waves crash against the beach.  Now open your eyes.

Just like buried treasure this set has been the hard to find one.  It seemed every time I went by a store to complete my set it was sold out!  Sadly I am still missing Mermaid's Tears to complete my Pieces of Eight set but I wanted to share what I did have.

Every summer I struggle with this dilemma.  Should I buy some tanning lotion or should I just lay out and try to get some sun.  See the problem with my job and lifestyle is very little sun is involved.  I work in a windowless office, many times in very cold comm rooms or server floors which also have no windows and means my work garb is mainly long pants.  My home life is either spent in front of the computer or the television or catching up on cleaning, laundry, etc etc.  The little time I do go outside I tend to lean towards wearing pants mostly cause I'm attempting to hide my bright white legs (as well as my hips).  I always say I am going to get more sun but I just never seem to do it. 

Hot Mama Monday is a new series that spotlights one item that I feel is a must have in your beauty bag.  If you only pick up one item this week have it be a Hot Mama item! NARS Dogon Eye Shadow Duo is even better than her sister Exotic Dance. Icy green shimmering taupe paired with smokey charcoal.  If Exotic Dance is the angelic sister, Dogon must be her evil twin.

I can almost here the jangle of coins on a belly dancer's costume when I look at NARS Exotic Dance.  Never before has an eye shadow so closely resembled it's name sake.

Despite Blogger having some issues last week I tried to get the word out that HSN was having a pre-sale of Benefit's Cha Cha Tint before it's scheduled release of June 1st.  Hopefully some of you got the message and were able to jump on the deal as well.  Mine just came!!

FTW or Friday's the Win is a play on For the Win and a recurring theme every Friday. Since everyone looks forward to Friday's arrival each week I figured it'd be a good time to share with everyone what made your week filled with extra epic awesomeness! Maybe you found an extra $20 in your pocket while doing the laundry. Maybe you came home to find your house had been cleaned by elves while you were at work. Or maybe you're just glad the weekend is finally here. Whatever it is that made your week tell us all about it here! A few things made my FTW this week.  For starters my awesome Wonder Woman figurine (and new FTW image) arrived from Hot Topic.  My Benefit Cha Cha Tint showed up much earlier than expected.  I finally found OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Silver Shatter Top Coat.  And lastly, summer has arrived here and with it beautiful sun shining days that I can attempt to get my tan on.  Hopefully, my ghost white legs won't reflect the sun away from them to...

Beach and Pool Season is almost upon us, along with humid hot weather and mosquito season...but we are not here to talk about that.  No we are here to talk about the fabulousity that is Stila's new Sparkle Waterproof Liquid Eye Liners.  And sparklie they are indeed. Top to Bottom: Flash, Electric, Royal, and Rock Candy

I know, I know, I haven't posted anything about my (failed) attempts at getting into shape and getting healthy.  I have a few days of doing very well followed by twice as many days of not.  I walked a lot this weekend, but that doesn't make up for weeks of not exercising.  About the only thing that has gotten exercise is my fingers as they click click away at the keyboard.  I need a work out routine like George Jetson.  You remember the cartoon where George would lie on a couch and watch himself working out on a video.  Did he ever lose any weight that way cause I want to try that. I digress, after enjoying a delicious and very unhealthy double cheeseburger at Five Guys (love this place) I realized I need to get serious about this.  I just turned 33, my cholesterol is all ready 2 points above normal, diabetes/heart disease/cancer runs in the family, you get the idea.  I'm not getting any younger or thinner.  Not that I think buxom isn't bea...

Look what I got!!  Yes yes yes it is what I got from the NARS Summer Collection!  Are you excited?  Cause I know I am!  Here's some pictures to wet your appetite...

What Color Do You Blush?

Please excuse the lack of updates of late. Between Blogger having some issues last week and now I'm under the weather, sadly the blog has suffered. As of right now nothing is scheduled to post but as soon as I am up for it I will be back on track, hopefully by Wednesday. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. <3 posted from Bloggeroid

How tan are you going this summer?

I'm slowly working my way through my growing Beauty Want List.  You ever noticed how you add more things than you cross off.  Any way, here is what I picked up this week. Okay I'll be honest, about half of these items are on my List, the other half were impulse buys.  But sometimes the real gems can be found there too, right?

