If you haven’t had a chance to try them yet, I wanna let you in on a deal – they are the featured sale on AHALife. You can purchase one of three select sets of 3 polishes each for $30 or all three sets (9 polishes total) for $80. The available sets are *Metallics* (which includes Got My Groove Back, a cool gold; Swagger, an icy bronze; and Tough Luxe, a glittering green), *Brights* (which includes Boss Lady, a fiery red; Keep Me Interested, a juicy orange; and Heart Breaker, a pink-tinged purple), and *Pastels* (which includes Half Naked, a milky white; Boy Toy, a pale aqua; and He’s Into Me, an opaque lavender).

Not familiar with AHALife? It’s what they call a “constantly evolving 24-hour content discovery site” – meaning, it’s a short term sale site, but in their case they feature one item, in limited quatities, per day. Think of it as an upscale woot!, where the items for sale are “highly curated finds from top influencers in design, fashion, art, food, lifestyle and more” and not cheap electronics. One item per day.

With limited quantities you know these sets will sell out quickly, so head over now to check them out.

Well, Target has decided to team up with online invitation-only sale site, Gilt Groupe, to provide an exclusive 36-hour preview-shopping event of select pieces from Target’s newest upcoming designer collaborations with John Derian, Tucker and Mulberry.

Now, I firmly expect this sale to sell out quickly, as there is usually a frenzy for these collections. So, I would def say that if you are interested in being a part of it, then you need to sign up for membership ahead of time. (*Just to let you know, I *do* get a referral bonus if you sign up thru my invite.)

So, tell me – does getting a head start ahead of the masses interest you enough to check out this sale, or are you going to wait until each collection comes out to see it in real life before getting anything?

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I think I may have mentioned a few times that I’m not great with the whole “clothes” thing. And, usually I am fine with that, but sometimes it’s apparent I need to dress it up a bit. Like for the upcoming holiday season. Now that my birthday is over, I am now left to ponder what all I have to do for the rest of the year.

I’m sure that I will have to go to at least one party, prolly more, just like you. Those can be anything from family obligations or office parties to drinking at the bars with friends to forget that you have to go to the family obligation/office parties or just whatever. I know I want to make getting ready for these things as painless as possible, so I think I need the easiest thing a girl can wear, a LBD (little black dress). However… two problems (*that I am certain you will agree with me on): 1) I don’t wanna go out shopping for one & 2) I wanna spend my money on gifts & not a bunch on my clothing.

That said, I was happy I got the info on an upcoming event that would save me a bunch of headache (*and cash). The invitation-only, online boutique store Rue La La “will launch the exclusive ELLE Little Black Dress Boutique on Monday, November 23 at 11AM” and it will only run for *48* hours, with savings from 30% up to 80% off retail prices. This event has “Rue La La partnered with Violet Moon Gaynor, Senior Fashion & Accessories Editor at Elle.com, to hand pick 16 dresses from top fashion designers creating a covetable selection of LBDs”:

• Badgley Mischka
• Carmen Marc Valvo
• Laundry
• Robert Rodriguez

So, not only can you look good, you can be wearing a designer LBD for a lot less money. Nice.

Now, I know that I said it was “invitation-only”, but please – am I really gonna tease you with this info if you can’t get it for yourself? Hell no. So, I have an invitation code that lets you get signed up at Rue La La before the big event on Monday. But, I’ll only let you use it if you promise to take a pic of you in your new LBD heading out to party it up, okay? Okay.

They say, “shea butter and vitamin E rich and nourishing body moisturiser, helps ?rm, hydrate and restore skin’s elasticity, instantly absorbed it gives a long lasting hydration and calms irritation or reaction caused by sun, cold and wind.” So, that sounds good to me and my crazy legs, and gave it a whirl.I gotta say that I really liked the way that it absorbed right in, and didn’t leave me feeling all heavy and greasy. But it didn’t absorb in so much that I felt like it didn’t do any good and that my legs were just sponges, either. Nice middle ground. I’m going to keep using and see if it helps keep the dry itchies at bay, but I wanted to let you know that I had tried it – esp since I am going to let you in on a secret.See, HauteLook.com, the online, exclusive, limited time only, sale shop is having a sale on Rodial today and tomorrow (October 19th and 20th, 2009). During the sale, members can pick up Rodial products anywhere from 45% to 60% off (regular prices), including the crème de la crème that I am trying out now. But, if you are not a member, don’t worry – I have a special invite code just for you – Click Here! – so you can try this stuff out, too.

You need to get yourself to a local Beauty Brands store and pick these up before July 5th, as they don’t sell online. (Or maybe ask someone *ahem* very sweetly, and they might be able to help you out at their local store).

One of my favorite Avon products, actually one of my any brand favorites, right now is Avon’s MagiX Face Perfector SPF20.
This is Avon’s colorless gel-powder primer. I gotta say, I just got on the primer wagon this year and this is by far my favorite that I have tried. It just sets so nicely, with a light powdery finish, that is so subtle but is so effective. I rarely leave the house now without putting some of this on – and this comes from the “Eh, maybe I’ll just put on some tinted moisturizer before I head out…..or not” girl. Now, this might be similar in texture/finish as the Monistat 7 trick, but I never got around to trying that. But, with this having an SPF of 20 already built in, it’s already better that that anyway.