This lovely lady not only loves her some Mally Beauty mascara, she’s also a twitter fan, too!

Thanks to all who entered and letting me know that we like a lot of the same things and that I have inspired many of you to try something new. I enjoy hearing from you all and hope to keep inspiring you this next year, too! xoxo

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Today is the last day to help me try to win the “Natural Instincts Hair Color Contest”. That also means this is the last day that I will have to harass all of you lovely people via Twitter and Facebook to vote for me. Hooray!

While I hope that I haven’t been *too* annoying in my vote begging, I want to take a minute to thank all of the wonderful lovelies that have shown me so much support during this voting period. The following beauties were generous enough to share the contest with their blog readers and I want to make sure that you go over and support them, too:

• Anne at BeautyXpose
• Kelly at Gouldylox
• Amber at Beauty Junkies Unite
• G. at Nouveau Cheap
• D. at Beauty Alchemist
• Kari at Fab over 40
• N. at Beauty 411

And, I can’t even *begin* to list all of the wonderful folks that have supported me on twitter by RT’ing my begs and letting me know they voted for me and cheered me on via @messages. I sincerely appreciated every single one of your votes/messages/comments that you have left me on my site & on other folks. Not gonna lie – the warm wishes are a bit overwhelming, yet I wholeheartedly lap up each and every one of them.

So, consider this my final beg for your last daily vote on the Natural Instincts contest page, with a side of appreciation thrown in for good measure. xo

Now, this is where I need *YOUR* help. Voting is open NOW until 11:59:59pm EST October 14th on the Natural Instincts contest page. You are allowed one vote per email address per day(*one day being from 12:00AM to 11:59PM EST). This includes my lovely International readers, too!! Get that? You can vote DAILY – which I know you want to do, right?

So, be sweet and head over there now and use that first day vote right now, okay? I would really appreciate it!

Well, they are running a contest that I am seriously thinking about entering – the Natural Instincts Hair Color Contest (*catchy name, right?). Here is what I could win (*or you if you choose to enter yourself):

Grand Prize

• Trip for 2 to New York City
• Makeover at celebrity colorist Marie Robinson’s salon
• $1000 spending money
• Appear in a Natural Instincts how-to video

All entries must be received by August 30th, contestants will be reviewed until October 6th & then will be voted on by “America” on October 7th thru the 14th. (*You guys WOULD vote for me, right? RIGHT?)

The contest is being held in conjunction with the Natural Instincts Hair Color Challenge which says that you will “get healthy-looking hair in 10 minutes. Guaranteed. Or we’ll buy you 2 boxes of your old color.** (**Satisfaction guaranteed or we will refund you for one Natural Instincts box and the value of 2 boxes of your old hair color/replacement hair color (up to $14 per box)).” So, even if you don’t want to enter the contest, you might want to think about taking them up on their challenge.

Okay, so now I am off to go find my color – “18RG Golden Mahogany” from the “Golden Shimmers” collection – which, for some reason I can’t find easily locally, but its worth it to search it out, imo. Do you use or have you tried Natural Instincts? What color are you?

Congratulations!! (*I swear I didn’t have anything to do with picking these names, but these are some really pretty names, aren’t they?)

Okay, you lucky lovelies, I have already sent you a confirmation email, so, check your emailboxes and get me your addresses as soon as you can, so we can get these out to you asap.

And for those of you who didn’t win this time, I have another chance for you to win in my “Have a “Pretty” Spring – with a twist” contest, where you could win a bottle of Elizabeth Arden “Pretty Eau de Cologne Splash”, so check that out.

Here’s a peek at what you could win!

Good luck to you and your beautiful motivational women who inspire you.

Congratulations to them for winning the Birthday/Blogiversary goodies!
*Update: @WendyLoritsch (*man, I love me some twitter) just emailed me: ” OMG SERIOUSLY!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? THANK YOU!!! You rock! I’m SO excited to try some of your favs.”

Thanks to everyone that entered – it was great to know what you guys liked, because, well – I’m nosy like that. I wish that I could reply to each of you, but let me talk about a few things that kept coming up in the comments:

• I am glad that so many of you liked the idea to keep your products in the fridge. I swear you will notice a huge difference next summer. It’s suprising what just one little thing that can do.
• I am thrilled to know that you guys enjoyed my NYFW coverage. I am glad you appreciated my perspective. I like to think that I made it just a little more accessible to all of those that don’t get the opportunity to be there themselves. Plus, it was hella fun.
• The fact that I may have influenced any of you to actually purchase/not purchase a product is wow for me. Makes me feel good that my opinion made a diff. Really.
• It’s good to hear that people liked the Daphne Guinness post. I don’t write much about fashion, but I think that was more about the person & the creative stuff about her/around her. If something else comes up I find interesting, I won’t hesitate to put something like this up again.

Thanks for coming around and I hope you keep coming back, because, like me – you just never know what you’re gonna get when you stop by. xoxo

I love my birthday – like a fish loves water. I used to countdown to my birthday starting 30days prior. I try not to do that outloud any more, as some people seemed to tire of it, like the spoilsports that they are. I also like presents – A LOT. Because I am greedy like that. *shrug* However, this year, in observance of my almost 40th birthday, I have decided to give away a present to one of you – my fun readers. (*except for my fab Int’l readers, of which I know there are many. I’ll try and make it up to you in the new year, okay?)

So, I asked some of my favorite brands if they would help me celebrating my birthday, and coincidentally, my 1st Blogiversary and they agreed. Check out what one lucky reader can win:

Talika Beauty of Your Eye Kit ($48)
CoverFX SkinprepFx ($45)
Mario Badescu Drying Lotion ($17)and Super Rich Olive Body Lotion ($10)
Clinique 3-Step Skin Care System (*sans bag) ($50.50), SuperBalm Moisturizing Gloss (14.00), Blushwear Cream Stick ($18.50), High Impact Mascara ($14.00) and Vitamin C Lip Smoothie ($17.50)
Kiss Professional Manicure Kit ($9.99)
Dashing Diva Nail Polishes ($56)

Holy Crap – That’s worth more than $300! Do I love me some great brands, or what?

So, because it’s *MY* birthday, I get to make the rules, sort of. Enter in the box below, one entry per person, randomly picked winner, etc. HOWEVER, I would also like to know what has been your favorite thing that I have written this past year, because I am all nosy like that.

The contest closes at Midnight on the night of the 17th, after I have enjoyed my entire birthday, and I will announce the winner on the 18th. Good luck and thanks for playing in my playground with me.

I wanted to say thank you to all of you lovely readers who entered my Lancôme Magnifique Eau de Toilette giveaway. I wish I had one for each of you, but the winner is:

#40 tammigirl

Congrats to her!! Tammigirl, I’ve emailed you deets, so get back to me soon, so I can get this on it’s way to you soon.