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So one time I fell down a flight of steps. Right after I’d gotten my braces off too. Dude, I was tripping. Cracked my tooth all off, bruised my legs all up and scabbed my knees too. My tights were stuck to my knees with blood. The worst! You can read all about it on PrincessMelissa.com. It’s buried in there somewhere. A friend of mine recommended that I buy Vitamin E capsules, break them open and apply them to my banged up knees so I wouldn’t scar. Because, as corny as I was, I was still sometimes invited to go down red carpets for movies that went straight to DVD like Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. Read more

At The Bodega With Mrs. Beck!

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey love muffins! I am busy this week getting my husband ready for life on the international road so I can’t chit chat for too long. But as I am trying to get his toiletries together in the hope that he will moisturize and protect without my supervision (doubt it), I reminded myself again about the famous cocoa butter stick. A bit ago I let you know about my obsession with Queen Helene products and packaging. The Queen Helene Cocoa Butter Stick deserves so much more praise than a mere passing remark, but I’ll give the quick breakdown on why it’s the best.

1. It’s cheap! Cheaper even than Mr. Softee ice cream cone. Cheaper than a Big Mac! And it’s for beauty purposes. Come on! That’s insanity. It’s 99 cents! I’m dead serious. These days, you can’t get much for less than a dollar unless you’re in the dollar store. But this is a dollar at the regular corner store. The miraculous cocoa butter stick is a straight up dollar? Yes. That’s what I said.

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As you probably already know, a person’s pheromones affect how a certain scent will translate. I love to use Fresh Lemon Sugar perfume and a girlfriend of mine was always like, “I need that!” And so for a gift, I gave her a bottle. I normally do not like to just dole out what I deem to be my signature scent, but I made an exception. She reported back to me within the week and said she wasn’t a fan of it on her. So when I ventured into the store to buy my husband body wash, I had to find something that was fresh and clean that I too would be able to use in the summertime. Something that worked equally nicely on both of us. Of course, he doesn’t give a damn. That fool will wash off with Gojo if you let him. Google it. He has a tub of it in the shower as we speak. Ugh.

Back to what I was saying…

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Love muffins, here is another fun filled read from the super duper splendiferous Melissa Beck!

Sometimes when I’m aimlessly shopping, I can make a decision based on packaging alone. My husband said that I’m every marketer’s dream because I am very much swayed by the sight and sound of a product. For example, I totally bought carpet from Empire because I believe the “eight hundred five eight eight two three hundred empiiiiire” song is, quite frankly, a well-written jingle. I like to sing along with the commercial like a freak. I’ll eat a gang of cheese just because it’s “crumb-elievable” which is so stupid, but that’s who I am. I have brand loyalty and if you can get me on the page and your product works, then I’m in for life.I’m a diehard Queen Helene fan and it all started with the packaging. There’s something really retro, power to the people, 70s about it. When I am at the CVS and I’m looking to solve all my ashy needs, I go straight to Queen Helene first. From pure cocoa butters in stick form (ooh, we have to discuss that) to the gigantic barrel of the lotion, I am so in based solely on the khaki box with the red stripe and the cursive “Queen Helene” across the top. Swear on my ovaries, I have been known to pump a black fist, all giddy, when I am purchasing. I have no idea why I associate it with ethnic pride, but it keeps me happy so whatever. I know. I should get a life, totally.

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Love muffins, you probably noticed that I did not post Melissa’s beauty column last week. Unfortunately, I will not be able to post it again this week because of some unexpected events. However, she will be back up next week, and I can’t wait. I truly love her post, because I feel like I am actually there as she tells the story. In case you missed her last three post, please be sure to visit them below.

Mrs. Beck: Baby Powder
Mrs. Beck: Backing Soda
Mrs. Beck: Neutrogena Sesame Oil

Be in the Spotlight!

I’m about to tell you the quickest way to get that “glow” that is so coveted. It’s the look of clean polished skin that reflects light in just the right places ala Beyonce, J.Lo, and Charlize. You want to know the products, and I’m about to call them out!

If your skin is a rich olive tan to the deepest ebony, please choose a hilighter with a warm golden or bronze tone such as M.A.C. Creme Colour Base in Bronze ($16.50 at maccosmetics.com) or NARS Sparkling Pressed Powder in Gold Rush ($30 at narscosmetics.com).

If your skin is fair to medium, go pick up High Beam from Benefit Cosmetics ($24 at benefitcosmetics.com) or e.l.f. Mineral Glow in Shimmer ($8.00 at eyelipsface.com) featured above, which have more of a pink tone.

