Clinique

I get teased often about "My Products." There are some that I've been using for some years now. Change just does not happen especially when the product has been good to me for a while. Clinique is one line of such products. They have just about everything I need when it comes to skin care. I have never had a problem with Clinique and I've been using it since middle school. Now I realize everything doesn't work for everybody but I just wanted to let you now it works for me. Here are three new products they have.

New Quick Eyes Cream Shadow
Creamy, crease proof 10 hour coverage.

Available at Clinique and fine retailers everywhere.

New Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief
Enjoy rapid refreshment and a full 12 hours of soothing moisture with an addictive by-a-waterfall feel.

Available at: Clinique and fine retailers everywhere.

New Long Last Glosswear SPF15
Lip gloss juiced up with 8 hours of lasting shine. Spends every minute comforting lips. In 18 different shades.

Available at Clinique and fine retailers everywhere.

"There comes a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."---Albert Einstien

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Clive Christian

I've had the priveledge of smelling this perfume and I must say it definitely does live up to the hype. Now owning a bottle is going to prove just a tad bit more complicated. I will say that it's on my goals list for 2008!

In 1999 Clive Christian acquired the Crown Perfumery, a celebrated British perfume house established in 1872. The house acquired its name after being granted the use of the royal crown by Queen Victoria as a mark of quality and excellence. Now, inspired by history and tradition, Clive Christian creates a new level of luxury perfumes, with exotic, natural ingredients that allure both men and women. The result for women:

No. 1 Pure Perfume for Women
Recognized as the world's most expensive perfume, this sophisticated scent is created from the rarest, finest ingredients—and accented with a sparkling brilliant-cut diamond.

"There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise."---Mary Kay Ash

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Yummy Body!

Here are two items that are Eco-Friendly, economical, and quality products. Try them out, there good for the body as well as the soul.



Floral Honey
Wild Flower Honey, made from the nectar of Greek wildflowers
Benefits: The incredible biodiversity of plants in Greece results in a floral honey rich in bioactive substances that act synergistically and effectively to help improve the body's health. APIVITA Floral Honey contains a significant percentage of cotton honey which is known for its highly effective antibacterial properties. Active Ingredients: carbohydrates, trace minerals (potassium and iron), proteins, amino acids, enzymes and B-complex vitamins

Available at: Apivita

Tawaka Ancient Tribal Rejuvenating Cream What it is:A 99% natural, intensively moisturizing, antioxidant-rich and sulfate-free full body treatment.

What it is formulated to do: The ultimate treatment all skin types - particularly dry, damaged, aging skin - this rich cream quickly and thoroughly absorbs into the skin. Helps increase firmness, elasticity and vital hydration, leaving skin and hair feeling velvety-smooth with no oily residue. The rare, natural blend replenishes precious oil to the skin and hair that are lost over time, while protecting from harmful free-radical damage. The perfect canvas for makeup, it helps reduce the look of fine lines and extends the life of makeup. And best of all, it won't clog pores.

What else you need to know: Enriched with 100% pure wildcrafted Ojon® oil, supported by clinical studies to instantly strengthen, hydrate and restore a healthy look and feel to dry, damaged hair. The savage cacao in our Ojon® Tawaka™ Ancient Tribal Rejuvenating Cream contains the antioxidant equivalent of 204 lbs of blueberries!

Available at: Sephora

"The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid."---Confucius

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Something Lazy, Crazy & Fun

Ever had the kind of day when you knew you were going to get into some mischief but you didn't know exactly what kind? I'm right there. I think I'm going to do something totally and completely unlike me, today. Totally legal, but barely sane. Gotta keep everybody around me guessing! Here's my picks for a lazy, crazy and fun, dress, respectively. And here's to lazy, crazy and fun days, may you have many of them.



This dress is my lazy, I'm taking the day off, lounging, leave me alone because I might bite you, dress.

Ruffled up Jersey Dress
Available at: The French Connection

Alberta Ferretti
Draped Color-Block Dress

Caught my eye immediately, probably because it's a bit out of the norm.
Available at: Bergdorf Goodman

This is my let's go have some fun because all that mischief making is truly wearing me down!
Ports 1961
Silk Ruffled Mini Dress

Available at: Saks Fifth Avenue



"If we all did the things we are capable of,we would astound ourselves."---Thomas Edison

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Mmmmhhh! What Decade Was That?

It was the 1960's or somewhere there about. K, I've already gone crazy from seeing far too many Pucci Prints and too many dresses that look like they came straight from any of my Aunt's closets. I mean really, these dresses are not castoffs from a by-gone era they are actually fronting these dresses as new style. I've really tried to ignore this all season but today it had to come out. I thought I was stuck in some crazy kind of time warp until I reasoned anything that wasn't passed down to me or inherited I'll just get it this time around!