"Are you watching QVC?...Wait are you buying more make-up?" came the question from TeenMisfit one night.  I replied that I was and continued to finalize my purchase.  "Do you really need more make-up?" he snarked back at me.  I glared at him over the iPad, "May I remind you who provides you with the latest video games and also dictates how much Fallout: New Vegas time you are allowed to have."  Defeated, TeenMisfit returns to his boy cave in the hopes that the Evil and Crazy Make-up Lady does not take away his beloved game.  Three days later the Laura Geller Eye Rimz were all mine to play with. Top: Crystal Cobalt and Hocus Pocus (Green) Bottom: Potion (Purple), Bewitching Bronze, and Gold Spell Not Shown: Copper Cadabra

Hot Mama Monday is a new series that spotlights one item that I feel is a must have in your beauty bag.  If you only pick up one item this week have it be a Hot Mama item! NARS Fire Down Below Lipstick is the perfect shade of red.  No blues, no oranges, just beautiful blood red lips.

I'm a bit of a Crayola fiend.  Kind of comes with the territory growing up not far from where the crayons are made, seeing the crayons made first hand on school and Girl Scouting trips, and finally working at the Crayola Factory Discovery Center itself for a short time (I was one of the Creative troops that got to introduce kids to the Crayola Color Burst Crayons before they were released to the public for purchase).  Yes it might be in my blood. So you can understand my girlish squees of delight when I found out Crayola was releasing Washable Colored Bubbles this summer.  I drove my family mad driving from store to store till I had acquired all 5 colors. Wild Blue Yonder, Pink Flamingo, Screamin' Green, Sunset Orange, Purple Pizzazz

FTW or Friday's the Win is a play on For the Win and a recurring theme every Friday. Since everyone looks forward to Friday's arrival each week I figured it'd be a good time to share with everyone what made your week filled with extra epic awesomeness! Maybe you found the perfect Summer dress. Maybe you defeated Portal 2 and it only took you 9825 hours. Or maybe you woke up to find yourself in a cartoon. Whatever it is that made your week tell us all about it here! My FTW this week is simple, I am gonna relax.  It has been a grueling week, a grueling month, and a good chunk of the past few years has been grueling too.  So I am gonna relax.  I am gonna sit down and do what I want to do and not worry about doing what I have to or need to do.  And I might just go to Sephora and Ulta and spend more money than I should.  LOL  Well within reason of course. What's making your Friday full of Win?

I was wearing my Doctor Who Woot Shirt and wanted to do a quick look to match it.  I've been on a bit of a no/one shade only eyeshadow kick of late, preferring to let my eyeliner and mascara do the work.  Here is what I came up with.

May the Fourth be with you!!! Happy Star Wars soon to be on Blu-Ray come September Day!!!!! posted from Bloggeroid

I went to Target to find a yellow folder but I left with so much more!!

Oh No More Waity Katie, how I waited and waited for you to arrive.  Oohing and aahing over your lovely color in the bottle I couldn't wait to apply you Thursday night before William and Kate's big day.  Described as "a soft, elegant greige shade with a splash of lilac glitter" on the Butter London site you certainly were all that and more.  Butter London No More Waity Katie taken with flash

I know Piggy Polish goes on toes but I just couldn't bring myself to photographing my painted toes.  So you will just have to deal with it on my fingernails. :p

A list of what I found interesting in the blogosphere this past week.  Enjoy! Beaut.ie goes over the moon for Bare Escentuals Pretty Amazing lip color Cafe Makeup shows us just how lovely Soleil Tan De Chanel in Bronze Rose looks on Liz's skin Cosmetic Candy talks about the value of beauty treatments purchased from discount sites like Groupon Glitter Geek shares the hype over Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushes Has Lipglossiping found a win in the new NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencils   Also wish her blog a Happy Anniversary while you're there! :D Temptalia is making me want to break my beauty budget this month with glowing review after amazing glowing review of  Giorgio Armani's Eyes to Kill Instense Eyeshadows in more colors than you can shake a cosmetic brush at If you know Meg's Makeup love of wine then you can understand her gushing about Arcona Wine Hydrating Mask My Lips But Better shares her take on the what she thinks Kate Middleton used on her wedding...