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UPDATE
2009-03-25 7:37AM / 標準BLOG
I have seriously neglected this page.
But...I regularly update my blogspot and a new YouTube channel. Please visit me there if you can!
my blogspot: http://paperdollrevenge.blogspot.com/
my YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/paperdollreveng
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October is...
2008-10-21 3:45PM / 標準BLOG
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (and apparently a lot of other things too).
I may be misquoting but I believe Oprah said every hour we lose one out of every eight women to breast cancer. Wow.While I'm not here to lecture, I just wanted to say that if you don't know, please educate yourself, be aware, show your support for the cause and help if you can. In the spirit of this "Pink Ribbon" month, I'm also doing these two things:
♥ reading A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That
♥ and purchased My Pretty Pink Box
A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That is the national bestseller by Lisa Glatt and was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best First Fiction. It is a novel that interweaves the stories of three female characters, of which I am most drawn to the story about Rachel Spark, "an irreverent, sexually eager, financially unstable thirty-year-old college instructor who moves back home when her mother is diagnosed with terminal breast cancer."
I thank Tia for blogging about My Pretty Pink Box.
My Pretty Pink Box is the perfect place to try sample-sized girly products! Enjoy samples, products, and special discounts from our awesome retailers and e-tailers! Each box contains handpicked beauty items from both up & coming and well known brands. Plus, it is a great way to spoil yourself rotten - Pamper yourself, you deserve it!Not only will you receive great samples, but we are determined to provide at least 1 to 2 full size products each month. Nothing is better than full size products at sample pricing!
My Pretty Pink Box varies in pricing from month to month, and will be announced a few days before each release. Why does it vary? Because monthly contents vary. Each month, different retailers will contribute to the box causing the flux in pricing. It's not fair to charge you the same price per month when the contents of one box can be greater than the contents of another. We want you to be happy, and will charge accordingly.
A portion of the profits from each box sold will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure.
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Sweet Sunday
2008-10-20 1:55PM / 標準BLOG
I love sweets...I stumbled across a local cupcake shop today so of course I had to try my first red velvet cupcake! I can't compare it to Sprinkles since I've yet to go but it's nice to find a local cupcake shop. I love cupcakes so much I even own a book just so I can drool over the pictures...and maybe one day when I have my own kitchen I'll try all of the recipes.
the princess cupcake...I also had butter pecan and chocolate malted crunch ice cream for lunch. Yes, lunch...it totally filled me up!
And that, m'dears, is how I like my Sundays...sweet with sweets. I hope everyone had a nice weekend! -
Japanese Rice Bran Beauty
2008-10-19 7:46AM / 標準BLOG
Look what this lucky gal got in the mail!!
Those are Komenuka Bijin Cleansing Powder samples from Tia-chan!
Product Descrīption:
Komenuka Bijin features rice bran in pure, concentrated beauty formulas. Rice bran (the outer hull of the rice grain) is the secret of the ageless Japanese complexion. It contains over 107 known antioxidants including Vitamins E and B, gamma oryzanol, and lipoic acid. Rice bran is a superior exfoliator, deep cleaning without tearing like botanicals, and without drying like soap. Rice oil's smaller molecular properties are better absorbed than other oils. Each formula is combined with other natural ingredients to produce tangible improvements in the health and appearance of your skin and hair.
Benefit from the miracle that's been around for centuries!
Komenuka Bijin's concentrated formulas let you use less and see results sooner, making these products an extraordinary value. Try the samples, and see for yourself what Japanese women have known for generations about the anti-aging power of rice bran. (source: True Renu website)
When I first started on my Japanese beauty product kick, my friend Jamie gave me the Komenuka Bijin travel set for my birthday. I loved it, particularly the moisturizer. My face just drank it in and stayed moisturized and supple. A little dab went a long way. Beautiful. When I ran out after a month, I purchased full size moisturizer and cleansing foam from True Renu and Miki's Beauty Shop, both which in turn sent me a bunch of samples.
Sadly, the full size moisturizer wasn't as dense as the travel size. It seemed a lot thinner and runnier. Winter came around and it just did not cut it. I'd wash my face, moisturize, and within minutes my face would be dry and flaking. Eek! (I have combination/dry skin, by the way.) Then there would be times where I'd washed my face and apply moisturizer...and feel a burning sensation on my skin. Double eek!