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Clover Print Dress

How much more 60's can you get than this?

Missoni
Aura Cape Mini Dress
(I can hear them calling Marsha Brady!)

Emilio Pucci
Star Print Shift Dress

No comment neccessary.
All of three of the above are available at e-luxury.com

Overland Shirtdress

By Odille.

This one honestly doesn't remind of the 60's it was just so darn cute I had to show you. It's available at Anthropologie.

Ok, you all are going to have to excuse me for today, alright? I'm going to make nice with all of my Aunts. What?, don't even, 'cause you know you're thinkin' the same thing!

“You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”--- Arthur Ashe

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Chanel Vice Heels

Women complain about their killer heels all the time, but stop when they see Chanel’s latest buzz-worthy shoes. Karl Lagerfeld seemed to be mocking women for their love-hate relationship with heels when he collaborated with a shoe designer to come up with the “Miami Vice” shoes.
Designed by Laurence Decade for Chanel, these gun shoes debuted at the Chanel resort presentation. They are lethally yours when they hit the stores next month.

“The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart.”- --Unknown

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Bags Of The Week

This weeks bags are as different as night and day. You'll still find them fun, luxurious, and we even hear the availability of one of these bags started a cat-fight! We'll let you guess which one!

Dior

Gipsy Ruffled Medium Hobo

Available at Christian Dior and Neiman Marcus

Corcovado Turnlock Tote

Emerald Goat
When the first Corcovado Large Tote sample hit the Hayden-Harnett design office, all the girls fought over it...it's that good.
Available at: Hayden-Harnett

Julia Cocco'
Invisibile - PVC and Black Leather Hobo Bag
Fall Collection 2008
Available at: Forzieri

"A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not."---Anonymous

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A Few Good Reads

Here are a few good reads we want to keep you posted on:

Bill Gibb: Fashion and Fantasy

By Iain R Webb (Author), Twiggy (Foreword)
This title will be released on October 8, 2008

Yves Saint Laurent: Style

Foundation Pierre Berge - Yves Saint Laurent (Author)

To be released on September 10, 2008

Vogue Fashion: Over 100 years of Style by Decade and Designer, in association with Vogue

By Linda Watson (Author)
This title has not yet been released.

All of the above titles are available at Amazon.com

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way."---John C. Maxwell

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Patrick Cox Shoes

Comparing one shoe designer to another can be a compliment or a insult. Shoe Designer being the operative words here. Very Good Shoe Designer. Or should I just say Shoe Artist? I assure you I intend only the best of the best for our readers. Patrick Cox is a very good Shoe Artist, right up there with the best of the best. We wish him continued success and loads of inspiration. The following shoes are from his collection.

"Felicia"
Black Satin Pump with Gold Opanca Toe

"Ingrid"

Purple Peep Toe Pump With Gold Trim Detail

"Giselle"
Black Satin Evening Sandal With Siver Metal Ankle Chain Detail

"Tiziana"

Gold Lizard Pump with Golden Platform

"We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity."--- Martin Luther King

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Karl Lagerfeld's Metamorphoses of an American

One of my favorite fashion icons, the larger than life Karl Lagerfeld has released a new book entitled Metamorphoses of an American. The book features five years worth of photos of model Brad Kroenig (born in 1979) that were shot by Lagerfeld himself. Metamorphoses “traces the physical and emotional development of Brad Kroenig … the world’s most sought-after male model.”
Maureen Orth Vanity Fair shared this insight about the Lagerfeld/Kroenig relationship: “‘Have you met Brad?’ Lagerfeld asked. Brad Kroenig, a top male mode who, at 6 foot 1, looks vaguely like Matthew McConaughey, was sparkling in the same silver sequined jacket he’d worn to the Met Costume gala the night before. He and Lagerfeld attended New York’s ‘party of the year’ together, and they had just arrived in Paris the afternoon I saw them, none the worse for wear. Kroenig, an easy-going 29-year-old with the uncanny ability to transform himself to look like everyone from James Dean to Errol Flynn, is the American whose ‘metamorphoses’ Lagerfeld has been documenting for the past five years. ‘I thought it would be interesting to follow the physical evolution of someone,’ the designer told me in his rapid-fire German accent. ‘Without him knowing it, he has an unbelievable range. It’s a kind of gift. He knows nothing about these things. It’s fun for somebody to skate on these images and interpretations without being an actor—the characters, the situations, the attitudes, while at the same time to stay a completely modern all-American.’”

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."---Paul Valery"

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