Now here are the rules to glow by Love Muffins. If your skin is naturaly oily, choose a powder based product and blend it from the apples of the cheeks to your cheekbone only. If your skin is more normal to dry, you can apply either liquid, cream or powder (preferably cream if you’re drier) to your cheeks, bridge of nose and forhead. Blending is the key for a natural look. Have fun with this Love Muffins and try mixing your highlighter with your favorite cheek color and see what you get!

At The Bodega With Mrs. Beck!

Love muffins, it’s that time for another wonderful splendiferous super duper exciting read from Mrs. Beck!

The hibernation is coming to an end. As B would say, so splendiferous!

That means no more hiding behind black leggings, under jeans or thick tights. It’s time to prepare your hidden skin for more day-to-day exposure. This may very well be scary. No one is trying to look at a long set of scaly, pale, ashy and hairy legs. Oofah. I know all too well the drama that goes with looking down at a frightening milk white ankle. So sad.

Mere lotion cannot eradicate the winter dryness. I have to layer lotions with oils.

Have you tried Neutrogena Sesame Oil?

I discovered it by being good old fashioned nosy. I was looking through a friend’s medicine cabinet actually. I flipped the cap and the smell was just crazy delicious. Loved it. I brought it out of the bathroom and I was like, “What’s this!”

And she said, “You don’t know nothing about that…” and she jokingly snatched it out of my hands.

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Read this: Love muffins, here is another column from Mrs. Beck!

So last week at www.princessmelissa.com, I divulged that I am having a bit of an issue with hormonal acne. The combination of turning 31, knowing my ovaries are rotting inside as we speak and the general depression that comes with waking up to gigantic zits that have been brewing just beneath the surface for weeks – oofah! Enough to make you stab somebody. I decided to go to my dermatologist and after the hot melting chemical peel, she told me that once the peeling subsided, I should exfoliate. Duh. I started the monetary calculations in my mind and I knew that I was not going to be able to get the Balenciaga gladiatior sandal knockoffs at Nine West. Yeah, it was that deep. Damn the real Balenciagas. Those are but a dream, but a dream. But now, with whatever I was going to have to spend on the miracle exfoliation in a jar, the knockoffs felt all too faraway as well.

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At The Bodega With Mrs. Beck!

In case you missed it on Sunday, love muffins, I have some super duper exciting news to share with you! I have been talking with my kindred spirit, Melissa Beck (Real World), and we have thought of something just down right splendiferous for you! Melissa will be sharing some of her inexpensive beauty tips with us every week. So get ready to save, save, save and look fierce all at the same time!

Hi. I’m Melissa Beck, a hardcore Love Muffin. Though, you probably know me as one of the following: “old girl from the Real World,” “old girl that played that on the Road Rules” even though I did not, “Melissa Howard”, that “lady” that writes at www.princessmelissa.com” or perhaps you know me as the chick dancing in the corner, for a promo for Oxygen’s Girls Behaving Badly, on that channel that used to be UPN. Either way, it’s all me. Same chick, different packaging. Hello. Nice to meet you. For those of you that have followed my blog for however many years (wow, it’s been like 7) you know that I love a product. Be it a lip gloss to moisturize and maintain these soup coolers or an oil that keeps my feet from looking like I’ve been kicking around in flour, I love a beauty product. And I love a cheap, accessible beauty product even more! Luxuriating is not exclusive to rich folks.

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Makeup 101: The “Lash-Down” and Hit The Streets!

I know all of you makeup diva love muffins have a drawer full mascaras that you don’t even use! If I were to ask you why, I’m sure the answer would be, “They jus didn’t work for me.” Well, I’m about to give you the lash-down on what’s up with some new and oldie-but-goodie mascaras out there.

If you want those club-worthy lashes, you need to go pick up a tube of new Volume Clubbing Mascara from Parisian cosmetics company, Bourjois. Known for their mascaras, they have designed one with a special lash pumping comb/brush! This mascara is not for the timid. $17

If your looking for something to give you clean, defined lashes than Lancomes Definicils High Def Mascara is a go to. This has long been the top selling mascara in department stores, due to is design to lengthen and separate lashes in one clean swipe. $23.50

If you lack lashes and just want more, than go get a tube of Jane Cosmetis’ Hi-Fiber mascara. The brush separates, while the formula contains natural fibers that attach and extend to your natural lashes. It’s like a lash weave in a tube! $3.89 at drugstore.com

For those out-doorsy, active Love Muffins, we have Clinique’s new Lash Powder mascara. What’s great about this one is that the brush is tiny enough to get those baby lashes, while the formula has a 12 hour staying power, which removes easily with warm water! $14

Drink This! BORBA Skin Balance Waters!