Well I know the rice bran makes the cleansing foam a natural, gentle exfoliator...gentle for those with normal or at least non-dry skin, but for me it was too much as daily use on my skin, so it was back to trying out different facial cleansers and moisturizers for me.
However, I look forward to trying the cleansing powder samples Tia sent me and while I'm at it, might as well use the other samples I'd gotten. I like the idea of using products with natural ingredients and benefits for your skin (even if this one wasn't the best for me in winter, it did prove to be great during the summer).
The travel set has been discontinued but if you're interested in trying Komenuka Bijin, you can purchase sample sets for $2.99 from Komenuka Bijin or $4.95 from True Renu (you'll have to check how much shipping is). Also, Miki's Beauty Shop currently has a promotion that if you make a $75 purchase, you receive 10 packs of cleansing powder FREE ($12 value). -
What's in Her Purse?
2008-10-18 4:53PM / 標準BLOG
It's more like, what's NOT in her purse? First of all, I saw a few other girls doing this blog and thought how fun! I've always wanted to do something like this when I was younger and often saw something similar in magazines, so here it is.Proudly showing off my Tokidoki Mamma Mia in Citta Rosa bag!
What every girl should carry...the necessities! Keys, cash, and a sh*tload of cards (credit cards, store cards, ID, gym membership card...oh, I don't carry a wallet or coin purse)
You thought I was kidding but I wasn't! I'm a girl on the go...
♥ ipod classic
♥ cell phone and bluetooth headset
♥ makeup: MAC powder, eye liner, concealer, mascara, lip gloss, lip pencil, eye shadow quad palette, and mini brush set (because I always think, what if a boy makes me cry or I need to touch up or salvage my face?)
♥ hair stuff: hair clip, hair claw, bobby pin, and an extra hair tie
♥ Vaseline Lip Therapy in cherry (for soft, kissable lips)
♥ pink Japanese tissue (that my sister thinks looks like a maxi pad!)
♥ Japanese pink blotting papers
♥ sunglasses
♥ Hello Kitty band-aids (they were cute!)
♥ gum (fresh breath is a must and they clean your teeth...*ahem* morning after for long party nights)
♥ calcium chews (to be taken with food so for after dining out)
♥ Visine Tears and rewetting drops (I wear contacts)
♥ Hempz body lotion (for body, duh) and antibacterial hand lotion (hands only, after washing hands or sneezing)
♥ not pictured, my pink JDM camera!
On a tangent, I'm always curious how and where people keep their makeup and beauty goodies (aside from the bathroom, which by the way, is not the place to keep makeup...all the humidity from showers makes it a breeding ground for bacteria in your makeup). I've always wished for (and still do) a nice vanity table, Hollywood starlet style with the big mirror surrounded by bright lightbulbs, a little haven for my goodies and where I can beautify. I'm talking without the clutter of anything else...no papers or pens or coasters, etc., lol. However, I have a small room so I won' have my dream vanity table any time soon...so what I did instead was dedicate part of a bookcase to beauty.Everything's in front of a window, a great natural light source for me. You can see my makeup brush holder and Merlot™ moisturizers I've blogged about previously, as well as flower vases from Gaby's wedding reception and a JDM makeup bag with my favorite goodies (the pink box is my Sexy Mother Pucker™ gift set)
The left side is all body butters, lotions, favorite hair products, and perfumes
The right side houses my train case with my least used goodies, Pond's Clean Sweep towelettes, travel brush set, makeup remover, Too Faced The Quickie Chronicle palettes, Clinique loose powder, and Benefit blush in Dallas
And guess what? The mini pink drawer holds makeup too!
The top drawer holds my lipglosses...
And the bottom drawer holds miscellaneous eye goodies, like my Darkness falsies
I think I'm a girlie girl but I try to keep the balance between what's necessary and what's luxury or a splurge. I try to be a minimalist but my indecisiveness and love for change makes that quite challenging. After all, I enjoy trying new things but not to the point where it becomes maddening clutter, unused goods, and money down the drain! The beautiful thing about blogging is that I get to *research* new goodies by reading reviews and sharing our opinions and information. =)