We all know that what we put in our bodies effects our health. So it makes since that our complexion tells all when we adopt a poor diet. That’s why Scott Vicent Borba, the Founder of Borba Nutraceuticals developed BORBA Skin Balance Waters! A nutraceutical beverage scientifically developed to work with the chemistry of our body to give you gorgeous skin. Available in four sugar-free, carb-free, bio-vitamin and mineral packed drinks: Clarifying with Pomegrante for Oily, Blemish-prone skin, Age Defying with Acai Berry to combat Lines and Wrinkles, Replenishing with Lychee Fruit for Dehydrated, Sensitive skin, and Firming with Guanabana for increased Elasticity and Celulite reduction. Once availbale exclusively to celebrities, you can now grab your bottle of BORBA at major beauty retail stores such as Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Nordstrom, and Borba.com for $3 each.

I was told by a rep that you can actually mix two parts BORBA water with one part Vodka to create a BORBAtinni! The addition of BORBA water reverses the bad effects of alcohol on your skin.

Makeup 101: Spring 2008!

How beautiful spring makeup is, blossoming in fresh shades of raspberry, and soft-toned neutrals. This season love muffins, think extra pretty. Foundation should look fresh faced, not caked faced. Try Virtual Fresh Skin Refining Makeup ($32.50) from Prescriptives. It uses specially coated pigments to optically refinish the look of imperfections and visible pores, while looking “virtually” undetectable. Give cheeks a healthy flush with raspberry tinted cream colors like Blush More or Less in Corsica Hibiscus or Thai Orchid ($21.50) from Prescriptives. Decorate eyes in shades of shimmering taupes and matte creams like Fog and Navajo from Bobbi Brown’s Pink Raspberry Face Pallette($55), which also features sheer lip colors in juicy shades of raspberry for every skintone.

Could This Be The End Of Wrinkles?

Iconic fashion house and international cosmetics brand, Christian Dior, has developed a new technology that promises not to reduce facial wrinkles, but to “cure” them as we know it. Just imagine love muffins, everyone may be walking around with baby-like skin…well those that can afford these products. There is a facial cream, serum, and eye cream launching from this collection called R 60/80 XP. Just watch the video and judge for yourselves! The above Capture R60/80 XP Ultimate Wrinkle Restoring Serum retails for $90.

One Lip Fits All!

At least it does with a New O-Gloss Intuitive Lip Gloss from Smashbox Cosmetics. This product features the extract of Goji Berry, that helps the clear gloss turn into a “fits you best” lip color! That’s right Love Muffins, a gloss that turns into your most flattering shade. It looks different on every skin-tone, but always looks right. This is the child of Smashbox’s ever so popular O-Glow Intuitive Cheek Color, a gel blush that changes to a healthy glow for your skin. Cop these at www.smashbox.com

Makeup 101: How To Enhance Eye Color!

One of the most asked questions regarding eye makeup is how to enhance your own natural eye color. How do you make brown eyes smolder, or make those blue eyes pop? It’s simple Love Muffins…well complementary actually! I’m about to break it down nice and easy for you. The easiest way to enhance your natural eye color is with the an eye liner that complements your eye color.

Blue eyes are enhanced when lined with golden brown shades, since orange/gold complements blue. Try M.A.C. Eye Khol in Teddy.

Green eyes are enhanced by cranberry or coppery shades, since red complements green. Try Sue Devitt Eye Intensifier Pencil in Kanpur.

Brown eyes’ golden tones are enhanced by lining with blue shades, since blue complements any golden/orange tone. Try L’Oreal Wear Infinite Soft Powder Eye Liner in Deep Sapphire.

Remember Love Muffins, never line your eyes with a color that is stronger in tone than your own eyes, expecting them to be enhanced. Placing a bolder green shade next to green eyes only makes the colors fight for title of “Who’s Greener”. You may notice your eyes look green (because they already were), but you’ve actually weakened your own eyes color by making them compete with a richer shade.

After you’ve lined your eyes, use a q-tip or finger and smudge the line into a softly diffused finish. Add few coats of black mascara. Bat those lashes, and wait for the complements to come your way.

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